Chapter 143 Absurdity and truth! Saotsu's reasoning (Part )!

Saotsu licked his lips.

His eyes were blank, as if he had really seen everything in the story.

The vivid voices, like fonts, are blurred in the wind.

[When the man found out that he had really killed someone, he was stunned for a moment. ]

【He sat on the ground, at a loss.】

[And this unreliable look also made the woman secretly make up her mind. ]

[You must deal with the corpse yourself! ]

【But what should we do? 】

【At the beginning.】

[The woman hadn’t thought it through.]

[She simply felt that the body could not be left at home.]

【then. 】

[She carried her dead son to the river, intending to tie him to a rock and sink him to the bottom of the water.]

[This way, she could explain her disappearance to her husband.]

[Although it is still a dereliction of duty, it is not as unforgivable as before. ]

Saotsu said as he raised his arm and looked at the organ in the jar with a sympathetic expression.

"What a poor kid."

He sighed with emotion.

"Compared to a woman's own wealth and glory, that bit of mother-son love is totally insignificant."

Mrs. Fujimori stood still as a statue.

She listened to the other person's absurd story, her pupils trembling slightly, as if she had made up her mind.

[The woman chose a destination for her son.]

[It was just like the children in myths and legends who were kidnapped by monsters and suddenly disappeared without a trace.]

【But. 】

[Those monsters spying on the human world didn't want this story to end so hastily.]

【then. 】

[It's like being covered with a layer of mythology.]

[A corpse suddenly floated in front of the woman from upstream.]

【The woman was not afraid.】

[To her, no matter how horrible a corpse is, it is nothing compared to her own flesh and blood in her arms. ]

[She looked at the floating corpse carefully, and then she saw the pistol on his waist.]

【Sudden!】

[A genius and crazy idea took root in the woman's mind. ]

Mrs. Fujimori's eyes flickered.

It was slight, but Saotsu caught it clearly.

He narrowed his eyes and was silent for a while, then thought about it and said, "So that's it!"

"What's floating down isn't a corpse! It's a man in a coma!"

"It's you!"

"Because I wanted the pistol, I pushed him to death in the cold water while he was unconscious!"

Saotsu paused, and there was actually some admiration in his eyes.

"Ma'am, you are amazing!" he praised sincerely.

Although it was a coincidence, the core members of the organization did die at the hands of this powerless woman.

Mrs. Fujimori just felt a chill in her heart.

She never expected that just because she failed to control her emotions for a moment, she would be read so accurately by the other party.

Such keenness!

So... is it true that the other party is unaware of the decision she had just made in her heart?
Seeing that the other party deliberately kept a blank expression, Saotsu shook his head and continued telling his story.

【Women are very smart. 】

[She knew that discarding the body was only a temporary solution.]

【If a body is found one day. 】

【If the police had checked, they would have found that he did not drown. 】

[If we continue to investigate based on the location where the body was dumped, the possibility of finding the truth is very high.]

[…She did this before, but she had no choice. ]

【But now. 】

【She already has a better choice! 】

Saotsu smiled at the woman.

"Ma'am, do you know what she did?"

Mrs. Fujimori remained silent.

But Saotsu acted like he heard her answer.

"correct!"

"She picked up the gun from the corpse and pointed it at her son's forehead, who died with his eyes open."

"Hit it hard!"

[As blood splatters…]

【The woman has made up her mind.】

【Let the son be killed by the kidnappers in the kidnapping case.】

【then. 】

【Women say this to men. 】

[——I want you to take the child's body away and pretend to be a kidnapper and call me.]

【The man asked.】

【--why?】

【The woman told him.】

[——After all, you killed the person! And if you can't get me out of this, I won't be able to pay you in the future.]

【so. 】

【Men can only compromise. 】

Saotsu looked up and tapped his chin with his finger.

"According to what the woman told him, this is how things should have developed."

[A woman called the police because her son was missing. When the police arrived, they heard that the kidnappers were demanding a ransom of 100 million yuan.]

