A man in a black trench coat with an expressionless face just met Lynn and Matt.
Lin En instantly recognized this as the [Awakened One] he met before entering the tavern.
The man in the trench coat also remembered that they had met not long ago from the conspicuous feature of Lynn's wheelchair: "Where are the Bazell brothers?"
Before Linn could speak, Matt pointed to the single room: "Over there."
Then, the man in the trench coat bypassed the two of them and walked straight over coldly.
Linn, who originally wanted to ask Matt to go down to the second floor, turned the wheelchair and pretended to go to watch the gamblers play cards, but actually began to secretly observe the movements of the man in the trench coat.
The man in the trench coat is the [Awakened One], so will he receive the same mission as himself, responsible for investigating who killed the Bazel brothers a few minutes later?
Or is he the murderer who is about to kill the Bazel brothers?
[Awakened] is probably different from ordinary people. With his 100 corruption points and unknown abilities, it is probably not difficult to kill the Bazel brothers.
While Lin En was observing and analyzing, the man in the trench coat came to the door of the single room and walked in without knocking.
After that, for two minutes, there was no movement in the single room.
"Brother, we..." Matt became increasingly confused and impatient.
"Believe me, Matt." It was difficult for Lynn to explain to Matt so many events that could not be explained by science, but he was sincere in his heart.
He wants to complete this mission safely and survive, and he wants to live a good life with his brother who has good character.
Matt felt all this from Lynn's eyes, and his emotions gradually calmed down: "...I believe you, brother."
After dealing with Matt's little episode, Linn sometimes looked at the single room with the door closed, and sometimes looked at the stairs where people could come at any time.
【Three minutes and eleven seconds, three minutes and ten seconds——】
Only one-third of the time is left.
There are only two possibilities next.
In the first type, the man in the trench coat received the same task. After understanding the situation of the Bazell brothers, he would leave the single room and wait for the last moment to arrive.
Second, the man in the trench coat is the murderer of the Bazell brothers. After eradicating the Bazell brothers, he will find a way to clear his own suspicion.
For Lynn, both are good things.
If the man in the trench coat has the same mission as his, then they can work together to solve the case. If the man in the trench coat is the murderer, then he can complete the mission by directly identifying himself.
With the intervention of the man in the trench coat, things became a little simpler.
As for how to determine the mission of the man in the trench coat, Linn thought it couldn't be easier.
If the man in the trench coat was the last person to enter the single room before the death of the Bazell brothers, it means that he is the murderer. Otherwise, there is a high probability that he is his companion.
Next, just wait.
Two minutes later, the door to the single room opened and the man in a trench coat walked out alone.
Linn concentrated on watching the card games on the gambling table, and chatted with Matt from time to time, pretending not to care about the situation in the private room at all.
The man in the trench coat did not leave the single room, but also came to the gaming table to watch.
During this period, Lin En never raised his head, but he could feel that part of the man in the trench coat was paying attention to him.
【Fifty-nine seconds, fifty-eight seconds——】
There was less than a minute until the Bazzell brothers died.
So far, no second person has entered the single room.
"Black Jack! Black Jack! Haha! Get the money!"
"Damn it, did you collude with the dealer?! You haven't lost much!"
"Haha! I'm so lucky, I can't help it. If you don't accept it, you can go to Brother Bazel to seek justice!"
The gaming table was extremely lively.
Lin En's heartbeat accelerated even faster.
【Thirty seconds, twenty-nine seconds——】
In less than half a minute, on this beautiful Christmas Eve, a horrific murder will occur in a tavern filled with festive atmosphere.
【Twenty-one seconds, twenty seconds——】
"Bang."
The door to the single room was opened.
Lynn, Matt, and the man in the trench coat all looked over.
I saw two ladies starting to tidy up the single room, while the Barzel brothers walked downstairs talking and laughing.
"Lynn?" Halfway through, Bazel Burton noticed Linn who was crowding around the casino. "How do you feel? There is nothing in the world that can make money faster than this."
"Very good." Lin En tried her best to keep her expression natural.
