In any reasoning, most of the young descendants of the rich and lonely old man are one of the candidates for crime, of course, in addition, ordinary maids, old business partners, and daughters-in-law who have a bad relationship are also very likely to commit crimes.

Because Townsend had his wife and daughter die in an accident at an early age, he lived alone for so many years until he retired, when he bought an alchemy doll to take care of his life.

And Hammett Williams is the nephew of Townsend Williams, the son of his brother, who currently runs an antique store in the South End, and the two do not have a good relationship.

“...... Mr. Hammett often had an argument with Townsend, and Helleson judged that he wanted Townsend to provide cash for his shop, but Townsend thought that Mr. Hammett had no business acumen and that giving him the money was just throwing it into the campfire. ”

"Yesterday he had dinner with Townsend, but they were very unpleasant, and he spoke some vulgar and obscene language to Helleson, and when Heatham was tidying up the dishes, Mr. Hammett left the house directly, and made a rather heavy closing sound, and Townsend also returned to the room, and stamped his feet very angrily, and did not come out again."

Halleyson seemed to imitate Townsend's tone of voice.

"We have investigated all of this, and Hammett does have a lot of suspicion and motive for committing the crime, but last night, he was seen appearing in a bar in the port area and had an argument with someone, which left a deep impression on people, so the time of the crime was ruled out."

Sheriff Victor saw that this Yassen Hercule seemed to really want to communicate with the alchemy puppet, so he rushed to explain.

"And Williams was alive after Hammett left in the evening, and he didn't rest until nine o'clock, and at the same time, Hammett was still in the bar, and after that, the alchemy doll closed all the doors and windows and went into standby, and this was a complete secret room, and there was no one else except Williams and the alchemy doll."

It is precisely because of this that Sheriff Victor believes that it was an alchemy puppet who committed the crime.

"Standby, what happens to the alchemy puppet when it enters standby?"

Ruan Qingqiu asked curiously.

Bai Ge glanced at her.

He also wanted to ask this question, but he felt that it would hinder the image of the great detective Arsene Hercule and thought about how to ask it.

"I—I haven't seen many alchemy dolls."

Ruan Qingqiu hurriedly explained.

"When the Helletsen enters standby, it loses its perception of the outside world until the end of standby, which is based on user privacy and the operation and maintenance of the alchemy dolls, which has been improved on the new model."

Halleyson, who had supple blonde hair and was dressed in a black and white maid outfit, said lightly.

Is it my delusion, she seems to be particularly obsessed with the new model...... Bai Ge thought for nothing.

Love is definitely not on standby, to be precise, she is actually a completely alchemy doll human, which is very different from the real alchemy doll.

"That is, if you go into standby, then you can't know anything that happens in the room?"

Bai Ge confirmed.

The mood fluctuations of the alchemy puppet itself are almost zero, and even if it has extraordinary abilities, Bai Ge may not be able to accurately grasp the psychology of the other party.

"For sure, when you go into standby mode, you won't be active again until the morning, unless you're woken up from the outside."

Halleyson nodded at an imperceptible angle.

"If it's not the one it killed, then who else can sneak into a locked room and kill Williams?"

Sheriff Victor knocked on the table.

"No, Sheriff Victor, you're overlooking one thing."

Bai Ge already had the answer in his heart, so he spoke.

"Most of the secret rooms we encounter in reality are not really secret rooms, they all have certain principles, such as this one, the reason why we think it is a secret room is because Mr. Williams was still alive when Helleson locked the door, and the murderer had to enter the room after locking it, kill Mr. Williams, and then leave, and re-lock the door."

"But on the other hand, what if Mr. Williams had already been killed when Halleyson locked the door?"

Hearing Bai Ge's words, Ruan Qingqiu's face changed, as if he had thought of something.

And Sergeant Victor, stunned in place, didn't seem to expect such an operation.

"Come to think of it, Hammett and Mr. Williams quarrel and leave, and Helletsen only hears the sound of him leaving, and the sound of Mr. Williams stomping his feet angrily afterwards, but he doesn't see those two men."

"Hammett is an antique dealer whose shop is in the Southern District, why did he go out of his way to drink at a bar in the Harbour District, where dragons and snakes are mixed, and get into an argument with someone, leaving such a clear alibi?"

"Also, Hammett is the first discoverer besides Helletson, and the standby time for the alchemy dolls ends as early as six o'clock, why does Hammett visit his uncle before six o'clock?"

Bai Ge laid out the known clues one by one, like a calm player.

"The answer is that Hammett quarreled with Mr. Williams for some reason and accidentally killed his own uncle, and in his panic, he thought of a way to clear his suspicions, and while the alchemy doll went to wash the dishes, he pretended to leave and closed the door heavily."

