"Calling headquarters, calling headquarters!"
Along with Yamashita's call, everyone's attention involuntarily shifted to him, and the television screen also cut to the outdoor scene.
"Any discoveries!?" The host quickly asked.
"We found tires on the riverbank, black tires!" Yamashita ran toward the bridge, "Could the black ring that Mr. Horikoshi mentioned be referring to this?"
"Please look around to see if there are any other findings!"
After Horikoshi shouted, Yamashita responded and began searching among the piled tires.
While he was searching, Horikoshi closed his eyes again and seemed to be sensing something. "I saw something like a piece of cloth."
Horikoshi opened his mouth, and his eyes seemed to see something through time and space. "It's a green cloth! Fluttering in the wind."
"Is it a scarf?"
The host's question was interrupted by Yamashita outside. With his shout, everyone turned to see him pulling out a green scarf from the tires on the riverbank.
The green scarf fluttered in Yamashita's hand with the wind.
"Wow!"
Seeing another successful prediction, the on-site people couldn't help but exclaim, even the host beside them couldn't help but widen his mouth.
"Can you tell us specifically where you found it?" The host quickly asked after regaining his composure. "Does it look like it has been there for a long time?"
"It was under the tires." Yamashita inspected the scarf and said, "It looks like it has been there for a long time. It's quite dirty on top."
"Thank you, Mr. Yamashita!"
The host thanked him and patted his arms before sighing, "But I didn't expect it to be so accurate, it sent shivers down my spine."
"I'll search the nearby area carefully again!"
Yamashita responded and resumed the search. Meanwhile, a young woman in a uniform walked to the center of the stage while holding a board.
"Everyone, please look at the diagram." The host pointed to the character simulation on the board. "This is Miss S's attire at the time of her disappearance. This is the sketch provided by the police based on the assistance we received online."
Above the simple portrait was a faceless woman dressed in a skirt and a suit, clearly in work attire. Around her neck, she wore a green scarf.
"Everyone, the color of this scarf is the same as the one just found by Mr. Yamashita."
The host's expression was excited. "So, I think it's completely reasonable to identify the scarf found just now as the one Miss S was wearing."
With that, the host looked respectfully at Rintaro Okabe sitting beside him. "Professor Okabe, what do you think?"
Rintaro Okabe remained silent and did not answer the host's question. Seeing this, the host turned to Horikoshi beside him once again. "Why do you think the scarf ended up there?"
"If I don't touch the scarf personally, I wouldn't know."
Horikoshi's head trembled continuously and his facial expressions even appeared somewhat grim. "But what I can confirm is that something terrible and horrifying happened there."
He covered his head with both hands and sweat streamed down his forehead. "After closing my eyes, I could hear a man's gasps, a woman's cries, and the sound of something being torn."
As Horikoshi's reaction became more intense, the host quickly tried to reassure him, urging him not to use his psychic abilities anymore. It wasn't until Horikoshi slowly calmed down that the host stood up from beside him and walked to the camera.
"I really didn't expect that such a sudden situation would occur during the live broadcast."
The host sighed and then looked at Rintaro Okabe. "Professor Okabe, what's your take on this? I think this is undoubtedly a psychic ability. The power of science cannot explain it."
"Ha!? Psychic ability!? Don't make me laugh!"
Rintaro Okabe ran his hand through his hair and his face showed even more madness. "Let me be straightforward! This is a complete and utter hoax!"
The host was momentarily stunned and then requested, "Can you please explain the situation in detail?"
Rintaro Okabe stood up from his seat and walked over to Horikoshi with a mocking smile full of madness, "You've chosen the wrong profession. Go become an actor. In terms of acting, your performance is commendable even in the entertainment industry!"
As he spoke, Rintaro Okabe even clapped his hands, it seemed that he was encouraging Horikoshi's acting skills.
"Professor Okabe?" The host looked at Rintaro Okabe's actions with a perplexed expression.
"Mr. Psychic, I mentioned before that I gave you the last chance to read my inner thoughts. But now, it seems you didn't seize the opportunity."
Rintaro Okabe said with a cold smile, "There's something you probably don't know. My assistant has many friends in the Criminal Investigation Department, so when she learned that I was going to expose you as a fraud, she arranged for someone to set up a trap."
Rintaro Okabe took a display board from Makise Kurisu, who walked over, and placed it in front of the camera. "Now, the missing Miss S was wearing a set of black sportswear when she disappeared!
In other words, the information the TV station received earlier is completely false!
Because considering the possibility that the TV station might be in cahoots with this 'psychic' gentleman, my assistant asked me not to tell the TV station staff about this. I sincerely apologize for this."
Rintaro Okabe held the display board and walked up to Horikoshi, questioning, "Mr. Horikoshi, how do you explain this?
Why is the information you foresaw with your psychic ability the same as what the TV station received, which is false?
I have been silently reading the real information all along, and if you truly have psychic abilities, you should have seized this opportunity, right?
But! Why did you foresee a green scarf!? That's my doing!!
What scenes can you perceive from that scarf? You can't feel anything, can you? After all, you placed it there yourself after receiving the information.
When you met us earlier, you saw the display board we intentionally showed you, remembered the most easily accessible green scarf among them, bought the same green scarf, and hid it under the tires."
Rintaro Okabe placed the display board in front of Horikoshi, "Come on! Explain yourself! Mr. Horikoshi!! Where are your psychic abilities?"
Watching the confrontation on TV, Senichi, who hadn't appeared for several chapters, was enjoying the show. Little did he expect that the situation would completely reverse a few minutes later!