"The murderer is you, Captain Gunnar."
In the watchtower, in front of everyone, Mary directly pointed out the identity of Gunnar's murderer.
Including Barry, everyone in the watchtower was surprised by Mary's sudden accusation.
"Miss Mary, you said Captain Gunnar was the murderer of Commander Biluen? Isn't that impossible?" Hans quickly said with a smile: "When Commander Biluen was killed, Captain was with us in the banquet hall. Yes..."
Mary didn't answer him. Her eyes were locked on Gunnar, as if she was waiting for his answer.
Being stared at by her like this, Gunnar, who was already a little uneasy, seemed even more flustered, but he still tried his best to show a decent smile and replied:
"Detective Mary, did you make a mistake? How could I be the murderer of the commander..."
"Is this all you want to say?" With a slightly disappointed tone, Mary shook her head slightly and said: "It doesn't matter, I will expose your murderous methods that are full of flaws bit by bit.
First of all, the first point is the time of death of Commander Biluen. Based on the condition of the body, I infer that the exact time of his death should be an hour ago..."
"An hour ago?" A detective asked, "But just half an hour ago, didn't Commander Biluen have a phone call with Captain Gunnar... Hmm!"
Suddenly realizing something, the detective suddenly stopped speaking. He turned his head and looked at Gunnar with a strange look.
"Yes, that phone call was fake. It was probably forged by recording in advance. This is not difficult. The purpose of the murderer was to forge an alibi for himself.
If you don't believe it, you can ask Chief Barry to investigate the phone in the banquet hall and the call records of the phone in the watchtower.
I believe that the call at that time was 100% not made from the landline in the watchtower, unless the murderer had other accomplices in the dungeon at the time.
But unfortunately, according to my investigation, in this murder of Commander Biluen, the murderer did not have any accomplices, and there is no mistake about this. "
After explaining the phone call, Mary continued her reasoning:
"About half an hour before the fake phone call, the murderer somehow invited Commander Bilun here and attacked him here. The way of the attack was to use a rope to strangle Commander Bilun's neck from behind and knock him down. Bit by bit strangled.”
"Wasn't he hanged?" a detective asked.
"No, the strangulation marks on Commander Biluen's neck are horizontal and below the throat. These are typical strangulation marks left by strangulation from behind.
If he was hanged, the marks must be in an upward arc and above the throat. "
Having explained this, Mary continued her reasoning.
"After killing Commander Biluen, the murderer first tied one end of the rope in the watchtower and put the other end around Commander Biluen's neck. Then the murderer took out the thin string he had prepared..."
As she spoke, Mary gestured to the bundle of extremely long strings and cloth in her hand and said:
"I found this bundle of thin threads in the lower reaches of the river outside the dungeon. At that time, the murderer used this bundle of extremely tough threads to first pass through the small holes on both sides of the top of the cloth, and then go around Commander Biluen's belt. On the back side, the piece of cloth was fixed to Commander Biluen's body in this way.
Then, the murderer pulled the thin wire and went all the way down the staircase corridor. After wrapping the thin wire around the metal ring of the electric light on one side of the corridor, he tied a small loop at the end of the thin wire and tied the small loop. The trap was set on a nail that the murderer had driven into the inside of the large door in the dungeon below, near the watchtower.
After doing all this, the murderer returned to the watchtower, moved Commander Biluen's body to the window sill of the watchtower, and put it down in such a way that half of it was hanging outside the window sill and half was placed on the window sill. Because of the pull of the thin wire, Therefore, Commander Biluen's body did not just fall.
After placing the body properly, the murderer took one last look at the long piece of cloth whose color was very similar to the exterior color of the castle dungeon. After confirming that it completely covered the body of Commander Biluen, he finally left the watchtower and had never been captured. Nailed another door out of the dungeon.
At this point, the murderer's disguise technique is basically completed. Under his design, as long as someone pushes the door with nails driven into it, causing the angle of the nails to change, the thin wire originally attached to it will immediately fall off.
