"Old housekeeper... is a thief?" Hattori Heiji was surprised.
"Do you think it's possible?" Ye Gengyi said, "Things that were lost a few days ago are openly put in your pocket today, and you don't even know it fell to the ground?"
"Uh... I have a headache." A certain black man quickly looked for a reason.
On the first night after entering the castle, he was attacked by a murderer.
Then the next day, after his companions solved the case, they took him directly out of the castle.
The investigation time is almost zero, and the partial clues we have are completely impossible to piece together.
What can he do? He is also desperate...
"After I found the pointer and scale, Mr. England gave it to the old butler and asked him to install it back. However, at that time, the old man may have only thought about preparing food for his master who was imprisoned for a few days, and he was so anxious that he did not notice that the pointer fell. It's on the ground." Ye Gengyi analyzed.
Hattori Heiji blinked: "So, the thief is..."
"Miss England's husband is the body you found in the secret passage." Ye Gengyi said: "A few days ago, Miss England secretly took her husband and son into the castle and asked them to One temporarily lives in the secret passage."
"Then the cause of his death was..."
"heart disease."
Ye Gengyi said: "Her husband's heart is not good, and her son also owes a large amount of gambling debt because of gambling. Originally, Miss England wanted to test her tone first, but it was a pity that she chose the wrong time. During those few days, It happened to be the birthday of the late Mrs. England. Miss England's husband hid the hands and scales on the clock at night. I think if they really couldn't get the money, they should have the intention of selling these things. Bar."
"So that's how it is," Hattori Heiji lamented: "That's why...that's why we got this commission and what happened next."
"Well, that's right." Ye Geng nodded.
"But Brother Gengyi, you are really amazing. From 10:47 to when I was attacked, in such a short period of time, you have investigated so many clues and rescued people. Hattori Heiji said sincerely: "However, that boy Dick is really evil-minded. He clearly saw me being attacked...Forget it, maybe he was also scared at the time."
"What are you talking about, Heiji?" Ye Gengyi wondered, "How could Dick see you being attacked?"
"Eh?"
Hattori Heiji was startled, "I was in the hall at that time. I saw a person wearing white socks on the stairs, hiding behind a pillar and peering down. Later, the old butler appeared and I picked up the pointer. He must have seen it. That's right..."
"When the old butler went to the restaurant, I, Mr. England, his adopted daughter, and Dick just left the secret passage and were in the old butler's room the whole time..."
Ye Gengyi said: "Mr. England and Dick are in poor physical and mental condition these days because of their imprisonment. The only people who were not in that room at that time were Sa Shouyi who attacked you, and the twin brothers. .”
"Wha...what?!"
Hattori Heiji was shocked, "Saraichi-san, are you sure you didn't count the number of people wrongly?"
"Do you know what this is?" Ye Geng opened his palms.
"Five." Hattori Heiji said bluntly.
"Yeah." Ye Gengyi said, "It's also a slap."
"..."
Hattori Heiji sweated: "No, Saraichi-nii, I want to say that with the courage of those twins, it is impossible for them to run into the dark hall in the middle of the night, right?"
"Was it dark in the hall at that time?" Ye Gengyi asked.
"Of course!" Hattori Heiji was very sure.
And he carefully told the story of how he woke up after hearing the sound and then quietly ran to the hall.
"Well...just wait a moment."
Ye Geng thought for a moment, then turned around and seemed to pick up an item from the seat on the other side.
Because he moved so fast, Hattori Heiji didn't even see clearly what that thing was.
Ye Gengyi put his hands together and wrapped the thing in his palms, with only a tiny gap exposed at the tiger's mouth.
He reached out to Hattori Heiji and said, "Can you see the color of the things inside?"
"ah?"
Hattori Heiji was startled, and his eyes fell on the black spot.
Yet he could see nothing.
"Take it and try it yourself." Ye Geng opened his hand, and inside was a pen cap that someone had left behind.
white...
Hattori Heiji took it in a daze, put it in his hand and tried it several times.
Although, as the gap widened, he could indeed see the color of the pen cap, but... was the environment in the hall really so bright last night?
"How is it?" Ye Gengyi asked.
"This..." Hattori Heiji hesitated.
"You can see the outline of the pillar. Do you still remember the color of the pillar at that time?" Ye Gengyi asked again.
"Gold..." Hattori Heiji instinctively wanted to overlap the impressions of the day, and then he shook his head: "No, what I saw at that time should be more black..."
"Isn't this strange?" Ye Geng asked: "If the light is not sufficient, you should not be able to identify the white color."
"But, I clearly saw it." Hattori Heiji insisted.
"Could it be the decoration of the pillar itself?" Ye Gengyi said.
"No!" Hattori Heiji shook his head: "When I was in the hall before, I looked over there and there were no white decorations at all!"
(눈_눈)...
"...Brother Geng Yi, why are you looking at me like that?"
"Does the area where your head was hit still hurt?" Ye Gengyi asked.
"Well... that's a little bit. As long as you don't touch it, it won't be a big problem."
Although Hattori Heiji didn't understand why the other party was suddenly concerned about his injuries, he still explained: "Don't worry, Saraichi-nii, I used to get injured a lot when I was practicing kendo. These are all trivial."
"Often injured? Are there many people who can beat you?" Ye Gengyi was curious.
Speaking of which, if this black man uses a sword, he should be more powerful than Normal Xiaolan.
"Not many. In fact, in order to improve my ability to deal with crises, I deliberately didn't wear armor several times... Well..."
Hattori Heiji scratched his cheek with his index finger, "If you really want to say it, there is a guy who is my classmate at Kyoto Senshin High School who might be slightly better than me...really, just a little bit."
"...In other words, your reasoning is a little worse than someone in Tokyo, and your kendo is a little worse than someone in Kyoto." Ye Gengyi concluded.
"Hey, hey! Saraichi-san, you really have such a venomous tongue!" Hattori Heiji couldn't bear it anymore and shouted: "I can't compare to them. It's just my luck in these few duels... Yes! It's just bad luck. !”
"I know, please keep your voice down..."
Ye Gengyi rubbed his ears, "Put aside the reasoning for now. It would be better to wear protective gear next time you have a kendo sparring session."
"Well..."
The sudden concern made the black man who had just yelled a little embarrassed, "I... know, in fact, if we didn't have to practice reaction skills, none of the students in our school would be My opponent!"
"Heiji, you misunderstood..."
Ye Gengyi explained: "What I want to say is, if you accidentally hurt your head again, if you want to beat those two high school students in the future, I'm afraid you will have to compete with Kyoto's reasoning, Tokyo's kendo..."
Hattori Heiji:"......"
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