Lin En had already researched the location of the Old Nanyue Hotel in advance, so even though he was not very familiar with Didu, he arrived in front of the hotel early after asking for directions several times.
"Hello." The doorman noticed the car and hurried over to greet Linn.
Lin En lowered the window. Although he was wearing a security uniform, he still showed his security card: "I am the second-level security officer of the Imperial City Public Security Bureau. I was ordered to investigate the tragedy of the Xinde family that happened here a month and a half ago. Please help.
I will contact the relevant personnel of the hotel to cooperate with my investigation."
The doorman was stunned for a moment: "Xin, the tragedy of Xinde's family? This case is not..."
"It's not what?" Linn narrowed his eyes.
"No one from the Public Security Bureau has come to investigate this case for a long time. We thought..."
"As long as the case is not solved and the murderer is not caught, the case will continue to be investigated," Lin En said.
"So you are, have you made any progress?"
"I will talk to the relevant personnel about this matter. What you have to do now is to help me contact him." Lin En did not waste too much time with the doorman.
After watching the doorman quickly enter the hotel to look for relevant personnel, Linn parked the car on the side of the road, then got out of the car and looked around the street in front of the Old Nanyue Hotel.
The street is quite wide and surrounded by high-end shops.
Whether they are passers-by on the street or customers entering and exiting the hotel, their attire is all luxurious.
This is also one of the doubtful points.
In a hotel with a high level of consumption, it stands to reason that the service will be very professional and attentive. How could the Hinde family, a total of seven people, male, female, old and young, enter the hotel and reach the rooftop unobstructed without being noticed by anyone in the hotel?
Not to mention that no one noticed it, it was rare for such a big target to be witnessed by only a few people.
Or there is a possibility.
The seven members of the family did not go up together, but arrived at the rooftop one by one under the deliberate cover of the murderer.
This has led to new problems.
Why are the Hinde family so cooperative with the murderer?
Did they decide to leave this world themselves, or did they die before going up?
There was a lot of fog in front of my eyes.
Linn thought for a moment and looked up at the top of the Old Nanyue Hotel.
The Old Nanyue Hotel has nine floors, and the top is more than 40 meters above the ground. When the seven ice sculptures stand on the edge of the rooftop, it is indeed difficult for passers-by to notice.
——Crack!
At noon, a melted ice sculpture fell from the rooftop and hit the hard ground heavily into countless small and large pieces.
——This is already more than ten hours after the incident occurred.
The corpses in Linn's eyes gradually disappeared, and only the clean and wide streets came into view.
A month and a half has passed.
Can this case really be solved?
"Mr. Sheriff!" At this time, the doorman's voice brought the thinking Linn back to reality.
He turned around and saw a tall, thin man in a suit and gold glasses waving to him at the door of the hotel, accompanied by a doorman.
"Who is this?" Lin En walked forward and looked at the man.
"Hello, I am Bowen, the manager of the Old Nanyue Hotel." Bowen gracefully bowed to Lynn and saluted.
"I am the Level 2 Sheriff of the Imperial City Public Security Bureau, Lin En." Lin En flashed his security card again.
"I heard from the doorman that you are here to investigate the bizarre suicide case?" Manager Bowen had no intention of inviting Linn into the hotel, so he stood in front of the door and started talking.
Lin En vaguely felt a hint of contempt from the other party's indifferent eyes.
Well, it’s quite difficult to expect someone with a corruption value of [120] to respect you.
"According to our analysis, this case should not be a suicide, but a homicide." Lin En said.
"Oh?" Manager Bowen's face was a little sickly pale, but it was not comparable to Archbishop Phelan of the God-given Church. "Suicide? It seems that the Public Security Bureau has made significant progress, right?"
"It's not convenient to disclose this at the moment. I need you to cooperate with me for further investigation." Lin En tilted his head and looked at the magnificent hotel lobby behind the manager, "It's so cold outside, don't you plan to invite me in to sit down and chat?
"
"I'm sorry, it's inconvenient." Manager Bowen replied in words that could not be heard as apologetic. "Today, the hotel is receiving important guests. We hope that the guests will not be disturbed by what happened before. Of course, I am happy to
I will cooperate with you in the investigation, but we can only do it outside the door."
Linn had not read the Sheriff's Code, but with a sense of confidence, he spoke in a serious tone: "Do you know what the consequences will be if you prevent the Sheriff from entering the crime scene to investigate the case?"
"I'm sorry, today's guest is really important. I think you don't want to make this distinguished guest unhappy during his rest. After all, neither the hotel nor you can afford the consequences." Manager Bowen smiled slightly again.
Bow down.
Important guest?
