Chapter 67
"The murderers in the three cases are all Sanae of the East Wind Valley. It's the green-haired girl. β
When Reimu said her conclusion, just as she expected, everyone gave mixed reactions, but they were all in the direction of "doubt" and "disbelief": Ge Chengzhi and Wang Yulin glanced at each other, and then they all shook their heads slightly, Yang Zu lowered his head, the smile on his face seemed to be sarcastic, Mianyue Yiji frowned, and Helena whistled: "I thought the three of you were good friends." β
"It used to be, but not anymore. β
"Let's listen to your reasoning first. Let this meaningless conversation end immediately, Yang Zu crossed his fingers in front of him, "Since you can say this so confidently, there must be a chain of evidence." β
"Then we'll have to start from the beginning. The first question is whether Meng Haoran's death is murder. Nodding, without any fuss, Reimu began her own narrative, "...... I think there should be no doubt about this, Meng Haoran must have died of murder, which can be seen from the state of his corpse. β
"You mean, you're badly burned all over your body, but your face is fine?"
"Yes. Recall the burst of the steam pipe when you broke in, Ge Chengzhi - I also checked the crack in the pipe afterwards. Turning his face to Ge Chengzhi, who reacted immediately, Reimu nodded, "There shouldn't be that kind of steam jet that can envelop the entire person's body in one go. What's more, the distribution of burns is too clear, with the neck as the boundary, everything from the neck down is rotten, but the skin above the neck is almost intact. If Meng Haoran died of accidental burns, how could such a strange corpse be produced?"
"And, there's another piece of evidence, Gao Huo's testimony. He once said that at the beginning, Meng Haoran only sent a message for help, indicating that he must not have suffered the kind of severe burns we see at that time: if the high temperature vapor enveloped the entire body below the neck in one breath, who would have the energy to carry out the act of asking for help that could be recognized by the outside world? Based on this, we can infer that Meng Haoran's initial injury was not serious, and the injury that eventually caused death was definitely not formed at one time. β
"Mirroring the evidence we have above, we can draw a clear conclusion. First, Meng Haoran's large-scale burns were not formed at one time, and second, Meng Haoran's burns were particularly 'neat' and 'even'. If it is possible for a one-time large-area steam injection to form that situation accidentally, it is possible for multiple 'accidental' steam injections to form that situation...... Isn't it almost non-existent?"
"The scald that led to Meng Haoran's death was artificially formed......" Nodding, Helena said the conclusion for Lingmeng, "But, why is it such a troublesome method of death?"
"The question is about the motives of the perpetrators......"
"That's fine, Reimu-san. Stopping Reimu from further explanation, Yang Zu said, "You first follow your thoughts and make all your reasoning coherent. If there are any questions after that, we will ask them again. Otherwise, such a complicated situation is likely to be discussed and messed up. β
ββ¦β¦ Good. "He should be thinking about how to take the initiative back now, as you can see from the rotten eyes. By the time the question session came, it was time for him to launch an all-out offensive. Knowing Yang Zu's thoughts, Lingmeng nodded indifferently and continued, "We'll talk about this later." In short, in this case, the only person who can kill Meng Haoran in such a brutal and inhumane way is Sanae in Dongfeng Valley. In fact, no one knows when she rushed into the reactor, and the only thing we see is that she ran out with Meng Haoran's body in her arms. The time of the crime, the place where the crime was committed, and the modus operandi of the crime are completely complete. Okay, let's move on to the next case, Damon's death. Dimon was killed by a pointed metal strip stabbed into his head, and there was no problem with that. The question is, how did the metal strip get into Damon's head? β
"How do you pierce in?...... Hold the stab in your hand, don't you?"
"Of course not. In the last case, Sanae Kazuya disguised the murder as an accident, and in this case, she fully created an alibi for herself. I went to check the scene of the crime when you were having a useless discussion, and just above the corpse, there was a vent with a shutter, which was the one that Ge Chengzhi and a few of you got out of. This was the key to Damon's death. β
"The murder weapon that killed Dimon was a sharp metal strip that ran from the left side of his brain to the right side of his face, measuring about 40 centimeters in length and 0.8 centimeters in diameter...... If you have looked at the blinds of the time, you should have noticed that this metal strip was just able to get stuck in the gap of the blinds. In this way, considering the effect of that vent, Damon's method of death is obvious: "
"While waiting near the captain's room, someone activated the decompression procedure for that section of the passage in the captain's room. Under the effect of air pressure, Dimon crashed into the metal spikes stuck in the blinds due to the strong suction, and finally died. β
ββ¦β¦ It's such a troublesome way to kill again......"
