tokyo creator

Chapter 93 Mathematics Can't Lie
Hui Yuanchu couldn't help but reach out and give Arthur a high-five to celebrate reaching a consensus.

But Lingli on the side was not as keen on numbers in other aspects. He looked at the two of them with blank expressions and said: "...shouldn't it be?"

"Kobayashi has nothing to do with the Yukinoshita family, right? How did he know Yukito?" Arthur explained for her, "In addition, it's also very unusual that he knew Saya's birthday accurately to the minute. ."

"Ah, maybe Yukinoshita told him that."

"Why did the victim tell the stalker his birthday and family secrets?" Hui Yuanchu finally couldn't help complaining, attracting Ling Li's hateful eyes.

"Moreover, there is currently no evidence that the two of them have ever been in contact." Arthur continued patiently, "So... it can only be explained that he knew these things before coming into contact with Yukinoshita Saya."

"In fact, it was just for this reason that he approached Yukinoshita." Hui Yuanchu added.

"……For what?"

Haiyuan pointed at the first half of the password on the screen: "——Yukitetsu, Xue Che. A famous sword that even attracted the future prime minister."

"That is to say - Kobayashi Shinji is not a stalker. What he is really interested in is not Yukinoshita Saya, but Yuki Tetsuto."

Arthur shook his head and said: "But how are we going to verify this? He is already dead."

"He's dead... By the way, the fact that he's dead is proof in itself! It proves that he tried to get involved with Xueche!"

"Huh?...Oh!! You're talking about that legend, right? It's said that the Snow Cheetah sword is a demon sword, and its owner will die miserably."

"Yes! And judging from Xiao Lin's example, those who pursue him will also die."

"Haha, according to what you said, it actually makes sense."

Just as Hui Yuanchu started talking about the train and Arthur followed closely in a serious manner, Ling Li just stared at the forms on the screen.

Finally, she suddenly said: "If that's the case...I know the meaning of these numbers."

"To put it simply, the reason why Kobayashi made such detailed statistics and various mathematical classifications on Yukinoshita's whereabouts... is because he wanted to find a certain 'flaw' in Yukinoshita's whereabouts."

"If according to what Stringer said, only Saya knows the whereabouts of Yuki Tetsu's sword, then the whereabouts of the sword will definitely be reflected in her actions - maybe she goes to that place more than normal, or maybe she deliberately avoids that place. The treasure hider may not be aware of it, but his subconscious mind will make him treat the treasure place differently from other places."

"Such flaws may not be visible at a glance, but they will definitely be reflected in mathematics."

"Of course, mathematical analysis is not divination, and it cannot directly tell where Xiaolin's knife is. But if he can locate the abnormal whereabouts in a certain area or at a certain time, then he can also try to investigate it himself. In short, It’s a means of narrowing down the area where you can.”

Arthur touched his chin and stared at the numbers on the screen for a while, then suddenly said: "Xiaolin doesn't seem to be using any publicly sold software to process the data, right?"

Rei Li nodded and opened another folder: "Well, this data processing software, including the entire UI, was written by Xiaolin himself - here is the source code. I took a look, and the level is very high."

"From mathematical modeling, to programming, and the final icon generation, was he writing all the relevant codes alone?"

"Correct."

"...Strange, I remember Xiao Lin is not a liberal arts student?"

"I remember indeed." Rei frowned.Soon, she found the information and put it on the screen.

According to background check information, Kobayashi Shinehara graduated from Osaka University, majoring in literature.Later, he taught courses at the college, also in history.

"Strange, judging from this record, he should have no chance to receive education in computer science and applied mathematics." Arthur murmured to himself, "Could it be that this is a genius who can reach this level by self-study? ?”

However, Hui Yuanchu suddenly had a bold idea: "...Do you think the person we are studying now, the deceased, is not 'Kobayashi Shinye' at all?"

Arthur raised his eyebrows: "This... this guess is really bold."

