Coroner Ke Xue

James heard a moment of silence.

Because he knew very well how he killed the last gangster.

According to Japanese law, he must have over-defended himself.

because

"While you were killing the last gangster."

"He had no weapons in his hands and had completely given up resistance."

Lin Xinyi seemed to have his eyes opened, telling the truth that only James knew.

This made James look even more ugly.

This was a troublesome matter, and admitting it had a great impact on him.

So even though Lin Xinyi had ruthlessly revealed the details of his crime at that time, he could only hold on to the last bit of luck and stubbornly remain silent like those murderers on TV who resisted in front of famous detectives.

He didn't speak, but Lin Xinyi had a lot to say:

"Mr. James."

"Let me try to restore the entire process from 'justifiable defense' to 'excessive defense'!"

As he spoke, Lin Xinyi turned his attention to the three corpses at the scene.

The three corpses were all shot to death, but they were very different.

The biggest difference is the location of death.

Two of them died together, with their bodies lying on their backs, almost on top of each other.

The other person died 8 or 9 meters away from the two companions. His body lay face down among the grass blades stained red with his blood.

The two gangsters whose bodies were close to each other each had a Tokarev pistol in their hands.

The third gangster lying in the distance did not have a pistol on him.

What is even more striking is that there are large round bruises on his cheeks, damaged oral mucosa, loose and fallen teeth, and a large amount of blood spilling from the corners of his mouth.

"Judging from the shape of the facial ecchymosis and the degree of damage, the deceased should have suffered a powerful unarmed blow before his death."

"I think Mr. James, if you had a gun in your hand at that time, you wouldn't have had to take the risk of fighting the gangsters up close and unarmed."

"The other two gangsters only had gunshot wounds and no unarmed blow wounds. Only the third gangster who fell far away had two gunshot wounds and an obvious unarmed strike wound."

"So it's not hard to tell:"

"The third gangster lying in the distance is the last gangster you killed."

"At the same time, he was also the first gangster attacked by you."

"And the TT-33 pistol in your hand was snatched from him."

Lin Xinyi slowly walked to a location while explaining.

This location was not far from the two gangsters who fell together, and the large area of ​​messy and fallen grass blades on the ground also indicated that someone had stepped on it and that a fight had occurred.

The most important thing is that there is a rope falling on the grass here.

So the starting scene of this battle was clearly restored:

"This rope should have been dropped by the gangster."

"Although the park is quiet and deserted at this time, there are roads and residential areas nearby. The noise of shooting and killing people is too loud, which can easily cause unnecessary trouble."

"And this gang of gangsters is busy escaping. They definitely don't want to be too high-profile."

"So it's not hard to imagine."

"When this gang of gangsters took you, Mr. James, to the park to execute you, they probably didn't think about using a gun to solve the problem at first."

"They were probably trying to strangle you silently with a rope."

"And the third gangster who died in the distance was the one assigned to strangle you with a rope."

"But he didn't expect that this would give you, Mr. James, the opportunity to fight back."

"He overestimates himself and underestimates you, an old man."

"He only has a rope in his hand and no gun. He is nothing to a master like you."

Lin Xinyi paused for a moment and continued:

"So Mr. James took advantage of the situation when the gangster approached with a rope and relaxed his vigilance because he felt he had an absolute advantage. He suddenly got angry and punched him in the cheek with all his strength."

"The gangster was in great pain from this punch. He lost his center of gravity and stumbled to the ground. Only then did he create a large area of ​​fallen grass on the grass."

"And when he fell to the ground on his back, you had already snatched the pistol from his waist."

"Mr. James, you took away this man's pistol, then temporarily left this injured gangster who was a greatly reduced threat, turned around with thunderous force, and quickly opened fire on the other two gangsters."

"Those two gangsters never thought that you, an old foreign man who looks harmless to humans and animals, would be such a first-class master with extraordinary skills, calmness in danger, and decisive killing."

"When they saw their accomplice fell to the ground after being punched, they hurriedly raised their guns and tried to attack."

