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Chapter 142: An Extraordinary Woman (13)

"Sister Yoko, you know something about the murderer who killed my mother, right?"

Akikawa Sosuke looked at Okino Yoko and asked directly.

"I do not know."

Then Akikawa Sosuke saw a confused expression on Okino Yoko's pretty face, and she shook her head at him.

"Then why doesn't my sister want me to be an artist?"

"Because I know that the entertainment industry is very complicated, and everyone is just maintaining a harmonious relationship on the surface."

Okino Yoko answered.

"Just like what happened at the Imperial Theater before, Xiaokong, maybe you think you didn't do anything to Mr. Xiyuan, but you were envied and hated by Mr. Xiyuan."

"Including when I was an idol with Earth Ladies, I have been in the Japanese entertainment industry for seven years."

"There were countless intrigues during this period, so I don't want Xiao Kong to experience these things."

Yoko Okino's expression was sincere and her tone was earnest.

The words are also very convincing.

However, Akikawa Sosuke knew that Okino Yoko was not telling the truth.

It was not that Akikawa Sosuke noticed something from Yoko Okino's micro-expressions.

It was simply because he was certain that Yoko Okino knew the inside story of the car accident because she was absent from the filming during the car accident last year and advised him not to become an artist today.

"This woman..."

When Akikawa Sosuke grabbed Yoko Okino's hand just now, he didn't just want to judge her inner emotions at the moment by feeling the temperature of Yoko Okino's palm.

He also has another purpose, which is lie detection.

Although at this moment Yoko Okino was holding Akikawa Sosuke's hands with both hands.

But what Yoko Okino didn't notice was that Akikawa Sosuke's middle finger was always placed on her radial artery.

This is the most common place to take your pulse and is located on the inside of your wrist near your thumb.

Compared with polygraphs that rely on changes in physiological indicators such as the target's heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate, and skin galvanic response to detect lies,
Lie detection using pulse rate is not that reliable.

However, in the current simple environment, this is one of the few means that Akikawa Sosuke can rely on.

The beating of the human pulse can reflect the target's psychological changes in real time.

When people lie, they may feel nervous or anxious.

This can cause the heart rate to increase, which can make the pulse irregular or have brief bursts of acceleration.

Some people may also feel uneasy when they lie, causing slight tremors in the body, which can also affect the stability of the pulse.

However, to Akikawa Sosuke's surprise, Yoko Okino's pulse did not show any disturbance when she said those words just now.

This shows that Yoko Okino can lie without blushing or feeling nervous.

Although in the eyes of most people, idols and artists are a collection of countless lies.

But it is rare to find artists who can avoid physiological reactions.

In addition, Akikawa Sosuke was not sure whether it was a coincidence.

Yoko Okino's answer to her own question just happened to fit the "half-truth strategy" in anti-reconnaissance techniques.

That is, a technique of admitting the truth to some extent in order to maintain physiological stability and circumvent polygraph detection.

This is much smarter than Toda Kyoji and others who directly lie to deceive themselves.

Whether Okino Yoko did it on purpose or was able to do it unconsciously,
All of these show that this woman is not simple.

"She is deliberately hiding the truth about the car accident from me. It seems that simply asking her won't tell me the truth." Although Akikawa Sosuke was unable to get any information about the real culprit of the car accident from Okino Yoko.

But Akikawa Sosuke did not gain nothing.

At least Akikawa Sosuke is sure.

It is definitely not the case that Yoko Okino has no connection with the original owner and her mother as the Metropolitan Police Department has investigated.

"If Yoko Okino's concern for me is not fake, then she should not be the murderer."

"If she wanted to save me from my mother, she shouldn't have left such obvious clues that would make me a suspect."

"At least she probably doesn't know that I prepared sleeping pills in advance."

At this moment, the possibility that Yoko Okino was the murderer or the mastermind behind the incident was also ruled out.

But because of this, new questions arose in Akikawa Sorasuke's mind.

That is, what was the murderer's motive for killing Akikawa Ryoko?
"According to the current information, the only benefits that Akikawa Ryoko can provide after her death, besides restoring my freedom, are the two life insurance policies and one self-liability insurance."

'But I haven't seen anyone coveting this insurance money yet.'

The beneficiary of Akikawa Ryoko's insurance is himself, and the beneficiary of his own insurance is Akikawa Ryoko.

The original owner's father had passed away long ago.

And Akikawa Sosuke ruled out the possibility that the original owner killed his mother.

The final beneficiary was only Yoko Okino.

But the key point is that as one of the top stars in Japan today, Yoko Okino does not lack this mere 100 million yen in insurance money at all.

Then the possibility that the murderer killed for the insurance money would also be blocked.

"So, Akikawa Ryoko had an enemy in the past, and she took her son to various places and changed her residence frequently in order to avoid the enemy..."

Akikawa Sosuke felt a little headache because of the lack of information.

If it is true that Akikawa Ryoko had a feud with someone in the past, then without the original owner's memory, the difficulty of investigating would increase exponentially.

Due to Yoko Okino's concealment, Akikawa Sosuke felt more and more that the truth behind the car accident was somewhat unusual.

"Come to think of it, is Okino Yoko's judgment necessarily correct?"

"If you don't become an artist, you can avoid danger?"

With all kinds of doubts, Akikawa Sosuke pulled his hand out of Okino Yoko's hand.

"Sorry, Sister Yoko, I still think that life now is much more interesting than before."

Akikawa Sosuke saw that after hearing what he said, Okino Yoko showed an extremely conflicted expression again.

After a moment, Yoko Okino nodded as if she had made up her mind.

"It seems that it has little to do with the identity of an "entertainer."

Akikawa Sosuke thought to himself, and then thanked Okino Yoko:
"Thank you."

Hearing Akikawa Sosuke's thanks, Okino Yoko also revealed a slightly helpless smile.

She looked like a mother who couldn't persuade her child and finally agreed to her child's willful request after a huge psychological struggle.

"Come to think of it, why don't I see Miss Itakura?"

"In the morning, I was the one who asked her to watch your stage performance, Sister Yoko."

Akikawa Sosuke said with a confused look on his face.

When Okino Yoko heard what Akikawa Sosuke said, she looked extremely embarrassed and looked away for a moment.

(End of this chapter)