Chapter 16: Dissecting the Truth
"Based on the information you just provided, let's reorganize what has happened in your family in the last two years."
Returning to work from the fox and toying state, Elle began to sort through Shutaz's materials
"On June 23, 1912, a man from the small town of Bran, an Eastern Territory, who claimed to have taught himself alchemy for many years, Shutaz sent a talking synthesizer ** to the Research Department of the National Alchemy Committee, July 1, and was later reviewed by the president, because he successfully synthesized a talking synthetic beast and made important contributions to the field of alchemical biology research, he was officially awarded the national alchemist qualification, nicknamed ......"
First, he took out a personnel document borrowed from the National Personnel Archives and read it out, then looked at Shutaz
"You don't have any objections to this information, do you?"
"Of course."
These materials are recorded by the archives for a long time, and they are very accurate and cannot be wrong
"Your national alchemist qualification is because of the synthetic beast you submitted, that is, because of that synthetic beast, you became a national alchemist, and there is no problem at all, right?"
"It's the big president's decision, I can't judge."
"According to the President himself's comment on the appointment of alchemists to the National Alchemists Association on July 1, 1912, the Alchemists Association under the President has such an evaluation."
Then, as if by juggling, he placed a firm original on the table, with the seals of the President and the Alchemist Guild on it.
Although this person's theoretical level is limited, in view of his outstanding contributions in the field of practice, he is specially awarded the qualification of national alchemist, and hopes to strive to improve the academic theoretical level in future work and research, in order to achieve future results...... This is what the alchemical authorities of our country say about you. Other words...... Your qualifications are entirely based on the work of that synth, and now I say so...... You should have no opinion, right? ”
"Then let's take it as such."
With an authoritative determination or an original, it is impossible for Shutaz to deny it
"Speaking of the synth, according to the research report and actual record files of the Third Research Institute, which has been closed and sealed by the order of the President, the synth submitted by Shutaz was very weak when it entered the research institute, showing signs of not eating for more than a week, after which the synth continued to go on a hunger strike and died five days after entering the institute...... That is, if your synthesizer has not eaten for a week before this synth, then ......"
Then Miss Detective's eyes became very sharp
"Tell me, how did you feed this synthetic beast before that? Otherwise, this synth wouldn't have grown up at all, right? ”
Ellie's question was sharp, and if you thought about it......
"Unfortunately, I didn't feed this synth at all."
Shrugging his shoulders, Shutaz escaped the difficult question in what he thought was ingenious.
"Because he refused to eat this synth after I created it, I don't know how to make him eat it."
This dodges the question of how to raise a synth, because he really doesn't know
"Never fed?"
Avery reconfirmed
"Never."
Shutaz's answer is in the affirmative
"Can I think so, then, that your synth was synthesized seven days before it was submitted, on June 16, 1912?"
"Why...... To ask? ”
When Ellie said June 16th, Shutaz's spirit and voice trembled visibly, and this was naturally captured by the fox.
"Because you told me with great certainty that you never fed this synth, and the authoritative appraisal report given by the Third Research Institute said that this synth beast had not eaten for seven days, and you who had been in charge of taking care of this synthetic beast when I said this time did not deny it, then it means that this synthetic beast was created seven days before you submitted the synthetic beast on June 23rd."
As she spoke, Ellie stared with the eyes of a hunter at Shutaz, who was sweating and pale, as if she wanted to see through all of his face.
"Is my inference correct?"
"Count...... At last...... bar. ”
At this time, there is no way to deny it, so Xiutaz recruited
"Very well, so let's talk about another issue, the problem of your wife running away from home."
"Wait a minute!"
When her worst worries were finally figured out by Ellie, Shutaz finally couldn't sit still
"This question is my personal private matter and privacy, and you have no right to inquire and no right to ask!"
'That's not the only question, it's the only one!' ’
"If it was just about your personal life, I wouldn't have asked about it, and I didn't have the heart to ask about it at all."
Looking at the sloppy man's bad appearance in front of her, Ellie held back her disgust and continued to speak slowly
"But if it's about crime, it's about breaking the laws of the country, it's not something you can avoid if you want to."
"What's the problem?! Please don't ...... Talking nonsense! ”
Shutaz was scared, he felt that his problems might not be able to be confused today, but he still had luck,
'Because there is no evidence'
"Even if you are the Inspector General of Police, you can't suspect a person indiscriminately! Especially the national alchemist! A noble man who is recognized by the state and has the right to the rank of major! ”
As he spoke, Shutaz panicked and pulled out his six-pointed silver pocket watch from his pocket, as if he had grabbed a life-saving talisman.
"List of Missing Registered Residents of Branl Town, 1912."
Without answering the sloppy man's question, Elle pulled out another document with the seal of the Eastern Regional Police Department.
"On the Fourth of July 1912, after you returned to Blanl, you submitted your wife to the local police station and reported her missing, which is completely different from what you told your neighbors and neighbors about her leaving after you went to the eastern capital."
Looking at the time of reporting the case that was very clearly marked on the text, Elle asked in a pretentious manner
"It's really strange that your neighbors in Blanr say they haven't seen your wife since the fifteenth of June. However, you delayed for half a month before you reported the case after obtaining the alchemist qualification from the central government...... This is really incomprehensible. ”
This time Elle still didn't answer quickly, she was waiting for the sloppy man's quibble
"That's because at first I thought she was just having a falling out with me, not leaving, I thought she was just leaving home in anger, who knew that she wouldn't come back after half a month, so I ......"
