Chapter 6 Guessing the Chain
Netizens who often commit murder in Japan know that criminal cases in Japan have a legal prosecution period. Calculated from the date of the incident, no prosecution will be initiated after the statute of limitations has expired.
"That's right." Fushimi Shika admitted frankly.
Yuan Yuzi's confidence doubled and she continued to state her reasoning process in a low voice:
"The reason for such speculation is that instructor Sakurai did not destroy the anonymous letter, which proves that she is confident."
"Following this line of thought, we can make a bold guess as to why the murderer is so emboldened? Because she is sure that she will not be caught. Then why can she be so sure that she will not be caught? Because the legal prosecution period has passed, even if she is discovered, she will not be caught. She will be prosecuted. Moreover, Instructor Sakurai may lose her job at the police academy, so she is troubled!”
Fushimi Shika nodded: "It's basically the same as what I thought."
This was what Minamoto Tamako was waiting for. She pointed at Fushimi Deer's nose with a pencil, and said, "There is only one truth." But, these speculations are full of holes!
"From the beginning, your guess was based on "Instructor Sakurai is a murderer." At this moment, you have already assumed that Instructor Sakurai has committed a criminal case. ”
"So, your next "chain of speculation" is nonsense! ”
"Why doesn't destroying the anonymous letter prove that she is emboldened? Why is she emboldened just because the prosecution period has expired? According to this logic, I can also guess that instructor Sakurai is innocent. For the purpose of retaining evidence and investigating, the anonymous letter is preserved!"
"Guesses based on guesses are like a building on floating sand. It will collapse in an instant when the wind blows!"
After saying this long list, Yuan Yuzi felt like she had taken a big gulp of ice soda in the dog days of summer, and her arches tightened with pleasure.
However, Fushimi Deer didn't show the shocked expression she expected. He just shrugged and didn't even look at her:
"Then just let it be like this."
Yuan Yuzi frowned, feeling that Fushimi Shika was being harsh. She said dissatisfiedly: "Did I say anything wrong?"
"No."
"Then I thought it right, you are not worth the price!" After Yuan Yuzi said this, she felt that she had gone too far. But she didn’t want to admit her mistake, so she crossed her arms and turned away, saying: “One hundred thousand yen is too high, I only pay 50,000 yen!”
When money was mentioned, Fushimi Shika's expression changed.
He sighed. The pain of paying for knowledge is that there are too few people who know the goods.
Arguments like 'I can have sex with me' were so troubling in his ears in his last life that he almost developed PTSD.
"In that case, let me teach you a lesson for free." Fushimi Lu put down his brush.
"Huh? Not convinced?"
Yuan Yuzi licked her lips. She liked this kind of debate the best. Since elementary school, she has had meticulous language and logic skills, and can often refute others into silence.
"Indeed, my guess is logically untenable, but do you have evidence to refute my guess?" Fushimi Shika asked.
"No evidence is required, just logical deduction..."
"How will that help this case? You are just reasoning to "refute me." After saying so much, do you have any direction for investigating the case? Fushimi Shika put his arms on his knees, crossed his hands, and leaned forward, like a hunting wolf: "If this continues, it will just be a pure intelligence competition, right?" ”
This was the first time in Minamoto Tamako's life that she choked on words.
But Fushimi Shika didn't intend to let her go just like that: "Since you are so confident in your reasoning ability, let's play a little reasoning game."
"What game?"
Yuan Yuzi was a little surprised and didn't know what kind of medicine he was selling in the gourd.
"Find a random person and ask him to imagine a murder case in his mind. We ask questions at any time, and he can only answer 'yes' or 'no'. The first person to deduce the truth wins." This game Fushimi Lu said, It is the "turtle soup" that is familiar to later generations.
This game originated from the "Mysterious Everything" message board on the Japanese Internet forum 2ch. Not many people surf the Internet these days, but Yuna Tamako actually knew the prototype. She said excitedly:
"Isn't this a "horizontal thinking puzzle"? Situational reasoning through 'yes' and 'no', I didn't expect you to have read Sloan's book... OK, I accept your challenge! ”
"What's the point of just winning or losing? Why not add some luck," Fushimi Shika narrowed his eyes: "How about just betting 100,000 yen?"
"Huh? Do you want to gamble?" Yuan Yuzi immediately became alert.
"What, are you scared?" Fushimi Lu raised his eyebrows.
"Gambling is illegal, and civil servants are prohibited from participating in gambling." Yuan Yuzi said seriously.
As expected of a person whose criminal index is only one percent...
Fushimi Shika had no choice but to put it another way: "If I win, then you have to pay a hiring fee of 100,000 yen; if you win, then I will pay you a 100,000 yen coaching fee. How about that?"
"No gambling." Yuan Yuzi firmly refused.
Fushimi Shika kept track of her in his mind: "If you don't want to bet, don't bet. You go find someone and ask him to come up with the riddle, and we'll solve it quickly."
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"Eh? Shall I go?" Yuan Yuzi pointed to her nose.
"What if?"
"Then forget it..." Yuan Yuzi was afraid.
"There's really nothing we can do about you." Fushimi Shika stood up, looked around, found a male student who had finished drawing a portrait, and walked over to ask for help.
Gentamako quietly poked her head out, and when she saw Fushimi Lu pointing at her to negotiate with the other party, she quickly retracted behind the drawing board.
After a while, a boy with a reserved temperament and a crew cut sat over.
"This is the first time we meet. My name is Shiraishi Hidenori. Please give me your advice..." He bowed rather cautiously.
Fushimi Shika sat back down, introduced the general rules, and then announced: "Okay, let's get started."
Hearing this, Yuan Yuzi concentrated on it and quickly entered the state.
I saw Xiu Ze thinking for a long time, his eyes lit up, and he announced the mystery:
"A blind boy walked into a restaurant and ordered a bowl of turtle soup. He drank the soup and suddenly shot himself. Why?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Yuan Yuzi raised his hand and said:
"How about changing it to another one? I have seen this topic in a book - the answer is that the boy once encountered a shipwreck. When there was no food, his father used his own meat to make him a bowl of 'turtle soup' for him. Survived. Later, the boy drank real turtle soup in the restaurant and found that it tasted different. When he found out the truth, he couldn't bear it, so he shot himself."
"Wrong." Xiu Ze said.
"Huh?"
Yuan Yuzi wondered if the answer to the mystery was his own original creation? It’s a great idea to innovate on past mysteries...
In this way, no one knows the answer to the mystery, and it can be said to be an extremely fair reasoning showdown!
(End of chapter)