Truth Behind the Many Doubts: 4k Mega Chapter

When she asked you for money, did she specify how much she wanted to borrow and what she wanted it for?

Fujino noticed the crux of the matter.

"Each time I borrowed money, it wasn't much, usually around 100,000 or 200,000 yuan. As for what I used it for, I don't know. After all, we both have our own lives, and I shouldn't ask too many questions."

Fujino twitched his chin upon hearing this.

Generally speaking, borrowing money usually means that one's own finances are in dire straits.

But since she has a normal income, why does she need to borrow money?

Unless there's something else that requires extra money.

But what could she possibly need money for?

Are you sick?

Or is a family member sick?

Thinking of this, Fujino continued to ask Kodani Yayoi, "By the way, does Miss Araki still have any relatives?"

"Words from loved ones..."

Kodani Yayoi opened her mouth, looking somewhat hesitant.

"Ms. Hirotani, is there anything you find difficult to say about Ms. Araki's family?"

Sato Miwako noticed the hesitation in Kodani Yayoi.

"It's not exactly a secret that's hard to talk about."

Kodani Yayoi shook her head. "I just feel that if I say it, I'll feel a little sorry for Mako."

"I'm sorry, Ms. Araki?"

Under the questioning gazes of the two, Kodani Yayoi lowered her head and said hesitantly, "As for relatives, she no longer has any. However, a long time ago, when she was in the United States, she actually lived with someone when she was seventeen or eighteen years old. But the other person passed away after living together for two years."

During their cohabitation, she also gave birth to a girl with that man, but the girl died a year ago.

"However, things are developing in a positive direction. After that girl died, Shinki returned to Japan. After returning, she met Mr. Eida, and just two months ago, she got engaged to Mr. Eida."

Fujino pressed further, "Then why did you hesitate, Miss Hirotani?"

Kodani Yayoi explained, "Mr. Hideta is a rather conservative person, and he's also a city councilor in Beika City. If he found out that Mako had lived with a foreigner and even had a child with him, I'm afraid..."

"Won't this affect her reputation?"

Fujino lowered his head and fell into deep thought.

Scandals, and borrowing money.

This reminded him of the idol location shooting case he had encountered before.

Thinking of this, Fujino suddenly looked up and asked, "By the way, Miss Hirotani, besides you, is there anyone else who knows about this?"

"As for others, I don't know."

Kodani Yayoi looked up and pondered for a moment, "After all, Mako wouldn't easily tell others something like this..."

Before Kodani Yayoi could finish speaking, Takagi suddenly jogged into the villa, interrupting her.

After asking around, Takagi found the guests who had visited the villa the previous night.

According to a housewife who lives across the street and had just finished her housework last night, and was planning to go out to watch the fireworks:

Around 9 a. m. yesterday, an adult male visited the villa. Although she didn't see his face clearly, she was sure that he was a man wearing a blue suit and driving a black Santana.

"Blue suit, black Santana?"

Nearby, Kodani Yayoi, who had overheard Takagi's description, suddenly exclaimed in surprise.

Upon hearing this, Sato Miwako looked at Kodani Yayoi with a puzzled expression. "Miss Hirotani, do you know that person?"

"Although the details are uncertain, the one driving the black Santana should be that guy Komori Taishi."

Kodani Yayoi confirmed, "That guy is someone Mako knew when she was in America. Starting about six months ago, he would drive his black Santana here to visit whenever he had free time."

"Moreover, Mako always looked scared whenever she saw this person, so my impression of her is very clear."

Fujino frowned and asked, "Are you saying that Miss Araki is afraid of this person?"

Kodani Yayoi recalled, "I wouldn't say I was afraid, but my attitude was definitely not very good..."

"By the way, is Miss Araki left-handed?"

Fujino suddenly interrupted Kodani Yayoi and then looked into her eyes.

Under Fujino's gaze, she subconsciously avoided his eyes and hesitated, saying, "It shouldn't be, after all, her dominant hand is usually her right hand."

"Learn."

Fujino nodded upon hearing this.

If you met someone in the United States, then you might know about that scandal.

If that man named Komori Taishi was blackmailing Aragi Mako...

This case could potentially resemble a murder case set up on location for a TV drama.

