Chapter 147 The most powerful daughter in the city
"That's right."
Takahashi Ryoichi was silent for a long time, and finally weakly admitted his sin:
"I'm the bandaged man who attacked Miss Mori."
"Is it really you Takahashi?" Everyone's expressions were full of surprise.
As the organizer of the party, Suzuki Ayako, who attaches great importance to the friendship between classmates, asked with great confusion:
"Takahashi, Miss Mori and you don't know each other at all."
"Why did you kill her?"
"Because Miss Mori accidentally broke into Takahashi's room in the afternoon."
Before Takahashi Ryoichi could answer, Lin Xinyi gave the answer:
"Takahashi is worried that she saw his true size and exposed his murderous plot today——"
"So, before officially executing the murder plan, he planned to remove this 'obstacle' first."
Although Lin Xinyi did not know the full extent of Takahashi's murder plan, in his opinion
Takahashi Ryoichi disguised himself as a fat man, probably to take advantage of the difference in body size between himself and the bandaged man to eliminate his own suspicion of committing the crime.
In this case, Mao Lilan, who may have seen his true size, became his biggest threat.
In this regard, Lin Xinyi could only be speechless:
This guy had already been accidentally bumped into by Mao Lilan, and he was still thinking about using some murderous trick of pretending to be a fat man.
What are you doing with all this bells and whistles?
In such a barren mountain, you would just push someone down the mountain, and then come back and tell everyone that the victim slipped and fell off a cliff.
Based on the investigative capabilities of the Metropolitan Police Department, it would be 100% likely to be passed over as an accident.
Simple and crude methods are the most difficult to crack. Takahashi Ryoichi's method seems clever, but in fact it is extremely stupid.
Lin Xinyi sighed in his heart and continued to reveal Takahashi Ryoichi's secret:
"In short, Miss Mori is just an obstacle Takahashi Ryoichi encountered unexpectedly."
"Mr. Takahashi worked hard today to create a drama about the bandage weirdo. The person he wanted to kill was not Mao Lilan, but"
Lin Xinyi turned around and looked at Chikako Ikeda:
"Miss Ikeda!"
"What?" Chikako Ikeda's eyes were full of horror: "Takahashi wants to kill me? Why, why?"
"Why? Haha"
Takahashi Ryoichi, who had been silent since his confession, suddenly sneered:
"Ikeda! You know what bad things you have done!"
"Aren't you the one who killed Atsuko?"
"Nonsense!" When she heard Atsuko's name, Chikako Ikeda trembled as if she'd been electrocuted:
"Atsuko committed suicide, she committed suicide, it has nothing to do with me!"
"Yes, Atsuko did commit suicide."
Takahashi Ryoichi's cheeks gradually twisted in hatred:
"However, her suicide was caused by you!"
"It's all you, the 'famous writer', 'famous screenwriter', the successful Miss Chikako Ikeda"
"You plagiarized "The Blue Kingdom" that Atsuko wrote with all her heart and soul, and took away everything from her!"
""Blue Kingdom"? This name"
"This name sounds similar to Chikako's famous work "Blue Kingdom"."
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and they all vaguely realized something.
Suzuki Ayako looked at her former friend in disbelief:
"Chikako, you, did your famous work plagiarize Atsuko?"
"Shut up!"
Chikako Ikeda roared viciously.
Now she has completely lost the grace of that famous writer, and instead looks like an ugly vampire exposed to the sun:
"I didn't, I didn't plagiarize!"
"What about "The Blue Kingdom" written by Atsuko? Has she published this book publicly?"
"Except for Takahashi, do any of you know that she wrote this book?"
"Also, even if you can get the so-called "Blue Kingdom" manuscript, how can you prove that the manuscript is not a forgery and was not written after me?!"
Chikako Ikeda refused to let go and categorically refused to admit that she had plagiarized.
Plagiarism is inherently difficult to determine, and the original author Atsuko quietly hanged herself after being plagiarized without making any public announcement or defending her rights.
There is no proof, Chikako Ikeda just shamelessly persists to the end:
"You said I copied a dead person?"
