"Who, who did it?"
Vivian said goodbye to herself and her group and headed towards her cabin. It was only ten minutes from now, and the murderer should be nearby.
Sean couldn't worry too much, and the spiritual essence spread out, searching for clues...
There are no traces of the use of spiritual power, no people fleeing in haste, no whereabouts of the emerald necklace...
He got nothing.
Soon, the vice captain and three crew members responsible for security arrived at the scene, accompanied by a fat man with a mustache.
Even when he saw the corpse, the man looked calm and unfazed. He was one of the calmest people around.
People from nearby cabins gathered together, and more and more passengers were watching.
The mustachioed man wearing a dark brown fedora glanced at the deputy captain with a complicated expression and announced: "There is no accompanying correctional officer on this ship. We can leave it to the crew members to find out the cause of death and uncover the murderer." To be done.
"I am a detective named Solomon. Friends in Europe may have heard of my name..."
"Please rest assured," Solomon's voice was calm and seemed to have the power to soothe people, "I will assist the crew to find out the truth and ensure everyone's safety.
He looked around at the people who looked frightened and confused, and continued: “However, I have one request.
“The Bronze Giant is nearly halfway through its voyage, and even if it returns now, it won’t be able to allow you all to disembark immediately.
"In order not to cause greater panic on the ship, I hope that all passengers who saw this scene tonight will keep what you saw as a secret in their hearts."
Solomon naturally knew that it was impossible to stop the rumors, but he had to express his position like this: "In addition, I will arrange a temporary working place at the bridge of the ship. If you have any clues, you may wish to inform me at the bridge of the ship later."
At this time, Sissi's boyfriend Kyle ran over, crossed the body, and hugged the first witness who was shivering on the ground.
"Everyone, please go back to your cabins and lock the doors," the vice-captain wearing a white navy hat said, "Just leave it to us."
The crowd gradually dispersed. Detective Solomon looked at Sean and his party. He walked over and said bluntly: "Do you know the deceased?"
Yueguang, who was in a daze, nodded with a sad look on his face: "I met her on the boat, a very nice little girl..."
Solomon's eyes turned around Sean and his group, and he seemed to understand something, and asked sincerely: "Are you guys willing to help me?"
The detective's intuition is very sharp. He could feel that among the panicked crowd, Sean and others were relatively calm - he needed help, and the person in front of him was just right.
Sean thought for a while and nodded slightly.
Looking at Vivian's pale face, Sean sighed deeply in his heart.
He had no hope that his premonition of disaster would come true.
Now not only has it come true, but it is also happening to Vivian.
This couldn't help but make him a little sad, irritable and angry.
After asking witnesses of the murder to stay at the scene and letting irrelevant people disperse, Solomon began to examine the body.
The detective pointed to the sharp blade on Vivian's chest and asked a young crew member: "Have you seen this knife?"
After identification by the young man, it was confirmed that it was a boning knife from the restaurant.
"The murderer did not prepare his own murder weapon, but stole the knife in the restaurant..." Detective Solomon murmured softly, skillfully examining the marks on the body.
“The deceased’s expression was horrified, and he must have seen the appearance of the assailant.
"There were bruises on the wrist, and there was a struggle before death - but there were not many bruises. There was not much struggle between the struggle and the fatal blow..."
Then, the detective gently opened Vivian's two clenched fists.
"What is this?" Solomon's tone was obviously confused.
The vice-captain and Sean both moved closer.
In the palm of the deceased's slender left hand, there was a mark like a corpse stain.
The mark looks like the number "5" or a capital letter "S".
"This doesn't look like a birthmark..." Solomon said.
Yueguang frowned and said, "This mark should not have existed during his lifetime."
Vivian didn't have the habit of wearing gloves. If she had such obvious marks during her lifetime, the observant Moonlight would definitely notice it.
"Was it left by the murderer?" Solomon looked at the strange mark repeatedly, "But how can such a mark be left?"
