Act XXIV. This is the truth of the matter (recommended votes plus more)
In the conference room, five young men and women are gathered and seated on one side of a long table.
Rahona, Samwell, Kingsley, Sharon, and Salonia sat in this order, and opposite, Bai Ge and Ruan Thanh Thu, as well as the captain, first mate and other ship's managers.
“...... You say Dimitri was killed by one of us? This is ridiculous. ”
Brown hair slightly curly, freckles on her face, and a very good figure, Salonia said in disbelief, she looked at the other four people on her right, her hands in front of her uncomfortably intertwined.
"Mr. Hercule seems to be very professional, and I trust his judgment."
Kingsley, who was blonde in glasses, helped his lenses and motioned for everyone not to make noise.
Luo Na hung her head and looked at Bai Ge and Ruan Qingqiu, as if she was thinking about something.
Beside her, Samwell gently took Launa's hand, trying to reassure her and tell her not to be nervous.
"The relationship between you and Dimitri is not very good."
Sharon didn't care about putting her right leg on her left leg, not caring too much.
"What do you say......"
Samwell leaned forward slightly, looking at Sharon, who had short blond hair and a seductive look in her eyebrows.
"Rauna was once tricked into bed by Dimitri, and she was possessed for a long time, she must have a grudge against it, and you know that all this is still by Dimitri's side, isn't it just for this revenge?"
Sharon said casually, and before the grim-faced Samwell could refute it, he said again in a self-deprecating manner.
"Kingsley and I are often teased by Dimitri, who thinks that no matter how good Kingsley's academic performance is, he will only be able to help others in the future, and I, he has coveted my body for a long time and often harasses me."
"As for Salonia, as far as I know, Dimitri has some special fetishes, and you are very scared of this, if it weren't for Dimitri's family property, I'm afraid he would have left a long time ago."
The open-looking woman laughed, and the other four fell silent.
On the side, the captain and the first mate whispered, as if they were also deducing who was the murderer.
They had guns in their hands, and in the Pan-Western Sea, where guns were legal, they were naturally armed to deal with possible "pirates" – those who roamed the New Mediterranean, occasionally plundering passing ships.
"It's him...... It was the serial murderer who did it! ”
Rauna spoke suddenly, a little nervously.
"In the last case, he hanged someone else, and Dimitri was also hanged by him!"
Her words surprised everyone, on the one hand, they did not expect this possibility, and on the other hand, they were surprised by Rauna's sudden excitement.
"Please don't get so excited, Ms. Lawna."
Bai Ge finally spoke at this time, and let Rahona sit back in the chair.
"Regarding the death of Mr. Dimitri, first of all, I would like to say that it was a tragedy."
He put his hands together on the table and put them in front of his mouth.
"Let's reconstruct what happened."
"At eight o'clock in the evening, you finished your meeting in the dining room and went back to your room, and Salonia fell into a drunken slumber because he had been drunk enough wine by Dimitri on the way to the party, which was a deliberate act of Dimitri."
"Next, Dimitri left the room and went to Kingsley and Sharon's room, at this time, Kingsley was taking a shower, and there was only Sharon in the room, Dimitri was ostensibly inviting Kingsley to the bar, but in fact, he was hanging out with Sharon in the living room, yes, Dimitri and Ms. Sharon were cheating in private, and that's exactly what happened."
When Bai Ge said this, Sharon immediately stood up and slammed the table.
"What do you say......"
"How could I ...... with that guy Dimitri"
On the side, her boyfriend Kingsley's face was slightly ugly and he couldn't say a word.
And Lawna and Samwell looked at each other, not knowing what to say.
As for Shalonia, her eyes widened, feeling incredulous and a little angry, but more of a helplessness.
"Listen to me, Ms. Sharon."
Bai Ge didn't explain too much, but continued to state his "reasoning".
"Dimitry's invitation is a codeword, and when Kingsley leaves, he will return to this room and have an affair with Lady Sharon, and I believe this has not happened more than once."
"And Dimitri in order to make sure that he will not be disturbed, and found Samwell, this classmate who has received many benefits from himself, Samwell knows about Dimitri and Sharon, he has both hatred and fear of Dimitri, therefore, after getting a certain payment, Samwell is dragging Kingsley's pawn, he knows very well that when he and Kingsley are waiting for Dimitri at the bar, the rich young master is actually entangled with Kingsley's girlfriend Sharon on the bed in Kingsley's room."
Hearing Bai Ge's description, Ruan Qingqiu's face turned crimson, but soon, she noticed that Sharon, who was originally emotional, unconsciously fell silent, like a child who had been exposed to a secret.
"But Samwell wasn't just a pawn, he deliberately left the bar with Kingsley earlier in order to let Kingsley find out about Dimitri and Sharon, which was revenge on Dimitri, and of course, he also took another revenge."
