Chapter 496 The cracking method given to you
The steam train slowly drove out of the platform, puffing out thick smoke.
Lin Xinyi also led his teammates, including Noah's Ark, to rush into the carriage aggressively before the train started.
The game has finally reached the final level.
Because of the benefits promised by the system, Lin Xinyi now has the motivation to play this game.
He wished that Jack the Ripper would appear in front of him immediately.
But things are not simple.
Because Jack the Ripper is "missing".
It's not that he disappeared from the car, it's that he.
"He should have changed his face."
"Hidden among the passengers of this train."
Conan analyzed solemnly.
As soon as they got on the train, they saw the human skin mask that Jack the Ripper left behind when he escaped——
Disguise already exists in the world of Sherlock Holmes.
Holmes himself knew this well, and even once disguised himself as an old Italian priest in "The Final Case", with makeup so realistic that even his best friend Dr. Watson could not recognize it.
And since the Jack the Ripper in this world is related to the mysterious Moriarty, he must also have a way to learn the art of disguise.
Now on his escape path, a discarded human skin mask was found.
This shows that the face of the young coachman on the other side was completely a fake face in disguise.
It may be impossible to find Jack the Ripper based on the appearance he noted down earlier.
"I see."
Lin Xinyi understood the task of this last level.
He looked thoughtfully at Noah's Ark following him:
"Do you want us to find Jack the Ripper who changed his face and infiltrated among the passengers on this train?"
"Is this the final puzzle?"
Noah's Ark did not answer or give any prompts.
Just like a companion and an audience, I gave him an encouraging smile.
"As long as you crack this last hurdle, you can fulfill your promise just now, right?"
Thinking of the customs clearance benefits promised by the system, Lin Xinyi became very motivated:
"Okay, let's go find him now!"
He immediately led his teammates to search from the last car of the train, from back to front, one by one to the front of the train.
This steam train does not have many carriages.
And it was late at night, so there weren't many passengers on the bus.
Including the staff and passengers, there are only a dozen people in total.
Lin Xinyi and others used the name of the London Police, deceived and threatened along the way, and soon gathered all the passengers they saw during the investigation.
They were brought together to a car at the front of the train and arranged to sit together.
"Are you kidding me?"
"Jack the Ripper, is he really among us?"
Hearing this sensational news, the passengers who were forcibly gathered could not help but feel a little commotion.
They look at me and I look at you:
There were old men, women, young men, well-dressed gentlemen, and plain-clothed commoners.
There were all kinds of people, but they all looked ordinary and normal. None of them looked like Jack the Ripper who had just sneaked in in disguise.
"Everyone, please calm down."
"We will find a way to find Jack the Ripper among you."
Mao Lilan worked hard to maintain order at the scene.
Then, she tentatively asked the dozen suspects in front of her:
"Did you notice before that anyone came from the rear carriage of the train when the train was about to leave the platform?"
"This." Everyone was silent for a while, and finally gave a disappointing answer:
"I do not see it."
"Me too, I didn't pay attention to this."
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"This" Mao Lilan turned around with some embarrassment: "Mr. Lin, what should we do now?"
She subconsciously looked at Lin Xinyi, with a look for help in her eyes.
"Well" Conan's mood was a little subtle:
Speaking of which, I don’t know when to start.
Faced with this kind of reasoning problem, Xiaolan would subconsciously ask Lin Xinyi for help.
He even forgot that he, Kudo Shinichi, was beside him.
But this kind of N-choose-1 reasoning game that tests thinking and observation skills should obviously be the home field of a famous detective like him.
You must know that Lin Xinyi's strength is only in the knowledge reserve and practical experience in the field of criminal science, and his own mind is not much more flexible than ordinary people. This is based on his performance of not being aware of the true identity of "Jiang Shouhuang" just now. It's already evident.
The investigation has only just begun and the clues available are limited.
Even a famous detective like himself couldn't figure it out. Could it be that Lin Xinyi could do better than him?
Xiaolan, you should ask me.
Conan children are habitually disgusted with imaginary enemies in their hearts.
But Lin Xinyi smiled slightly and replied confidently:
"Haha. Don't worry, Miss Mori."
