Coroner Ke Xue

As soon as this statement came out, even Lin Xinyi was stunned.

He was already desperate.

Forensics also have limits.

He didn't have much hope in this old case where time had passed and evidence was missing.

When he discovered that Shimoda had actually been to Minako's funeral and knew that the evidence had been cremated along with the body, he felt even more desperate.

Because Lin Xinyi knows very well that after having the confidence to know that the police have no evidence and it is impossible to find any more evidence, the suspect will rarely find his conscience and voluntarily admit guilt.

As a person, he was angry.

As a forensic doctor, he had to accept it.

Because insufficient evidence cannot prove a person's guilt, subjective feelings must obey objective reality.

This is the professional ethics of forensic medicine.

But now, when Lin Xinyi has given up, Yonehara Koko said:

Minako's leather shoes are at her place.

Why is it at her place?

Including Lin Xinyi, everyone present had this question.

"Because I already knew there was something wrong with Minako's death."

Yonehara Koko sighed deeply and told everything she knew:

"I was Minako's class teacher at the time, and I had the best relationship with her."

"And three years ago, the day before Minako died."

"Minako told me in private that she unexpectedly discovered that Teacher Sugiyama and another teacher she admired very much were engaged in the illegal business of buying and selling admission qualifications."

"Because this matter is so important, I asked her to keep quiet."

"And because the second murderer had a good relationship with her, Minako refused to tell me the name of the teacher at that time.'

"I didn't expect that it would only be the next day."

She bit her lip quietly, with infinite pain and self-blame in her eyes:

"Only the next day, when I went to the utility room to get something, I found Minako's body!!"

"I knew at that time that she must have been silenced by Mr. Sugiyama and his accomplices."

"That's why I designed to kill Sugiyama."

"Then we invited several teachers who were closest to Minako to this villa, and through a scene, we found out what Minako said was the 'teacher she admired very much'."

"It turns out that the second murderer is Shimoda!"

Teacher Yonehara looked at Shimoda coldly.

Shimoda narrowly escaped with his life, but was completely frightened.

He was trembling all over, almost frightened by Mihara Koko's look before he confessed.

But he still held back. He was still waiting for Yonehara Koko to come up with the evidence that would make him unable to refute.

And Mihara Koko finally fulfilled his wish:

"I was the one who found the body."

"And when I accidentally discovered Minako's body, she had just died."

"At that time, the saliva stains on the soles of her shoes had not even dried up."

"So I easily noticed that there seemed to be something like spit on the soles of Minako's shoes."

Mihara Koko told a surprising fact:

It turns out that the key evidence that Lin Xinyi noticed today was already noticed by Yonehara Koko three years ago.

So why didn't it attract the attention of the police at that time?

Everyone has this question in their mind.

But the answer is still so simple and absurd:

"Because the police didn't listen to me."

"They felt that this case was a simple suicide."

"I pointed out to them who's saliva was on the soles of Minako's shoes."

"But when they saw the dried water stains, they just thought it was just water on the ground where she stepped on it during her lifetime."

"They just want to solve this case as quickly as possible, in the name of 'suicide'."

"I really had no choice but to pester the investigators and ask them to at least take photos to collect evidence."

"That's why there's the forest manager, that photo you saw."

Mihara Akiko picked up the photo that Lin Shinyi showed before:

"See that light over there?"

"This is the flashlight I used."

"This" Lin Xinyi was stunned for a while:

He was originally wondering how those master photographers who only looked for evidence with the naked eye thought of using side light photography to record this dried saliva patch that was difficult to detect with the naked eye.

Co-authorship is no coincidence.

But after Teacher Yonehara discovered something strange, he deliberately used a flashlight to enhance the contrast and reveal the saliva stains, and then asked them to take pictures and record them.

"Then, the police quickly closed the case as 'suicide'."

"The shoe that I think is problematic was also taken back by Minako's parents along with their daughter's body."

"Because I just instinctively felt that there was something fishy about that shoe. I couldn't find so much information from the spit on the sole like you, Manager Lin, and restore the details of the incident."

