Poster of the movie "The Dedication of Suspect X"
The story begins with an old topic. A divorced woman was pestered by her ex-husband and accidentally killed him. The woman's name is Amethyst, and her daughter Millie, Malaysia lives with her. The climax began when Shi Shen, a high school math teacher who lives next door, learned about Jingzi's mother and daughter with strong reasoning. He is very willing to help. Seeing this, I'm curious. Why do a mother and daughter get help from a calm man? Because this man likes her? Just because of unrequited love is not enough to convince readers.
Without giving any explanation, Keigo Higashino began to write about the criminal police's involvement in investigating the murder case. A man's body was abandoned next to the old Edogawa Bank, naked and unrecognizable, and his fingerprints were burnt. Not far away, there is a brand-new bike and old clothes that have not been burned. These are all clues of criminal investigation. Soon, the police found the fingerprint of Fu Zun Ji Shen from the missing person, and successfully compared it with the fingerprint at the scene. There is no doubt that the deceased was Fu Zun Ji Shen, which is just the beginning of the trap set by Stone God for the police. There is a big loophole in the murder scene "made" by Keigo Higashino. If the police in the article can restore the true face of the deceased through the skull, then they don't think that the deceased is Fu Zunji, and of course the story can't be unfolded.
Finally, investigator KUSANAGI found Keiko, the ex-wife of Fuzun Er Shen, and asked them to show their alibi for the night of March 10. Under the guidance of Shi Shen, Jingzi and Miri, Malaysia, Malaysia confessed that they went to the movies, ate Lamian Noodles and sang KTV that night. These alibis troubled the police. Investigators assume that Jingzi is the murderer, but she has an alibi, but this alibi is not convincing. How do you prove that the audience is watching the movie? But this is an alibi.
If investigator KUSANAGI didn't get the help of physics professor Yukawa, and Yukawa wasn't Ishigaki's friend and opponent in college, then I believe Interpol couldn't find the real murderer, and Kyoko, Miri, Malaysia and Malaysia lived happily ever after. However, Keigo Higashino has the ambition to explore human nature. Yukawa approached the stone god, seemingly a confrontation between mathematics and physics, but in fact it was two people's discussion of the case. Yukawa found that Shi Shen was still passionate about mathematics after he left college, but he had nothing in his life except mathematics and work. Although reunited for a long time, Yukawa discovered the secret of the stone god with a cold appearance: he attached great importance to his image and was in a love relationship at heart. Then, the stone god has a reason to kill. When Yukawa saw Shi Shen's attendance record and visited the homeless house, he understood what Shi Shen said: It looks like a geometric problem, but it is actually a function problem. He asked the stone god, which is more difficult, designing a problem that others can't solve or solving that problem? Stone God's answer: "The design problem is more difficult." Shi Shen Ming knew that Yukawa had seen everything, so he turned himself in.
Cover of the book
In fact, in order to cover up the murder of Amethyst on the night of March 9, Shi Shen killed a homeless man in the same way on the night of March 10, which led the police to misjudge him as Fu Zun. Fu Zun Ji Shen's body was divided into three parts and thrown into the lake. In Yukawa's view, it was a great sacrifice, but Jingzi was kept in the dark. Amethyst's affection for Shi Shen is worth pondering. When the manager Daizi told Stone God that she had a crush on her, she thought, "It's like a crack in the wall. Even if you know it exists, you won't care much. That is to say, from the beginning, Stone God did not enter Amethyst's eyes. As for Stone God's help in disposing of the corpse, Amethyst thinks that if Stone God used some as a threat, why didn't he plead guilty? It can be seen that Amethyst regards Stone God as a person similar to her ex-husband, but she is not so disgusted. Kudo, a former customer of Jingzi, lost his wife during the police investigation. He came to Jingzi, invited her to dinner and proposed to her. Kudo gave Keiko a lot of comfort in her previous tragic marriage life. Now, in the face of Kudo who is single again, Keiko has got rid of the dark side of life and really enjoys life like a woman, showing her unique gentleness and elegance. The person Jingzi really loves should be Kudo. Even if Yukawa finally told Jingzi the truth, Jingzi didn't fall in love with the stone god, but felt that a middle-aged woman was not worth sacrificing the mathematical genius of the stone god.
The love between middle-aged men and women has nothing to do with this article. The picture comes from the internet.
But why doesn't Jingzi love the stone god? Because the stone god doesn't even love himself. Amethyst saw the image of the stone god like this: he was stocky, with a big face of Zhang Yuanyuan, but his eyes were as thin as cracks. His hair is short and thin, and he looks nearly fifty years old, perhaps older than his actual age. He doesn't care much about dressing up and always wears the same clothes. From the outside, Stone God is a boring person. Let's take a look at the first meeting between Stone God and Amethyst. For Amethyst, this is just a routine visit to the neighbors. That night, the stone god lost the meaning of life, and he planned to end his life. When he saw Jing Zi, his impression was: "How can there be a mother and son with such beautiful eyes?" This kind of beauty and mathematical beauty do not go the same way. Although he said that helping to dispose of the body is only a reward, mathematics is the love of the stone god, and he can devote his life. Amethyst and Miri, Malaysia and Malaysia became his favorites after that night, and he could give his life. In the life of the stone god, there is no self, no love, let alone love yourself. Therefore, in the field of mathematics, he can be conceited, but in the country of love, he can only humbly sacrifice himself.
On the other hand, Stone God chose the newly joined vagrants as scapegoats because he thought these people had disappeared. Who cares? Yukawa's view on vagrants: "There are no useless gears in this world, only gears can decide their own uses." No matter how humble an individual's life is, only an individual can decide life and death. Stone gods feel like those tramps. Even if he dies, who cares? Stone god from head to toe, from appearance to bone marrow, does not love himself at all, nor hates himself, and lives silently. How can such a person win love?
As mentioned earlier, Keigo Higashino's ambitious exploration of human nature can enhance the connotation of his works. This is what we must pay attention to when reading his detective stories carefully. In my opinion, the dedication of suspect X is like a romantic novel with strong feelings, which is harmless, but only describes the wishful thinking of a middle-aged single man.