Helena's words made everyone else nod, and even Yang Zu, who had stopped her before, didn't say anything more this time. Sighing, Reimu shook his head mockingly, "Think about it. If the method of killing is what everyone thinks, holding the spike with the hand and stabbing the person to death, then the situation of the corpse is too unreasonable. β
"First of all, if the murderer had attacked Damon, why didn't the deceased resist? As long as he resisted, the blood could not have flowed quietly from the wound, there would always have been some other traces, but we found nothing. Taking a step back, if the murderer used superb assassination skills to complete a one-hit kill, then why is the position of the assassination such a strange top of the head? I believe that the people present have basically killed people in hand-to-hand combat, stabbing obliquely from the top of the head, and finally stabbing out of the cheek, don't you feel awkward when people do this kind of thing? Assassinate from behind, and the soft position of the back of the head is the easiest place to start...... This kind of serendipity is too much. β
Zhang Yurou's loss can also be used as evidence. The road from the No. 3 reactor to the bridge was extremely simple, even if she lost Ouyang Pingshui, how could she get lost? The fact should be that when Ouyang Pingshui crossed the bridge in the section of the road, and Zhang Yurou was still groping in the dark, the depressurization program that had been activated blocked that section of the road. This kind of thing is easy to verify, and the initiation of the buck program will definitely be recorded in the system, and as long as the record is found, everything will be easy to do. β
"As for the third case, it's even simpler, anyone in the rest area could have poisoned Ravenle's food. It is not impossible to refine toxins with mass-energy conversion systems. β
"But I don't remember Sanae Toshiya being able to do such a thing. With a reminder, Mianyue Yiji said, "That's a little trick that only spiders like in the Black Valley Mountain Girl." β
"But you're not sure she really can't. At this time, it is necessary to look at the three cases together. In fact, there was a similar situation in the second case, and the virus that initiated the decompression program should have also been implanted into the system. Of course, the same is true of the virus that caused the instability of reactor No. 3. I believe that everyone has not forgotten Qian Siquan's words, and what happened at the No. 3 reactor is certainly not an accident. The culprit in the first case was Sanae Kazutani, which means that she must have been able to influence the ship's control system to some extent, which also provides evidence that she committed the second case. The third case is the same: she is in that place, and she has the conditions and modus operandi to commit the crime, as well as a criminal record. Now all she lacks is a motive for the crime, but this motive for the crime ...... Precisely the most obvious. β
Speaking of this, the corners of Lingmeng's mouth raised a confident smile: "Do any of you remember what Meng Haoran lost on his body after he died?"
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"What is this?"
Looking at the two columnar things that Ouyang Pingshui brought to him, Sanae took them over and looked at them carefully.
Both of them are now on the bridge, and in addition to them, there are Bai Shenying, Zhang Yurou, Gao Huo, and Zhao Liu. It's hard to understand why Tan Suya, who has a broken leg, would want to go out for a walk in this situation, in short, she was supposed to be here to honestly recuperate from her injuries and went out with the others. According to the arrangement, Ouyang Pingshui should be in charge of monitoring the overall situation on the bridge now, but perhaps because he realized that he hadn't spoken to Sanae for a long time, he didn't stay in the captain's position for a few seconds, he walked down and spoke to Sanae who was in a daze.
"It's called a window augmented reality ......"
It looks a lot like the infrared fence often seen on the battlefield. There was a time when I accidentally touched an alarm and almost died. Before Ouyang Pingshui explained, Sanae first gave this thing a position in his heart. After playing with it casually, she stared at the structures inside the cylinder: "Augmented reality ......? What do you mean?"
"That is, if we put it in the window, we can see anything we want. The added view will blend in with the view outside the window, and it will be the same as the real thing. Hearing that Sanae seemed to be interested in this thing, Ouyang Pingshui seemed very happy, "For example, if there is a grass field outside the window, we can turn it into a field of flowers by setting it up......"
"Is it an extension of holographic projection technology?"
"Hmm...... It should be regarded as an extension of the three-dimensional technology of the plane. This technology is much more backward than holographic projection, so it can only change the view on the plane......"
