Chapter 346: Cruise Ship Murder (1)

The light gradually dimmed, which was not good news for the three players. The dim light will become a cover for the murderer, and it is difficult for normal people to see clearly in this light.

Now this arrangement,Any player who has watched detectives or similar movies and television works will realize that something is about to happen.,It's just that personally participating in it and watching movies and television are completely different things.,Even players can't guarantee that they won't be killed as targets.,Don't forget,Two of the men sent to the island by their client have died.,If there is really a mastermind behind Mallory's disappearance.,It's not uncommon to kill the three of them to investigate.,Kill a player and let other players investigate the truth This kind of bad thing system definitely does!

So when the lights dimmed, the three of them realized that something was not good, and they became vigilant, not even paying attention to what the captain was reading, it was all nonsense anyway.

And the captain standing on the stage was also quite puzzled, how could the people closest to the stage be stranger than the other?

The man's beauty on the left hand side of the table never looked at him, and always turned her face to look back, as if the back was more exciting than his speech, while the other two people were facing him, but their eyes were not on him, but on the top of his head.

Did your wig fall off?

The captain was puzzled, but he did not show it, and continued to speak in an enthusiastic tone.

An Yizhi also felt quite uncomfortable, the scaffolding lights above the stage were too dim, and the backlight caused by the spotlights on the stage made it really difficult to see if there was anyone on it, unless his movement was particularly large, he could barely see the outline, as for the face, don't think about it, I can't see it at all.

Four or five minutes had passed, and the captain's speech had come to an end. An Yi rubbed the corners of his sore eyes, and said in his heart, if he left the banquet hall first, if he maintained such a vigilant posture throughout the whole process, before the murderer could do it, his eyes would not be able to bear it.

โ€œโ€ฆโ€ฆ Have a nice day."

The captain finished his speech, and the last words had just fallen.

- Bang! Bang!

It's gunshots!

As soon as he realized this, Ann felt a huge force hit the back of his head and pressed him under the table.

"Hide!"

Then came the sound of the breeze Bazooka.

This girl has a lot of hands.

Because it was even darker under the table, he couldn't see his surroundings, only the chaotic screams and footsteps.

Soon he saw Qingfeng Bazooka and Tu Hongyu also get under the table together.

"What's the situation? Did any of you see the gunman? โ€

Without waiting for the two to answer, the barrel of the gun rang out, and this time it seemed that the sound of a bullet hitting a metal object and ricocheting was heard, and something slipped through the air, accompanied by a loud sound of glass cracking.

"Did you hit the glass bottle?"

"How many glass bottles do you have to break to make such a loud noise?"

Complaining about Tu Hongyu, An Yi pointed through the tablecloth and saw that the lights around him had been turned on again, and he didn't hear any gunshots for several seconds, so he pretended to have the courage to crawl out from under the table.

The banquet hall was in shambles, and the frightened crowd frantically squeezed towards the exit, and the few waiters seemed to try to maintain order, but they were crowded in the crowd in an instant.

A few of the wiser people also crawled out from under the table at this time, and a large number of sailors flocked to the second floor.

"The gunman fired on the second floor, but I couldn't see his face clearly, I could only see from the flash of flames that he was a man wearing a big trench coat"

Qingfeng Bazooka stood up and said, and Tu Hongyu also added:

"The target was the captain, but he fired two shots and missed, and seeing that there was no blood on the stage, it is estimated that the captain escaped"

Hearing them say this, Ann pointed at the crowd crowded at the exit, and let out an uneasy insolent low laugh:

"Hehehehehehe, look, humans are like garbage"

Tu Hongyu &; Qingfeng Bazooka: "......"

"You don't seem to be human, don't be stupid, come and see"

The trio turned their gaze to the table next to them, where there was a corpse. A system prompt will follow.

[Side quest activation: Investigate the real culprit before the ship docks, 3:49 time remaining]

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"Watson, it's time to get to work, go and examine the body"

"Don't call me Lao Tzu Watson, and besides, I don't know how to perform an autopsy."

Qingfeng Bazooka watched them play with treasure and sighed:

"Come on, I know some first aid, maybe this person can still be saved"

"Look at people, you're still a doctor"

Tu Hongyu: "......"

Lao Tzu is not a doctor in the first place!

An Yiyi took out a notebook, which belonged to the miscellaneous items that came with his body, in addition to the wallet, key, pen, and handkerchief.

"The deceased, male, about 70 years old"

Breeze Bazooka went over to check and made sure that the other party was dead and completely unsaved.

"The cause of death was a drop from the chandelier and broke his head, not ......"

Breeze Bazooka looked at the deceased's head and realized that the real cause of death was the sharp shards of the crystal chandelier.

"The fragment was inserted into the heart, and it is estimated that this is a fatal injury, and the head injury is likely to have only caused the old gentleman to faint"

Writing this line in his notebook, Ann pointed up at the ceiling.

"How did the chandelier fall?"

