"All here?"

Walder asked, staring at the heavy dark circles under his eyes as he looked at the circle of people around him, his hands shaking as he spoke.

There were more than twenty people in the room, all of them pale and nervous, as if something had happened that scared them very much.

"Aikman hasn't come yet."

A man dressed in warrior's attire replied, his eyes passing over the others as he spoke, his right hand gripping the sword at his waist tightly.

Hearing that someone hadn't arrived, Wald then asked, "Aikman, he's not coming?" Has anyone seen him before? ”

Everyone shook their heads.

Wald's hands trembled even more, no one had ever seen Aikman, it was the most terrifying.

He looked at the man dressed as a warrior before, hoping that the other party would give some advice.

Although Wald was the leader of the entire archaeological team, he felt that the most reliable thing was the captain of the guards sent by the kingdom to protect them, Haft.

It's just that Haft doesn't know what to do at this time, he has never encountered this situation at all. But as the strongest man on the team, he knew he had to keep his composure.

At this time, if you don't stand up yourself, everyone will fall into a deeper panic, and it will be bad.

"Well, let's go out and find Mr. Aikman together, and we can't leave him alone."

"Don't!" One of the team members screamed, "Maybe Aikman was the one who killed Ina and Captain Dam, we can't go find him!" “

As soon as the team member said this, the other people who were about to get up suddenly showed fear and shrank back.

Haft scolded the fool and then said, "If Aikman is really the murderer, then we have to go to him." He's not very strong, and my soldiers and I can definitely subdue him. If you don't want to go, stay here and wait for us to come back. “

The team member panicked when he heard that Haft was going to leave him alone. "No, no, no, you can't leave me here, in case, in case Aikman comes........"

"Then you come with us. What about the others? Who wants to keep this? “

When Haft said this, everyone quickly shook their heads, if these soldiers left, who would protect them, they could only follow.

Seeing that everyone had no opinion, Haft nodded, and he said to his soldiers and Walder and the others: "After going out later, I will take the lead, Mr. Wald, you will stand in the middle, I will let the two soldiers stand with you, and the rest of the soldiers will be in the back hall." Keep in mind that we don't know if Aikman is the murderer yet, so ...... Let's all cheer up. “

Haft didn't make it clear, but everyone present understood what he meant.

Aikman doesn't have to be the murderer, so there's a good chance the killer is still among them.

Many people shuddered, subconsciously stayed away from the people around them, and looked at others vigilantly.

When everyone was ready, Haft opened the hatch and stepped out.

"We're in the middle of the ship now, should we go to Aikman's room in the back first, or go to the captain's room in the front?"

After exiting the room, Haft asked Wald for advice on where to search next.

Wald's spirits tightened even more than before, and he was almost startled when he heard Haft question him.

"Huhu~ Or, let's go to Aikman's room first, maybe, he's overslept, haha......"

To cheer him up, Wald told a joke that wasn't very funny.

Haft nodded, turned to the right, and walked in the direction of the stern.

To be honest, the whole ship is not very big, it is only more than 20 meters long, and it will not take much time to search it all.

Haft asked that way to give everyone a goal, so that they should at least not panic too much.

"No one!"

After pushing Aikman's room away, the other party did not tell Wald, sleeping in the room, the atmosphere suddenly became more anxious.

Haft walked around the room, and finding no useful information, said to the group, "Since we're here, let's check your room." “

"Why are you checking our room?" Someone immediately asked.

Haft glanced at the man, and the other man immediately lowered his head.

"It's nothing, the cabins are crowded, every room is pretty much the same, what if Aikman goes to the wrong room to sleep? Right, Mr. Wald? “

Wald smiled weakly, he didn't believe that Aikman was sleeping: "Yes, it's all here, let's look for it, if you want to find someone, of course, you have to look at every place carefully." “

Team leader Walder and captain Haft both said this, and everyone naturally had no opinion, so a group of people began to search room by room.

When the door to a room was opened, the crowd stopped.

There was no Aikman in the room, but to everyone's surprise, there were scratches everywhere, the quilt was torn to shreds, and the sheets had turned into strips of rags with blood on them.

Haft took two steps back and looked at the name written on the door.

"Svi"

Everyone's eyes brushed towards someone, and the people standing around that person spread out.

This man was the same person who had refused to allow Haft to search the room before.

Haft took advantage of his reaction and rushed up to grab Svi's hand and held it up in front of him.

I saw that Svi's fingers were scarred, his nails were scratched undescriptively, and blood stains could be faintly seen inside.

Haft grabbed Svie's other hand as well, both to guard against him and to look at his other.

Sure enough, Svi's other hand was also covered in scars.

Haft said in a deep voice, "Mr. Sviy, explain! “

Svi was caught, and the people around him looked at him with suspicion, and suddenly panicked: "Explain what?" No, I don't know anything! ”

"Then tell me why your room is like this, and what is the matter with your hands?"

"I ..... I don't know. This morning, when I was on the boat, I felt that my hands hurt so badly, and then I saw that my hands were covered in blood, and the quilt and sheets were all torn, and I had no idea what was going on. ”

"This happened, why didn't you say it earlier? Still blocking us from searching? ”

Swee said with tears in her voice: "I'm just scared, I came together in the morning to see such a scene, two people have died in a row in the past two days, if you know, you will definitely suspect me." So I was so scared that I didn't dare to tell you, but I really didn't kill people, you have to believe me! ”

"Who dares to believe you? The murderer must be you! ”

"Yes, you must have killed Ina!"

"Where's Aikman?"

No one wants to believe Svi, and at this time, Svi is obviously the most suspicious.

Haft waved his hand: "Don't make up your mind for the time being, if Svi wants to kill someone, he doesn't need to make his room like this, it's very strange." ”

Hearing someone speak for him, Svi quickly nodded: "Yes, yes, yes, that's the case, why should I make a mess of my room, I'm really not a murderer!" ”

Haft asked his soldiers to pick up a strip of rags from a sheet, and said as he wrapped it around Svie's hand: "But Mr. Svie, just in case, I'll tie you up first, don't worry, just tie up, we'll keep you safe." If it's determined that the killer isn't you, I'll release you immediately. You guys have no opinion, right? ”

Swie looked at the distrustful gazes of the others, and finally reluctantly agreed.

That's already a good result.

After tying Svie to him, Haft handed him over to his soldiers, and then said to the crowd, "It seems that Mr. Aikman is not to be found here, so let's go to the bow of the ship now." ”

There was no opinion, and the team once again maintained its previous formation, turning and walking towards the bow of the boat.

It's just that the people who had been standing near Svi were now moving away from him.

The boat was not big, and in ten minutes, everyone came to the door of the captain's room at the front of the ship.

Elsewhere they had searched along the way, which meant that if Aikman was still on the ship, it would have been the only one there.

Haft told the others to take a few steps back, he drew his sword, held it to his chest, and slammed the door open with his other hand.

“！！！”

Inside the door, a bloody corpse was lying on the ground, and judging by the clothes, it was the missing Aikman.

And next to the corpse, at this time there was also a man in armor.

When the door was pushed open, the man also turned his head to look at Haft and the others outside the door.

Then he raised his hand and waved at everyone: "Hello everyone~"