Chapter 511 The ghosts are still alive


    If you want to tell me what Duanmu Huai is feeling at this moment, then Lorena''s speech can explain the problem.


    "Hey? Something happened again??"


    Listen, this "and" is very spiritual.


    Moreover, this time, there is no need to investigate whether it was the purpose of the cultist. The reason is very simple. The victim''s body was found behind the cabin, and a strange circular magic circle was drawn with his body as the center - yes, this was what the cultist did!


    It’s still my reputation is not obvious...


    Looking at the corpse in front of him, Duanmu Huai sighed silently. This cult is really idle and has nothing to do for him every few days. He originally went to Wudu for the case of Jack the Ripper. As a result, before we arrived, we encountered two cases on the way.


    If I am famous, those guys will not turn around and run away after seeing this? What else to do...uh, it seems wrong?


    After all, there are many similar cases in Detective Conanli.


    Forget it, it’s useless to think about this now.


    Thinking of this, Duanmu Huai retracted his thoughts and looked at the corpse in front of him - the one who was killed was Williams Ford, a passenger on the "Full Moon and Stars". At this moment, two women stood beside him, one of whom was in a white coat, the doctor Rose Barnett of the airship, and the other...


    "Who are you?"


    Duanmuhuai looked at another woman standing next to Williams'' body holding a notebook. Her outfit did not look like a noble lady, but her figure looked more like a soldier. And judging from her expression, she doesn''t look like someone who is very familiar with Williams.


    "I''m Dort Fisher, the bodyguard hired by Williams."


    The other party''s answer was very straightforward.


    "You are a bodyguard? So what happened when he was killed?"


    "I don''t know this."


    The bodyguard spread his hands helplessly.


    "After I woke up in the morning, I went to the restaurant to pick up breakfast for Williams. When I got back to the cabin, Williams disappeared. I was about to find him when I heard screams coming from here, and when I rushed over, I found that things turned out like this."


    "oh………"


    Duanmu Huai nodded and then looked at the doctor.


    "What did you find? Doctor?"


    Hearing Duanmuhuai’s inquiry, doctor Rose quickly gave her answer.


    "The victim''s throat was cut open, which is the cause of death. From the angle and direction of the wound tearing, it can be seen that the victim was facing the murderer at that time."


    "Faced? So are there signs of violent confrontation on the corpse?"


    "No."


    "In other words, the victim was cut by the throat with a knife when facing the murderer, but he did not resist at all?"


    Hearing this, Duanmu Huai frowned.


    "I also find it incredible, but that''s it. Of course, the blood is very strange if I want to say."


    As he spoke, the doctor pointed to the blood on the deceased.


    "His blood is almost black and coagulation is higher than normal blood."


    "So there is no way to confirm the time of death from this point?"


    "If it is an ordinary corpse, it is indeed possible, but this corpse..."


    Rose looked at the body and shrugged her shoulders.


    "Sorry, I may not be able to help. If I want to perform a test, there are no necessary instruments here. I have to wait until the Wudu Police Station can conduct further inspections."


    At this moment, the captain also came to the scene of the murder, checked the situation, and then sighed.


    "Everyone, please gather next, after all, I have to make this clear."


    No one cared about this. After locking the door, we came to the observation deck. At this time, everyone, including the captain and passengers, had basically arrived.


    As for the case, it is clear at present.


    The victim was Williams Ford, who was killed in the smoking room and cut his throat with a knife. Then the murderer drew an evil magic circle next to the deceased with his blood.


    Now the question is when the deceased died.


    Although, in theory, general autopsy can reduce the death time within a certain range by information such as the stiffness of the body and blood coagulation, Dr. Rose also said that the blood coagulation of the deceased is far greater than that of ordinary blood, so there is no way to judge the death time with common sense.


    Then, on the other hand, first determine when the deceased''s body went to the smoking room.


    According to everyone, in the morning, the captain, navigator Bart and a passenger, Arthur, smoked in the smoking room. At that time, they did not see the body - it was even more impossible to have any corpses hidden inside. After all, the smoking room had no decorations, it was just a clean and empty room with only a few ashtrays by the wall, and there was no place to hide the corpse.


    So what to say is that in the two hours between five and seven in the morning, someone took Williams (or his body) to the smoking room, then cut his throat and then drew a magic circle with his blood.