But this time the protagonist wasn't so lucky; not only did he fail to kill the other side, he was instead killed in return.

But if she didn't do it, why did she hesitate and even conceal the fact that Aragi Mako is left-handed?

Do you really not know?

"Fujino- kun, did you figure something out?"

After questioning Kodani Yayoi, seeing that Fujino's face was full of worries, Sato Miwako stepped forward to ask her.

"I have figured something out."

Fujino took a deep breath. "If I'm not mistaken, then that Komori Taishi most likely knows about Ms. Araki's past and is blackmailing her by threatening marriage."

"Extortion?"

Sato Miwako looked thoughtful.

After a moment, she suddenly realized and said, "If that's the case, then the murderer is most likely that guy Komori Taishi!"

"Based on the current evidence, that is indeed the case, if we can find the passbook and prove that the money was given to Komori Taishi."

Soon, the Forensic Science Division team found Aragi Mako's bankbook in the room.

Just as Fujino expected.

The passbook is filled with withdrawal and deposit records.

Furthermore, there were several large withdrawal records.

The last large withdrawal was yesterday.

Two hours later, Takagi, the detective, found Komori Taishi.

"Mr. Komori, you must have been a guest at this villa last night, right?"

After Komori Taishi was taken to the bedroom where the crime scene was located, Sato Miwako asked, "And this is the bedroom where Ms. Araki entertained you."

"I did come to this villa around nine o'clock last night..."

Komori Taishi replied, "But we were talking in the living room at the time."

"Living room?"

Sato Miwako frowned slightly. "Could you lift your arm?"

"Raise your arm?"

With a face full of doubt, Komori Taishi slowly raised his arm.

What was presented to everyone was a pair of gray cufflinks, exactly the same as the buttons that Fujino had found.

Furthermore, a button on the right cuff is missing.

"Strange, where did my cufflinks go?"

Komori Taishi, puzzled, noticed that his cufflinks were missing.

"Mr. Komori, can you explain why your cufflinks were found at the crime scene in this bedroom?"

Seeing this, Sato Miwako's expression gradually became serious.

As she spoke, she took out an evidence bag containing the gray buttons found at the crime scene.

"How would I know such a thing?"

Komori Taishi seemed somewhat flustered.

"Mr. Komori, you must have been extorting money from Ms. Araki, right?"

Sato Miwako took out the passbook and opened the recent withdrawal record. "Just yesterday, Miss Araki withdrew 500,000 yen from the bank, but we did not find the 500,000 yen on her or in the villa."

"No wonder Mako has been asking me for money so often lately, and she always sits on the sofa in the living room with her bankbook looking so melancholy..."

Kodani Yayoi chimed in, her words dripping with anger. "So it was you, you beast, who's been blackmailing her all along!"

"In fact, Ms. Araki did not commit suicide, but was murdered."

Sato Miwako turned her gaze to Komori Taishi and deduced, "Last night, you came to Ms. Araki's villa, intending to continue blackmailing her, but she, not wanting to be blackmailed any longer, pulled out a gun, trying to threaten you into stopping the intimidation. However, during the struggle, the gun accidentally went off..."

After a pause, Sato Miwako reasoning. "After Ms. Araki's death, in the midst of the panic, you wiped the fingerprints off the gun, locked the windows and doors from the inside, took the 500,000 yen, and staged the scene of Ms. Araki's suicide in the bedroom."

"That's not how it is!"

Komori Taishi panicked and said, "Although I did extort her, how could I possibly kill her!"

"But that's what the evidence points to."

Sato Miwako said in a deep voice, "Mr. Komori, could you please come with us to the police station for questioning?"

Something's not right.

Fujino, who was listening to the two talking, was thinking to himself.

All the evidence now points to that guy, Komori Taishi.

Sato Miwako's reasoning is also quite reasonable.

But why does he always feel like something's not right?

As he pondered, Fujino activated his Detective Intuition Enhancement Skill.

[Detective Intuition has been activated, enhancing the host's reasoning ability by 100%]

[Advanced Reasoning Ability Enhancement Card has been used, enhancing the host's reasoning ability by 200%]

With a 300+ increase in reasoning ability, the evidence currently gathered in the case is gradually piecing together, and the truth of the matter is becoming clearer...

