Returning from the abyss

Chapter 1070 Hidden Blade

When the morning came, Lu Ning did not hear the sound of rain, but was awakened by a scream.

After she opened her eyes, she thought carefully about what happened last night, then got out of bed, put on her coat, and took out a set of autopsy tools from her suitcase, which could be used today.

After sorting out these things, Lu Ning walked out the door. She went upstairs, and soon saw where the voice came from. Rosemary was standing outside the door, and she had regained her composure.And there was a faint smell of blood emanating from the door.

"what happened?"

"Mr. Schlitter..."

Rosemary shook her head slightly, making room for Lu Ning.She was also at the family dinner yesterday, so she naturally knew that the doctor should take over this kind of thing now.

Lu Ning walked into the room, and immediately saw Schlitter's body lying on the bed.

He was still covered with a quilt, lying on his back on the bed, with a bloody hole between his eyebrows, as if he had been shot by a bullet, but even the bullet was definitely not fired by a high-powered gun, otherwise his head would probably explode .

It is also because of this that Schlitter's expression when he died remained very clearly. His eyes were on the horizon, and his face was ferocious, as if he had seen something terrifying.But in contrast, Schlitter's body didn't move at all. Lu Ning quickly checked after putting on his gloves. There was no trace of restraint on his body. If Schlitter's death was restored, it would probably be in the middle of the night He suddenly woke up in a deep sleep, and then saw a horrible thing in front of him, and then his head was pierced to death.

It's a bit scary to think about it, I don't know which tourist did it.

"A piercing through the head is fatal instantly. The time of death... between eleven o'clock and three o'clock last night, I can't be sure. The room is relatively humid." Lu Ning said.

And following her inspection, more people began to gather at the door of the room, but they were all stopped by Rosemary.Under Reinix's order, only Lu Ning and Watanabe Motoko have the authority to conduct on-site inspections, and no one else can approach them until the inspection is completed.

"It's really hard to judge."

Although there are many things in Schritt’s room, it is not messy. The completed paintings are neatly arranged on the wall, and on the shelf is a portrait of a person who has half-finished coloring work. It can be clearly seen that it is Xingong Qianxia Portrait of playing the violin on the balcony.The paint on the ground was neatly placed in the paint box, and the paint in the prepared palette was not completely dry. I don't know if it was because the room was relatively humid or because Schlitt painted late last night.

"Watanabe? She hasn't come yet?" Lu Ning asked casually after the inspection was almost done.

"That... Ms. Watanabe is going to check the scene on the other side." Bay Ye, who had just arrived at the door, replied.

"The other side?" Lu Ning frowned.

"Yes, when we arrived at the maid's room this morning, we didn't find anyone there, but we were in a hurry to deliver breakfast to all the guests who needed food delivery. Just now, Lavender found the person who was on duty last night in the laundry room Ou Baizhi and Iris died there together, he ran into me when he came out, we first went to Dr. Lu Ning, but after we couldn't find it, we went to Ms. Watanabe to check the situation there."

"Three people, is there anything else? Report it together. Also, have you notified Butler Escher and Mr. Raynix?"

"We didn't find Steward Escher, and Jasmine reported it directly to the master." Bayleaf said.

"Did no one else die in the main hall?"

"Escher should be dead."

A serious voice appeared outside the door, and everyone unanimously moved out of the way, only to find that it was Gustav standing outside the door with his hands in his pockets, looking down at everyone: "He will always be at seven o'clock. Zhong showed up outside Renix's door on time, even if he was not in good health, he would arrange for someone to report for him in advance, and has been doing this for decades. If he didn't do this today, then he should be dead, it's just us No body has been found yet."

"Mr. Gu, Gustav, even if there is an accident, we shouldn't take things so absolutely when nothing really happened, right?" Bayleaf said a little panicked.

"Calm down, it's not a big deal. You already knew this would happen. The most important thing now is to protect the scene, inspect it, and see if the children of Raynix over there are dead."

