Unreasonable doubts
"Okay, squad leader, we'll stay here and you follow Miss Kurosawa to find Mr. Shiomi, and then we'll meet up at the crime scene." Hagiwara Kenji made the decision quickly. Reality didn't give them time to hesitate.
"Okay." Date Ko nodded, and took Natalie, along with Morofushi Keimitsu and Mochizuki, and continued to walk inside with Kurosawa Misaki. Matsuda Jinpei, Qi Ning, and Hagiwara Kenji stayed behind.
Qi Ning was holding his phone in the direction of the corpse, concentrating on something. Matsuda Jinpei was quite puzzled. He actually had time to play with his phone! He walked over to Qi Ning's phone screen and asked, "What are you looking at?"
When he saw what was on Qi Ning's phone screen, Matsuda Jinpei's expression instantly became serious. Qi Ning turned on the camera and used the night vision mode of his phone to zoom in and see the situation at the crime scene.
A man of medium build was hanging there with a rope around his neck, his expression ferocious and his pupils dilated. He was already dead, but apart from the rope, there were no other scars on his neck.
"Take a picture of what's behind him." After observing the details that could be seen clearly on the mobile phone screen, Matsuda Jinpei asked Qi Ning, who was holding the mobile phone, to turn the camera to the wall behind the deceased.
Kenji Hagiwara also came over and observed with them. There was a burning candle on the wall behind the deceased. The candle was stuck to the wall parallel to the ground, with the burning end facing outwards, forming a shape that could not be determined for the time being.
This kind of strange occasion often reminds people of a series of things that are not common in reality, such as sacrifices, and then makes people think that the death of the deceased is caused by strange things. In addition, there is also the legend of the mermaid curse at the scene. Well - it is too coincidental, which makes people think that the murderer deliberately arranged it in order to get away with it.
"Xiao Zhenping, did you notice that there is blood dripping down the deceased's sleeve from his right hand, and he might have a wound on his back." With just two quick glances, Hagiwara Kenji determined that the cause of death of the deceased was not lack of oxygen.
"Hmm. There are no typical symptoms of mechanical asphyxiation, no cyanosis of the lips, and no scars on the neck that would result from a struggle. The deceased was probably hung there after death." Jinpei Matsuda also came to the same conclusion.
Qi Ning didn't say anything, but moved the camera to where the rope was hanging. Looking over there, he saw an iron scale on the dome of the art gallery with many coral-like decorations extending from it. The rope was hanging on the beam, surrounded by densely packed corals extending out.
At first glance, the rope seemed to be tens of meters above the ground. Even an adult couldn't throw the person up to this height. How did the murderer hang the person there?
"Ms. Qi Ning, can you take a picture of the ground over there? I seem to have seen something just now." Thinking was temporarily deadlocked, and Kenji Hagiwara tried to find more clues.
The ground? Qi Ning hadn't noticed at all. She shone the light in the direction of the sound and found that there was indeed something there.
"What is that?" Qi Ning was puzzled. It looked like powder. What was it used for?
"It should be something like phosphorus powder." Matsuda Jinpei answered. He recalled that when they first entered here, there was no light in the entire space. When they reached the middle of the corridor bridge, Black Misaki discovered the candlelight over there.
This should be some kind of delay device set up by the murderer. The burning time of the candle can accurately predict when it started burning. Normally, the murderer needs to be present for the candle to be lit, but if he used some method that does not require him to be present at the scene to light the candle, then he has an alibi.
After listening to Matsuda Jinpei's explanation, Qi Ning understood. She suddenly realized: "A fire stick."
This term actually caused Jinpei Matsuda and Kenji Hagiwara to look at her, wondering what it was.
After hearing Qi Ning's detailed explanation of what it was, Hagiwara Kenji agreed, "Yes, it's a similar principle. Ms. Kurosawa mentioned earlier that the sea is just below the covered bridge, which causes the air inside the house to be quite humid and the temperature to be very low. When all the doors and windows are closed, the white phosphorus won't ignite immediately. When we enter this space and open the doors, the air pressure inside and outside changes, the air circulates, and the candle over there lights up."
"I see that the ground over there is covered with dirt. It must have not been cleaned for a long time, but there are no footprints on the ground." After watching for so long, Qi Ning only observed this much.
"Maybe we should find a way to get on that beam and take a look." Matsuda Jinpei felt that there might be something to be gained there.
"How do we get up there?" Qi Ning raised his eyebrows and looked at Matsuda Jinpei. They were about ten meters away from that side, and there were also about ten meters above that side. If they wanted to get there, they had to be able to fly.
"Are you stupid? Do you have to go through here? Can't we go over there first?" Matsuda Jinpei pointed in the direction where Kurosawa Misaki took Date Kou and others away. There was also a door on the opposite side of the corridor bridge. They should be able to find a way through from there, but if they just rely on groping, who knows how long it will take to find the way.
"Just wait here obediently. I'll send a message to Yueyue to see if she has found Jiujiu. If they were here, we wouldn't have such a headache." Qi Ning clicked on the chat page and edited the message. However, after sending the message, he received no reply.
There are three doors on the left and right sides of the art gallery's hall. Kurosawa Misaki and Matsuda Jinpei went through the front door facing the main gate. According to recollection, Yaba Rin did not go to that door, so she could only leave through the other two doors.
Yayu Lin was standing on the left at first, and Shigure Yueling and Fūya Ling chose to enter the door on the left. The sun-shaped staff turned into a lantern and was held in Shigure Yueling's hand, illuminating the dark passage.
The two walked forward slowly holding hands.
"It's really strange. You are a paranoid person who usually uses magic to pay attention to the surrounding situation when eating out, but this time you didn't even notice when Miss Yayu Lin left." Furuya Ling suddenly spoke, and his voice echoed in the corridor.
Paranoid? Who were they talking about? Shi Yu Yue Ling's eyelids twitched wildly, and she couldn't help but hold her breath. She wanted to refute Jiang Gu Ling, but she couldn't refute him because she usually did that. She could only snort coldly to express her displeasure.
"Miss Qi Ning and I all drove here. You only used magic to teleport you and Miss Yayu Lin here. Miss Yayu Lin should be in the country. Judging from the previous cross-country magic teleportation, your magic power should not be exhausted yet." Jōgu Ling turned his head and asked Shi Yu Yue Ling beside him in confusion but calmly.
"Then why aren't you paying attention to your surroundings today? Is it because your paranoid personality that wants to control everything has suddenly returned?"
"Or is it that your magic power is used in a more important place?" As soon as these words came out, Shi Yu Yueling, who had originally had a calm face and wanted to refute that he was not paranoid, suddenly froze.
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