"If the murderer's target was General Hansen, then why did she ......" Frank Forson was about to ask why the killer chose to stay at the Hotel des Nations in the guise of a courtesan, but stopped when he came to his lips because he realized that he had asked a stupid question.

I saw that the location of the National Naval Museum that Hoover Hansen was going to participate in was just opposite the International Hotel, and as long as the position on the hotel floor was a little higher, it was easy to see the whole picture of the museum's front square.

The fact that Hoover Hansen would come to the museum opening ceremony had been promoted by the museum as a selling point half a month ago, and the English people in Turin were also very interested in it, after all, Hoover Hansen, a naval hero, rarely appeared in public, very mysterious, and mysterious things often attract people.

So within a few days of the publicity, all the tickets for the museum's opening on the day were sold.

"Damn," Frank Forson couldn't help but curse, and said, "If the assassin is General Hansen, then this matter is not something that the Special Bureau and the police can solve, and the murderer must be caught as soon as possible." ”

Leo asked: "If there is a murder opposite the Hotel of Nations, will the museum opposite not be affected, and will it still be held as usual?"

"Although it will be affected a little, it will not stop the exhibition. Frank Forson shook his head and said: "This exhibition is led by the Navy, and it has been in preparation for half a year, not to mention a murder case, even if I send the news that General Hansen will be assassinated, they will not change the decision to exhibit." ”

Leo said with satisfaction: "This is very good, but I am also worried that the museum will be stopped because of the murder." ”

Frank Fussen looked at Leo in bewilderment, because Leo's attitude made him feel a little puzzled, so he asked, "Wouldn't it be better to stop holding exhibitions?"

Leo replied coldly, "If the exhibition is stopped, where can I find a bait that can lure the murderer out?"

Frank Forson couldn't help frowning when he heard this, he could hear the indifference in Leo's words, and felt that Hoover Hansen, a naval hero and a prominent figure in the military and political worlds of the kingdom, was no different from ordinary people in Leo's heart, otherwise he would not have said anything to use this big man as bait.

Obviously, Leo didn't think about the impact that Hoover Hansen would have on the kingdom itself, even the surrounding countries and the countries of Mozambique, if Hoover Hansen was successfully assassinated.

"What an indifferent person. Frank Forson couldn't help but comment on Leo in his heart, but he quickly put the matter aside, because Leo's words just now made him realize another important matter, and then confirmed to Leo: "Listen to you, the murderer didn't leave Dulin?"

Leo said firmly: "Of course he didn't leave! If the murderer had given up the assassination and chose to leave, he would not have killed Passa Kaguran." After Passa Cagulan recognized the murderer, he must have guessed what the murderer was going to do, he knew very well what the impact of Hoover Hansen's assassination by the murderer would be, as the deputy envoy of the Panier Mission, he absolutely did not want to see that happen, so he would stop the murderer. It's just that he overestimated his ability and underestimated the murderer's determination, and he didn't expect the murderer to attack him mercilessly, so there was this murder case. Now that he has killed Passa Kagoulam, it means that he can't turn back at all, so the assassination will definitely continue. ”

After listening to Leo's analysis, Frank Fussen also felt that the analysis was reasonable, but he did not think that the matter was serious, so he said: "The murderer must be crazy, and it is impossible for him to succeed in assassination." Even if there is no reminder from us, the murder at the International Hotel so close to the museum will definitely attract the attention of the navy, and the security during the development will be strengthened, and now that the purpose of the murderer is clear, our special bureau and the police will definitely eliminate manpower, and the murderer will not have a chance to succeed. ”

"Isn't there a chance of success?" Leo couldn't help but shake his head when he saw Frank Forson's confident appearance, and said: "There are no absolutes in things, and the murderer must have thought of this, but he still made a move, which means that he is completely sure of assassinating Hoover Hansen, even if Hoover Hansen is protected." ”

"What do you seem to know?" asked Frank Fussen, looking at Leo, confused.

Leo did not answer, but looked out the window, and looked at a group of children playing in the street, so he stepped out, and walked quickly to the group of children, and then in the puzzled and wary eyes of the group of children, took out a dozen pennies, and said, "I want to know about the strange things that happened in the neighborhood, and if you name one, I will give you a penny." ”

Hearing Leo's words, the children did not speak, they all showed skeptical expressions, and they all looked like Leo was acting like a madman, but the attraction of pennies still kept them from running away, and they looked at each other, and pushed one of the weakest children out to let him test whether what Leo said was true.

The child looked at Leo in fear, then at the other children, and mustered up the courage to casually say something that had happened around him recently and that he thought was strange.

After saying that, the penny he had not expected to get from Leo was stuffed in Leo's hand, which made him stunned for a long time and couldn't believe that it was real.

Seeing that their companions had been rewarded with pennies, the others could not hold back their desire for pennies, and they all stepped forward and told them the strange things they knew, for fear that the pennies in Leo's hands would be taken by others, and several of them quarreled with each other because they said the same thing, fearing that they would not get the pennies they deserved.

Soon the dozens of pennies in Leo's hands and pockets were scattered in the cacophony of the children.

Seeing that there were no pennies, the children also stopped talking, and each took a few pennies, and ran away satisfied.

"What are you doing here?" asked Frank Fussen, looking at Leo in confusion.

"Look for clues and confirm the guesses in your heart. Leo replied with a smile.

Frank Forson wondered, "Looking for clues, from a group of kids who don't know anything?"

It is precisely because they do not understand anything that what the child says is more realistic, and there is no subjective imagination and modified answers. Leo turned to look at Frank Forson and asked, "You also listened to the various monsters that those children talked about just now, do you think those strange things here are related to our case?"

