Chapter 615: False Identity, Real Hatred
"!!!"
Everyone showed shocked expressions and looked at Makino Shuu in disbelief. No, he should be called Ryuichi now.
"W-what, Shiori's son?"
"How can this be?"
Yuya said solemnly, "In order to avenge what happened 27 years ago, you spent several years investigating Cross Village, including the mummies in each hall, the topography of the village, and the custom of the bride having to perform a ceremony in the church on the eve of her wedding."
"You also found out that the only daughter of the Tokita family, Tokita Wakaba, is attending high school in Tokyo and has been engaged since she was a child and will get married after graduation."
"Then you planned this murder plan using Wakaba's wedding as the stage."
Miyano Shiho couldn't believe it: "Ma... Ryuichi, he killed Ruoye? They were clearly a couple..."
Yuya rejected it, "No, he was just trying to use Wakaba to kill people to get close to her."
"Originally, he planned to do it after Ruoye graduated, but due to an unexpected incident, he no longer had that much time."
Miyano Shiho asked in confusion: "What accident?"
Yuya said in a deep voice: "I asked Officer Takagi if there was an unidentified body two months ago. He said that an unidentified body was indeed found. After comparison, it was confirmed that it was the real Makino Shuu!"
"The real Makino Shuri?! Is this person fake?" Everyone looked at "Makino Shuri" in shock.
"That's right," Yuya's expression became very ugly, "In order to get close to Tokida Wakaba, he killed and replaced the teacher who was originally going to work in our school, and then he pretended to be Makino Shuri."
"But the appearance of the corpse disrupted his plan. His fake identity would be exposed sooner or later, so he implemented a plan to let Ruoye get married early."
"What plan?" Shancun Cao couldn't help but ask.
Yuya took out a few photos and spread them out on the table - they were the ones that Tokida Wakabayashi gave him yesterday.
Yamamura Cao came over to take a look and shouted in surprise: "Isn't this Long Yi and Ruo Ye? Hey, this is... a couple hotel? Teacher and student?!"
"That's right," Youya said in a deep voice, "If Ruoye's family knew about this kind of thing where a student and a teacher were dating and checking into a hotel, Ruoye, who is already in her third year of high school, would definitely be asked to drop out of school and go home to get married early, right?"
"So, you secretly took these photos and sent them to the Tokida family to promote the development of this matter."
Long Yi snorted coldly: "Nonsense, what evidence do you have to prove that I took the photos secretly?"
"Really?" Youya said calmly, "Everyone, pay attention to these photos. Do you find anything wrong?"
Everyone came over to observe, but couldn't see anything for a while.
Miyano Shiho tapped her chin with her finger and asked tentatively: "In the photo...Ryuichi's eyes seem to be looking at the camera all the time?"
Others took a closer look and found that it was indeed the case.
"That's right. None of the Ruoye in the photos looked at the camera, but you looked exactly in the direction of the camera every time. Why?"
"There is only one answer, because you were the one who installed the camera and filmed us. The camera must have been remote controlled, and you were very concerned about whether the camera could capture the two of you properly, so you couldn't help but look over here."
Long Yi's expression suddenly turned ugly.
Yuya continued, "I have never been able to determine who the murderer is, and I couldn't figure out why Tokita Wakaba wanted to kill Kiriko, but after seeing these photos, all the clues are connected."
"I'm afraid you've already discussed with Ruoye what to do if your secret relationship is discovered, on the grounds that it will be discovered sooner or later."
"That is to pretend to exchange identities with the girl who accompanied you at the time, and then use that method to kill someone and cut off their head to pretend that the bride was killed. The police investigation will definitely take time, and this way you can take the opportunity to escape."
"But she didn't expect that after doing all these things, she would be killed by you."
Long Yi remained silent.
Yuya said coldly, "You are the one who put the cross in the church, right? You brought us here to make us your witnesses, and the cross was used to intimidate me into giving up the investigation."
"It's a pity that you seem to underestimate the detective."
Everyone's eyes fell on Long Yi.
Dou Reiji rushed forward excitedly and grabbed his collar: "It's you, you killed Wu Zi!"
"Haha, hahahaha!" Long Yi suddenly burst into laughter. With a flash of cold light, he suddenly took out a dagger and pressed it against Dou Reiji's neck.
"You!" Youya was shocked and quickly protected Miyano Shi behind him.
Long Yi shouted, "Don't move, if you don't want this old man's neck to be cut off."
He sneered at Youya and said, "As expected of a famous detective, I was confident that you wouldn't see through my revenge plan, but I didn't expect you to just stand by and watch me. You figured out all the answers. I'm afraid that even Sherlock Holmes would be no better than this, right?"
Yuya said coldly: "Your acting skills are indeed superb and you fooled me for a time. I admire you very much. But unfortunately, there is no unsolvable case in this world. As long as it is man-made, there will definitely be traces left!"
Shancuncao panicked and advised: "Don't do stupid things anymore. Your mother worked hard to raise you. She doesn't want you to become like this, right?"
Long Yi laughed: "That's right, my mother was pregnant with me before that tragedy, and I was born not long after that incident, in order to take revenge on the people of this village!"
Hearing this, Feng Jijun's face turned pale.
Long Yi didn't notice this and continued, "My mother gave birth to me for revenge. After that incident, my mother was registered as dead. She had no way of doing a decent job after losing her identity. She did all kinds of dirty work to raise me."
"Every day when she came back, she would show me the burns on her body and say to me, 'Long Yi, look carefully and remember, you must avenge your mother on that group of people! Because you came into this world to kill that group of people!'"
Long Yi laughed crazily, his face twisted. "During those years, for me and my mother, revenge on the people in Cross Village was our only motivation to survive!"
"I will do whatever it takes to achieve this, and no one can stop me!"
"And now, there is only this last person left..."
As Long Yi spoke, he exerted force with his hands, and Dou Rei's neck was instantly cut, and bright red blood began to flow.
He was scared to death, and a dark mark soon appeared on his pants. He didn't dare to move, so he could only look at Youye for help.
Yuya pretended not to see it and glared at Ryuichi with a very angry expression.
Suddenly, Kazesai Jun also rushed over: "Shiori, how is your mother?"
Long Yi looked at Dou Reiji indifferently and said coldly: "He's dead."
Feng Jichun was also stunned: "Dead, dead?"
"That's right," Long Yi's expression suddenly became very terrifying, and a cruel smile appeared on his face.
"Besides, I killed him with my own hands."