"Don't worry, you can take a look at the crime scene first." Lin En stepped back a few meters and looked around, "Although this is most likely not the first scene of the Hinde family, it is still the only one known so far."
"It's been too long, and there won't be any clues left. To be honest, there is only one thing worth pondering." Reiner passed by Linn and came to the edge of the rooftop. "If the Hinde family had died before, then...
The ice sculpture must first be frozen into a solid state so that it can stand upright on the edge. The frozen ice sculpture should be completed after bringing them to the rooftop. Otherwise, it is impossible to carry the ice sculpture up without being noticed."
"Then this is the first scene?" Lynn's thoughts were opened by Reiner.
Reiner was unable to give a definite answer: "It's just possible that the clues we have now are too few. Those recorded in the files of the Sheriff's Department are all trivial things for solving the case."
"Yeah, let's go and explore inside." Lin ** went to the door and gently twisted the door handle.
The door handle moved a little and then encountered resistance.
Sure enough it was locked.
"Are you coming or am I coming?" Linn asked.
"Come on, the door lock will break if I come, and it may be noticed by then." Reiner said.
"Hmm." Lin En thought.
"throat."
The door lock made a metallic clang.
Then he pressed the door handle, and the door to which only a few people held the key was easily opened.
In order to avoid bumping into people when he came up, Linn only opened the door a small crack and peeked through the small crack first.
What came into view was a rather dim, spiraling old staircase.
There was no movement.
There are no lights.
"No one." Linn whispered, officially opened the door, and tiptoed down the stairs.
"Find the schematic diagram first." Reiner, who was following behind, reminded.
In some buildings, the floor plan of each floor is marked near the stairwell.
Such a floor plan can help them grasp information about the Old South York Hotel as quickly as possible, confirm where there are people and where no one is, where secrets may be hidden, and where Marquis Aldrich may be resting.
"Yeah. If you meet someone, I'll take care of it." Lynn kept a slow pace and took almost a minute to go down the stairs to the top floor of the Old Nanyue Hotel.
As soon as he approached the stairs, Linn heard some noise and hurriedly stopped. He instinctively kicked a step backwards with one foot, ready to evacuate up at any time.
"It sounded like the sound of tableware." Reiner's hearing was very keen and he quickly identified the source of the sound on the top floor.
"Is it a restaurant?" Linn whispered.
"possible."
After waiting for about a minute, except for the faint sound of tableware, there was no other sound inside.
Linn thought twice before moving on: "I suspect that Upton and the others didn't come in when they were investigating."
"Because there is no information about the layout of the Old Nanyue Hotel in the file?" Reiner said.
"Well, this is very important information, but now we need to take risks and explore it bit by bit." Linn didn't get too angry, but smiled a little, "If they really didn't come in, that would be a good thing. That's it."
It shows that there is really something shady hidden in the Old Nanyue Hotel. If we come in suddenly, we will definitely catch them off guard."
With that said, the two came to the stairs on the top floor.
Linn peered in and saw a spacious corridor in front of him. On both sides of the corridor were tightly closed doors with gold rims.
"There is no floor plan, but it should be the restaurant." Linn judged.
"We'd better find their changing room and change into employee uniforms." Reiner suggested.
Next they have to go down step by step.
The further down you go, the higher the probability of bumping into someone. If you are wearing casual clothes, two unfamiliar faces can easily trigger each other's alertness.
Only by changing into employee uniforms can it be relatively easier to get through emergencies.
"This is a bit difficult to handle..." Lin En didn't have a good idea for a while.
In an unfamiliar hotel, find a changing room and change into a staff uniform without being noticed?
They are no different from engaging in espionage operations.
"It doesn't matter if you don't move. I suspect that if there is a secret in the Old Nanyue Hotel, the secret is hidden on the top floor. We should be able to gain something by squatting here or venturing into the corridor." Reiner said.
Lynn understands his logic completely.
The reason why a secret is called a secret is because few people know about it and it is secretive enough.
So how to keep it secret?
Naturally, places that are accessible to fewer people are more secretive.
If shady things are placed on the middle floor and other floors are used normally, then other people going up and down and passing by this place frequently every day will inevitably notice something. Even if someone is posted at the entrance to guard it, there will be something hidden.
It feels more curious.
But if you put the shady things on the top floor, no one will come up, and the risk of exposure will naturally be minimized.
However, there is another problem.
"If the secret is on this floor, how come the guards are so lax?" Lin En just asked, and then he thought of the reason, "Is it tight on the outside and loose on the inside... They never thought that someone could bypass the defense below and come directly from above.
Come in..."
"Well, especially since we are only entertaining the Marquis of Aldrich today, we don't have to worry about someone breaking in here unintentionally. Therefore, the Marquis of Aldrich has become our best cover." Reiner agreed.
"Secret..." Linn poked his head again, looking at the spotless corridor and the closed door.
At first he thought these rooms were dining rooms.
But once the malicious speculation started, he couldn't help but feel shuddering.
Are these private rooms really just used to ensure privacy for dining?
Or does it mean that every room has an unexpected purpose? The shocking secret is just silently blocked by every room that is less than fifty or sixty square meters?
Lin En had the impulsive idea to open the door.
"Would you like to go into these rooms and have a look?" He controlled this thought and turned to talk to Reiner in a whisper-like volume.
"You are suspicious..." When Reiner looked at the doors again, his eyes became more complicated.
"When we have no clue, we can only ignore any clues. Today there is only one guest, Marquis Aldrich. There should be no one in the room here. Now is the best time for us to go in." Lin En said.
"Okay, then I'll look out for the wind." Reiner said.
"Well, it's so deserted today. Usually no one goes in. Just ensure your own safety. If the things inside are beyond imagination, I will send you a signal and ask you to come over..." Lin En and Reiner discussed how to deal with various situations.
After planning the situation, while there was no one in the corridor, he took a big step to leave the stairs and rushed towards the nearest room.