Chapter 517 This is not a science (two in one)

Chapter 517 This is not a science (two in one)

About three hours ago, the Mermaid's Tomb.

Lin Xinyi and others had just climbed up from the cliff and were busy dealing with their injuries.

"fine."

"The forensic investigation box we brought did not fall off the cliff with us."

"There's medical alcohol in it, just right for cleaning wounds."

Hattori Heiji took out the spare flashlight in his pocket and quickly found the forensic investigation box that had been dropped earlier on the grass in front of the grave.

So he immediately withdrew his hand from Yuan Shan and Ye, and ran to pick up the survey box.

"Hmm" and Ms. Ye had complicated expressions.

"Heiji, let me help you."

She moved forward gently and proactively.

But Hattori Heiji grinned, showing his usual honest smile:

"Haha, it's just a little broken skin."

"I can handle this minor injury myself, I don't need your help."

Yuan Shan and Ye were speechless for a while:

You are a piece of wood before you fall in love, and you are still a piece of wood after you fall in love.

So isn't her love in vain?

Seeing the concentration in front of her, Miss He Ye could not help but stamp her feet angrily, and depressedly tore up the grass under her feet:

This fool

Do you still remember what their relationship is now? !

Of course Hattori Heiji remembered.

He seems to be concentrating on cleaning his wounds, but in fact his mind has long been a mess:

Everything that just happened was too sudden.

The relationship is confirmed.

But how to talk about this love?

Toyama Kazuye and Miss Chris can learn from this mentor.

The only person Hattori Heiji can imitate and learn from now is Lin Shinichi.

As a result, he fell into a state of confusion as expected:

"The confession just now was so hasty, should I have a good chat with He Ye now?"

"But...how do you feel?"

"He Ye looks a little unhappy?"

Hattori Heiji nervously speculated on Ms. Ye's mood.

He peeked over from time to time.

However, he found that Yuan Shan and Ye were not looking at him at all, but were looking at the ground under their feet with frowns, not knowing what they were thinking.

"She seems to be in a bad mood."

"But why? Aren't you supposed to be happy at this time?"

"Is it because the previous decision was made too suddenly and she started to regret it when she calmed down afterwards?"

Hattori Heiji's detective skills of insight into human nature were completely ineffective on Miss Kazuha.

The more he thought about it, the more nervous he became, fearing that the other person's previous confession was really a moment of excitement before death, and that now he was beginning to regret it again.

Just like those impulsive buyers who start thinking about returning the clothes as soon as they buy them.

"He Ye."

Hattori Heiji mustered up his courage.

He struggled for a long time, finally overcame his hesitation and shyness, and decided to go straight to have a serious talk with his childhood sweetheart.

Speak out your thoughts.

It can also be said that it is a formal confession.

But Yuan Shan and Ye "ignored" his soft call.

She didn't know what was wrong.

She, who had been running after the stupid child like an old mother feeding him, suddenly froze there, looking at the grass that had been ravaged by her feet, lowering her head in silence and thinking.

She didn't react when her boyfriend called her.

"Oops."

Hattori Heiji's heart sank:

Is Heye really planning to return it without any reason after making an impulsive purchase?

No, no

Live products once sold are non-returnable and non-refundable.

This is not a good thing, He Ye!

Hattori Heiji was so nervous that his heart beat rapidly and his blood pressure soared.

He was afraid that after he and Miss Ye finished thinking, they would raise their heads and say directly to him: "Let's just be brothers."

And in this anxious and tense moment.

Yuan Shan and Ye Zhen raised their heads.

Her eyes suddenly flashed with excitement:

"I thought of it, I thought of it, Heiji!"

"Uh?" Hattori Heiji was slightly startled: "What did you think of?"

"I figured out the 'strange thing' you told Mr. Lin before!"

Miss Heye said excitedly:

"It turns out that the place you drew my attention to was not this tomb at all."

"But the grass in front of this tomb!"

"So after I just saw the marks left by stepping on the soles of my feet, I saw something fishy!"

Hattori Heiji:"."

How could the topic suddenly shift to this place?

Is it time to talk about reasoning?

Could reasoning be more interesting than falling in love?

With a feeling of affection stuck in his throat, Hattori Heiji's face suddenly changed from an Indian friend to an African brother.

