Chapter 508 Mysterious Disappearance
In any case, since the police were here, Duanmu Huai didn't object to inviting them in. When they entered the carriage and saw Duanmu Huai, the two policemen were startled, but fortunately they still knew how to behave. There was no overreaction to Duanmuhuai.
Duanmuhuai finally learned about the situation from the policeman.
It turns out that someone was not killed, but someone was missing.
Missing?
On this train traveling at a speed of 180 kilometers per hour? ? ?
Duanmu Huai couldn't help but glance out the window subconsciously. Although he couldn't see anything, he could still hear the rhythmic clanking of the train.
Could it be that the other party can't fly?
But just check, just check. A carriage is only so big, so Duanmuhuai doesn't care. After all, he doesn't think these people can dig out a body from under his wardrobe, bed, etc. You know The bell girl has been lying next to her, and there is Lorena guarding outside. It's a shame that people in this world have such abilities.
As expected, the group of policemen searched the place and found nothing special, so they apologized to Duanmuhuai and left the carriage, while Duanmuhuai continued to sleep.
Although it was indeed strange that someone was missing in a moving train, he was not Conan. Who wanted to investigate such things, and he didn't want to cause more trouble.
However, just because Duanmu Huai thinks so, it doesn't mean that others think so too.
Early the next morning, just after enjoying the steaming breakfast, Duanmuhuai's carriage received an uninvited guest.
"I heard that you are a detective, please help me!!"
Looking at the woman crying to him in front of him, Duanmu Huai was also speechless.
Good guy, when I was in Arkham City, I was so idle that I couldn't even pick up a case. Why did a case come to my door when I left the city?
Could it be that Arkham City has bad feng shui?
"Forget it, tell me what the situation is first."
The woman introduced herself. She was a small employee of a financial magazine. She was on a business trip with her teacher. Her teacher was a financial reporter. The reason why she took this train this time was because of the target of their interview, the entrepreneur Mr. Philip. They were allowed an exclusive interview opportunity, and tickets were also prepared for both of them.
As a reporter, such good things as exclusive interviews are naturally rare, so she boarded the train with her teacher. After dinner yesterday, her teacher was invited to conduct an interview in the first-class carriage room where Philip was located. She, the little follower, was responsible for waiting for the teacher to come back in her seat.
As a result, an hour and a half later, her teacher came back from the interview, but his face was ashen, as if he had encountered something terrible. Naturally, the woman asked questions out of curiosity. At that time, her teacher just glared at her and told her not to talk too much. He also asked the woman to prepare to pack up all the gifts and they would get off the bus immediately when they arrived at the transfer station tomorrow.
Not enough, before going to bed, her teacher also specifically warned the woman that if anything happens to her, she must be careful about Phillip! !
The woman was also frightened by her teacher's serious look. She nodded and said nothing more, but she was also curious and uneasy, and she didn't sleep well for half the night. Then in the middle of the night, the woman wanted to get up to go to the toilet, only to find that the teacher who was originally lying on the bed was missing!
At first, the woman thought that the teacher had also gone to the toilet, but she searched around and found no trace of her teacher. He was not in the toilet, the dining car or other places. At this time, the woman remembered what the teacher said to her before turning off the lights, so she hurriedly found the police officer and asked for help.
So there was the scene where Duanmu Huai was woken up in the middle of the night yesterday.
And now she comes to the door, which means…………
"Your teacher hasn't been found yet?"
"Yes."
The woman nodded with red eyes.
"They searched all over, but found nothing, but I know it must have been Philip who did it!"
"Hmm..."
Hearing this, Duanmu Huai also started thinking. It was obvious that there was a suspect. Since her teacher specifically said this to her before going to bed, it meant that he must know something that no one should know. As for the disappearance, he was probably silenced by Philip, so the next question becomes, how did that guy do it with such a big train?
Here, we must first explain the structure of this train.
First of all, the front is naturally the front of the car, which goes without saying. Behind the front of the car is the cabin where the flight attendants are, followed by a second-class cabin, a first-class cabin, the dining car, and then the first-class cabin where Duanmu Huai is - there's nothing we can do about it, after all, he occupies the cabin alone. The entire carriage can only be placed at the end, otherwise it will get stuck directly if it is placed in the middle.
In addition, this is a tourist train, so there are not too many people. There are about ten passengers in the second class, and six passengers in the first class occupy three rooms. Among them, Philip lived alone in one room, then a couple lived in one room, and then a family of three lived in one room. The six of them occupied three of the four rooms in the first-class cabin.
Then there are Duanmuhuai and Lorena.
The second-class cabin is an ordinary sleeper carriage, and the first-class cabin is a soft sleeper. Only wealthy people can afford single rooms like Duanmuhuai's. But no matter what, the train car was so big, and the two policemen walked from beginning to end, but couldn't find any clues about the female teacher, which made her confused.
Later, one of the police officers saw that the woman was really panicked and told her that the person living in the first class cabin was a detective. You can try to find him...
