Adele answered softly. After hearing Adele's answer, Ed raised his eyebrows slightly, turned around and said to Douglas.
"I'm sure you've heard it, Officer. Miss Adele's dance dress was custom-made. You can ask the custom-made store for the exact amount. As long as Miss Adele can provide the corresponding number of intact dresses, there shouldn't be any problem."
Ed said that the reason why he could tell at a glance that Adele's clothes were unusual was actually due to Nephonis. Before, when Dorothy and Nephonis were sitting together watching Adele's performance, Nephonis, who was very interested in all kinds of popular fashion items, could tell at a glance that Adele's clothes were very expensive and unusual, and excitedly explained it to Dorothy during the viewing process.
"Um……"
After listening to Ed's words, Douglas pondered for a moment, then nodded.
"You have a point. We will verify the relevant situation immediately. However, a high-end clothing store like Silver Moon Star may be closed now, so the verification will probably have to wait until tomorrow. Before that, Miss Adele is still the number one suspect. In order to prevent her from escaping, we still have to detain her in the police station first."
"Don't bother. Miss Adele doesn't have to go anywhere today."
In response to Douglas, Ed continued to speak confidently. Douglas looked at him with a frown, then spoke with a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone.
"What did you want to say, Detective?"
"What I mean is, officer, first of all, there is something wrong with your investigation method. In my opinion, the possibility that Miss Adele is the murderer is very small. The key point now is not to argue whether Miss Adele is the murderer or not, but to find out the real murderer quickly while the performance is not over yet and we still have a legitimate reason to retain these thousands of audiences."
Dorothy controlled Ed and spoke in a serious voice. Douglas smiled with a hint of contempt after hearing what Ed said.
"How arrogant you are, detective! Regardless of the fact that Adele is still under suspicion, even if she is not the real murderer, the real murderer is still among the audience in this theater. But how can you find him in such a short time?
"If I remember correctly, Adele's performance will last from 1:00 to 9:20. It's already 7:50, and the performance will end in an hour and a half. By then, there will be no reason to keep so many people here. I don't think we can solve this murder case in just an hour and a half, so it's better to do it step by step."
Douglas spoke freely, and his words were based on his past experience, so there was nothing wrong with it. Ed smiled slightly after listening to him.
"I don't think so, officer. Personally speaking, as long as the police officers and theater staff cooperate with me, I can guarantee that I can catch the truth within half an hour."
Ed said confidently. After hearing his words, everyone including Douglas showed an incredible expression, and Douglas continued.
"Find the real murderer within an hour and a half? Oh, I admit that you have some ideas, but you are still a little too arrogant to say this."
"You'll know if you're arrogant or not if you try. Anyway, an hour and a half is not too long, so let me try." Ed said, and then looked at Douglas silently. Douglas looked at Ed for a while and then spoke.
"Well, since the time is short, I can let you try, Detective. During this time, we will cooperate with your investigation as you wish. This is a recognition of the ability you have shown before. But don't try to play any tricks on me. I will keep an eye on you."
Douglas looked at Ed and said, while Ed smiled softly and spoke.
"Thank you for your support, Officer. I will do my best to fulfill my mission."
Listening to Douglas' words, Dorothy, who was manipulating the corpse puppet in the audience, smiled slightly. Now she has obtained the cooperation of the theater staff and the police. With sufficient resources allocated, she can finally go all out to catch the murderer.
After officially obtaining the right to investigate, Dorothy immediately started to handle the case. She manipulated Ed to speak to the theater manager on the side.
"Excuse me, sir, do you have the schematic diagram of the theater?"
"A floor plan? Let me think about it... Oh, yes, yes. The floor plan of the building should be in my office. I will keep it after it is completed." The old manager of the theater responded to Ed, and Ed continued to respond immediately.
"That's great. Now please take me to your office and find those drawings. I need them."
"Okay, detective, please follow me."
As he said that, the old manager walked away, and Ed immediately followed behind him. Faced with this situation, many people present were puzzled, especially Douglas who frowned.
"Why does this guy want a structural diagram? Is he doing construction or investigating a case?"
Ignoring the puzzled look behind him, Ed followed the old manager all the way to his office, and saw him take out several large folded drawings from the drawer and spread them out on the ground.
These are all blueprints of the theater. There are several of them, marking every floor, every corridor, every room, and even every audience seat in the main venue. Looking at the level of detail in the blueprints in front of him, Ed nodded.
"Everything is here, Detective, is there anything else you need?" After laying out all the drawings, the old pipe said, and Ed opened his mouth to answer.
"Very good, thank you. Now I need to borrow your office for a while. I like to stay alone in a quiet room when I am reasoning."
"Okay, detective first."
After a brief response, the theater manager left his office. Now Ed... or rather Dorothy finally had enough space to reason.
Of course...if ordinary reasoning could solve such a case...
Obviously, this kind of case cannot be solved by general reasoning. On the surface, it is an ordinary murder case, but in fact, at a deeper level it involves secrecy and extraordinary things.
Douglas would never believe that the deceased had most likely stabbed himself seven times, blinded himself, and created the entire murder scene himself.
He also wouldn't believe that the actual time of death was not between 7:05 and 7:23, but earlier. It was between the first performance of the Feiteng Dance Troupe and the performance of "Mother of Scarlet". Maria was still alive during the first performance of the dance troupe, but after the chorus program, Maria had turned into a corpse.
She was murdered between the two shows, and the murderer gave her a "shadow" necklace to help her conceal the characteristics of the corpse doll, allowing her to assassinate Adele in "Mother of Scarlet".
'This kind of crime, committed using extraordinary means, requires equally extraordinary means to solve.'
Dorothy thought so, and then she controlled Ed to take out a golden coin, a string of crystal pendants, and a piece of paper with a divination circle printed on it from his pocket.
That’s right, now Dorothy is going to use her strongest method of solving cases, divination.
After Dorothy was promoted to a scholar of simulated puppeteer, her control over spiritual threads was greatly improved. Not only could she use the corpse doll to perform simple rituals, she could even make her spiritual vision effective in the corpse doll's eyes. Just now, she used the corpse doll's spiritual vision to see that the black necklace on Maria's neck was an extraordinary item of "Shadow".
Now Dorothy is going to use the pendulum divination method to divine the location of the real murderer.
Placing the coin on the magic circle on the paper, Dorothy asked Ed to squat in front of the picture of the theater, lower the crystal pendant in his hand, and then silently recite the divination in his heart.
"The location of the murderer who killed Maria Dokana tonight..."
After reciting the same thought, Dorothy began to swing the crystal pendant. As the luster of the gold coin dimmed, the crystal pendant began to swing on the paper with the picture above.
Then, during the swinging process, following Ed's touch, Dorothy did not feel the force pulling the head of the pendant until the swinging pendant completely stopped and hung completely on the paper, falling outside the boundaries of the map, and it was impossible to determine where it was pointing.
When this happened, Dorothy knew clearly that this was the result of her divination being blocked.
"It's useless. Those guys probably allocated a lot of anti-divination resources for this operation. Don't even think about finding them with divination. Detective first."
At this moment, a familiar soft voice sounded in the office. Dorothy controlled Ed to look in the direction of the voice, and saw Adele Briouze in a red dress leaning against the door, holding a thin cigarette in her hand, looking at Ed in the center of the room.
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