"If the thief wants to leave such a scratch, he should be carrying a sharp weapon." Liang said, "Looking at the scratch, it should be... caused by a knife blade?"
Wein looked at Grayson: "Take off the scabbard of your sword."
"Huh?" Grayson didn't know why, but he still did it.
One big difference between the police in this world and Leon's previous life is that even ordinary patrol officers carry very lethal weapons such as pistols and long swords, just like the long sheath hanging on Grayson's waist.
sword.
After taking off the scabbard, Wein commanded: "Now put the sword back to your waist, yes, without the scabbard. Then try to jump to the window sill."
Grayson put away his sword, stood up and climbed onto the window sill, and the sword at his waist hit the window at the right time, leaving a shallow scratch.
Leon suddenly realized: "The thief was wearing an unsheathed sword. When he wanted to leave the window sill, the blade hit the edge. This is the source of the scratch."
"Similarly, when you rush into the bedroom, the sword blade may hit the door frame." Wein added.
"So why do thieves carry such a weapon with them?" Grayson jumped back to the ground. "Generally speaking, only guards or private security guards of powerful people will carry such long sword weapons with them. Most people carry a long sword on the street.
If you leave, you will definitely be stopped and questioned, and on some important occasions, you may even be banned from entering."
A sword is not like a pistol. Once you put it in the holster and put on a coat, others will not be able to see it. Even if you want to defend yourself, you will not choose such a flamboyant weapon.
It would be even more inappropriate if the other party was a thief. How could a thief deliberately make himself so conspicuous?
"Of course 'ordinary people' wouldn't do this, but what if the identity of the thief is unusual?" Wein touched his chin, "For example, he is actually an assassin or something?"
"assassin?"
Leon and Grayson said in unison.
Grayson simply felt unbelievable, while Leon thought of the famous "Kingslayer".
Isn’t that the case? What connection does the “regicide” have with this case?
"Don't be so suspicious. In fact, 'without a scabbard' can illustrate this point." Wein smiled, "The role of the scabbard is not only for appearance, but also for daily protection of the sword and oneself, to prevent the sword from being used.
Wear and tear during daily activities to prevent yourself from accidentally touching the blade and causing wounds."
"Guards and security guards usually need to use swords very rarely, but assassins are different. Sometimes, they need to fight a bloody path, and the blood-stained sword is stuffed into the scabbard, and then
The cleaning work is more troublesome, and the assassin cannot carry the bloody sword to the workshop openly and find someone to clean it. Therefore, for assassins who are good at using swords, it is a habit to not bring a scabbard. "
"That makes sense." Grayson nodded, "But why would an assassin be involved in this case? Someone wouldn't hire an assassin to steal things, right?"
Hiring assassins to steal things and hiring thieves to kill people are both signs of unprofessionalism.
"Well... who knows." Wein walked to the safe, "It wasn't broken open by violence. It seems that either the safe was unlocked - but I don't think Marshall would be so stupid - or the assassin knew the password.
What is it, or maybe he is also a master of unlocking."
This kind of safe is a combination lock, and the dial needs to be turned to the correct unknown for the lock to open.
In Leon's previous life, this type of safe had basically been eliminated and replaced with more advanced electronic code locks. In the TV series and movies Leon had watched, agents often wore stethoscopes and opened these types of safes while listening.
Mechanical lock safe. When this old-fashioned mechanical code lock is rotating, you can often hear the sound of the wheel disc. Use a stethoscope to amplify the internal rotation sound and then judge whether the code is correct by the change of the sound. The principle is
There is a lever bolt, which is always pressing against the edge of the wheel plate. If you use your hand to gently and slowly turn the password dial. When turning, it will make a metal-to-metal sound. This is
There is no more scraping sound between metals, and there are some stuck places. This means that a password has been corrected.
Facing this type of mechanical lock, as long as you have enough patience and a certain amount of experience, it is only a matter of time before you open it.
But... looking at the messy room, Leon wondered if the thief really had the patience to squat next to the safe and slowly unlock it.
"The deeper the investigation into this case becomes, the more doubtful it becomes..." Grayson sighed.
Leon also felt the same. The murder of Marshall implicated the crime of the Director of the Solemnity Bureau, and the theft of the apartment implicated a thief who was suspected of being an assassin.
There is still no clue as to what the stolen items were.
"Could what was stolen be the original photo evidence of the director's private transaction with Titan Industries?" Leon asked, "Since Marshall entered the photo into the communication terminal, he should also have the physical photo on hand, right?"
"That's my guess too," Grayson said. "If the photos were stolen, then the assassin might have been hired by the director."