The more Hui Yuan thought about it, the more likely it became: "But this is the best way to explain the current situation, isn't it? - If this person is not Kobayashi Shinye at all, then it is not surprising that he has qualities that Kobayashi does not have, no matter in the powerful In terms of math and programming skills, it’s better to know the secrets of the Yukinoshita family.”

"...Then who else could he be?" Reiori whispered.

Suddenly, the three of them fell into silence for a moment.

Until a new email prompt popped up on Lingli's screen.

Rei Li glanced at the sender of the email, then opened the email directly, and watched the content of the email with Arthur Hui Yuanchu.

Soon, the three of them had read the new situation notice, which also came from the technical department, with different expressions.

"The technical department confirmed it. The person who modified the building monitoring... was an automated script program written by Xiaolin himself. It is automatically executed periodically on that night of every month, covering the monitoring into no unusual segments."

"They also found traces of deleted original surveillance data in the computer. The restoration of the data will take some time, but is already underway."

Rei Li summarized the content of the email and confirmed it with the two of them.

Then she paused and seemed to give up thinking quickly. She turned back curiously and asked, "What does this mean?"

"The most direct conclusion is that the elimination of video surveillance has nothing to do with the murder." Arthur shrugged. "It is just Xiaolin's usual personal behavior."

"Then why did Xiaolin do this?"

"Hmm... Maybe we can conversely speculate that the mysterious woman who was present at the scene of Xiao Lin's death always seemed to visit during this time period. So Xiao Lin did these things to hide the identity of the woman."

"Kobayashi is looking for Yukinoshita Saya—" Arthur hugged his shoulders and pointed with his chin at the icon still on the screen that analyzed Yukinoshita Saya's whereabouts. "His monitoring and analysis of Yukinoshita is basically He walks on the edge of crime. And the customers who order this kind of business from him will naturally ask for confidentiality."

"So, this mysterious woman... is probably Kobayashi's patron, and has a public noble identity." Arthur expressed his final conclusion, "Just like Representative Yasuda."

Then he raised his head and glanced at the thoughtful Hui Yuanchu, showing an interesting expression: "...My friend, it seems that you have more interesting ideas?"

Hui Yuan was indeed still caught up in the whimsical thoughts about "Xiao Lin is another person" just now.

Moreover, he found that if he looked at the current matter in this direction, he could draw a really interesting conclusion.

"Well, I think there is such a possibility." He said while thinking, "Xiao Lin just doesn't want to leave any record of contact with that woman."

"... This person pretending to be Xiao Lin hid it very well. There is no evidence to prove that he is not Xiao Lin. "But he still has flaws, and they are big... It's just that the flaws are not in him, but in that woman.

"In other words, as long as we know who the woman is, we can deduce her true identity." Hui Yuanchu snapped his fingers and completed his idea with satisfaction.

The other two people had strange expressions when they heard this.

Arthur turned back and asked Lingli: "How long does it take to restore the original data of the surveillance video?"

"One day, no more than two days."

"That is to say, if everything goes well, we will be able to verify whether my friend's inspiration has come true by this time tomorrow." Arthur patted Haiyuan's shoulder, gave him a thumbs up, and then turned around to continue zeroing. Li said, "In addition, because the doubts do exist - I suggest asking the Ministry of Intelligence for help. In the form of an urgent case, request them to expeditiously issue an investigation report on Shinye Kobayashi, with three plus signs in detail."

Liang Li nodded in agreement and immediately started typing on the keyboard to write emails.

"——Okay, send." A few minutes later, she hit the Enter key with satisfaction, and then stretched out: "Next, just wait for the reply."

Next, she opened a new document and looked at Arthur and Hui Yuanchu seriously: "So, regarding the successful cracking of Xiaolin's computer, I plan to submit a report to Miss Kui - but, as for the content, have we made any progress?”

"Great progress." Arthur said without thinking. "The conclusion that can be drawn from the hard drive data is that the victim, Kobayashi Shinetsu, is looking for Yuki Tetsuto."

"And the other attacker, Yukinoshita Strings, is also looking for Yuki Tetsuto."