But the reasoning is really interesting.

Especially for Toyama Kazuha, who has always been a "stupid student".

Just like a poor student finally solves a difficult problem that only a top student can solve through hard work, the excitement and sense of achievement of smooth thinking and self-transcendence are indeed fascinating.

She was finally able to catch up with the perfect Mao Lilan.

Won Pingji's heartfelt appreciation and recognition.

And when I didn’t understand it before, I always felt like I couldn’t keep up with Heiji’s reasoning.

Now that she understands it herself, she understands:

No wonder Heiji always only thinks about reasoning.

It turned out to be quite interesting.

So at that moment, "a bolt of lightning flashed" behind Ms. He.

There seemed to be passionate music playing in the dark, causing her to involuntarily enter the immersed and focused detective mode.

Hattori Heiji also experienced for the first time the helpless feeling of wanting to fall in love but being deceived and being used as a vase in other people's BGM.

"I haven't gotten around to it before."

"Mr. Lin said there was something wrong with this tomb, so I have been trying hard to find traces next to the tomb."

"In the end, no traces were found, nothing unusual."

Yuan Shan and Ye talked excitedly about her thoughts on solving the problem:

"But there's nothing different, that's the biggest difference."

"There are no traces, just the most suspicious traces!"

"because."

She looked at the tall and lush grass in front of the grave:

"Because it's only 9pm now."

"The time when Miss Shimabukuro 'disappeared' from people before, the only time that could be used to kill Hisumi Ebihara was from 7 to 8 pm."

"Counting from then on, the longest it's been is 2 hours."

"If Ms. Shimabukuro really killed Ebihara Hisumi in that short period of time, then took the photo of her death to the mountain to set up a timed throwing mechanism, and also came here to pay homage to her mother."

"Then she will definitely step on the grass in front of the grave."

"And leave traces of 'grass blades falling' on the grass!"

If Shimabukuro Kimie came here to pay homage to his mother and put all the fruits in front of the grave, it would be impossible not to step on the weeds in front of the grave.

But the weeds in front of the grave stood tall and straight, as if they had not been stepped on.

And it’s impossible that no one has stepped on it here.

Because there are still fresh fruits placed in front of the tomb, someone must have been here recently.

Therefore, the truth can only be:

"Someone has indeed been here, and these weeds have also been stepped on."

"But they all 'repaired themselves'."

When Lin Xinyi was in Osaka last time, he taught Ms. Ye the knowledge of grass tracking.

One very important point is:

Grass blades can repair themselves and "stand up" again after being trampled and knocked down.

But this repair will take time.

It usually takes about a day from being trampled and lying down to recovering to the original state.

Even during the day when there is sufficient light and rapid growth, the minimum is five or six hours.

"But from the time of Miss Shimabukuro's crime and the 'time of murder' of Hisumi Ebihara to now, the longest time is only 2 hours."

"Two hours, still at night when the weather was cold and lacked light."

"Those blades of grass never had time to recover."

"so--"

"There can only be one truth!"

After careful consideration, Yuan Shan and Ye finally expressed their speculation:

"The time Shimabukuro Kime came here to leave photos of her death and visit her mother's grave was not the hour she 'disappeared' from 7 to 8 pm two hours ago."

"But during the day today, or even earlier yesterday!"

Before 7 o'clock in the evening, Ebihara Hisumi was still active in everyone's field of vision.

But her "death photo" was brought here by Shimabukuro Kime during the day and set up as a timed throwing mechanism.

That can only explain one thing:

"Those death photos are fake!"

"Hisumi Ebihara may not be dead at all."

Speaking of this, Yuan Shan and Ye's voices were excited and nervous.

There was basically no problem with her reasoning process, but she still lacked some confidence in the shocking conclusion she finally came to.

Therefore, Miss Heye couldn't help but ask the famous detective in front of her:

"Heiji, what do you think?"

Hattori Heiji: "I"

After confirming the relationship, the first thing his girlfriend talked to him about was the murder case.

What do I think?

I think it’s better to talk about this later?

Let’s talk about the confession we just made first.

Hattori Heiji hesitated what he wanted to say.

But his sincere speech, which had been brewing for a long time, was interrupted by a burst of laughter:

"Haha, and Miss Ye."

