At the windmill power plant in the back mountain, except for Kurahashi Motoaki and Ori Sumiko, who first returned to the annex to prepare lunch, and Shirakawa Kiyoshi, who was looking for evidence, the rest of the people stayed in the power plant temporarily, in twos and threes. Gather together and kill time chatting.
The two young masters of the Ligen family stood together and discussed something in low voices. Feng shui masters Mei Ling and Kitakami Kazuhiko chatted with each other, while Mary stepped forward and stood side by side with Kevin who was standing on the edge of the power plant.
"Oh? Detective Mary? Do you have anything to ask me?" Seeing Mary, Kevin asked very directly.
"Well, I do have something to ask." Seeing that the other party was so direct, Mary didn't make any detours and nodded in the same direct manner.
"It doesn't matter. If you have anything you want to ask, just ask. As long as I know something, I will tell you." Kevin said with a smile and a cheerful tone.
"I'm just curious. Mr. Kevin doesn't seem to feel sad about Mr. Clyde's murder? I remember that you accompanied Mr. Clyde to this island, right?"
Kevin and Mei Ling, one of them accompanied Clyde and the other accompanied Yang Douxin to this island.
"Well, that's what I say, but in fact the relationship between me and the old man is not that good. To put it bluntly, it is a normal employer relationship.
I am a reporter outside because I had some friendship with Mr. Clyde in the past. I heard that he came to this island to inherit a large inheritance, so I begged him to come with me..."
After hearing his explanation, Mary thought for a moment and said tentatively: "When you said we had some friendship before... did you mean in the army?"
"oh?"
When Kevin heard this, he looked at Mary very surprised, but soon he smiled with relief.
"As expected of a detective, did you even notice this?
Yes, I also served in the army before becoming a reporter. At that time, Mr. Clyde also served as my commander for a period of time, and that's when we met..."
"So, Mr. Kevin should also know how to use gunpowder, right?" Mary asked meaningfully.
"Ahem! Well this..."
Turning his head and glancing at the people not far behind him, and making sure that none of them were looking here, Kevin raised his finger and whispered quickly:
"Shh! Keep your voice down. If this is told, those people will definitely suspect that I blew up the bridge... Please, Detective Mary, I don't want to be arrested by everyone in a daze."
"I'm just asking casually, Mr. Kevin, don't be nervous."
Looking at him, Mary smiled and said.
"Please rest assured, we will definitely find the real murderer."
"Well, it's really reliable, so I'll leave it to you."
"..."
On the other side, after Bai Heqing returned to the annex, he immediately came to the viewing colonnade at the back of the annex that he had seen before.
【it's here. 】
Just like walking in an ancient Greek temple, Bai Heqing walked past the long earth-yellow pillars, and finally stopped in front of one of them.
On the outside of the pillar, there are two traces that look like they were wrapped and rubbed by some kind of thin wire.
[Two ways. 】
Standing next to this pillar, Bai Heqing looked up, just in time to see the two constantly rotating windmills on the back mountain power plant not far away.
The situation was consistent with what he had speculated before.
At midnight last night, the murderer first set up a small trap here.
The murderer used this pillar as the center point, twisted multiple fishing lines into two strands, and tied them to the two windmills of the power plant in the back mountain a hundred meters away.
Of course, the murderer did not tie them directly, but folded the two fishing lines prepared in advance around the pillars, and finally knotted them tightly on the rotating shafts of the two windmills.
In this way, the two fishing lines make a circle around the two windmills respectively, and will continue to circulate between the pillars and the windmill as the windmill shaft rotates.
The two scratches on the pillar were caused by the repeated cyclic friction between the two fishing lines.
After preparing this mechanism, the murderer went to Clyde's room, tricked him into opening the door and strangled him with fishing line.
Later, the murderer took Clyde's body to the pillar again, and repeatedly tied the two strands of fishing line tightly around Clyde's right wrist.
In this way, the two fishing lines, pulled by the continuous rotation of the windmill, also pulled Clyde's body and slowly flew towards the power plant on the mountain behind.
As Clyde's body was pulled up the back mountain, the two fishing lines that were originally driven by the two windmills to rotate in two directions had now completed another rotation cycle.
But because they were wrapped around Clyde's wrist, the two fishing lines that had reached the critical point were stuck here, and Clyde's body also stopped in mid-air.
The fractures and blood marks on Clyde's right wrist were also caused during this process.
But this situation should only last for a short while.
Soon, the fishing line broke because it could not withstand the huge pulling force from the windmills on both sides, and Clyde's body fell to the grass below, creating the scene that everyone saw this morning.
As for the two strands of fishing line, apart from the end tied to the windmill which is difficult to clean, the end wrapped around the pillar of the annex will be quickly washed away by the current, making it almost impossible to find it again.
Thinking of this, Bai Heqing sighed softly, turned and walked towards Clyde's room, hoping to find some clues there.
"..."
Clyde's room was still the same as he had seen with Mary last night, almost unchanged.
Even the glass of red wine on his table last night was still in its place.
Bai Heqing stepped forward, squatted down, and took a closer look at the glass of red wine.
There were no stains on the rim of the glass. It was just as it was when he left last night. The glass of red wine had not been touched at all.
I poured red wine but didn't drink it all night. Did I forget it, or was it because the murderer came to kill Clyde shortly after he and Mary left?
"Detective Shirakawa?"
Suddenly, an old voice sounded behind Bai Heqing. He stood up and looked back. Standing at the door was the old housekeeper Akira Kurahashi.
"Butler Cangqiao? What's the matter?" Bai Heqing looked at him and asked.
"Ah, I just thought that since Mr. Clyde has been confirmed to have been killed, I wanted to come over and lock this room... Where is Detective Shirakawa? Are you looking for any clues?"
"Yeah, but unfortunately, this room is too clean and there are no valuable clues."
"That's it..."
"Of course, this actually has little impact."
With that said, Bai Heqing walked around Kurahashi Motoaki and left the room.
"Because I have figured out how the murderer let Mr. Clyde's body fly to the power plant after killing him...
Next, it’s time to reveal the mystery to everyone. Butler Cangqiao, do you want to come with me? "
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(End of chapter)
