"Someone got a head start."

When Liang Jingmo said this, he and "Ice Floe" Xueyan were standing in the corridor and looked down at the traces on the ground. This was the front of Chris's room, and they had been with a few of them this morning, and they should have left at least some shoe prints. However, at this time, the entire corridor had obviously been wiped once, and there were only a few traces left in the already messy footprints, which seemed even more difficult to distinguish.

"Damn, there must be some clue in that shoe print." Xue Yan's face was a little strange, "I was negligent." ”

Liang Jingmo shook his head meaningfully: "It's not your fault. I actually wanted to investigate the footprints on the ground at first, but I always thought that I could come back and come back without hurrying. I knew I should have taken a good look at it. But it's good ......."

He bent down, scratched his finger at the corner of the wall, and sniffed in front of his nose: "If I really did that, then I should be the one who has the accident now." ”

Xue Yan was startled, and looked carefully at the position where his fingertips had just swiped. It was a reddish smudge, and although it should have been conspicuous on the gray-white wall, it was too small to be easily noticed. Yukihiko bent over to take a closer look, and as soon as he got closer, his sensitive nose smelled a hint of blood.

"Is this blood?" He was surprised.

"What else could it be?" Liang Jingmo shrugged, "Being able to wipe your hands shows that it's quite fresh, and it's definitely not something left over from last night." ”

He squinted his eyes and looked around, and said word by word, "It's clear that someone came back here and knocked down another person, and then erased the marks on the ground." While it's possible that the shoe prints were wiped off during the removal of the bloodstains, I'd rather believe the other speculation that, as you just said, the shoe prints themselves were the cause of the incident. The person who was knocked down may have had an accident because he found some clues in the shoe prints. ”

Yukihiko looked at the floor quietly, and suddenly walked slowly down the corridor as if he had thought of something. Liang Jingmo looked at his figure and smiled, just wanted to go to the other side, thought about it, but still came back and walked behind Xue Yan.

"The response is fast and the thinking is correct." He complimented, "I just thought about it, you've already started." ”

Xue Yan turned his head and gave him a blank look: "Then why don't you go the other way?" ”

"Just to be on the safe side." Liang Jingmo put on a dead face, "If I leave the order, maybe you will have to find a way to find my body later." ”

The two of them did think of the same thing at this time, which was the "end" of the trace. The bloodstains partially corroborate Liang Jingmo's guess that without further clues, they can tentatively believe that some kind of attack has occurred here, and the people who were attacked have been removed, and the traces of the scene have been cleaned up. But the removal of traces is not endless, even if there is enough time, the person who did these things will not be able to drag the entire floor of the ship again, not to mention that judging from the bloodstains, the moment of the attack should have happened not long ago, and the time left for that person to clean up the aftermath is actually very limited.

In this way, the parts he cleaned up should actually be the most important ones, or people can't find clues directly from the doorway. Once they find the boundaries of this clearance, they may be able to uncover key clues that have been discovered by previous generations.

According to the most efficient way, the two of them should have acted separately and looked for each side of the corridor, but for safety reasons, Liang Jingmo did not dare to leave this "bodyguard" for half a step. Fortunately, they were lucky, and after walking for a while, they could still see the wiped floor, which showed that the other party was indeed walking this way.

They weren't idle along the way. Liang Jingmo originally planned to discuss the issue of the secret room with Xue Yan again at the scene, and at this time, this time was just the right time to exchange ideas.

"But if the killer really revealed any clues on the shoe prints at the door, then one of my reasoning would not be valid." Liang Jingmo said helplessly, "I originally considered that the other party might enter directly from the outside of the hull." ”

"It's not that difficult if you just have to get in - it's the 'secret room' part that really gets you going." Yukihiko patiently explained, "Of course, it is impossible for ordinary people to move on the outside of a moving cruise ship, but that is only for laymen. With dedicated practice, plus gear, some outdoor enthusiasts may also be able to do it. If you have host-level skills, plus equipment such as suction cups, this matter is not too easy. ”

"There are two problems with just entering the room through the porthole......"

He cocked up his fingers: "First, as I said before, the porthole opens at a very small angle, and Chris's size may be able to barely squeeze through, but the shoulders of ordinary people will definitely not be able to pass, so if you want to enter through the porthole, there is only one way to destroy it." But when we found the site, it was still intact. ”

"You can tear it down entirely." Liang Jingmo said, "Or break the glass first, and then replace it with a new one when you leave." ”

"The two practices you mentioned are also within the scope of my consideration, and in fact they are included in the several possibilities I told you before." Yukihiko gestured as he spoke, "First of all, let's talk about the entire demolished part. The portholes on this ship are integrated design, and if you want to remove the portholes, you must take down all the iron plates on the entire surface. ”

"In addition to that, there is the option of 'only removing the window pane', which I tried seriously and is actually doable. Even I had a way to get through the fully open porthole after removing the glass, and the same was obviously true for breaking the glass. But in this case, it will bring another problem. ”

"What's the problem?"

