He Feng Bujue's intimidation... felt rather subtle, mainly because what he said didn't sound like something that could actually be put into practice.

To put it into perspective, it was like a common curse we hear in daily life—"I'll f*** your grandpa"; it's said... but no one ever actually acts on it.

However, when Jue-ge said it, the situation was different…

Although John had only known Feng Bujue for a few hours, the latter's various displays and his irresistible, irrepressible aura of cheapness forced John to consider the risk that the other party might turn some "seemingly absurd threats" into reality.

"Alright… please continue," John said to Zuo Yan with a pout and a cold tone after a few seconds of thought.

Zuo Yan didn't stand on ceremony and continued with the previous topic, relaying what Victor had said in his mind, "If nothing unexpected happens… all of you present, except Feng…" He paused slightly because Victor referred to Jue-ge as "Feng Bujue" in the telepathic conversation, but now Zuo Yan was speaking, "...except Jue-ge..." Zuo Yan corrected himself in time, "…should be quite familiar with that case. After all, two of the three of you were involved, and Chief Doster, as the island's law enforcement officer, was undoubtedly the initial handler of the case."

"So… why bring up old news again?" John muttered to himself after hearing this.

"But!" Zuo Yan changed the subject at the right time, giving a corresponding reason, "The so-called 'understanding' is only relative. The same 'one plus one' math problem has completely different meanings in the eyes of a primary school student and a mathematician… Similarly, I believe… this case has completely different faces in your, Sam's, and Doster's minds."

"What I need to do now… is to restore the original appearance of this case as completely as possible, so that everyone present can come to the same perspective, and then we can discuss the topic of this murder more smoothly."

Hearing this sentence, Feng Bujue was very happy because he thought… according to this development, he might use another narrative technique to tell the content of the previous Chapters 5 to 7, namely "The Mystery of the Will (Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3)", through Zuo Yan's mouth again, forcibly making up three chapters, or even more.

Unfortunately, he was wrong.

Here, I will use a simple small section to skip this already described plot, to show my rigorous attitude towards the work and my extremely professional ethics.

——So, Zuo Yan told the four people the story of the will case that Victor had told him from beginning to end. During his presentation, John, Sam, and Doster naturally interrupted Zuo Yan more than once due to surprise, guilt, and sudden realization; of course, in the end, he still finished the whole case.

If no one interrupted Zuo Yan, he could probably finish this matter in ten minutes, but in reality, he spoke for a full twenty-five minutes.

Fortunately, for the audience watching this novel, ten minutes or twenty-five minutes… doesn't matter, in your opinion, it's just a hundred words or so.

Feng Bujue was undoubtedly very dissatisfied with this situation. The content that could have supported six or seven thousand words, a full three chapters, was compressed into only about 3% of the length, which cast a shadow on his prospects for clearing the game, but… he could do nothing about it.

"The above is my opinion on the will case." Twenty-five minutes later, Zuo Yan used this sentence to announce the end of the previous reasoning.

"That's just your 'opinion'." John emphasized those two keywords, "In the end… these are all speculations, with no ready-made evidence and no means of verification; compared with the Supreme Court's judgment, it's simply a joke."

"Hmph…" Hearing this, Sam sneered and added, "Of course you hope these are 'jokes'."

"You two… enough is enough." At this time, Feng Bujue came out again to interrupt, stopping the two from arguing further, "Joke or truth… from a realistic point of view, it's actually no longer important. Student Zuo Yan must also be very clear…" He paused for a second and looked at Zuo Yan, "...due to the long interval, the relevant evidence related to that case, including some witnesses… has been mercilessly annihilated by time; even if there are parts that have been preserved, they have long lost their validity."

"Yes, Jue-ge is right." Zuo Yan nodded, "The content we are going to discuss next does not need to rely on my previous reasoning to provide factual evidence, but… using that as a logical basis to explain certain problems is still possible…"

"You mean the motive?" It was Doster who took over the conversation and asked this question.

It seemed that this chief still had some skills, although he had been drinking a bit tipsy during Zuo Yan's half-hour narration, he still had a relatively quick reaction to relevant situations in criminal investigation.

Zuo Yan also gave Doster a slightly surprised look, and then replied, "Exactly." As he said that, he turned his gaze to Sam, "Although I can also use the sentence 'the victim was instigated by Sam to kill John' as the opening statement of this conversation, the understanding of the motive by everyone may be biased."

"What?" This time, Doster was surprised, even if he could keep up with the other party's train of thought in theory, he really couldn't learn the detached thinking of that kind of famous detective in terms of actual case details, "You said Sam is…"

"Don't you think this is absurd, Mr. Zuo Yan?" Sam interrupted the chief and said to Zuo Yan in a cold tone, "If you want to use 'John took the inheritance that should have belonged to me' as the so-called 'my motive' to support your reasoning… then I have to ask… why haven't I committed a crime in the past years? What reason do I have to wait so many years, after things have passed for so long, to do such a thing?"

"It's very simple," Zuo Yan said, "Because your motive is not 'John took the inheritance that should have belonged to you'. In fact, you are saying this yourself at this moment just to mislead us… so as to cover up your true motive, isn't it?"

His tone sounded confident, and it was obvious that Victor had already given him a very convincing answer in his mind, which was…