Chapter 114: The Dark Silver Claw (Part II)
Chris: "The forensic report found this pinch of gray fur near the location of the victim at the scene, and after identification, it was found that this fur belonged to the hair of the wild animal 'gray wolf', but there is no habitat for gray wolves near the town, and gray wolves have not been seen for hundreds of years. β
Max: "Dontaan werewolf? Probably not, right? β
Hinter Cook: "For more than a thousand years, there have been no news reports of the Dontaan werewolves, and even if there were, the bureau chief should have dealt with it." β
Hitbels: "Unless, somebody is deliberately taking advantage of this." But the question is, where this wolf fur comes from. β
Hinter Cook: "Well, let's split up and investigate separately. Even if it's fur, it has its own source, whether it's people or things, at least we have to lock down the species and habitat of the gray wolf. I went with Chris to investigate Pierce's company. β
The four of them began to disperse, Chris and Hinter went to the small town branch of Pierce's Sturt Financial Group to investigate some employees and Pierce's information within the company, while Hitberters and Max were in the hospital, conducting a further diagnostic analysis of the fur and asking the attending physician about the type of wound on Pierce's body before treating him
Six hours later, Hinter and the others returned to the hospital and brought back the two suspects, while Max also got most of the results of the analysis
Hinter Cook: "After our investigation, Pierce is one of the three members of the management of the company Thackeray, of which Pierce has the most rights, and the other two are Andre and Carlisle we brought, and the three of them are responsible for managing the enterprise, human resources and the flow of goods respectively. AndrΓ© had already gone home 30 minutes before Pierce went to the warehouse to confirm the data, and Carlisle had already left the company at 7 o'clock to go to the shops around the town to buy some goods. β
Chris: "I asked the employees in their company, although the three people are the three people arranged by the company, but Pierce is among the three people, and has a relationship with the senior management of the Stert Group, although they were sent to the town, but it is said that it is just a small test given to Pierce by the senior management of the group, and once this indicator is completed, Pierce will be transferred to the building of the head office of the Stert Group. Therefore, in order to have a good relationship with Pierce and get the possibility of being promoted to the group headquarters, Andre and Carlisle are privately currying favor with Pierce, and obeying Pierce, and giving gifts to Pierce from time to time, but Pierce is still silent and angry with them, and calls them as subordinates at will. β
Hitbels: "The report of the hair has come out, and it is the fur of the 'wild-maned direwolf', which only inhabits the territory of the beasts. But ......"
Sintrkuk: "But what? β
Max: "According to historical records, the fur of the Dontaan werewolf is similar to that of the 'Timber Black Wolf', so this is the problem. Now that we've determined that the suspect isn't a Talian werewolf, ......"
Hitbels: "How did the fur of the wild-maned dire wolf end up here?" β
Chris: "We've all been to the Orc Frontier, but only when Wetani caused chaos, and that's when the Orc defenses were porous. Although it is a loophole, it is impossible to sneak into it compared to ordinary people, and we have seen those two people, they have no agility at all, and they do not even have the characteristics to exercise skills. β
Hinterkuk: "Both men had reasons to retaliate, and there was no alibi, and they had plenty of time to set up an ambush before the crime. However, this hair could not have been found here, and Pierce himself said that it was three claws with a silver shiny......"
Max: "This is it! β
Chris: "What did you find?" β
Max: "Mr. Pierce made it very clear that he was in a state of confusion, how could he be sure that those three silver glowing ones were claws?" β
Hitbels: "You mean, his confession was wrong?" β
Max: "I mean... If in a dim environment, and the victim is still in a state of confusion, it is very likely that he only saw the luminous object, but he did not carefully see the true appearance of the murder weapon. Most likely three knives! β
Hinter Cook: "Since they are in the business of trading goods, then there must be a fine knife for unpacking packages in the company!" β
Max: "Now, we just need to... ...... like this"
Max quietly told several people about his plan, and then the four of them went in four different directions, Hitbels went to Andre and Hinter went to Carlisle, and the two were now taken to two different places by the police. Max went to Pierce's hospital room, and Chris, he went to Pierce's company again, because Max wanted to use four different confessions to check the evidence
Hitberts: "Mr. Andrew, what is the origin of that 'mountain map' in Mr. Pierce's house?" β
Andrey: "Mountain map? Oh~ that flagg you said. Crist's 'Ten Pictures of the Mountains'? β
Hitbels: "Yes. β
Andrew: "I've been to Pierce's house once, and I've seen that mountain map, it seems to have been given by Carlisle, and I don't know where it came from, but with Carlisle's abilities, I'm afraid it's just a fake." β
Hitbels: "That's all I have to ask, thank you." β
Meanwhile......
