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Chapter 65 Taking the bait

“Guessed it right!”

Kyoushi Toda looked at Koichi Nishihara's reaction and thought to himself.

He still maintained a kind look on his face and said in a gentle tone:
"Come to think of it, when I was in the Organized Crime Countermeasures Department of the Metropolitan Police Department, I encountered many very vicious criminals with unusual thinking."

"For some criminals who are extremely conceited and have a strong sense of self-esteem, if they are attacked, their first reaction is definitely not to call the police."

"Because for them, leaving the matter to the police would make them look incompetent and unhappy."

"So their first reaction is often 'get back at the enemy.'"

As Toda Kyoushi spoke, he observed Nishihara Koichi's reaction.

He obviously noticed.

After hearing his own story, Koichi Nishihara has been in a very conflicted state.

Toda Kyoushi knew.

Koichi Nishihara's heart has begun to waver.

There was only a little more time before he completely let down his guard.

"Xiyuan-kun, you have to remember that our conversation is not being recorded, so it will not be recorded."

"Because as a criminal police officer, I cannot tell you these things as a prisoner. This is a serious violation."

"I did this just to express my sincerity."

"Because for me, I don't want to see criminals continue to go unpunished, and I don't want anyone, even someone who has committed murder, to suffer an unwarranted disaster."

"I firmly believe that even if someone has committed murder, as long as they sincerely repent and reform themselves, they will still be accepted and recognized by society in the future."

"So, I want to help Saihara-kun."

"My guess is that Xiyuan-kun was just impulsive and made a mistake."

"But it may have been exaggerated by others, causing the severity of the crime to increase several times."

"If that's the case, you can report him."

"Not only can this be regarded as 'making meritorious service while serving one's sentence', but in the eyes of prosecutors, it will also be regarded as 'a good attitude of admitting one's mistakes'."

"Besides, I promised Nishihara-kun."

"If Nishihara-kun can be honest with me, I will also try my best to delete the contents in Nishihara-kun's [Confession] that are unfavorable to him, and try to make the facts closer to the crime of passion."

"Considering that Nishihara-kun didn't do anything excessive to the deceased, and that he has shown a good attitude of repentance that has been personally acknowledged by me, the inspector general, it won't take five years for Nishihara-kun to be released from prison."

"I am really thinking about Xiyuan Jun, I wonder if Xiyuan Jun can believe me?"

As Toda Kyoushi said this, he helped Nishihara Koichi uncuff his hands that were handcuffed to the chair.

His expression was sincere, his tone was earnest, and almost every word with emphasis struck a heavy blow to Koichi Nishihara's heart.

After saying this, Kyouji Toda extended his hand towards Koichi Nishihara, who was clearly looking shaken.

"Are you…are you telling the truth?"

Nishihara Koichi suppressed his inner excitement and asked.

"Of course it's true. If I didn't have such intention, why would I turn off the camera and talk so much with Xiyuan Jun?"

"Wouldn't it be enough to just end the interrogation with Xiyuanjun's 'not guilty'? This would save a lot of trouble."

Toda Kyoushi smiled at Nishihara Koichi.

“Yeah…yeah.”

Koichi Nishihara also smiled, and then with gratitude on his face, he held the right hand that Kyoji Toda extended to him with both hands.

"Took the bait."

Toda Kyoushi sneered in his heart.

With a calm expression on his face, he returned to sit down opposite Koichi Nishihara.

"So, can you please tell me in detail what happened yesterday, Nishihara-kun?"

"Please tell me what happened yesterday truthfully and completely."

"Only in this way can I help Xiyuanjun think about how to avoid the mistakes made by Xiyuanjun as much as possible."

Kyoushi Toda picked up the pen and whispered to Koichi Nishihara.

"Ah."

Nishihara Hiroshi nodded.

He began to believe that Kyoji Toda was truly caring about him.

Because up to now, Toda Kyouji has no intention of turning on the camera, which means that the confession he made during this period has no legal effect.

There is no risk of being induced to confess.

