Chapter 994 The Answer Hidden in the Test Paper

Chapter 994 The Answer Hidden in the Test Paper

"First, please take a closer look at the photo of the paper..."

Yuya watched Toru Amuro analyzing the photos for everyone, then glanced at Judy and Camille, and couldn't help but pinching his chin.

He didn't quite understand. Toru Amuro's behavior today was a little too strange.

After all, even if Toru Amuro received a commission from Natsuko Shibuya, and she happened to be good friends with Judy from the FBI, would it really be such a coincidence that they met at the same crime scene?

The reason why it developed like this...

Suddenly, Yuya thought of something. He called Judy over quietly and asked, "Teacher Judy, why did you call Teacher Shibuya last night?"

Judy replied, "We had planned to have a drink together."

“Who started it?”

"She did send me a message, but," Judy showed a slightly confused expression, "she said she didn't remember sending me such a message at all."

"Anyway, there was indeed such a message on her phone. Maybe she was busy grading papers and forgot about it?"

Yuya's expression moved slightly, vaguely grasping something, thinking for a moment and asked: "If I remember correctly, Teacher Judy's phone was out of battery, so she borrowed Mr. Kamal's phone to make a call, right?"

Judy nodded. "Yes, although I charge it every night, it shuts down every evening because I use it too frequently."

After all, she has to keep in touch with other agents all the time, and uses her cell phone very frequently.

During this period, mobile phone batteries were generally removable, and the capacity was not very large. There were no convenient things like mobile power banks as in later times. With the way Judy used it, even with a spare battery, it would not last a whole day.

After hearing what Judy said, Youya showed a slightly solemn expression.

Could it be that... all of this was a play directed and acted by Toru Amuro himself?

If this is true, then among these three suspects, is there another member of the organization?

Who is it? Is it just an ordinary subordinate who follows orders, or... Vermouth?

Just as Youya was thinking, a voice suddenly interrupted his thoughts.

"Am I right, Agent Judy Stelling?"

Judy looked back in surprise.

Amuro Toru put his hands in his pockets and looked at this side with a dissatisfied expression: "Can you please listen to me carefully? I am now explaining the part about your teacher's friend being attacked."

Judy looked at Toru Amuro in silence. She didn't quite understand why a member of a criminal organization was so enthusiastic to help solve the case?

Is it because of the detective role he is currently playing?

Yuya looked at Amuro Toru with a deep gaze - if this was really a drama directed by you, it would be a bit too much to involve innocent people.

Do you really hate Akai Shuichi that much?

If this is the case, is there any real possibility of completing one part of his plan?

Seeing that he had interrupted the conversation between Yuya and Judy, Toru Amuro's eyes flashed with relief and he continued his reasoning.

There are some discordant points in the test paper in the photo.

That is, the top paper with full marks and the bottom paper with full marks have different grading marks, but the scores are the same.

Toru Amuro reminded that in Japan, the correct answer is to circle it and the incorrect one is to tick it, but in the United States, the correct answer is to tick it.

Hearing this, Inspector Megure and Takagi Wataru both showed surprised expressions.

Judy also affirmed this statement.

Takagi Wataru was very confused: "Why are wrong answers circled?"

Judy explained, "That circle means the answer is wrong and needs to be double-checked."

She suddenly realized something: "Wait a minute, could it be that the papers covered underneath were corrected by Xia Zi who returned from the United States, and the papers visible above were corrected by the Japanese, that is, the criminals, afterwards?"

Although the papers below are covered, you can see that there are two papers with full marks. The marking methods are different, but the scores are the same.

If the same person really corrected the paper, this situation would not have occurred.

Amuro Toru reminded: "Also, look at the top paper. Don't you think that some of the circles are completely beyond the answer box?"

After being reminded, everyone immediately noticed the discord.

After some speculation, either the criminal's hands were very clumsy, or another possibility was that he wanted to use red pen to cover up the bloodstains left on the paper when he attacked Shibuya Natsuko.

The latter is obviously more likely.

"Then the question is who among the three did it?" Inspector Megure couldn't help but ask, "Do you already know who the criminal is?"

Amuro Toru nodded, and suddenly said to Yuya: "This is very simple, right, Yuya-kun?"

You was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "That's right."

"You only need to look at the flowers drawn on the paper to know who the criminal is."

Inspector Megure immediately looked at the photo in his hand and carefully observed the two flowers that could be seen in it.

The differences were soon discovered.

The flower on the scroll is composed of a swirl inside and lace outside.

It is now known that the lower paper was graded by Shibuya Natsuko, while the upper paper was graded by the criminal, but the vortex in the middle of these two flowers rotates in different ways.

Takagi Shigeru gestured with his hands and said, "Generally speaking, vortices are drawn in the clockwise direction, right?"

Inspector Megure nodded in agreement. Indeed, it was easier to draw in a clockwise direction.

Yuya explained: "That's because most people are right-handed, so it's easier to draw swirls clockwise."

"The criminal can't be Mr. Sugamoto who wiped his sweat with a handkerchief in his right hand, or Ms. Shiya who took Agent Kamil's handkerchief in her right hand."

"In this case, Mr. Kanri, who was originally going to light the cigarette with his left hand, becomes the only candidate, right?"

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone looked at Shen Li Wenxing.

Shen Liwenxing hurriedly explained: "I am indeed left-handed, but I draw the vortex from the center to the outside, so..."

"No," Amuro Toru interrupted him directly, "The clockwise and counterclockwise we just said are not the direction of the vortex, but the way of drawing it."

"The strokes of the flower taper off from the center, which is undoubtedly evidence that it was drawn counterclockwise from the outside in."

"Besides," Amuro Toru looked at Kamidate Bunsei with a sharp gaze, while approaching him step by step, "You just said that Mr. Shibuya's mind was full of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, so he got the agreed time wrong."

"But, if I remember correctly, we never said those papers were math papers until we saw the photos?"

"Even if Ms. Shibuya is a math teacher, she is also an English teacher for senior students. How do you know that those papers are math papers?"

"Come on, please tell me your reasons. Of course, the premise is that you saw the test paper at the crime scene and found an answer other than this."

After saying these words, Toru Amuro happened to walk in front of Kamitachi Bunsei.

He looked down at Shen Liwenxing with cold eyes, and his powerful aura was like a tiger waiting to devour its prey. Shen Liwenxing was so overwhelmed that he didn't even have the thought of quibbling.