Case NOT Closed - Chapter 56: Naive

Hiroo Tsuchio struggled for a long time in his heart.

Finally, like a released valve, his obese body slumped down.

“I did indeed do it, everything is just as you analyzed.”

Tsuchio sighed and shook his head.

However, he immediately continued, “But, It’s done only because someone hired me to do it! The real mastermind behind the murder is Renzo! Kotani Renzo”

“I’m aware, he’s the one who sent you the 5 Million Yen.” said Kensuke with a smile.

“On the uninhabited island, Kotani-san was also one of the three suspects accused by the three detectives led by Detective Conan, but at the time he only knocked on the door to confirm the situation, confirming that there was no sound inside, and then came to inform everyone when Junya Tokitsu-san was killed.”

“Hmm, let me think, he might have used the incident a year ago when the maid of the Lavender Mansion committed suicide to coerce you into doing things for him, because you removed that window at the time. He might have said that you were responsible for the maid’s suicide, and if you didn’t do as he asked, he would tell everyone around you about it.”

“It seems you’ve figured everything out,” Tsuchio said with a wry smile.

He looked deeply at Kensuke.

“Are you sure you are a lawyer and not a detective?How can you figure out the whole thing without even going to the scene?”

Kensuke smiled faintly and did not answer.

It’s simple, really, he doesn’t use deductive thinking at all.

Detectives are those who search for clues, rely on a few small pieces of evidence, loopholes from the witness testimonies, and piece together scattered pieces of information step by step to get the truth of the incident.

And him?

He directly creates a puzzle, the kind of which doesn’t need any evidence, and if there’s anything missing in the puzzle, he uses special means to complete it.

What special means?

An example is fabricating some fake evidence to deceive the other party.

This kind of thing is very much in line with Kensuke’s style.

But, such evidence definitely cannot be presented in court.

So, additional means are needed here.

“Tsuchio-san, perhaps you don’t know the purpose of my visit.”

Kensuke got up from his seat, smiled, reached out his hand, and gently patted Hiroo Tsuchio’s shoulder.

“I’m a lawyer, and I came here to contact you with the intention of helping you. You have to believe that I am on your side.”

Kensuke spoke softly in Tsuchio’s ear, with a voice as enticing as a charm.

Tsuchio looked up at him, puzzled.

“You’re here to help me?”

“Of course, do you know what your behavior means in legal terms?” Kensuke said softly. “You’re just an accessory, do you know what an accessory is? You were coerced, killing was not at all your personal will, everyone will understand you because you’re not the real murderer.”

Tsuchio’s eyes suddenly lit up.

He did know what an accessory meant.

Legally, the degree of criminality for an accessory is lighter than that of an accomplice.

“Komemon-san, will you defend me? How many years will I be sentenced to?” He looked at Kensuke hopefully.

Kensuke didn’t speak, but gestured a number with his hand.

“Three years, that long?” Tsuchio furrowed his brows slightly, the number exceeding his expectations. If possible, he only wanted to sit for one or two years at most.

By the way, the only one who knows about this matter now is this lawyer…

As he thought about it, Tsuchio looked at Kensuke, his expression gradually changing, seeming to become somewhat fierce, as if he were planning something in his mind.

But at the same time, Kensuke’s voice came from the opposite side.

“Don’t think about harming me.” Kensuke smiled and said, “There are my men arranged in the café, who will protect me from a distance.”

“What!” Hiroo Tsuchio exclaimed in surprise, quickly looking around.

The café was sparsely populated, with some people chatting with each other or playing with their phones, heads down.

It was impossible to tell who was on Kensuke’s side.

“If you don’t believe it, you can take a gamble,” Kensuke tapped the table, looking like a master strategist. “If you kill me, you’ll go from being sentenced to three years to life imprisonment. Because with me included, you’ve killed two people in total, and the circumstances are quite serious.”

Listening to Kensuke’s words, Tsuchio’s expression fluctuated, his inner struggle intense.

In the end, he sighed heavily and slumped down in resignation.

“I understand, I will do as you said.”

“Very good.”

Kensuke nodded satisfactorily, his mouth curling up into a smile.

Tsuchio smiled bitterly.

He had no way out. In this confrontation of more than ten minutes, he was completely at the mercy of the lawyer in front of him.

Every word he said grasped the core and seized all of Hiroo Tsuchio’s weaknesses.

…

The conversation with Hiroo Tsuchio continued until five in the afternoon.

After explaining everything, Kensuke returned to his office.

“Is everything done?” Ai yawned and rubbed her eyes.

Because she had been working hard for the past few days, she had also taken a nap in the afternoon.

Kensuke nodded. “Yes, the other party was easier to deal with than expected. Half of the information you collected was not even needed.”

He briefly recounted the conversation to Ai.

“In that case, this person is really stupid.”

After listening, Ai said mercilessly, “You clearly didn’t have direct evidence, only armed with a forged appraisal report, yet he confessed completely. Moreover, even if the report was real, it couldn’t fully incriminate him. Besides, there were no people of yours in the café, right? And yet he believed it.”

“He’s naive, in a way.” Kensuke said.

“In this world, there are many criminals who are naive. Believing that the failsafe they made is perfect, and when they notice that it’s not, they confess right away, it’s because of this naivety that detectives and police can work so easily.”

“Hooo~ Are you trying to imply that if you were to commit a crime, no one can catch you?”

“No no no, even the most cunning person will have moments of oversight. Even I cannot guarantee that I won’t be caught in the end.”

Kensuke said so.

After a pause, he showed a faint smile.

“However, even if I got caught, I can guarantee that I would never spend a day in any jail.”

Ai looked deeply at Kensuke.

Conan couldn’t help but think of her past organization.

Even though the members of the organization were all powerful in their own way, such as Vodka monstrous strength, Gin marksmanship and instinct, and Vermouth stealth, they still had to live like rats in the dark sewers, unable to walk openly in the sunlight.

But Kensuke, despite the blatant wrong doing that he had done, could walk proudly in the sunlight like light itself.

While the crime that he did is much lighter than what the Black Organization member did, most of the people who associate with him know that most of the things he did are a crime, and yet, no one could do anything to him.