After the Undercover System Went Haywire, I Switched to Grinding Suspicion Points Chapter 69

Inspector gure wanted to say sothing more, but Officer Shima had already quickly dragged the person away.

The police officer who had previously handled that case in Samukawa Shinryu's apartnt with Inspector gure finally couldn't help speaking up after the parties involved had left: "Inspector gure, is that Samukawa-kun really okay?"

Inspector gure wiped cold sweat: "This... this... it's normal for honor students to know more..."

Though it was really suspicious, he couldn't suspect soone without any basis!

They'd already misunderstood when he was frad before! And when that Cult Leader died, he couldn't help suspecting whether Samukawa Shinryu had done sothing...

He was a Police Academy student after all. His tendency to suspect people at the drop of a hat was really bad, so Inspector gure worked hard to restrain himself. This ti he made great efforts to show trust in Samukawa Shinryu, letting him express his views, trying to secretly make up for his private suspicions.

...And then Samukawa Shinryu said such a string of suspicious things.

The other officers were the sa—they all felt bad for suspecting him last ti, only to discover he was a Police Academy student who helped solve cases. This ti they tried to be more rational...

But no matter how rational they were, after that speech just now, they couldn't control their suspicions anymore.

It really felt like that guy was putting himself in the criminal's shoes the whole ti! Not only could he understand the criminal's bizarre thoughts, he even improved the criminal's thods! If his tone hadn't been calm throughout, they would have thought he was frustrated with the criminal's incompetence!

Inspector gure sighed and walked over to the company president to handcuff him.

The president looked dazed, seemingly still imrsed in Samukawa Shinryu's final words.

From the mont he first saw Samukawa Shinryu, he actually felt he would probably be exposed.

The instant those dark red eyes like dried blood t his gaze, it was as if he'd been completely seen through—this person should be the sa type as him, so he could easily understand his actions.

It was just unfortunate that this kindred spirit stood on the police side and chose to expose him.

Originally he wanted to resist desperately, but watching Samukawa Shinryu expressionlessly lay out his escape thods bit by bit, even beginning to analyze his inner thoughts, he felt there was no need to struggle anymore.

If he refuted one piece of evidence, there would definitely be other evidence he hadn't noticed waiting for him.

Continuing to struggle would just make him a clown in that person's eyes—the other party was probably enjoying watching him struggle desperately.

Presumably this Samukawa Shinryu beca a police officer to closely observe criminals making fools of themselves, right?

Other professions probably couldn't satisfy this twisted pleasure.

Especially those final words...

If he had acted early as Samukawa Shinryu suggested, could he really have perfectly evaded police investigation?

Damn it, just by that little bit—if only he had acted earlier...

The president was filled with regret.

anwhile, Officer Shima, who had practically kidnapped the intern from the scene, finally returned to their territory—the lon bread van.

Officer Shima pushed Samukawa Shinryu into the passenger seat, walked around to get in the driver's seat, slamd the door hard, stared ahead silently for a few seconds, sighed, then fell silent again, seeming to struggle with patience, but finally couldn't help turning to explode.

"Why did you say those things just now? Finding evidence and identifying him as the criminal would have been enough! No! You shouldn't have been responsible for even that part!"

Ibuki Ai also got in the car, looking sowhat worried: "Samukawa-kun, so things are okay to think about, but you can't actually do them! I just beat up a criminal once and had to write dozens of pages of self-reflection and got transferred..."

The furious Officer Shima included his partner in his tirade: "You're not much better! You even drew your gun! So things are best not even thought about!" Then he turned back to continue berating the newcor. "Don't say unnecessary things in the future! You'll get yourself in trouble! Especially about how to improve thods... there's absolutely no need to say such things!"

Samukawa Shinryu waited for Officer Shima's emotions to stabilize a bit before slowly saying: "I just wanted to teach him a lesson."

Officer Shima, finding this phrase very familiar: "...??? I could understand last ti, but how did you teach him a lesson this ti?"

"If it was just solving the case, he might think he wasn't suited for this kind of thing anyway, with limited regret. But now he must think he was just one step away from not being discovered, and he'll regret his own indecisiveness terribly." Samukawa Shinryu pondered. "During his ti in prison, he should keep obsessing over this problem."

Officer Shima: "............"

