Chapters 3584 and 3596: [The Announcer]
Seeing Judy's cold sweat pouring down her back, James also broke out in a cold sweat.
Wait, you...you really bought it?!
And someone actually saw me throwing away the trash?!
"If I remember correctly, Judy's ex-boyfriend should be Shuichi, right?"
"These two people are not far apart in age or seniority, and should have no connection whatsoever with the term 'teacher and student'."
"But now, judging from Judy's expression, Sonoko Suzuki is not lying."
"Could it be that after Shuichi infiltrated the Black Organization, he fell in love with a woman in the organization and broke up with Jodie, so Jodie, heartbroken and angry, changed her interests and went in a completely different direction?"
James felt as if a vortex was flowing in his mind, and the sudden surge of information was slowly drawing him into a huge gossip.
However, a leader is a leader after all. James quickly regained his composure and decided to put aside his subordinates' complicated emotional issues and resolve the current situation.
He cleared his throat, his tone slightly weaker than before: "Okay, even if Judy does like those comics, she doesn't have any bad intentions towards you—it was my suggestion that she become a teacher at Teitan High School, and those photos weren't taken by Judy; they were taken by that outlaw who's already escaped. The rest of us can testify to that."
"All that's left is comics. As a teacher, it's not really appropriate for me to like these kinds of comics, but it's not illegal. Besides, Judy doesn't actually make a living as a foreign language teacher. If she gets caught, she'll just be embarrassed. She's not going to kill an innocent bystander, right, Judy?"
Judy was blushing from head to toe, and her whole body was trembling slightly like a rocket about to launch.
James's words ignited the fuse, and Judy punched the wall with a thud: "You my foot! I don't even like those comics!!"—But why did you come up with that "for your own good" look and admit it for me?!
And then there's Uzo, that persistent ghost, who actually used such an evil move against her!
Judy gritted her teeth, her hatred for the Black Organization had never been so intense, and a deep killing intent erupted from her eyes.
Jiang Xia, who was standing not far from her, was suddenly enveloped by the pungent smell of fries and felt momentarily disoriented.
When he came to his senses, he looked past the cheering ghosts and looked at Judy with satisfaction, then heard the FBI agent say ominously, "Don't let me catch you..."
A few seconds later, probably realizing something was wrong, she quickly changed her words: "Let me catch you right now!"
Officer Sato, noticing the FBI agent's erratic behavior, couldn't help but step forward and quietly shield the high school students behind him: "What did you catch?"
“Of course it’s that…” Halfway through her sentence, Judy suddenly saw James’s warning look and finally regained her composure, swallowing back the information she shouldn’t have revealed.
She changed her tune, saying, "Of course it's that shameless outlaw! — It's a frame-up, a blatant frame-up!"
If I don't make things clear soon, I might really have to return to China in a sorry state with the reputation of being a "pervert!"
Judy blushed and quickly added her own explanation, half true and half false: "Actually... actually, it's because the ruthless target we're keeping an eye on once asked Jiang Xia for a job. I was worried that person would harm this famous high school detective, and I wanted to know what kind of job he asked Jiang Xia for, so I joined Teitan Middle School as a foreign teacher."
"You're lying!" Sonoko Suzuki objected strongly. "Jiang Xia only goes to school a few times a month. You're going to stake out the school for him?"
James cleared his throat and interjected at the opportune moment: "Ms. Suzuki is right. Jiang Xia only goes to school a few times a month? — If Judy really is that kind of... that kind of pervert who has different ideas about teacher-student relationships, she definitely wouldn't choose to be a foreign teacher at Teitan Middle School. Instead, she would probably apply for a job at a detective agency or go somewhere else."
Sonoko Suzuki was a little confused: "But Ms. Jodie just said that she entered Teitan High School in order to get information from Enatsu."
James smiled: "We didn't do our intelligence work well at first and knew nothing about Jiangxia's attendance, which is why Judy applied to become a foreign teacher at Teitan Middle School."
"Soon afterward, we discovered that the guy was actually no threat to Jiang Xia, so Judy stayed at Teitan Middle School and didn't continue to have contact with Jiang Xia."
Judy didn't quite understand, but her boss, who had just helped her smear the situation, now seemed to be explaining it to her, so she nodded repeatedly.
As she thought about it, she mentally beat up the unseen dark shadow.
"I just felt that there were a lot of cases around Jiang Xia, which was unusual. I wanted to get close to him to get to know Wu Zuo, so I decided to buy a few reference books on building teacher-student relationships."
"It was just a few books, but in the end... why did things turn out like this?"
"At which point did that bastard Uzo begin to interfere? My choice of the bookstore, the FBI colleague who suddenly called me along the way, the bookstore clerk who picked out the books while I was on the phone... If any one link were missing, this situation wouldn't have happened. Could it be that the whole chain was under that person's control back then?"
The more I think about it, the more my head aches.
Judy couldn't understand it, and was filled with deep regret: if she had known things would turn out this way, she wouldn't have cared so much back then and would have just gone over and said hi to Jiang Xia.
Even if that would seem highly suspicious, it's still better than being treated like a psychopath like this. After all, being suspicious can be made perfectly reasonable and legitimate simply by revealing one's FBI identity, but being treated like a psychopath, even with an FBI identity…
Looking at the few pairs of eyes opposite her that still seemed doubtful even after hearing a long explanation, Judy almost burst into tears.
"Now that things have come to this, there's no point in explaining anymore. We have to attack! We must attack!" Judy clenched her fist fiercely. "If we can catch Uzo and make him explain this to us in person, my name will be cleared!"
Thinking of this, Judy looked at Sonoko Suzuki, her gaze sharp and serious: "Why do you think I am the murderer in today's case?"
Sonoko Suzuki paused, then said, "Because...because when we met yesterday, Mika mentioned during the day that you had lost a pornographic comic book, and that night you were strangled to death in your house..."
Judy: "How did you guys get onto this topic?"
The two high school girls were puzzled, but they still replied, "We had just visited you then, and we mentioned it casually during our conversation."
Judy had a flash of inspiration, feeling as if she had found her anchor: Yes, this is it! — The visit was bound to happen, and this was the opening signal for today's stage!
Now, only one question remains...
Judy pushed up her glasses and looked seriously at the two high school girls: "Are you so sure that I'm the murderer? Did you come up with that on your own, or has someone been subtly guiding you in that direction?"
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