[However, just after she put the ransom money into the trash can, the police discovered that the bag containing the money was missing.]

[It would be best if they can't figure this out.]

[But it doesn’t matter if it’s untied. ]

[The woman can use the excuse that she had agreed with the kidnapper in advance for the safety of her son to explain why she helped the other party.]

【after.】

[A man with 100 million yen can hide his identity and even sneak abroad to live a wealthy life. ]

[All he had to do was call the woman afterwards]

[Tell her that the child had been shot and killed by him and the body was dumped in the wild.]

【At that time, I saw a woman crying bitterly after losing her beloved son. 】

[I don’t think any police officer would be so hard-hearted as to demand that she hand over her son for autopsy.]

【not to mention. 】

[The obvious bullet hole in the child's head fully explains the cause of death. There is no need for an autopsy at all.]

【With this, there is no risk of error! 】

Saotsu was telling others about their plans, but he himself was still not satisfied. He licked the corners of his mouth and waved his arms excitedly.

The tiny organ floated up and down in the solution, oozing blood and making the bottle much more chaotic.

"It's a genius idea, isn't it?"

"Cover up death with death, and cover up death with death!"

"And then use family affection to conceal the truth!"

"The woman is even prepared. If the man shows any tendency to expose himself during the investigation, she will ask him out and kill him on the pretext of being emotionally agitated!"

"In this way, the truth of everything will only be known by women!"

"Even if she goes to jail for murder, the punishment will never be severe because it happened for a reason."

Saotsu couldn't help but clap his hands.

"Brilliant, ma'am!"

“It’s so exciting!”

"She used a small price that she could accept to cover up the secret of her infidelity, preserved her wealth and glory, and won back her husband's heart!"

"In a way, isn't this a perfect crime?!"

##
In a taxi heading to Fujimori's house.

Conan and Hattori sat in the back row.

Hearing the brilliant reasoning, he looked excited and waved his fist in the air.

"Awesome! Really awesome!"

Conan's face flushed.

"This Saotsu! I've never heard of his name before. I didn't expect there's such a great high school detective in Hokkaido!"

Hattori agreed in his heart.

But his unyielding character made him snort twice: "That guy is just brave. If I were the one digging the grave, I would definitely be able to deduce it!"

[…There’s no need to compare, right?]

Conan rolled his eyes helplessly, but in his heart he was also looking forward to the future reasoning showdown between the two sides.

The two stopped talking and listened attentively to the sounds in the headphones, trying to find flaws in the other's reasoning.

##
Once Saeyoshi's excitement wore off, he began to feel a little tired.

He bent down and placed the can on the ground.

Mrs. Fujimori looked at his white neck with excitement.

Saotsu raised his head and smiled at her.

……

[But unfortunately, the woman's perfect plan was not carried out smoothly. ]

[After all, human hearts are unpredictable. To the woman's surprise, the man actually rejected this plan! ]

Saotsu touched his chin, imitating the man's thoughts.

[He was not satisfied with taking all the responsibility for the woman's plan.]

[Although he was the one who killed the person, he also wanted to remove himself from it like a woman.]

【So, the man decided to find a scapegoat! 】

【The scapegoat needs money. 】

[The man then told him the woman's plan, tempting him to become a kidnapper in exchange for a ransom. He also gave him the gun that the woman had given him.]

【certainly! 】

[This scapegoat didn't know that women were also involved.] [He ran headlong into the impenetrable net with the dream of getting rich.]

"Wait a minute!" Mrs. Fujimori finally spoke again.

Saotsu shut up, tilted his head slightly, and listened attentively.

The lady seized the loophole in his words and said: "Your reasoning is invalid!"

"If, as you said, the scapegoat didn't know that women were involved, then Maruta must have been alive when he was kidnapped by Hinata Jito!"

"Otherwise, no matter how stupid the scapegoat is, he wouldn't kidnap a corpse!"

There was mockery in her eyes.

"Perhaps, Mr. Detective, you should modify your story and make the scapegoat and the woman connected?"

