Chapter 513 Lost
"He" is waiting.
The discovery of the corpse was what "he" expected, and the fear and anxiety displayed by these stupid mortals now was exactly what "he" wanted to see. In fact, these mortals are not just the audience of this show, they are also the sacrifices of the terrifying and great existence that is about to come to this world!
Feel honored, stupid, humble mortals, how honored you are to be able to gain the qualification and honor to be the first to face that existence, and merge with its soul and flesh.
Thinking of this, "he" showed a cold smile, but just as the corners of his mouth turned up, he saw the girl blocking the door, holding a holy book in her hands, looking at him curiously, and said in shock, "He" "He lowered his head in a hurry, and at the same time, "he" was also mocking the girl's stupidity deep in his heart.
It's so stupid to believe in gods that don't exist at all. I really want to see what your reaction will be when you meet the true God...
Thinking of this, "he" clenched his fists and laughed secretly in his heart.
The time for the great return is coming! And I will show you the infinite divine power of that existence here! !
While someone was huddled up and daydreaming, Duanmu Huai was leading others to search the room.
No useful clues were found in places like the infirmary and warehouse. As for Williams' room, Duanmuhuai also went in and took a look. Since Ling Nu didn't respond, there was probably nothing there.
Next, he came to another guest room, which was the room of Fred Winston, the discoverer of the body.
Although he was the first discoverer of the body, this does not mean that he is not suspected. On the contrary, many times the first discoverer of a crime scene is more suspicious. It’s not that Duanmu Huai has any investigative experience, it’s simply that this kind of thing happens too much in the game. Each of these cultists is as if they are possessed by the movie king. What’s the point of pretending to be the first discoverer? There are also those who directly pretend to be of the victim.
The more you see it, the more you will get used to it.
However, when Duanmuhuai opened the door to Fred's room and saw the scene inside, everyone was immediately shocked.
I saw that the floor of the entire room was painted with circular magic circles and patterns similar to those around the previous corpse, and candles were lit around it. It had a gloomy look, and something was wrong at first glance!
"Is Mr. Fred the prisoner?!"
Seeing this, the bodyguards and doctors were also surprised. Of course they knew who the first discoverer was, but as ordinary people, they must subconsciously think that the first discoverer should not be the prisoner. This logic is actually very normal. After all, ordinary people Generally speaking, if most people do something bad, they hope to be discovered as late as possible. How can anyone not only not cover up their crimes, but also take the initiative to expose them?
But now the evidence is solid...
"Okay, Fred may not be the prisoner."
Duanmuhuai seemed quite calm and waved his hand.
"But the weird magic circles here are obviously the same as those in the smoking room!"
"Similar, but I don't know if the effect is the same."
Duanmuhuai walked into the room as he spoke, then lowered his head and twitched his nose.
"Does Fred smoke?"
"This..."
Hearing Duanmu Huai's question, everyone looked at each other, and then the female student from the master's college nodded.
"He smokes! When I came out just now, I saw him holding a pipe in his hand!"
"Very well, let's continue."
Duanmuhuai silently made a note in the small notebook in his heart, then turned and left. Ling Nu's lack of expression meant that no useful clues could be found in this room... That's right, Duanmu Huai was too lazy to rummage through the cabinets to find things. With Ling Nu as an expert, he was naturally happy to be a tool.
After that, Duanmuhuai went around to other rooms and finished all the rooms on his side. Except for the room where Fred, the one who discovered the body, had something fishy, the other rooms were all normal.
Then there are three cabins opposite, belonging to the deceased Williams and his bodyguard Dot, followed by Arthur Dot.
Duanmuhuai had already visited Williams and Dot's room and found nothing unexpected. On the contrary, it was Arthur's room that gave Duanmuhuai an unexpected surprise - originally he was just going to go through the motions, but let Duanmuhuai What Duanmuhuai didn't expect was that when he opened the door and walked into Arthur's room, he saw the black cat lying on his shoulder seemed to have discovered something, barked suddenly, then jumped down and rushed directly Enter the trash can in Arthur's room.
