Fairy Tail: I Am the God

For example, first find the first eyewitness, and then investigate the suspects.

The suspects are the eight of us here. The old butler is definitely not the murderer; everyone should know that.

So, we can determine the time of death and then start sending out suspects. This involves the rule that everyone will be punished if the real culprit is not found, so I believe that no one will cover up the real culprit.

I propose that I organize and conduct this investigation.

By the way, old butler, what's the deadline for voting?

"This time tomorrow."

The old butler replied.

"Okay, I understand." The woman with the zongzi-shaped hair nodded.

"Why are you leading the charge? What if you're the murderer?" the lawyer asked.

“Because he and I were the first witnesses.” The woman with the zongzi-shaped hair pointed at Shinichi Kudo. “And I can confirm that he is not the murderer. If I cannot find the real culprit and do not have enough reasons to convince you, I will be the one you throw into the police as the real culprit.”

After she said that, the others had no objections.

It wouldn't be entirely true that everyone completely believed her honesty. They were all reincarnators who had experienced all sorts of missions, big and small, so they weren't children. It wasn't unusual for them to gamble on each other's mentality.

"Alright, now we can formally introduce ourselves. I need to know your names, or you can just come up with a name that's easy for me to call you."

"At the same time, I am prepared to talk to them one by one."

“My name is Diana. Come to me in the order I just pointed out so that I can take notes and answer questions. I will make my investigation results and speculations public.”

Diana asked the butler for a pen and paper, selected the first person, and then entered the gym. The gym door closed behind her, as the others were currently unable to use any mental powers to eavesdrop.

“She doesn’t seem to have told us the time of death,” a man said.

"Is it convenient to fabricate an alibi?" Shinichi Kudo glanced at her. He could actually guess that Diana was obsessed with detective novels.

Such a skilled procedure suggests that her real-life identity is similar to that of a police officer, like a criminal investigator. The fact that she dared to risk herself demonstrates her self-confidence.

The questioning didn't take long, only about fifteen minutes per person.

More than an hour later, Shinichi Kudo was the last one called in.

Diana was deep in thought, biting her pen, when she saw Shinichi Kudo enter. She then handed the notebook to him.

"You trust me that much?" Shinichi Kudo reached out and took the notebook from him.

Deceased: Simon, male, Western appearance.

A: Lucy, female, Western appearance, is sleeping in the room at this time.

B: Pique (the lawyer): Male, Western appearance, has been sleeping in the room during this time.

C: Montari, male, Western appearance, currently at the gym.

D: Diana, female, Western appearance, is currently reading in her room.

E: Zhao Rui, female, of East Asian appearance, is resting in her room during this period.

F: Xu Gang, male, of East Asian appearance, has been at the gym recently.

G: Wang Liang, male, of East Asian appearance, was at the swimming pool at this time.

H: Chen Ming, male, of East Asian appearance, has been enjoying the scenery outdoors recently.

I: ...

The "I" option is blank.

Shinichi Kudo picked up a pen, ready to write down his information, but when he wrote "Zhao Yi," Diana immediately took back the notebook and said, "You don't need to write anymore. You are definitely not the murderer."

"You trust me that much?" Shinichi Kudo thought to himself, somewhat incredulously.

"Do you remember what I said as I walked past you after you opened your door after dinner?" Diana asked.

"You and I both think that the Supreme God should give us a mission, because things have been peaceful for too long."

Shinichi Kudo replied.

"Yes, you should have seen the main god's motive when you entered the room, so you left the room so quickly. Were you planning to kill someone?"

"Because your room was right next to the corridor, I saw you when you came out, which ruined your plan to kill someone."

Am I right?

Shinichi Kudo squinted as he stared at Diana.

This woman is really something; she figured out my thoughts so easily.

I used to always be the one solving cases!

Shinichi Kudo nodded. There was nothing wrong with admitting to wanting to kill someone; the real issue was catching the murderer who had already committed the crime.

“Then you’re definitely not the real culprit.” Diana Miller squinted at Shinichi Kudo.

