Chapter 336 The real murderer (two chapters in one)
Now we are in trouble.
Lin Qi felt a headache, and the joy of killing a powerful enemy was instantly diluted.
Now I can't think of leaving the town, which means the incident is not over yet.
If this person is dead, where can I go to ask for details of the incident?
If the problem is not solved, won’t everyone die?
"Huh, I have a headache. How did he die? What are these two people?"
"Snake people are aliens living underground. Their strength is probably the second to third level of power. Most of them worship the Lord of Snakes. , it’s relatively rare on the ground. It’s only been fifty days since you entered this world, and I really didn’t expect you to be able to kill one on your own. I still remember your embarrassment when you faced the Dreadclaw. You have really grown up.” br>
Lin Qi smiled: "What if you don't grow up? You can't just watch some people fight alone."
The police officer's face turned red, she glared at him, and abruptly changed the subject: "Remember, this kind of thing is cunning and cruel by nature, bloodthirsty and violent, and very dangerous. I suspect that Trevor made something wrong during the sacrifice process. , accidentally summoned the snake man, and then was killed by the snake man."
"Is this possible?"
"It's very high, sacrifice is always dangerous, no matter what. To others or to the cultists themselves." The police officer frowned, "But that's just a possibility, there are other possibilities."
"Let me see."
Hit his palm on the ground and activated his ability.
[Power, death, ability, perception of death]
The vision turned into black and white, and the death scene reappeared in the form of blurry lines.
Indeed, Will Trevor knelt beside the blood pool and chanted for a while. The blood pool suddenly began to churn violently, and then two snake men came out. Before the panicked Will could stand up, his throat was cut by the snake man's sword.
“This is indeed the process, but is it really a mistake?”
Lynch was very upset when he was trying to create evidence, but the murderer took the first step, but now that the matter was over, he could only accept it for the time being.
The townspeople were looking for the contract signed with Will Trevor, but they had not found it yet. The gentlemen did not stop them, but helped maintain order. Anyway, Trevor was dead, and these accounts It's very likely that this will end like this.
It seems that they will be given an advantage, but only if everyone here can survive this level. The mysterious incident has not yet been solved, and who knows when people will die.
Maybe in the next second?
Tap tap tap.
The sound of rapid footsteps came from a distance, and someone ran over holding a torch, panting.
As soon as he ran in front of the crowd, before he could catch his breath, he stuttered and shouted, and his voice became shrill.
"Cows, cattle, our cattle are all dead! Everyone's cattle are all dead!"
There was an uproar, and the eyes of the farmers who were rummaging were red. They thought they didn't have to pay back the debt and they got the loan in vain, but in the end they had nothing. The strong contrast made this group of people almost crazy.
Everyone rushed to their homes like crazy. It was all years of hard work, and there were many ungrown calves inside. If they all died, it would be really over.
However, the reality was extremely cruel. None of the cows survived and they all died in the cowshed.
Fortunately, people and other domestic animals are okay.
It was almost twelve o'clock at this time. The fat mayor dragged his chubby body and gathered everyone in the town under the bell tower.
Too many tragedies have happened tonight, but no one can sleep well.
In front of everyone, the fat mayor began to sadly declare the crime of banker Will Trevor.
He killed everyone's livestock and destroyed three families. The crimes were heinous.
For a time, everyone was excited, their eyes were red, and they wanted to demolish Trevor's villa together.
The entire venue was filled with curses.
Lynch and the police officer were watching from the sidelines, listening to Will Trevor's crimes and feeling extremely ironic.
Now that the incident is still going on, what is the use of counting his crimes in detail? In the end, he cannot escape the result of death.
And the ones who died at the end were a bit strange, and I always felt like something was wrong.
"What's the problem? At least those cows didn't turn into mummies with only skin and bones left." Officer Natalie sighed softly, "Otherwise..."
"Wait." Lynch's expression He asked with unprecedented solemnity and a low voice, "What did you just say?"
"The cow didn't turn into a mummy. Did you think of something?"
Lynch raised his hand to signal the police officer to be silent for the time being, then lit his pipe and took a deep breath of the smoke of the Animation Grass.
An invisible thread was connected in his mind, and the doubts that had existed since the beginning of the investigation gradually became clearer.
I understand.
