Asylum on Earth [Unlimited Stream]

Chapter 113 Murder Motive

Seeing Yiyu's body, Bai Jianxiao's first reaction was not shock or fear, but a deep mockery.The murderer hiding in the dark played with them like a cat and a mouse: Do you suspect the silverfish is the murderer?Very good, then I will let her die for you to see.

Then, who is next?

And, what did the murderer want these heads for?

The library happened to be another surveillance blind spot, and even ghosts would not approach this place.The silverfish would hide here, probably because of her unique appetite for books.What exactly has she experienced? Could it be that after witnessing Qinghuan's tragic death, she still opened the door in the middle of the night with a big heart?Even... that murderer has been able to enter the room to commit crimes?

All the passengers were in a cold sweat over this terrible guess.

"I found it..." The first witness to the body, a female passenger, was being interrogated, "Not long ago, around 7 o'clock, I passed the library and saw the door half open on the hallway floor..."

Where the door was surrounded by white lines, there was a doorknob connected to the door lock, and there was only a hole in the door where the lock should have been.

According to the testimony of witnesses and the investigation of the scene, the investigator quickly restored the possible events of last night: "It seems that our murderer is not only good at manipulating bugs, but also a master at using tools."

"Ladies and gentlemen, do you see this doorknob that fell on the floor? Before entering the night, the door lock was broken by the murderer. He carefully unscrewed, but did not take off the door lock, but left it on At this time, the door lock still looked intact, so it naturally did not arouse Yiyu's vigilance. The damaged door lost its sacred power of protection, so when night fell, the murderer looked like this..." Investigator He made a pulling gesture, "Pull the door lock from the outside, opened the door, and took the life of the unsuspecting silverfish."

The investigator and his assistant carefully took down the hanging corpse. The light in the library had already been turned on, but there was an unusual light shining on the corpse. The assistant who climbed up the ladder took a closer look and suddenly shouted: "Ah, what's inside her?" Burning!"

"Calm down!" The investigator raised his head and directed his assistants to remove the corpse from the bookshelf intact.Only then did people understand what "she was burning inside" meant. They saw a white candle inserted deep into the bloody wound. Bloody burnt smell.

Someone took the silverfish's head and stuck a white candle in the cut.

"Don't panic, this candle is just to divert our attention and let us miss the real point." The investigator didn't let anyone touch the candle, and put on gloves to check the fracture, "The scar on the fracture is obviously A saw or a chainsaw, if only we could find the owner of the tool..."

"Wait, Mr. Investigator!" Someone in the crowd questioned, "My room is very close to the library, and I was too worried to fall asleep last night, but neither my roommate nor I heard any strange sounds! "

Maybe the murderer had some kind of prop that could mute the sound, a guess suddenly crossed Bai Jianxiao's mind, especially the abrupt white candle, it really seemed like some kind of obvious revenge.

Lu Zhiqiong thought of the same person as him, and said in a low voice, "You suspect Xiao Wang, too? He was indeed framed by Yiyu's white candle last night, and he showed killing intent."

"He even has lockpicking tools and a chainsaw." Bai Jianxiao said suspiciously, "It's just that I still don't think it's right..."

Like after the first night, with all the evidence pointing to Silverfish, the evidence that she was the murderer seemed unbreakable, yet now her body was hanging there blatantly mocking.

Their conjectures were quickly answered.The crowd of onlookers helped to point out several suspicious characters, among them was Xiao Wang who was selling groceries with a chainsaw on his back.

When the unknown grocery Xiao Wang was escorted by the staff, everyone was amazed. In the canvas bag on his back, there was a wild chainsaw stuck in it.

"What are you going to do? I didn't do anything last night! I was counting orders... How could I, how could I run out and kill people!" Grocery Xiao Wangtong was arguing with a red face and dancing.

The investigator motioned him to be quiet, pressed the stethoscope to his chest, and began the interrogation.

In some secret, Bai Jianxiao felt that the result of this interrogation would be exactly the same as yesterday's. The Grocery King was not the murderer, but someone wanted to put the blame on him.The real murderer wants to muddy the water and make them guess wildly, so as to hide his true identity.

He told Lu Zhiqiong what was in his heart, and added: "I can't explain why I think this way, maybe it's my intuition."

"I agree. But what really makes me doubt is the motive of the murder." Lu Zhiqiong said, "Neither Yiyu nor Grocery King had sufficient and necessary reasons to kill. Yes, they all seem to have some contradictions with the deceased. , but unless it is a murderer who has lost his humanity, or a pleasure criminal with a weak sense of morality, who would kill for such a reason? Silverfish and Grocery King are both timid businessmen who only want to make money, and they have to use their heads to do it What?"