Frank Fussen was stunned, although he was standing next to him just now, he didn't care at all what those children said, coupled with the noise of those children, he didn't hear anything at all, let alone write it down, and naturally he couldn't answer Leo's words.

Leo didn't expect Frank Fossen to answer, he turned back into the room, walked to the attic at the top, and then walked to the small window of the attic, pointed to the scene outside the window, and said, "Look, what does this make you think of?"

Frank Fossen looked out the window and saw that his gaze could just pass through the roof of the opposite house and see a purpose-built public green space in the distance.

At first, Frank Forson didn't understand Leo's intention to ask him to do this, and after scanning the scene in front of him, he was about to ask Leo to say the answer directly, not to be pretentious, but a picture he had just seen suddenly flashed in his mind, and it coincided with another scene in his heart, which made him swallow the words that had come to his lips again, and turned his head to look out the window again to confirm what he was thinking.

"It's very similar to the scene around the museum's forecourt square. After repeated confirmation, Frank Forson said with a serious expression.

"It's not very similar, it's exactly the same, the square area and the distance from here to the square are very close. Leo refuted Frank Fossen's opinion, then pointed to the obvious bump on the edge of the window and some marks on the dust around it, and said, "The children mentioned that the gopher on the turf and the bird flying in the air were shot and killed recently. ”

Frank Forson quickly understood what Leo meant, and said, "You mean that the murderer used this place as a training ground to assassinate General Hansen from a high place while the training was underway. ”

"I think so. Leo nodded.

"No way. Frank Fussen shook his head and said, "It's about five hundred calories away from that lawn, and the most powerful steam engine crossbow today can only have a lethal effect within the range of two hundred calories, and two hundred to three hundred calories has almost no power, and five hundred calories is not to mention, whether it can be shot or not is a question." ”

Leo said, "Yes, it's too far for a steam crossbow, but what if it's a firearm?"

"It's impossible, the power of firearms at short distances is okay, and at long distances, unless the caliber is increased and the amount of special ammunition is increased, it is impossible to have much power, but if you change it like that, it will be the same as a cannon, so how can a striking guy carry it casually. Frank Forson retorted, "And as you said, the children said that they had found gophers and birds on the lawn being shot, but they didn't mention any loud noise, so the murderer must have been assassinating with a short crossbow at close range." ”

Leo did not open his mouth to refute Frank Forson's words, but answered with practical actions, only to see that he directly pulled out the queen and fired a shot at the distant lawn, under his deliberate control, the gunfire was very weak, so weak that it could not be heard even from the side, and the bullet easily hit the trunk of a small sapling on the lawn, breaking the small sapling, and standing in the distance, you can see the scene of the small sapling collapsing.

Seeing this scene, Frank Fussen had nothing to say, was silent for a moment, and said, "I will warn the navy." As he spoke, he asked expectantly, "What about you?" Will you be able to find the murderer?"

"Let's try it!" Leo looked inside the room and said, "That man is shrewd and has not left any useful clues, so he can only find people by other means." ”

As he spoke, Leo left the attic and returned to the two corpses on the second floor, then took out some high-energy substances, crushed them into powder, added some dyes and other things, mixed some water, and put them in the grinder and carefully grinded them into muddy water.

Then, I saw that he carefully drew a rune magic circle composed of Turing roots on the side of the bed, and after drawing, he stood in a small circle drawn at one end of the magic array, and motioned for Frank Fusen to stand in another small circle.

After making all the arrangements, Leo crouched down, put his hand on the root of the Turing word at his feet, and recited the spell of the wizard's witchcraft, while injecting the wizard's spiritual energy into the magic circle, pushing the entire rune magic circle to work.

Frank Forson was completely fascinated by the rune magic array that was shining with a faint light, and it was not the first time he had seen this kind of strange pattern composed of Turing roots, and he had arranged such Turing root patterns more than once when he was working with court wizards in the past.

It's just that the Turing root that Leo arranged is very complicated, so complicated that he can't figure out what is going on except for a few Turing words that can barely know the meaning of crying.

Just as all the Turing roots and patterns shone brightly, the two corpses on the bed that had begun to decompose sat up from the bed as if they were alive, and their puffy faces showed a confused look.

Frank Forson was startled by the corpse, a look of surprise on his face, and his hand instinctively rested on the gun at his waist. It was no wonder that he made such a look, because according to his previous experience, the resurrection of any dead corpse would not be a good thing, and it was usually accompanied by a great catastrophe, and the best way to deal with it was to completely break the corpse before it turned into a catastrophe, so that it could never be resurrected again.

However, Frank Forson finally resisted the urge to break the corpse to pieces, and stood quietly in the magic circle composed of Turing roots, watching Leo's movements.

"What does your killer look like?" Leo could feel that Frank Fuson was very unhappy with his awakening of the dead body, so he didn't talk nonsense, and went straight to the point, asking.

"Weird...... Blame...... ......The female corpse made a very faint trilling sound with her vocal cords, which had not yet been completely damaged, and she could barely make out the general meaning.

It's just that this answer is not what Leo wants, and he knows that he is asking this question too vaguely, even a sober person may not be able to answer it, let alone a dead body.

So, he asked, "What are the characteristics of the murderer?"

"Light ...... Light ......" The female corpse said another word, and at the same time as she said the word, her body suddenly trembled violently, and cracks appeared in her skin, and a strong light emitted from the cracks, enveloping the corpse and quickly disappearing, and the corpse was completely turned into ashes at the moment when the light shrouded it.