"But in this case, since the scapegoat knows everything, why should he protect the man from disaster?"

##
"Is it for money?"

Conan frowned and tried to answer his wife's question.

But Hattori refuted the idea.

"If it was just for money, he shouldn't have been so stubborn when Officer Yamashita promised to pay for his surgery."

"From his behavior, Mr. Hinata seems to really think that Ganta was killed by him!"

Conan was startled.

"So... was Saotsu's reasoning wrong?"

He felt a little regretful. After all, after only listening to the first half, Saotsu's reasoning could be said to be closely connected and logically smooth.

I didn't expect there to be such a fatal loophole!

But this time.

The words in the headset made both of them stunned.

##
"Ma'am, do you know Hyuga Jito?"

Mrs. Fujimori heard him direct the question at her and thought she had the upper hand.

He smiled and said, "Of course I don't know him... But I don't know whether you believe it or not."

"Of course I believe it."

Saotsu also smiled.

"However, since Madam and Hyuga Jito have no connection..."

"Then I think..."

"He must not know Maruta either, right?"

Mrs. Fujimori suddenly stopped talking.

"look."

Saotsu extended his hand.

“For many things, as long as more people are involved, no matter how incredible the phenomenon is, it is possible to explain it.”

"There is no connection between scapegoats and women."

"And the reason why he firmly believed that he was the murderer was because he actually kidnapped a child from the woman's home!"

Saotsu stated the bloody reasoning lightly.

"What the kidnappers need is not Ganta, but the child of the Fujimori family."

"So, Cangtian Jin brought another child, had him wear the same clothes that Ganta wore when he died, and pretended that Ganta was kidnapped by Hyuga Jito."

Mrs. Fujimori shouted, “Ridiculous!!”

"Do you think children are kittens and puppies? Can you find one so easily?"

Saotsu's gaze was calm.

He did not rush to explain because of the woman's rebuttal, but just asked softly: "Isn't it?"

Saotsu said this while looking at Mrs. Fujimori's surprised look.

"The economic bubble and the Heisei Depression, up to now, hundreds of thousands of people have committed suicide and tens of thousands have been left homeless."

"Do you think it's easier for orphans who have lost their families to live than for kittens and puppies?"

"There are many orphanages, but none of them are run by the government. Who cares about the life and death and whereabouts of the children there?"

Saotsu had a blank expression on his face.

Perhaps it was the key words that triggered him, and he suddenly thought of Jiang Gu Yichuan who died in the orphanage.

Although the other party was a real pedophile, when he died, no one knew what would happen to the Good Luck Orphan.

The thought was fleeting, and Saotsu quickly came back to his senses and focused on the present.

"The story should develop like this..."

[A man found an orphan, disguised him as a woman's son, and placed him in the woman's home.]

[Then, the scapegoat kidnapped the fake child without knowing what was happening.]

【Oh, right!】

[In order to prevent the child from being exposed, the man must of course do something to him. ]

【Given his ruthless character, I think the possibility of him being poisoned and mute is very high.】

[After all, the scapegoat doesn’t know whether the woman’s child is mute or not.]

【after.】

【Everything went according to the script.】

[With the woman's secret cooperation, the scapegoat easily got the ransom.]

[At this time, the man bewitched him and asked him to kill the child in his hand.]

[The reason... is pretty easy to find. ]

[It's probably because the money has been obtained, and returning the hostages will increase the risk of exposure.]

[If during this period, the man finds a way to let the child see the face of the scapegoat...]

[Then it is more likely that the scapegoat will accept this suggestion! ]

[Things have developed to this point, although there are some flaws...]

[For example, when the scapegoat fired the gun, the muzzle position might be different, or if he saw the woman's son in the future, he would find that this was not the same child he killed...]

[But no matter what, the man has basically taken himself out. ]

【However, he was not at ease. 】

[If the scapegoat keeps running away, the police will never close the case. Then, one day, the truth may be revealed.]

