Everyone's an Actor

Chapter 9: Everyone's an Actor

The roller coaster boarding area.

Amusement park security and staff had arrived and cordoned off the area.

Shu Yunwen, Tsukamoto Kazumi, Hitomi, and the others who had ridden the roller coaster were being held back, not allowed to leave for the time being.

Shu Yunwen and Tsukamoto Kazumi each took a bottle of water, drinking and spitting it out. Tsukamoto Kazumi then took out two pieces of gum and offered one to Shu Yunwen. "H-how could something like this happen? It-it was too terrifying."

"Heh... it's all Kudo Shinichi's fault..." Shu Yunwen casually shifted the blame onto him.

Tsukamoto Kazumi asked in surprise, "W-what does Kudo Junior have to do with this?"

Shu Yunwen casually replied, "Haven't you been reading the newspapers lately? If you had, you'd notice that wherever that guy shows up, a case is sure to happen!"

"..." Tsukamoto Kazumi fell silent.

What kind of logic was that?

Shu Yunwen stopped talking and examined the transparent sphere visible only to him. With a thought, the soul of the man named Kishida within the sphere was enveloped by the "Judgment" sorcery. It transformed into pure energy, entering Shu Yunwen's nasal cavity and being absorbed.

Tsukamoto Kazumi noticed Shu Yunwen's strange posture and asked, "Yunwen-san, are you alright?"

"N-nothing," Shu Yunwen shook his head. "Just thinking about something."

Then, Shu Yunwen slowly began to refine the energy that had entered his body.

This Kishida must not have been a good person in life. The energy Shu Yunwen extracted from Kishida's soul was twice that of Yamazaki Akiji's from last night. This soul was definitely worth the acquisition.

After a while, the police from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigation Division finally arrived.

Inspector Megure led the team. As soon as he ordered the scene to be investigated, Shu Yunwen approached him and greeted him proactively, "Good day, Inspector Megure!"

"I-it's you? Classmate Shu?" Inspector Megure was surprised. "Were you caught up in this accident too?"

"Mm..." Shu Yunwen hesitated, then scratched his head with a smile. "Yeah! My luck doesn't seem to be very good."

As he finished speaking, Shu Yunwen had Kazumi stay put and quickly walked over to the killer, the woman named "Hitomi," and spoke with a smile, "Hello, Madam. May I speak with you privately?"

Hitomi, who was still wiping away tears, replied, "Ah? Sir, I don't think we know each other..."

Shu Yunwen smiled and said, "What I want to discuss with you is about the deceased. When we were on the roller coaster, I made some strange observations..."

Hitomi's body visibly stiffened, and then she agreed, "O-okay, sir."

"Hitomi..." Beside Hitomi, the woman named "Reiko" was wiping her tears.

Hitomi bowed slightly, "Reiko, I'll be right back."

Hitomi followed Shu Yunwen to a side, and Shu Yunwen got straight to the point, lowering his voice and asking, "Ms. Hitomi, why did you kill Mr. Kishida? Was it purely a matter of emotions?"

"N-no, I didn't..." Hitomi was startled and shook her head nervously, denying it.

Shu Yunwen smiled and said, "Ms. Hitomi, if I'm talking to you, it's because I have concrete evidence..."

"No! I-I didn't want to kill him, but I-I couldn't lose him! I gave him almost everything. After we broke up, he even blackmailed me with my indecent photos to get money. Even now, I still have to embezzle funds from my part-time job to give him..." Hitomi burst into tears.

Blackmail with photos and making a woman steal money for him? It was now certain that the deceased was an absolute scumbag!

Shu Yunwen glanced around. Due to Hitomi's crying, many people were paying attention, even Inspector Megure looked over. Tsukamoto Kazumi walked towards them, seemingly wanting to ask what happened.

Shaking his head, Shu Yunwen spoke again, "Ms. Hitomi, it seems we can't continue this conversation. Of course, if what you've said is true, I will help you cover it up."

"Yunwen-san, did something happen here?" Tsukamoto Kazumi had already walked up nearby and asked.

Shu Yunwen turned around with a smile. "No, of course not. I was just comforting Ms. Hitomi. It's just that Ms. Hitomi seems to be overly distressed."

"Is that so?" Tsukamoto Kazumi's gaze swept curiously between Hitomi and Shu Yunwen.

Returning to Ran, Genta, and the others, Shu Yunwen glanced at the still-crying Hitomi and tightened his grip on the camera in his pocket.

Speaking of which, this killer named Hitomi was actually just a pitiable person. Kishida was a scumbag anyway, so him dying was just him dying. Only a scumbag had died, and there was no need for the pitiable woman Hitomi to pay for it...

If Kudo Shinichi, who pursued the truth, were here, he would have thoroughly exposed this case. However, if it were Shu Yunwen, he didn't have that kind of obsessive pursuit of truth. Helping the culprit conceal it didn't seem to matter much.

Inspector Megure and his team were collecting evidence at the scene. After a while, Inspector Megure walked over to Shu Yunwen and asked, "Yunwen-san, your seat was right in front of the victim, correct? Did you discover anything? About the killer..."

"This..." Shu Yunwen scratched his head and smiled sheepishly. "I'm sorry, Inspector Megure, why are you asking me this?"

Inspector Megure said, "Because, Yunwen-san is also a very capable detective, isn't he? And you were sitting in front of the victim earlier. Of course, in my opinion, this might have been an accident."

"An accident?" Shu Yunwen blinked, then smiled. "Yes, perhaps it really was an acc..."

Before Shu Yunwen could finish speaking, a police officer standing next to Aiko suddenly shouted, "I-Inspector Megure! We found a blood-stained knife in this lady's handbag! It might be the murder weapon!"

Hearing this, it was as if thunder struck Shu Yunwen's ears. He suddenly thought of something and looked at Hitomi, who appeared somewhat flustered. However, this time, he saw hatred and... murderous intent in her eyes!

This Hitomi wanted to put the woman named Aiko to death!

In an instant, Shu Yunwen suddenly realized, mentally cursing—

Damn it! I was almost fooled by this woman!

If she had only killed Kishida out of self-defense due to blackmail, then she would have just killed him and been done with it. Why would she deliberately plant a bloody knife in Aiko's handbag to frame her?

The blackmail with photos was probably just a smokescreen! Her true intention was to kill Kishida and frame Aiko!

As Shu Yunwen was pondering this, Hitomi suddenly spoke, "Ah? Ms. Aiko, I thought you and Mr. Kishida had a good relationship..."

Hitomi's expression was one of pure surprise. If Shu Yunwen hadn't already known she was the culprit, he would have been completely fooled!

Damn it, another actress!

However, now that he heard Hitomi spewing these slanderous words, Shu Yunwen had completely lost any intention of covering up her crime.

If he didn't make sure this kind of woman spent the rest of her life in prison, he was afraid he himself would become her target for revenge.

As he thought about it, Shu Yunwen's expression turned cold.

Covering it up for her? Forget it!

This kind of woman deserved no sympathy whatsoever!