Chapter 8: The Host
Taking a deep breath, CV-16 raised his head, still with that expressionless look on his face.
She wanted to adjust her glasses, but when she reached out her hand she realized that she wasn't wearing them today. Of course she wasn't nearsighted, it was just a pair of plain glasses that she used just to pretend to be a detective.
"Don't talk nonsense." CV-16 said, "I don't care about what happened in the past. Today you are just my clients... I already have a general understanding of the case. You ask me how I know it? From the moment you walked in, I have deduced the whole picture of the case from you."
"Huh?" Su Xia was surprised. He wanted to complain. It was clearly us who told you what happened and then you knew what happened. How did you deduce the whole picture of the case from us?
"The famous detective Jushita is amazing. He figured out the whole picture of the case in one go, which is really remarkable. Amazing, amazing." Su Xia didn't understand, but Xiao Zhai was already sitting upright and clapping.
Xiaohua looked at the books she brought from the activity room without saying a word.
"Great, great." Xiao Luo is really a parrot.
Su Xia opened her mouth slightly and asked, "What game are you playing?"
The little Loli was still very cooperative today, only the Admiral next to her seemed surprised.
He wouldn't think that I usually ask the little girl to cooperate with me in playing detective games, right?
I didn't deliberately let the little girl cooperate in playing detective games, but the only case in the garrison - the theft of dried fish somewhere, must have been done by Bismarck's black cat Oscar, because Hood's two cats Ginger and Fish Cake were too fat to run. Ginger and Fish Cake might have been stolen, but there is only one suspect. Otherwise, it's a case of stolen cakes or mysterious disappearance of puddings, there's really nothing to detect.
CV-16 bent down again. She felt her face getting a little hot, but she absolutely couldn’t let anyone see her blushing.
Xiao Zhai looked around and said, "Detective Jurokuta, where is your assistant?"
Please stop calling me a famous detective, CV-16 shouted in her heart, saying, "It's not here by chance."
"You're not here? Who did you go with?"
Jiaotai means - generally, the number of battleships in each class is relatively small, but 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers were built at a time, just like making dumplings, so the Essex class is also called the Jiaozi class, and Jiaotai means Mrs. Jiao.
"I went out for a drive alone." CV-16 replied.
"It's not a person, it's a bird, right?" Xiao Zhai corrected. She seemed to have a special hobby. Of course, she knew who the assistant of the famous detective Rokuta was. It was her sister's pet bald eagle, Bell McCann, a arrogant and talkative person.
"Idiot." Xiao Hua interrupted, "Going out alone means going out alone, not going out as a 'person'. Even if the object is not a person, but a cat or a dog, you can say that. There is no need to be so fussy."
"It's like seeing a ghost. It doesn't mean seeing a 'ghost', but it means seeing something extraordinary and being surprised. In fantasy novels, seeing a ghost is written as seeing ghosts, which seems to be localized, but it's actually unnecessary. To be honest, in the fantasy world, ghosts are very common, and it's impossible to use the word seeing ghosts to express surprise."
So that's how it is. Xiao Luo nodded beside him: "Xiao Hua is amazing."
Xiao Zhai crossed his arms and nodded: "Xiao Hua is showing off again."
Xiao Hua's grip on the book tightened involuntarily. She was still angry, so she turned around and pinched Xiao Zhai's face, rubbing it hard: "I'm not showing off, I'm teaching you knowledge. And you're not cute at all like this."
"Stop rubbing it." Xiao Zhai made a strange sound because Xiao Hua was rubbing his face.
Xiaohua finally stopped.
"It's all red." Xiao Zhai gently rubbed his face, "You resort to violence when you disagree. Xiaohua, you will definitely become that violent girl like Washington in the future."
"Am I really not cute like that?" Xiao Zhai said to himself, and turned to Su Xia, wanting to get an answer from him.
Su Xia nodded.
"Oh, no way." Xiao Zhai said, "Then what is the cutest way?"
"Like Xiaoluo." Xiaohua said.
"I understand. I want to be like Xiao Luo in the future."
"Pretending to be cute is not real cuteness."
"Wow, I don't want that. I'm obviously the cutest, the cutest in the world... Never mind. I'm not going for the cute route right now."
Su Xia glanced at CV-16, then at the other kids, and subconsciously said, "Okay, stop making trouble. This is someone else's home. Don't be so ignorant."
The little guy finally quieted down.
Su Xia found that CV-16's expression became unfriendly. What happened?
CV-16 had already recovered. She slowly held up the proposal and said, "Let's get back to the topic. Through this proposal, I have found many clues, but before that, I want to hear what clues you have found?"
Xiao Zhai said: "No clues were found."
Xiao Luo said: "I don't have it either."
