After using it for these past few days, Ayanokouji Kiyohira had already figured out the specific functions and usage of the [Pinocchio Bracelet].
The definition of a lie is "saying something different from the truth while knowing the facts," meaning speech that subjectively contradicts objective facts.
Initially, Ayanokouji Kiyohira had hoped that [Pinocchio] could disregard the environment and directly determine whether a statement contradicted objective reality, allowing him to endlessly ask questions to uncover unknown information and thus achieve "omniscience"...
Later, he realized he had overthought it.
The "lie detection" function of the Pinocchio Bracelet is actually similar to common lie detectors on the market, which determine whether someone is lying by analyzing various subtle physiological changes that occur when the target's emotions change.
However, compared to ordinary lie detectors, it is more efficient and more discreet.
Ayanokouji Kiyohira didn't know how accurate it was, but at least it hadn't failed once when he used it so far. The accuracy of the current lie detection results was one hundred percent—
Of course, it doesn't rule out that some professionally trained individuals might be able to fool "Pinocchio"'s lie detection.
After testing the limitations of the Pinocchio Bracelet, Ayanokouji Kiyohira wasn't disappointed.
If this bracelet could truly do what he initially imagined, ignoring any environment to "determine the truth of a statement," then he could completely use this Pinocchio Bracelet to solve global mathematical problems.
Of course, it's obvious that such a thing is unlikely.
After all, this is just an "SR," not an "SSR." It can't be like the system's guaranteed mechanism, reaching a point where it can affect reality.
Moreover, many things, like "beauty," do not have an absolute standard answer.
Take the example of the handsome man Zou Ji in ancient texts comparing his beauty to Xu Gong of the North City.
Zou Ji's wife genuinely believed he was more beautiful than Xu Gong of the North City, and this was a sincere statement, not a lie.
However, his concubine and guests, while saying he was more beautiful than Xu Gong, did not truly believe it in their hearts, which made it a lie.
The Pinocchio Bracelet can identify this kind of "insincere speech," but it cannot truly determine "who is more beautiful, Zou Ji or Xu Gong."
Although Yumemi Yumemite's acting was excellent, and she denied her relationship with Student Council Vice President Ririka with an air of conviction.
However, she had not undergone professional training. She only adjusted her micro-expressions but failed to change her heart rate, pulse, and other physiological reactions, making it quite easy for the Pinocchio Bracelet to detect that she was lying.
As expected... Vice President Ririka is Anna Kinomiya.
After several attempts and guesses, Ayanokouji Kiyohira finally confirmed this information.
After confirming this, Ayanokoji did not make things difficult for Yumemi and let her go.
Yumemi thought her acting was excellent and that she had completely fooled Ayanokoji, so she left happily.
Based on the direction she left, Ayanokoji guessed she was probably heading to the Student Council, not knowing if she was going for a "meeting" or to "claim credit" from Ririka.
At the opening ceremony just now, Vice President Ririka was also present. She wore a white mask that concealed her identity and voice, and delivered a speech in a deep female voice.
The pure white smiling mask, combined with her silver hair and deep voice, made her look like a cold and ruthless enforcer, sending shivers down the spines of countless students.
However, thinking about Anna's cute face behind the mask, she might have been blushing and shy while delivering the speech... Ayanokoji couldn't help but want to laugh out loud.
Most of the students in the auditorium had left by now, and staff members were already sweeping and cleaning up the colorful balls.
Ayanokouji Kiyohira didn't linger there either. He left the auditorium and returned to the Cooking Room.
As soon as he pushed open the door, he heard Togakushi Yukimi, dressed in a maid uniform, speaking voluminously with her back to him.
"I'm sure this assassination attempt on the Prime Minister won't be that simple!
In Kotaro Isaka's 'Golden Slumber,' there was a similar case of a prime minister being attacked, where a rival politician, a member of parliament, secretly orchestrated the attack but framed an ordinary deliveryman!
If it weren't for some friends lending him a hand, this deliveryman would have truly become a'scapegoat' without any resistance!"
Ayanokouji Kiyohira had also read 'Golden Slumber,' which Togakushi Yukimi mentioned. He casually continued from behind her, "But in the end, that deliveryman was still considered the murderer.
Although some people twenty years later doubted whether the truth of the matter was really like that, he still wasn't exonerated, and the crime of assassinating the prime minister remained on his shoulders."
Togakushi Yukimi turned her head and, seeing that the speaker was Ayanokoji, who had just entered, she excitedly pushed up her glasses.
"Ayanokoji, you've read this novel too, right! Do you think the recent attack on the Prime Minister is like the novel, where the real culprit is still hidden behind the scenes? And the gunman who acted in public is just a 'scapegoat'?"
"I don't think that's very likely."
Meari propped her face with one hand and interjected, "Haven't the details of the culprit's background been released these past few days? He attacked the Prime Minister out of a fit of rage because his mother's obsession with a cult led to the ruin of their family, leaving them unable to make ends meet. Didn't he admit all of this himself?"
"No, no, no…" Togakushi Yukimi shook her head sagely and chuckled, "All the information you know is what the police want you to know. What if all of it is false evidence?"
"I'm not saying this culprit is innocent. My point is that someone definitely instructed him to do this; he didn't accomplish this alone."
"The police publicly released the culprit's information without reservation and broadcast all the unverified information about the culprit provided by the public, inciting public sentiment and making everyone believe that the gunman attacked the Prime Minister of his own accord, without any instructions from anyone.
But in fact, the night before the Prime Minister's speech, he wasn't originally supposed to speak there, but suddenly changed his route. I don't believe a common citizen could receive this information at the first opportunity and correct his plan in time…"
"Then who do you think is the mastermind behind the scenes?" Meari asked casually, clearly no longer interested in her statement.
"Whoever benefits most from this incident is likely the mastermind! I suspect the current acting Prime Minister is very likely the hidden hand, that he orchestrated everything.
But you can't say for sure. It's also possible that America found the former Prime Minister too disobedient and decided to remove him, installing another Prime Minister in his place…"
Togakushi Yukimi excitedly speculated about the culprit, growing more and more thrilled. Even though she hadn't found the truth, she began to fantasize: "Hey, what do you guys think, is there any chance I could become the first detective to solve this case, rise to fame, and become a dazzling new star in the detective world!?"
A high school detective, huh? That's not a good term at all.
Ayanokouji Kiyohira looked around at everyone and found that, apart from Hanatemari Tsuzura who was listening intently, everyone else was uninterested and busy with their own things.
But who would have thought that when she saw no one responding to her, she turned her gaze to Ayanokouji Kiyohira and excitedly asked, "Ayanokoji, do you think I can solve this case!?"
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