21st Century Necromancer

Under the intimidation of Yu Chen and Hiromi Jounouchi, Student Xiaochi quickly confessed his whereabouts from the previous evening, which, contrary to having any direct connection to Classmate Yokoyama's suicide, actually provided him with an alibi that cleared him of any suspicion as the murderer.

Around eight o'clock last night, Student Xiaochi was caught by a bookstore clerk, along with two other students, for stealing a comic book. It wasn't until after ten o'clock that his mother redeemed him from the bookstore, so during that time, he hadn't been to the school at all.

However, he did indeed receive a text message from Classmate Yokoyama last night, asking him to come to the school's gym equipment room at eight o'clock because he had previously threatened Yokoyama, demanding him to bring money to the school.

It was only because he got caught stealing the comic book that he ultimately didn't go to the school, therefore, Yokoyama's suicide had no direct connection with him.

Similarly, from what he said, Yu Chen had already deduced the whole truth of the matter.

Classmate Yokoyama and Classmate Shirai were often bullied by a group led by Student Xiaochi, and no one, neither teachers nor students, came to their aid. Therefore, out of desperation, they thought of this method: committing suicide to frame Xiaochi, making him bear the charge of murder.

If everything went according to Yokoyama and Shirai's plan last night, Yokoyama would have committed suicide, and Xiaochi and the others would have found his body in the gym equipment room. Meanwhile, Shirai would seize the opportunity to call the police so they could catch Xiaochi at the scene and substantiate the murder charge against him.

Perhaps there were other parts and follow-ups to Yokoyama and Shirai's plan, but from the information obtained so far, it was almost certainly as such.

Although it was only a deduction by Yu Chen, it still made everyone feel extremely heavy and troubled. What kind of humiliation must one suffer for a high school student in his prime, who should be carefree, to choose the decisive act of suicide as a means of revenge against another student?

At the time of his death, what kind of despair must he have felt to choose so resolutely to end his own life, taking revenge on the other with his most precious thing?

Classmate Shirai's murder live stream was still ongoing. He didn't realize that Yu Chen had already gathered enough evidence and deduced the truth of the matter, and he continued reading a novel according to his original plan.

Looking at Classmate Shirai on the screen and Yokoyama, who was already dead behind him, both Misumi Mikoto and Hiromi Jounouchi felt enormous sympathy for these two pitiable children.

If it weren't for Shirai's warning that if the number of live stream viewers exceeded one hundred thousand, he would kill the second person – which was Student X, whom they had seen before – Misumi Mikoto would have wanted to end the game immediately, telling Shirai she already knew the purpose of everything he had done, and persuade him to stop.

However, out of a forensic scientist's pride, even though Yu Chen had deduced the entire progression of the case, Misumi Mikoto still hoped to uncover the entire truth of the matter and was even more eager to find out the exact method by which Yokoyama had committed suicide.

While Misumi Mikoto was pondering the method of Yokoyama's suicide, Yu Chen, along with Hiromi Jounouchi, had left the teaching building of Suikawa High School.

"Mr. Chen Yu, are you planning to head back?" Hiromi Jounouchi couldn't help but ask him as they left the teaching building together.

The truth of the matter had essentially come to light, and it was normal for Chen Yu to want to go back, but Hiromi Jounouchi didn't want to just return like that. She hoped to do something for their deceased classmate Yokoyama, at the very least to make that bully, Student Xiaochi, pay the price he ought to pay.

However, much to Hiromi Jounouchi's surprise, Chen Yu shook his head and instead began looking around for something.

Seeing this, Hiromi Jounouchi quickly followed him and asked, "Mr. Chen Yu, what are you looking for? Can I help?"

"No need, I'm looking for the bloodstains that Classmate Shirai left when he was moving Yokoyama's body, but unfortunately, they've been wiped up, and you can't see them," Chen Yu explained to Hiromi Jounouchi before resuming his search. Although these traces were clearly visible to a Necromancer, he still needed to find the right place to see them.

"About those bloodstains, could they be the ones Doctor Tokairin and the others were looking for on the ground earlier? Didn't those extend from the sports equipment room? Perhaps, we could start from there?" Hiromi Jounouchi, after hearing Chen Yu's words and thinking for a moment, suggested to him.
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Upon hearing Hiromi Jounouchi's reminder, Chen Yu suddenly realized his oversight, slapped his own head, and silently rebuked himself for being so muddled, having neglected such an obvious clue and searching around aimlessly.

After thanking Hiromi Jounouchi, Chen Yu finally found the correct path and followed it out of the school.

Following Chen Yu, guided by the bloodstains she couldn't see, Hiromi Jounouchi couldn't help but ask with concern, "Mr. Chen Yu, are you looking for these bloodstains to find Classmate Shirai and stop him from killing Mr. X?"

"There was never any Mr. X to begin with, or rather, Mr. X was actually Classmate Shirai himself. What we saw at the start of the video, the so-called hostage, was just a mannequin," Chen Yu explained to Hiromi Jounouchi. As a Necromancer, if he couldn't even distinguish between a dummy and a living person, he might as well dig a hole and bury himself.

If such a thing got out, he'd be laughed at by other Necromancers across the Multiverse for a thousand years.

As for why Chen Yu guessed that Mr. X was Shirai himself, connecting the known clues made it not too difficult to deduce.

It was very likely that Classmate Shirai was tasked with tracking Xiaochi and found out that they'd been caught by the bookstore staff and couldn't make it to school. Therefore, he rushed to stop Yokoyama from committing suicide but arrived too late, which led to Yokoyama having already taken his own life. This resulted in Shirai coming up with the live-streamed murder plot as a remedy.

But the guilt within led Shirai to decide to end his own life in the same manner—suicide. This way, his live stream would have even more impact, making Xiaochi and the inactive school pay the price.

After listening to Chen Yu's explanation, Hiromi Jounouchi also understood Classmate Shirai's plan and purpose. Thus, she asked Chen Yu with concern, "Then, Mr. Chen Yu, are you trying to prevent Shirai from committing suicide now?"

"Yes, although for a Necromancer, a person's death isn't such a big deal, as a doctor, I can't just watch a life pass away before my eyes," Chen Yu nodded, confirming Hiromi Jounouchi's guess, but he didn't tell her about his other purpose, which was to find Yokoyama's soul.

As for that infuriating Xiaochi, although it was inconvenient for him to deal with Xiaochi directly because of what had just happened at the school, that didn't mean Chen Yu would let him off easily. If the law couldn't punish such a villain, then let the victim take revenge personally.