Sure enough, as they guessed, when Xiao Wang said "I am not a murderer", the stethoscope judged that he was telling the truth.The scene that happened to the silverfish was repeated.

The investigator's face was gloomy, like a trapped beast caught in a riddle, struggling to move forward.He thought for a moment, and still ordered: "Even if you escaped the sanction of the stethoscope in some way, you are still seriously suspected! Now I will arrest you as an investigator!"

"You, you, you, why are you like this!" Grocery Xiao Wang opened his eyes wide in disbelief, but no matter how much he cried for mercy, he was still forcibly taken away with his hands handcuffed behind his back.

The onlookers shouted: "Didn't it mean that he didn't lie, why lock him up!"

"Let's give an explanation, didn't you say that the free association will guarantee our safety!"

The investigator gestured impatiently, and the assistants dispersed the crowd.Bai Jianxiao and Lu Zhiqiong wanted to leave, but the investigator said, "Wait a minute, please stay."

Finally the noisy voice disappeared, Bai Jianxiao asked: "Why did you lock up Xiao Wang? You don't think he is the murderer, do you?"

"Yes, I don't think he is the murderer," the investigator nodded, "I imprisoned him to protect him, because according to the murderer's rules, I am afraid that the victim tonight is him! I will assume the responsibility of the investigator , spend tonight with him!"

Bai Jianxiao suddenly felt that this person was not bad, and asked, "What's your name?"

The investigator was taken aback, "My number is A01."

"No, no, I want to know your real name."

The investigator laughed when he heard this - this was the first time Bai Jianxiao saw him smile. The ice on his resolute face melted, and there was actually a small dimple on his left cheek.The investigator said: "When I become famous, you, no, the whole prison will naturally know my name. Before that, please call me by my code name."

"Get ahead?" Lu Zhiqiong chewed the word playfully, "In prison, 'get ahead' is not a good word."

Even if he climbed to the pinnacle of power, even if he was worshiped by thousands of people, so what?Accomplice of angels?A slave king in chains?It sounds boring.

"Don't think I'm arrogant. In fact, under the leadership of the captain, we will succeed very quickly," the investigator completely misunderstood what he meant, and proudly puffed up his chest. The fixed resource point with the highest income from free association, the captain will soon be promoted, he will be promoted to governor, the three beehive prisons will be under his jurisdiction, and I will become his most capable assistant."

"..." What else could Lu Zhiqiong say, so he could only say "I wish you success" perfunctorily.

Taking this opportunity, Bai Jianxiao inquired about room 809 again, and the investigator said: "I don't know much about this either, maybe you can ask the captain, as long as it is about this ship, he knows everything. "

Bai Jianxiao thanked her, and went to find the captain with Lu Zhiqiong.He had a premonition that everything that was wrong must be related, and only by finding the thread in the darkness could the whole mystery hidden in the depths be drawn out.

It was easy to find Captain A. He was on the deck at the stern overlooking the sea, wearing a neat white navy uniform, a pair of cool sunglasses, and holding a cup of steaming black coffee in his hand.Passengers kept going up to ask for autographs and group photos. It seems that he is still quite a famous figure.

Bai Jianxiao went up to say hello, Captain A pushed his sunglasses, "Where is the autograph?"

"No, we are guests in room 809." Bai Jianxiao said.

"So it's a distinguished guest," Captain A nodded, "If I don't want to observe seabirds here, I must invite you to the room and make you a glass of cuttlefish juice milk."

"Squid ink milk?" Bai Jianxiao twitched the corners of his mouth.

"Yes, I have to drink a cup every morning. Cuttlefish juice is an expensive medicinal material." Captain A shook the thick black liquid in his hand. It turned out that it was not coffee but evil food.

"No, thank you for your kindness." Bai Jianxiao couldn't avoid it, and quickly changed the subject, chatting casually, "I heard that you are very knowledgeable and know everything about the ocean. What kind of birds are those?"

"Seagulls, petrels, little frigate birds," Captain A pointed to the sky, "and those are pigeons, peregrine falcons, bar-headed geese... and some others I don't know."

Bai Jianxiao was a little puzzled, "Are pigeons seabirds?"

