"If it’s a narrative trick, perhaps the plot intentionally omitted some clues, like Stone God and Hanaoka Yasuko’s joint concoction?"
"How do you concoct that?"
"That movie ticket really exists, and Hanaoka Yasuko and her daughter really did watch the movie, so what’s going on?"
"My IQ can’t keep up anymore."
"Feels like being wildly played by the old rascal."
"Look ahead, Tang Chuanxue seems to have discovered a clue."
Tang Chuanxue really did discover a clue.
The only person in the entire book who could keep up with Stone God’s IQ did not explain the reasoning to the police or the excited readers; he directly went to Hanaoka Yasuko.
Hanaoka Yasuko was a bit flustered.
She had already learned of Stone God’s confession.
Tang Chuanxue smiled and said, "You seem to think I’m here to persuade you."
Hanaoka Yasuko forced herself to remain calm: "No, I don’t; what would you want to persuade me to do?"
Tang Chuanxue said slightly embarrassedly: "You’re right, I did misspeak, I apologize to you, but I just want you to know one thing, that’s why I came to find you."
"What exactly is it?"
Tang Chuanxue paused before slowly speaking, his gaze fixed on Hanaoka Yasuko: "What I want to say is, you know nothing about the truth."
Let’s not talk about Hanaoka Yasuko’s reaction.
Anyway, countless readers instantly widened their eyes.
Lu Yang from the Qin Continent, Xu Ping from the Zhong Continent, felt a burning sensation on their faces!
What does "you know nothing about the truth" mean?
On the surface, it seems like Tang Chuanxue was speaking to Hanaoka Yasuko.
In reality, Lu Yang and Xu Ping, along with countless readers, felt that this was Chu Kuang’s old rascal mercilessly mocking all readers!
What is the truth after all!?
The truth was finally revealed!
This section, described as the climax of the entire book, Tang Chuanxue said to Hanaoka Yasuko: ["I think your alibi is likely true; you really went to the cinema, including your daughter, you didn’t lie."]
Lu Yang: "That’s impossible!"
Xu Ping: "It doesn’t make sense!"
The Hanaoka Yasuko in the book was completely baffled until Tang Chuanxue continued: ["But you must be wondering why you don’t need to lie?
Why is the police investigation so lax?
Because Stone God had long arranged so that when facing inquiries from investigators, all you need to do is speak the truth.
No matter how the police press step by step, he’s arranged so they can’t convict you.
As for how he arranged it, I guess you have no idea.
You only know that Stone God seemed to have used some clever blindfolding method, but you’re not clear about the actual content. Am I right?"]
Hanaoka Yasuko froze.
Tang Chuanxue continued in Holmes plus Poirot mode: ["He made great sacrifices to protect you and your daughter, sacrifices unimaginable to ordinary people like you and me.
Since the incident happened, he’s probably prepared for the worst, determined to take the blame for you at that time, as all his plans were designed based on that premise.
Only that premise must never fall apart.
But that premise is so brutal that anyone would shrink away, Stone God himself knew this too.
So, to ensure he couldn’t retreat when crunch time came, he cut off his own escape route in advance.
At the same time, that’s precisely the most astonishing blindfolding method of this operation."]
Hanaoka Yasuko began to tremble!
Tang Chuanxue finally revealed Stone God’s scheme!
The true killer behind the body found in the old Edo River was indeed Stone God!
Because that body was never Togashi killed by Hanaoka mother and daughter!
Tang Chuanxue looked at this woman in front of him with a complex gaze: ["It seems you finally understand my point. Yes, Stone God committed another murder to protect you, and that was on March 10, the day after Togashi Shinji was killed."]
Togashi died on March 9!
On March 10, Stone God killed a homeless man whose tracks could never be traced, disguising him as Togashi’s body, successfully misleading the police!
What is a homeless man?
The so-called homeless man is one who disappears suddenly without causing any concern.
Even other homeless men won’t find it strange because someone among them always suddenly disappears.
No one would report it.
Because they have no family or friends, Stone God himself didn’t even know the name of the homeless man he killed.
The timeline certainly has no problem either.
After all, Hanaoka Yasuko’s alibi was actually about March 10; she just had to tell the truth about what she did that day since there was nothing to hide.
Anyway, Togashi was already dead the day before!
Stone God killed the homeless man, blurred all the clues, and then deliberately led the police to suspect Hanaoka Yasuko and her daughter, making them gradually believe that the body was Togashi. Not to mention Stone God’s deliberate three clues left to prove that was the body they wanted, making the entire arrangement flawlessly calculated!
Countless readers speculating about the plot and discussing the reasons simultaneously froze, as if their brains were struck by a storm, unable to tell whether they felt shocked, moved, or afraid!
"We all knew there was an issue with the timeline, but none of us could have imagined that the root cause was Stone God killing someone else to impersonate Togashi’s body to confuse the police!"