Chapter 1157 1165 [I'm too cruel, don't get close] Please give me a monthly ticketヽ(〃〃)~
After saying this seriously, Ryusuke Genda looked at the three high school students with tears in his eyes, waiting for them to call the police.
However, Mao Lilan and Toyama Kazuha, who seemed to be easy to talk to, just turned their heads to look at Jiang Xia who looked determined. Then they turned back and touched their chins as if they were infected by the detective, and asked in embarrassment:
"But, after all, this is just your speculation. It sounds like you have no grudge against your neighbor and you have a good relationship with him. Why did you burn his house? When you burned the 4th chome just now, it was not sleep time. How could you suddenly sleepwalk? And what about 2nd and 3rd chome? You should not know those people at all, right?"
“…”
Xuantian Longde was stunned by their question. He paused for a moment before hesitating and said, "Maybe I have developed a split personality from sleepwalking, and the one who set the fire was my other personality..."
As he was talking, he was not so sure anymore. Because when he thought about it carefully, he was conscious the whole time when Mrs. Zhujiao's house caught fire this afternoon, and there seemed to be no blackouts in time. He had no memory of how he set the fire.
Jiang Xia heard that he finally stopped arguing and nodded with relief: "Have you read Agatha Christie's mystery novels?"
Xuantian Longde was startled and shook his head: "I am usually too busy and rarely read novels."
"No wonder." Jiang Xia seemed to have anticipated his answer. "Then I suggest you read more, so as to avoid being blamed in the common way - in her novel, there is a famous ABC murder case, and one of the supporting characters is in a similar situation to you.
"The murderer hid his real target among a series of people with similar characteristics, thereby blurring the motive for the murder and at the same time launching a scapegoat like you.
"And the current situation is that, in addition to you, there are three other important suspects in this serial arson case. It just so happens that one of them is a Feng Shui master, one is a fortune teller, and the other is a psychiatrist... They can all influence your actions through some superstitious or scientific means.
"I think that instead of taking the blame for others, you should take the initiative and help us deceive the real murderer... Ahem, help us make the real murderer realize his mistakes and correct them as soon as possible."
As he spoke, Jiang Xia looked at the antique shop manager who insisted on handing out flyers from morning till night, and accurately guessed what he cared about:
"If you are the real murderer, you should indeed turn yourself in. But on the other hand, if you are not the real murderer, have you ever thought about the scale of coverage that this serial arson case, which has attracted much media attention, would attract?
"Not everyone who has seen the rumor will be able to see the clarification in time, which means that there will always be some people who think your store is the 'murderer's store' - you don't want your beloved store to be stigmatized like this."
"..." Genda Ryuunori was convinced.
He really didn't want the store he had worked so hard to run to be damaged, and he didn't want to think he was really a heartless arsonist - otherwise he wouldn't have waited until the fourth arson case, when someone died, before he planned to confess and "turn himself in", when he highly suspected that he was the murderer.
But……
Genda Ryutoku raised his head, looked at the confident young detective opposite him, and asked carefully, "What should I do specifically?"
"After the arson, haven't you been receiving psychiatric treatment?" Jiang Xia thought for a moment and offered a friendly suggestion, "Although I don't think you are the murderer, this is ultimately just a guess and needs further confirmation. Why don't you tell your doctor about your suspicions about sleepwalking and split personality? Don't hide anything so that he can give you more professional advice.
"Also, if possible, I would like to go to your house tomorrow to look for possible clues. After that, I can make a bed on the floor and watch you all night to see if you will sleepwalk after falling asleep."
At first, Genda Takanori nodded repeatedly while listening.
Hearing the last sentence, he was stunned for a moment: "But, if I suddenly switch to the personality of a murderer at night, it will be very dangerous for you to stay near me..."
“Xiaolan——!!”
Suddenly there was a loud shout from downstairs.
Genda Ryuunori was startled and the rest of his words were interrupted.
He turned his head nervously to look at the entrance of the staircase, and saw a strange combination of a familiar police captain, a dark-skinned detective who looked like a high school student, and an elementary school student, rushing up the stairs.
…
The three new arrivals looked a little solemn at first.
However, after hearing what had just happened, especially Genda Takanori's intention to surrender himself, the two detectives quickly understood.
Inspector Yuminaga remembered something, looked at Genda Ryuunori, and confirmed with relief:
"So you appeared in the vicinity of the Morokaku family before and after the fire, and you looked panicked. In fact, it was not because you were scouting the area for crimes, but because you were busy collecting the Guan Yu keychains that had already been sent out?"
"Yes." Genda Ryutoku sighed, "After the arson, I was very scared, so I found an excuse to change the small gifts in the store from Guan Yu key chains to the common lucky cat.
"When I was distributing gifts and brochures just now, a customer was quite enthusiastic and opened the box in front of me. I discovered that the lucky cat inside had actually been replaced by Guan Yu riding on Red Hare without my knowing.
"I think I must be having an attack again. In order to prevent the devil in my heart from igniting a fire, I can only collect gifts from customers who have accepted my gifts one by one, so..."
Jiang Xia nodded thoughtfully: "So why did you suddenly go to Beido Town to distribute those small gifts in the afternoon?"
"Well, you know, people in our line of work sometimes believe in Feng Shui." Xuan Tian Longde said embarrassedly:
"I know a very good Feng Shui master, he said that's my lucky spot - I'll be prosperous wherever I go, so I went there first."
"Mr. Feng Shui?!"
Hattori Heiji and Conan looked at him in surprise: "The Feng Shui master you are talking about, is his name not Soga Soufu?"
——This is the guy who cheated on the deceased’s husband and went to the deceased’s home to look for the cheating video tape but failed.
"That's right." Genda Ryuunori mentioned him with a hint of admiration in his tone, "You young people may look down on Feng Shui. But in fact, Feng Shui is also a complicated subject - Mr. Soga used to study medicine, and he could have become a psychiatrist with a high social status, but he later devoted himself to Feng Shui. Do you know what this means? This..."
"It means that he can not only control you with Feng Shui, but he can also control you spiritually."
Hattori Heiji didn't like to listen to these superstitious theories, and couldn't help but interrupt him, "Since we already have a direction for the investigation, let's go to the crime scene and Mr. Genda's house first."
(End of this chapter)
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