After losing the pull of the thin thread, Biluen's body on the window sill of the watchtower will immediately fall down, creating a hanging scene together with the rope tightly around his neck.
As for the cloth and thin thread that originally covered him, they will fall downward into the river below the castle due to gravity.
Here, in order to ensure that these organs can be taken away by the water flow, the murderer also specially tied a wooden sign to this end of the thin line. When the wooden sign is washed away by the water flow, the thin line and cloth can be taken away together. "
As she spoke, Mary gestured to the string, wooden sign, and long cloth in her hand again.
"And the murderer's idea was indeed successful. I found these items in the lower reaches of the river. Although they were not completely washed away, they were indeed far away from the dungeon.
I think if the murderer is given a little more time, he will definitely recycle and dispose of all these institutions afterwards, right? "
Saying that, Mary looked at Gunnar, and Gunnar's expression was already extremely gloomy at this time.
"But Detective Mary, how did the murderer ensure that someone could open the door at the time he wanted?" A detective couldn't help but ask.
"It's very simple, it's the siren sound and broadcast from before."
Mary said, turned to look at Chief Barry who was silent on the side, and asked again:
"Chief Barry, have the Kingdom police caught the prisoner who escaped?"
After the translator repeated it, Barry spoke and gave the same answer as before.
"Don't worry, the Kingdom Police are conducting searches and will arrest the criminals soon."
"Um."
Mary nodded and continued without asking any more questions:
"The murderer's method was very simple. He randomly selected a suitable prisoner in the dungeon, and probably took advantage of the opportunity of delivering food to the prisoner to quietly hand over the cell key to the prisoner.
While the prisoner took advantage of this opportunity to escape from prison, the murderer quickly reported the news... I think you all know what happened next.
Regarding this point, when the police can interrogate the prisoner after arresting him, I believe there will be no difference between the prisoner's answer and my reasoning.
The prisoner escaped, the alarm sounded, the guards and the kingdom police poured into the dungeon, and the mechanism on the door was triggered. The murderer seized the time to return to the banquet hall, took the forged phone call, and led everyone to see the person who was finally hanged. The body of Commander Birun outside the watchtower...
This is the entire process of this case. Is there anything wrong with my reasoning? Captain Gunnar? "
After finishing her words, Mary looked at Gunnar, whose expression had already turned extremely ugly.
The watchtower became quiet for a while. Facing the strange looks from everyone, Gunnar suddenly smiled. He also looked at Mary and smiled calmly:
"Miss Mary is indeed a detective. I really admire her imagination, but I just can't figure it out. How could Miss Mary think that I must be the murderer?
Let's assume, Ms. Mary, that the method you mentioned can really be successful. Then there should be many people who can implement this method, right?
Is it just because I happened to receive the fake call and saw Commander Biluen's body that I am the murderer? Isn't this a bit too arbitrary? "
"Captain Gunnar, when you strangled Commander Biluen to death, he must have put up a very fierce resistance, right?" Mary suddenly asked.
"How, how could I know such a thing? I already told you that I'm not the murderer..." Gunnar's face turned ugly when Mary suddenly asked him.
"Really……"
Looking at him calmly under her thick sunglasses, Mary said: "Then I don't mind helping you recall the situation at that time.
In the watchtower at that time, after you tricked Commander Biluen into coming here, he was unprepared and was strangled by a rope from behind.
When you strangled him, Commander Biluen initially resisted extremely fiercely. One of his hands subconsciously scratched his neck, trying to pull the rope away.
The other hand is waving the cane in his hand vigorously, desperately attacking and knocking you behind him.
During this time, the cane did hit one of your hands and left a gash on the back of your hand.
At the same time, it must have accidentally hit the surrounding wall, causing part of the metal ring at the tip of the cane to fall off.
The shattered metal fragment flew out of the watchtower and fell onto the stairs and corridor outside. "
As she spoke, Mary took out the metal fragment she had picked up on the stairs and corridor.
There are still traces of blood coagulation on one side of this fragment.
