Chapter 513: Lost

"He" is waiting.

The discovery of the corpse was within "his" expectation, and the fear and anxiety shown by these stupid mortals at the moment are exactly what "he" hopes to see. In fact, these mortals are not just the audience of this performance, 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 have the qualification and honor to face that existence first, and merge with its soul and flesh and blood.

Thinking of this, "he" showed a cold smile, but just as the corners of his mouth curled up, he saw the girl who was blocking the door with a holy book in her hand curiously looking at him, frightened "he" hurriedly lowered his head, and at the same time, "he" also mocked the stupidity of the girl in his heart.

Believing in a god that does not exist at all is really stupid. I really want to see what kind of reaction you will have when you meet the true God...

Thinking of this, "he" clenched his fists and laughed in his heart.

The time of the great return is coming! And I will show you the infinite power of that existence here!!

Just when someone was curled up and daydreaming, Duanmu Huai was also leading others to search the room.

No useful clues were found in the infirmary and the warehouse. As for Williams' room, Duanmu Huai also went in to check it out. Since the bell girl did not 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, it does not mean that he is not suspicious. On the contrary, many times the first discoverer of the crime scene is more suspicious. This is not because Duanmu Huai has any investigation experience, but simply because such things happen too much in the game. These cultists are like movie stars, pretending to be the first discoverer, and some even pretend to be victims.

After seeing so much, they have become accustomed to it.

However, when Duanmu Huai pushed open the door of Fred's room and saw the scene inside, everyone was shocked.

I saw that the floor of the whole room was painted with circular magic circles and patterns similar to those around the previous corpse, and there were candles lit around it, with a sinister look, and it looked wrong at first glance!

"Could Mr. Fred be the criminal?!"

Seeing this, the bodyguards and doctors were also surprised. Of course, they also knew who was the first discoverer, but as ordinary people, they must subconsciously think that the first discoverer should not be the criminal. This logic is actually very normal. After all, generally speaking, if ordinary people do something bad, they hope to be discovered as late as possible. How can they not only not cover up their crimes, but also take the initiative to expose them?

But now the evidence is conclusive...

"Okay, Fred may not be the criminal."

Duanmu Huai seemed quite calm and waved his hand.

"But those strange 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."

Duanmu Huai said as he walked into the room, then he 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 School nodded.

"He smokes! When I came out just now, I saw him holding a pipe in his hand!"

"Very good, let's continue."

Duanmu Huai silently made a note in his little notebook, and then turned and left. Ling Nu didn't say anything, which meant that there were no useful clues in this room... That's right, Duanmu Huai was too lazy to search through the boxes and cabinets for things. With Ling Nu as an expert, he was naturally happy to be a tool man.

After that, Duanmu Huai went around other rooms again. He had finished the rooms on his side. Except for the room of Fred, the discoverer of the body, which had something fishy, ​​the other rooms were normal.

Then there were the three cabins opposite, which belonged to the deceased Williams and his bodyguard Dot, and then Arthur Dot.

Duanmu Huai had been to Williams and Dort's rooms, and did not find anything unexpected. Instead, it was Arthur's room that gave Duanmu Huai an unexpected surprise. He originally planned to just go through the motions, but what Duanmu Huai did not expect was that when he pushed open the door and walked into Arthur's room, he saw the black cat lying on his shoulder seemed to have discovered something, suddenly cried out, and then jumped down and rushed directly into Arthur's room-the trash can.

"Hey, hey, hey, why are you going anywhere else?"

Seeing the black cat pounce into the trash can, Duanmu Huai was also stunned for a moment, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to take the bell girl out of the trash can, then he lowered his head and looked at the trash can, and then Duanmu Huai saw a pile of shredded paper in the trash can-and it was not ordinary shredded paper, it looked like... a photo?

"What is this?"

Duanmu Huai picked up the pieces of paper in the trash can and put them together again... Well, it was indeed a photo.

This is a photo, and it is a group photo of a group of people.

If it were just that, it would be fine, but the problem is... there is something wrong with the people in this photo.

In the middle of this photo is the victim, Williams Ford, and in the crowd, Duanmu Huai 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!

"etc!"

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!"

"Um?"

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!

Haha, things are getting more and more interesting now.

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 why he fled 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.

"Okay, let me tell you, 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..."

"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 accessible only to the ship's stewards.

Of course, I don’t care about that much now.

Duanmu Huai first came to the crew bedroom, where there were four bunk beds, which were very simple and crude, not as luxurious as the cabins - well, it was also normal.

"Meow!"

However, just as Duanmu Huai walked into the crew bedroom, the black cat seemed to have discovered something again, cried softly, jumped off Duanmu Huai's shoulder, landed on the ground, and then circled around a suitcase next to it, then raised its head and looked at Duanmu Huai.

"What a powerful kitten."

Seeing this scene, the female student from the Master's College couldn't help but sigh. They followed Duanmu Huai all the way and found that this black cat was very powerful. Every time it found those evidences, they didn't know how such a kitten found them. Could it be that it also had a sense of smell like a dog, and could easily find something?

Duanmu Huai just laughed at this. Just kidding, Lingnu's detection ability is better than that of a real detective. He walked to the box and saw that there was a lock on it. Of course, for Duanmu Huai, this lock was not a problem at all.

He stretched out his hand, grabbed the top with his right hand, grabbed the bottom of the lock with his left hand, and twisted it hard!

"Click!"

Accompanied by a slight sound, the next moment everyone watched the lock being broken in the middle by Duanmu Huai!

"Hiss————!"

Seeing this scene, everyone couldn't help but take a breath and looked at Duanmu Huai in horror.

That was a steel lock, and it was just like a piece of wood in Duanmu Huai's hand.

How strong is this man?

Duanmu Huai naturally didn't care about the panic of the onlookers. He threw away the broken lock and opened the box. There were basically some personal clothes inside, and there was nothing particularly strange, and there was no murder weapon - well, it would be great if there was a murder weapon.

"Wait!"

However, just when Duanmu Huai picked up a pocket watch, Dot stood up again.

"This is Williams' pocket watch!"

"Are you sure?"

"Of course, open the cover and you'll find his initials!"

Hearing Dort's assurance, Duanmu Huai also opened his pocket watch, and sure enough, he found the initials of W.F. on the inside of the cover.

"Did Williams say that his pocket watch was lost?"

"No, when I left his room this morning, the pocket watch was still on the table."

"That's interesting..."

Duanmu Huai took out the pocket watch and closed the cover. Fortunately, there was a name on the box, so he didn't have to bother investigating it.

This was exactly the box of the navigator Bart.

Well, there's another name on the suspect's notebook.

Duanmu Huai stared at the name for a moment, then looked away.

"Okay, let's go back to the observation deck. Next, it's time to find the murderer."