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Kiyoshi Kaneda retorted with a smile, seemingly leaning casually against the back of his chair, but his eyes were fixed on Shogo Endo like those of a hawk, "You so openly admit to killing someone."
Logically, you should have preserved all traces at the scene to make it easier for the police to convict you of murder.
Are you mopping the floor to cover up the presence of a fifth person?
“There are security cameras at the entrance of the apartment building. You should know very well how many people were in the apartment at that time.”
"Under normal circumstances, that is indeed the case."
Kiyoshi Kaneda abruptly changed the subject, "However, as far as I know, there is such a man."
He has the ability to cleverly disable surveillance.
That's a fox.
The moment the words left his mouth, Kiyoshi Kaneda keenly noticed that Shogo Endo's body stiffened almost imperceptibly.
His smile grew even brighter.
Often, a person's physical reactions speak louder than words.
"You've seen a fox."
"I do not know what you're talking about."
Endo denied it, but his tone was no longer as calm as before.
“The fox is really cruel,” Kiyoshi Kaneda said, changing his approach and provoking him with his words, “He actually pushed you out to take the blame for the murder.”
"I killed the person; it has nothing to do with the fox!"
Endo Shogo's tone suddenly became irritable.
This reaction convinced Kiyoshi Kaneda that he had made the right decision to come.
His investigation into the drone incident was progressing very poorly.
To make matters worse, the Metropolitan Police Department ordered Public Security Section 9 to establish another, even larger "Fox Task Force".
Although his "special investigation team" was not officially disbanded, its intelligence was prioritized lower than that of the task force, and they even intercepted it directly.
When feeling extremely depressed, normal people choose to play to relax.
As a crime-solving fanatic, he naturally prefers solving cases.
Coincidentally, a major case is taking place in Ikebukuro tonight.
With the idea of clearing his head and relaxing, he tried to deduce the case, but found many illogical points of contention.
So he used the pretext of searching for the fox to gain the opportunity to interrogate it personally.
As it turned out, he actually stumbled upon a clue about the fox by sheer luck!
Next, Kiyoshi Kaneda began to use his skillful rhetoric, constantly changing his angles and provocative words to test Shogo Endo.
He carefully observed every subtle tension in the other person's body, every unnatural twitch in their face, and every subtle change in their tone of voice...
Like a jigsaw puzzle, the scene of Endo Shogo's encounter with the fox and their relationship are gradually pieced together.
The final conclusion surprised even him.
This fox doesn't seem to be the kind of tool he initially imagined, meticulously trained and manipulated by some massive organization.
Judging from the fragments described by Shogo Endo, he seems more like a leader with an independent will who dominates the development of events.
This discovery made him feel that the search area for foxes could be greatly narrowed down.
After all, it's impossible for conglomerates to spend such enormous human, material, and financial resources just to benefit an "outsider" and cultivate a "hero" who is not entirely under their control.
Therefore, the most reasonable explanation is that the fox is likely the son or grandson of a tycoon.
Only then will everything make sense!
Chapter 58 Qingze Will Not Change
Kiyoshi Kaneda grew increasingly excited, as if he had finally glimpsed a clear path in the fog, leading directly to the "fox's" hiding place.
In Tokyo, there are approximately hundreds of thousands of men who are around 1.8 meters tall.
He chose 1.8 meters, which is 1.85 meters and 1.8 meters. It is difficult for ordinary people to distinguish them with the naked eye, and the factor of whether or not they are wearing height-increasing shoes also needs to be considered.
However, if the search is precisely focused on the six major zaibatsu families in Japan, the investigation will undoubtedly be much easier.
Of course, this investigation is not something he can immediately put into action.
The six major conglomerates have deep ties with high-ranking political figures, making it impossible for a police inspector like him to investigate them easily.
If he dares to propose this direction of investigation, his "Fox Special Investigation Team" will probably be disbanded by his superiors immediately.
He must wait patiently.
As the "Fox" incident escalated and became even bigger, the powerful figures at the top no longer viewed it merely as a tool in political struggles, but began to feel fear from the depths of their hearts.
They genuinely believed that the existence of the "fox" might threaten their rule.
Only then will they shed all pretenses and reveal their most ruthless and merciless side.
Whether it's the six major conglomerates or some foreign force, they will spare no effort to investigate to the end.
