Because there was a little delay on the road, their car arrived last, and the other invited people had already gathered in the annex.
When Shiraishi entered the annex, he felt a little strange again - the lighting used here was actually a few searchlights, and the power was provided by several diesel generators placed in the corners of the living room.
The large and gorgeous chandelier above the head has completely become a decoration. I don’t know whether it’s because I haven’t paid the electricity bill or the light is broken...
There are also some small lights strung along the corridor for lighting. The overall style is incompatible with the exquisitely decorated annex, and it looks like they were hung temporarily.
Shiraishi took a closer look and returned to the living room.
When the system releases tasks, it rarely directly announces the names of the people who were rescued. Shiraishi has to compare them one by one based on their characteristics.
It hid in a corner and observed secretly for a while, and picked out the people who needed to be taken care of - except for Dashang Zhushan and Qianjian Shengdai, everyone else had to keep an eye on them.
Most of these detectives have real materials and are quite capable.
But because the person who sent the invitation did not directly sign "Phantom Thief Kidd", but wrote a string of "Phantom Boy" that needed to be thought about and solved, after they successfully solved the puzzle, they felt that the person who sent the invitation was so mysterious.
He is probably Kidd himself.
And Kidd has never killed anyone. When the detectives take precautions, they may focus on the matter of "guess who was replaced" and the treasure, thereby relaxing their vigilance in saving their lives.
This annex was decorated with murder weapons everywhere by Dashang Zhushan and Qianjian Shengdai... Thinking of this, Shiraishi suddenly felt that the burden on his shoulders was quite heavy.
A group of detectives communicated while exploring around.
One of the female detectives with a neat ponytail took a pot of luminol reagent and sprayed it around. She found that the door, walls, and floor of the annex had all been stained with blood. Judging from the scope of the blood and the shape of the blood stains,
Look, it seems like some tragedy happened here.
The atmosphere gradually became gloomy, but the detectives were not frightened. Not to mention the old bloodstains, they had seen a lot of new bloodstains, and it didn't take long for them to change their interest.
The owner of the villa did not show up, but a maid greeted them.
When everyone asked her about the owner of the annex, they found out that the maid was also confused - she had never met her employer from beginning to end. During the interview, the employer also hid behind surveillance cameras and only communicated by email.
No sound was heard.
The maid only said that there was supposed to be a chef, but her employer just contacted her and said that the chef was sick and could not come.
Dashang Zhushan, a part-time gourmet, got so angry that he rolled up his sleeves and went into the kitchen to cook.
Shiraishi remembers that the reason why the maid was admitted was because Da Shang Zhushan discovered during surveillance that she liked to bite her nails when she was nervous. This habit of biting something was very suitable for being poisoned.
In fact, Dashang Zhushan himself had a similar habit. He was not as good as a maid. While the maid bit her fingernails, he chewed the tip of his thumb, thus covering a larger area with poison.
Shiraishi decided to remind the maid not to bite randomly later.
Don't worry about Da Shang Zhu Shan, since he's not on the rescue list anyway.
After the detectives roughly explored the situation in the annex, the maid asked them to go sit in the living room for a while and said she would call for dinner when it was ready.
For the nth time, Shiraishi avoided the eagle swooping at him and entered the living room along the crack in the door. Then he looked at the scene in the room and was startled for a moment.
There are billiards, chess boards, playing cards and other entertainment items here.
Shiraishi vaguely remembered that in the original world line, this room was very messy. It was said that it restored the massacre scene 40 years ago. At that time, Mao Lilan was playing poker and accidentally got two cards stained with blood, and was frightened.
One jump.
But now the room is very tidy, the chess pieces are well stored in the chess box, the billiards and the like are also neatly placed, and there are no bloody pokers. It looks like a very ordinary entertainment room.
The detectives had no spoiler function and didn't think there was anything wrong. After entering the house, they started playing separately.
