In the mansion.
Mitsuko Shigasou, who was holding a book, became even more confused after hearing what Tang Ze said.
This kind of anxiety caused by not knowing what was happening and not being able to control the overall situation burst out, and when it was transformed into actual actions, she turned around with a cold face and wanted to leave.
But Tang Ze took a step forward and blocked the other person. "You once said that your right hand was injured when you accidentally fell while exercising during the day and tried to keep your balance. It was very difficult for you to turn the pages of the book, right?"
Looking at the other person's shrinking pupils, Tang Ze smiled, picked up the book in his hand and held it in front of him, "It seems that you have also realized that, yes, this light novel is designed to be different from ordinary novels, and it is specially designed in a horizontal format.
Furthermore, the book itself opens to the left, so it is most convenient to hold the spine with your right hand and turn the pages with your left hand. This naturally means you don't need your right hand, so even if your right hand is injured, it doesn't matter."
This made Shibakusa Mitsuko startled. She immediately lowered her head and stared blankly at the book in her hands, "I..."
"You once said that it was very difficult for Mr. Murakami to turn the pages of a book with his right hand!" Tang Ze interrupted her without hesitation, leaning forward and looking down at her, "But this book doesn't require the right hand at all. There is only one answer I can think of!
That means you didn't even see Mr. Murakami reading this book before you left!
Precisely because you haven't actually seen Mr. Murakami reading, your testimony will naturally be wrong!
So what scene did you see?"
Seeing that Mitsuko Shibasa's expression became unnatural, Tang Ze took another step forward without waiting for the other party to answer, causing Mitsuko Shibasa to unconsciously step back again. The next moment, the answer she least wanted to hear came slowly from Tang Ze's mouth.
"What you saw was not Mr. Murakami reading in his study, but him sleeping!"
"Wait!" Shibakusa Mitsuko smoothed her hair back with her fingers, trying to calm herself down again, "Are you trying to say that I killed Mr. Murakami?
Don't forget, Mr. Murakami took the sleeping pills himself, there's nothing to do with it at all!"
"Yes!" Tang Ze nodded in agreement as a matter of course, "Murakami-sensei took the sleeping pills himself. There's no dispute about that."
"Didn't Mr. Murakami die in an accident?" Shibakusa Mitsuko asked, "Why do you say I killed Mr. Murakami?!"
"Your lie shows that you knew that Mr. Murakami took the sleeping pills and fell asleep because the drug started to take effect."
Tang Ze extended his index finger closer to Shibakusa Mitsuko: "I have rehearsed countless tactics in my mind, but from your only lie, I saw the answer to the truth.
This was not a so-called suicide or accidental death, nor was it a homicide."
"What on earth is that?" Yumi Miyamoto couldn't help but ask first.
"Indirectly intentional!"
Hearing this word, the criminals present all showed understanding, but Shibakusa Mitsuko was a little confused and asked: "Indirect intention, what does it mean?"
I believe everyone has heard of intentional homicide.
When a criminal points a pistol at his enemy and shoots him in the head, or poisons him to death, these murders are called intentional homicide.
You are hunting in a hunting ground with a hunting rifle. When you shoot the prey, suddenly a hunter next to you is chasing the prey and it bumps into the muzzle of your gun. You shoot the hunter in the head.
This is called manslaughter.
This is an easy distinction to make, depending on whether the murderer committed the crime intentionally or caused the other person's death accidentally.
As for indirect intent, it probably falls between intentional homicide and manslaughter, which is probably the intersection of the two circles.
For example, a husband who suffers from heart disease suddenly falls ill and falls to the ground in pain, trying to find money.
At this time, the wife who came out of the bedroom discovered the situation, but she did not rush to get medicine for her husband. Instead, she quietly closed the bedroom door, causing her husband to die of a heart attack.
Although you did not directly kill him, he would have died if you had left him alone. If you choose not to help him at this time, then this is indirect intention.
In other words, although you did not actively pursue the killing, you also did not effectively prevent it, but instead stood by and watched and allowed it to happen.
Don’t think that you won’t encounter similar things in your daily life. For example, throwing things from high places often happens around us.
If you know that throwing something from a high building may cause casualties, but you still throw it, that is indirect intent.
Under Japanese law, indirect intent and intentional homicide are considered the same crime.
"No!! Mr. Murakami fell asleep after I left!" Mitsuko Shibasa shook her head violently.
"Then how do you explain your lie that you saw Mr. Murakami reading with his right hand?" Tang Ze's words left Shibasa Mitsuko speechless for a moment, and in the end she could only use silence instead of answering.
Mitsuko Shibasa wanted to be a writer, so she became a disciple of her idol, Mr. Murakami.
However, even at her age, she still hasn't been able to make her debut, and eventually had to write as a ghostwriter for Mr. Murakami.
That night, Mitsuko Shibasa continued her writing work as usual.
"'Love Mystery' is so well written!" Murakami Takaki came to Shibasa Mitsuko in his pajamas, holding a glass of water and praising her: "My name has been very popular recently!"
"You're too kind..." Mitsuko Shibasa forced a smile.
"Mizuko, it's great to meet you. I'll trouble you before I die. It doesn't matter if the award fee is a little less." Murakami Takashi smiled. "I just took some medicine. If I fall asleep in the study, please wake me up and go to the bedroom."
"I understand..." Mitsuko Shibasa nodded in agreement, enduring the pain in her heart.
"Then you should think about the ending carefully." Murakami Takaki yawned and walked into the study.
However, Murakami's sincere words did not make Mitsuko Shibaso feel loyal.
On the contrary, the idea of debuting and publishing works under her own name began to grow stronger in her mind.
But until this time, the depression in her heart was just depression, and the idea of making her debut was just an increasingly strong idea, but she had no plan as to whether to do it or how to do it.
Because today was the finale of the work, she quickly put aside all distractions and began to concentrate on her work.
When she finished writing the ending of the work, she suddenly looked up at the clock on the wall and found that it was already 10 o'clock.
At this moment, she suddenly remembered what Teacher Murakami had told her before, and hurried to the study and opened the door.
Then…
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