"There are only a dozen suspects here."
"It seems that this last level is easier than I thought."
"If my predictions are correct, Jack the Ripper should reveal his true form soon."
"Uh?" Conan was slightly startled:
He was still thinking about how to solve the problem. Why was Lin Xinyi so confident and laughing?
This guy really figured out a way to crack it?
But this investigation has just begun.
The only clue they found after getting in the car was the human skin mask left by Jack the Ripper.
With these few clues, how did Lin Xinyi find the solution?
Could it be
"Is there any clue? It has appeared around us a long time ago."
"But I ignored you?"
Conan couldn't help but fall into thought.
at this moment
A flash of lightning flashed behind him, and an idea suddenly came to his mind:
"I see--"
"The clues should not be found on this train at all."
"The 'key' to solve this last puzzle was given to us before we even got on the train!"
Conan thought of something.
He looked down at his palm:
I saw a deep rope mark imprinted on the center of that immature palm.
This was made with the hands and reins on the way here before -
In order to control a horse running at high speed, the driver must hold the reins tightly.
Especially at the last moment when rushing into the train station:
In order to make the carriage slow down and stop quickly, Jack the Ripper and Conan both tightened the reins and forcibly reined in the horses' heads.
This action requires a lot of strength.
The reins will definitely leave very obvious marks on the palms.
"And the reins of the carriage are made of cowhide."
"The leather dyeing process of this era was not yet mature. If the palms and the reins were in contact for a long time, the black dye that fell off the reins would inevitably be stained."
Conan looked carefully at the slightly blackened mark on his palm.
Even after wiping off, these black dyes will leave a strong leather smell on your palms.
Jack the Ripper fled to the train in a panic, and if he could barely change his clothes and blend in among the passengers and staff on the train, he was considered to have acted quickly.
There was no way he would have time to clean the marks on his hands.
"That's right."
"As long as you find someone with strangulation marks on their hands, black dye on their hands, and the smell of leather—"
"We'll find Jack the Ripper!"
But in just a short moment, Conan had already figured out how to solve the final puzzle.
This speed was already staggeringly fast for his fellow detectives.
But
Lin Xinyi could crack the code faster than him?
Looking up at Lin Xinyi with a smile on his face, Conan couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
Lin Xinyi also noticed Conan's gaze:
"Conan, you should have thought of it too."
"The way to find Jack the Ripper?"
"Yeah." Conan nodded.
He put aside the little disappointment in his heart and looked sharply at the dozen suspects in front of him:
"This one-out-of-ten puzzle looks difficult, but it's actually very simple."
"Because of the way to solve this problem"
"It has been given to us a long time ago."
As he spoke, Conan raised his hand with the marks of strangulation.
Lin Xinyi also raised his hand.
However, there were no marks on his hands, no dye, and no smell of leather.
"Uh" Conan was slightly startled:
He suddenly felt something was wrong.
At this time, only Lin Xinyi was heard, following what he just said:
"Conan is right."
"The way to solve the puzzle has been given to us a long time ago."
"I had always wanted to use this method when I was interrogating those coachmen."
"But because I couldn't be sure at that time, Jack the Ripper must be among the suspects I found."
"And there were Officer Lestrade and those London patrol officers present at that time. If I took that simple method of solving the problem, I could easily get myself into trouble."
"But... things are different now."
"Without those police officers getting in the way, I can use this trick with confidence."
A mysterious smile appeared on Lin Xinyi's lips.
But the more Conan listened, the more he felt that the situation was not good:
how do you feel
The "cracking method given to one's hands" that Lin Xinyi mentioned is the same as the "cracking method given to one's hands" that he thought of.
It seems different?
"That's right!"
Lin Xinyi flicked his wrist.
A handful of dark stuff suddenly slipped out of his sleeve:
"Here's how to solve the puzzle—"
"Royal Small Arms Factory 1887, Webley MK.VI revolver!"
Conan: "????"
"This is playing a game."
"Does anyone remember how many NPCs they have killed?"
Lin Xinyi shot directly without saying a word:
"Kill them all and the game is over!"