8. Claire Holmes
After anxiously waiting, night finally fell again. No matter how thoughtful the maid is to "serve" and monitor herself, it is impossible to stand next to her while she is sleeping.
Therefore, if there is any time that can be unrestricted and unnoticed, it is only in the middle of the night.
According to the original plan, Lilith has two methods, if it is best to catch the black shadow that haunted the ship before, if it does not act tonight because it feels abnormal, then her own side must go to the room where the princess is to check and see the princess's situation.
At worst, I'm afraid the princess is no longer in the room now.
Soon, the other nine people entered the room one after another, and there was nothing unusual in the cabin except for the flickering candlelight.
"Let's divide according to ability. Lilith lowered her voice and assigned the task as concisely as possible, "I'm patrolling the cabin with three demons, and it shouldn't be difficult for four people to catch a dark shadow in such a large cabin. Sister Anne and Miss Cole, the four of you will just wait in the room, and you will come out to help when there is a situation. The Dean and Mentor Thea stood on the ladders leading up and down. ”
“...... Young age...... Young age. ”
"Dean, if you do this again, Don Quixote will hate you very much!"
"Huh, huh, really?"
Great, the current dean is not an ordinary deception.
The action soon began, and with the help of dim lighting, the demons who were originally in black almost had to merge with the dark curtain in the shadows, and if they didn't care, they wouldn't even notice it at all. And as he has been recognized by the black shadow before, he can't hide in the dark, otherwise it will only expose Lucifer's whereabouts, so it is better to walk in the cabin with a swagger.
If that dark shadow really had the slightest intention of playing tricks on itself, then it would definitely still appear today. The only thing I'm worried about now is the strange actions of the dark shadow last night. It's the first time Lilith has seen someone who can ignore magic as if he was immune.
"Lilith!"
Lucifer's low voice suddenly came from the darkness, and Lucifer rushed out of the darkness and ran towards the dark shadow that had just flashed from the corner of the wall before Lilith was noticing.
The shadow appeared! Sure enough, and judging by his course of action, he probably intended to go to the princess's room. Sure enough, did it want to confirm the situation of the princess who was accused?
It is dangerous to rush to confirm during the day, and it is true that the best time to confirm is at night, when no one is around.
"Catch it! Asmon! Mammon!"
Two figures shot out from the other side of the corner, blocking the path of the black shadow horizontally. However, after a pause, the black shadow rushed forward without any scruples, muttering something of unknown meaning that he had heard before.
"Detective, can't be a criminal!"
Asmon and Mammon stretched out their hands to grab the black shadow's body, but at this moment, time seemed to stand still, and Lilith's movements, Mammon and Asmon's hands, and Lucifer's sprinting all stopped there. The only thing that could move was the dark shadow, which had slowed down a lot.
It's slow, but it's moving, and that's enough to save your life.
"Detection means, timeline movement. ”
As if it had really turned into a black shadow, every time it moved, it would bring up an afterimage behind it, and this black shadow slowly passed the interception of Mamon and Asmon.
Time began to flow again the moment he passed, and the three demons were all stunned for a moment.
"Hey, Sister Luci, this man is a bit of trouble. ”
"I know...... Catch up first!"
Lucifer's movements did not pause at all, and despite this, the shadow was still able to maintain a considerable distance from Lucifer.
Fortunately, this time the action was not just his own action and that of the demons, and when the man tried to escape the same way yesterday, Dean Frey firmly blocked her on the deck.
Twelve Heroic Spirits stood in the night sky, blocking the place where the Black Shadow could jump ship, and soon, Lilith and the others blocked the Black Shadow's way back from the ladder entrance on the deck.
The man's time control zhì doesn't seem to be as strong as he imagined, so in the face of so many people, he definitely has no way to run away.
Probably thinking that there was nowhere to escape, the black qi wrapped around the man's body to hide people's ears suddenly dissipated, revealing the sailor suit.
Sure enough, he was the crew member who was lying on deck that day, saying he was fainting from hunger!
It's not just pure hunger at all, it's just because he hasn't eaten for a long time, staged a play on the deck, and mixed up a meal.
Maybe the original sailor doesn't know where he got stripped of his clothes and left them.
Wait, in that case, the one who had always felt suspicious before found his maid. Maybe it's suspicious!
"I ask you, I don't care about your purpose for the time being, do you still have accomplices!"
Lilith asked, "Is it the maid who found you?"
“...... Detectives are forbidden to use intuition to solve crimes, but you're not, so this one is not used. ”
The man thought for a while, gave up and turned his head, "Hey, I won't do it if you don't come out and confess to give me a salary increase." ”
"Okay, okay, I'm not here. ”
Beside the man, a maid suddenly appeared, and judging by her double ponytail, it was the person who had found the man lying on the deck earlier.
The two of them are indeed accomplices!
Report to yourself as if you were discovered, and at the same time manage to blend yourself and him into the ranks of workers. I'm afraid that the only flaw in this girl is that she was caught smoking, so not only should a maid not smoke, but her room is so clean that she doesn't even have a cigarette pouch or ashtray that she should have. It was clear that the room was not hers.
The real maids and sailors, I'm afraid I don't know where they got them.
"So Watson, I think this girl is probably trying to snatch my leading role. The girl took out a pipe from her hand as if by magic, and took a pleasant sip.
"Don't call me Watson...... And I'm about to pay my wages. ”
"What is your purpose?" asked Lilith, "are you planning to kidnap the princess?"
"Kidnapping the princess?ah, I'm sorry, we're going to do the opposite. The girl put her pipe down, "I feel that the princess has been out of the boat since the beginning." ”
This guy ......
Why is it that even though I was caught, I still look like "I'm not actually a bad guy"?
"Ahh The girl didn't care about pulling the maid off.
A canvas yellow trench coat with corners swaying in the wind, a pipe in his left hand, a cane in his right hand, a pin on his chest, monocles, and a round hat on his head.
How does this feel so much like a profession...... That's the kind of ......
"It's the first time I've met everyone. The girl put her pipe to her lips and grinned at the corners of her mouth, "My name is Claire Holmes, and I am a detective by profession. ”
Detective......
Although it is said that this world has a relationship with magic, no, it is really because of the relationship with magic, that the detective becomes important. It is said that it is the responsibility, obligation, and right of detectives to know the truth of things. At the same time, it is also their weapon.
And their purpose is to unravel the truth. Debunking crimes of an ordinary nature disguised by magic, or debunking crimes committed by ordinary means.
Why are there two detectives on the princess's ship?
"Ahem, please don't care how I transformed, I just think it's more handsome. ”
No one cares!
"This is my assistant. Claire pulled the tall man standing beside him over, "His name is Watson." ”
"Don't call me Watson!"
"Ahem, now that everyone has found out, I won't investigate it alone. "From my observations over the past few days, I suspect that Her Royal Highness the princess on this ship has been walking into the room since she got on board. ”
"It's no longer 'on' the ship!"
(Claire's character has always been there, and the book review area is set up to view.) )