Chapter 596: Flaws in the Words
There were four suspected foreigners at the scene, three of them were sitting down and only he was standing. Doesn't this tell others that there is something wrong with him?
The three little brats stared at Toby Keynes blankly, and they didn't even have time to close their laughing mouths.
Judy crossed her arms and chuckled, "I see. Sit down please. To foreigners who are used to listening to English, this sentence is very similar to the pronunciation of Sit Down Please, which means please sit down."
Then he gestured to the three people sitting there and said, "Not to mention that they are standing in front of the chairs, so it is natural for them to do so."
Toby Keynes was bewildered.
Judy's lips curled up slightly. "On the contrary, to those who look foreign but are Japanese inside, this sentence sounds meaningless... Well, just like those three kids, they might even find it funny, right?"
The three little kids were startled, they touched their heads and started laughing.
"You should understand what's going on, right, Mr. Murderer?"
Toby Keynes turned pale, but could not say anything to defend himself. He really did not know how to explain his behavior.
Inspector Megure's eyes haven't recovered yet: "Um, Teacher Judy, what's going on? I don't quite understand."
Judy was about to explain when Yuya coughed lightly. She came to her senses and said with a smile, "Well, I just got the result from this experiment. Please let Yuya-kun explain the specific reasoning."
Inspector Megure was speechless and looked at his younger brother: "Brother Kamiya, then please explain it to me?"
Yuya nodded, walked forward, cleared his throat, put his hands in his pockets and said, "Before I explain the reasons, let's sort out the whole case first."
“The incident started when the president of a foreign artist management company had an appointment with a reserve artist who was about to debut today, but he was shot dead.
Because the police arrived very quickly, the suspects included the secretary, Mr. Toby Keynes who was wandering in the food court, Mr. Hal Buckner who was hiding in the toilet, and Mr. Andre Kamil who was exercising on the stairs. "
When she mentioned Carmel, Judy glared at him with narrowed eyes.
Kamal shrank his neck and gave an awkward smile.
Yuya covered his mouth with his hand to hide his smile and continued, "In addition to the raincoat, gloves and pistol found in the cleaning tool room of the food court, the clue at the scene is the note on the table.
Judging from the blood stains on the president's hands, pen, and notebook, the words 'bring my tux' were written by the president before he died.
According to the secretary, the president is going to attend a party tonight and he will wear a tuxedo, so the note should be a message from the president to the secretary.
However, this message was taken away by the murderer. Why?"
Inspector Megure asked habitually: "Why?"
Yuya smiled and explained, "It's simple, because the murderer can't read English."
"After he shot the president, he was probably looking for something or cleaning up the scene, when he saw the notepad and pen the president was holding, with a sentence written in English on it. Unfortunately, he couldn't read it.
So, Inspector Megure, if it were you at this moment, what would you do?"
Inspector Megure's forehead darkened: "Of course I tear up the note and take it away. Even though I can't understand it, what if it contains information related to me?"
Yuya smiled and nodded: "That's right. In fact, if someone knows English, combined with the voice message left by the secretary at that time, it would be very clear that this sentence is actually a message to the secretary."
"That is to say, the secretary who exchanged emails with the president in English and Mr. Halbackner, the English teacher at the cram school, these two people undoubtedly know English. As for Mr. Andre Kamil, the FBI investigator..."
Kamal looked at Yuya nervously.
Yuya smiled slightly: "From the results of the experiment just now, he should be quite proficient in English."
Kamal breathed a sigh of relief.
"Then the result is obvious. The only person who might have taken the note is Mr. Toby Keynes, who can't even understand Heathrow."
Toby Keynes' expression was a little stiff, but he still tried to make a final struggle: "Hey, hey, hey, don't accuse me of murder just because I don't understand English. Where is the evidence? Do you have any evidence to prove that it was me?"
"Of course," Youya smiled faintly, "If I wasn't absolutely sure, I wouldn't be standing here."
Toby Keynes: ??? I asked you to produce evidence and you are here to give me some pretentious lines?
Inspector Megure chuckled and said: Brother Kamiya is still as graceful as ever!
Yuya looked at Inspector Megure: "Inspector, if it were you, what would you do if you got a note with your information on it?"
Inspector Megure said without thinking: "Of course it should be destroyed immediately! This will become evidence to prove your crime... ahem!" Suddenly realizing that such words were not suitable for a policeman to say, he quickly closed his mouth.
Yuya smiled and said, "It's okay, Inspector. We are just thinking from another's perspective. This is also a very important part of the reasoning process."
Inspector Megure blinked his eyes, a little unsure: "Yes, is that so?"
Yuya smiled faintly: "So, if it was written in words or codes that you couldn't understand, what would you do?"
Inspector Megure frowned. Brother, you're still here? But he thought about it for a while, and then said, "If it were me, I wouldn't just throw it away. I would probably find someone to interpret it afterwards, right?"
Yuya nodded and looked at Takagi Wataru: "Where's Officer Takagi?"
Takagi Wataru was stunned for a moment: "I have the same idea as the inspector."
Yuya winked at him, and the latter immediately understood and walked up to Toby Keynes: "Excuse me, please cooperate with me to check."
Hissing, Takagi Wataru fumbled in the other person's pocket for a while and found a note.
"Inspector, I found it! The note that says 'bring my tux'!" Takagi Shigeru came back holding the note.
All eyes were on Toby Keynes.
Toby Keynes was silent for a while, then smiled bitterly: "I wanted to take it back to show my girlfriend's brother, to find out what was written on it."
"Girlfriend?" Takagi Shigeru caught a key word.
Toby Keynes gnashed his teeth and said: "My girlfriend was exploited by the president. She died at the end of last year due to physical injuries caused by overwork, but he did not care.
Moreover, although my girlfriend can speak Japanese, she is illiterate and was forced to sign a contract written entirely in Japanese. However, the contract actually stated that if my girlfriend could not continue to work, her brother would be jointly liable and needed to continue to complete the contract.
In order to rescue his girlfriend's brother from the black-hearted president, Toby Keynes came with a pistol and threatened to get the contract back.
When the president said the contract was not there and wanted to call his secretary to get it, Toby Keynes pulled the trigger in panic and shot the man to death - since he had already shot him, he might as well kill him, so he fired a few more shots.
Toby Keynes sighed, "I am really defeated by you. How did you know that I don't understand English? You can't tell just by looking at my appearance, right?"
Yuya smiled faintly: "That's because the secretary said she was going to the reception to cancel the appointment when she left."
Toby Keynes was puzzled: "What's the problem with this?"
Yuya: "You who don't understand English may not know that the original meaning of reception is the reception desk. Considering the usage scenario, it naturally refers to the hotel counter. But you said that the secretary went out for a party..."
Toby Keynes sighed deeply: "I see, that's how you figured out that I don't understand English? How should I put it, you are indeed a famous detective..."
Yuya smiled slightly and didn't say much.