"Your reasoning is absolutely correct:"

"Those death photos are indeed fake!"

Lin Xinyi looked at the students who had made progress with great satisfaction and praised:

"Carefully verify, make bold assumptions, and Miss Ye, you solved this problem well!"

"Yes." Yuan Shan and Ye nodded happily.

Completely ignoring the resentful and helpless look in her boyfriend's eyes.

She just noticed it and continued to ask:

"Mr. Lin, you said my reasoning was 'completely correct'."

"It's rare for you to use a word like 'complete' that carries absolute certainty."

"And Mr. Lin, you actually said that."

"That means"

Yuan Shan and Ye asked with some anticipation:

"Did you find evidence that those death photos were fake?"

"Huh?" Hattori Heiji was slightly startled.

He suddenly recalled that when he was at Kadowaki Saori's house in the afternoon, Lin Xinyi mentioned but did not point out the suspicious points in the death photo.

"Could it be that the photo itself contains traces of forgery?"

"And not just Hisumi Ebihara."

"Starting from Kadowaki Saori, the photos are fake?"

"Miss Kadowaki Saori, maybe she's not dead either?"

This is just great.

Hattori Heiji also forgot about falling in love.

He showed more curiosity than Miss Ye, and his eyes were fixed on Lin Xinyi, expecting a definite answer from the other party.

Lin Xin nodded and affirmed:

"That's right, starting from the photo of Kadowaki Saori, all the death photos are fake."

As he spoke, he took out the death photo carefully wrapped in a transparent evidence bag from his arms.

Then he put it under the flashlight and explained to everyone present:

"First of all, Kadowaki Kadowaki in the photo is in a sitting position, her mouth is closed, her body is limp, and there is uncoagulated blood under her body."

"Based on the pool of blood that showed no signs of coagulation, we previously speculated that the photo was taken within 15 minutes of the deceased's death."

"And if you look more closely, you will find that the dotted blood stains on the legs of the chair have no obvious signs of coagulation."

"The smaller the blood volume, the faster the blood stains will solidify. If you are bolder, it is estimated that the time of death can even be shortened to less than 5 minutes."

"Then the doubt arises."

Lin Xinyi paused with some sigh:

"Some experiences cannot be seen by reading books."

"That miko lady may have taught herself some forensic knowledge."

"But after all, she is only a witch, not a forensic doctor. She has no chance to come into contact with a real corpse."

"As for Heiji and Miss Ye, you have all been killed. Ahem, you have all seen countless corpses."

He once again used this photo as a test question and asked in a persuasive manner:

"Think about it carefully:"

“If you place a corpse that has just been dead for a few minutes in a sitting position, what posture should the corpse look like?”

"this"

Hattori Heiji and Toyama Kazuha were lost in thought at the same time.

Using their rich practical training experience, they quickly came up with the answer:

“The nervous system ceases to function after death and undergoes natural necrosis.”

"Muscles throughout the body lose neural control and remain extremely relaxed for a period of time before rigor mortis occurs."

A newly deceased person is like a sleep-paralyzed cat, as soft as a pool of liquid.

So when a fresh corpse is placed in a sitting position, the muscles all over its body will naturally stretch downwards under the action of gravity.

"The hands and feet will hang naturally."

"The jaw will also naturally droop, and the mouth will open slightly."

Hattori Heiji and Miss Kazuha analyzed and analyzed, and they came up with the problem:

"The problem lies in this mouth!"

"The mouth of the 'corpse' in the photo is closed!"

In the photo, no drop of blood has dried, and the body is still soft.

But the mouth defied gravity and was closed tightly like a living person.

This is the biggest suspicion in this death photo.

but

After thinking about it for a while, Miss Ye bravely asked the teacher:

"Could this be what's known as cadaveric spasm?"

"I heard that some people may experience a cadaveric spasm when they die due to excessive emotions or excessive pain:"

"Obviously he just died, but his body was as stiff as rigor mortis."

"Just like Musashibo Benkei."

Musashibo Benkei was a retainer of the famous general Minamoto Yoshitsune during the Heian period and a representative of the traditional samurai spirit. Legend has it that he died of exhaustion after fighting the enemy until the last moment, and his body still stood tall after his death.

It is equivalent to the Japanese version of Dian Wei.