"The first heavy rain in early summer......"
Interrupting the sloppy man's defense again, Elle poked her finger into her temple to recall the true expression of Shutaz just now
"In the first heavy rain of early summer, my wife left me and has been away ever since......"
As she spoke, Elle calmly picked up the phone and connected to the switchboard
"Please take me to the Meteorological Data Center and ask me when the first rain fell in the eastern Branl region in the early summer of 1912, thank you."
Putting down the phone, ignoring the face of Shutaz, who looked like dead pork on the other side, Ellie continued
"It's not unintentional that you reported the case after you got the alchemist qualification from the central government, because since the day you got the national alchemist qualification, you have already determined that you are basically safe, so you are relieved to report the case, am I right?"
"I don't understand what you mean."
But looking at his face like a dead pork, Ellie felt that he understood
"Because of the difference in ranks."
As she spoke, Elle took down the file containing the local police station file from the shelf, flipped open the page with the page in it, and pointed to the annotation on it and the annotation on the side.
"The rank of the chief of the Braider Town Police Department is a lieutenant, and the qualification rights of a national alchemist are equivalent to those of a major, so wait until you obtain the qualification of a national alchemist before reporting the case Due to the difference in rank and various things, the Branl Police Station, which only has the rank of lieutenant, has no possibility or right to investigate the information of a national alchemist. Only the Central Gendarmerie and the Central Police Station are qualified to investigate. The local police station only has the authority to investigate ordinary alchemists, and all the file box information of national alchemists requires at least a lieutenant colonel officer of the local command to be qualified to investigate, and the Blanch police station is simply impossible. ”
"Then why should I report her disappearance? Anyway, it doesn't matter if I don't report it, right?! ”
Shutaz is already insane, or one step away from it
"Because you have to report!"
Then an extra-thick code of military justice was slapped the table by Elle
"According to the provisions of the national military code, in order to prevent the theft of state secret information and materials by foreign spies, all national alchemists need to be screened and investigated by the national police and security services on a regular basis, and if your wife has been missing for a long time and you do not react, the national police will conduct a secret investigation or even search your entire family on suspicion that you and your wife are suspected of being state spies! In that case, your problem will be exposed to the Central Police Department of the country, which has the highest investigative powers, and the problem will be so severe that you can't solve it! So ......"
Huizhi's detective lady gave the final conclusion.
"You have skillfully exploited the loopholes in the law, suppressed the local investigative agencies with your military ranks, voluntarily sued the world that your wife ran away before she was qualified, and also avoided the investigation of the state agencies, and you did a very good job in this, while avoiding the dual investigation of the central and local authorities."
The local police station did not have the authority to investigate the national alchemist, and the national police department did not care about his wife, who disappeared before he achieved heavy results, so he succeeded.
"Ring, ring, ring, hey."
Pick up the phone, it was a call back from the National Meteorological Center's data room
"June 15th...... Are you sure? Good...... Thank you. ”
And the time is exactly what Elle deduced, and in the early summer of 1912, Bland's first game was about June 15th.
"Now that we've gathered everything we need to have, let's talk about your wife's relationship with the synth."
Elle could have gone straight to the point, but she didn't, firstly, this kind of gradual interrogation was the best way to torture and torment the hearts of the interrogated, and at the same time, because of the long time with Estes, Elle was more or less influenced by her and became a little ...... How so......
I like this torture game~, although Estes likes the physical aspect, and the second Ellie likes the chronic mental destruction
"If you want to synthesize intelligent synthetic beasts, you need a lot of technical support and financial investment, whether you succeed or not, just the huge knowledge of biology and alchemy required behind this is not something that a sloppy man in the countryside can afford. So ......"
It's finally time to give the final blow
"If you use humans to synthesize synthetic beasts, you can cross this most difficult threshold and directly turn an advanced calculus math problem that ordinary college students sweat into a single-digit addition and subtraction that even elementary school students can complete casually, right?"
With her glasses slightly squinted, she stared at the sloppy man who was about to faint, she knew that this was his most painful and fearful moment, and she couldn't help but hurry to enjoy and capture this feeling.
"A person, a beast, and then as long as you can draw a refining formation and be able to launch a refining formation, the rest will not be a problem."
"Puff"
Shutaz finally couldn't stand anymore, and a dizzy fell on the sofa beside him, which happened to be the one that Elle was going to use for him to fight the street, but he didn't expect to use it.
"The truth of the matter is that on June 15, 1912, on that day of heavy rain, you secretly trained your wife into a synthetic beast, on the 23rd, you took the synthetic beast to the center and submitted the synthetic beast synthesized by your wife, five days later, your wife died in the third research institute due to a long-term hunger strike and mental breakdown, on the first of July you officially obtained the national alchemist qualification, and on the fourth you returned to Blanr and then reported the case."
Looking at the sloppy man's face in front of her, which looked like pork liver, Elle stood up from her seat.
"Am I right? Shutaz? The Alchemist of Death...... Or rather......"
Then, with the smile of a victor, he condescendingly looked at the waste and the beasts that sat there paralyzed.
"The scruffy waste alchemist** is not as good as the Lord Shutaz? ~”
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