Sintle Cook: "Mr. Carlyle, what is the origin of that mountain map in Mr. Pierce's house?" β
Carlisle: "What mountain map?" β
Hinter Cook: "Mr. Carlisle, have you been to Mr. Pierce's house?" β
Carlisle: "Of course I did... Oh, you're talking about that painting hanging on the wall? I remember that it seemed to be sent by Andrei, and it was said that it was very expensive, and he said that there were no fakes on the market, how could this be possible, there were imitations of any painting on the market, even if it was beautiful, it was useless. β
Hinter Cook: "Okay, thank you. β
At this time, the ward is ......
Max: "Mr. Pierce, who gave you that mountain map in your house?" β
Pierce: "The painting? That painting is... It was my own auction from the auction house......"
Max: "Okay, I see. β
Three places, three same questions, three different ways to answer, and Chris got an important clue in the company's employees, although it was the same question, but what he got was not the fourth answer, but one of the three answers!
And Chris, under Max's instructions, in-depth understanding of the grievances and past between the three people, and also went to the trash can in the office of the head of the company's warehouse, found three silver knives, stained with blood, and then Chris went to the three's home, confirmed the last clue, and returned to the hospital, at this time three hours have passed
Max: "How's it going?" β
Chris: "All the clues are here, you can solve the case." β
Max: "Okay... Detective, please take the two suspects to Mr. Pierce's hospital room. β
Detective: "Take it to the ward?" Are you sure it's okay? If one of the two of them was Pierce's killer, then there's a good chance he wanted to go ahead and kill Pierce! β
Max: "This thing, from beginning to end...... It's not a murder! β
Soon, under the arrangement of the police force, Andre and Carlisle both entered Pierce's hospital room, but Andre and Carlisle both had a guard standing next to them to prevent the suspect who attacked Pierce from continuing to retaliate against Pierce. And next to Pierce's bedside, there are not only two guards, but between Andre and Pierce and others, there are also Inspector and Hinter and others, so there is basically no need to worry about the suspect retaliating
Max: "First of all, I want to make a point. That's... The fact that Pierce was bribed and bribed! β
Everyone: "What?!" β
Chris: "We found out from the archives of the Saclay branch of the Sturt Group that Pierce had accepted a bribe of 500,000 yuan, and the branch also owed 1.2 million yuan because of Pierce's embezzlement of public funds, and the branch company was about to close down. β
Detective: "Wait, wait...... How is this possible? They are a branch of a financial group, how can this little thing not be handled well, and it will lead to the collapse of the branch? β
Max: "It's a big move from Pierce!" As long as he finds a way to resolve this crisis, then he has the opportunity to join the Terminus Group headquarters building. We found a head office in the branch, who was responsible for reporting all the status of the branch in the headquarters, including your profitability, crisis management, etc., and we found a letter in Mr. Pierce's office, which said that as long as Pierce's net profit in the branch reached 4 million, the person who wrote the letter would arrange for Pierce to enter the headquarters of the Tess Group. And we learned from the person in charge that Mr. Pierce's net profit in the branch was only 200,000 yuan. β
Chris: "Pierce embezzled 400,000 public funds, and even if Pierce didn't embezzle public funds, the branch couldn't pay off the 1.2 million. β
Inspector: "So, once the person in charge of the headquarters reports to the headquarters such a thing as doing something that is almost impossible and saving the face of the branch, then Mr. Pierce, who has resolved this crisis, can enter the sight of the board of directors." But how is he going to pay it off......"
Max: "Pierce's 400,000 public funds, plus 500,000 bribes, Pierce saved 900,000 private money, and Pierce only needs to sell that mountain map, he can make up 1.2 million, and even have more assets." β
Detective: "But what does this have to do with this case?" β
Max: "Once this crisis is resolved, then there is an 85% chance that Pierce will go straight to the headquarters, and then there will be a vacant seat on the branch side, and the strong contenders for this seat are Andre and Carlisle. But the open and secret fight between the two, everyone in the unit knows that once one of them is attacked, then the murderer must be the other party, which is not good for themselves. Therefore, if you want to get on top, there is only one way left, and that is to deal with Pierce! β
Detective: "Deal with Pierce, steal some cash, so that Pierce can't pay off the 1.2 million arrears, just when he is in a hurry, that person gives the stolen money to Pierce, then Pierce will promote that person's status, once Pierce is gone, then that person will be successfully ascended!" β
Max: "Uh...... Detective, you're only partially right. β
Detective: "What?! β