Kiyoshi Kaneda took a deep breath, forcibly calming the surging excitement within him.
The future direction is already foreseeable, but for now, out of caution and to be on the safe side, he decided to clearly reiterate his predictions, bit by bit, in front of Endo Shogo.
"When you arrived at Nishimura Kei's house, Nishimura and the other two were already dead. You saw the fox; their deaths were painful, but there were no obvious external injuries on their bodies..."
As he listened to Kiyoshi Kaneda's description, Shogo Endo finally lost his composure.
He thought his answer was enough to fool the other party, but he did not expect that the other party could recreate the scene of his meeting with "Fox" almost exactly without witnessing it firsthand.
His face turned deathly pale as he asked, "You...can you read minds?"
"Mind reading ability is out of the question."
Kiyoshi Kaneda gently put down the sheet of confession he had recorded, a smile appearing on his face. "It's just that I have more experience with criminals."
No matter how clever a criminal is, it is difficult to concoct a flawless murder story out of thin air in a short period of time.
Besides, and if I may be frank, you don't possess the ability to commit such high-IQ crimes.
Endo Shogo fell silent.
He remembered that "Fox" had told him that if the police determined he wasn't the real culprit, he should confess.
It turns out that the person had already foreseen this scene and knew that they couldn't fool anyone.
"Ah……"
He let out a soft laugh with a complex meaning.
This, on the contrary, shows that the policeman's actions were within the "fox's" expectations.
Kiyoshi Kaneda noticed his reaction with interest and asked, "Is something happy you're thinking of?"
"Even if you know it was the fox who did it, you still can't catch him."
"I see, he really is confident."
Kiyoshi Kaneda understood.
Endo Shogo was annoyed. He felt like this guy was like a tapeworm in his stomach. No matter what he said, the other party could always accurately distinguish which were lies and which were the truth, and could even deduce who said certain things.
Kiyoshi Kaneda continued, "You and the fox only met for the first time today, but judging from your tone, you seem to have a lot of respect for him?"
"Of course I respect him!"
Endo Shogo answered without hesitation, "Even if he killed those three bastards from Nishimura before I did, I would never blame him for it."
I should blame you all instead!
His emotions suddenly surged, and he pointed the finger at Kiyoshi Kaneda: "Why would a policeman as smart as you let Nishimura and her gang commit crimes for so many years?!"
They started extorting money from others two years ago, no, perhaps even earlier.
As police officers, your job is to protect the citizens! But you've done nothing; now you're just relentlessly chasing after good people like Fox!
Faced with his angry accusations, Kiyoshi Kaneda neither refuted nor got angry. He simply stated the facts in an almost cruelly calm tone: "Unfortunately, the Metropolitan Police Department has never regarded protecting citizens as its top priority."
Our existence is essentially for the purpose of maintaining stability and ensuring that society does not descend into chaos.
He paused, then looked at Endo Shogo with an honest gaze: "As for me personally, I simply enjoy the process of solving the mystery and catching the real culprit."
Whether the other person is good or bad, I want to catch them, that's all.
Endo Shogo's next words were stuck in his throat.
Deep down, he still held a sliver of hope for the Metropolitan Police Department, which is why he was so angry about their inaction.
But Kiyoshi Kaneda's blunt, almost cold-blooded words shattered his last glimmer of hope.
He should never have had any expectations of this system in the first place, hoping that they would truly stand on the side of the citizens.
Seeing him fall silent, Kiyoshi Kaneda slowly said, "I advise you not to have too high expectations of foxes."
It should be understood that when a person begins to believe that they are omnipotent, even if they harbor the brightest ideals, the reality they can ultimately create is often one of mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
Wasn't the outbreak of World War II rooted in a man's excessive patriotism?
He wanted to create an absolutely sacred empire in his mind, but instead triggered an unprecedented war in human history.
The same goes for foxes.
"No! A fox won't become that kind of person!"
Shogo Endo immediately retorted, recalling the "fox's" clear self-definition, his tone unusually firm, "He is the exception!"
"I do hope that what you say is true."
Kaneda Kiyoshi smiled.
He does not deny that there are indeed exceptions in this world, such as those who "slay dragons but do not become dragons themselves."
But throughout the long history of humankind, such people are few and far between.
The dragon slayer eventually becomes the evil dragon.
This is the more common historical cycle.