"Stray bullets hit the chains, the gunman's technique just now was quite bad, maybe he hit the chain that just hit the chandelier"

"What a coincidence, isn't it?"

An Yizhi is not quite convinced of this view.

"It's hard to believe, but it's the closest thing to the truth"

ๆธ…้ฃŽๅทดzooka says:

"Hitting the chain in the dark is very difficult in itself, even a well-trained marksman can't hit accurately from the position in memory, and there are no equipment such as night vision imagers in this era, so it's probably just a coincidence"

As a soldier, Breeze Bazooka knew how hard it was to hit the chains hanging from the ceiling from the second floor in such darkness, and it was better in good light, but it was clearly not at the time.

"What's that?"

"Like a crutch?"

Tu Hongyu took out a cane from under the table not far away, estimating that this was the deceased's belongings, after all, he might have inconvenient legs and feet when he was old.

"Anyway, let's sort out the situation first"

After writing down in a notebook that the deceased's legs were inconvenient, An Yizhi said:

"I remember the captain was finishing his speech when the shots rang out, can you be sure that those two shots were directed towards the captain?"

"Nonsense, of course I'm sure, you look back, there are still bullet holes on the stage"

The trio walked onto the stage, the microphone fell to the ground, presumably from the captain's escape, and two bullet holes appeared near where the captain was standing, one in front and one on the left.

"357 Magnum high-powered pistol bullets, it is not uncommon for them to pierce chains with their power"

Breeze Bazooka could identify the type of bullet with a glance at the bullet holes, and she was extremely familiar with all types of firearms.

โ€œ357๏ผŸ Doesn't sound as powerful as our 38, can it really break through chains? โ€

"No, that's your misunderstanding, 357 and 38 are imperial units, and when converted to the metric system, they are actually 9 mm, but the caliber is the same and the power is different, it depends on the charge, which means that the 357 Magnum pistol cartridge is much longer than the 38"

Qingfeng Bazooka is teaching Tu Hongyu a literacy. Yasuchichi tried to stand in the captain's position and look at the second floor where the gunman was said to be.

Because the stage is a bit high, it is easier to see the second floor here than from the table below, and the people who seem to be begging for a living at sea have good eyes, so maybe the captain can see the gunman's appearance clearly.

Judging from the situation at the scene, the gunman was undoubtedly coming at the captain, and the distance of tens of meters and the gunman's marksmanship was not very good, which caused the two shots to miss, and then he may have panicked and hurriedly fired another shot, so the stray bullet hit the chandelier on the ceiling, killing the deceased who could not escape due to inconvenient legs.

This seems to be the situation at the scene, but An Yizhi always feels that something is wrong, but he can't tell what it is, he always feels that the target of the gunman is always the dead.

This feeling was hazy and lacked evidence, so An Yizhi didn't say anything to the two.

"I remember that there were two other people with this deceased, what about them?"

"I don't know, it was a mess just now, maybe I escaped"

Tu Hongyu replied casually.

Perhaps, is this possible?

After the gunman shot at the captain, the chandelier fell, and the deceased was not stoned to death at that time, and then someone next to him mended the knife with a casual hand?

It doesn't make sense.

To carry out the above plan, you must find a way to accurately hit a chain in the dark, since you can hit it so accurately, why not just kill it with one shot? Do you have to be stoned to death with a chandelier?

Of course, it may also be a temporary idea, seeing that the chandelier is smashed down, it is impossible to miss the opportunity, and pick up the fragments of the crystal chandelier to mend the knife.

An pointed back to the position of the corpse, and he carefully looked at the fatal wound that Qingfeng Bazooka said, and confirmed that it was not human.

If such a sharp and sharp crystal fragment is used to stab someone, it must not be able to use a straight grip posture, not only is it difficult to exert force, but it is also easy to hurt yourself, so you can only use a reverse grip. However, the wound is straight, and the wound caused by the anti-grip sharp weapon is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, which is related to the structure of the human arm, and is by no means as straight as it is on the corpse now.

In other words, the deceased did die from the fall of the chandelier, and there was no possibility that he would kill someone with the intention of killing him with a knife.

Am I wrong with my instincts? Did the gunners really just target the captain?

The scene was too coincidental to believe that the captain who was targeted did not die, but an innocent old man died.

"Huh?"

He was about to turn around and go back to Tu Hongyu to discuss with the two, when his feet moved, and he mentioned something.

"Pocket watches? Seems to have seen him take it before"

This pocket watch is exactly what was in the hands of the deceased before, and the back is engraved with R&R.

There was a crack in the dial, but the movement was fine, still ticking.

Wrapped in a handkerchief and put it in my arms, it felt like it would be used later.

At that moment, the three of them heard a rush and a large number of footsteps, and then they saw the captain come out of the back of the stage with a group of sailors with a look of horror on his face.

"Mr. Captain, I have a few questions for you"

Ann pointed to meet him and said.

"Are you ......?"

"Don't worry, I'm not a journalist. Just a private investigator who happened to be there."

- Boom

A thunderclap rang out, and the storm seemed to get bigger...