"So my suspicions can only be suspicions born out of thin air."

"To an outsider, it might even seem crazy."

"I couldn't convince Minako's parents who were overly grieved to believe my guess, nor could I convince the Metropolitan Police Department, which was determined to close the case perfunctorily, to restart the investigation."

"I can only find Minako's parents and ask them to at least leave those shoes to me."

Teacher Yonehara asked.

Lin Xinyi immediately asked impatiently:

"How do you keep those shoes? Are they not contaminated?"

Private deposition, strictly speaking, is a procedural violation that renders the evidence invalid.

But if that leather shoe is kept with enough care, it will still be in perfect original condition.

That was done by comparing photos of the scene with the dust traces on the soles of leather shoes.

It not only proves that this leather shoe is the same leather shoe Minako was wearing when she died.

It can also prove that the shoe has not been tampered with since then.

This is already strong enough proof.

With such proof, unless Mr. Shimoda can afford a lawyer with the level of a concubine, he will not be able to imitate Simpson and take advantage of "procedural violations".

Lin Xinyi is very concerned about the storage of evidence.

And Mihara Koko's answer was not only satisfactory, but even gave him an unexpected surprise:

"Don't worry, I've taken good care of it."

"The Metropolitan Police Department is unwilling to collect the evidence, so I will do it myself."

"I asked the police officer who was handling the case to come forward and, in a private name, performed evidence preservation and notarization at the notary office."

"These can be proven by the notary public and the police officer back then."

Hearing this, everyone's expressions changed slightly:

Mihara Koko kept the evidence very well, and even privately contacted the police officer handling the case to perform evidence preservation and notarization.

what does that mean?

This means that at the beginning, Mr. Yonehara never thought about killing people.

She has always tried hard to solve problems through legitimate means.

However, everyone now knows the result

"I failed."

"I went to the school, and the school's attitude was just to try to suppress the scandal."

"I went to the police, but the police just tried to put me off by saying, 'There is no sign that the case is suspicious.'"

"I went to the media, and the media quickly became silent due to some mysterious force that may exist."

Mihara Koko just stated calmly.

But everyone could hear the despair in her words:

It was obviously a problematic case, but neither her work unit, the police nor public opinion helped her expose this problem.

And Lin Xinyi also vaguely heard something:

Minako was killed because she discovered that Shimoda and Sugiyama were illegally buying and selling freshman admission qualifications.

But Shimoda and Sugiyama are just ordinary grassroots teachers. Do they really have the power to buy and sell the admission qualifications of that powerful local famous school, Aido Elementary School?

Could it be that they are just representatives on the surface?

Is there a more powerful force behind them?

Why are the school avoiding it?

Why are the police so perfunctory?

Why is the media silent?

Is it simply a corpse meal, or is this not a simple murder case at all?

But no matter whether there is something hidden behind it or what is hidden, Mihara Koko has been forced to a dead end.

She tried everything she could.

But he still couldn't find justice for Minako.

"So I choose revenge."

"I'm going to kill Sugiyama and I'm going to kill Shimoda."

Mihara Koko frankly admitted that he was the murderer.

She looked at Lin Xinyi with a complicated expression:

"Manager Lin, you came too late."

"If there had been police officers like you three years ago, maybe things wouldn't be what they are today."

Lin Xinyi was silent for a while.

Justice that is delayed can hardly be called justice.

He had nothing to say except that he was ashamed of his colleagues.

"sorry."

As a member of the current Metropolitan Police Department, Lin Xinyi could only apologize to the murderer in front of him.

And Mihara Koko was not interested in hearing this late apology.

She just turned her head and looked at Teacher Shida:

"Shimoda, I don't have the knife in my hand anymore."

"This is not coercion, just questioning:"

"Please tell me seriously, who killed Mochizuki Minako?"

"I" Teacher Shimoda was speechless for a moment.

With irrefutable evidence in front of him, and experiencing the shock brought by Yonehara Koko, his psychological defense finally collapsed completely.

"It's Sugiyama, and..."

