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The atmosphere in the room froze the moment Li Wei asked that question.
Corent stared at Li Wei, his hands clenching slightly.
"My... footprints?"
"That's right. I asked around, and someone said he saw you enter backstage from the east side of the stage around the time of the incident, then spend quite a while by the scenery lift. I also found your footprints there. How do you explain that?"
Li Wei watched Corent with a smile, waiting for his answer. He had the [Photographic Memory] skill. While investigating backstage, he had memorized every footprint near the crime scene. He simply couldn't be bothered to check them one by one like the police would. It was exhausting and time-consuming, and working alone would have made it even slower...
So Li Wei had kept them in his head as reference material. Whenever he encountered a suspect, he could pull up the footprints from the scene and compare them against the person before him. A few questions after that would tell him what he needed to know.
That was why Li Wei had become excited the moment Corent denied going backstage. Based on the footprint comparison, Corent's tracks had been right beside the severed rope backstage, making him one of the suspects! And yet he denied ever being there?
Wasn't that practically advertising his guilt?
Li Wei had almost jumped up and shouted, "Objection!"
Of course, he hadn't actually done that. Instead, he had smilingly asked Corent a few questions, making the initial request for an alibi seem like a routine inquiry. Finally, he had made Corent sign and put his thumbprint on the statement, taking responsibility for his words.
Only then had he dropped this time bomb.
In truth, there had been no such witness. But Li Wei's [Photographic Memory]