Tasia heard people around her sigh with relief.
In just a few days, everyone's expectations for the gathering seem to have quietly changed. At first, people exchanged news here and waited for new clues and solutions. This is not the case now. For most people, determining whether their name is on today's "death list" has become the most important thing.
After a long dispute, the meeting finally ended.
Gustave was always looking for an opportunity to speak out the third rule in public, but Adams and Fayance did not give him a chance to speak - they needed Hestad to explain or refute.
Hesta obviously had no such intention.
After the meeting, many people walked towards Helen, and more people hurriedly returned to the cabin - in any case, today will be another safe day.
The waiter at Bishop's Restaurant approached at this moment and said there was a call over the counter, and it was from Si Lei.
"Jane, are you finished over there?"
"it's over."
"Come up here, I have something important for you to see."
"Captain's cabin?"
"Yes, you and Rico come together."
"Did you find any clues?"
"I couldn't tell you on the phone..."
Si Lei's voice sounded a little urgent and his mood was not calm. Hesta put down the phone and went upstairs with Rico. They bypassed the crowded elevator entrance and walked up through the emergency passage on one side.
In the captain's room, Si Lei and two crew members were waiting.
"What's wrong?" Hesta asked.
"Come and see this."
Hesta and Rico looked at the screen. The color monitor showed every corner of the Shengming. Si Lei had already pulled out some of the images, and all the videos were paused at this moment.
"Did you see any suspicious person?" Hesta asked.
"Yes and no." Si Lei pointed to the screen, "Look at this, it shows the screen that started at 6:49 last night..."
Si Lei pressed play.
Hesta and Rico looked up at the same time. The picture on the central monitor was very familiar to them. It was the elevator entrance on the sixth deck. One side of it led to the Bishop Restaurant and the other side led to the Grace Theater.
The red carpet was empty.
After about six or seven seconds, nothing changed. Li Guo glanced at Si Lei and said, "This is going to..."
"coming."
The picture fluctuates slightly, as if the signal is being interfered with. Soon, a woman wearing a wide tutu appeared from the lower left corner of the screen. She wore long gloves that reached to her elbows, and held an ivory folding fan in her hand. After leaning out about half of her body, the woman suddenly felt a little nervous. Looking back cautiously, it seemed like someone was calling her from behind.
The woman disappeared briefly and then reappeared soon. This time there was a man among her companions. The man's clothes looked more casual. Although he was also wearing a suit, his collar was open and his sleeves were rolled up, revealing the back of his plush hands. .
The man wears a pure white mask and talks and laughs with the woman.
Immediately afterwards, two more women entered the scene. They were dressed in different styles, but they were generally solemn. One of them also wore a white mask. The three people followed the masked man and quickly passed through this corridor and appeared on the screen of another monitor.
"Is there any sound? What are these people talking about?"
"There's no sound, just pictures."
"The radio is broken?"
"It's not a problem with the sound, it's just the picture."
Before Hesta could ask further questions, more passengers soon appeared on the screen. It seemed that people were getting off the four elevators on this floor at the same time, and the corridor gradually began to become lively.
A waiter walked through the room holding a tray with many champagne glasses in one hand, constantly passing the glasses around. Everyone was smiling, no one was in a hurry, chatting and saying hello to each other.
Hesta scanned the women's faces one by one. Although the picture was not clear, she could still vaguely recognize the facial features of these women - there were not many female passengers on the Shengming, and the few existing ones she had already The faces were familiar, but every woman in the video felt strange to Hesta.
As you continue to watch, things become even weirder. As the elevators continue to open and close, the number of passengers in the corridor in the picture has far exceeded the total number of passengers on the ship.
Occasionally, a few young men in suits and ties walked through the crowd. They looked left and right, but they didn't look confident.
In the warm atmosphere, everyone's eyes suddenly focused on one place - the door of Bishop's Restaurant not far away slowly opened.
The crowd on the screen is walking towards the restaurant, with only a few people still standing on the edge of the corridor. The elevator is still running, and new people are constantly appearing, taking their female companions to the restaurant...
Rico and Hesta turned their heads at the same time and looked at the surveillance screen in Bishop's restaurant, but it was always empty.
"Where are those people?"
"There is no one. The surveillance in the restaurant is just a still picture. It is played repeatedly. I have asked someone to check it." Si Lei looked at Hesta, "You are really right. Most of the surveillance on the ship is now This ghost looks like this - can you explain to me why?"
Hesta was speechless for a moment. She would indeed deliberately avoid the surveillance area just in case. However, considering that Anna was very bold and active these days, the possibility of the surveillance being modified or even damaged was greatly increased... But How to explain this to Si Lei?
Hesta stretched out her hand and scratched her forehead. She stared at the screen, "...can we go back and take a look?"
A crew member came forward to help with the operation.
Hesta leaned forward slightly, and the screen on the monitor was reflected in her eyes.
"Okay, stop here...can you zoom in, right here on the suit lapel?"
The screen changed according to Hesta's instructions, and everyone's eyes quickly focused on the chest of one of them - there was a thumb-sized lapel pin on his suit lapel. Unfortunately, due to the image quality, everyone could only roughly see this. The shape of the lapel pin is a cross, made of metal, and other details cannot be judged clearly.
"Continue to move back, please, maybe six or seven seconds forward." Hesta continued.
The screen continued to recede, and a man whose back was turned to the camera turned around again. The expression on his face quickly changed from indifferent to passionate——
"stop."
The scene froze, and several people immediately discovered that this man also had the same lapel pin on his suit lapel. This was repeated many times, and all the men who had shown their frontal faces in the picture were paused for observation. Finally, they fixed the time on the man closest to the surveillance camera.
The screen continued to zoom in, focusing on the lapel pin that also appeared many times.
Rico stared at the picture with pixel edges appearing in front of him, and suddenly said: "...Is this the Cross of St. James?"
Hesta nodded, "Yeah, it's true."
Si Lei originally thought this thing looked familiar, but now he finally realized it.
"...Isn't this the emblem of the Thorn Monk?"
(End of chapter)