Shiraishi glanced at Senjian Shidai and found that she also walked to the chessboard and sat down, without hesitation the whole time, as if she had acquiesced that the room should be like this.
...Are we going to go against the script again this time?
Shiraishi pushed away Yingying's approaching head and decided to walk around the annex to find out the situation, so that if something unexpected happened, he could escape in time or lead others to escape.
…
Several detectives gathered together to play and observe the room.
When the inspection was almost done, the maid also came and asked them to start dinner.
Kidd was dragged by Senma Yoyo to play chess for a while. When he was about to go to dinner, he realized that the cat was missing.
He searched around the room but couldn't find the cat. Instead, he found the eagle named "Watson", the white horse detective, with a few strands of cat hair on his beak.
Kidd was startled, almost thinking that the eagle had eaten the cat while they were not paying attention.
But when I thought about it again, I thought it was impossible. Even if the cat couldn't defeat the eagle, there should always be some movement when it was eaten. Judging from the cat scolding itself before, it was not mute...
Kidd looked at the eagle carefully and found no blood on it.
Detective White Horse is a very serious person, and it is impossible for him to do such a thing as "secretly wipe off the blood on the eagle to help it cover up the evidence of the crime." Therefore, there probably was no bloody conflict between the cat and the eagle, but the cat was killed.
The eagle is impatient with the harassment, so he should hide and play elsewhere.
Kidd searched nearby, but couldn't find it, and finally gave up. He only reminded himself secretly, don't forget to find the cat and take it away when you leave. This castle doesn't seem to have much food in stock. If you don't take it back, it may starve to death.
…
Da Shang Zhushan is not good at solving puzzles, but he is very good at cooking. Compared to a detective, he is indeed more of a gourmet, and he can cook very quickly.
There is a long dining table in the restaurant, with a masked man sitting at the end of it, and everyone's name tags are placed on the long sides of the dining table.
The detectives were quality detectives, but they did not immediately rush over to hold down the masked man who was trying to make a fool of himself and beat him.
They carefully observed the masked man and found their respective seats to sit down.
After sitting and waiting for a while, I heard a series of sinister laughter coming from the masked man, and then he said in an unpleasant mechanical voice through a voice changer: "Welcome to my twilight villa."
Several detectives looked at each other and thought, this man finally showed up.
Next, the owner of the house will probably tell the purpose of gathering a group of people. They will pay attention to hear the specific situation.
Unexpectedly, just as the masked man finished speaking, another strange voice interrupted.
"Your twilight villa?" Someone appeared at the door of the restaurant. The man leaned on the door frame and showed an unfriendly smile. "Why don't I remember that I sold it?"
These words made the hearts of Qianjian Fangdai and Dashang Zhushan skip a beat at the same time. The two of them suddenly turned their heads to look at the door - their actions were not sudden, because everyone else was also turning their heads that way.
look.
Du Linbiao ignored the detectives' inquiring glances. He took out a camera from the bag beside him and casually took a picture of the people in front of the dining table:
"You are breaking into the house illegally. I already have the evidence. Tell me your purpose immediately, otherwise I will call the police. You guys ignore the law..."
He was turning his eyes leisurely and looking around at the group of people in front of the dining table.
But halfway through, he didn't know what he saw, and his tone suddenly stopped.
After a while, the detectives heard the menacing "owner of the annex" change a word as if nothing had happened, and continued calmly: "...tourist."
"...?"
Don't think that if you change your tone, we won't be able to tell that you originally wanted to call you "trash"!
The atmosphere was a little weird for a while.
Two "owners of the annex" appeared in the hall at the same time. One of them was secretive and mysterious, while the other was very frank, but he did not seem to be the convener of this gathering.
Everyone looked at Du Linbiao and then at the masked man sitting at the end of the dining table, wanting to observe his reaction.
But the masked man seemed not to have seen Du Linbiao, and continued in that unpleasant mechanical voice: "I invite you here today because I want to ask you to help find the treasure sleeping somewhere in this museum.