Ouyang Pingshui knew that Sanae was very interested in these bizarre "technological gadgets", but he never knew that this interest was actually cultivated by Ge Yiwei. Moreover, Sanae had already begun to feel ...... for Ouyang Pingshui Somewhat tired of it.
It's annoying to have someone pestering you all the time. Sanae now needed a little time to be in a daze, to think about what she was going to do next. After all...... The key stuff is in hand......
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"The purpose of Sanae in Dongfeng Valley is to obtain Meng Haoran's personal terminal, and to obtain all the information of the 0001 project. She knew that Wang Yulin had already sent the information to everyone. Then, with this information, she can go to the underworld. Holding his hands on his shoulders, Reimeng's gaze locked on Yang Zu's body. She knew that it was time for the man to ask, "As for why you want to go to the underworld...... Quite simply, her unrequited love was there. β
ββ¦β¦ For Ge Yiwei's sake, this Fengzhu can do whatever it takes to get to this point?"
"She can do whatever it takes to get even crazier, Mizuki Yiji. You don't understand at all how terrifying Xiaowei was before she was admitted to Shijiazhuang People's Hospital. Showing disdain for this questioning, Reimu snorted through her nose, "You don't know ...... at all"
In short, this fact gives Sanae Dongya ample motivation. Of course, we have to return to Meng Haoran's suspicious corpse state at this time. In fact, Sanae of Dongfeng Valley didn't want to kill Meng Haoran, it was just a side product. Her real purpose was to interrogate Meng Haoran - to make him hand over the method of accessing his personal terminal information. As a result, the interrogation was improper, which led to death: although she set up this bureau, she obviously did not intend to let Meng Haoran survive in the first place. β
"Interrogation ...... with high-temperature steam"
"She was able to do that. Don't forget, we can all do that. Before Wang Yulin could say her doubts, Lingmeng took the lead in interrupting her, and then pointed at herself and Mianyue Yiji, "We are different from you, we are monsters." β
"If you want to be a monster, do it yourself, don't take me with you. β
ββ¦β¦ In short, I have finished my argument. Do you have any questions?"
When he said this, Reimeng's blood-red eyes were staring at Yang Zu. Under this obvious targeting, Yang Zu also immediately responded: "Of course there is, Miss Lingmeng. One of my biggest questions is about the first case: You said that Sanae from Dongfeng Valley interrogated Meng Haoran with high-temperature steam, right?"
"Yes. β
"Then why didn't Gao Huo, who was at the console at the time, notice anything unusual? The sound of interrogation can't be heard there, right? We have all heard Wang Zhaoming's screams coming from the innermost. Asking without being salty, Yang Zu supported his chin with both hands, "Is Gao Huo stupid?"
"He's not stupid. However, Comrade Ge Chengzhi can testify that he mentioned the incident of screaming. He said that he heard Meng Haoran's cry for help after he heard the scream, but he never said whether he heard the scream next. This shows that Meng Haoran's initial injury was indeed caused by an accident, so the screams after calling for help were naturally regarded as a secondary injury by Gao Huo: he naturally would not think that there was a green-haired female madman committing murder inside. Even, in the end, Sanae of Dongfeng Valley made up an excellent excuse for her disappearance, and Gao Huo also believed it: everyone thought that she rushed in to save Meng Haoran at that time. β
"Well, the process. Speaking of this, Yang Zu nodded, "There really doesn't seem to be any problem with this process. However, Miss Reimu, there are serious shortcomings in your whole reasoning. The most obvious point ......"
Everyone's personal terminals suddenly vibrate. The bridge sent an emergency call, and Ouyang Pingshui's face was expressionless, but the urgent information conveyed made the hearts of these people who were discussing nervous: "Unexpected situation...... In short, please choose the nearest window or bridge to go to the barrier, what is happening now is very strange. Comrade Shen Donghui ...... It seems to have been thrown out of the window of the barrier. β
"Where is Sanae in Dongfengya!?"
Immediately reacted violently, Reimu asked loudly over there. However, Ouyang Pingshui only showed a somewhat confused expression, and didn't seem to intend to answer her question: "...... Please discuss it together when you arrive at the designated location. I would recommend giving preference to the isolation zone, where communication is not possible......"
"Where is she!?"
ββ¦β¦ She was always on the bridge and chatted with me. β
"Okay, the new alibi forgery ......" seemed to be laughed at angrily, Reimu's expression at this time matched with those eyes looked particularly crazy, "I'll expose your little tricks...... I'm going to the bridge, please!"