"Haha! That's okay! But we have to go down first. Let's play together later! Let's go!" After that, Bazel Burton and his brother Chad went down the stairs.
【Seven seconds, six seconds——】
They are going to die!
The man in the trench coat glanced at Lin En and followed him first.
"Matt, let's go downstairs too, hurry up!" Lynn patted Matt, who quickly pushed the wheelchair to the stairs.
【Two seconds, one second——】
"Boom!"
"ah!!!"
As soon as Lin En and the man in the trench coat reached the stairs, they heard the sound of a body rolling down and a sharp scream.
The two looked at each other and instantly confirmed each other's identities. The man in the trench coat didn't care what he said, jumped down and rushed to the crime scene as quickly as possible.
"Quick! Matt! Carry me down!" Linn said urgently.
"What happened, brother?" Matt heard the noise but didn't realize the situation.
"Go down first, quickly!"
"good!"
Matt understood the seriousness of the matter from Lynn's look and tone, and without any delay, he picked up Lynn on his back and hurried downstairs with the wheelchair.
When he reached the stairs on the first floor, when Matt saw the Bazell brothers lying in a pool of blood beside the stairs, he was so frightened that he almost stumbled and fell: "Oh my God!"
"Don't be afraid, carry me down!" Linn tried his best to comfort Matt with a calm tone.
"Brother...this..." The person who was alive one second was dead the next. Matt's legs couldn't help but tremble.
The man in the trench coat arrived before them, stopped the people around who wanted to come over to check the situation, and shouted "I am a security guard" to maintain order.
"Hey! Did anyone come down after the Bazell brothers fell down?!" Lin En asked the man in the windbreaker.
"Not before! Not since!" The man in the windbreaker immediately asked the people nearby and confirmed that except for the two bodies rolling down the stairs, there was no third figure.
"The murderer is on the second floor!" Linn concluded.
"Seal the stairs! Don't let anyone escape!" The man in the trench coat was stunned for a moment, and then he understood the reason why Lin En said that.
The Bazell brothers rolled down, indicating that they were killed before reaching the first floor, and they did not see anyone else when they chased them down from the third floor, so the murderer could only be on the second floor.
"How did they die?" Linn did not rush to the second floor, but further inquired about the situation of the Bazell brothers.
"My throat was cut with a sharp weapon! There were no other injuries!" the man in the trench coat replied.
"Look at the gaps between their nails! Is there any skin tissue?" Matt didn't dare to go downstairs, and his brain was still confused. Linn had to ask the man in the trench coat to confirm the situation across a flight of stairs.
After hearing this, the man in the trench coat knelt down and carefully looked at the hands of Brother Bazell: "No!"
"Let's go! Let's go to the second floor together!" Linn patted Matt, "Matt, carry me to the second floor!"
"Brother! We have to leave quickly! It's too dangerous here!" Matt instinctively wanted to escape from here.
"Believe me, we must find the murderer! Hurry!" Linn only hated that she couldn't move freely. She had to convince Matt first to go to the second floor.
The man in the trench coat hesitated again and again, and reminded the horrified crowd around him: "No one is allowed to approach the body without my permission! No one is allowed to leave! Otherwise, there will be consequences at your own risk!"
Immediately afterwards, without waiting for the drinkers or the musicians to respond as the music stopped, the man in the trench coat rushed up the stairs, grabbed the wheelchair from Matt's hand, and reached the second floor first.
Seeing that the wheelchairs had all been taken away by the men in trench coats, Linn kept asking to get up. Matt gritted his teeth and had no choice but to do it.
"Wheelchair." Arriving on the second floor, Lin En asked for the wheelchair back from the man in the trench coat and sat down.
"What happened down there?!"
"Go down and take a look!"
Before the three of them could go deeper into the second floor, people on the second and third floors heard the movement downstairs and gathered to get down.
"boom!"
Upon seeing this, the man in the trench coat decisively showed his ID as a security officer, took out the revolver from his waist, and fired a shot in the direction of no one: "Stay there and don't move! No one is allowed to move without my permission.