Indecisive
The three of us hobbled down the path on the way back. Up to now, all the members of the tour group, as well as the tour guide, have been inquired one by one. Although the most basic questioning work has finally come to an end, it has not helped to solve the case in the slightest, and it still stops at the starting point, at least I think so.
I guess I should look for the Moris, maybe the third spinning top is really in their hands?! But even I couldn't make a move, which I hadn't done before. Could it be that this is just an extraneous branch, a kind help to others, which is fundamentally different from my purpose? I couldn't help but bite my lower lip, and immediately bared my teeth in pain.
Thor was relieved, stretching his back as he went, but Rahman kept his brow furrowed, as if he was still immersed in the conversation. I followed them and couldn't help but hang my head.
Rahman suddenly turned around and startled me.
"We haven't asked you yet, do you have any suspicions?" Rahman's eyes were habitually fixed on me.
"What?" I didn't seem to be hearing clearly, but I didn't know how to answer.
Rahman repeated the question.
"I ...... I don't think I've really thought about it. "My voice is getting deeper and deeper.
"It's okay to think about it now, it's just speculation. Sometimes an idea that comes out of nowhere can make an unexpected difference! Thor said with a smile.
"But I didn't think about it at all, and now I can't do it even if I forcibly catch a murderer from the depths of my brain." My head drooped, "No matter what the rest of the tour group thinks about this trip, I still feel good about myself about this trip anyway." Everyone spent time and night together and had a lot of fun, and that's what I thought and remembered. As for the deceased named Eden, to be honest, if he hadn't died, I'd basically forgotten about him. He seemed to be just an inconsequential outsider who didn't belong in our tour group. ”
I didn't expect Rahman to laugh "hehe", is what I said ridiculous?!
"Maybe what you're saying is normal!" Rahman didn't mean to mock me.
I really don't understand what this sentence means from his big mouth. Could it be that if my words are normal, then what other people say is not normal?! It can't be, right?! I pondered the meaning of Rahman's words, but I was still confused.
Time is like an arrow, and it is the eleventh day of traveling to Caban. At 10 o'clock in the morning of this day, according to the notice of the criminal police team later yesterday, we arrived at the conference room on the left side of the hall of the Xiyu Building, which is located in the center of Kaban, and waited to listen to their analysis and explanation of the "cave dead body case" and the possible conclusions.
Everyone arrived a little earlier and sat in their assigned chairs. Their expressions were a little wooden and listless, and I suspect they must have had a feeling of living like a year, and they were all looking forward to getting to the bottom of the mystery as soon as possible, so that the holiday that now seemed unpleasant could be ended as soon as possible. I was the only one who felt that time was speeding like a lightning speed, and every day was getting tighter, but the case was like a solid lump of ice still sealed in the cold ice cellar. What is the truth? Does it have anything to do with the little spinning top I've been looking for? These unsolvable doubts have always hovered in my heart.
At ten o'clock in the morning, two police officers, Rahman and Saul, arrived at the conference room on time. After they were seated, Rahman simply greeted everyone and then said nothing. Immediately after that, it was Saul who spoke to everyone, he was not stage frightened, and his voice was crisp and loud.
"Let me first give you a brief introduction to the case of the 'Cave Dead Body'." Saul got straight to the point as soon as he opened the scene, but I still couldn't listen intently, because I knew that his words, no matter how subdued they were, were from the book, and there was no real change at all.
First, there was a lengthy introduction to the case, and then the information and clues provided by everyone were analyzed and compared one by one. A detailed and thoughtful speech was finally over, and although it was meticulous and profound, it did not do anything to solve the actual investigation of the case. My head was wide open.
The final session was naturally the focus of the speech, and everyone in the room was watching with bated breath as Officer Saul listened. Although I don't think Saul, a young police officer who has just joined the job, should not be able to say anything outside the circle, I still hope that he will come to a different conclusion. Unfortunately, it backfired, and his succinct words were still stationed in the Moli killing game.
It seems that it is the police of the criminal police brigade, and the conclusion he has drawn is nothing more than that! I was disheartened, and the next step was to look for traces of the Mori tribe, and if I couldn't find them, I had to go home and find another way. I felt as if a heavy mountain was pressing on me.