"We finally found a commonality between the victims, didn't we?"

"So, the tentative conclusion is that Setsuko Matsumoto, as the current holder of the Snow Tooth Sword, is killing other people who try to get their hands on it."

Rei Li carefully recorded it, and then asked: "So what we suspected before - that Matsumoto Setsuko was protecting or threatening Yukinoshita Saya, seems to be wrong?"

"Yes, because the Yuki Tetsu Sword may be in the hands of Yukinoshita Saya now, I feel that there is a subtle deviation in my previous judgment." Arthur thought, "But... if there is no Yuki Tetsu Sword, then no matter what Neither Strings nor Kobayashi have any reason to be unfavorable to Yukinoshita Saya, right?"

"Well, that's it."

"But the Yuki Tetsuto is indeed no longer in the hands of Yukinoshita Saya. We have all seen that it is in the hands of Matsumoto Setsuko."

"..."

"If it is to protect Yukinoshita Saya, Matsumoto Setsuko just needs to show String Strings that she owns Yukito... There is absolutely no reason to kill anyone again."

"..."

"There is only one reason for killing, and that is that the focus of the matter is not on Yukinoshita Saya, but on Yuki Tetsuto."

"...Okay, I've recorded your views."

Arthur nodded with satisfaction, then looked back at Hui Yuanchu: "My friend, what do you think?"

Hui Yuanchu said casually: "No objection."

At this time, he was looking at the system window intently and thinking with a faint uneasiness.

[Explore the inside of Yukinoshita Saya's scabbard. 】——The goal of this mission is still clearly hanging over there.

In the system's hints, the focus of the matter... is still Yukinoshita Saya.

But Arthur's statement makes sense, and it is impossible for him to use the system as evidence.

In addition, there was some unexplainable emotion in his heart... If possible, he hoped that Yukinoshita Saya would stay away from this matter.

But he did feel more and more that things were turning into a whirlpool that pressed Yukinoshita Saya into.

When Hui Yuan closed his eyes, he always felt that the whirlpool really existed...

"By the way, if this is the case... maybe Miss Aoi will directly apply for an annihilation order."

"Well, I also think that I should let STF prepare to switch to the equipment of annihilation battle in advance."

——The conversation between Ling Li and Arthur came to his ears, suddenly waking Hui Yuanchu up.

Hui Yuanchu suddenly opened his eyes and asked hurriedly: "Annihilation order? What annihilation order?"

"One of the ways to deal with the ascended souls...is actually 'no more dealing with them, just annihilate them'." Arthur replied.

"So, you are saying that you want to kill Matsumoto Setsuko directly?" Haiyuan felt as if the uneasiness in his heart was turning into reality: "Aren't you trying to find a way to actively separate her like Tamaki Yumiko did that time?"

"Yumiko Tamaki's rating as a spiritual ascendant is too high, while Setsuko Matsumoto's rating is relatively low."

"Low means weaker? Shouldn't that be handled better..."

Arthur sighed: "My friend, let's think about this in another direction. Regardless of the rating, the difficulty of separation is the same. But once an accident occurs during the annihilation process, the erosion of the surrounding world by the high-rated ascended spirit will be A devastating disaster.”

"So in the group's regulations, the principle of dealing with spirit ascendants of different ratings is counterintuitive: those with high ratings should do their best to separate them, and annihilation operations will not be carried out unless it is absolutely necessary... But for low-level evil spirits, As long as one or two conditions are met, they will be directly annihilated and separation will not be considered at all.”

Rei added coldly: "One of the conditions Setsuko Matsumoto has already met...she has already killed someone."

Hui Yuan was stunned there.

It's not that he can't understand this idea, and it's not Setsuko Matsumoto that he cares about, but...

Hui Yuanchu's cell phone suddenly rang.

A request to add friends came from WeLine.

The requester's ID was unfamiliar, but the avatar was obvious - it was Yukinoshita Saya.

The verification message is: "Help me, atrium of Teaching Building No. [-]."

(End of this chapter)