Tokyo: Rabbit Officer and Her Evil Partner-Chapter 827 - 494: The Only Flaw

When Mori Na announced loudly, nobody took her words seriously.

First, there was Kensaka Takataro making false claims, then Tsuboi Michiaki fabricating evidence, and now Mori Na appears. She wasn’t even a detective, just a novelist, how could she possibly uncover the truth?

Compared to Mori Na’s speech, everyone was more concerned about Tsuboi Michiaki’s fake evidence, and they questioned him noisily:

"Are you kidding me?! Is this identification report fake?"

"That’s illegal! How can you lie about something like this?"

"You’re a habitual liar, aren’t you? You should have been thrown into jail long ago!"

...

Tsuboi Michiaki became the target of everyone’s criticism. Even with his thick skin, he panicked slightly and quickly changed the subject: "There... maybe there was a printing error... That’s not important! Someone else needs to solve the case, could you all stop interrupting?"

"Stop avoiding the issue! Just say it—"

"Enough! You bunch of rude people!" Tsuboi Michiaki shouted abruptly, tearing the identification report into pieces with both hands: "Is this enough for you? Listen to what others are saying, you bastards!"

Having said that, he pulled Mori Na to the front: "Madam, please go ahead! If anyone interrupts you again, they’re against me!"

Others were reluctant to pursue the matter further in front of an innocent woman. Moreover, the bride and groom were silent, clearly waiting for Mori Na to speak, so they temporarily shelved the issue.

Mori Na was a bit nervous as it was her first time speaking in front of so many people.

Don’t be afraid! Just treat them like radishes and cabbages...

Mori Na quickly wrote the character ’人’ (person) in her palm and ’swallowed’ it. Before giving a speech or performance at school, her friends would suggest drawing the character ’人’ three times in her palm and pretending to swallow them, which effectively alleviated her anxiety.

After doing this, she felt less nervous and at least could speak fluently.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I am quite certain that the ’truth’ I have deduced will gain your acceptance."

"First, regarding the first shooting case in the hall, the question is about the origin of the fourth fingerprint."

"Assuming there was no fourth person at the scene, all problems would be solved."

"Nagono Kawai died from a stabbing by Sakurai Chizuru, and Sakurai Chizuru died from a gunshot by Nagono Kawai. There was no so-called ’Heavenly Punishment killer’ at the scene!"

Minamoto Tamako’s hand holding the pipe shook: "Are you saying everything was planned by Kawai?"

Mori Na had also thought about the deceased and the truths they wanted to hide: "No! Nagono Kawai fired a gun out of self-defense, because she had no choice."

She turned around, trying to build another truth for everyone: "Just imagine, at the beginning of the performance, Sakurai Chizuru tried to abuse the trainees by using her authority—this point Mr. Fushimi can clearly confirm—Nagono Kawai’s act of self-defense with a gun was entirely reasonable. If it was a premeditated murder, why would she be stabbed by a sharp knife?"

"So the situation was that Sakurai Chizuru tried to abuse the trainees, was observed by the pursuing Nagono Kawai, leading to a confrontation in which Mr. Fushimi was accidentally injured, and ultimately ended in mutual destruction."

...

Everyone looked at each other, unsure of what to say.

This reasoning was so far-fetched that they didn’t even know how to refute it.

Minamoto Tamako was the first to respond, asking: "Then what about the blood words of Heavenly Punishment on the wall?"

"Mr. Fushimi wrote them," Mori Na said.

Before the others could scoff, she added, "But he was not the killer."

"What do you mean by that?" Kensaka Takataro was also confused.

Mori Na explained: "Mr. Fushimi was injured in the head but wasn’t completely unconscious. He described the events with ’lost memory’ rather than ’fell into a coma,’ which means he might have been in a state of concussion at the time."

"When most people are injured, they instinctively seek help. Mr. Fushimi did the same, picking up the phone that fell at the scene and accidentally dialling Ishizuka Yoshio’s number... which explains why there was a call record on the phone at the scene."

"Mr. Ishizuka confessed the truth to us in prison," Mori Na looked at Kensaka Takataro, signaling her partner to corroborate: "He claimed that he was haunted by his daughter’s death, wanting revenge but never finding the opportunity. Learning of Sakurai Chizuru’s unexpected death filled him with regret for not being able to personally eliminate his enemy, leaving him ashamed to face his deceased daughter."

"Thus, he incited the disoriented Mr. Fushimi to wipe off the fingerprints on the weapon and write the blood words on the wall, in an attempt to confess and announce his revenge to the world."

"In the end, it went as he wished. The public reports were positive toward him, and he received the punishment he deserved."

After finishing, Mori Na took a deep breath and concluded: "It’s impossible to predict a criminal’s psychological state."

Minamoto Tamako recalled the phrase ’a criminal is unpredictable chaos’ and couldn’t help but glance at Fushimi Roku, asking, "Then what about the fourth fingerprint?"

"It’s simple, it’s due to ’plastic residue,’" Mori Na explained.

"What?" Everyone was puzzled, unfamiliar with the term.

Mori Na extended her right hand and said, "Human sweat contains substances such as salt, lactic acid, and fatty acids, which have slight corrosiveness. For example, salt absorbs moisture from the air to form an electrolyte solution, accelerating minor rust on metals; lactic acid and fatty acids can slowly act on low-quality metals or specific plastics, ultimately leaving ’plastic residue’ on the gun handle."

"For instance, if the gun was touched by the worker before the grip’s plastic had completely cooled when it was manufactured, it would leave a fingerprint;"