Xiaohua didn't say anything, thinking to himself, are you really children? Why are you cooperating with Mrs. Sixteen's performance?
"I do have a clue, but only a little." Su Xia said, "I don't know if it's correct."
"It's okay, just tell me." CV-16 encouraged, "You're not a detective, I can't ask that of you."
"So I told you?"
"Go ahead."
Su Xia waved her hand, motioning CV-16 to hand over the proposal, and said, "Generally speaking, we should look at the handwriting first and find the person through the handwriting. But this person is obviously very cunning. She is afraid that others will recognize her handwriting. A person cannot change her handwriting at will. She chose to use Word and then print it out with a printer."
Xiaohua suddenly said, "It's also possible that the person didn't think about anything, but was just too lazy to write and preferred typing."
"Even if she's a child, you can't underestimate her." Su Xia said modestly, "It's possible. Xiaohua, you gave us a new idea... So, this is just my own superficial opinion. I didn't think too much about it. I didn't consider the possibility that she was stupid. I habitually thought she was cunning."
"Yeah." Xiaohua responded and said nothing more.
Su Xia continued, "Let's take a look at this proposal. It must have been made with Word. In this case, the people who can use Word proficiently must not be children. They are generally not good at computers and only use them to play games. They are people who are good at office software. But think about it, it's so simple to use Word, so anyone should be able to do it, so there is still no way to exclude someone."
"Looking at the written text, there are no strange idioms, such as referring to oneself as 'we', 'I', 'I', 'Qie Shen', and there is no 'meow' at the end. The format is very standard, the text is very concise, the article is very smooth and written, and there are no typos. This shows that this person is very good at this aspect. I'm afraid not many people in the garrison can do this ."
"It's just ordinary A4 paper, nothing special. There's no strange smell when I smell it. I can't smell it anyway, otherwise maybe I could find the suspect by the scent."
"It was pasted with transparent tape, which is nothing to worry about. But generally, offices use transparent tape cutters, and the blade on the cutter is serrated. The cut on the transparent tape on this proposal is very smooth, which means it was cut with a knife and scissors. Let's exclude office staff for the time being? But if it's not an office staff, where is the printer? How many printers do we have in the garrison?"
Su Xia noticed that the three little guys looked at him with shock on their faces. He smiled slightly, but CV-16's face remained calm. He was indeed a detective.
He hesitated for a moment. "I've already discovered that there are no cameras . Otherwise, everything would be easy if there were cameras. Xiao Zhai said that she found the proposal in the morning. We have reason to believe that the person posted it late at night or in the early morning when everyone was asleep. This is another clue."
"Speaking of which, in TV dramas, many criminals will return to the crime scene to see the panic of passers-by and the police's reaction, which gives them a sense of pleasure and control. But in reality, it is said that it is very rare for suspects to return to the crime scene, but they do move around the area, observe the case being solved, and infer the police's next move. I wonder if this can be used."
Su Xia exhaled and said, "That's it. These are the only clues I can think of in such a short time. I haven't looked at the notice board yet, which can be considered the crime scene. Otherwise, I can find some clues by looking at the height, angle, location of the notice board, as well as nearby footprints, etc."
Xiao Luo opened her mouth slightly and murmured, "The Admiral is really amazing. I never thought there were so many clues."
Xiao Zhai glanced at Xiao Luo, then realized what was happening and clapped his hands: "Amazing, super awesome, the Admiral is awesome."
Su Xia reached out and patted Xiao Zhai on the head: "Don't be so exaggerated and deliberate, are you mocking me?" He didn't know why he naturally patted Xiao Zhai on the head, they were obviously not familiar enough.
Su Xia returned the proposal to CV-16 and said, "Let's listen to our famous detective's ideas."
CV-16 took the proposal, looked at it again, and seeing everyone's expectant eyes, he slowly lowered his head.
I'm just an amateur.
You've said so much, what else can I say now? I can only repeat what others have said.
CV-16 tried to maintain a cold demeanor and said, "Admiral, you said it very well. That's what I wanted to say..."
CV-16 noticed that everyone was looking at him.
Look at yourself.
Own.
Finally unable to bear the pressure, CV-16 reached out, grabbed the corner of Su Xia's clothes, and pulled gently.
"No, I'm not. I didn't. Admiral, please believe me. I'm not completely ignorant. I'm not pretending to know everything. I clearly don't understand but insist that you tell me. Then after listening to you, I pretend to think the same thing. It's just that you've said everything and now I don't know what to say. Please believe me."
Su Xia looked at CV-16 and raised her head slightly. Her face was expressionless before, but now it was full of an expression of "Do you believe me?"
This is the contrast, right?
Regardless of whether the little guy is super cute or not, this CV-16 who is trying hard to explain and looks like he is about to cry is super cute, and Su Xia feels like she can't help herself.
