Chapter 514 Stupid Mortal
When Duanmuhuai returned to the viewing platform again, others also raised their heads and looked at him with uneasy eyes.
"How's it going? Mr. Detective, have you found the murderer?"
Looking at Duanmu Huai, the male student who had greeted him before hurriedly asked, but upon hearing his inquiry, the few people following Duanmu Huai showed very complicated expressions. At first, they thought they could identify the murderer as long as they found enough evidence or clues. As a result...the more clues they found, the more they found the murderer.
"Okay, now let me say a few words."
Duanmuhuai knocked on the table to signal everyone to look at him, then he narrowed his eyes and stared at the other people in front of him.
Among the characteristics of the prisoner, the only thing that can be determined is that he smokes. Other than that, there is basically no conclusive evidence. However, Duanmuhuai is not a detective like Conan or Sherlock Holmes who can convince people with reason.
He is better at convincing people with reason.
"After searching, I found some interesting clues..."
As he spoke, Duanmuhuai placed the photo fragments he had obtained from Arthur's room on the table, and then looked at Arthur.
"So, Mr. Arthur, do you have anything to explain about this photo? It's not just Dr. Rose, but also the murdered Mr. Williams and Miss Ethel. However, this photo is in your The room was torn apart. Do you have anything to defend? ”
"I have nothing to say."
Facing Duanmuhuai's inquiry, Arthur still had the same arrogant attitude. Of course, when he saw Duanmuhuai, he restrained himself slightly.
"This is a photo passed down from my family. I have heard about Dr. Rose from my family before. Indeed, I asked Dr. Rose to provide me with some medicine, but if you want to accuse me of murder because of this, If so, that’s another matter.”
"Huh? Am I in this photo too?"
At this time, the maid Ethel also came over in surprise and looked at the photo carefully.
"Ah, this may be my mother. I remember she said before that she also worked as a maid..."
"Okay."
Duanmuhuai temporarily put the photo aside, and then looked at Fred.
"Mr. Fred, you should understand what we want to ask you. In your room, we found a large number of magic circles similar to those at the crime scene. What explanation do you have for this?"
"Of course I drew it."
Fred didn't seem surprised by Duanmuhuai's inquiry, and he spoke quickly.
"I also know some occult science, so I can naturally see that that evil and weird magic circle will definitely bring some kind of terrible nightmare. Therefore, in order to protect myself, I will also draw some protective magic in my cabin. Formation to protect my safety!”
Well, yes, for good reason.
Duanmu Huai glanced at him, withdrew his gaze, and then focused on the last suspect.
"Mr. Bart."
He signaled the navigator Bart to come to him, then took out the pocket watch from his pocket and threw it on the table.
"I would be very grateful if you could explain to me why the victim's pocket watch is in your box."
“You………………!”
Seeing this pocket watch, navigator Bart immediately blushed. He stared at Duanmuhuai with wide eyes.
"I, I don't know what you are talking about..."
"It's useless to argue, Mr. Bart. So many people saw that I took this pocket watch out of your box, so...you'd better be able to give me an explanation like them." .”
Duanmuhuai pouted, but his eyes were still looking at the navigator in front of him. The latter gritted his teeth under Duanmuhuai's gaze and finally lowered his head.
"Okay, I said... I said...! Damn it, I admit it, I am a thief. I will always go to the guests' rooms to steal some small things after they leave the cabin. Take our airship They are all rich people, they don't care about the loss of a little gadget! It was the same this time, I saw Mr. Williams left his room and went to smoke. room, and his cabin door was not locked, so I took the opportunity to go in. I saw that the pocket watch on the bedside table was very valuable, so I stole it and ran away in a hurry. Not long after, I heard Someone shouted for help, and I learned that Mr. Williams was killed! I stole his pocket watch, but I definitely didn’t kill anyone!”
"Wait."
Hearing this, Duanmu Huai frowned.
"Did you see Mr. Williams go to the smoking room?"
"Yes."
"So was he alone at that time? What was his mental state?"
“This………………”
Facing Duanmuhuai's inquiry, navigator Bart recalled for a while.
"I'm not sure. He is a person, but I don't know his mental state, because I only saw the back and not the front."
"Okay."
After listening to Bart's defense, Duanmuhuai nodded.
"The facts are very clear, the murderer is..."
"Who is the murderer?"
Hearing this, everyone present also concentrated their attention and stared at Duanmu Huai. Then under everyone's gaze, Duanmu Huai... spread his hands.
"It doesn't matter who it is."
"………………Huh???"
It has to be said that everyone was stunned when they heard Duanmu Huai's unexpected answer.
"What are you talking about?"
"You only focus on thinking about who is the murderer, but you ignore a very simple thing."
Duanmu Huai leaned back on the sofa, and the velvet sofa squeaked and deformed under the pressure of his huge body.
"To be honest, the crime itself is not complicated. It is very simple. There are also traces left at the crime scene. For example, those magic circles... the prisoner painted them with his fingers, so as long as we call the police after arriving at the destination, the police will only need to extract the magic circle. If you compare his fingerprints with everyone else, it will be clear who the prisoner is.”
"Then why don't we do it?"
Hearing this, a student from Shuo College shouted, while Duanmu Huai shrugged his shoulders. "It's very simple, we don't have the corresponding equipment, and comparing fingerprints is a very professional thing, and not just anyone can do it. So do you understand?"
"????"