    Not to mention killing, it will take at least half an hour to draw a magic circle.


    At least the facts that can be confirmed are as follows based on the current information.


    First of all, at around five o''clock, Captain Carter and Navigator Bart were sleepy at night and wanted to smoke a cigarette to wake up, so they came to the smoking room. Then they met Arthur, a passenger who was also addicted to smoking, and the three of them smoked for a while, and the captain and Navigator went to work. According to Arthur himself, he went back to the room to rest after smoking.


    Then at around six o''clock, Williams''s bodyguard Dort went out to get Williams breakfast—her statement was confirmed by Ethel, who was dressing tableware in the restaurant at the time. When Dortmund took about twenty minutes to prepare breakfast and returned to his room, Williams was gone.


    Next, another passenger, Fred Winston, went to the smoking room to smoke, then found the body, and then screamed loudly.


    The time is about seven o''clock.


    If Bodyguard Dort''s confession is correct, then after she left the cabin, Williams left her room for some reason, came to the smoking room, and was killed.


    Of course, the premise is that when her confession is correct, after all, because the doctor cannot determine the correct time of death of the victim, there is another possibility, that is, bodyguard Dort is the murderer. She killed her employer, and then deliberately went out to create her own alibi using the excuse of getting breakfast, and then dragged Williams'' body to the smoking room next door after she came back...


    In any case, at least one thing is certain.


    Williams was still alive when he was on the airship, and everyone has seen this.


    In other words... he was killed on the airship.


    Then there is only one truth, and the prisoner is among us!


    Well, that''s right, very simple reasoning.


    After all, this is different from the previous train. If you insist on saying it, the people in the train can climb out of the car through some means. But the airship is different. It’s tens of thousands of meters high and the entire cabin is sealed. Who can get out?


    And the space of the airship is also fixed. At the front is a large rectangular viewing platform and dining room with sofas and coffee tables on both sides of the window, while in the middle there are several dining tables for dining. There are two doors behind the observation deck. The door in the center leads to the corridor. The corridor is a straight line and there are no forks. On the right side of the corridor are seven rooms, and on the right are three rooms with crew lounges, crew bedrooms and cargo warehouses.


    As for the two doors at the end of the corridor, they lead to the infirmary and engine cabin. Of course, outsiders are strictly prohibited here. Only when the airship is in trouble will the captain open the door for inspection.


    If you want to draw a schematic diagram, then it is basically as follows.


    Observation Deck - Living Room 1 - Living Room 2 - Living Room 3 - Living Room 4 - Living Room 5 - Living Room 6 - Living Room 7 - Engine Cabin.


    Observation Deck - Crew Lounge - Crew Bedroom - Cargo Warehouse - Smoking Room - Guest Room 8 - Guest Room 9 - Guest Room 10 - Infirmary.


    In the seven living rooms on the A side, they belong to Duanmuhuai and Lorena, four students from the Royal Master''s College, and Fred Winston, the discoverer of the body. As for the three rooms on the other side, they belong to the deceased Williams Ford, his bodyguard Dort Fisher, and Arthur Lancheer.


    When the incident occurred, almost all the passengers were resting in the room, only the flight attendants on the airship were busy, the captain was responsible for observing the course, and the pilot was in the crew lounge, and only the "maid, Ethel, set up the dining table for everyone at the observation deck and prepared breakfast. According to her, at that time, except for her, only two people came to the observation deck, one was Arthur Lancheer. He appeared at the observation deck earlier than himself, and then never left, and then the bodyguard Dort, who came to get breakfast for Williams.


    At the moment, everyone was sitting on the observation deck, forming a circle, staring at the others uneasy. There were no idiots present, and they also thought of all the things Duanmu Huai could think of. Although I am not sure who the murderer is, at least... it is better to stay away from strangers I don''t know.


    “Dongdongdongdongdongdong!”


    However, not long after, a burst of rapid footsteps came, and then everyone saw the captain walking in with a tense expression.


    "Captain!"


    Seeing the captain appear, the maid Ethel, who was sitting in the corner, hurriedly stood up.


    “How is the situation?”


    “The radio cannot be contacted.”


    However, the news brought by the captain made everyone feel sank.


    "What''s going on? Could it be the weather?"


    "No, this..."


    Faced with the questioning, the captain hesitated for a moment, but finally chose to tell the truth.


