Chapter 172 "Reasoning"
In the dark night, the roaring steam train still kept speeding forward. The originally peaceful night on the train was broken by a sharp screech, and a bloody tragedy appeared in front of everyone.
The conductor, who had dark skin and was grooming his beard, was urgently escorted out of the conductor's room by the conductor. While putting on his hat, he was led by the conductor all the way to the scene of the tragedy, a private room in carriage No. 3.
"Please move aside."
The conductor squeezed through the crowd of onlookers and came to the front of the compartment. Later, just as the conductor said, he saw a male corpse covered in blood in the compartment.
"Someone is really dead..."
Looking at the male corpse, the conductor murmured something, then his eyes fixed and he saw that there was actually a living man in the private room. At this moment, he was bending down to carefully examine the corpse in front of him and investigating the murder scene.
"Hey, who are you?"
Looking at the man at the murder scene, the conductor spoke frankly, and the conductor next to him helped to answer.
"Captain, this Mr. Ed claims to be a detective. As soon as he saw the scene, he said a murder had occurred here and asked us to come over."
"Detective?" The conductor couldn't help but look suspicious after hearing the conductor's words. At this time, the man named Ed in the private room also stood up, turned around and looked at the conductor behind him.
"Hello, Mr. Captain. My name is Ed, and I'm a detective. I've just conducted a preliminary investigation of the scene and confirmed some information. I'm afraid I'll need your assistance in a while?"
Edrick said to the conductor politely, and the conductor was slightly stunned and then asked back?
"Mr. Detective, what have you confirmed?"
"Some relatively basic information, such as the cause of death of the deceased, was due to fatal wounds in the chest and abdomen, and judging from the wounds, the murder weapon was a small tool inside a dagger. Judging from the rigor mortis and body temperature, the deceased had been dead for no more than an hour."
As Edric spoke, he pointed to a place on the ground where there were several severed fingers and a pistol.
"The deceased's fingers were cut off, and a bloody pistol was found under the sofa. This proves that the deceased had a fight with the murderer before his death. The deceased used the gun to defend himself. The murderer killed him after cutting off his fingers and knocking the gun off."
"I think we are facing a vicious murderer, Mr. Captain."
Standing in front of the door of the private room, Edrick pointed at the scene inside the room while speaking. He had a calm demeanor and a composed expression, appearing extremely professional, which startled the people around him, including the driver.
"With a Hudson, 24 of them were killed by a thug. The murderer is indeed a ruthless person. So, Mr. Detective, what should we do now?"
The slightly frightened conductor asked Edrick. It happened to be the first time for him to encounter such a situation and he didn't know how to deal with it for a moment. It was great to meet a professional now.
Listening to the conductor's words, Edrick asked the conductor seriously.
"Mr. Captain, when is the next stop?"
"We're about to arrive at Shanmu Town, where we'll resupply and stop for a while." The conductor answered bluntly, and Edrick spoke immediately.
"We can't stop at the station, Mr. Conductor. If we stop at the station now, the murderer might escape by jumping out of the window. We can't stop at the station until there are enough police forces in a big city to take over this train.
"Captain, even if we can't help the police catch the murderer, we have to keep the murderer on the bus. This is our duty as a citizen of the kingdom. We cannot condone evil."
Edrick spoke to the conductor righteously, and the conductor nodded after listening.
"Well, what you said makes sense, Mr. Detective. Then we won't stop in Shanmu Town. The next town is Montoya. If we keep going this way, it will take about four hours. I will send a telegram to Montoya Railway Station and ask them to call the police and get them ready."
The conductor answered like this, and Dorothy smiled slightly as she listened to his response from behind the crowd.
"Now you can't run away for the time being."
Smiling, Dorothy continued to control Edrick and spoke to the captain.
"Captain, it is really worrying to have such a murderer in the car. I want to try to find him first. If possible, please cooperate with me."
"It would be great if we could find that crazy guy, but Mr. Detective, do you really have that ability?" The conductor said with a hint of doubt. The conductor couldn't trust a stranger who claimed to be a detective all of a sudden and let the entire crew assist him.
Facing the conductor's questioning, Edrick smiled and said.
"You can trust me, my Excellency, an army officer who participated in the colonial war on the Ufeija continent."
Listening to Edrick's words, the conductor was stunned for a moment, then spoke in surprise.
"How do you know?"
"Because I found a framed military photo of you on your desk in your office. All your information was clearly written on the back of the photo..."
Dorothy thought so behind the crowd. She guessed that in order to get the conductor's cooperation, she might need to show him something to convince him, so when she asked the conductor to find him, she also sent the small corpse doll to sneak into his office.
"Haha, these are just some trivial inferences, not worth mentioning."
Edric responded to the conductor's words with a laugh, and the conductor continued speaking.
"It's amazing, Mr. Ed, I did serve in Ufeiga, how did you deduce my information?"
"Ah...how did I reason that..."
Dorothy was stunned for a moment when the conductor asked this question. She hurriedly controlled Edrick to look at the conductor twice and made up an inference process based on the result.
"Mr. Train Captain, the skin color of your face and hands is a little dark, while the part under your collar is white. This phenomenon would not occur when you work on a train. This proves that you have worked in other jobs under the scorching sun for a long time. And you are now a train captain. It is unlikely that you were a worker or farmer in the past.
"When you came over, I noticed that you had a resolute temperament and a military bearing. When you first saw such a bloody and horrible corpse, you were calm and not moved at all, which proves that you have seen many similar scenes. In addition, you also said the model of the victim's pistol, which proves that you are familiar with weapons.
"So, I judge that you are a soldier, a soldier who has worked in the Yan region. Among our kingdom's overseas colonies, only Ufeija Continent meets this requirement. It is not easy for ordinary soldiers to serve as train conductors after retirement, so it is more likely that you are an officer."
After a lot of effort, Dorothy finally got Edrick to reversely deduce the process based on the result, and even brought out the unreliable factor of temperament in the deduction process. Fortunately, she had read Sherlock Holmes and other mystery works before, and knew how to put some plots together. After this so-called "deduction" was over, incredible conversations rang out in the crowd, and the conductor nodded repeatedly.
"Ah... yes, yes, I did serve as a second lieutenant in Ufeiga, Mr. Ed. Please forgive me for being rude and doubting your ability before. Now the crew is willing to do its best to help you catch the murderer."
"Huh... I finally got it done. Others get the result through the process of reasoning, but I know the result first and then make up the reasoning process. Is this considered detective work? But it is much easier to deduce the process after knowing the result."
Relieved, Dorothy continued to manipulate Edric into answering.
"Well, please help me search for all the passengers' tickets."
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