Chapter 3601 (3613) [Judy's Redemption]
The door to President Nakamoto's house was ajar.
The loud sound from the television drifted out through the gap.
Eri Kisaki watched this scene and instinctively narrowed her eyes—although she was just a lawyer, not a detective who encountered cases every day, she knew quite a few skilled detectives. Moreover, whether organizing case clippings or preparing case materials for court hearings, she had to delve deeply into each murder case.
Therefore, upon seeing this, she immediately felt a sense of unease and knew something was wrong.
Without thinking too much, Eri put on her gloves and pushed open the slightly ajar door.
The next instant, a heavy corpse lying in the entryway appeared before the two of them.
Fei Yingli: "..."
Curaçao, peeking into the room over her shoulder: "..."
Although she realized the moment she made eye contact with Uzo in the shopping street that afternoon that the nearby company president was probably in trouble, and that she, who had contact with the president, was likely to be in trouble as well... Curaçao still couldn't help but be stunned for a moment now that things had really turned out this way.
Her gaze shifted downwards, landing on President Nakamoto, who lay motionless in the entryway.
...Did one of the mission objectives really die like that?
...
On the other side of the commercial street.
In a bookstore with a wide variety of books.
Three high school students and one elementary school student, each with their own unique feelings, looked at the shop assistant in front of them.
—After adopting an investigative approach and shamelessly asking around at each bookstore, they actually found the person that Ms. Judy had met when she bought the book in this bookstore.
"Oh, you mean that foreign teacher? I do vaguely remember him."
The two high school girls perked up their ears, but the shop assistant didn't continue. He looked at Jiang Xia and exclaimed in surprise, "Are you the famous detective who's always on TV?"
Jiang Xia nodded and consciously took out a few business cards.
The shop assistant chuckled and put the item away, then readily began answering the questions posed by the high school girl. He looked at the teacher-student photo Sonoko Suzuki had provided and pointed to the blonde foreign teacher in it:
"This foreigner did indeed come here to buy books a while ago, and she has very unique taste. She..."
The clerk lowered his voice and repeated Judy's original request: "She said she wanted the kind of book that would make students who love skipping class instantly love school, go to class every day, and respect and admire their teachers."
The two high school girls' expressions became complicated: "And then?"
The shop assistant, oblivious to the strange looks on their faces, continued, "Ahem, it might sound odd, but as you know, our adult comics are very famous. Some foreign tourists buy them in bulk when they come here."
"I asked her to confirm if it was the kind of book suitable for adults, and she nodded, so I picked out a few comics that fit the theme for her."
"That customer was very generous. She didn't pick and choose carefully. She didn't even look at the books I had picked up and just said she would take them all."
Although the bookstore receives many customers every day, such a beautiful, elegant, and quirky customer is truly memorable.
I just don't know why these high school students are asking about this.
The shop assistant glanced at Jiang Xia and asked curiously in a low voice, "Did she murder some student? Or did someone use those comics as props to create some kind of bizarre method to murder her?"
Jiang Xia glanced at the imaginative shop assistant and shook her head regretfully: "No, we came for something else."
After a hasty farewell, the group left the bookstore.
The two high school girls exchanged a glance, then hesitated before speaking, "Compared to what Ms. Judy said, I feel... it seems like the shop assistant really misunderstood her?"
Think about Ms. Judy's criteria for choosing books: to make students who love skipping school instantly love school, go to class every day, and respect and admire their teachers...
If taken out of context, it resembles some third-rate campus romance novel, which does easily evoke associations with novels or comics, as well as some strange groups of people who enjoy teacher-student interactions.
But considering Judy's status as a foreign teacher, and the fact that there's a student in the class who never attends class... Judy's true purpose becomes obvious.
"According to Mr. James and Ms. Judy, they wanted to sneak into the middle school to find Jiang Xia and find out what was going on, but because they hadn't done enough preparation, they found out that Jiang Xia didn't go to school at all..." Ran Mouri tried hard to piece together the information in her mind:
"So during that period, Ms. Judy frequently approached us, but found it wasn't very effective, so she wanted to buy these reference books to study?"
Sonoko Suzuki nodded slightly: "She packed up and took the book away without reading the contents carefully, which does match what the clerk said... But why didn't she object when the clerk asked her if she wanted a book 'suitable for adults'?"
Ai Haibara listened silently the whole way and finally understood what was going on.
Thinking of that unfortunate and somewhat pitiful female foreign teacher, she said with a touch of sympathy, "Perhaps that teacher Judy had just arrived in Tokyo at the time and wasn't so sensitive to the euphemism of 'adult books.' Plus, she was in a hurry, so she nodded without thinking much about it."
"..."
Silence fell.
After a while, Ran Mouri said apologetically, "It seems I misunderstood Ms. Jodie."
Sonoko Suzuki sighed, "Although she had a lot of photos of us taken without our knowledge, although she always deliberately approached us, although she bought those strange teacher-student comics, and the person who revealed this died the next day... she was actually innocent. Detective work is really complicated."
As Ai Haibara listened to this series of coincidences, something seemed to come to mind. She pulled her hood tighter and fell silent again.
The two high school girls had already started discussing it. Sonoko Suzuki asked, "What should we do? Should we go apologize to Ms. Jodie tomorrow?"
Ran Mouri thought about it seriously: "Yesterday we told the police about these inferences. Now, Officer Sato, Officer Takagi, Jiang Xia's boss, and other police officers probably all think that Ms. Judy is a pervert... We can't ignore these influences."
Sonoko Suzuki: "Then let's go find them and clear things up one by one!"
Ai Haibara: "..." I have a feeling that Jodie-sensei herself might not really want to see things develop this way, especially not want you guys to come and visit...
The high school girl next to him was completely unaware of the elementary school student's insightful mutterings.
Sonoko Suzuki is very efficient and quickly devised an apology and whitewashing plan.
While emailing Ms. Judy to arrange a visit for tomorrow, she suddenly let out a heavy sigh, as if she had been deflated.
Ran Mouri asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
Sonoko Suzuki frowned: "Such an exciting thing, and it's already come to an end like this... What should I investigate next?"
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