Kensaka Takataro nodded, acknowledging this statement, while also confident that his logical deduction chain was flawless.
"Alright, let's start with the first point: what is your basis for denying the existence of a fourth person in the auditorium shooting incident?" Fushimi Roku asked.
Kensaka Takataro froze, his brain seeming to jam for a moment.
The angle of the question was so tricky that he hadn't even considered it. What does 'basis for denying the existence of a fourth person' mean? Shouldn't a normal deduction process be about 'excluding the possibility of a fourth person existing'?
"Because there were no footprints of a fourth person at the scene..." Kensaka Takataro answered instinctively.
"Then may I ask if the murder weapon had the fingerprints of the three people present at the scene?" Fushimi Roku pursued further.
"No, but the fingerprints on the gun grip can be wiped off, and the fingerprints of the fourth person were forged..."