She continued, "Your acting skills aren't that good. From the moment you came downstairs to the moment you sat next to me, and then to the moment you went to play the piano, I didn't see a single flaw."

"Of course, do you know what it is that would allow me to immediately rule you out as a suspect?"

"What is it?"

"I asked Shinichi Kudo."

Diana laughed and said, "Do you know the time of death?"

"Not from the time after dinner until I came out, or perhaps, you could say the time you were sitting on the sofa in the living room?" Shinichi Kudo replied without hesitation.

Diana's smile became even more sinister as she said, "No, the deceased died between 2 PM and 5 PM, which means it was before dinner."

The reason I was able to rule you out as a suspect is because the murderer had already killed someone in the afternoon; he had no need to come out again after dinner to kill someone.

"Your previous motive for murder has cleared you of suspicion in this case. Isn't that interesting?"

"This is really interesting." Shinichi Kudo never expected that the reason he was cleared of suspicion by Diana was because of this.

“But that doesn’t make sense. If what you said is true, the deceased Simon died in the afternoon, but the old butler called everyone together for dinner, and the nine of us sat in basically the same seats every day.”

"If someone is missing during a meal, everyone should notice then."

Diana smiled slightly and said, "I know you've already put yourself in the shoes of an ordinary person, but some things still transcend the realm of ordinary people. For example, the dinner scene at the table—one person playing two roles is not unusual at all."

Chapter 851 The Necromancer, Diana

"Clone?"

"Doppelganger? That doesn't sound like what you Chinese call it. I prefer to call it visual blur."

Diana reached out and gently stroked the notebook.

"Actually, it's not difficult to prove this. We just need to simulate the dinner scene."

"This method should easily identify the direct suspect, but it cannot only identify the suspect without obtaining enough convincing evidence."

"At least, nowadays, even though I have taken the initiative to lead this investigation, I still cannot gain the trust of others. People are not so simple. I guess many people will think that I am just deliberately being high-profile and sincere to clear my name."

"You're overthinking it. Don't forget, we have two votes now. All you have to do is try to win over two or three more people, and that will be enough."

Shinichi Kudo stroked his chin and said with a smile.

"You're just giving me the runaround. People from your Celestial Empire can be quite hypocritical sometimes."

“I know that even now, after I’ve voluntarily removed you from the list of prime suspects and taken the blame myself, you still don’t fully trust me.”

"Besides, that's not how you comfort someone. Out of eight people, one is the murderer, and the murderer would never vote for himself. And one is me, so I wouldn't vote for myself."

"So that leaves six people. Neither you nor I are sure, so we have to make sure we can get four more. That's twice as difficult as getting two people, which you just mentioned."

Shinichi Kudo didn't dwell on the issue of "trust" for too long; he understood perfectly well that no one could be trusted here.

Instead, he changed the subject, saying, "The question now is, when did this note appear?"

“After dinner,” Diana said with certainty, “I can confirm that this note was not in the room when I left to go downstairs for dinner.”

"So that means the murderer committed the murder intentionally without the God of God providing a motive?"

"In fact, even if the absolute motive is not given, it does not affect the killing, because everyone knows what the main god wants to see or obtain in the mountain villa trapped by the storm."

"Many people know how to please the God in reality, so even before the mission has started, some people have probably already made their decisions."

"However, this murderer is clearly much more decisive than us. He was confident in making the first move even without seeing any absolute benefit. In fact, he may have been preparing from the very first day he entered this place."

Ok?

So to say.

Can these people also complete missions in the real world?

So it seems... this false god isn't very strong!

Shinichi Kudo knew nothing about this false god and quickly changed the subject.

"Can we confirm those alibis from the gym?" Shinichi Kudo asked.

"No, there are many cubicles in the gym, as well as showers and rest areas. It's not like a few people are working out face-to-face for an entire afternoon. If I exclude you and me, there are only 6 people, all of whom have the opportunity to kill."

"After all that, your investigation seems to have yielded absolutely nothing?"

"Yes, that's how it is for now," Diana readily admitted, but she didn't seem flustered at all.