When Dayev’s father confessed, a case closure notification appeared in Dean’s mind: Joint Annihilation Homicide Case Solved. Experience Points +800. Current Value: 19 (2200/3600). He wasn’t far from leveling up again! Although it was confirmed that two individuals involved in the Homon family massacre were already dead in the morgue, and the last one had chosen to surrender voluntarily because his son was arrested, the proper procedures still had to be followed. So, Dean led his team to interrogate the last remaining murderer who had turned himself in. This was to train the rookie. This time, Dean assigned Carlo to handle the interrogation with Harry observing, while he and Daisy monitored from outside to prevent any unexpected issues. For his first official interrogation of a criminal, Carlo, though visibly nervous, handled it quite smoothly. Simon, Dayev’s father, was a bald, middle-aged man. His tough exterior contrasted with his tired, dull eyes. This description matched what the pedophile, Pyle, had said about the third murderer. "Why did you turn yourself in?" "I shot and killed Homon!" Simon nodded. "Yes, I only killed Homon. That bastard kept using drugs to lure my son into helping him traffic and deal. I couldn’t stand it any longer. We had numerous confrontations, but that guy, obsessed with money, didn’t care about my threats. Just then, a woman approached me. She claimed to be Homon’s lover and his assistant in money laundering, but Homon had betrayed her in both aspects. She wanted us to collaborate to get revenge on Homon. I agreed." "Go into more detail!" "I can reveal all the circumstances and cooperate with you, but I have one condition!" Simon’s tone was very firm. Carlo frowned and looked towards Harry. Harry, however, looked directly at the interrogation room’s surveillance camera. 「Outside the interrogation room.」 Daisy, licking a lollipop, remarked, "So, she was both his lover and his money laundering partner, and he betrayed her on both fronts. No wonder the lawyer was willing to risk her career to kill Homon and his family! Dean, what do you think this bald guy’s condition will be?" Dean shrugged. "He probably wants us to release his son. After all, we arrested his son on drug trafficking charges." Meanwhile, Dean’s thoughts drifted to his own money. He now had a considerable fortune, but to evade taxes, he had long since arranged for Dick in New York to handle most of his money before April, the tax declaration month. This allowed him to save at least three million US dollars in payable taxes. This was also one of the reasons he’d chosen to support Dick’s rise to power and help the Lucchese family in New York solve their problems with the authorities. Bringing his thoughts back, Dean pressed a button on the monitor’s controls. The interrogation room camera blinked twice in acknowledgment. Harry saw this and understood Dean had agreed. He then said, "Simon, we can agree to your condition, but it depends on your level of cooperation. Your son has a criminal record for drug trafficking and use. You have no other choice right now!" Simon remained silent for a moment, then reluctantly nodded in agreement and began to recount the details of the horrific massacre: "A few days ago, a woman approached me. Her name was Krami. She claimed to be Homon’s lover and also responsible for helping him launder his drug money. "But Homon’s wife and mother had destroyed her relationship with him. So, Krami had been secretly watching the Homon family, preparing her revenge. "To gain my trust, she explained her plan in detail. She said that all I needed to do was kill Homon, and my son could truly live a normal life. She would take care of everything else." "I brought a Glock 17 I’d assembled myself, one with no serial number. "Krami also found a young man who seemed very timid. He appeared to be an acquaintance of the Homon family. He got Homon’s door open and also acted as a lookout. "As soon as the door opened, Krami lunged forward like a madwoman. She pulled out the dagger she’d brought and stabbed Homon’s mother, who had opened the door, to death. The old woman, who used a wheelchair, had no strength to resist and died right there on the floor. "While Krami was attacking, she shouted at me to act. The moment I saw the blood, I knew there was no turning back. So I pulled the trigger on Homon, who was watching TV..." The details of the murders matched Dean and Holz’s deductions perfectly. The only difference was that Simon had only killed Homon. Krami, an accomplished lawyer, had used a dagger, the iron frame of a clothes hanger, and Simon’s unregistered gun to kill Homon’s mother, wife, and daughter! Harry, who was observing the interrogation, couldn’t help but flinch slightly as he listened to Simon’s account. He realized that often, when a woman was bent on revenge, she could be far more ruthless than any man. Carlo glanced at the note Dean had passed him and continued his questioning: "Since you had a gun, why did Krami resort to such complicated methods? And where did you hide the murder weapons?" "Krami said she wanted the crime scene to appear full of inconsistencies, so she did it deliberately. In fact, she not only provided an identical confession script for me and the other person but also prepared a completely mismatched handgun. She even had me leave my footprints at the scene. "That way, no matter which of us was arrested, the other two could use the pre-designed confessions to build their defense. As for the last unlucky person, there would be a good chance they could get bail due to an incomplete chain of evidence!" "As for the murder weapons..." Simon said with a wry smile, "I don’t like dealing with intelligent people or lawyers! It’s too easy to be fooled by them. Krami didn’t seem like an easy person to handle either, so I took the three murder weapons and hid them. That way, even if I ended up being betrayed, I’d still have some leverage for negotiation. It seems my caution was justified." At the end of the interrogation, once he was assured his son would be released, Simon finally revealed where the murder weapons were hidden. Carlo called Holz and asked him to retrieve the murder weapons. Dean instructed Harry to take the confessing Simon to see his son one last time. Harry was also to coordinate with Eve’s team to release Simon’s son, Dayev, to prevent Simon from causing any further trouble. During the transfer, Harry, who had a daughter himself, felt that Simon didn’t seem like a fundamentally bad person. He couldn’t help but ask, "Man, didn’t you consider that Homon’s daughter was innocent before you did it?" Thıs text ıs hosted at 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩•𝗳𝗂𝗋𝖾•𝕟𝕖𝕥 "I knew," Simon said flatly. "Then why didn’t you do anything before? Why did you act only after being instigated by that bitch?" Simon sighed. "I’d actually considered it before. But I didn’t want someone else’s mistake to lead to the ruin of my own family. I knew that if my son lost my companionship, he would inevitably spiral into drug addiction and eventually die in some dark, forgotten corner." Harry wanted to say more, but Simon raised his head, looked him directly in the eyes, and said earnestly, "Do you understand the despair of watching your own child become addicted to drugs and controlled by others? You want to give them the world, but in the end, you can only watch helplessly as their world crumbles into ruin! In that moment, all kindness and sympathy vanished from my heart!" With that said, Simon, still handcuffed, walked ahead of the escorting officers and disappeared down the corridor.