After persuading for a while, seeing that the detectives were still at war with each other, Kurosawa sighed sadly:
"When we searched the annex just now, we couldn't find any suspicious people, which actually doesn't mean anything - the organizer may have noticed our movements and hid in the mountains in advance.
"In addition, we were conducting the investigation together as a group of people just now, and this annex covers a very large area. The organizer who is familiar with the terrain can definitely play a game of hide-and-seek with us... Well, instead of quarreling, it is better to close all the doors and windows first
Lock it up and search again. This time you can divide into at least two teams and start searching from several different directions."
In a dark secret room.
Through the screen, Granny Qianjian looked at Kurosawa, the "terminal patient" trying to put up a fight, and her eyes softened a little: He was indeed a person who was about to die, and his mentality was indeed different from that of ordinary people who were full of desires.
It's a pity that no matter how hard he struggles, it's useless - the lead has been ignited by two lives and it is impossible to stop. If Kurosawa continues to block, he will only become a victim among this group of people...
However, he had originally planned to commit suicide. It was much better to be buried with so many detectives and experience a dramatic death than to die alone in the mountains. Thinking of this, Qianjian Granny's aching conscience suddenly became less so.
It hurts.
"..." Speaking of which, judging from the "proposal" Kurosawa said in the lobby, it was indeed the right thing to agree to give this young man a ride.
Because suggestions from outsiders will only help more and more.
——In the current situation of mutual suspicion, if everyone acts in unison, it will be considered suspicious, because they can always see each other, and that kind of suspicion will be limited to a certain extent because "seeing is believing"
Inside.
But once they disperse, they are out of sight of each other...
Human imagination is extremely powerful, especially in such tense and life-threatening moments.
After separation, since they can't see what the other person is doing, the detectives' suspicions will only continue to amplify... In the end, someone will take the lead in taking some extreme self-defense actions in order to protect themselves, and those actions will once again ignite panic in others.
The sparks eventually burned into a sea of blood, burning out all life here.
...In a life-threatening tense situation, some people's minds will go blank. But this group of detectives is different. When the death line approaches, they should be able to awaken their potential and solve the mystery of the treasure at the critical moment...
Of course, for Granny Qianjian herself, what she looks forward to the most is that the detectives are forced into a desperate situation. Before they die, they can leave secrets about the treasure on the ground like writing death messages... According to the detective's habit,
It would be extremely painful if she solved the mystery but could only die with the answer. In this way, she would not have to do anything anymore...
Under the thoughtful gaze of Granny Qianjian.
in the surveillance screen.
In the hall, the detectives who were much younger than Qianjian's mother-in-law and relatively "inexperienced" seemed to have failed to foresee the dangers of splitting up.
It seemed that they didn't want to act together with the suspicious person in the first place. When they heard Kurosawa's suggestion, they all nodded in agreement and began to group themselves.
…
In the hall.
Jiang Xia put on the vest of "Kurosawa Zuo" and conducted an impromptu effort to break up the fight.
Afterwards, seeing the detectives "accepting the suggestion" and walking away in twos and threes, he himself chose a direction and walked to the long corridor.
Just after taking two steps, I suddenly heard footsteps behind me.
When he looked back, he saw Toru Amuro and "Jiang Xia" following him, and they seemed to naturally form a group with him.
"..."
Jiang Xia thought of the ubiquitous surveillance and nodded towards them like a hospitable person.
Then a team of three people carefully searched the annex.
…
After searching the rooms one after another, the "organizer" was never found hiding anywhere.
Halfway through the search, after pushing open a wooden door in the middle of the corridor, three emotionless search machines paused slightly.
——Unlike those guest rooms with several sets, there is no common furniture such as sofas in this room. Instead, there is an eye-catching grand piano. This seems to be a piano room.
The three of them were slightly startled, turned on the lights, and instead of just passing by with a quick glance like before, they went into the house to take a look.
"Performing a murderous drama" is of course the main goal at this stage.
But at the same time, there is another important thing - treasure hunting.
... Human beings are curious, let alone a part-time detective and a phantom thief.
Toru Amuro and Kidd were also somewhat curious about the "treasure" in this annex that had killed countless people.
According to experience, the key to solving the puzzle is often hidden in this special room.
…
Not long after I entered, I really gained something.
Jiang Xia walked to the piano and seemed to want to press the keys out of habit.
But after extending his hand, he suddenly said "Huh?", paused his fingers slightly, and turned to the other side.
——At one end of the piano, between the two keys, there is an old and yellowed piece of paper.
Jiang Xia picked up the brittle paper and carefully unfolded it to examine it.
In the soft clattering sound, the two temporary teammates next to him noticed his new discovery, and they also came closer and looked over.
I saw a few familiar words written on the paper.
This is the tip given to them by the organizer just now:
[Two travelers looked up at the sky at night, and the devil descended on the castle; the king fled with the treasure, the princess shed tears on the Holy Grail, begging for forgiveness, the soldier swung his sword and killed himself, and the ground was stained with blood]
"..."
Toru Amuro raised his hand, rubbed the piece of paper, and then sniffed it closer: "It looks like natural weathering, it has existed for a long time - it seems that the 'tip' given to us by the organizer was actually the work of our predecessors.
The organizer couldn't answer what was left behind, so he threw it to us intact."
Kidd, who was dressed as Jiang Xia, also felt the same way and wanted to laugh at the old lady hiding behind the scenes.
But think about it now, he is wearing Jiang Xia's skin. And according to Kidd's cursory investigation, Jiang Xia rarely seems to make similar moves...
In the end, he swallowed his words silently and nodded slightly, politely agreeing with the boss next to him.
…
Although new clues were found, little progress was made on the treasure hunt due to the tips they had already gotten at the dinner party.
Toru Amuro and Kidd were planning to look around again. If there were no new clues, they would go to the next room and continue searching.
However, before he could take action, Kurosawa looked away from the paper.
Then he thought for a moment, walked around to the side of the piano, and looked at the piano cover from another angle:
"There is a wet stain here, and there is no mold. It doesn't look like water stains that have accumulated over the years... Someone else probably came here just now and sprayed something on it."
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Thanks to Mr. Hedao for being the leader. Thanks to Mr. Zhang Yunlong for being the leader of mmc.