"Or perhaps it's because a certain owner, over the years of holding the gun, left a fingerprint on the handle due to the corrosion from sweat on their fingers..."
"This isn't a wild guess, but rather a simple deduction."
"The handle has been cleaned, with no other fingerprints on it. So where did this single fingerprint come from? Why could the police extract this one clear fingerprint, but no others?"
"Eliminate all other options, and whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth!"
"That's right, the fingerprint is originally from the gun handle itself."
"The possibility is extremely slim, yet not zero."
...
Mori Na echoed Sherlock Holmes' classic line, bringing a hush over the entire hall.
It was a perfect deduction, explaining all the doubts, clearing Mr. Fushimi of suspicion, preserving Nagono Kawai's reputation, and lessening Ishizuka Yoshio's culpability.
The only problem is, it's too far-fetched.
"How could it be such a coincidence?"