Lin Qi's eyes suddenly lit up, he grabbed the hand of the police officer who was guarding him and whispered a few words in her ear. The police officer looked confused, but still turned around and ran all the way, disappearing into the darkness in the blink of an eye. among.
It wasn’t until more than ten minutes later that she ran back with a puzzled look on her face and nodded to Lynch.
That's right, it's my time now.
Just as the corners of Lynch's mouth curled up, the accusations against Will Trevor continued.
"Although Mike Merlin committed suicide, the death of his wife and children also made me extremely sad." The fat mayor sniffed and choked, "Will is so cold, even Kill all the children, I..."
"Wait a minute, Mr. Mayor." Lynch grabbed the police officer, walked out in front of all the townspeople, took the tin horn, and said loudly, "I think we all got one thing wrong. Mr. Will Trevor may not be the murderer of this incident, at least not entirely."
What? The venue was in an uproar, everyone was making noise, and there was chaos all around. The police officer took a sudden step forward, but a thunderous voice burst out from her well-proportioned body: "Shut up, everyone, and listen to him!"
[Power, law, ability , shock]
The noise stopped suddenly, no one dared to make any more noise, and the venue became eerily quiet.
"Oh, actually I thought so until just now, but we were all wrong. He did commit a heinous crime, but there are some things that cannot be blamed on him."
"The death of a cow There is no connection with the massacre. The two are carried out independently, so the dead cows will have two different appearances, the shriveled corpse and the normal corpse.”
"I just realized that this time is actually two independent incidents. Didn't you notice? The carcasses of the last dead cows were all normal, with no signs of shriveling. This shows that the original four so-called rinderpest victims The cow was the one who died through Mr. Trevor's means, and the cow's shriveled body was not caused by him, but by the culprit who caused the three massacres."
"How is this possible? Their cows are also dead.”
The mayor who witnessed everything was the most shocked, his eyes widened in disbelief.
"Nothing is impossible. This starts with the state of the cow."
The more Lin Qi spoke, the more determined he became and his mind became clearer:
"There are four states of the cow. , first, die first and turn into a mummy after death, second, directly turn into a mummy and die, third, not die, just hide in the animal pen, fourth, die without turning into a mummy.”
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"Among these four states, the third state, those cows hiding in the animal pens, are very similar to the three families hiding home, but they are regarded as the same state, while the first and second states, the state of death The deaths of the three families that were wiped out are also weird and can be classified together. In other words, the first, second and third states are one and the same as those of the three families that were wiped out. They should be the consequences of one event. "
"The fourth state, dead but not mummified, is very redundant. I thought their existence was awkward before, but I just couldn't figure out the reason. Just now I finally realized that this means it It was probably the result of an independent incident, that is, there was another murderer in the first four 'rinderpest' deaths. This murderer was the deceased Mr. Will Trevor. He only wanted to kill cattle, not anyone. There was someone else who committed the murder. "
Lynch's analysis was very fast and his explanation was very complicated. For a while, even though the effect of the police officer's ability had long since passed, there was still silence.
In fact, it was a bit of a wink to the blind. Most of the uneducated farmers couldn't understand it at all. They were just shocked by Lynch's determined attitude and nodded frequently with a blank look on their face.
But several town officials understood what was happening, and they were all extremely shocked. Officer Natalie stood in the shadows with her hat on, covering her soft eyes with the brim of her hat.
“Then who did it!”
The mayor finally came to his senses and asked everyone's thoughts.
“Yes, who did it?” Lynch said with a half-smile, “This starts with the death of Mr. Trevor.”
“Ange and I Officer Er thought his death was an accident, but if he thought about it carefully, it might not be intentional. If he had mastered the method of killing those cows, of course it might have been an accident, but if it was taught to him by others, Well, there is too much room for maneuver. The first few times it was successful because the other party taught the correct method, but this time it failed because the method itself was wrong.”
"No, it can't be said to be wrong. How could it happen that the monster was attracted by mistake? This is too coincidental. There are no coincidences in the mysterious world. It is very likely that this method itself is to attract monsters and turn poor Trevor into a trap. Mr. sent him away."
"Who is this person? No, the last sacrifice was obviously a temporary one, so this trap against Mr. Trevor was also a temporary one. No one can leave here now, so the person who arranged it can't be someone from outside, it can only be these people in the town. But why would Mr. Trevor listen to that person? Does he trust the other person the most? Who is that person? ”
Everyone looked at each other. This miser only loves money. He doesn’t even have a wife or children. Apart from money, the thing he trusts most is probably the safe.
