Tricky Story Level 189 – Prove Riley’s Innocence

Overview

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Your objective: Prove Riley's innocence.

Welcome to Tricky Story Story 2 Level 39! At the front desk of the high-end dress luxury custom shop, the clerk is crossing her arms and sternly questioning Riley (orange-haired girl in the center). It turns out that Claire's trio (on the left) secretly stuffed expensive jewelry into Riley's backpack in the previous level and maliciously accused her of theft first. This level's core mechanism is action counter mode (0/8). You must link various hidden clues around the counter within the 60-second time limit. By using receipts on the ground, magnifying glasses, spray on the counter, and even the parrot birdcage and computer cash register on the right, continuously execute 8 successful self-evidence and evidence collection operations. Each correct investigation and presentation will add "+1" to the progress bar. Collect 8 points to completely prove innocence and slap Claire in the face!

Step-by-Step Walkthrough

Here's the complete solution. Follow these 8 steps in order — each one is a concrete action you take on screen.

1. Pick Up Genuine Receipt Scattered on Left Floor (Progress 1/8): Observe the marble floor in the lower left corner. A white small long strip of paper is lying there. Click and hold this shopping receipt to pick it up, drag it and hand it directly to the clerk lady on the right to prove you have a legal consumption receipt.
2. Pick Up Vintage Magnifying Glass at Riley's Feet (Progress 2/8): Click the handheld magnifying glass that fell on the floor in the center directly at Riley's feet. Put it into the bottom active tool tray as a prerequisite tool for subsequent optical identification. Progress bar successfully adds 1.
3. Use Magnifying Glass to Scan Anti-Counterfeit Tag on Backpack (Progress 3/8): Drag the just-obtained magnifying glass to the surface of Riley's brown backpack on the counter. Aim at the barcode or anti-theft magnetic strip on the backpack and hold still for 2 seconds. The system will automatically read the genuine original code data.
4. Lift Blue Cleaning Spray on Counter to Eliminate Forged Evidence (Progress 4/8): Click the blue stain removal cleaning spray bottle placed in the lower right corner of the counter. Drag it to the stain grid on the counter that was deliberately blackened by Claire and rub and spray to wipe it clean.
5. Move Away Black Industrial Paint Can in Lower Right Corner (Progress 5/8): A black industrial paint can is placed to the left of the silver trash can in the far lower right corner. Press and hold the paint can and move it to the right edge to expose the monitoring connection cable interface hidden in the lower layer of the cash register.
6. Click and Light Up Computer Cash Register on Counter (Progress 6/8): Click the multimedia cash register computer screen standing in the center of the counter to light it up. Slide the time progress bar on the screen to call up the closed-circuit monitoring footage (CCTV video) from 10 minutes ago and directly show the clerk the entire crime process of Claire secretly stuffing jewelry.
7. Open Golden Birdcage on Right High Platform to Release Parrot (Progress 7/8): Move your view to the right. An exquisite golden round birdcage is placed on a tall stone pillar. Click and slide open the lock of the birdcage. The colorful parrot inside will fly out and shout loudly: "Claire is lying!", serving as key avian witness testimony to greatly shock the clerk.
8. Reverse Search Claire's Pink Top Pocket (Progress 8/8): When all the iron evidence and monitoring in front are locked (progress bar reaches 7/8), click Claire herself on the left who is nervously sweating. Riley will step forward and directly search out the truly missing product anti-theft tag buckle from Claire's clothes pocket (progress bar fills to 8/8 full). The clerk immediately publicly announces Riley is completely innocent and calls the police. Claire's trio is completely scared silly. Reverse exoneration counterattack great success!

Pro Tips

Use these tips to make things easier — they cover the common traps and fastest route through.

• Multi-finger parallel action flow: Picking up receipt on ground (Step 1) and picking up magnifying glass (Step 2) are all in the lower half screen. In the first 5 seconds of opening, you can use left and right hands with two fingers together. One finger hands the receipt to the clerk while the other finger puts the magnifying glass into the backpack, which can save at least 4 seconds.
• Pay attention to video monitoring unsealing sequence: The final computer recording (Step 6) is the heavy core that shatters lies. Be sure to ensure that the black paint can on the ground has been moved away in Step 5 to unlock the lower layer wiring. Otherwise, even frantically clicking the screen will only show "NO SIGNAL" error and cannot play.

Still Stuck?

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