"But by now it's too late."

"Mr. James, you turned around and fired several times, leaving the two of them without a chance to shoot and attack, so they fell into a pool of blood without holding their breath."

He punched, grabbed the gun, and turned around to kill two people in a row. His shots were sharp and decisive, all done in one go.

James has obviously mastered their rice-fried ancestral "Western Iaijutsu".

"There are not many masters with this skill in the world."

"And Mr. James, you are so powerful, you have a firearm, and you have already killed two gangsters."

"By this time, you and the last remaining gangster are no longer on equal terms."

The third gangster received a heavy punch in the face and had his firearm taken away. He actually lost the ability to pose a threat to James.

Legally speaking, self-defense ends here.

When the self-defense party has the upper hand and the other party's illegal infringement has stopped, any further attack may be suspected of excessive defense.

"What's more, the gangster had not made any move to continue attacking at that time."

"After he witnessed two of his companions being killed instantly by you, he was instantly frightened, staggered, turned around and ran away."

"That's why he died 8 or 9 meters away in the end."

"Instead of dying where he fell to the ground from the punch."

"It was also at this time, Mr. James, that you took an even more extreme step—"

"You shot a man who was running away."

The reason why Mao Lilan was able to be acquitted every time for "self-defense" is not only because she has a powerful lawyer mother, but also because she has a very important reason:

That is, when she is defending herself, she never wants to take a last hit or take a last hit.

He always kills with one hit and stops when he is ready.

You must know that legitimate defense pays attention to the timing of action. This timing must be after the other party's illegal infringement begins and before it ends, neither early nor late. Otherwise, it will easily be regarded as excessive defense or even intentional harm.

So what Miss Maori did was very smart.

Every time, she grasped the moment when the murderer committed illegal harm, and stopped in time with only one blow.

Although this is largely because of.

One punch from her was enough to send someone into the ICU, so there was no need for additional attacks.

But objectively speaking, Mao Lilan was indeed forced to fight back when the murderer took action, and after one blow ended the opponent's illegal infringement, he stopped his hand in time.

That's why Auntie Fei was able to fish out her daughter intact every time.

If Xiaolan was like Lu Tiha, who also likes to destroy public property, she would open a soy sauce shop and also open a lottery shop, and open a money shop and build a water and land dojo, and she would push people to the ground and beat them violently and refuse to stop.

Even the undefeated Queen Yingli...

There is still a way.

Psychiatric identification, hospitalization, and discharge are all a set of procedures, and with Xiaolan's own minor buff, her daughter will be considered a loser even if she spends one day in jail.

Don't underestimate the methods of famous lawyers, let alone the energy of wealthy people.

Previously, there was an ogre in Japan whose family was rich, and he escaped from prison by relying on this process.

But it is very troublesome to deal with it like this.

It would be better to use the "one-hit killing technique" as a legitimate defense at the beginning, just like Miss Mori did.

But James didn't learn this.

He made a big mistake:

"You were shooting at a wounded man running away!"

Lin Xinyi accused sternly:

"The gangster had a total of two gunshot wounds."

"One is a bullet grazing wound on the outside of the right arm, and the other is a penetrating bullet wound that penetrates the skull."

"The gunshot wound to the skull was a fatal injury and should have been caused later."

"The bullet scratch on the outside of the right arm was bleeding heavily, and the reaction to life was obvious. It should have formed first."

The reason is simple. If the gangster was shot in the head first and then in the arm, there would not be a lot of bleeding on his arm.

Because the person whose head was shot is 100% dead, and his blood will stop flowing.

Therefore, the bullet scratch on the outside of his right arm was the first shot James fired at the gangster.

"do you know?"

"When the bullet passes through the skin surface at a tangential or low angle, it often forms a long strip of wound with the injection entrance, injection tube, and injection outlet connected together."

"This is often accompanied by tears in the skin tissue."

"Based on the characteristics of the tear, that is, the tear angle away from the wound edge is the same as the flight direction of the warhead, so it is not difficult to determine the flight direction of the warhead."