"But in fact, Hammett did not leave, but carried Mr. Williams's body back to the room, pretending that he was very angry, and never left the room again."

When the time came, Helletsen locked all the doors and went into standby, at which point, Hammett left the room, took the key to unlock the door, locked it again, and then went to the port area, made trouble at the bar, and left his alibi.

"Early the next morning, Hammett went to Mr. Williams's house and put the key back when he found the body in disarray."

Bai Ge retold it as if he had witnessed the entire crime process with his own eyes.

Of course, the biggest suspicion is actually Hammett's abnormal behavior when he goes to the bar in the port area, and if Hammett himself goes home normally, then the suspicion may be a little smaller.

Moreover, if Williams dies, then there is a good chance that Hammett will get a large inheritance, which is quite considerable for his antique shop, although it may be that Hammett just accidentally killed someone, but if he can get away with it, he will definitely make a fortune.

After a simple method of elimination, everything falls into place.

"This ......"

Sheriff Victor pondered the reasoning that Bai Ge said, chewed carefully, and found that there were really many blind spots in it that he hadn't noticed before.

"Could it really be that Hammett killed someone?"

"The work of gathering evidence and interrogating prisoners is not my domain, I am only responsible for providing an answer."

Bai Ge stood up, nodded to Sheriff Victor, and looked at the alchemy doll with supple blonde hair and a black and white maid outfit.

"By the way, what will happen to her?"

Theoretically, Halleson was Williams' personal property, at least under the laws of the Trans-Western Sea, so that with Williams' death, she should have been treated as an inheritance, either given to Williams' relatives or sold.

"Williams has no other immediate family members, according to his will, all Williams' property will be donated to Xuecheng, hehe, in fact, his original will was to leave this alchemy doll, but according to the laws of the Pan Western Sea, such a will is not valid, so, Williams took out this alchemy doll separately and let it choose its own owner."

Sergeant Victor quipped.

"It's equivalent to giving it away for free, but this old model of alchemy puppet is estimated to be only worth the Philosopher's Stone, so whoever you give it to will be dismantled and sold for money."

He glanced at Halleyson, and the maid didn't respond.

Is it given away for nothing......

Bai Ge is not a spherical joint lover after all.

He was just a little greedy for the half a million pounds recovered by the Philosopher's Stone.

"She's supposed to be here tonight, and I'm going to have to find Hammett and wait until the case is officially closed before I can deal with these things."

Although the case is not over yet, Sheriff Victor seems to have an answer and his tone has changed slightly.

"Mr. Hercule, you are a veritable detective who can solve a case just by asking, hehe, I now think we have a chance to catch that serial murderer, and I look forward to your meeting."

"I just did what I was supposed to do."

He left the police station, and Ruan Qingqiu followed him obediently, like a lover of a bird.

"Mr. Yasen, you are so good, it feels, it feels like the famous detectives in it."

Ruan Qingqiu opened her big shining eyes and said with admiration.

"Actually, I don't need to do this at all, as long as I simply examine the body, presume the time of death, and then carefully search for traces in the house, I can always find the final truth, I just omitted this step."

Bai Ge looked up, it was now close to eleven o'clock, and the false starry sky was bright, which was no different from what he saw when he was in Jingjiang.

"Whew, I've been tossed all night, I'm tired to death, and I don't know how to explain it when I go back."

Ruan Qingqiu breathed a long sigh of relief, and seemed to like the night here.

Because of its proximity to the sea, the night in Alexandria was at least not as cold as in New Constan, and she was in a rather pleasant mood and turned around, her clothes fluttering.

Bai Ge didn't care about these at all, he just wanted to go to the nearby shopping street to have a good meal, and he didn't know if Alexandria had a rich nightlife.

Seeing this, Ruan Qingqiu smiled.

"Then I'll go back first, Mr. Arsen."

"Hmm...... Wait a minute. ”

Bai Ge originally wanted to wave goodbye directly, but thinking about it, it was late at eleven o'clock in the evening, in this foreign country, where there were serial murderers, wouldn't it be bad to let Ruan Qingqiu go home alone.

"Huh?"

Ruan Qingqiu didn't know Bai Ge's train of thought, so he only tilted his head, curiously waiting for his next sentence.

Is Mr. Yasin going to invite me to spend tonight with me, no, no, no, how can this be, even though I am an adult, I am still a child who does not know anything in this regard, no, no...... At the same time, her mind was still delusional.

After hesitating for a moment, Bai Ge still spoke.

"Where do you live, I'll take a look around."

He was embarrassed to say that he would send her home directly, so he casually found a reason.

"Ah...... Me, I live in the school district......"

Ruan Qingqiu was stunned for a moment, then replied with a flushed cheek.

Mr. Yasin is really gentle, the girl who has not been deeply involved in the world thought in her heart.

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