studiobondurri Chapter 203 Forced to Commit Suicide
Chapter 203 Forced to Commit Suicide
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Yu Chen couldn't figure out why the wound presented such a strange pattern, but he didn't dwell on it too much, since the clues he had obtained were limited. Examining the body only through a screen, he knew there was still much information needed before any judgment could be made.
Although with the abilities of a Necromancer, he could have reconstructed the entire crime scene, Yu Chen chose not to do so. He had taken leave today specifically to assist Misumi Mikoto, intending to disengage from the consecutive major surgeries of recent days and refresh his mind. For him, deducing cases was a way to relax his brain and nerves.
Cheating with the Necromancer's powers was unappealing; he preferred to rely on his own thinking and reasoning to decipher the truth.
Of course, if neither he nor Misumi Mikoto came up with the truth in the end, Yu Chen wouldn't mind resorting to the Necromancer's methods to find the answer.
Since no further evidence could be found at the crime scene for the time being, and more professional equipment would be necessary for additional investigation, Yu Chen did not disturb Tokairin Yuko's work. He returned to the school's teaching building with Misumi Mikoto and Hiromi Jounouchi.
"Brother Yu, Dr. Misumi," the second clue is out!" Rokuro Kube, monitoring the live stream with his laptop, saw the viewer count jump to 30,000 and quickly alerted Yu Chen and Misumi Mikoto.
This was part of the earlier agreement or game rule set by Classmate Shirai, acting as Killer S, and Misumi Mikoto. Shirai was to give a total of four clues, the timing based on viewer counts. The first clue, given when there were 1,000 viewers, confirmed it was a real corpse. Now with 30,000 viewers, it was time for the second clue.
The condition set by Classmate Shirai was 100,000 viewers. If the viewership reached 100,000 without Misumi Mikoto guessing the correct cause of Classmate Yokoyama's death, a second person would be killed. Conversely, if Misumi Mikoto deduced Yokoyama's true cause of death before the count hit 100,000, it would be her victory.
On screen, Classmate Shirai moved the camera closer to the body lying on the ground, which was Classmate Yokoyama's corpse, and proceeded to unwrap his clothing.
While Dr. Misumi was fixated on the screen, Chen Yu took a piece of paper next to her that was used to record the marks of the wounds. After frowning and pondering over the recorded subcutaneous bleeding points and the positions of the wounds for a brief moment, he had a sudden realization and said, "No wonder the wound looked so strange, it isn't a stab wound at all!"
"Not a stab wound?" Rokuro was surprised to hear Chen Yu say this and looked at him, not understanding why he would say so.
The teachers at the school, as well as Hiromi Jounouchi and Misumi Mikoto, also turned their attention to Chen Yu, curious about his reasoning.
"The positions of the subcutaneous bleeding points correspond to the positions of the wounds, which means the weapon was inserted perpendicularly into the victim's body, with the depth of penetration being exactly the same for each wound. Such an angle and depth of penetration are impossible unless the victim didn't resist at all, allowing the killer to stab freely while the body was immobilized.
Otherwise, the three stab wounds would not be identical," Chen Yu looked at the people around him who were watching him and continued, pointing to the very regular wounds on the screen: "Because if there had been any struggle, it would have caused some tearing of the wounds, but clearly, there isn't any, as if the wounds were made decisively in one go, pulling the knife out to stab twice more.
However, for a student to make such perfect wounds is impossible. Even as a surgeon, I couldn't guarantee to stab three times with identical angles and force. So these wounds were not made by stabbing, but by three knives that had been fixed in place and thrust into all at once."
"Thrust in by three fixed knives?" Everyone was startled by Chen Yu's explanation, since this would completely overturn the previous speculation about how the killer had murdered the victim.
"Most likely, three knives had been fixed onto that mat we saw earlier in the sports equipment room.
The victim fell onto it, and the three knives were simultaneously and at the same angle thrust into the victim's body, creating three identical wounds, also causing the rupture of the hepatic artery, leading to excessive bleeding and death," Chen Yu pointed to the image of Classmate Yokoyama's back wounds on the screen and explained to the crowd, continuing to play the footage until a section of Classmate Yokoyama's bruised and purplish upper back appeared: "From these purplish marks, it appears that the victim was regularly beaten at least a week before death, and it was continuous.
Coupling this with the peculiar wounds, I believe Yokoyama might have committed suicide, or rather, was willing to be killed, with Classmate Shirai as his accomplice, and the reason... it must be due to school bullying."