Chapter 332: Buttons
With the help of Leach, it took Michelle more than half a day to bury all the nearly 100 people of the entire small mountain village safely.
At first, Leach guessed that Michelle's relatives and friends were killed by a group of robbers who did not blink an eye, but when they moved the bodies, they found that none of the valuable items in the homes of the residents had been stolen, and all the furniture was intact except for the traces of the fight, and it did not look like someone had turned it over at all.
But in this way, what is the identity of the murderer, and for what reason is the killing, all this becomes confusing.
However, after searching the entire mountain village, Leach and the others did not find nothing.
While sorting through Michelle's father's remains, Leach found a button in his hand, the only thing found in the process that didn't belong to the small mountain village.
The material of the button itself is not special, but the pattern on it is a bit special.
Generally speaking, no one would go out of their way to customize the style of something as small as a button, but that doesn't mean that there are absolutely none.
As far as Leach himself knows, either the owner of the button is a contemporary descendant of an ancient aristocracy who has extremely strict requirements for every detail in order to show off his own distinctiveness and unique taste, or the other party belongs to a very powerful organization and has a uniform dress for the purpose of identifying identity.
Judging from the button in his hand, it is obviously a lot more likely to be the second one.
Because in terms of material alone, Leach can be 100% sure that this button is a common commodity in the mainland, and for that kind of ancient nobleman with many rules, it is impossible to use such an ordinary thing, so the only possibility is that the murderer was sent by a certain organization for some unknown purpose, which is why such a tragedy was done.
Despite her sadness, Leach's constant staring at the button still made Michelle feel very strange, and she couldn't help but ask with tears in her eyes, "Brother Leach, did you find anything?"
Originally, Leach planned to wait for Michelle to calm down before discussing the matter of buttons with her, but since she was the first to speak, she took the opportunity to ask: "Michelle, have any of you been here recently, or have you seen people with such buttons on their clothes?"
Leach thought that few people would usually come to such a remote village, and Michelle would definitely be very impressed once a fresh face appeared, so he asked this question, but the truth seemed to be a little different from what he thought.
Hearing this, Michelle replied without thinking about it: "There have been a lot of people coming recently, but I haven't noticed any special ...... on anyone's clothes."
Seeing Michelle's face full of self-blame, as if she was annoyed that she hadn't noticed the key clues of the murderer, Saya hurriedly comforted: "It's okay, Michelle, I believe this can't be the only clue, we will definitely find other suspicious points!"
"That's it!" Leach also hurriedly helped, "You see, this button is already dark in color, and the pattern is not obvious, unless you get closer and look closely, it is impossible to notice any difference in it if you are far away, not to mention that you can't expect an accident at all, even if you have a heart, it is difficult to find, don't blame yourself!"
It's easy to put it mildly, which makes Michelle no longer blame herself so much.
Seeing that her mood had stabilized, Leach continued to ask, "Then, Michelle, do you know where those people who came to you came from and what their purpose was?"
Hearing this, Michelle's face darkened again: "I don't know, every time someone comes, my father asks my grandfather and mother to take me and my brother out to play, and never lets us observe......"
"That's it......" didn't get the information he wanted, Leach said in his heart that it was false if he wasn't disappointed, but he didn't want Michelle, who was already very fragile, to be stimulated again, so he didn't show it, but pretended that this issue was not very important and changed the topic, "It's okay, I just asked casually, I guess it's unlikely that the murderer is among those people, if the murderer really wants to kill, how can he visit in advance, this doesn't make sense at all, Michelle, do you say it's reasonable?"
"Really?" Michelle is still young after all, inexperienced, although after experiencing turmoil, she has obviously matured a lot, but it is also limited, and when she heard this, she really believed Leach's words, and was obviously relieved, "That's good, that's good!"
Seeing that his little trick worked, Leach hurriedly continued to ask, not giving Michelle time to react: "Then tell me what happened that day, and I'll see if I can find anything useful from it." Remember, don't let go of any detail you can think of, and I need you to retell the whole thing in its entirety, because there's a good chance there's an important clue in it, understand?"
As soon as she heard that it was related to whether she could succeed in revenge, Michelle suddenly became a little nervous: "I...... I try my best. No, I'm going to tell you everything I see!"
"Don't be nervous, take your time. Seeing that the effect of his words was a little too much, Leach hurriedly comforted him again, "If you are too nervous, it is very likely that you will miss some information, you relax first, I am not in a hurry." ”
"Good!"
After taking several deep breaths in a row, Michelle finally relaxed completely, thought for a moment, and then began to speak.
"That evening, after dinner as usual, I ran out with my brother to play, and after about two hours of madness outside, my brother and I were tired, so we planned to go home and sleep. ”
"But as soon as I walked in the door, I suddenly felt a pain in my back, followed by a wetness. ”
"My brother was walking ahead of me, and when I heard the noise, I looked back, and my eyes widened as if I had found something particularly terrible, and before he could scream, I noticed that the black shadow on the ground had raised his hand again, and I didn't think about it and threw myself at my brother, but my brother was still slashed. ”
"Luckily, my brother didn't hurt me when I pounced, but I fainted because I was too frightened. At that time, I was also frightened, and somehow I thought that my father had told me that if I encountered a wild beast in the woods, I could run, and if I couldn't run, I would lie on the ground and pretend to be dead. ”