The Pot and the Reputation, Split Between Them

The moment Jinbo Daixiong mentioned that "mysterious person," he could not help feeling a lingering fear:

"He asked whether I wanted to take part in his Murder Game and become last night's second victim. He was even planning to keep tormenting me until I agreed—good thing I firmly refused. Otherwise, I'd definitely be dead by now!

"And I saw him in the restroom just now. He must still be nearby and can't have gone far! Hurry up and catch him! He's the real mastermind here!"

This time, however, the police reacted completely differently from when they had heard these words before.

Yamamura Misao had also recovered from his "haunted house ordeal," and his never-ending spirit of doubt had grown stronger.

He stared at Jinbo Daixiong as though looking at an idiot and snorted disdainfully.

"Do you really need to emphasize that there's a 'mysterious person'? If he hadn't knocked you out and dumped you in the corridor by the entrance, you'd have successfully assaulted a police officer and escaped by now. Hah. And if that person really were a psychopath, would you still be alive? According to my deductions, the truth must be this—

"After committing the crime last night, you tried to flee, but a mysterious do-gooder spotted you. After you ran toward the Mountain Villa, he pursued you all the way there—I've been to that villa. It's extremely secluded. In the middle of the night, a guest unfamiliar with the area could never have found it in the pitch-black Deep Forest. So you must have hidden there yourself, only for that mysterious hero to chase you inside and beat you up.

"As for why he didn't call the police... Ahem, there are actually many Nameless Heroes in our society. Like Kamen Rider, they enjoy doing good deeds without