He began to speak slowly:
"I first heard about Akikawa Sosuke from Ms. Yoko. I accidentally heard Ms. Yoko say that she hoped Akikawa would leave the company."

"Then, after I checked Akikawa's information, I found out that he had signed up for the same stage play audition as Ms. Yoko."

“So I thought about outdoing him.”

"I don't know why, but I was not selected."

"I feel very humiliated by this incident, because Akikawa is a newly signed artist, and his training result was the last. I started my career as a child star, and my status in the Japanese film and television industry is much higher than his."

"I didn't expect that Qiuchuan was so stupid that it was outrageous."

"He actually came over to thank me for my guidance during rehearsal. Now that I think about it, he was probably trying to disgust me on purpose."

"During the subsequent rehearsal, I noticed that Akikawa's acting was amazingly good, which made me even more upset."

"Just at this time, I also noticed that Miss Yoko also had a very unpleasant expression because of Akikawa's acting."

"Apparently Miss Yoko doesn't like Akikawa's acting either."

"So I went to find Miss Yoko. I thought we would have something in common, but I didn't expect that bitch to warn me not to get close to Akikawa again."

"From that moment on, I decided that it was not enough to just kill him. I had to ruin his reputation and make him leave the Japanese entertainment industry in the ugliest way possible."

When Koichi Nishihara said this, an evil and sinister smile appeared on his face.

"So I randomly picked a lighting engineer named Uesugi who has nothing to do with me and whose disappearance would not have much impact."

"After knocking him out, he lured Akikawa to the laundry room, knocked Akikawa out as well, and then strangled Uesugi to death."

"After that, I stuffed the rope used as the murder weapon into Akikawa's hand, smeared Uesugi's blood on Akikawa's clothes, and left the laundry room."

“But it’s puzzling.”

"I clearly didn't reveal my appearance or voice at all when I was in action, but that Akikawa pointed it out to me. He said he heard the murderer's voice and judged that the murderer was a man."

"For some reason, Uesugi, who died around the third act, was judged by the detective to have died before the second act."

"The rope that was originally used as the murder weapon also disappeared and turned into a wig in my bag."

"I deliberately controlled the force of the knock to make Akikawa unconscious in order to prevent the police from judging him as incapable of committing a crime. The wound on Akikawa's head seemed to have inexplicably become very serious."

"And I knocked Uesugi unconscious and strangled him to death, but I heard that his tongue and jaw were broken. The detective therefore concluded that I had tortured the victim."

"Of course I made a lot of mistakes. I didn't know that you could tell the strangulation posture from the marks on the victim."

"This must be that Akikawa who framed me! I think he is the person that the Toda police officials just mentioned!"

The more Nishihara Koichi spoke, the angrier he became.

I'm afraid that few people in the world have experienced this feeling of killing someone and then being wrongly accused.

Now that he finally met such a good detective, Koichi Nishihara told him everything that had happened.

"This is the truth of the matter, Officer Toda, please believe me!"

"Yeah, of course."

Kyoji Toda smiled and nodded, then closed the notebook.

Then he stood up, opened the door of the interrogation room, and called Takuto Nakajima.

After seeing Takuto Nakajima come in, Koichi Nishihara turned the camera back on.

And Toda Kyoushi smiled and sat back in front of him.

Koichi Nishihara knew that next, Kyoushi Toda would definitely conduct a new interrogation based on his previous confession.

All I had to do was answer the questions carefully designed by Toda Kyoji truthfully.
He could avoid the crime and let Akikawa Sousuke be punished as well.

Hiroshi Nishihara looked at Kyoji Toda in front of him with an expectant and serious expression.

I developed a great liking for this criminal policeman.

Then he heard Toda Kyouji on the other side look at the case file, then raised his head and asked him:

"I will be the one to interrogate you from now on."

"Excuse me, Mr. Nishihara, do you admit that you killed Misaki Uesugi with a wig and tortured him cruelly?"

"Eh?"

When Nishihara Koichi heard this, the expression on his face froze in an instant.

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