"Hey, hey, I can go anywhere else."
Seeing the black cat jumping into the trash can, Duanmu Huai was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to lift Lingnu out of the trash can. Then he lowered his head and looked towards the trash can. Then Duanmu Huai saw the There is a pile of shredded paper - and it's not just ordinary shredded paper, it looks... like a photo?
"What is this?"
Duanmuhuai picked up the pieces of paper in the trash can and put them back together... Well, it turned out to be a photo.
This is a photo of a group of people.
That would be fine if it were just that, but the problem is... there is something wrong with the person in this photo.
In the middle of this photo is the victim, Williams Ford, and among the crowd, Duanmuhuai also saw another figure...
"Dr. Rose."
Duanmuhuai turned his head and looked at Rose, who was now pale.
"You didn't tell me that you and Williams knew each other."
As Duanmuhuai spoke, he clicked on the photos. At this moment, Dr. Rose's expression also changed drastically, and then she gritted her teeth.
"I, I did have a few encounters with Williams, but I didn't kill Williams, and I didn't know he was on this airship!"
"So, where did you meet?"
Duanmuhuai stared at Dr. Rose and asked. He remembered clearly that Williams' diary stated that when he was young, he had joined an elite club of the upper class, the Silver Dusk Cottage. And who knows if the photo in front of me was taken by someone from Silver Dusk House.
If this is the case, then Dr. Rose is also a member of Silverdusk's cabin, which means she is also a cultist!
There's also the problem that this photo was found in Arthur's room, and Arthur also smokes!
Not only that, although Dr. Rose is a female doctor, she also smokes!
If she is a cultist, then the previous testimony that the prisoner is an adult male can be completely overturned!
"Wait!"
At this moment, bodyguard Dot seemed to have discovered something. He hurriedly came over, carefully observed the photo, and then stretched out his hand.
"Look here!" "Huh?"
Duanmuhuai looked in the direction of bodyguard Dot's finger and towards the edge of the photo. Then his eyes suddenly opened wide and he saw half of the maid captured on the edge of the photo. Although there is only half a body and a head, it can be seen that this must be the maid Ethel on the airship!
Oh, now things are getting more and more interesting.
Looking at the photo in front of him, Duanmu Huai couldn't help but touch his chin. He originally thought this was just a simple murder by a cultist, but now it seems that there are at least three people in this airship who knew the deceased Williams!
At least judging from this photo, Dr. Rose and the maid named Ethel are inextricably linked! Also, this photo was found in Arthur's room. Even if he is not in it, it means that this photo is related to Arthur!
In other words, in addition to Fred, the arrogant Arthur, doctor Rose and maid Ethel are also suspects!
After all, Williams made it very clear in his diary that the reason for his escape was that the cultists at Silver Dusk Lodge wanted to use his blood to perform some evil ritual. So from the current point of view, the murderer is probably the person Williams met in the Silver Dusk Club!
If the people in this photo are all members of Silver Dusk Lodge, then neither the doctor Rose nor the maid Ethel can escape the relationship!
The only problem is that judging from the time when this photo was taken, it was twenty years ago, but the maid Ethel is only in her twenties... Of course, the premise is that she is still a human being and not a monster.
Everyone was panicking now, Duanmuhuai also stared at Dr. Rose, who gritted his teeth and finally lowered his head.
"Well, I said, it was actually Arthur who threatened me..."
"Threaten you?"
"Yes, Arthur wanted me to give him some illegal drugs, you know, but of course I didn't want to, and then Arthur threatened me, saying that if I didn't want to, he would report my past..."< br>
"Your past?"
