Chapter 429 Research on Bloodstain

"Joan, come here." Edward called from behind.

Joan quickly picked up the foreign objects scattered on the window sill one by one with tweezers, collected them into a glass bottle, plugged the bottle stopper, and turned to Edward.

Edward and Thomas gathered around the podium, leaning over their hands on their knees to observe the large pool of blood on the ground.

Joan walked over to have a look, and asked softly, "Is this where the mentor was killed?"

Edward nodded heavily.

"On the morning of the second day after the incident, Thomas and I came to the laboratory. The first thing we saw was that the instructor was lying in this pool of blood, his body had become cold and stiff."

"Judging from the traces left at the scene, the mentor tried his best to resist when he was assassinated. Unfortunately, the murderer came too suddenly and the attack was so fierce that he didn't even have time to cast spells to protect himself." Thomas sighed, "And you know, the mentor has been fighting all day long." Busy with teaching and scientific research, the spells he prepared were all for these two tasks, and he hardly prepared those spells for combat, which made him almost powerless to resist when he was suddenly murdered."

"This can't be blamed on the teacher's negligence of precautions. Who would have expected in advance that the murderer would be so mad that he would sneak into the arcane laboratory of Leiden College to commit murder?" Edward said quietly, "This is like an oil lamp, emitting The radiance of the lamp illuminates the whole room, except for the small dark area under the lamp."

"What was Chino doing at the time of the incident? He didn't want to just watch his mentor get murdered?" Joan asked.

The "Wooden Golem" Chino created by Master Rawls himself is the administrator of the laboratory, and also shoulders the duty of security, guarding the laboratory day and night.

If the murderer broke in, Kino would definitely stop him.

"Kino...that poor guy, see for yourself." Thomas pointed to the corner diagonally opposite the podium.

Joan looked in the direction of his finger and saw a pile of broken wood scattered in the corner of the wall. The original shape of the golem could hardly be seen, and his heart trembled.

"Kino's strength is not weak, no matter how powerful the murderer is, it is unlikely that he can devote his energy to destroying the wooden golem while assassinating Mentor Rawls. It can be seen that more than one person broke into the laboratory to commit murder that night. " Joan said thoughtfully.

"There is indeed more than one murderer. To be precise, at least three people joined forces to commit the murder that night." Xiao Miao's voice came from behind Joan.

"Sister Meow, did you find any clues?" Joan turned around and asked.

"Very valuable clues." Xiao Miao squatted in front of the podium, pointed to the blood scattered around, and said firmly: "Judging from the traces left at the scene, except for Master Rawls himself and the man named 'Kino' There were three people present at the time of the crime, and they all left deep or shallow footprints... We should be grateful for the dried blood, which clearly preserves the murderer's footprints to this day."

"Sister Meow, you are a ranger and are best at tracking. From your professional perspective, what clues can these footprints left at the murder scene provide us? Maybe we can describe the characteristics of the murderer based on these details."

"You're on point, Joan. By analyzing the footprints left at the scene, I can basically determine where the murderers came from, and even guess their real identities." Xiao Miao said confidently.

"Sister Meow, you are really amazing!" Rebecca asked impatiently, "Tell me, what do these bloody footprints imply?"

"First of all, we can be sure that the three murderers were all...barefoot on the night they murdered Master Rawls."

Xiao Miao pointed to a dried bloodstain on the floor, and made a further reveal to everyone.

"Look, there are not only half footprints on the coagulated blood, but also the fine skin texture. If the person who left the footprints was wearing shoes and socks, it would be impossible to leave such traces."

"A barefoot murderer...that's really weird." Thomas rubbed his chin and muttered, "Why does the murderer have to take off his shoes and socks?"

"Perhaps it is for the convenience of sneaking into the laboratory." Edward stepped on the floor hard, and there was a creaking sound under his feet, "You see, the wooden floor of the laboratory has not been replaced for many years, and the wooden boards are deformed by moisture, and they will creak when stepped on The creaking sound, if the murderer took off his shoes and socks and walked barefoot on the wooden floor, the noise would be much milder, so as not to alarm the victim."

"Your speculation seems to make sense, but it can't explain another doubtful point." Xiao Miao pointed to another footprint, "Look, there are not only bloodstains on this footprint, but also black clay. I have been observing carefully since I entered this building. However, the floors upstairs and downstairs are all wiped spotless, walking barefoot on them will at most be contaminated with some dust, how can you step on mud?"

Xiao Miao's question made everyone fall into silence, thinking about where the sludge came from.

"It rained in the afternoon on the day of the crime, and the ground on the campus was wet from the rain and became extremely muddy. Maybe the mud on the murderer's feet was stained outdoors?"

As soon as Thomas proposed this hypothesis, he shook his head and smiled wryly, rejecting it himself.

"That's not right either. The murderer's bare feet indoors can barely be explained, but there is no reason for him to walk barefoot on the muddy ground outdoors."

"Unless they don't have the habit of wearing shoes at all, no matter whether it is sunny or rainy, no matter what the occasion, they will maintain the habit of walking barefoot."

Joan said thoughtfully.

"Who has such a quirk, and not just one?"

Rebecca felt incredible.

"There are such strange people, and we have dealt with one of them before." Xiao Miao smiled secretly, then turned and pointed to another bloody footprint, "Joan, look at this footprint, maybe you will find it familiar. "

Qiao An looked over in surprise, and the footprints that came into view were indeed as Xiao Miao said, and they looked a little familiar.

"This footprint is much larger than the size of an ordinary person, and it seems to be left by a tall giant..." Rebecca stared at the footprint and speculated.

"Giant? No, not only is that guy not a giant, on the contrary, he is even shorter than ordinary people. He looks like an eight or nine-year-old child, but he has a pair of big feet that contrast sharply with his figure." Xiao Miao sneered speak.

"A dwarf with big feet..." Joan suddenly had a flash of light in his mind, and looked up at Xiao Miao, "It's Spring Heels Jack!"

Xiao Miao folded her arms across her chest and nodded solemnly.

"If I'm not mistaken, it's indeed the footprints left by that little villain."

Hearing her reveal the answer, Rebecca, Thomas, Edward, Azhi, and Teacher Benny all changed their faces, and they all recalled the conflict with Little Jack on Wild Boar Island.