After checking the body, Solomon took Kyle and Sissy into a nearby cabin and began questioning them in the presence of Sean and crew members.
Sissi's face was full of tears and she kept sobbing as she recalled everything that had just happened.
After dinner, she felt too full and wanted to take a walk to stimulate digestion, so she walked to the deck alone.
On the way back to her cabin from the deck, she saw two black figures in front of her, who seemed to be having an argument.
One of the shadows pushed the other shadow, pulled something off and ran away.
When Sissi got closer, she saw Vivian falling to the ground and exhaling her last few breaths.
That's when Sissy let out a scream.
"What was pulled off?" Solomon frowned.
Sean said: "Vivian was wearing a necklace inlaid with emeralds before. The emerald was about the size of a pigeon egg."
At this time, there was no trace of the necklace on Vivian's body or around the scene of the incident.
The detective pondered: "Are you motivated by wealth?"
Judging from the condition and fineness, the emerald necklace is not a priceless treasure. The market price should be around one thousand New Zealand dollars.
Rather than expensive diamond jewelry, who on this ship would kill for a piece of jewelry worth a thousand dollars?
Sean frowned: "It's not difficult to snatch the necklace from Vivian. All the other person needs to do is mask up, rob her, and then run away. In the dim environment, Vivian not only can't resist, but I'm afraid she won't be able to identify the robbery afterwards." bandit……
"Could it be a deliberate murder and then fabricating the money to do it?"
Detective Solomon turned his head to look at Sean, his eyes flashing with recognition: "It's possible."
There were no police personnel at the scene, and no one had the authority to remove the murder weapon from the body. The detective could only use lights and magnifying glasses to get close to the body and observe the fingerprints on the boning knife.
Identifying the murderer through fingerprints. Seeing this inefficient method, Sean took two steps back and walked to Ivan's side: "Can I use the 'Retrospective Cage'?"
Ivan shook his head: "The deceased must leave a strong resentment - I don't feel any resentment here, and I can't see anything in the retrospective cage..."
Clues cannot be obtained using mysterious means, which is obviously beyond the expertise of Sean's team.
Sean and others could only stay with Detective Solomon and listen to his questioning.
After questioning everyone nearby and checking Vivian's luggage, Solomon closed the door.
At this time, Vivian's body had been moved to her cabin. Only the first officer, Sean and their men were left in the cabin.
Detective Solomon said: "Gentlemen, based on the clues we have, it is still difficult to identify the murderer. However, before that, we need to determine a problem..."
The mustachioed detective narrowed his eyes: "We need to determine whether this is an ordinary murder case or a mysterious case.
"If it is an ordinary criminal case, then I may be able to find some clues by relying on my own strength.
"If the matter is mysterious..." the detective looked at Ivan in Sean's team, "I'm afraid I need help from people in the related industry."
Sean also looked at Ivan.
Before the journey began, Sean set a basic "playing strategy." In order to ensure that their team's purpose for traveling to Ocean City is concealed, Sean and Moonlight must hide their identities as Seekers as much as possible.
However, there is an aura of mystery surrounding them that is sometimes difficult to hide through disguise.
So, they simply asked Ivan to play an attention-grabbing role - an explorer who appears to be a piano apprentice, but who can be detected by anyone with a discerning eye.
Those who hire "searchers" are definitely not "searchers" anymore.
With Ivan here, Sean and Moonlight can better hide their identities as explorers.
After all, a team of three Explorers and an android attracts all the attention wherever they go...
Obviously, the shrewd detective saw through the role he deliberately designed, and he hoped to get help from the explorer Ivan.
After understanding the detective's hint, several crew members, including the deputy captain, looked at Ivan with some surprise and fear - ordinary people need explorers when facing crises, but they are also afraid of being with explorers. terrible incident.
Ivan nodded obediently: "No problem, Mr. Solomon, I will assist you as a mysterious consultant."
Solomon nodded: “As the investigation deepens, the nature of this case will slowly emerge—but don’t expect the whole truth to be revealed in a short time.
