Chapter 902: Founding a Sect

"Nursery rhymes?"

Olivia's heart moved.

He remembered the World Mystery Association's evaluation of "No Survival": [It created the island mode and the nursery rhyme killing mode...]

"The nursery rhyme killing model, so will this book kill people in the order of the nursery rhymes? Although this idea is interesting, it is too bold. If you are not careful, readers will guess the plot based on the nursery rhymes, and the inference will allow the readers to guess the plot. This means that the appeal of the work is greatly reduced..."

Olivia continued to read.

[Mr. Justice Wargrave, recently retired from office, is sitting in the smoking room of the first-class carriage, leaning against a corner, puffing on his cigar and reading the political news in The Times with great interest. Wargrave put down the newspaper and looked out the window. The train runs through the Somerset wilderness on the southwest coast. He looked at his watch, there were still two hours to go...]

Olivia frowned.

"Eight people received an invitation at the same time. The so-called island model of the World Mystery Association has probably been explained. However, the characters mentioned at the beginning are too many. This is a taboo in novels, but fortunately everyone The characteristics of the characters are all displayed by Theking..."

Olivia tried to remain objective.

When the eight invited people came to Sogil Island, they found that the owner was not there. They were received by a couple who were housekeepers.

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At this moment, Gunn is also watching "No Survival": [Ladies and gentlemen, please be quiet! You are charged with the following crimes: Edward George Armstrong, for causing the death of Louisa Mary Cleese on March 14, 1925; and Emily Caroline Brent, for causing the death of Louisa Mary Cleese in 1931. Take full responsibility for the death of Beatrice Taylor on November 5th...]

This is a recording.

Eight guests, including the housekeeper and his wife, were all charged in the recording.

The recording accuses eight people of serious crimes, and judging by the reactions of ten people, there appears to be some truth to the recording.

Gunn seems to be fighting against The King. He wants to figure out the intention of writing "No Survival" as soon as possible and find out the real murderer: "Including the housekeeper and his wife, there are ten people in total. These ten people may all be criminals, haha, no, There must be someone innocent inside, and this innocent person is the murderer of this mystery novel!"

…

Manchester frowned.

[Anthony said with a smile: "The peaceful life is really boring, why not challenge the law." He raised the glass and drank it all in one gulp. Maybe he drank too quickly, and he choked - choked, choked badly. , his face twitched and turned purple, and he gasped for air - then he slipped from the chair he was sitting on, and the wine glass fell from his hands and fell to the ground. ]

There are ten people on the island.

Anthony was the first to die!

As the song goes: "Ten little Indian boys run for food; one chokes to death and cannot be saved, and only nine out of ten are left."

Manchester's frown deepened: "Did Anthony choke to death while drinking? No, he definitely didn't choke to death. He must have been poisoned. Only something like this can kill someone so quickly. In this way, the murderer is extremely It might be the doctor, but the person who resembles the murderer most in mystery novels is often not the murderer..."

Manchester himself is a master of deduction.

He can always figure out the writing intention of a reasoning writer as quickly as possible, "The person who most resembles the murderer is often not the murderer, but Theking may capture people's psychology when writing, so the doctor's suspicion cannot be ruled out. The current The plot is far from being able to find the murderer..."

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The plot continues.

The reasoning goes that the Big Three are all looking for the murderer.

On the one hand, they wanted to see how "No One Survived" was better than themselves, and on the other hand, they also wanted to accurately find the murderer and prove that their reasoning IQ was not inferior to Theking's. However, to their surprise, the person they identified as the murderer People were dying one by one. Wargrave and Lombard were shot to death. The former was shot in the head, and the latter was shot through the heart. Miss Brent and Marston died of cyanide poisoning. Mrs. Rogers died of an overdose of trichloroacetaldehyde. Rogers' head was split open. Blore's head was crushed. Armstrong drowned. MacArthur was shot in the back of the head and died. Vera was hanged...

"All ten people died?"

"The murderer is one of them, faked his death?"

"Or is it that the murderer is actually someone other than the ten, the eleventh person?"

The three of them saw the finale of "No Survival" almost at the same time, analyzing the plot word for word: [Now let us analyze the situation of these people one by one, Your Excellency. Let’s talk about Longbart first. We assume that the marble he dropped killed Blore—and that he later drugged Vera and hanged her. Finally he walked to the beach and committed suicide with a pistol. If so, who took the pistol away from him? For the pistol was finally found on the stairwell of the house—at the door of Wargrave's house. 】

Still don't have a clear idea.

Just like that, after watching the finale, the three giants of reasoning sighed almost at the same time. They understood where they finally lost.

First, it is the isolated island killing mode. This mode brings many people together in a relatively closed environment. For some reason, they are isolated from the outside world. At this time, the serial murders begin. The murderer is right next to them, but they are suffering and unaware. They don’t know who to trust and whether to be alone or in a group. The atmosphere and psychological pressure are the highlights that attract readers. The isolated island killing mode is combined with various tricks, such as closed room killing, nursery rhyme imitation killing, headless corpse, etc., which will become gorgeous.

The gorgeous moves that are performed in a small space and the oppressive feeling that the murderer is in the middle are the greatest charms of the isolated island villa killing mode.

Second, the use of nursery rhymes. A simple nursery rhyme brought huge psychological pressure to the nine people. They lost their appetite and even went to the gallows in a trance. The function of nursery rhymes in creating atmosphere should not be underestimated. One by one, people around them died according to the description of nursery rhymes. I don’t know when it will be my turn...

Third, the characteristics of "And Then There Were None" itself.

10 people arrived, 10 people died, and the last person to die was not the murderer. This is simply an impossible crime!

No wonder the World Mystery Association gave it such a high score. It is certain that in the future, countless mystery works will imitate the island murder mode and nursery rhyme murder mode of "And Then There Were None" to create mystery novels. Theking's "And Then There Were None" is destined to be the pioneer of this genre!