Although Otani's sad life is sympathetic, it does not really help the current case. Similarly, it did not provide any substantial help to the Kuwashima Police Department. Therefore, after Lin Shuichi determined that Otani's intentional wounding did not cause any substantial harm to the victim, he immediately handed over his case to the police station that received the report of the wounding case to be responsible for follow-up matters.

Although Otani's case made Lin Xiuyi go around in a big circle and return to the starting point, it cannot be said that there is no discovery at all. At the very least, Lin Shuichi discovered a side that Tomomi Yano didn't recognize. So now he has to face a new suspicion. That's why Tomomi Yano went to steal.

Lin Shuichi had already visited Mrs. Yano twice. According to his observations, even if the Yano family is not very wealthy, it is definitely impossible for Yano Tomomi to be reduced to the point where he needs to steal. The price of a bottle of this mascara is only 2,000 yen. Lin Shuichi believes that Tomomi Yano will not lack this little pocket money. But why did she choose to steal this way to get this bottle of mascara?

But why didn't Tomomi Yano show this kind of personality in the past ten years? Could it be that her teachers or parents were kept in the dark by this little girl? In addition, Yano Tomomi's method of framing Otani also made Lin Xiuyi feel very concerned. This kind of technique is not something that can be thought of at the moment of inspiration under the circumstances, although Otani is not shrewd enough, but if he wants to bite Otani to the death, Yano Tomomi must also have a strong psychological quality.

It was only at this time that Lin Shuichi discovered that his understanding of Tomomi Yano had just begun. The girl's body is full of contradictions, and the photos of her bedroom have both a pure side and a mature side. And she would take risks to steal things when her family was good. In addition, this girl can be easily coaxed by the suspect to run away from home, but she also knows how to use her advantage to bite Otani when the theft is caught red-handed.

When these originally opposing character traits were concentrated in a girl at the same time, Lin Shuichi was a little confused about which side was the real Yano Tomomi? The Yano Tomomi described in Tomosaka-sensei's words and the Yano Tomomi that Lin Shuichi learned from Soichiro Shimizu are completely different personalities, is it possible that Yano Tomomi has a split personality?

"Miki, did you say that when Tomomi Yano was discovered by Tomoshi Otani, it was the first time to commit theft?" Lin Shuichi put all his weight on the back of the office chair. At the same time, while thinking about it, he played with the pen in his hand, but suddenly asked Miki about his opinion of Tomomi Yano.

"Police, are you asking my opinion? Tomomi Yano was able to act so calm even after being caught red-handed, it was obvious that she was quite confident in her modus operandi......"

Miki replied to Lin Xiuyi without hesitation.

"yes, it doesn't look like a crappy novice anymore. However, we don't seem to have seen that Tomomi Yano has left a record of theft, so what's going on?"

Lin Xiuyi said as he inserted the pen back into his pocket. The answer already seems obvious.

"I think maybe when Tomomi Yano committed the theft, she didn't commit the crime alone!"

As soon as Lin Xiu's words fell, Miki immediately asked in surprise:

"You mean, it's a conspiracy to commit a crime?"

"Yes, that's the answer I came up with! Tomomi Yano is just a teenage girl, and no matter how many times she has succeeded before, her composure in the face of being stolen and seized still seems too sophisticated. This is not the level of crime that a teenage girl should have. Even among those who make a career out of theft, it is rare to see a calm mindset like Tomomi Yano. However, if it was a conspiracy to commit a crime, it all seemed to make sense, and the criminal skills displayed by Tomomi Yano did not come from herself, but from the criminal experience of her accomplices! And the reason why she was able to deal with the unexpected situation at that time was probably because the person who guided her to commit the crime was at the scene......"

In the case of returning to the original point, Lin Xiuyi quickly put forward new hypotheses that he thought were reasonable for the case. In fact, deriving a case is a process from the outcome to the starting point. Almost every critical part of the process starts with a hypothesis. It is Lin Xiuyi's consistent work habit to make bold assumptions and carefully verify them, and if the deduction process of the case can proceed smoothly under a certain assumption, then no matter how absurd this assumption seems, the path it represents must not be far from the truth of the facts.

"Ministry of Police, if there was really such a person who guided her to commit the crime when she committed the crime, would you say that this person would be the murderer of Tomomi Yano?"

Miki felt a little unbelievable about Lin Xiuyi's overturned conclusion, but Lin Xiuyi's explanation was reasonable to a considerable extent, which means that when the case was dragged back to a dead end, Lin Xiuyi pointed out a new direction for the case to be solved.

"I don't know if it's the murderer, but what I want to know is, if there really is such an experienced master thief, why would they choose this mascara for thousands of dollars instead of the more valuable cigarettes and alcohol in the convenience store?

After Lin Xiuyi thought for a while, he quickly raised another new doubt. Because from the perspective of the cost of crime, the value of a mascara is simply not worth the trouble of committing a gang crime. Even if you succeed, the price of five mascaras is less than 10,000 yen, and who will buy such stolen goods......?

Lin Shuichi suddenly thought of the fact that Tomomi Yano, who had been promoted to high school, suddenly became very popular, and suddenly figured out where the stolen goods were going.

Yes, if you give these things to your classmates, you will be more or less favored by them. After all, Lin Xiuyi hadn't heard of the fact that the student who was generous would be bullied at school.

"Miki, go to Morimura School and ask those former classmates of Tomomi Yano, and ask anyone who has received something like mascara from Tomomi Yano."