Chapter 16
?The studio was covered with dust because no one cared for a long time. This is indeed the same as what Chi Ben Shinmei said described. No one has been here in this room for a long time.
The rope hanging on a high place, the chair that was kicked over under the rope is indeed very suitable for suicide by hanging himself, but Akutagawa Ryunosuke always felt something was wrong, "What did the police say? How many people's fingerprints are there on the rope?" As Ari Ikemoto's only relative, Ikemoto Mami should know the news about that incident very well.
"There are Ari on the rope and the fingerprints of all witnesses at that time, but this rope was originally a still life painted in this studio, and it was normal to get on it." This is what the police and Ike Benmami said. Several paintings from different angles placed next to it also illustrate this point. There is indeed such a rope in the center of the painting.
Ikemoto Mami signaled Akutagawa Ryunosuke to pick up the paintings placed on the easel, and the still life that was placed in the middle by the easel.
Ryunosuke Akutagawa walked around the paintings, and then sat down one by one on the chairs in front of each painting. "Miss Ikemoto, have the locations of these paintings and the still life in the middle changed?"
Ike Benmama shook his head, "No one has touched this, is there any problem with these paintings?" Ike Benmama is now unwilling to let go of a little evidence related to this.
"The location is wrong." Akutagawa Ryunosuke looked at Ikemoto Mami with a confused expression and signaled Ikemoto Mami to come over. "From this perspective, what is the difference between the still life in the middle, except for the lack of the uppermost rope, and this painting?"
Ikemoto Mami stood in front of the easel, looking up and down at the difference between the two, and finally shook her head, "There is no difference, it can almost be said to be exactly the same. Mr. Shinhara, is there any problem with this?"
"Sit down and take a look." Akutagawa Ryunosuke did not answer Ike Benmami's question, but asked Ike Benmami to sit down and take a look.
Ikemoto Mami sat on the chair and observed it for a while, "The paintings are a little different from still lifes, and the angle seems to be something wrong."
"That's right." Akutagawa Ryunosuke nodded. This is the problem. "These paintings were drawn by students sitting on chairs. Logically speaking, when they sit and look at them, the students' paintings will be the same as the still life in the middle, rather than standing. I just circled around these paintings and found that the problems of these paintings are the same. All of them are exactly the same as the angle of the still life when standing."
If there is a problem with one picture, it can be said to be an accident, but all these paintings have problems, then there must be a problem. "These paintings and still lifes were placed on them later?" Ikemoto Mami took a breath, but she was still confused, "Mr. Shinhara, why are they doing this?"
"This can illustrate three points. First, it shows that there is something wrong with their testimony. They all bite Miss Arle to death and said that Miss Arle will choose to commit suicide because she has mental problems. But do you think a person who wants to commit suicide by rummaging through boxes and cabinets and finding ropes, or use these utility knifes faster."
Ryunosuke Akutagawa signaled to Mami Ikemoto to see the good tools placed in front of each easel, including the utility knife used to sharpen pencils. If you commit suicide, it would be faster to choose this one, but Ari Ikemoto did the opposite and chose a more troublesome rope.
"Secondly, the rope is a still life drawn by these students. In the middle of these easels, if you want to get the rope from the innermost part, you have to move the easel away to get it. Will a person who is eager to commit suicide take the suicide tool and then put it in the easel?"
This is a very abnormal behavior, and it just so happens that Ari Ikemoto did not commit suicide. Compared to suicide, it is more like a carefully planned murder. Ryunosuke Akutagawa stood from the perspective of the bystander and clearly saw everything clearly.
"Third, these paintings are placed here, which shows that these paintings have not been finished, or that others are in a hurry to leave. I looked at the completion of these paintings and were all extremely exquisite. This can exclude the former, but if they are in a hurry to leave, why are there only the paintings not collected?"
Although the paints, brushes, palettes, and buckets are all placed here, they are all clean. The paints are covered with good paints, the brushes and palettes are clean, and there is no water for the brushes to wash the brushes. Since these have been done, why not take away the paintings and still lifes?
"They were using paintings to pretend that Teacher Ari committed suicide. They wanted to clear their suspicion!" The boy in school uniform held the door and showed a fearless smile at Ryunosuke Akutagawa, "I have found evidence that they had fought with Teacher Ari!"
"Who are you?" Ikebuchi Mami looked at the boy standing at the door vigilantly. How long has this guy been secretly listening to them at the door? Akutagawa Ryunosuke took a half step forward and stood in front of Ikebuchi Mami.