"Takahashi, I think you have lost your mind and gone crazy, right? You are crazy!"
"How can you believe what a lunatic who is crazy enough to kill people says?!"
Her voice was loud, but everyone could hear her guilt, her irritation, and her hysteria.
Suzuki Ayako and others were shocked by the ugly appearance of this old classmate.
Takahashi Ryoichi was completely angered by the attitude of this shameless plagiarist:
"Yes, yes, I can't prove that you plagiarized now."
"But so what?"
"What I want is not your confession and apology. What I want is for you to pay the price for Atsuko's death!"
At this moment, there was only madness in Takahashi's eyes.
Thinking of Atsuko who died of painful suicide and Ikeda who was still alive and nourishing, he felt so hateful that he couldn't breathe.
"Go to hell!"
Takahashi Ryoichi suddenly opened his clothes and pulled out a short knife from his "big belly":
"I will make you pay with blood today!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he raised the short knife with cold light and
Then Lin Xinyi pushed him to the ground:
"That's enough, Takahashi."
"You are now guilty of 'attempted murder'. Don't persist in making the same mistake again and again!"
"Make the same mistake again and again? I'm not wrong!!"
Takahashi struggled crazily under Lin Xinyi:
"It's Ikeda who's wrong, she deserves to die!"
"I want to avenge Atsuko. I am a messenger of justice who judges sinners. I am not wrong!"
“It’s wrong to break the law!”
Lin Xinyi easily took the knife from Takahashi's hand, his attitude did not change at all:
"Besides, if you really just want to avenge Atsuko, I can still look up to you."
"But what did you do?"
"It's just because I'm worried that my murderous plot will be exposed and I'm worried about being punished by the law."
"You can raise a butcher's knife and kill a weak, defenseless girl who has nothing to do with this matter!"
Looking at Takahashi's gloomy and twisted face, he scolded in a cold tone:
"Messenger of justice? Bah!"
"You are just an ugly murderer!"
This sentence penetrated deeply into Takahashi's heart, completely shattering his narcissistic excuse.
He gave up struggling and collapsed to the ground, finally pleading guilty and committing suicide.
But the hatred still lingers in Takahashi's heart, making him unable to let go:
"I am guilty, but what about Ikeda?"
"She killed Atsuko with plagiarism. She is also a murderer. Why don't you arrest her?!"
Lin Xin suddenly fell into silence:
From an emotional point of view, he also felt that Chikako Ikeda's behavior was despicable and sinful.
But from a legal perspective
If the perpetrator commits a certain criminal act that causes others to commit suicide, the key depends on whether there is a causal relationship between the illegal act and the suicide.
To determine the causal relationship, it depends on whether the criminal behavior of the perpetrator is highly likely to be related to suicide.
Generally, only serious crimes such as abuse, illegal imprisonment, insult and slander, and deceptive suicide can be regarded as having a high probability of being connected and responsible for suicide.
Chikako Ikeda plagiarized Atsuko's work, and Atsuko hanged herself.
Is there a high probability relationship between the two? No.
Doesn't it constitute an indirect principal offender of intentional homicide? Not constituted.
Most people will not take such an extreme path as suicide if their works are plagiarized.
If you really can't, grit your teeth and endure it, live well, there are endless possibilities for the future.
Therefore, legally speaking, Chikako Ikeda is only a plagiarist who infringes on copyright, not a murderer who infringes on the right to life.
Lin Xinyi is not a knight-errant, but a law enforcer.
Even if he also hates Chikako Ikeda's evil deeds, he will not violate his principles and watch Takahashi kill people.
Emotion and law, sensibility and rationality, the choice between the two is difficult to make clear.
Lin Xinyi could only choose the one written in the ideological and political textbook:
"Sorry, I have to follow the law."
"Miss Ikeda is not a murderer. I can't catch her."
"However, I will definitely find a way to make her pay the due price for her plagiarism!"
He solemnly promised Takahashi Ryoichi.
But Chikako Ikeda saved a dog's life, but still got an advantage and acted like a good boy:
"Plagiarism? Where did I plagiarize?"
