Deeply puzzled, Officer Bai Niao had a look of disbelief on Gao Yuan's judgment so firmly. As a police officer who had contact with Gao Yuan for the first time, Bai Niao was proud of himself as a police officer.
Officer Bird asked seriously:
"Why do you say that? The people the murderer attacked this time were all people 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 the person he wanted to attack was combined.
These characteristics, Mr. Murakami 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, when faced with Officer Shiratori's inquiry, Gao Yuan thought for a while and felt that his statement just now was not rigorous enough. After all, it was now certain that this incident was not entirely the original plot that he was familiar with, so if he could only infer based on clues
, what should be certain is——
"At least, even if Murakami's father-in-law may be the murderer this time, he can never do it alone."
After carefully wording his words, Gao Yuan further explained:
"This time the murderer completed three successful attacks in one day, and when he poisoned Lawyer Fei with chocolate for the second time, he used Lawyer Fei's favorite chocolate. From this point of view, the murderer obviously has a deep affection for Mr. Maoli.
The people around me are very understanding!”
"Yes, what's the problem with this?"
Officer Shiratori asked.
"That's the problem."
Gao Yuan said seriously:
"Officer Shiratori, you also said that Murakami was released after serving his sentence last week, but it has only been a few days until yesterday's attack. How can Murakami find out who is around Mr. Mori?
?Even if Murakami can find all the targets that match the characteristics suggested by the playing cards from the people Mr. Mori knows in a short period of time, it is definitely not easy to know about the chocolate that the lawyer likes!
"Even those of us who have known Mr. Maoli and others for so long, if this incident hadn't happened, we wouldn't know what kind of chocolate Lawyer Fei likes to eat, let alone the murderer who could seize the right opportunity and make sure the chocolate is delivered to Lawyer Fei.
I will definitely eat it! It is impossible for Murakami, who has been serving his sentence in prison, to know these things!"
With that said, these successive analyzes made Officer Shiratori a little shaken. Miwako Sato, who was on the side, was somewhat accustomed to this. She held her hands in front of her body and glanced at Officer Shiratori with a sigh.
After being transferred, I didn't have much contact with police officers from Gao Yuan.
As for Miyamoto Yumi, she just looked at Gao Yuan's serious look with a smile.
After analyzing the above content, Gao Yuan began to conclude:
"So I think that either the murderer is not Murakami at all, or... there is someone behind Murakami who is making suggestions for him!"
And no matter which version is used, it means that the murderer cannot be as simple as the Murakami father-in-law who was just released from prison last week as mentioned by the police.
And, there is one more thing——
"Furthermore, it is not yet completely certain whether this murderer came specifically for Mr. Maori..."
Following this topic, Gao Yuan continued to analyze:
"I, Lawyer Fei, and Officer Megure, the people we have been attacked by the other party so far are indeed people known to Mr. Maori, but then again, the people who know the three of us at the same time are actually not the only ones who know the three of us.
Sir, you are alone!"
When saying this, Takato couldn't help but recall that even in the plot of the original work, the murderer chose to use playing cards as a hint to take revenge on Kogoro Mori, and successively attacked the people corresponding to the playing cards around Kogoro Mori.
All are wrong.
In fact, the so-called hint of playing cards is actually a misleading. In the original work, the murderer actually wanted to kill only a few people. It just happened that the names of the people the murderer wanted to kill happened to have numbers hidden in them.
So this was taken advantage of by the murderer, who directly used playing cards to expand the scope of his attack, making it unclear what his real purpose was.
As for Murakami, in the original work, after he was released from prison, this man actually wanted to thank Mouri Kogoro, but because on the day he visited Mouri Kogoro, Mouri Kogoro happened to be away from the detective agency, so after leaving the agency, he accidentally met
The real culprit of this incident was the one who was friends with Kogoro Mori.
Later, in the process of Murakami's heart-to-heart talk with the murderer, the murderer learned about his past with Mouri Kogoro, which led the murderer to come up with the idea of using playing cards as a hint to mislead the police and Moori Kogoro.
, making them think that the true identity of the murderer was Murakami's father-in-law who had just been released from prison and planned to take revenge.
And in the end, this kind of misleading was indeed successful.
However, if one has to analyze it carefully, even in the original work, the clues about the whole incident so far are actually not enough evidence to prove anything.
The most critical point is that it is completely untenable to think that the murderer was seeking revenge against Kogoro Mori.
It is true that the first people to be attacked in the original work were three people who were acquaintances of Kogoro Mori, but these three people were not only acquaintances of Kogoro Mori.
This point is the same when it comes to the current situation. It is true that the officers Megure, the lawyer and himself who are currently attacked are all acquaintances of Kogoro Mori, but when it comes to talking about it, people who are acquaintances with these three people,
Mouri Kogoro isn’t the only one!
In this regard, listening to Takato's explanation, Officer Shiratori couldn't help but fell silent as he couldn't think of how to refute, while Sato Miwako on the side couldn't help but ask:
"So, what do you think this incident is about, Mr. Akechi?"
Seeing that Gao Yuan almost completely denied the current investigation direction, Sato Miwako asked Gao Yuan with some expectation in what direction he should investigate this incident next.
Gao Yuan actually couldn't give a definite answer to this. 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
Poker cards carried out a countdown to foretell the 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 anyone, but since the other party has tried so hard to come up with a countdown attack using poker cards, it is possible,
Just like "The ABC Murders", 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' will be...
It's like the person the murderer really wants to kill."
In this way, using analogy, Gao Yuan temporarily stated the possibility that the person corresponding to "ten" in the original work would be fatally attacked.
"'Ten of Spades'?"
But at this time, hearing Gao Yuan mention this, Miyamoto Yumi on the side was thoughtful——
"By the way, Mr. Akechi, while checking the items in the car you scrapped, we found a '10 of Spades' playing card and a 'J of Spades' playing card. This is related to what you are talking about now.
Does it matter?"
Recalling the results of the inspection of the items in Gao Yuan's car, Miyamoto Yumi suddenly asked.
"What?"
Hearing this, Gao Yuan was suddenly startled, then his thoughts changed and he hurriedly exclaimed:
"No! Wrong! Totally wrong! It's not 'Ten' who will be attacked next, but 'Nine'!"