In an instant, Fujino's expression gradually darkened as he learned the truth.

"Wait a moment!"

Having learned the truth, Fujino suddenly shouted, "The culprit is not actually Komori Taishi!"

"Who else could it be but Koshou?"

Upon hearing this, Sato Miwako turned to look at Fujino, appearing somewhat puzzled.

"Didn't you notice the smell in this room?"

"What does this room smell like?"

Sato Miwako sniffed. "There's nothing strange about it."

"That's right."

Fujino walked slowly to the ashtray. "If Ms. Araki did indeed entertain Mr. Komori in this room last night, there should be a strong smell of smoke in this room."

"But there is no smell in this room now. Obviously, this is not where Miss Araki received her guests. And that button could not possibly have been left under the sofa in this room."

Sato Miwako asked, "But if Ms. Araki didn't entertain Mr. Komori here, then why is the ashtray here?"

"It's possible that someone brought the ashtray here after discovering Ms. Araki's suicide."

Fujino nodded, then said in a deep voice, "So this case is not actually a murder disguised as a suicide, but a suicide disguised as a murder."

"Suicide disguised as homicide?"

Sato Miwako was clearly puzzled by Fujino's reasoning.

"Miss Honggu's words are half true and half false, but the matter of borrowing money is true."

Fujino walked slowly toward the writing desk. "But she lied about the fact that Ms. Araki is left-handed."

"Is Ms. Araki left-handed?"

A hint of surprise appeared on Sato Miwako's face.

"That's right. The pen next to the desk at the crime scene and the watch she was wearing on her right wrist can prove this."

Fujino turned around and looked at Kodani Yayoi: "Miss Hiroya, as an old friend, you should know this, but when I asked you, you hesitated and lied that Ms. Araki's dominant hand is her right hand."

"How would I know that!"

Kodani Yayoi bit her red lips lightly, "Mako's dominant hand is her right hand!"

Fujino calmly picked up the notebook from the desk and showed it to everyone present. "If I'm not mistaken, Ms. Araki did leave a suicide note, but it was torn out by someone."

"If he is left-handed, then the gun muzzle on his left temple is easy to explain."

Fujino put the notebook back in its place, then slowly walked to the body of Aragi Mako. "But the pistol was in her right hand. Obviously, someone moved the pistol after she committed suicide in an attempt to make it look like a murder."

As he spoke, Fujino turned his back to the crowd, squatted down, and gently stroked the Lotus Medal.

[Soul Power has been absorbed. Current Soul Lotus level: Level 1 (50|100)]

After doing all this, Fujino slowly stood up and looked into Kodani Yayoi's eyes. "Miss Hiroya, if my reasoning is correct, after you found Miss Araki's body this morning, you first tore down the suicide note in front of the writing desk, and then went to the living room on the first floor and took the ashtray that Miss Araki and Mr. Furumori used last night to the second floor."

"The purpose of doing this is to create the illusion that the two of them once talked here."

"Perhaps by chance, on your way to take the ashtray, you happened to find the button that Mr. Komori left in the living room. You then took that button upstairs to Ms. Araki's bedroom, making the illusion that someone was talking to Ms. Araki on the sofa in the bedroom more real."

"After doing all that, you locked the doors and windows, took the key, and dialed the police."

"Am I right, Miss Honggu? Only you, as the first discoverer, could have done all this."

"..."

The atmosphere at the crime scene gradually became deathly silent.

Everyone's gaze followed Fujino's reasoning and turned to Kodani Yayoi.

After a moment, under everyone's gaze, Kodani Yayoi took a deep breath and chuckled, "Just as Detective Fujino said, I faked Mako's suicide scene."

"I had just returned from the training camp when I got back to the villa and found Mako had committed suicide. As usual, she left me a letter, explaining in detail why she had taken her own life..."

As she spoke, she glared fiercely at Komori Taishi, "It's all because that bastard Koshou caught her red-handed!"

"That bastard used Shinki's past to blackmail her and gradually drained her dry. Just last night, realizing that this couldn't go on, she chose to commit suicide!"

At this point, tears welled up in Kodani Yayoi's eyes. "I want that despicable guy to pay the price!"

Fujino stared silently at Kodani Yayoi, about to speak, but then shook his head.