Act XXXI. Alchemy dolls don't lie

The same situation? ”

Bai Ge pretended to be puzzled, and this appearance seemed to make Sheriff Victor very satisfied.

He pulled out a piece of paper from the file.

"Sheriff, isn't that really bad?"

On the side, his subordinates reminded again.

"Mr. Arsene Hercule has agreed to join the investigation into the Pan-Western Sea serial murders."

The police officer who had questioned Bai Ge before explained aloud.

"Then it's okay, you'll always know."

Sheriff Victor handed the piece of paper to Bai Ge, which was written about the newspaper left behind at the scene and the horrific nursery rhymes on Scrabble.

Bai Ge didn't cover it, Ruan Qingqiu leaned over his head, and when he saw the record above, his eyes widened.

"This ...... That's scary, isn't it? ”

Hearing her words, Sheriff Victor frowned slightly.

"Who is this lady?"

"Uh......"

Ruan Qingqiu was flustered for a while, she was essentially just an unrelated person who came to be investigated, and staying here was purely to join in the fun.

It's just that because she is familiar with Bai Ge, Sheriff Victor naturally regards her as Yassen Hercule's companion, but looking at Ruan Qingqiu's surprise, Sheriff Victor has doubts.

"This is my assistant."

Bai Ge said casually, simply flipped through the information, and pretended to read it carefully, in fact, he had already seen the information given by his group friends, and it was more concise and direct, and there was a certain amount of analysis.

For example, in the second case, the deceased actually inhaled an excessive dose of xenon gas and caused a coma and was suffocated to death in an oxygen-deprived environment.

Today's case, Ms. Sharon's death was caused by acute poisoning caused by a large amount of mercury.

These documents given by the group have detailed autopsy reports, and this document is estimated to be a brief document sent to various police stations, and is only used for the purpose of announcement.

“...... I see, the murderer left a text that seemed to be provoking the police. ”

Bai Ge made a simple comment.

"That's right, the point is that these cases took place all over the Pan-Western Sea, and the victims didn't have anything in common, so I speculate that these cases were not done by one person."

Sergeant Victor said with great certainty.

"Didn't you do it alone?"

Bai Ge was really a little confused, in his opinion, this was obviously a serial murder case created by a certain ascender for his own name raiding ceremony, how could this police officer think that it was not a single person, but a collective crime?

However, if you think about it, these strange murders are indeed extremely strange in the eyes of ordinary people, far from being able to do it by one person, and it is reasonable to make such an inference.

After all, the ascender is not human, and the actions of the ascender cannot be considered with common sense.

Instead of rushing to refute, he decided to listen to Sheriff Victor's opinion and maybe open up his mind.

"Yes, I think that the people who make these cases are all alchemy dolls!"

Sheriff Victor's emotions suddenly became a little excited.

“?”

A question mark appeared on Ruan Qingqiu's head.

If the alchemy puppet murder has already made her feel incredible, then the alchemy puppet planning this strange murder case is completely fantastical for her, and it is something that she could never dream of.

Bai Ge didn't know how to answer for a while, this conjecture was too bizarre, but there was an inexplicable sense of reality.

"In the Pan-Western Sea, there have been many cases of alchemy puppets injuring people due to accidents or malfunctions recently, and I think these cases are actually a rehearsal of serial hunting murders, and these alchemy puppets conspired against humans, so they did these things!"

Sergeant Victor glanced at the interrogation room and said.

"This case is that the alchemy puppet killed its own master and created the scene of a murder case, I can be sure."

Bai Ge didn't quite know why Sheriff Victor had such a strong distrust and malice towards the alchemy puppet, but there was one thing he found strange.

“...... Sheriff Victor, well, can I call you that, if the alchemy doll killed its owner and created the scene of a serial murder case, then why is there no text in this newspaper about it? ”

Bai Ge saw that the police information also clearly marked that the symbol of the serial hunting murder case was a weekly newspaper with a Scrabble game, and a nursery rhyme describing the condition of the deceased was written in red text.

But in this case, there were only newspapers, not nursery rhymes.

This made Bai Ge feel very strange, if it was really an alchemy puppet who committed the crime, then how could it leave no traces.

"And, there's also the fact that, so far, while some of the deceased have died in a similar way, in essence they have all been killed by different means, and Townsend Williams was hanged, and this way of dying, well, it's kind of rude to say that, and this way of dying is exactly the same as in the sixth case that preceded it."

Bai Ge briefly analyzed.

"Thinking about it from this perspective, I don't think it will be mentioned whether the alchemy puppet killed Mr. Williams for the time being, at least this is not the work of the recent boiling pan-Western Sea serial murder case."

After that, Bai Ge thought about it again.

"As for why there was a newspaper with Scrabble at the scene, I think it may be just a simple coincidence, because the content of the entertainment section of the "Pan Xihai Daily" is different every day, and Thursday, that is, yesterday's newspaper, happens to be Scrabble, I read the information shows that the sale time of this newspaper is 6 o'clock every night, so this newspaper may just be placed there by chance."

