“… ... ... ... .”
"Eh? Arjun? Why are you silent? Don't be so stern. Didn't I tell you that you are very smart, but you lack a little flexibility and cleverness. As long as you cultivate yourself slowly, you will definitely become very powerful, and you will be more than qualified to be a detective~"
"snort!"
"Don't be so serious. It's really just a little bit off. And think about it, this is also a lesson, isn't it? Don't always get stuck in the dead end of reasoning. Many times the answer is right in front of you. The only difference is whether you can see it or not. I apologize to you. Don't be angry, okay?"
“… ... ... ... .”
After Zhiji Nanxun revealed the real reason why he believed Mo Ning was the murderer, Hua Qiong and Zhiji Nanxun fell into their current embarrassing situation.
On the one hand, Hua Qiong felt that her reasoning was in vain, her mind was not clear, and she did not even notice the game prompts in front of her, which made her feel quite frustrated. Coincidentally, the person who accompanied her at this time was not Gu Moli, but a confidant who is hard to find.
There is a reason behind this.
If it was Gu Moli, Hua Qiong would be confused and hold her breath, but in order to maintain her image in front of Gu Moli, she would endure it and choose to ask for advice humbly. However, if a confidant is hard to find, for Hua Qiong, it is not so much a detective teacher.
It's more like a close friend.
Plus, they are all girls.
So for some unknown reason, Hua Qiong started to act like a spoiled brat. Fortunately, her confidant was hard to find and didn't care about it. Instead, he comforted Hua Qiong with a smile on his face.
"Okay, okay, don't worry about it."
"Cleverness can only work for a short time. If you really want to solve the case, you need a spirit like Arjun. In the end, you still have to use reasoning to solve it."
"... .Reasoning is not useless."
"Yes, yes, yes! Reasoning is the most useful!"
“That’s right!”
After a long while of coaxing, Hua Qiong finally couldn't help laughing, and Zhiji Nanxun also grinned, and then changed the subject: "So after confirming that Mo Ning is the murderer, the next biggest difficulty is his alibi, which is also the only difficulty in the script."
"That perfect alibi..."
When it comes to this question, Hua Qiong also restrained his smile and rethought: "Around 10:30 pm on July 29th, the victim fell off the cliff at this time. At the same time, the murderer, Mo Ning, was holding a banquet at a friend's house in the neighboring town of Dasco."
"The perfect alibi."
"but... .."
“This perfection is the biggest problem.”
Zhiji Nanxun smiled and said, "On the basis of determining who the murderer is, the more perfect it is, the more it shows that there is a problem. Even if we work backwards, we can be sure that the murderer definitely did not kill the victim at 10:30 p.m. on July 29th."
"That's right."
"But..." Hua Qiong frowned, "According to Annie's description, it is indeed this time. Could it be that Annie accidentally misread the time?"
"It's unlikely that I misread the time."
"Let's get back to the previous question."
Zhiji Nanxun smiled and said, "Why didn't Mo Ning, the murderer, kill Annie? You thought a lot before, Aqiong, for example, what kind of evidence Annie had, but I think the reason is simpler than you think, that is, Mo Ning needs a witness."
"Need witnesses..."
"Yes."
Zhiji Nanxun continued, "But he probably didn't expect that Annie, who was originally a tool, would actually see his face, which put him in a passive position all of a sudden."
"really."
Hua Qiong nodded. If Annie hadn't seen Morning's face, the scope of suspects in this murder case would quickly expand to everyone in James' social circle. Among these people, Morning would be almost impossible to be suspected after presenting a perfect alibi.
But because his face was seen, Anne insisted that he was the murderer and ruled out everyone else.
Coincidence and accident.
"That's the reason why people are so clever that they often make mistakes."
"If that's the case... ..."
Hua Qiong felt that she had grasped something: "In other words, Mo Ning's alibi can only be proved with an eyewitness."
"In other words, if Annie is dead, no one would know when the crime took place, so the time of the crime must have been tampered with by Morning!"
“That’s about it.”
"But the specific steps..."
"Arjun."
"... .Huh?"
It's hard to find a true friend. At a glance, the sunset has completely sunk into the horizon, and the sky has completely darkened: "Do you know how people here tell time?"
"Well."
Hua Qiong was stunned. Normal people would not pay attention to these things when they first arrived, but Hua Qiong was determined to become the best detective, so of course he would not ignore the training of observation: "Let me think... It seems to be a clock, and a calendar, but there are no electronic devices, all mechanical clocks."
"Is there something wrong here?"
"Could it be that Anne's watch had been adjusted before? If she read the wrong time because it had been adjusted, it could only have happened before the incident. Who could have adjusted it before then? Anne had always worn the watch on her hand, and Anne never said who had touched her watch..."
"so what?"
"... ... ..Um?"
Zhiji Nanxun whispered, while Hua Qiong was stunned: "So? It's not that there is something wrong with Annie's watch, then it's not Annie's time that is tampered with. In this case, the time that caused this time contradiction is the time on Morning's side, that is, the neighboring town of Dasco..."
"... Could it be perjury?"
"No, it shouldn't be that."
Hua Qiong asked the question himself, then shook his head to deny it: "There are a lot of people in the next town who saw Mo Ning. It's impossible for so many people to give false testimony for him."
"Where exactly are the hands and feet?"
"Annie's time is fine, Morning's time is fine."
“But the timelines of both parties are contradictory.”
"And Mo Ning must be the murderer."
“Damn it….!”
Hua Qiong shook the nail of her thumb, looking a little uncomfortable. It was just like when a top student in junior high or high school was doing math problems at home. He had clearly found a way to solve the problem, but the answer he came up with was completely different from the standard answer, and he couldn't find the reason no matter how hard he tried.
What's the problem
What have I overlooked
Playing tricks with time
As Hua Qiong thought about it, she involuntarily looked at Zhiji Nanxun, who was looking at her with a smile on his face. This made Hua Qiong suddenly have an idea:
"Sister Shaohua, you haven't found the truth yet, have you?"
“I can’t say I found it.”
"I can only guess."
“Eh…”
Looking at Zhiji Nanxun in front of her, Hua Qiong suddenly had the illusion that she was looking at Gu Moli, but unlike Gu Moli, at this moment, in addition to admiration, she also felt a bit unwilling to admit defeat, as if she didn't want to be easily outdone by Zhiji Nanxun.
"... .Let me think about it!"
Hua Qiong lowered his head again.
Different times in different places, there is a high probability that there is no error in both time points.
It takes two hours to go back and forth between the two places.
Use a mechanical clock instead of an electronic clock.
(Think carefully, how did Sister Shaohua guess it? Why could she guess it? What clues did she have? She asked all the questions in front of me... What did she ask? Dasco Town! Yes! She asked everyone if they had been to Dasco Town!)
What were the responses of the crowd at that time
"Annie hasn't been there, Marshall has only been there once, and only Morning goes back and forth regularly."
"Dasco Town..."
But it is impossible that the people of Dasco Town helped Morning to give false testimony. After all, there are too many people.
Since it is not a human,
That is... ..
"...Is there something wrong with the town itself?"
Hua Qiong looked up at Zhiji Nanxun hesitantly, and Zhiji Nanxun grinned and suddenly made a naughty face at Hua Qiong.