This phenomenon, in which the body becomes stiff instantly after death and can even remain standing, is called cadaveric spasm.

When he was attending a reunion of Kogoro Mori's classmates in Tochigi Prefecture, a murderer wanted to use this principle to plan a murder.

But at that time Lin Xinyi complained:

"Corpse is an extremely rare phenomenon and the cause is not clear."

"It doesn't mean that if you are emotional or too painful during death, you will definitely experience cadaveric spasms."

"From a probability perspective, this possibility can basically be ruled out."

"And cadaveric spasms are generally generalized stiffness."

"It is basically impossible to be like the corpse in the photo. All the muscles in the body are loose and limp, and only the mouth is stiff and closed."

Lin Xinyi answered the questions raised by Yuan Shan and Ye.

And Hattori Heiji immediately participated in the discussion:

"Mr. Lin, could this be ordinary rigor mortis?"

"Although rigor mortis usually only appears one hour after death, there are also records in books that there are special cases where rigor mortis occurs 10 minutes after death."

"Rigor rigor mortis usually appears first in small joints such as the jaw, and then gradually spreads to large joints, limbs, and even the whole body."

"So the corpse in the photo may just have early rigor mortis, with the jaw stiffening before other parts of the body, eventually causing the mouth to close tightly, while other parts are still limp and drooping naturally."

"Could this be the case?"

"It's possible, but the possibility is extremely small." Lin Xinyi replied and said:

"The hotter the weather, the earlier rigor mortis will appear."

"The early rigor mortis that occurs 10 minutes after death does exist, but it usually occurs in high-temperature environments where the weather is hot enough."

"And Heiji, you said before that you checked the weather before coming here:"

"The weather in the United States Island has been relatively cool in the past three days and the temperature is not high. It is unlikely that such rapid formation of rigor mortis will occur."

"Furthermore"

Lin Xinyi took out a second photo.

This photo is Ebihara Hisumi's "death photo".

Her death appearance was basically the same as that of Kadowaki Saori. The blood stains had not yet solidified and her body was still soft, but her mouth was tightly closed in a sitting position.

"Even though Kadowaki Saori has a special constitution, early rigor mortis occurred."

"But such a small probability event is unlikely to happen to two victims at the same time, right?"

"So when the death photos of Ebihara Hisumi also appeared, I became even more convinced that these death photos were faked."

"Not to mention, there is still this grassland in front of the grave to prove that Shimabukuro Kimie came here to set up institutions and pay homage to his mother long before Ebihara Hisumi disappeared."

"All these signs point to one point:"

Lin Xinyi pondered for a moment and finally gave an affirmative answer:

"These death photos were all forged by Shimabukuro Kimie."

"So the wounds on the broken legs in the photo are covered by the blood-stained trouser legs:"

"Because no matter how good her makeup skills are, she can't create the kind of human wounds that are realistic enough to fool the eyes of forensic doctors."

"If I guess correctly:"

"She probably used the trick of playing the role of a long-lived mother-in-law, tying her calf behind her back to her thigh, creating the visual illusion that her calf was sawed off."

"As for the two broken legs in the far distance of the picture, whose details cannot be seen at all, they are probably some common film and television props."

There are plenty of clues this time.

Lin Xinyi is certain that these photos are fake.

Since the photo is fake, the person in the photo may not be dead at all.

Shimabukuro Kimie might not be a murderer at all.

This Mermaid serial murder case may have been a drama planned by her from beginning to end.

"Of course this is best."

Yuan Shan and Ye sighed deeply, and then asked doubtfully:

"But, Mr. Lin."

"Since you have already discovered that the photo is fake, why do you keep saying that you are 'uncertain' and 'unsure' and refuse to tell us what you found?"

"This." Lin Xinyi had a strange expression:

Because he is really unsure.

He said that everyone would have preconceptions and mislead the direction of the investigation.

There was no way, even if he had discovered through scientific knowledge at first glance that there was something wrong with the photo.

But his scientific discovery violated the scientific principles:

Kudo Shinichi and Hattori Heiji, the black and white pair, are all involved.

No one died?

Until he discovered something strange in the grass in front of the grave and his guess was further confirmed, Lin Xinyi couldn't believe what he had discovered:

How come no one died?

This is unreasonable! !