Shimoda tremblingly told everything:

"And I."

"I am the murderer and I plead guilty."

Yonehara Koko pleaded guilty, and so did Mr. Shimoda.

Both cases came to a shocking conclusion.

But the air became increasingly deserted after the tragedy ended.

"Alas" Lin Xinyi stood by the window, looking at the moon alone and sighing.

However, Belmode walked to him silently, smiled and winked at him:

"Why sigh, Boy"

"The murderer confessed, and Yonehara did not kill anyone again."

"Isn't this the ending you're most looking forward to?"

"This" Lin Xinyi was slightly startled.

Hearing this always enigmatic witch, these words seemed to have a profound meaning.

He couldn't help but react with some shock:

"Belmod, is it possible?"

"You knew from the beginning that Mr. Yonehara had evidence."

"So you didn't stop Mihara from wielding the knife at that time, but instead allowed her to vent her emotions?"

Speaking of this, Lin Xinyi even had admiration in his eyes.

But Belmode just shook his head:

"How can it be."

"I just know how to appreciate performances, but I can't read minds."

"At that time, tsk tsk, I really thought she was going to kill someone with a knife."

Lin Xinyi: "."

"Then why didn't you stop it?"

"Didn't you hint to me that you want to help me stop Teacher Mihara from committing murder?"

Lin Xinyi couldn't help but feel a little scared.

Co-authoring Belmode is deliberately indulging in murder.

If Yonehara Koko hadn't stopped her murderous intention on her own, she would probably have had another life on her hands.

"When did I say that?"

Belmode had no intention of admitting his mistake.

This is not a mistake at all in her eyes:

"If Mihara wants to kill someone, what does it have to do with me?"

"It's just killing someone, why should I stop her?"

"Uh" Lin Xinyi looked strange:

This is also what he thought before, why would he let a super criminal help him prevent crimes?

Isn’t this letting the mice watch the granary?

"I don't have such a strong sense of justice."

"If anything, then"

Belmod gently patted Lin Xinyi's face:

"You, me, and your little girlfriend."

"We all should go to jail first. Based on our crimes, we should be shot directly."

Lin Xin felt dizzy after hearing this.

He finally remembered that he was also a criminal.

I don’t know if the original owner had killed anyone, how many he had killed, or how much of a mess he had left.

Considering that this guy grew up in such a messy organization, and followed dangerous people like Belmod and Gin, it was probably impossible for him to survive in the mud.

"Anyway, I'm not interested in standing up for justice."

"I only care about you."

Belmode's voice quietly became emotional.

This voice quietly drew Lin Xinyi's attention:

"I sat there to help monitor Mihara Koko, just to satisfy you and make you happy."

"But at that moment, I could feel it."

"You're unhappy."

"I" Lin Xinyi hesitated slightly:

Indeed, at that moment when Shimoda made an arrogant comeback, his anger was almost uncontrollable.

Maybe Belmode was right.

If Yonehara had killed Shimoda at that time, he might have felt happy in his heart - even if it wouldn't show on his face.

Try to think about it, it feels like having a free servant at home:

Instead of having to do the dirty work yourself, you can watch the trash disappear before your eyes.

With such terrible thoughts in my mind, I thought about the big words I had said before.

Lin Xinyi couldn't help but blush:

He talks about being rational, but in the final analysis, he is just an impulsive young man.

But Belmode just continued to smile at him.

There was a kind of unconditional favor in that smile:

"If Shimoda had died at that time, I wouldn't have said these words to you."

"You can put the responsibility for failing to stop Mihara entirely on my 'willfulness'."

"You do the good deeds, and I'll do the bad ones."

"This way, you won't have any guilt in your heart."

Lin Xinyi was silent for a while.

He finally understood the true meaning of Belmod's wink at him.

He sighed softly, lowered his head again, and replied helplessly: "Thank you."

"You are welcome."

Belmode shrugged.

Her expression is so relaxed and comfortable, but it also makes people feel inexplicably serious:

"Trust me, Boy."

"I will always give you the ending you want most."