"Atsuko has been dead for two years and wants to sue me for plagiarizing her, so just show me the evidence!"
"You!" Takahashi Ryoichi was so stimulated that he wanted to get up and kill again.
And Lin Xinyi was also driven to a bad end by the villain Ikeda's evil demeanor.
He almost couldn't hold it back and released Takahashi.
"Enough!!" A loud shout sounded in the living room.
The speaker was neither Takahashi nor Lin Xinyi.
It was the initiator of this party, the soft-spoken, gentle and kind-hearted Suzuki Ayako:
"Chikako, I didn't expect you to be this kind of person."
Looking at the hateful face of her old classmate, Suzuki Ayako's voice was filled with regret and anger:
"I will help Atsuko avenge her."
"How can you take revenge?!" Takahashi Ryoichi yelled in pain.
"Haha" Chikako Ikeda sneered: "Ayako, I advise you not to meddle in other people's business!"
"Don't think that you can do anything to me just because you have a few small coins!"
""
Suzuki Ayako was silent for a while.
She sighed deeply and looked at Chikako Ikeda with a pitiful look:
"I originally wanted to get along with you as an ordinary person, but what I got in exchange was contempt."
"Okay, I'll show my hand -"
There was suppressed anger in Suzuki Ayako's eyes, and a terrifying momentum burst out from her weak body:
"Actually, my family doesn't just have a little money."
"With my family's influence, I can ruin your reputation with just one order from me!"
"You?" Chikako Ikeda was slightly startled.
Immediately afterwards, she burst into a disdainful laugh:
"Hahahahaha Ayako, are you like Takahashi and out of your mind?"
"Just you Suzuki Ayako?"
"A loser who can only say nice things to people!"
"It was the club funds I provided that allowed you and Takahashi to have a roof over their heads."
"I didn't expect that he would be so shameless now!"
As a successful writer and screenwriter, Chikako Ikeda is now very expanded.
She didn't like the little financial resources Suzuki Ayako had shown before:
"You don't know yet, right?"
"I have been selected by Director Matsushita of NHK and will soon be promoted to the group's top four writers!"
"You, Suzuki Ayako, still want me to be unable to survive in the circle?"
"Haha, loser!"
"You" Suzuki Ayako's face became gloomy after being beaten, and her temperament changed drastically:
"You are blind! This friend, it's okay if you don't do it!"
"Chikako Ikeda"
"From now on, there will be no place for you in Japan!"
"The Prime Minister can't protect you, I said so!"
With that said, Suzuki Ayako turned around, walked to the table, and dialed a number using the wired phone in the villa.
After briefly chatting for a few words
"Come on, Ikeda."
Suzuki Ayako picked up the phone and said coldly to Chikako Ikeda:
"Director Matsushita from NHK, I have something to tell you."
"W-what?"
"Matsu, Director Matsushita? Why do you have his phone number?"
Hearing this, Chikako Ikeda's expression suddenly changed.
She stepped forward with some disbelief and took the phone.
Before he even had time to put the microphone to his ear, the Panasonic director on the other end of the phone cursed loudly in the loud voice of the built-in speaker:
"Ikeda, you are so brave!"
"For offending the eldest princess of the Suzuki Zaibatsu, I think you don't want to live anymore!"
"From now on, I will be expelled from the group. I will be permanently banned from the entertainment industry!"
"Pack your things and get out of here!"
"W-what?!"
Chikako Ikeda was so frightened that she even dropped the microphone:
"Aya, Ayako, your home is..."
"That Suzuki Zaibatsu?!"
"Ha!" Suzuki Ayako curled her lips and smiled coldly.
see this scene
Takahashi Ryoichi, Kakutani Hiroki, and Ohta Satoshi, these three old friends of Ayako, have all been completely stupid.
And Lin Xinyi was not much better.
He stood there blankly, his mood extremely complicated:
What the hell
Did I go to the wrong set?
Are the Yuanzi family so awesome?
etc.
Lin Xinyi was stunned for a long time before he reacted belatedly:
It's me
What else did you miss?
PS: Sorry, I won’t make bad jokes after writing this_(:з」∠)_