Making criminals regret that their plan was just one step away from being a perfect cri... this way of teaching lessons is too weird!

But he had to admit, it sounded quite effective. Many tis when you're far off, you feel it's just that way, but being one step away is most painful. If it were him, he'd probably obsess over it until death.

This psychological torture would indeed cause stronger ntal damage than simply going to prison.

Ibuki Ai disagreed: "Don't help criminals perfect their plans! What if he learns from it!"

"...I was just speaking casually. Even if he did that, there would be other evidence. As long as sothing is done, it leaves traces."

Good, this sounded like sothing a police officer would say. Officer Shima breathed a sigh of relief.

Having worked in Investigation Division One, he knew this case wasn't actually difficult. As long as police made more inquiries afterward and asked that luxury store, they would naturally discover the loophole.

Samukawa Shinryu casually adjusted his gloves: "Besides, this person was easy to trick. The clerk only said Yura-san told her she found her key, not that he should also know about it, but he just believed my words. Soone with this kind of brain can't commit perfect cris."

Officer Shima: "...So even that line wasn't true!"

"I attended interrogation classes properly."

"I can see that... but I don't think our Mobile Investigation Unit usually needs this..."

"It was useful this ti."

"It shouldn't have been needed!"

Officer Shima felt his blood pressure rising: "I wanted to tell you last ti—you're just a police officer. Teaching criminals lessons is the judge's job and has nothing to do with you!"

Samukawa Shinryu countered: "Victims' families also have the right to teach him lessons."

"Are you a victim's family mber?" Officer Shima frowned. "You're not one of those people who thinks they're especially righteous, that legal punishnt isn't enough, so you want to serve heaven's justice, are you?"

Ibuki Ai muttered: "Thinking legal punishnt isn't enough is completely understandable. The victim is dead but he gets to live just fine..."

"You shut up first! I'm asking Samukawa!"

Officer Shima felt his blood vessels about to burst. What had he done to deserve partnering with two people?

"Samukawa, what exactly are you thinking? Let say this first—the person I hate most is soone who views their actions as justice."

Ibuki Ai pouted: "Ah—you've said that to too. Isn't having a sense of justice a good thing?"

"Having a sense of justice and considering yourself justice are two different things." Officer Shima rolled his eyes, then continued questioning Samukawa Shinryu for an answer. "So which type are you?"

"Don't worry, senior. I won't justify my actions. I'm very clear about what I'm doing—"

The dark-haired, red-eyed youth t Officer Shima's gaze through the rearview mirror. The tal buckle's reflection on his shoulder strap gave him a solemn, cold quality.

"—Because I have no sense of justice at all. I do those things simply because I want to, unrelated to justice. Does saying this put you at ease?"

Officer Shima: "...Maybe you should have a little."

Like hell that puts at ease! Isn't this even more worrying?!

Do you hear what you're saying?! Is this what a police officer should say?! Are police academies so casual about recruitnt now?!

Thinking this, Officer Shima directly asked: "How did you pass the Police Academy interview?"

"Answered questions normally." Samukawa Shinryu said. "But I heard rumors at the academy that the interviewer worried that rejecting would lead to cri, causing reporters to write 'Criminal turned to cri after Police Academy rejection,' so they agreed."

Officer Shima: "............"

This worry was rather aningless. Forget about him possibly turning to cri if rejected—looking at him now, Samukawa Shinryu could commit cris even while being a police officer!

Who knows when this guy might cross that line and do sothing irreversible!

Samukawa Shinryu even comforted him: "I understand what senior is worried about. Indeed, when people think they're righteous, they beco especially cold and cruel. But I have no justice, so I won't have this problem."

"...Great comfort. Don't comfort next ti." Officer Shima covered his face in pain. "Without even a sense of justice, why do you want to be a police officer?"

"It's precisely because I lack a sense of justice that I beca one."

Samukawa Shinryu said flatly: "I want to understand soone's thoughts. He was a police officer. Maybe if I beco a police officer, I can get closer to him."

Officer Shima was stunned.

Ibuki Ai beca interested: "Eh—who is that police officer? Tell us, maybe I know him! I can help analyze!"

The dark-haired youth lowered his eyes, long lashes casting small shadows on his pale face.

"...He's already dead."