"This plate armor is actually very inconvenient for men, right?" Chiba took the picture and said to Conan and Yusaku Kudo. "Look at this skirt armor, it's a metal plate that goes straight down—if there is such a large piece of ...... for men here."

Considering the ...... of men A part of the body will generally choose something like lighter chain mail, rather than a vertically downward plate armor that will cause pressure in a very painful way in some cases.

[Author: There are indeed records in history of men wearing skirt plate armor, such as the 29 kg infantry armor worn by Henry VIII in 1520, but it was specially made for the king's infantry competition. And even if there is such a strange armor, it is not something that can be bought in Japanese art museums, and it is almost the same in Europe. 】

Conan's face was a little strange after thinking for a moment, and Yusaku Kudo seemed to be satisfied with Chiba's judgment and nodded.

"As for why it's a flat-chested strong woman, the reason is actually similar," Qian Yu said. "The plate didn't leave room for the chest, and women who were too weak were unlikely to choose to wear that kind of heavy plate armor."

(Plate armor is often based on the wearer's own body data, so if a woman wears a man's plate armor of a similar height...... The chest will hurt to death, and it may not be able to penetrate it. ）

Kudo Yusaku's expression calmed down and continued to look at Chiba noncommittally, waiting for him to continue, but then quickly realized that Chiba's inference was over. "What do you want next?"

"The paint on that painting doesn't match the women's comparison, but it's the same style as the paint used in Director Ochiai's drawing." After Kudo Yusaku finished speaking, he looked at the surprised eyes of Chiba and Conan, and said with a smile. "It's called dark under the lights, and you didn't find any evidence pointing to him, so you ignored him."

"Huh?" Qian Yu was taken aback. "The old man? How was he going to wear such heavy plate armor? ”

"Ignored him without finding evidence?" Conan was concerned with something else. "So we were wrong for not finding evidence for him, or for ......"

"In the absence of evidence pointing directly at him, there is still a way to think that he is seriously suspected." Yusaku Kudo slightly hooked the corners of his mouth. "Come, I'll take you back to the scene of the crime, and show you what you've all overlooked."

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On the way there, Yusaku Kudo said this to Conan and Chiha. "How much do you know about the plate armor that a medieval art museum should have?"

"I don't know much." Conan shook his head.

"It must be those early plates, right?" Qian Yu said so. "I think plate mail was something that only existed at the end of the Middle Ages, and before that it was usually chain mail......"

"If we talk purely about plate armor, which is different from chain mail, it can probably be traced back to the middle of the 14th century when it was used for cavalry anti-infantry operations, and the monolithic plate armor did not mature until about the 15th century, that is, in the last fifty years of the Middle Ages, the two most famous of which are Milanese plate armor and Gothic plate armor."

"So, is this heavy plate armor actually one of these two late-stage plate armors?" Qian Yu asked.

"If you have to choose one of these two to match, it belongs to Milan plate armor." Yusaku Kudo seems to have that painting in his heart.

……

(There is a close-up of the front of this armor in the Conan manga, and the text description above will be attached when Kudo Yu's explanation is below)

[In the arm part, there seems to be a heavy shoulder armor on the shoulder, it is worth noting that the shoulder armor of the left arm seems to have a small protrusion compared to the right shoulder armor, which may be that this part of the right shoulder armor is missing for some reason.] 】

"The biggest difference between Milanese plate armor and Gothic plate armor is that Milanese plate armor likes asymmetrical design, because you should also be able to figure out that most people on the battlefield hold weapons with their right hand, and the left side faces the opponent's attack, so the asymmetrical armor that strengthens the armor protection on the left side and reduces the protection and strengthens the flexibility on the right side can better cater to the characteristics of right-handers."

[Nothing special on the chest, but there seems to be something like a connecting belt on the chest - it looks a little strange on such a heavy defensive armor.] 】

"Secondly, the two were also different in the connection of the chest, the Gothic armor was connected by rivets between the cuirasse and the ventral armor, while the Milanese had a more flexible belt buckle."

"On top of that, what you didn't mention is also a factor in judgment - since you can draw the details of the gap between the left and right shoulder armor, you should be able to see another thing as well: do you see the lines on his armor?"

"Lines?" Qian Yu was stunned. "Nope."

"Another style of Gothic armor is Fluting, that is, to create a protruding arc on the surface of the armor that is more efficient for slashing, and without this, it is obvious that Milanese plate armor needs to be prioritized."

……

"All in all," Kudo said. "After judging that this is a Milanese-style plate armor, if you have mastered the knowledge of the plate armor at that time, you should ask a question: How could an old man like Director Ochiai wear such a heavy plate armor to commit a crime?"

"The answer is very simple, as long as the plate armor is actually a fake and shoddy modern product, it's OK."

"Fake?" Thousand Feathers and Conan were stunned.

"yes, and you're pretty close to discovering this." Kudo Yusaku said with a smile. "Did you just complain that that such a dress can only be worn by women? But if you think about it, don't you think there's anything wrong with medieval plate armor that can't be worn by normal men? ”

“！” Only then did Chiba realize that he had missed something. "yes, plate armor generally doesn't always leave space underneath, with chain mail and stuff like that......"

"There are all kinds of protection, but definitely not such a torturous vertical skirt." Yusaku Kudo. "In addition, there is also the issue of the era of the armor protection mode on that armor, but it is a little difficult for you to be sensitive enough in this regard, even for adults, so I can tell you two more about this aspect."

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This armor is really weird, and I was naïve at first to determine whether it was Milanese or Gothic, but it turned out that many parts of this thing did not look like Milan or Gothic, but something that the old thief made up in his own brain, and the evidence was that this thing did not look like practical cavalry plate armor (Tintin didn't want it?). It's also not like practical infantry plate armor (infantry plate armor usually has enough viewing windows for the face, such as no armor at all, only cavalry or jousting will have such a small window.) ）