To put it simply, you have a headache and don’t want to mind other things, so why don’t you blame it on yourself?
"Forget it, I'll go take a look and talk about it later."
Anyway, taking a train means being idle. Now we are not in that era. When we are bored, we can still use our tablet to surf the Internet. Mobile phones are still new these days, and staying in the room is really boring. If there is nothing to do, I just follow the woman to check on the situation.
It's just that for Duanmu Huai, walking in the carriage is not very friendly. As we all know, the doors of the train are small and narrow, and the passages in the carriage are also small and narrow. Duanmu Huai also turned sideways and took the risk In the movie, the protagonist's spirit traveled through the gaps in the ruins and ruins, and finally reached the first-class cabin where the woman was in the second-class cabin.
The second-class cabin is similar to a hard-sleeper carriage, with two upper and lower beds. However, since there are not many people, it is still acceptable except that the space is slightly smaller. The woman and her teacher lived in the two lower bunks, and you could see duffel bags and suitcases placed around them. It seemed that they were also repacking and heading out. “This is filled with some equipment used for reporting and shooting.”
The woman was also a little embarrassed to explain to Duanmu Huai. After all, in their line of work, shooting equipment must be indispensable, and they must be good things, not the kind of travel goods that cost hundreds of dollars. This is why the woman, as a One of the reasons why the little follower came to the interview with her teacher.
After all, these devices are so expensive, and a camera costs thousands or tens of thousands. It would be troublesome if they were lost.
"Did your teacher leave anything behind?"
"No."
Hearing Duanmuhuai's question, the woman shook her head. According to her, when her teacher disappeared, his coat and wallet were not there, as if he had gone out. That's why she thought her teacher had gone outside to smoke or go to the toilet, but she searched for a long time and couldn't find anyone...
"Then, he should have brought something with him when he went to interview the man named Philip."
Duanmuhuai remembered that reporters usually use a tape recorder or video recorder for interviews, and if that doesn't work, they would take notes.
"No, I searched all over, but couldn't find anything about the teacher."
"Read it again."
"Okay."
Although she was a little surprised by Duanmu Huai's request, the woman still nodded, and then began to reopen the suitcase and travel bag, rummaging through them one by one. Duanmu Huai stood there, staring at her movements. In fact, Duanmu Huai had no intention of rummaging around. On the one hand, his body was inconvenient, and on the other hand, he had a more suitable assistant.
"Meow."
Sure enough, just after the woman rummaged through the suitcase, opened the suitcase next to it and poured out the contents, the eyes of the black cat Suzunu who was lying on Duanmuhuai's shoulder lit up, as if she had discovered something, and she suddenly jumped down and jumped to the ground. On the bed, he stretched out his claws and grabbed the travel bag.
"Wow! What's going on?"
Seeing the black cat that suddenly appeared, the woman was also startled, while Duanmu Huai's eyes lit up at this moment.
"Wait, let's see what's in this travel bag?"
"Huh? There's nothing in here?"
Hearing Duanmuhuai's words, the woman was stunned for a moment. Then she stretched out her hand and touched the edge of the travel bag held by the black cat. Then she was stunned for a moment and raised her head to look at Duanmuhuai.
"Mr. Detective, there seems to be a note hidden here!"
"Take it out."
"Okay."
The woman also nodded, then put her hand into the travel bag, and then turned it over. Only then did Duanmuhuai see that there was actually a hidden bag sealed inside the travel bag... Well, I have to say , her teacher is really an old lady. Although this kind of secret bag can't hold too many things, if you put a note or something in it, most people obviously won't notice it, right?
The woman took out the note and took a look at it. Then her expression suddenly changed, and then she looked at Duanmu Huai.
"Mr. Detective, this..."
"What's wrong?"
Duanmu Huai stretched out his hand and took the note from the woman's hand. When he saw the content on the note, he also raised his eyebrows slightly.
I saw this was a financial list, which contained Phillip's transfer of funds to an organization, and the name of this organization was...Silver Dusk Cabin!
This is a cult organization!
Duanmuhuai knows this Yinmu Hut!
On the surface it is an elite upper-class club, but in fact it is a cult. And unlike other cult organizations, the Silver Dusk Lodge does not believe in or serve a specific evil god. This group of people is completely noble and not noble. From Naiya Yogabhos to Migois, there are all kinds of monsters and monsters. Visitors are not spared.
It can be said that most of the troubles in this world (if not all) are basically caused by this broken organization!
And now it seems that her teacher obviously found out that the entrepreneur named Philip was related to this organization, so he was targeted?
All in all...go arrest people first!
Although Duanmu Huai had no evidence, he was joking. What evidence did the judge want to arrest someone? He came directly to the first-class cabin angrily, and then kicked open Phillip's cabin door, and then.........
“Where are the people???”
Looking at the empty guest room, Duanmu Huai was dumbfounded.
(End of chapter)