"Captain Gunnar, the blood stain on this fragment should be yours, right? Don't deny it, this can be used for DNA testing.
By the way, to prove my reasoning, I hope Captain Gunnar can show us the wound on the back of your hand. If my prediction is correct, the shape of this wound should be very consistent with the tip of Commander Birun's cane.
Another thing, I noticed before that on the back of Commander Biluen's shirt, even the small area above the belt, was stained with traces similar to the coagulation of human blood.
I hope the police can also test this blood trace to see if it matches Captain Gunner's DNA..."
"No……"
Facing Mary's constant verbal attack, Gunnar finally lowered his head, and the indifference he had pretended before completely dissipated at this moment.
The look on his face was gloomy, and he looked like a defeated rooster. He smiled bitterly twice and said:
"No need to check anymore, Miss Mary's reasoning is correct, it was me who killed Commander Biluen...
The method of killing and the disguise afterward were all the same as Miss Mary's reasoning, and the same was true for the prisoner who escaped from prison. It was indeed me who secretly gave him the key. My original plan was to blame him for the commander's death. , let him become the murderer who takes the blame...
Miss Mary is such a powerful detective. She only came to the scene for a few glances, but she completely cracked my method and didn't even give me any time to process the evidence..."
"Why did you kill Commander Biluen?" Mary asked directly, ignoring his flattery.
"There is no special reason, just some personal grudges..." Gunnar smiled and replied very calmly.
"What personal grudge?" Mary continued to ask.
[This is never the real reason. 】
"This is not something worth talking about. It has already been discovered anyway..."
Suddenly saying such inconsistent words, when everyone was off guard, Gunnar suddenly pulled out the pistol from his waist and aimed it at his temple.
"etc!"
Mary, the only one who reacted at the scene, immediately stepped forward and tried to take away his pistol.
This man... was he prepared from the beginning to commit suicide if the incident was revealed?
However, due to the large distance between the two, Mary could not catch up with the speed of his shooting.
"Bang!"
The gunfire rang out, and Gunnar didn't give anyone time to react. The bullet penetrated his head without any suspense, and he instantly collapsed to the ground, completely motionless.
Mary stopped and looked down at the scene, her eyes narrowed.
This time things were by no means that simple. Gunnar's sudden suicide was obviously a deliberate attempt to silence himself.
The purpose is to cut off all clues and prevent anyone from continuing to pursue his line, thereby implicating the real murderer behind it.
Yes, on the surface, Gunnar is undoubtedly the real culprit in this incident, but if you look more broadly, you will find that Gunnar is actually a pawn who carries out orders.
The real murderer is someone else.
Mary had already noticed this during the previous investigation.
Because Gunnar's killing method this time is really full of loopholes.
There was something obviously wrong with the time of death, the blood stains left at the scene, and the culprit who had not been arrested and brought to justice...
Each of these flaws was fatal, and it was precisely because of these flaws that Mary easily discovered the identity of Gunnar's murderer.
By using this method full of flaws to kill people, are you treating others as fools?
But what if the Kingdom Police were also included?
Under her sunglasses, Mary looked at the silent police chief Barry.
The time of death can be forged, and the police can remove the blood stains at the scene. The criminal who took the blame will be quickly arrested and beaten...
If the Kingdom Police were really involved, and if Mary had not followed along to investigate, she believed that this case would probably have a completely different ending.
Of course, the above are all speculations made by Mary based on her half-life experience. So far, she has no evidence to prove this.
But in this current country, it’s always right to be more cautious...
"What happened? Was that gunfire just now?!"
At this moment, rapid footsteps suddenly sounded outside the watchtower. Mary looked back and saw Karasuma Ying and a male detective running in along the staircase corridor.
"...Xiaoying? How did you..."
Seeing Karasuma Ying, both Mary and Barry looked surprised at the same time.
Sleepy (﹃) It’s 11:37 now. I posted it on time today. I’m so touched_(:3」∠)_
(End of chapter)
