Detective Reasoning Method

Meanwhile.

In the room where Byron was being held.

Stone looked at the down-and-out charlatan before him, pondering a question as well.

Why had the corpse of Gaud found by Summer Record pointed to Byron?

Clearly, after Lu Ban's examination, there were no fragments of Gaud's corpse inside Byron. He should not have been the one who ate Gaud's innards.

So where exactly did the problem lie?

Stone knew nothing about Lu Ban and Xiya's investigation. He took a drink and watched as the storm outside grew fiercer. After being battered for so long, the soil had eroded, and some trees had been swept up by the roots, lying scattered at odd angles.

The trees had piled up together, blocking the road and making the path up the mountain even more difficult.

Seeing this, a spark of inspiration suddenly flared in Stone's mind.

Clearly, Byron was not Gaud's killer—not at least the person who had devoured Gaud's innards. If Stone trusted that his own Summer Record could not be wrong, then there was only one explanation.

Gaud's innards and Byron were the same thing.

When Stone thought of this possibility, he felt that he might have gone mad.

Under normal circumstances, Stone could never have imagined such a development. But now, after everything he had experienced, the idea had grown increasingly stronger, eventually occupying the mainstream of his thoughts.

Stone glanced at Byron. The man was staring blankly at the clock in boredom, completely unaware of Stone's gaze.

Once the spark in Stone's mind appeared, it was difficult to suppress.

He quickly arrived at his answer.

The reason Gaud's innards pointed to Byron was that Byron was Gaud's innards.

Or, if he looked at it from another angle, Gaud was Byron.

It sounded absurd and unbelievable, but against the backdrop