"...I used to be a doctor, but once, I treated a girl, but the girl disappeared after the treatment. Then I took the blame for this incident, and I lost my job as a doctor. Qualification, I had to leave and go to other places. It was not until twenty years later that I thought that things would be fine after so long, so I took this airship and planned to go back and have a look... but I didn't expect to meet Arthur... …………”
Having said this, Dr. Rose looked at the photo with a complicated expression.
"As for this photo, it was indeed taken when we were in the club before. As for why Arthur had this photo, I don't know..."
"………………"
Hearing this, Duanmu Huai frowned. Indeed, it was not news that nobles took drugs, and this reason made sense.
Of course, the premise is that this club is not Silver Dusk Lodge, otherwise, he must suspect that this is probably a well-planned murder, and the murderer is not one person, but a group of people!
“…………Let’s go.”
After listening to Dr. Rose's explanation, Duanmuhuai just glanced at her lightly, and then looked away. At this moment, Dot was standing beside Dr. Rose and grabbed her arm. The female student from the master's college kept a distance from her, and Dr. Rose herself looked gloomy.
It was originally just a formal investigation, but unexpectedly more and more things were uncovered. As more and more evidence became available, the truth of the case became more and more confusing. So Duanmu Huai quickly gathered his thoughts, left Arthur's room, and headed to the last two rooms - the crew lounge and crew bedroom. The two rooms are connected to the observation deck and are only accessible to the ship's stewards.
Of course, I don’t care about that much now.
Duanmuhuai first came to the crew's bedroom. There were four bunk beds here. It was very simple and simple, not as luxurious as the cabin - well, it was normal.
"Meow!"
However, just when Duanmuhuai walked into the crew's bedroom, the black cat seemed to find something again. He barked softly, jumped off Duanmuhuai's shoulders, landed on the ground, and then circled around a suitcase next to him. , then raised his head and looked at Duanmuhuai.
"What an amazing kitten."
Seeing this scene, the female students from the master's school couldn't help but sigh. They followed Duanmuhuai all the way and found that this black cat was particularly powerful. Every time it found the evidence, they didn't know that such a little How did the cat find it? Does it have the same sense of smell as a dog and can it easily find something?
Duanmu Huai just laughed at this, joking, Lingnu's investigative ability is better than a real detective, right? He walked to the box and saw that there was a lock on it. Of course, for Duanmu Huai, this lock Locks are not an issue at all.
I saw him reaching out, grabbing the top with his right hand, and the bottom of the lock with his left hand, and then twisted it hard!
"Click!"
With a soft sound, the next moment everyone watched helplessly as the lock was broken in the middle by Duanmu Huai!
“Hiss————!!”
Seeing this scene, everyone couldn't help but take a breath of air and looked at Duanmu Huai in horror.
That's a steel lock. In Duanmuhuai's hand, it looks like it's made of wood.
How strong is this man?
Duanmu Huai naturally didn't care about the panic of the melon-eating crowd. He threw away the broken lock and opened the box. It was basically filled with some personal clothes and the like, and there was nothing particularly strange. There was no murder weapon—well, it would have been nice if there was a murder weapon.
"Wait!"
However, just when Duanmuhuai picked up a pocket watch, Dot stood up again.
"This is Williams' pocket watch!"
"Are you sure?"
"Of course, when you open the watch cover, there are his initials inside!"
After hearing Dote's vow, Duanmu Huai also opened his pocket watch, and sure enough, he found the abbreviation W.F on the inside of the watch cover.
"Did Williams say he lost his pocket watch?"
"No, when I left his room this morning, the pocket watch was still on the table."
"That would be interesting..."
Duanmu Huai took out his pocket watch and closed the lid. Fortunately, there was a name on the box, so there was no need to trouble him to investigate further.
This is none other than Navigator Bart's box.
Well, there’s another name on the suspect’s notebook.
Duanmuhuai stared at the name above for a moment, and then looked away.
"Okay, let's go back to the observation deck. Next, it's time to find the murderer."
(End of chapter)