It was so important that the entire hotel only served him, and Lin En couldn't even go in to investigate a case?
Now he has a cooperative relationship with the Director of the General Security Bureau, and is a close friend of Reiner of the Fernando family. He also relies on the Scavenger Organization and the God-given Society, and has one backer after another. Lin En would like to hear how big a person he is:
"Can you tell me who the guest is today?"
"Marquis Aldrich."
Manager Bowen straightened his back, raised his head and said.
A few seconds later, when Lynn was still 'retrieving' who the Marquis of Aldrich was in his mind, the manager Bowen frowned: "You don't know the Marquis of Aldrich, do you?"
"I'm new here, so I don't know much about him." Lin En couldn't tell how difficult this person was for a while.
"The Marquis of Aldrich comes from the Aldrich family, and the Aldrich family is a famous and wealthy family in the imperial capital. Do you understand what I say? He is someone you can't afford to offend. It makes him a little unhappy.
, if he says a word, both your and my jobs will be lost."
One of the wealthy families in the imperial capital?
I don’t know how it compares to Reiner’s Fernando family.
After thinking about it, Lin En did not want to get into new trouble when there was very little time to investigate the case, so he only made a final confirmation: "I am only going in to investigate the case, not to turn the hotel upside down."
"I understand, but after all, it involves a murder that affects the reputation of the hotel. If Marquis Aldrich accidentally hears it, you know how many problems it will cause." Manager Bowen was firm.
It's really troublesome to investigate individual cases.
He couldn't even step into the hotel, which made Linn a little dissatisfied, but he didn't show it on his face: "Then just cooperate with my investigation here."
"Thank you for your understanding."
"Are the people who held the keys to the rooftop a month and a half ago still there?" Lin En entered the state.
"One person has resigned, but the other two are still there."
"Resigned? Who? When did you leave? What was the reason? Where did you go after resigning?" Lin En focused on asking the person who had left the hotel first.
"It's old George. He has worked at the Old Nanyue Hotel for more than fifty years. When he was young, he was responsible for the driver. When he was old, he was responsible for cleaning chores and patrolling. After that incident, he has been actively cooperating with your investigation, but the case
Didn't everything end later? He always felt that this place had become an ominous place, and it wasn't long before he could no longer withstand the psychological pressure and resigned. As for the current situation, I don't know much about it. But he had been living in the Southeast District before he resigned.
In the group house, if there are no big changes in life, you should be able to find him there."
After jotting down this point in his notebook, Linn continued to ask: "I will go find him. Since the other two are still here, please bring them over."
"Hold on."
"Also." Linn stopped the manager Bowen, "Bring those in charge of hotel security that night as well. In addition, prepare a list of people who have resigned and joined the hotel so far when the case occurred, and
Hotel duty list for that night.”
"...Then you have to wait a little longer." Manager Bowen smiled and entered the hotel.
Knowing that this matter could not be solved within a few dozen minutes, Lin En returned to the car and sat down.
He had expected that the investigation would not go smoothly.
The main problem with this is that too much time has passed.
Human memory will become biased over time.
Traces of the scene will gradually disappear over time.
Now, Lin En can no longer rely too much on traces and confessions. Lin En's biggest reliance now is [Peeper's Eye] and [Perception].
His ideas for solving crimes are also different from ordinary people's.
First use [Peeper's Eye] to screen suspicious targets, and then use [Perception] to confirm whether the other party is hostile to you.
If both abilities 'win the bid', then the probability of being the murderer is very high.
At this time, focus on the investigation around the suspect to save time and effort.
About half an hour later, manager Bowen took a file bag and impatiently walked out of the hotel with a group of people.
Lin En, who had been staring at the main entrance of the hotel, immediately got out of the car and greeted him.
"Here are all the information you asked for." Manager Bowen first handed the file bag to Lin En, and then pointed to the people beside him, "These two are staff members who hold the rooftop key together.
These are hotel security personnel."
"Okay." After putting the files away, Lin En activated the [Peeper's Eye] to investigate the details of this group of people one by one, "You, take a step forward. You, take a step forward. You also take a step forward. Still.
With you, you..."
Less than a minute.
Lin En used the [Peeper's Eye] to roughly screen out eight suspects from dozens of staff members whose depravity value exceeded [50].
According to his standards, it is possible to kill someone only if the depravity value exceeds [100], and for someone who commits such a major tragedy, the depravity value will probably be at the bottom of [200].
However, it is currently only confirmed that hotel staff are involved in the case, and it is impossible to determine whether the hotel staff is the mastermind or an accomplice.
Therefore, if the corruption value exceeds [50], there is a theoretical possibility of being involved.