"First, you put a handbag or something similar behind your back, then fasten the seatbelt. When the bag behind your back is removed, a gap will appear, allowing you to break free from the seatbelt…"
"Next, you take out a pre-prepared loop with a hook attached. You hook your foot onto the seatbelt's guardrail, stretch your body backward, and place the loop around the victim's neck…"
"All of this must be completed while passing through the tunnel."
"Once everything is done, you throw the hooked end onto the tracks. This way, using the speed and momentum of the moving train, the person's head can be severed!"
"…"
The subsequent deduction scene was consistent with what Lin Yi knew. Kudo Shinichi used the evidence he found to point the finger at Hitomi.
As mentioned before, Kudo Shinichi's deduction seemed logically tight and interconnected, but in reality, it was incredibly difficult to execute and full of various unexpected complications.
If Hitomi had adamantly denied her involvement, then even with conclusive evidence, it was unlikely a judge would have found her guilty in court.
Again, the method of murder proposed by Kudo Shinichi was too fantastical; recreating it would be extremely difficult, and the experimenter might even lose their life.
Logically, there was no flaw, but putting it into practice in reality presented problems.
As long as the defense lawyer could grasp this point, there was a very high possibility that Hitomi would be acquitted.
Unfortunately, this poor child knew nothing about the law. After Shinichi's explanation, she immediately burst into tears and confessed automatically.
Of course, it wasn't that Lin Yi sympathized with Hitomi, but rather, having watched Conan for so long, he habitually played devil's advocate… Besides, that Hitomi wasn't some tragic figure; she wasn't worth any sympathy at all.
Her reason for killing the person was: "He abandoned me, so I had to kill him at the place of our first date, using the necklace he gave me."
Look at that reason. What kind of person with such twisted values could come up with something like that?
When dating, if things don't work out, breaking up is perfectly normal, isn't it?
Why did she have to kill him?
At most, he was a scumbag. Is being a scumbag illegal?
No, it's not!
At most, one would reprimand the other on a moral level.
Hitomi just felt abandoned and pitied herself, and then she killed him.
Look at that narrow-mindedness, look at that twisted way of thinking… You see, there was a reason he broke up with you.
People like Hitomi are clearly spoiled; they always think they are the center of everything, so everything must revolve around them.
Once things stop revolving around them, hehehe, who knows what might happen.
Lin Yi felt that he absolutely couldn't pursue women with such twisted values in the future.
Glug, glug, glug.
"One more time!"
...
Thump—
"Drink."
"I don't believe it."
Glug, glug, glug.
"One more time!"
...
Thump—
"Forget it, don't drink anymore..."
Looking at Wakamatsu Toshihide subconsciously reaching for the alcohol, Lin Yi kindly advised, "You can't win against me. If you keep drinking, you'll get drunk."
"Don't stop me! I don't believe it. I want to go again!"
Wakamatsu Toshihide waved his hand, signaling Lin Yi not to dawdle, and picked up the alcohol to drink.
Seeing his face flushed from drinking, Lin Yi shook his head and said, "One last round... I'll make you admit defeat wholeheartedly."
"I... I won't... hic... lose again!"
Wakamatsu Toshihide slammed his arm on the table with a thud and shouted, "Come on!"
After Lin Yi placed his arm down, Wakamatsu Toshihide immediately grabbed his hand tightly, his eyes wide as if he wanted to crush Lin Yi's palm.
After a "Start" was announced.
Lin Yi didn't hesitate for even a second, quickly slamming Wakamatsu Toshihide's hand onto the table with a thump.
After slamming it down, he didn't even let go.
"Get... get up! Damn it!"
No matter how hard Wakamatsu Toshihide tried, he couldn't lift it. He simply pressed his left hand onto the table as well, using force to pry upwards.
However, to his despair, even with both hands, he only managed to lift Lin Yi's hand a tiny crack, not even enough to fit a pinky finger!
Lin Yi decided to give him a harsh one.
So, he gripped Wakamatsu Toshihide's hand tightly, suddenly slamming it hard onto the table, then lifting it up again, then slamming it down again, repeating the process like a pile driver.
Thump, thump, thump, thump, thump—
Watching his wrist being teased like this, Wakamatsu Toshihide finally realized that he was truly no match. Under the influence of alcohol, he could no longer control his emotions and burst into tears on the spot with a 'wah' sound.
He buried his head in his arms, loudly questioning himself, "Waaah... Why did I work so hard to exercise?! Damn it!! Waaah, waaah, waaah..."
The scene, needless to say, was as miserable as it could be, as tragic as it could be.
Lin Yi couldn't help but find it amusing to see him crying.
Such a big guy, yet he cries at the drop of a hat, what a disgrace.
He had simply used the tactics of online gambling, letting Wakamatsu Toshihide win a couple of rounds first to taste the sweetness, and then using his strength to defeat him in the end, and even defeating him in a way that made it seem like "I won you by luck."
Once the bait was thrown, and the trick was played.
Wakamatsu Toshihide immediately bit the bait and dove into the trap, falling for it.
From then on, Wakamatsu Toshihide's behavior was no different from that of a gambler, always hoping to turn the tables in the next round, hoping to win back all the stakes in the next round.
With this mentality, the result could only be losing more and more miserably, and the gambling debts piling up higher and higher.
Fortunately, Lin Yi had a conscience. He only suggested drinking alcohol if he lost, instead of demanding money... otherwise, Wakamatsu Toshihide would probably have lost even his underwear.
Lin Yi originally just wanted to trick Wakamatsu Toshihide into drinking a few more bottles of alcohol to get him drunk, so he wouldn't bother Xiaolan all day, which was annoying to him.
But he never expected that Wakamatsu Toshihide would actually burst into tears in front of so many people!
They didn't understand before, but later, everyone understood.
It turned out that Lin Yi was just teasing Wakamatsu Toshihide.
Kanegu Kaori and Watanabe Hiromi really wanted to laugh, but out of consideration for their friend's feelings, they couldn't laugh and could only hold it in. Once they laughed out loud, they wouldn't be able to be friends anymore.
But Minekawa Katsuhiko and Mr. Michida were unhappy. How could that kid still show off in the end?
This made the atmosphere awkward all of a sudden.
Lin Yi noticed the atmosphere and just smiled at it. The purpose of coming here was to have fun, not to make friends.
They could think whatever they wanted, anyway, there wouldn't be any intersection in the future.
Now that he had enough fun, he naturally had to leave.
"Alright, it's getting late."
Lin Yi stood up from the ground and said with a smile, "I'll take my leave first... I won't disturb everyone's fun."
After saying that, Lin Yi directly went over and pulled Xiaolan and Sonoko, walking towards the outside of the entrance.
Xiaolan and Sonoko naturally wouldn't resist. The two slightly bowed to the others to express their apologies, and then were pulled away by Lin Yi.
Just as he reached the entrance, Lin Yi saw Wakamatsu Toshihide rushing out, shouting, "Wait! I have something to say!"
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