"I happen to know." Lynch sneered, "Someone accidentally said that he is Will Trevor's best friend, right, Mr. Mayor."
Boom.
Lynch's last words almost ignited the entire venue, and all eyes turned to the chubby mayor.
How is it possible? It is impossible for the mayor who has always been a good guy and has been doing his best for the town for many years to do such a thing. This person is absolutely talking nonsense.
But...it seems to make sense. It can't be true.
“You’re talking nonsense.”
The fat mayor never expected that the suspicion would fall on him in the end, and his expression was very angry:
"I have been in the town for forty years. When have I ever done anything that was sorry to the town? Even if you are the municipal government You can't insult me like this. I have no reason to do such a thing."
"If you ask me how you did it, I really don't know, but I can tell you the reason for doing it. Guess roughly.”
Under the gaze of hundreds of eyes, Lin Qi stood tall and said calmly:
"There is a saying in the age of mythology. Talking too much will inevitably reveal flaws. You must remember it next time."
The corners of the fat mayor’s eyes twitched and he opened his mouth but said nothing.
"The land purchase orders in the past few years have put Wilson Town in huge trouble. Mr. Mayor, if this continues, sooner or later the land in the town will be acquired by the rich and factory owners in the city. When everyone disperses, the town will have no meaning of existence. You just said in the afternoon that you are willing to do anything to protect the town, including today’s incident?”
Fat? The mayor pursed his lips and remained silent.
“You also said that everyone refused to sell their land until they died. The townspeople would rather die on their own land than leave. So, you helped them achieve their goal and died on their own land. The land is on the ground?" Lynch sighed, "Mr. Mayor, you have been very cooperative with us today, and everyone has been very happy to cooperate. I personally don't want this to be true, but your suspicion is really high. This afternoon Your cooperation is actually to direct our attention to Mr. Trevor. I admit that these are all my guesses and there is no definite evidence, but...the Kingdom Watcher and the Governor's Mansion Advisor are not police officers. As long as there is enough suspicion, we don't need evidence. But one thing I still can't figure out is, do you really want everyone to die here? Why do you want to protect the town in this way?"
"Why not? It's this town I want to protect, not them, they all deserve to die." The fat mayor's expression suddenly turned twisted and ferocious, and he gritted his teeth and said excitedly, "Damn Will, he actually colluded with outsiders, He used contracts to trap other people and wanted to swallow up all the land in the town. He knew that I believed in the Father of Snakes and actually asked me to help him find a way to fake rinderpest to scare people. He must die! There are still these people who have been here for generations. They actually mortgaged the land. They didn’t really want to coexist with the land. They just wanted to make more money. They must die too!”
“This is my town and I work for it!” After forty years of struggle, no one can take it away. Hahahaha, I want everyone to stay with me and stay here forever. No one can leave!"
Laughter! The bell tower echoed, perhaps because the laughter was too crazy, but the furious townspeople calmed down. The strong malice made everyone look ugly, and they were silent and speechless. They could only let the mayor alone. laugh.
"So what method did you use?" Lynch asked.
"How can I tell you, hahaha, it has matured, it is waking up, and before long, we will all die here and never be able to leave. So what if you expose me, you There is nothing we can do but die together, hahahaha, I will never tell you, just give up."
Lin Qi sighed, shook his head and said, "Don't be so excited. I’m just asking casually, but we already know what the problem is.”
"Impossible." The mayor's eyes almost bulged out, and he glared at Lynch fiercely.
"You have already leaked all the information, Mr. Mayor. As soon as you mentioned it, we knew that this was a special anomaly. We are professionals who specialize in handling such incidents, and there are always some ordinary people. We don't have the experience." Lynch explained patiently, "Since we have discovered the special changes in the grass, of course we will not ignore it. The wild grass growth almost covers the small town, but only almost. We only need to pay attention to it. , you can easily see the edge of the range."
"I just asked Officer Angel to confirm that it is indeed a circle-like edge. You can find the center point with a simple measurement. If there is an accident, the center point will be the location of this anomaly, right? Although we don’t have time to measure it now, we can actually know that the center point is the center of the town, so that the entire town can be covered.”
"I guess the problem is in the bell tower behind you. Am I right, Mr. Mayor?"
(End of Chapter)