"And I've seen the injuries on the gangster's arms."

"The shape of the wound on his arm is enough to prove that the bullet flew from behind him and was shot from his back!"

This is irrefutable proof.

It can be proven that James was shooting at a man who was running away with his back turned.

This is enough to give him a label of excessive defense.

"But you were much more than just overly defensive."

"If this shot was just an over-defense, then the next shot is almost intentional murder!"

Lin Xinyi made more serious accusations in a murderous tone:

"Mr. James, if I guess correctly, you never considered stopping in time."

"You should have missed the shot earlier."

"That's why I just hit the gangster's arm instead of directly killing him."

James' gun was snatched from a gangster and was not his usual weapon.

The handle of this old TT-33 gun was almost patinated, and it even looked like an antique handed down from the Soviet-German battlefield.

For such an old black gun, the rifling must have been worn. It is normal for it to miss people from a distance.

So the first shot just hit the gangster's arm.

"And you realize that the gun is going to miss people from a distance."

"In order to kill him completely, I chased the gangster who had escaped 8 or 9 meters and took a few steps forward."

"This can be roughly seen from the change in the impact point of the bullet ejection at the scene."

Although Lin Xinyi lacks experience in investigating gun-related cases, he has always taken the lessons he should take.

Most of the teaching materials, cases, and data used in the class are related to the type of gun that has the highest rate of shootings in the country, the Type 54 pistol.

The Type 54 pistol is a Tokarev imitation of Sulian.

So Lin Xin is also very familiar with this pistol:

"The Tokarev pistol is a right-rear ejection pistol. The bullet case impact point is in the right rear direction of the designed position, and the ejection distance is within the range of 0 to 5.38 meters from the shooting position."

"Judging from the location where the second bullet casing appeared, Mr. James, you must have fired the second shot after approaching, which was the final fatal shot."

Lin Xinyi quietly increased his tone and continued to accuse:

"The gangster was also aware of your approach at that time."

"He realized what you were about to do to him."

"So he threw up his hands in despair and begged you for mercy."

The gangster was injured on the outside of his right arm, but the blood flowing from the wound completely dyed his shoulder "upward".

This is enough to reflect the changes in the gangster's movements after he was shot.

It was because he raised his hands in surrender that his arms were higher than his shoulders, and blood flowed to his shoulders.

"And he didn't just put his hands up in surrender."

"He even kneeled on the ground with his back to you."

The second shot penetrated the skull, leaving two holes in the occipital bone at the back of the head and the frontal bone in the front of the head.

The hole on the occipital bone is oval, small on the outside and large on the inside. The skin is defective in the center of the wound, and the skin on the edge of the defect is rolled in, giving the overall shape a swirling funnel shape.

This is the main characteristic of the bullet entry point.

Therefore, Lin Xinyi knew at a glance that the fatal shot was fired from the occiput of the deceased's head and from the frontal bone.

This shows that the gangster still had his back to James and did not attack him.

The occipital bone is the hardest part of the skull, with a pressure-bearing strength of 858 to 1200 kilograms per square centimeter.

This bullet can directly penetrate the hard occipital bone and the equally hard frontal bone, and eventually it still has enough energy to fly forward and embed deeply into the ground.

In addition to the powerful bullets of the Tokarev pistol itself, it was also because James was close enough to the gangster when he fired.

This kind of close-range shooting has high kinetic energy, strong penetrating power, and stable ballistic trajectory. Therefore, the flight trajectory of the bullet can be roughly judged by using a simple wire pulling method or even a rough visual inspection.

"The bullet casing landed here."

"Then the shooting position is probably within the 5.38-meter fan-shaped area in front and left of it."

"The body is located here."

"The impact point of the warhead was on the ground not far in front of the body."

"And Mr. James, given your height, the height of the muzzle when shooting from a standing position should be between 1.4 meters and 1.6 meters."

"Given your approximate position and the height of your shooting, how should you shoot so that the bullet passes through the gangster's head and embeds itself in the ground not far in front of him?"