Faced with Duanmu Huai's words, everyone was still confused, but looking at their appearance, Duanmu Huai sighed helplessly.
"The prisoner's actions were crude, and he destroyed the radio and cut off our communication with the outside world. Then the answer will come out if you think about it - the prisoner is not afraid of his true identity being exposed at all, because in the prisoner's plan, all of us will Die here..."
After saying this, Duanmu Huai raised his head and looked at the person next to him.
"Are you right? Dr. Rose?"
"Hey————?!"
Hearing this, everyone turned their heads in surprise and looked at Rose, the doctor of "Full Moon and Stars". The latter trembled slightly under Duanmuhuai's gaze, and then took a step back.
"What are you talking about? I've been with you all this time, why am I the prisoner! Do you have evidence?"
"Evidence, of course I am..."
However, before Duanmu Huai finished speaking, Dr. Rose suddenly screamed, and the next moment she suddenly jumped up with movements unimaginable by humans, lying on the ceiling like a spider, glaring at everyone fiercely. .
Duanmu Huai finished his words calmly.
"...Of course I don't have the evidence. In fact, I just wanted to deceive you. But now, if you take the initiative to expose it, then I don't need to make any more reasoning."
"………………"
Hearing this, Dr. Rose's expression suddenly turned as if she had eaten shit. She glared at Duanmuhuai fiercely and gritted her teeth.
"Why do you doubt me?"
"Oh, actually the reason is very simple, that photo."
Duanmuhuai pointed at the photo.
"Photos?"
"Yes, that's a photo from twenty years ago, but you may not have noticed that the you in it are almost exactly the same as you are now. At least Miss Ethel gave me an answer that the maid in the photo might be her mother. , but for you, there seems to be nothing unusual about this photo itself, which means that you are completely accustomed to appearing in front of everyone with this appearance.”
Having said this, Duanmuhuai looked at Dr. Rose with a half-smile.
"And you may not have noticed that I didn't ask about the relationship between you and Mr. Arthur. You could obviously say that you didn't know, but you had to take the initiative to say that he threatened to blackmail you into prescribing illegal drugs to him. So you are Deliberately misleading everyone into a blind spot, that is, when a person commits a crime When you are young, then he will not commit another case. As long as you prove that you are a suspect in the extortion case, the suspicion of becoming a murderer will be reduced... Of course, you can't deceive the police with this trick, but it is useful. It’s more than enough to deal with ordinary people.”
Speaking of this, Duanmuhuai glanced at Arthur.
"As for Mr. Arthur...well, I have to say that you are good at singing the double act."
"Mr. Detective, do you mean that Mr. Arthur is also a criminal?"
"Of course, he is an accessory and Dr. Rose is the principal. The whole process was carefully designed by the two of them."
After saying this, Duanmu Huai's eyes became serious when he looked at the two of them.
"So...if I guess correctly, you are all from the Silver Dusk Cottage."
"It's a pity that you knew it too late, you idiots!"
With a howl, Dr. Rose turned over and landed next to Arthur. The latter adjusted his clothes and looked at everyone triumphantly. As for Dr. Rose beside him, her hands and feet were as thin and long as a spider at this moment. Even her face gradually began to crack. Her jaw split into two, revealing the sharp inside. teeth and tongue.
Then, Rose looked at the stunned and frightened people, opened her mouth and roared.
"Nyarlathotep is coming back! And all of you will be sacrificed to him!"
While screaming, Doctor Rose, who transformed into a monster, rushed directly towards Lorena who was blocking the door.
"Look, this is the great power of Nyarlathotep. You will only die in front of its power!!!"
While screaming, Dr. Rose stretched out her claws and opened her mouth and rushed towards Lorena, trying to attack her.
However, at this moment, a scene that no one could have imagined happened.
Faced with Dr. Rose's attack, Lorena did not dodge. She just stood there, holding the heavy holy book in her hand tightly, and then leaped forward, avoiding Dr. Rose's twisted attack. With his arms torn apart, he came in front of her, held the holy book in his hand in front of Dr. Rose's face, raised it high, and then slapped it hard!
"Bang!!!"
The next moment, everyone saw Dr. Rose screaming and flying backwards like a thrown bowling ball, directly hitting the wall next to her, twitching and making no movement.
Seeing this scene, Arthur's expression suddenly changed. He quickly took out a pistol from his arms and aimed it at everyone.
"Don't move, no one is allowed to come over, or I will..."
However, before Arthur could finish his words, he saw Duanmu Huai standing up from the sofa and walking towards him with long strides. Looking at the terrifying, huge figure and the ferocious face, Arthur was so frightened that his mind went blank and he couldn't even pull the trigger!
[You have intimidated the cultist Arthur! 】
[Cultist Arthur is conducting an appraisal—the appraisal failed]
【Cultist Arthur was surprised】
[Cultist Arthur lost 1D6 points of sanity]
[Cultist Arthur falls into fear! 】
"No, don't come over!!!"
Arthur's eyes widened, looking at the figure walking towards him. His hands were shaking crazily. He couldn't even pull the trigger. He could only watch Duanmu Huai coming to his side. In front of him, and then... punched out.
"Bang!!!"
The next moment, Arthur was punched by Duanmu Huai and flew into the air, then fell heavily to the ground and fell into a coma.
"Okay."
Duanmuhuai waved his hand and turned his head to look at the others.
"Now, the case is solved."
(End of chapter)