Just at this time, a high-pitched voice came from downstairs: "What's going on? Why is it so messy?"

"Ah, it looks like at least Dimitri is safe," Gustav said.

After dawn, people who lived in the other buildings also started to come to the main building. After the first day, everyone obviously wanted to know if the situation had changed.

On the other side, Fuko Watanabe has also completed the inspection. Her work is simpler. After all, the scene is as clean as if a professional killer had been there, and there are no other traces left except fatal wounds.

"Throat cut with two knives."

Watanabe Fuko gave a general explanation to the people who regrouped in the hall.

"It's very straightforward. If there is only one body, then I can't get any information. After all, anyone here can do it by surprise attack. But two people died, it is hard to imagine that the first person was killed. When the throat is cut and killed, the second person will have no resistance, at least no trace of counterattack can be seen at the scene. This is one of the doubts. The second doubt is that there is very little blood left at the scene. Contains too much autopsy-like knowledge, but the amount of bleeding is indeed too little compared to the death method of cutting the throat."

In order to prevent on-site damage, every place where the body was found was sealed off. Fortunately, there was more than one laundry room, otherwise they would have to go to the annex.

Then, Lu Ning asked Dimitri: "Mr. Dimitri doesn't seem to have encountered anything?"

"Except for not sleeping well." Dimitri waved his hand, "Probably the murderer also noticed that I was more difficult to deal with, so he didn't attack me."

"Who did it?"

When Lynwood walked into the hall, he asked indifferently.

"The murderer has not been found so quickly. Are you two safe and sound? It's great." Lu Ning said in a flat tone.

"Myria and I slept soundly last night." Lionwood nodded slightly, "Who died?"

Before Lu Ning could answer, footsteps were heard on the stairs.Everyone immediately looked up.

Renix was resting his hands on the railing on the second floor, looking down.

"Eight people."

For some reason, there was a vague sense of expectation in Renix's tone.

"Father, you mean..."

"Not me, Makarov!"

As Renix raised his voice, a somewhat cowering figure came out of the corridor.

"I... I have been observing the spirits floating on this island according to Master Renix's orders. I, I am a psychic, you probably don't know? I can detect some changes in life and death , that floating spirit has been entwining everyone here, there is only death, only death..."

"Don't talk nonsense, Makalov." Renix reached out and patted his shoulder, "You are too unconfident in yourself, you should focus more on your abilities. Eight newborn spirits, eight deaths , my poor old friend, two honest and hard-working young men and women, an artist with a rich imagination, and... my four family members."

"Four?" Dimitri called out immediately, "Father! Who? Which one is it..."

At this time, the hall was opened again, and Cynthia walked into the room, and put the umbrella in her hand on the umbrella stand beside her, with a heavy expression on her face.Dolores followed behind her, wearing a raincoat, looking anxious.

"It's raining again."

Cynthia said something that had nothing to do with the current atmosphere, then raised her head, and glanced sharply at everyone present: "Just now Rosemary came to visit me to check on my safety. At the same time, she also told me that Juno Ito He and Ito Arisa have died in his own bedroom in Lanmekan. Please Dr. Lu Ning will go to the scene for an autopsy."

"Understood." Lu Ning sighed.

"Ito Juno is dead?" Lionwood frowned.

As the eldest son of the Howard family, he does have some dissatisfaction with Juno Ito, even enough to call it contempt, but this does not mean that Lynwood is unaware of Juno Ito's ability.Without his background of a large number of high-level personnel, Dimitri's extensive friends from all walks of life, and Felicia's shrewdness and decisiveness, Juno Ito was able to use various catering-oriented This kind of business attracts a large number of wealthy people, which in itself shows that he does not lack skills.It is impossible for such a person to be unprepared for what might happen last night, let alone the woman Arisa.