Hearing Bai Ge's words, Sheriff Victor's expression suddenly froze.

"But, but ......"

His eyes wandered, as if he was thinking about what Bai Ge said, and he looked at the information without saying a word, and after a long time, he spoke with some hesitation.

"At first glance, it seems that this is indeed the case...... However, the alchemy doll was with his master, the room was locked, no one else could enter, and who killed Williams? ”

Sheriff Victor wondered.

"Why don't we ask this alchemy puppet?"

Bai Ge pointed to the interrogation room.

Sergeant Victor hesitated for a moment, but still took Bai Ge and Ruan Qingqiu to this gloomy room.

The room was like one of those depicted in a movie, with only the light of a lamp, a small iron table, a few chairs, and mirrors, but in fact the glass of the interior could be seen from the other side.

A woman sits in the room.

She is wearing a black and white, retro maid uniform, with long pale blonde curly hair, and a mechanical lens can be faintly seen in her deep purple eyes.

The woman's skin was unusually fair and human-like, and if you ignored the exposed ball joints of her handcuffed elbows, there was little difference between this woman and a normal human.

This is the crystallization of Pan Western Sea's technology, a real alchemy puppet.

Different from those robots that rely on chips to drive, this is an alchemy puppet that uses the Philosopher's Stone to move, and to some extent has the closest human reaction and emotional expression, and with the bionic body tempered by the mechanical manufacturing technology of the Pan Western Sea Business Community, such an alchemy puppet is more like a human.

Even in the Pan-Western Sea, such alchemy dolls are extremely expensive, each is sold at a minimum of one million, and the Pan-Western Sea Council is also controlling the use of the Philosopher's Stone, and the annual quota needs to be auctioned by major alchemy puppet manufacturers, in addition, there is also a corresponding Philosopher's Stone recycling project, which recycles the unused Philosopher's Stone at a price close to 500,000.

But......

"It's an old model, a very old model, at least a 10-year-old model, and now you don't even have to buy accessories."

Sergeant Victor said casually.

Bai Ge used the [Assassin Vision] to take a closer look, and found that many parts in the body of this alchemy puppet were indeed aging and needed to be replaced, although the external bionic skin was fine for the time being, but it was only a matter of time before it was broken.

"Its name is Halleyson, which means 'horizon' in the old language of the Pan-Western Sea, and it says it was given to it by Williams."

Hearing Sheriff Victor's words, Bai Ge sat down opposite the alchemy doll and asked.

"Halleyson, is there anything you would like to say about Mr. Williams' death?"

"Helleson judged that you tried to get the truth about Townsend's death by asking that question, but unfortunately, Heathen was on standby last night and didn't know who had entered the room or who killed Townsend."

The alchemy puppet maid with the temperament of a cold beauty replied.

"Townsend?"

Bai Ge noticed what she called her master.

"Townsend made Halleyson call him that."

The alchemy puppet maid Halleyson replied in a cold voice, her voice was not as lively as that of love, but it was not completely inorganic either, more like a girl whose feelings had been erased.

"How do you feel about Williams, about Townsend's death?"

Bai Ge asked again, making Ruan Qingqiu on the side frown slightly.

Do alchemy dolls have any feelings?

However, the cold alchemy puppet was silent for a moment, as if she was thinking, as if reminiscing, and finally, Helletson spoke.

"Halleyson judged that Halleyson should feel sad, but unfortunately, Halleyson's model does not support such a feature, and if it can be upgraded and replaced with parts, Halleyson may shed tears for Townsend De.

She said without any emotion.

"You're just an alchemy puppet, there's no need to make up these lies."

Sergeant Victor knocked on the table rather dismissively.

What he meant was that these were human feelings, and alchemical dolls didn't possess them.

"Alchemy dolls don't lie, sheriff."

Halleyson replied, his gaze straight.

"Tell me about your work yesterday, who did Townsend meet?"

Although Bai Ge felt that Heathen's way of speaking was a little strange, he continued to ask.

"According to Halleyson's setting, Halleyson woke up from standby at 6:00 yesterday morning, and then cleaned the outside of the house, retrieved the newspapers, magazines, and letters received, at 8:30, Halleyson began to prepare breakfast, and at 9:00, Halleyson woke up Townsend ......"

Although her voice couldn't hear any emotion, Bai Ge still heard a trace of nostalgia from the description of the language, this alchemy puppet seemed to want to describe all the details, as if in this way, the past time could be recreated.

“...... Among the people Townsend met yesterday were neighbour Mrs. Michelle, nephew Hammett Williams, and Mr. Grievous from the Chamber of Commerce. ”

"Nephew?"

Bai Ge smelled a hint of a classic crime.

"Tell me the details."