Chapter 303 Seizing the Initiative Dolphins are nicknamed "ocean dogs" because they are lively, affectionate, and full of curiosity.
The lead dark gray dolphin blinked its large, round eyes, curiously observing the man and crow on the boat, its tail fin slapping the water playfully: [Do you need help?]
Xia Zhining immediately leaned close to the ship's side and gave them a sincere smile: "Yes! We really need them! Would you like to join us and become little ocean detectives to solve mysteries?"
[A detective? Sure, sure!]
Another spotted dolphin excitedly spun around. [Wasn't that the strange ship that kept spinning in circles three years ago? I remember!]
Everyone was whispering that the sea god had breathed on the ship!
The smallest dolphin squeezed out from among its companions and spoke first.
At this moment, the dark gray dolphin seemed to suddenly remember something; it turned its head slightly, as if trying to recall:
[Ah! Speaking of which... three years ago, one night I was hungry and sneaked out to find a late-night snack.]
It shook its fins a little shyly.
[Then I saw... a figure pop up from underwater with a 'pop'.]
[Holding a small, shiny object, he quickly stabbed the person on deck with the flashlight—the one wearing your uniform! It was a sneak attack!]
The dolphin gestured a "thrust" with its fin, emphasizing: [Super—fast!] Then the person with the flashlight swayed and collapsed onto the deck!
Xia Zhining's heart skipped a beat.
She exchanged a glance with the crow on her shoulder, and unconsciously lowered her voice:
"The officer who died on the deck... must be that coast guard comrade named Wang Xu!"
He was lying on the stern deck; he had drowned.
However, forensic examination revealed that the water in his lungs was not seawater, but freshwater exactly the same as that in the ship's freshwater tank.
There were no scratches on the railings, nor any signs of struggle on the deck.
Now Dolphin says that Wang Xu was ambushed and stabbed, and then he fainted... so he must have been given anesthesia!
Dolphins have highly developed brains, with a brain-to-body ratio second only to humans, making them renowned for their high intelligence in the ocean.
It remembered that name clearly.
[The coast guard officer named Wang Xu staggered after being hit and soon collapsed on the deck.]
The dolphin recalled, a hint of instinctive wariness in its voice, "[Then the person who emerged from the water climbed onto the boat.]"
He was wearing a strange, tightly wrapped black outfit.
[Many tourists who jump off the boats to play also wear these. Wearing them allows them to go up and down in the water just like us.]
Xia Zhining's eyes sharpened: "It's a diving suit."
If they approached stealthily by diving, then everything makes sense.
The movement was minimal, and coupled with the dense sea fog and extremely low visibility at the time, it was indeed difficult to take precautions.
The dolphin nodded and continued its description, its narration even carrying a sense of tension, as if witnessing a crime scene: "[At that moment, a sound also came from inside the cabin of the large iron ship.]"
[The man in the diving suit was very strong; he dragged the immobile Wang Xu to a square metal cover at the stern of the ship. He opened the cover.]
Coast Guard officer Feng Sixiao is very knowledgeable about the structure of patrol boats. After hearing Xia Zhining's dolphin-like translation, she immediately realized: "The square iron cover at the stern is the freshwater tank on the ship!"
The dolphin's voice was filled with fear: "[The bad guys shoved the coast guard's head into that hole.]"
[I saw water splash up, and the coast guard kicked his leg a few times... then stopped moving.]
Its tone lowered, carrying the most direct perception of death of an animal:
He must be... dead.
With the dolphin's testimony, Xia Zhining instantly understood the cause of Wang Xu's death.
The murderer dragged Wang Xu into the freshwater tank and drowned him.
Xia Zhining keenly grasped the key point: "Little Dolphin, you just mentioned that when the murderer killed Wang Xu, there was also a noise coming from the cabin."
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