Sadly, I was the only one sighing and sighing, while the others hugged each other as if they were celebrating a joyous holiday, and even the words of Officer Saul about the case had not yet been fully determined at the end of the day were deaf to everyone's thoughts on the simple wish of returning to their respective homes at the end of the holiday.
The briefing on the case was over, and everyone returned to their homes in a happy mood. Maybe Mrs. Jones doesn't need me anymore, maybe Mrs. Jones thinks I still have business to do, but she's already gone with Amelia, the waitress at the hotel.
Indeed, I have no intention of returning to the mansion where I live with Mrs. Jones, where there is nothing but the silence that suffocates me. As I wandered aimlessly along the path, I unwittingly came to the cave of the terrifying Kirin Mountain, which was mysteriously enhanced by the appearance of a dead body.
Because I'm always following behind Rahman and Thor, most of the people in the criminal police team know me quite well. I said hello to the little policeman guarding the cave, Pule, and entered the cave.
This is the first time I have visited this large rolling cave alone, probably because I just found a dead man not long ago, so the cave is even more gloomy, the valley is deep and quiet, and the wind is swishing, as if I have fallen into the underworld. I was brave enough to look to the left and right, and everywhere I saw strange rocks, and the winding paths were mottled and rugged, so that my legs trembled and I walked slowly as if I had frozen.
Even so, I still didn't think of turning away. I can't tell what kind of thoughts are dominating me. I wandered in the cave one foot deeper, one foot deeper, one foot at a shallow foot, carefully and meticulously surveying one small cave after another, even the most special and terrifying white cave where the dead bodies were found, I did not let go, but unfortunately I still did not find anything of value or clues, and it was another futile toss!
At this time, I felt that I had no energy in my body, so I staggered towards the exit. Suddenly, with a stumble, I tripped and sat on the ground. The ground was full of small raised rocks, so the sudden fall caused me to feel pain in my left buttocks. I staggered to my feet, stared impatiently at the ground, and suddenly in the midst of the jumble of rocks, a conical object came into view, not quite like the others, so rounded and harmonious, absolutely different from the irregularities of nature that nature everywhere we saw. When I cut away the small bits of sediment that had been deposited on it, a greenish-purple ring gem with a little light was revealed. At first glance, it is clear that this is definitely not a natural crystal, but an advanced product of beauty created by human beings. It's a sparkling, ingenious man-made gemstone, usually a beautiful accessory set in an elegant scarf or hat.
Suddenly picking up such a small and delicate ornament, it was as if I had intercepted a priceless treasure. I carefully put the artificial gem into the small clean transparent plastic bag I had carryed, and then ran out of the cave without saying goodbye to the little policeman guarding the cave, Pule, and ran straight in the direction of the criminal police team.
As soon as I met Rahman, the captain of the criminal police team, I was very excited to hand over to him this little gem that I thought was very rare.
Rahman looked at the contents of the plastic bag carefully and asked, "Where did you find this?" ”
"It was found in another cave next to the white cave where the deceased was found." I replied in a flurry of words, "After listening to your speeches today, I did not immediately return to my mansion, but once again went to the cave where the dead man was found. To be honest, I've always felt that this case wasn't as simple as we thought. Unfortunately, however, the results of all the tests remain the same. Just as I was about to return in vain, I suddenly fell in a small cave nearby. Unexpectedly, this fall was so coincidental that this rarity was found, and it was buried under that piece of soil. If I hadn't fallen out of that miserable fall and toppled the muddy ground that weighed on this man-made gem, I would have missed this little gem 100 percent. ”
"It seems that your fall is really extraordinary, and the gain is huge!" There was no shortage of admiration in Thor's laughter.
"That's not an overstatement." Rahman did not smile, but said solemnly, "This gem is indeed dazzling, although it is not a precious natural gemstone, but from the perspective of its texture, structure, gloss, and coloration, it is still a fine thing, and it is absolutely impossible for the common people to have it, and only a few prominent and wealthy nobles would set it on a scarf or a large-brimmed hat as a modern and fashionable appendage." ”
"So whose will this little treasure belong? Is it someone else on our tour, or is it someone else? I asked anxiously.
"This is not clear at this point and is pending further investigation and verification." Rahman's voice was firm and powerful.
"But time is running out, and the tour group will be disbanded in a few days, so everyone will have to go their separate ways?!" Even though I knew I had to wait, I was still anxious.
"So we have to hurry."