“If we explore with this idea, it will only make everyone exhausted...
The detective looked at his watch. The hands showed it was midnight.
"Gentlemen, this is the end of the investigation for tonight." He pointed to Vivian, who was still lying on the ground. "I suggest that this lady's body be placed in a place away from the crowd..."
After leaving the cabin, the group of people moved Vivian's body to a vacant cold room on the fourth floor.
The refrigerator room where frozen meat products are usually placed was empty at the moment. At the request of the detective, the temperature of the refrigerator room was set to about 5 degrees Celsius.
"This will ensure that the body will not rot due to the humid weather at sea, nor will the clues on the body be seriously damaged due to quick freezing..." Solomon explained, "After all, after landing, the body will be handed over to Lipson The police are investigating..."
At this moment, Sean suddenly realized something: most detectives in real life are not as dramatic as in the TV series when facing emergencies. They can break through complex puzzles through reasoning in an instant and uncover the truth. Hidden murderer.
They are more like a seasoned professional who has been through a lot.
As long as you can appease the public, protect evidence, and cooperate with police investigations afterwards, you will be considered an excellent detective...
"But..." Sean thought of Arthur Merlin who looked up from the pile of information, "Maybe some people are born not to belong to the category of 'real life'."
Thinking like this, he seemed to have forgotten his evil deeds.
After placing the body and arranging for the care of the body, Solomon moved to a cabin next to the bridge as a temporary living and working place.
"If you have any new clues or progress, you can come to me here." After saying this, the detective, who had been busy for several hours, closed the hatch slightly tiredly, and everyone returned to their cabins.
After returning to cabin 306, Sean summoned Moonlight and Ivan to the cabin to discuss Vivian's death.
Both Sean and Ivan have very keen inspirations. When they met Vivian before, they did not feel any abnormalities or fluctuations in spiritual power.
This is enough to prove that Vivian is not a mystery seeker, and she is not involved in any trouble involving the supernatural.
In addition, the crime scene is also very consistent with the characteristics of ordinary cases - no resentment, no residual spiritual power, no ghosts...
These indicators all point in one direction: this murder case indeed has nothing to do with supernatural beings.
However, the only strange thing was the strange mark on the palm of Vivian's left hand.
That weird corpse spot that looks like the number "5" or the letter "S".
Just this strange thing puts a question mark on the entire case:
"Is this an ordinary murder case, or is it a supernatural case?"
Sean has no idea at the moment.
Based on the clues they had now, they couldn't discuss anything, so they decided to take a rest first.
After leaving Sean's cabin, Ivan entered the room alone, while the pianist leaned on the railing and smoked alone. Looking into the darkness, he could only see the undulating sea.
Vivian's death seems to have had some psychological impact on Moonlight.
Through the circular porthole on the cabin door, Sean saw the moonlight smoking back.
Thinking of the scene where Moonlight carried Vivian's luggage and Vivian asked him for music knowledge...
"He must be a little sad..." Sean sighed and turned around to talk to Olivia, wanting to go out to comfort his old friend.
Sean opened the hatch and walked out. He turned his head and found that the moonlight was facing him. The cigarette in his hand was burning quietly, and the smoke was torn into pieces by the wind.
The pianist stared blankly in one direction at this time - with a complex expression of confusion, horror and disbelief on his face.
At this moment, the densely clouded sky seemed to have turned into another dark ocean, and the black clouds billowing due to the high wind were like waves in the sky.
Black waves surged in the sky, and a strange crescent moon occasionally appeared. Under the weak moonlight, Sean followed the direction the pianist was facing and saw a girl walking gracefully on the corridor.
She walked alone with her hands behind her back, as if she was just taking a peaceful walk after waking up.
After seeing the girl's clothes and appearance clearly, Sean was shocked as much as the moonlight.
The girl was wearing a white dress, which was as white as snow, without any stains.
She wore the emerald necklace on her chest, and the expression on her face was beautiful and peaceful.
Vivian was walking on the corridor in front, like a phantom in a dream.