"I am Shinichi Kudo, from the Imperial Kingdom. There is a reason why I met Mr. Ari." Shinichi Kudo talked about the reason why he met Ari Ikemoto, and a lot of time passed after the talk.
Kudo Shinichi's hand was an open handkerchief, and there were some debris in the middle of the handkerchief that were unknown. The debris made Ryunosuke Akutagawa subconsciously frown, "This is what I found in the room where art props were placed." Kudo Shinichi explained.
Akutagawa Ryunosuke gently crushed it a little bit, put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed it gently, and his brows became more obvious. It was not wrong with what he imagined. This thing was a poison, "It's big/ma." Akutagawa Ryunosuke's voice was a little heavy. Seeing this thing, he probably could have thought of the reason. In order to cover up this, he killed people to silence him.
Ari Ikemoto was the one who was destroyed by them, but they would choose to silence them, so they would definitely tempt Ari Ikemoto with them before that. Ari Ikemoto did not choose to degenerate himself, which led to the disaster of killing.
Ryunosuke Akutagawa didn't believe it, and Ari Ikemoto would not know what would happen if he didn't agree to those people. "Miss Ikemoto, has Miss Ari told you anything? Before, please recall it carefully."
Ikebuchi Mami looked at both of them staring at him, and her voice trembled, "I, I think about it." Ikebuchi Mami seemed to remember something, and her originally frowning brows slowly opened, "The day before Ari's accident, Ari said he should be quicker and finish the bill, otherwise it would be too late."
At that time, Ikemoto Mami didn't take it seriously, but now I recalled that when Ikemoto Ari said that, she looked sad and had a big problem with her tone.
After Mami Ikebuchi said that, Ryunosuke Akutagawa began to recall the details of the account book, but Shinichi Kudo was a little confused, "What kind of account is it? Can I show me the account?" Mami Ikebuchi handed the account book to Shinichi Kudo again.
Kudo Shinichi first turned to the last page, looked carefully, then began to flip forward, muttered for a while, then took out a book and began to record some words on it, "There is something wrong with the place where Teacher Ari wants to go and what he wants to buy. This place cannot be bought in this season. In addition, the words used to decorate next to it, they are combined and respoke the flower of Fallen."
Kudo Shinichi combined these words several times, and in the order of the front and back, the only word that has no extra words is this word.
After hearing this word, Ikemoto Mami was stunned, and then tears began to fall, "Why is this? Why did Ari encounter such a thing? Why?" Ikemoto Mami's emotions were a little out of control.
Ryunosuke Akutagawa was a little at a loss. He approached Shinichi Kudo and whispered to Shinichi Kudo, "Does this word have any special meaning?"
"It is the name of an American movie, a movie starring Sharon Wynard." Fukuo, the big star who asked his mother, Kudo Shinichi often followed his mother to watch some messy movies. The Flower of Depravity is one of them. "It probably tells the story of a group of teenagers who are willing to fall into depravity, after many twists and turns, and finally saved by a teacher."
Ikemoto Mami took the tissue handed to her by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, wiped away the tears from her face before speaking, "Ari likes this movie very much. She watched this movie and was touched by the teacher in it, so she became a teacher. She said that these students are as beautiful as flowers."
Ari Ikemoto came to this school with a beautiful wish, but unexpectedly he met such a student. The studio was silent. Neither Akutagawa Ryunosuke nor Kudo Shinichi knew how to comfort this woman who had lost her sister. The only thing they could do was to bring the murderer who killed Ari Ikemoto to justice.
"There is no way to prove that these people are the murderers. We can only prove that these people have taken drugs/pharmaceuticals now. We need more evidence to prove that Miss Ariel was killed by them." Ryunosuke Akutagawa felt a little headache. Although he could speculate on the truth through the scene, he still speculated that in the end, he still needed more evidence to prove all this.
But so many days have passed, even if there is any evidence, those people should have handled it almost.
"Mr. Shinhara, are we going to investigate the witnesses at that time?" Kudo Shinchi also learned from the masochism of Ikebuchi, and called Mr. Ryunosuke Akutagawa.
"It should be investigated, but it's not us, it's me." After Ryunosuke Akutagawa said, Shinichi Kudo's eyes widened incredibly.
"Mr. Shinhara, how could you do this? I've also helped you. You're called smuggling bridges across the river!" Kudo Shinichi's face turned red and didn't know what to say.
Chapter completed!