[So the man put the scapegoat's hair into the gap of the woman's trunk.]

[In this way, the scapegoat was arrested by the police for the crime of killing the woman's son.]

Saotsu scoffed.

"To be honest, although I understand Cang Tianjin's idea, his series of bizarre actions have made this case, which should have been perfect, full of loopholes."

……

[Women think so too.]

[Although the scapegoat has been caught, she is still worried. ]

[So he mixed into the police force as a hostage's family member, keeping an eye on the development of the incident. If he found any hidden dangers, he would eliminate them in advance.]

【As if God blessed me. 】

[This man's crappy plan actually came to the best ending by accident! ]

[The scapegoat actually kept the agreement he had made with the man. ]

[——If one of them is caught, I will ask the other person to handle the ransom and take care of the family on the condition that the other person's identity is kept secret.]

Saotsu interjected here: "It's worth mentioning."

"Hinata Jito took the initiative to admit that he killed the hostage after midnight, just to end the kidnapping case quickly and not involve Cangtian Jin."

"As for why it was 12 o'clock... that might be the time limit they agreed on to process the ransom."

He continued telling the story.

[But a man obviously won't put all his hopes on a scapegoat to keep a secret for him.]

He has his own ideas.

[He secretly decided that he would turn himself in! ]

[In this way, although he still has to be punished by law, he has changed from a murderer to an accomplice in kidnapping.]

【Add to that the fact that he surrendered himself, and the sentence will definitely not be severe. 】

[If I could get half of the ransom in exchange for this, it would be a huge profit! ]

[As for why he was so righteous as to give half of the money to the scapegoat and pay for his surgery at the hospital...]

[I think it was to stabilize the scapegoat and let him bear more sins for himself. ]

[In this way, when he is released from prison, the man will still have the final say on how to deal with the ransom from the scapegoat.]

[Women are also quite satisfied with this.]

[When a man's appetite is satisfied and the crime of murder is transferred away, the probability of him biting himself is much smaller.]

[Although it is not a permanent solution, it has roughly achieved the goal. ]

【But! 】

[Just when she was about to end everything...]

[An accident happened again! ]

Saotsu looked at Mrs. Fujimori, whose face was as gloomy as water.

"Because the Hyuga Jito family was attacked, you understand that the gun you found is very involved."

"Although Hyuga Jito only knows that the pistol was given to him by Soda Jin."

"But Cang Tian Jin knows that the pistol is yours."

"If he is caught and interrogated by that terrorist organization and you are exposed... you dare not imagine what will happen to you afterwards!"

"So, for my own safety."

"You decided to kill him!"

Saetoshi's reasoning was as detailed as if he had seen the whole process.

"You should have asked him to wait for you near the hospital under the pretext of giving him another 1000 million."

"Cang Tianjin just thought you wanted to shut him up, and didn't get suspicious because of this action, so he happily accepted the invitation and went."

"As for why he sent you the text message, I think it's not difficult to do this given your relationship."

"But!"

"Cang Tianjin never expected that."

"Just when he triumphantly told you that the body had been disposed of..."

"What I received was your fatal blow!"

Saotsu sighed and shook his head.

"Well, I have finished my story. Do you have any objection, ma'am?"

Mrs. Fujimori still had no expression on her face.

She combed her hair behind her ears and asked softly, "Why... are you sure that I picked up the gun? It is also possible that it was not me who found the floating corpse by the river, but Cang Tianjin?"

“Details don’t lie.”

Saotsu held up two fingers.

"First, when Mr. Fujimori questioned whether the gun belonged to Hinata Jito, you pretended to be distressed but responded immediately."

"Secondly, when you heard that Hinata Ji's home was attacked and found the gun to be of great importance, you were the first to rush to inquire."

"Although you used the excuse of being concerned about Ganta, you spoke up at the first moment, and then pretended to be weak and left, and went to the hospital to kill Cang Tianjin."

"These small doubts put together are the ironclad evidence for my deduction!"

(End of this chapter)