"What do you think?" Captain A said sarcastically, "That's why I'm here to watch birds. I don't know why, the last few voyages, there are always some strange birds following the cruise ship. Something seems to be happening in the game. Variety……"

As he said that, Captain A scratched his hair, grabbed a small worm and pinched it between his fingers, and said with a smile: "Oh, no matter where you go, the lice will always be your loyal companion."

"Wait a minute," Bai Jianxiao said quickly, "Can you show me this bug?"

"I've been pinched to death." The captain shook his hands, and flicked away the corpses of the bugs, "If you want, maybe you can go to my bed and catch some for you. There is no luxurious bed on the 8th floor in the cabin. , I live in rooms of the same size as my crew.”

"That's not necessary. When it comes to the room," Bai Jianxiao changed the topic to something serious, "We live in 809. There seem to be some bad rumors about this room, so I want you to confirm it."

"There are no bad rooms on the Goddess of Silence," Captain A flatly denied, took off his sunglasses, and stared at him with tiger-like eyes, "Who told you that?"

"It's Qinghuan, the one who had the accident the night before yesterday. He is our neighbor and has been on the boat several times. He is the one who told me that the room seems to be 'burning' or something." Bai Jianxiao didn't want to reveal The matter of being able to talk to ghosts was simply blamed on the dead Qing Huan, and there was no proof anyway.

"Nonsense." The captain said disdainfully, "This is not what people like you should care about. Enjoy your vacation."

"Excuse me, what do you mean by 'someone like me'?" Bai Jianxiao raised her eyebrows.

The captain lowered his head, and his eyes fell on Lu Zhiqiong's hand hooking his waist pointedly.

"It's not good behavior to speculate on other people's identities, Mr. Captain," Bai Jianxiao folded his arms, "don't you think you are too arrogant? Maybe in your mouth, 'someone like me' is managing a family The guild is making unremitting efforts to escape from the prison, and based on your irresponsible guesses, you are going to completely deny 'people like me'?"

"Really?" The captain didn't expect this young man who looked like a vase to dare to choke with him, "Don't provoke me, young man! You don't have the slightest temperament of a leader, and you don't have the eyes of a soldier!"

"What is the temperament of a leader?" Bai Jianxiao asked, "What is the look in the eyes of a soldier?"

"Just like the one next to you!" Captain A clapped his palm on the stainless steel railing and held it tightly, as if restraining his anger.

It's fine if he doesn't mention it, Lu Zhiqiong has been putting up with him for a long time, and said with a sneer: "Then you are mistaken, this is not only my president, but also my husband, you'd better show me some respect. "

Captain A glanced at Bai Jianxiao in disbelief, and put on his sunglasses again, "I only believe what I see, you are just protecting your lover."

"If this relative has bad eyesight, I suggest you stop wearing sunglasses," Lu Zhiqiong unceremoniously reached out to take off his sunglasses, "Don't you think that being blind makes blinding?"

Captain A quickly grabbed Lu Zhiqiong's arm with his backhand. The force was strong enough to bend the steel bar. The man in front of him was far less powerful than himself, and he would not learn to respect elders without some lessons.However, when he grabbed it, Captain A couldn't help being horrified. His fingers seemed to be grabbed by some invisible force, and he snapped back abruptly, making a crackling sound.At the same time, that force was still pushing him backwards, his upper body was completely tilted outwards, and he was about to fall into the sea soon!

Captain A's face was covered with cold sweat, and his hand holding the railing was convulsed. He only saw the man's dark blue eyes falling on him, like inorganic gems. He would really push himself away without any psychological barriers. go down!Captain A cried out in horror because he had insulted his lover casually!

"No, no, you can't—" Captain A finally broke down and shouted, "I am a member of the Free Association, and soon I will be the governor..."

"Okay, I still have questions to ask him, stop now." Seeing that Lu Zhiqiong had had enough fun, Bai Jianxiao yelled to stop.

"Did you hear that! It was the president who said he would let you go," Lu Zhiqiong patted Captain A's tense cheek like a dutiful dog, "Why don't you say thank you?"

Captain A clenched his teeth, turned his head, and said nothing.

Bai Jianxiao said: "I don't need you to say thank you, I just want you to tell us the truth, what happened in room 809?"

"...If you really want to know that much, you can ask Captain Yuan," Captain A was willing to speak after a long time. "He is locked at the bottom of the cabin, but I advise you not to approach him."

"Why?" Bai Jianxiao asked.

"Burning," Captain A tried to intimidate him, "he has the magic power to make everything near him burn!"

Who knew that the young man in front of him was not frightened, but showed a strange smile, "Very well, that's what we're looking for."