"Samwell knew that Dimitri was still in Kingsley's room at this time, so he went to Dimitri's room, and when he saw Shalonia lying on the bed, he took advantage of her drunkenness to assault the lady and make her think that Dimitri had returned."
As Bai Ge said this, Shalonia's eyes widened suddenly, and she stood up and looked at Samwell on the other side.
"You...... It's you!!? ”
Samwell's face was ugly, and the hand that had been holding Lona's hand became stiff, while his girlfriend, the cowardly Lona, looked at Samwell in surprise and silently withdrew her hand.
“...... Wait, so in that case, was it Kingsley who returned to the room early to find all this when he killed Dimitri? ”
Ruan Qingqiu suddenly figured out everything at this time and blurted out.
In a fit of rage, Kingsley kills Dimitri and throws him overboard, while Sharon hides it all and tries to blame him on Samwell, as if everything makes sense.
For a while, everyone present except Bai Ge looked at Kingsley, an honor student with glasses and a Sven temperament.
If it was really him, then when the Cleos docked, the police on the shore would be able to compare it with Kingsley by analyzing the remaining hair on Dimitri's body, skin debris in his nails, and other items, and they would soon be able to get evidence.
It seemed that he had expected this, and Kingsley, who had been showing a blue face before, and seemed to be unable to believe that his girlfriend was cheating on him and Dimitri behind his back, suddenly the corners of his mouth curled up and smiled.
“...... It was indeed me who killed Dimitri. ”
As if relieved, he rested his hands on the table and leaned back against his chair, as if he was extremely tired.
"I went back to my room and found Dimitri in my bed, with Sharon, I was very angry, in this situation, I lost my mind and pulled him off the bed, and Dimitri was still laughing at me, saying that I could not satisfy Sharon, and Sharon himself did not justify, so I took Dimitri off the belt and strangled his neck, he did not have time to take precautions, struggled a little and lost his breath...... After that, I thought of throwing the body directly into the sea to cover up all the evidence...... Hehe, it's a pity that you were found by Mr. Hercule and fished up the body, which can only be said to be really unlucky......"
Kingsley said with a sigh of relief, and looked at Bai Ge again.
"I won't resist, you can arrest me when you get to the shore, heh, I didn't expect that I, who have always prided myself on being reasonable, would kill someone......"
Ruan Qingqiu looked at Kingsley, who calmly stated his crimes, and was a little moved.
"No, Mr. Kingsley, you didn't kill anyone."
However, at this time, Bai Ge suddenly spoke, causing everyone to be stunned.
"What did you say, Mr. Yasen?"
Ruan Qingqiu felt incredulous, Kingsley himself confessed to all the crimes, but Mr. Yasen actually said that he did not kill anyone?
So who killed someone?
Could it be Sharon? But Dimitri is a burly man, and if you want to strangle him, it is definitely not something that a woman can do.
Moreover, at half past ten, the waiter of the ship saw Sharon in the room, and she did not have time to abandon the body.
“???”
A series of question marks popped up on Ruan Qingqiu's head.
The captain, first mate, and Samwell and the others all stared at Bai Ge, wanting an explanation.
"To be precise, the person who threw Dimitri's body off the ship was not the same person who killed Dimitri."
Bai Ge put down his folded hands and said in a deep voice.
"My reasoning about this is that Dimitri and Ms. Sharon showed his special habits during their tryst, such as abuse and sadism, and in the process, Dimitri tried to get pleasure from suffocation, so he let Ms. Sharon choke him by the neck, perhaps because of the effect of alcohol, or perhaps because of the excitement caused by the sensation of stimulation, Dimitri did not let Ms. Sharon stop, and under various coincidental factors, he lost his breath and suffocated to death."
"Lady Sharon was very alarmed, and at this time, Kingsley returned early and found out all this."
"Although Dmitri was angry at the affair with Ms. Sharon, he chose to forgive Ms. Sharon in the end, and Kingsley was willing to cover up the crime."
"They put on Dimitri's clothes and forged strangulation marks with belts to hide the marks of Ms. Sharon's fingers on Dimitri's neck, and Kingsley told Ms. Sharon to call room service and have the waiter bring the towel over with the intention of creating an alibi."
During this time, Kingsley, pretending to be helping his drunken companion, came to the deck of the observation deck, left him behind, and quickly returned to his room, pretending that nothing had happened.
"Even when Dimitri's body was fished up, Kingsley was ready to admit that he had killed Dimitri and take responsibility for Ms. Sharon if the matter came to light."
"Actually, if you had directly admitted to the murder at the beginning, maybe the court would have given you a lighter sentence, but it is precisely because of the cover-up that the punishment may be much heavier, and not only Ms. Sharon, but Kingsley will also become an accomplice, and it will be difficult for both of you to escape punishment."
Bai Ge was expressionless and said to everyone in the conference room.
"That's the truth of the matter."
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