When I returned to the church, the time had already reached 0:40 on January 19th.
There are less than seven hours left before dawn.
"How's it going?" Eden was sitting in the church, making progress difficult.
"I have some ideas..." Linn told Eden his guess.
Eden also didn't believe that these people were bewitched and then committed suicide together, but considering that there was really no idea at the moment, he had to agree with Linn to try: "I'll wake up the residents, they are all asleep now."
Linn said "hmm".
"Sorry to bother you, please cooperate with the investigation." Eden personally woke up the residents sleeping on the rows of seats one by one, and explained the reason to them apologetically.
"Sir, don't bother. You can't solve this case. The murderer is a demon."
"Anyway, I'll pack up my things and leave Crean Street at dawn. I have to protect my own life first."
"I don't believe in ghosts or demons, but I will definitely complain to you tomorrow! After so long, so many people have died, and the murderer still can't be caught! What do you do for food!"
Residents no longer have expectations of the Public Security Bureau, and people with high status within it dare to hold accountable the police.
Eden made no response to this.
Catching the murderer and protecting the safety of residents are the duties of the Sheriff.
Now that they have not done this well, it is reasonable for them to be complained and reprimanded.
"Everyone, please be quiet." Lin En was not so thin-skinned and stepped forward to speak up for Eden, "You are right, the one who is most to blame for the inability to catch the murderer is the Sheriff's Department. But I also believe that everyone has seen the Sheriff
Their efforts. The case is very difficult, the details of the enemy are not yet known, and there are so many plans but we are still repeatedly provoked... So what? So now that the murderer has not been caught, do we have to give up? Do we have to fight internally first?"
The solitary people fell silent.
"What is the murderer doing? He is slapping the Public Security Bureau in the face and forcing you to leave the place where you have lived for decades. He is our common enemy. What we should trust most now is each other and what we should do most is
United." Lin En glanced at everyone, "Isn't it?"
"Aren't we united enough? We will do whatever you ask us to do. Whether it is a visit or a transfer to a church for the night, we are very cooperative. But what is the result?" Some people objected, "Now it is not trust or distrust at all, nor unity.
The problem with unity is that you don’t have the ability! You are no match for the murderer, so no matter how trusting or united you are, it won’t help!”
"Then I promise you that tonight, I will definitely catch the murderer." Linn replied in a more confident tone, "If you can't catch him, I will be responsible for the resettlement fees required for you to move out of Kling Street."
"Lynn!" Eden stepped forward to stop him.
Their Public Security Bureau was responsible for the case, and there was absolutely no need for Lin, a consultant, to shoulder such a heavy responsibility on his shoulders.
"It's okay." Lin En shook his head slightly.
Tonight was originally the night of his life and death, and he could only fight to the death.
If the murderer is not caught and is killed by the mysterious existence, then it will be useless no matter how much money is left.
"You? Who are you? I see you're not even wearing a security uniform. Are you here to cause trouble?"
Faced with the doubts of the person living alone, Lin En did not explain in pale language and directly showed a wad of banknotes.
The face value of banknotes is tens of gold grams.
Each person is given a few cards one by one, which is more than enough to move away from Clint Street.
Seeing that Lin En really had the ability to accommodate everyone, the dissatisfied residents calmed down.
Eden, who was by his side, was even more convinced that Linn's background was as profound as that of Reiner from the Fernando family.
As for why he keeps a low profile as a detective mystery novelist and lives in an ordinary apartment, it is unknown.
"Can you trust us now?" Lin En put the money away. "I ask you to recall carefully. In the past month or two, has any strange person directly or covertly guided you to commit suicide?"
Leading to suicide?
The people living alone whispered to each other.
No one spoke, so Lin En had to broaden his scope: "Or, in the past month or two, who has had the idea of committing suicide?"
Those who live alone are silent.
"Everyone, please feel free to ask, what's the big deal?" Eden said helpfully.
However, in the end, no one answered.
Is it true that they have never had the thought of committing suicide, or are they, like the five people who were killed tonight, refused to disclose because they were threatened?
Lin En was forced to have no choice but to use words that were more concerned with everyone's safety and reminded: "According to reliable investigation results, every victim has had the idea of committing suicide in the past one or two months, or has encountered a problem in life.
A lot of unhappiness. I hope everyone can express it frankly, this is related to whether you will become the next target."
"I didn't meet it."
"I've never had any ideas in this regard."
"Same."
Seeing this, Lin En sighed.
Logically speaking, there is really no need for these people to hide anything.
I have had thoughts of committing suicide, and I have suffered some setbacks in life. It is not a crime, so there is no problem in bringing it up.
If you don't mention it, it just means that it really doesn't exist anymore.
Therefore, the possibility of abetting suicide is basically ruled out.
The investigation has once again returned to its original point.
Is this a [Transcendent] level mission...
Even if it is the first time to participate and the mysterious existence has downgraded the difficulty to a certain extent, it is still so difficult...
Linn sincerely admired Reiner, who had completed more than ten [Transcendent] level tasks.
"What should I do..." Eden's mind was almost completely confused.
Too many questions raised by the case have not been answered.
He could feel that he was still far away from the truth.
He could even imagine the murderer laughing at them.
"Let's go back to the scripture room first and then do some research." Lin En also felt that his thoughts were frozen. He needed to sort out everything, then break away from the current thinking and find a new angle to search for the missed clues.
"Then they..."
"...Let's rest." Lin En took the lead and walked towards the scripture room.
"Everyone, please rest. I'm sorry for disturbing you." Eden apologized to the people living alone, and then called the other security officers to go to the library to discuss countermeasures.
Lin En randomly found a seat and sat down, took out the pen and paper he carried with him, and prepared to record the events.
"Lynn, you are here to help me. If the murderer is not found today, I can just solve the problem on the residents' side." Eden felt very sorry. He didn't want to see that nothing would be found tonight and Linn would still have to wait until dawn.
A huge sum of money was paid.
"It doesn't matter." Linn didn't care about it.
If the murderer is caught, no money will be given.
If you can't catch him, there's no point keeping the money.
"I feel that we need to ask for help from a higher level. If the imperial capital can send the most elite investigation team, we should still have hope." Eden knew that he could not compete with this opponent with his own ability.
"No need for them." Linn objected.
If you really pin your hopes on the investigation team, you will be out of breath by the time they arrive.
Eden misunderstood what Lin En meant and thought that Lin En was going to rely on his background to find some help: "You want to..."
"I have nothing -" Linn raised his head and responded, but when he looked at Eden, he was suddenly attracted to Eden's side and behind.