"Whether it's dismantled or destroyed, and in the end it's going to be the way we saw it when we found the body, he had to put the window pane back on." "But I've tried a lot of things, and the porthole is designed so that if you want to install the window, you have to do it from the inside, because that's how the screws are screwed on." ”

Liang Jingmo couldn't help laughing: "In other words, if you want to pretend, you can only pretend from the room?" ”

"Yes, it's such a paradox. This directly bankrupted my speculation. Xue Yan also smiled, "If you want to create a secret room, the murderer himself must be in the secret room, but what is the point of the secret room in this way?" Unless he had a way to get Chris to automatically put on the window panes and send him away. ”

Liang Jingmo's eyes lit up: "Don't say it, it's really not impossible." ”

"Yes, there is indeed this possibility, after all, Chris was still alive at that time, although he was stabbed, he should be able to barely walk a few steps if he held on." Yukihiko nodded, "If you threaten with something like a gun, at this distance, the threatened party can only obediently obey orders." But if you think about it, there are so many opportunities to leave clues in the process of installing window glass, and you can't see it outside the window. With Chris's alertness, there's a good chance that some hint will be left on it. ”

He paused, a look of hesitation on his face.

"I looked carefully, but there was nothing. There weren't even hints in the other corners of the room. He said.

"The world of the Chamber of Secrets is very mysterious, and it may not be impossible to solve these problems...... I'll probably talk about that later. ”

Liang Jingmo rubbed his chin slightly: "It's just that I suddenly wondered, is he consciously defending the person who killed him?" ”

"It's not impossible." "And this statement can also answer another question in my reasoning: If the killer really left the scene while Chris was still awake, why didn't he call for help later?" Even if your life is always threatened, you know that you are going to die at the last moment, and you should always have time to shout desperately. ”

"Yes, Chris ended up dead in the room, and even if the murderer outside was enough to threaten his life, it stands to reason that he couldn't stop him from screaming. With his alertness, he should be able to find an opportunity, I just can't figure that out. ”

Liang Jingmo also fell into thought after speaking. However, the moment he lowered his head, his eyes suddenly lit up.

Yukihiko also saw it.

Not far away, around the corner, the traces of wiping were no longer there. Undisturbed footprints are just around the corner, and if you look closely, you might be able to find any clues.

However, Liang Jingmo and Xue Yan glanced at each other, but they turned around the corner in unison. The question of why the traces disappeared here is obviously more important than the shoe prints.

It was only when they turned around and saw the scenery at the end of the road that they both knew the final outcome of the event at the same time.

In front of them was a balustraded observation deck, and beyond that was the blue sea. Now the cruise ship is moving at full speed, throwing down a random thing, and in less than a few minutes it will drift out of sight. They had hoped that they could find some more important clues at the end of the traces, but reality slapped them hard.

If the man who was attacked was really thrown from here, then nine times out of ten, they would never see him again.

"First of all, we have to confirm the identity of the other party."

Xue Yan, who had calmed down, said as she used the walkie-talkie to get in touch with Princess Jiang Le and suggested that the latter arrange confirmation to see who was missing from the ship. After he finished speaking, when he looked back, he saw Liang Jingmo lying on the floor that had just been wiped clean and looking carefully, almost putting his face on the ground. His face was a little solemn, as if he was thinking about something very important.

"What are you looking at?" Yukihiko asked.

"I'm looking for the shoe prints that the other person left." Liang Jingmo replied.

Xue Yan frowned slightly: "The shoe prints in the place that haven't been cleaned are so messy, can you still tell the murderer's?" ”

"Absolutely." Liang Jingmo said, "You can see that our shoe prints are very deep along the way, this is because the floor is still slightly wet, which means that the other party used wet mops and other things to clean up." He could have thrown the mop directly into the sea and destroyed it after it had been cleaned, but he would inevitably have to walk through these wet roads during the clean-up process, and the soles of his shoes would be more or less wet. It's easy to leave a fresh mark on the first few steps out of the area. What's more, that person was the last to walk through here, and it stands to reason that this kind of shoe print should be pressed on top of other shoe prints, which is more conspicuous. ”

Liang Jingmo shook his head: "But I can't see any traces like this." ”

In other words......

Xue Yan said, slowly turning her head to look at the observation deck. At the same time, Liang Jingmo also stood up and looked in the same direction.

"You mean to say that either the other party hasn't left yet, or they've just left this way...... Be careful! ”

Xue Yan suddenly shouted, jumped backwards, and pushed Liang Jingmo directly away with both hands.

Behind him, the top of the observation deck suddenly exploded!

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