    “The radio seems to have been destroyed.”


    "What?!"


    Hearing this, the others couldn''t sit still, and even Duanmu Huai raised his eyebrows.


    Now, things are interesting.


    “What should I do now?”


    "Wait, then what should we do!"


    Now, everyone couldn''t help but panic.


    This is actually understandable. After all, the situation in front of you can be more dangerous than a train or Blizzard Villa.


    To put it bluntly, if you feel unsafe, you can force the driver to stop, then leave the train and then go to the wilderness to survive. The same is true for Blizzard Villa. You can indeed stay in the villa''s cabin and wait for death, or you can choose to go out on a snowy day and find a place to dig a hole to hide.


    Although the chance of survival is not high, at least there are still some.


    But now on the airship, the Atlantic Ocean is still below and there is a height of ten thousand meters between them. What can you do?


    Are you jumping out to feed the fish? Or jump out to feed the fish? Or jump out to feed the fish?


    But if you don’t feed the fish, do you have any choice?


    "Mr. Detective, do you have a way to solve the case?"


    The young man thought of Duanmuhuai again before, and hurriedly rushed over and began to ask, while Duanmuhuai thought for a moment and shrugged his shoulders.


    "At present, there are no clues at the crime scene. I can''t tell you unless I carefully check the body and search the room."


    Indeed, as Duanmuhuai said, no clues were left in the smoking room at the crime scene. Apart from the corpse and the strange magic circle, there were only a few cigarette butts.


    He is not Sherlock Holmes, and you can tell by just a cigarette butt.


    There is no weapon, and the murderer himself has not left any clues. How to investigate?


    He is the God of Destruction, the God of Joy, but not the God of Reasoning.


    This is not his own!


    In fact, Duanmu Huai prefers to be bullied - that is, wait for the other party to jump out on his own initiative and then slap him to death.


    Just like killing flies, it is very difficult to find flies by yourself. It is better to wait for the flies to buzz and fly up immediately and then start.


    "Hmph, after talking for a long time, isn''t it just because I don''t have much ability?"


    At this moment, Arthur not far away sneered - because there was absent-


    He was the most proud of this group now. After all, when the victim was killed, he had been staying on the observation deck, so he got out early, and now he seemed quite arrogant.


    "And maybe you killed people, after all, you look like a murderer."


    "snort!"


    Hearing this, Duanmu Huai''s face darkened and she glared hard. As Duanmu Huai stared at him, Arthur wanted to say something. However, after feeling Duanmu Huai''s gaze, he suddenly didn''t lift it up, but only felt his heart twitching suddenly. The next moment, accompanied by the cold cold air bursting from behind his spine, his whole body was so scared that his legs became weak and he collapsed to the ground.


    "What do you want to do?"


    "If I were a murderer, I would kill you, a humble and arrogant idiot."


    Duanmu Huai glared at Arthur again, then withdrew his gaze. This time Arthur did not dare to speak again. He collapsed on the floor in tremblingly, widening his eyes in horror, looking at Duanmu Huai, but he couldn''t say a word.


    At this time, Doctor Rose also stood up.


    "I can be sure if this gentleman is not killed."


    "For, why?"


    “It’s very simple.”


    Dr. Rose looked at another questioner and explained.


    "According to my autopsy results, the murderer cut his throat directly in front of the victim. From the perspective of the wound, the height of the other party and the victim are almost the same, and this gentleman..."


    As he spoke, Rose looked at Duanmu Huai speechlessly.


    "If he wants to do this, he will probably have to squat."


    “………………”


    Everyone looked at Duanmu Huai, then at Dr. Rose, and gestured... Well, it seems that this is the reason.


    "And I also saw that strange magic circle. It was drawn by a person with his fingers dipped in blood. Judging from the radius and size of the pattern, it is the size of a normal adult man''s finger...so..."


    Well, it''s understandable.


    Hearing this, Lorena also raised her hand curiously.


    "You mean, is the murderer an adult male?"


    “Normal adult male.”


    Out of the doctor''s rigor, Dr. Rose added another sentence and looked at Duanmu Huai - who this sentence is directed to, it goes without saying.


    In this way, according to Dr. Rose, at least Duanmuhuai, Arthur, Lorena, maid Essel, bodyguard Dort and two girls from the Master''s College can be excluded.