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Chapter 961 Not "Ten"

"what?"

Deeply puzzled, Police Officer Shiratori showed some disbelief when Gao Yuan made such a judgment so firmly. As a police officer who was in contact with Gao Yuan for the first time, he had his own pride as a policeman. Officer Bird asked seriously:
"Why do you say that? This time, the murderer attacked people who were close to Mr. Maori. Obviously, he had a grudge against Mr. Maori, and he also deliberately used playing cards as a hint to show who he was going to attack. Combined These characteristics, Murakami Takeshi are very consistent with the characteristics of this murderer!"

In contrast, Miwako Sato and Yumi Miyamoto had more curiosity on their faces.

In this regard, facing the questioning of Police Officer Shiratori, Gao Yuan thought for a while, and felt that the statement just now was not rigorous enough. After all, it is now certain that this incident is not completely the original plot that he is familiar with, so if he only infers it based on clues , it should be certain that——

"At least, even if Murakami may be the murderer this time, it is absolutely impossible for him to do it alone."

Strictly speaking, Gao Yuan explained further:
"This time, the murderer completed three successful attacks in one day, and when he poisoned Lawyer Concubine with chocolate for the second time, he used Lawyer Concubine's favorite chocolate. From this point of view, the murderer is obviously interested in Mr. Maori. The people around me are very understanding!"

"That's right, what's the problem?"

Sergeant Shiratori asked.

"That's the problem."

Gao Yuan said seriously:
"Officer Shiratori, you also said that Murakami was released last week after serving his sentence, but it has only been a few days since yesterday's attack. How can Murakami find out who is around Mr. Mori? ?Even in a short period of time, Mr. Murakami can find all the targets that match the characteristics of playing cards from the people Mr. Mori knows, but it is definitely not easy to know the chocolate that Lawyer Fei likes!

"Even the people we have known for such a long time with Mr. Maori, if it hadn't happened for this incident, we wouldn't know what kind of chocolate Lawyer Concubine likes to eat, let alone the murderer can seize the right time to make sure the chocolates are sent over, Lawyer Concubine I will definitely eat it! It is impossible for Murakami, who has been serving his sentence in prison before, to know these things!"

Having said that, this successive analysis can't help but shake Police Officer Shiratori a little bit, while Miwako Sato at the side is a little accustomed to this, folded her hands in front of her body, and glanced at Officer Shiratori, who just recently The police officer who was transferred and didn't have much contact with Gao Yuan.

As for Miyamoto Yumi, she just looked at Gao Yuan's serious look with a smile on her face.

After analyzing the above contents, Gao Yuan began to conclude:
"So I think, either the murderer is not Mr. Murakami at all, or... There are people behind Mr. Murakami who are planning for him!"

And no matter which statement it is, it means that the murderer is definitely not as simple as the Murakami Takeshi who was released from prison last week mentioned by the police.

And, one more thing—

"Besides, it's still not completely certain whether the murderer came after Mr. Maori..."

Following this topic, Gao Yuan continued to analyze:

"Me, Lawyer Concubine, and Police Officer Mu Mu, so far, we who have been attacked by the other party are indeed people that Mr. Maori knows, but then again, the people who know the three of us at the same time are actually not only Maori. Sir alone!"

When he said this, Gao Yuan couldn’t help thinking back, even in the original plot, the murderer chose to use playing cards as a hint in order to avenge Mori Kogoro, and successively attacked the people corresponding to the playing cards around Mori Kogoro Both are wrong.

In fact, the so-called hint of playing cards is actually misleading. In the original work, there are only a few people who the murderer really wants to murder. It just so happens that there are numbers hidden in the names of the people the murderer wants to murder. That's why the murderer took advantage of this point, causing the murderer to directly use playing cards to expand the scope of the attack, making it unclear what his real purpose was.

As for Murakami, in the original work, this person actually wanted to thank Kogoro Mori after he was released from prison, but because Kogoro Mori happened to be away from the detective agency on the day he visited Kogoro Mori, so after leaving the office, he met again by chance. The real culprit of this incident is the one who is friends with Mori Kogoro.

Later, during the heart-to-heart talk between Murakami and the murderer, the murderer learned about his past with Mori Kogoro, which made the murderer think of using playing cards as hints to mislead the police and Mori Kogoro. , Let them think that the real identity of the murderer is Murakami who just got out of prison and plans to take revenge.

And in the end, such misleading was indeed a success.

However, in fact, as long as you have to analyze it carefully, even in the original work, there is actually not enough evidence to prove anything from the current clues of the whole incident so far.

On the most critical point, it is completely untenable to think that the murderer is out to avenge Mori Kogoro.

It is true that the three people who were attacked first in the original work were acquaintances of Kogoro Mori, but Kogoro Mori was not the only acquaintance of these three people.

This point is the same when converted to the current status quo. The police officer Megure, Attorney Concubine and himself who are currently being attacked are all acquaintances of Mori Kogoro. It's not just Mori Kogoro!

In this regard, listening to Gao Yuan's explanation, Officer Shiratori couldn't help but fell silent, unable to think of how to refute, while Miwako Sato couldn't help asking:

"So, what does Mr. Wise think about this incident?"

Seeing that Gao Yuan almost completely denied the current direction of investigation, Miwako Sato asked Gao Yuan with some anticipation in what direction the investigation should go in the future.

In this regard, Gao Yuan is actually unable to give a definite answer. After all, the deviation of the current incident has occurred. Is the murderer behind the whole incident still the same person, and whether the murderer’s motives have changed, but at least, the murderer still chooses to use The playing cards carried out a countdown-like preview attack, indicating that the person the other party really wanted to murder must be among them, so Gao Yuan said:

"The key lies in who the murderer will attack next. In the first three attacks so far, the murderer has not killed him. But since the other party has tried so hard to come up with an attack that uses playing cards to carry out countdown hints, it is possible. Just like "ABC Murder", in order to cover up the motive of murdering someone, a series of events are deliberately created... For example, it is possible that the person corresponding to the '10 of Spades' may be It's like someone the murderer really wants to kill."

In this way, using an analogy, Gao Yuan temporarily mentioned the possibility that the person corresponding to "ten" in the original work would be fatally attacked.

"'Ten of Spades'?"

But at this time, when Gao Yuan mentioned this, Miyamoto Yumi who was on the side was thoughtful——

"By the way, Mr. Sensible, when checking the contents of the car you scrapped, we found a playing card of '10 of spades' and a playing card of 'J of spades', which is related to what you are talking about now. Does it matter?"

Recalling the inspection results of the items in Takato's car, Yumi Miyamoto asked suddenly.

"what?"

Hearing this, Gao Yuan was taken aback for a moment, then his thoughts changed, and he hurriedly said in surprise:

"Not good! Wrong! Totally wrong! The one who will be attacked next is not 'ten', but 'nine'!"

(End of this chapter)