I guess this is a thing

A Way to Kill Time

(If there’s a more natural way to phrase it, please let me know!)

The Dances of Deduction in 1-2 and 2-5 both have moments where he says something to the effect of "this is no time for jokes/distractions", after which he makes correct deductions every single time -- this is especially notable in 1-2 where every deduction he had made up until that point had been wrong. In 2-4, when Ryunosuke & Susato were about to end that case's Dance of Deduction, Sholmes encouraged them to keep going because there was still one aspect of the mystery they hadn't unravelled yet. These moments all carry the implication that Sholmes has in fact correctly deduced what happened in every scene he walks into, but is giving wrong deductions on purpose in order to mess with Ryunosuke and/or encourage him (+ Susato) to learn how to make deductions of their own.

However. He is still the kind of person who hangs off of coat hooks, and who mistakes violas for violins, and who pretends to be a wax sculpture of himself, and who accidentally dyes his hair blue.

inexplicably shows up to the scene.

makes some wack ass deduction

doesn't elaborate