Invert Jozuka Hisui Toujoshu

What's an inverted mystery?

A mystery presented to the reader in advance about how the criminal commits the crime,

and describes the outcome from the criminal's point of view.

Sorry for the wait, here's the solution part.

All clues have been presented.

The murderer is obvious. However, let me ask you this question.

Will you be able to deduce the detective's reasoning?

Is the truth revealing itself to you?

Well then, this has been Hisui Jozuka.

President of UY Research

YASUNORI UNNO

Madam, as it turns out,

there were no women around Mr. Miyamoto at all.

- Oh, I see. - No need to worry.

He is clean as a whistle.

It seems

I was just imagining it.

Oh, Mr. Miyamoto, please have a seat.

What are you trying to do?

Are you dissatisfied with my explanation to your wife?

Is... this blackmail?

It's all good intentions.

Think of it as a sign of our friendship.

That cost a lot of money.

Mr. Miyamoto is leaving.

UY Research Employee

MASAO SONEMOTO

Sorry for coming at this hour.

President, why are you here?

I don't mind if you press charges.

But first, I want to talk to you.

Next, here are the temperatures around the country. Tomorrow...

Please have a seat first.

Yeah.

Sonemoto.

There's a sock lying under your couch.

What?

Ah... There it is.

Don't move. Stand up slowly.

President...

I could've handed you over to the police...

Just get up and sit there.

Delete that data now.

What's the matter?

President.

You should stop this.

I see.

Then this is where we say goodbye.

Tonight, the Geminids meteor shower will be at its peak.

Are you all looking up at the night sky?

The Geminids meteor shower

is known for the large number of meteors that appear each year,

and is considered one of the 3 major meteor showers because of its abundance.

At the heart of the constellation Gemini,

meteors appear to fly in all directions...

President.

I've erased any data that could damage our company.

So... we're safe, right?

Well, hypothetically speaking, if I were to commit murder,

you think I'd leave behind evidence so easily?

Fingerprints, DNA, security camera footage, nothing is left behind.

It's much safer than having someone else do it for you

at the risk of betrayal.

If you are the murderer,

no one will be able to catch you, right?

No...

My ears also hear the secrets that the police are keeping.

I thought I heard a ridiculous story once.

MPD - Metropolitan Police Department

The MPD has a medium working on cases.

- Surely it's a joke, right? - That's why I said it's ridiculous.

But remember last year when the Invisible Devil was suddenly arrested?

"Invisible Devil"

Thank you for your support.

Your power is real!

That writer once came to you for an interview, didn't he?

I thought that guy's expression was hard to read, but I'm surprised.

And here's the interesting part,

it was that medium who caught him.

Is that true?

Apparently, a young woman.

Her name was... what was it?

I believe it's...

JOZUKA

JOZUKA

JOZUKA

HISUI

JOZUKA

HISUI

JOZUKA HISUI

JOZUKA HISUI

JOZUKA HISUI

JOZUKA HISUI

HISUI

HISUI

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EPISODE FOUR

UNRELIABLE WITNESS

Part 1

Do you know a guy named Yasunori Unno?

No.

Unno is the president of UY Research,

a major private investigation firm.

Originally a detective of MPD's Investigation Division 1,

he never misses any twitch from the criminal.

He was commonly known as "Unno, the expression reader."

After retiring, he used the skills he developed as a detective

to start his own investigation firm, and it seems he has a talent for that too.

At one point, the company grew so rapidly that it ran a TV commercial.

A former police detective, huh?

So?

What is the reason for you coming here, Mr. Kaneba?

NPA - National Police Agency

NPA wants to appoint you to the case.

With my smart glasses?

That bastard Unno has a side business.

He finds weaknesses of those in politics and business

and uses it against them.

And the NPA is troubled by that?

That's what I'm talking about.

Yesterday, in Tokyo, a man named Sonemoto died by gun suicide.

The scene is a locked room, and there's also a polite suicide note in the email.

We currently have no reason to suspect suicide.

The problem is that this man

is an employee of UY Research.

He's Unno's protégé.

If Mr. Unno is involved in the case,

would that be a good thing for those being blackmailed?

Right.

So some bigwigs want to put Unno behind bars

to make them feel safe.

What evidence do you have that Mr. Unno is the culprit?

Sadly, we don't have any.

We're looking to see if there is a witness.

If he is falsely accused, I feel sorry for Mr. Unno.

Unno is a dangerous man.

No one knows more about police investigation methods

and how to get around them than he does.

It's purely speculation, but... he might've done it.

If it was murder, what's the motive?

He's doing bad things secretly.

Maybe Sonemoto knew something he shouldn't have.

I see.

He's a victim of the same type as you.

What?

You are a righteous person,

the type to accuse your superiors of wrongdoing if you knew about it.

And as a result, they would get killed.

What the hell is that?

It's Ebina. Excuse me.

Oh, how's it going? You found a witness.

Hey, by NPA, did he mean that Suwama guy?

It's usually him who pushes me to do troublesome things.

We don't know if it's a case or not, right?

Turn it down if you don't like it.

But...

I promised to help them on the condition that Mr. Kaneba would be reinstated.

Oh, right.

- Huh? What is it? - No, it's nothing.

What was the call about?

It's good news.

Info suspecting of its criminality emerged.

Then I will accept the offer.

I will visit the crime scene immediately tomorrow.

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SONEMOTO

To be honest, there is no evidence left to suspect suicide.

- How about gunshot sounds? - No testimony came up.

It's possible he used some sort of silencer,

but the room is well soundproofed,

and if no one said they noticed it, that would be it.

As I suspected, there are no suspicious traces in the gunshot residue?

Gunshot residue was detected in the window

What does "gunshot residue" mean...?

Oh, when you fire a gun, it scatters invisible metal particles.

If the corpse's hands and arms were not covered with it,

then a faked suicide would be suspected.

Are you familiar with gunpowder reaction?

Then, was there any reaction from Mr. Sonemoto's corpse?

A common method used in TV dramas

to make it look like a suicide

is to shoot the head once first.

And if the corpse holds the gun and shoots another one,

the residue will stick to the corpse.

Yes, but only one gunshot was fired.

Hey, Hisui.

You don't have to listen to him.