There is only one answer.

That is, the gangster was kneeling at the time.

Otherwise, based on his standing height, the bullet flying out of his forehead would have continued to fly forward at an angle nearly parallel to the ground and far away.

It is simply impossible to fly downward at an angle of nearly 45 degrees and embed into the ground not far ahead.

"So." Lin Xinyi made the final conclusion:

"At that time, the gangster was not only injured, but also had no weapons. He even knelt down with his back turned and raised his hands to beg you for mercy."

"But you still didn't let him go."

"I don't think this is self-defense in any way—"

"This is a naked private execution and intentional murder!"

He sounded serious.

Every word is as heavy as a mountain.

"I" James was so suppressed that he couldn't speak at all.

The evidence Lin Xinyi gave was too detailed, and he was unable to explain himself.

But he was also really aggrieved

It was true that he "executed" the gangster.

But was the gangster really kneeling down to beg for mercy?

Who can guarantee that he is not deliberately showing weakness and waiting for an opportunity to fight back?

Who can guarantee that there won't be a second gun hidden in his arms?

You know, similar things have happened many times in the United States.

Many gangsters appear to have empty hands and are cooperating with the arrest, but in fact they may pull out a pistol from their arms at any time and engage in an unprepared battle with the police.

Similar tragedies have happened too many times.

That’s why American police are always so overly nervous. They’re so nervous that they’ll subconsciously pull out their guns and shoot the suspect dead just when they see the suspect reach his hand into his pocket.

So many people just foolishly reached out to get their IDs and died inexplicably at the gunpoint of the police.

But these police officers don't like killing people either.

The environment was simply too dangerous, forcing them to overreact.

In this country where everyone has a gun, the police never know whether the gangster has a gun or how many guns he has.

All they can know is that they only have one life.

If you don't take the lead, you may die, if you show mercy, you may die.

As an FBI investigator with many years of front-line work experience, James grew up in this harsh law enforcement environment.

Since the gangster had already attacked him first, how could he show mercy to the gangster?

What if the gangster suddenly pulls out a gun again?

Although the probability of being counterattacked is very small.

But after all, he is not a pistol master like Shuichi Akai, and he doesn't dare to risk his life at his age.

But he still forgot that this was not the United States, but Japan.

There is no unlimited right of self-defense here.

And he never expected that in the Metropolitan Police Department, which had single-handedly put him in danger, there would be people who had the nerve to confront him, saying that he had over-defended one against three, and even accused him of intentional homicide.

But that's what Lin Xinyi did.

It's like I have a grudge against him.

"Trouble"

James had a headache:

With the irrefutable evidence provided by Lin Xinyi, he cannot be removed from the charge of intentional homicide.

Although Japan regards the United States as its father, its knees are weak in front of the FBI, CIA, and especially the American troops stationed in Japan.

There have also been many classic filial piety stories about "sending criminal American soldiers out of the country".

But this does not mean that all Americans can be regarded as masters here.

Japan only licks the upper class people in the United States, people with status.

Not all cats and dogs can enjoy super-national treatment here and enjoy "extraterritoriality".

If James only faces the accusation as an ordinary American citizen, then the Japanese will naturally let him know what equal treatment is and what justice is.

Maybe he will really go to jail by then.

Even if you have to bear the pain and spend a lot of money to hire a famous lawyer to defend yourself, you can open up layers of relationships and find various ways for yourself.

There was a lot of fiddling around in the middle, and it probably took at least half a year of work.

So how can he still work?

Has the organization checked yet?

And the FBI will not reimburse him for the sky-high legal fees.

He has worked hard for decades, and all of his earnings are for Japanese lawyers?

"Oh, there's nothing we can do."

Mr. James felt a moment of despair.

He made a decision that went against the organization:

Stop pretending, show your cards.

"Actually, I am a senior investigator of the FBI, and I happened to be on vacation in Japan recently."

"If you want to arrest me, please help contact my superiors first."

Mr. James, who had just fished out his subordinates not long ago, was also waiting for his superiors to fish him out.