Arisa Saotome's life experience is so rich that even Lynwood believes that many of them are fabricated for cover-up.She came up step by step from the bottom of the society, and finally successfully married Juno Ito. She was in charge of more than half of the business of Juno Ito's company without any timidity. Her intelligence was also recognized by Lynwood.

Did the two die together?

Are they really defenseless against possible supernatural abilities?
Lynwood frowned and sat down again.He doesn't feel sad, it's just that he has a rare little unknown about the current environment, which makes him feel more and more difficult to control the situation.

"Rosemary didn't describe Juno Ito's death to me, and I don't know how the two of them died. Father, as you said, there is a killing on this island now, I don't know who was there Is there a murderer among them, or is there someone other than us on this island?" Cynthia asked after helping Dolores hang up her raincoat.

"This question can be answered by Master Yu." Renix smiled.

Yu Guiting, who was sitting in the corner of the hall pretending to be an invisible man, was called out by name, so he had no choice but to get up: "This island is built according to the gossip, just to prevent strangers from coming to the island and causing chaos. .I suppose this was verified when Mr. Schlitter arrived on the island a few days ago, wasn't it, Mr. Renix?"

"Indeed, if someone outside the scope of my invitation comes to the island, they will definitely be noticed by me, Escher, Gustav, and Justina. As for how to detect it, you don't need to know. During this period of time, only Mr. Schreiter landed on the island by accident, and the rest were all invited by me," Reynix said.

Then, Gustav and Justina also confirmed this.

"So, there is no one else on the island. Or let's say it directly by roll call-after the storm began on this island, the only people who existed on the island were Mr. Reynix, his seven children and their respective One companion, nine housekeepers, gardeners, cooks and servants on the island, six writers, bodyguards, doctors, nutritionists, accountants and lawyers hired by Mr. Renix, seven invited guests, and A total of 38 painters, Mr. Schlitter, drifted to the island by accident."

The sound of the rain outside the window suddenly increased a lot, the lights of the approaching vehicles flickered not far away, and within a few minutes, the rest of the people had already hurried into the living room.

Mayuri Daita's face was pale, and she was almost helped in by Takaya Kanzaki.Rosemary and Lavender, who went out to check the situation, didn't look very good, and the two people following behind had a heartbroken expression and an angry expression.

In fact, the moment Mayuri Daidai appeared, the last two dead had already been identified.

Huo Yinglong, who lives in the Qimu Pavilion in the deep forest, and Felicia, who lives in the Lingmu Pavilion by the cliff.

After the hall door was closed again, the room fell into silence.The silence didn't last long, and was broken by Lynwood.

"This is not a murder committed by one person."

"Oh?" Renix agreed, laying the groundwork for his son.

"Lingmu Pavilion is located on the easternmost side of the island, and Lanmu Pavilion is on the westernmost side." Lionwood made his voice more stable to make others feel credible, "Last night was a very bad weather, if only A murderer, there is no need to abandon so many people in the middle, but run from the east side to the west side, killing Juno Ito and Felicia."

"You overlooked a possibility." Gustav said coldly.

"what?"

"If Subbia is the murderer, he can go to the west side and kill the Itos and then return to kill Felicia, or vice versa."

"What did you say!" Subbia was sad, and when he heard this, he walked towards Gustav with red eyes, looking like he was going to fight him desperately.

"I just raised the possibility, I didn't say that you are really the murderer." Gustav was unmoved, "I can also raise other possibilities. For example, the murderer does have the physical strength to run around to kill—the same , This is not to deny your conjecture of multiple murderers, I just remind you not to ignore other possibilities."

"In any case, there are two things that need to be done now." Lu Ning stood up, "I'm going to the scene for an autopsy, and everyone's task is to find Butler Escher on the island. If you want to see people alive, you need to see the dead body .”

"Father?" Lionwood looked at the person who made the decision above.

"How to act is up to you to arrange. My energy is no longer able to take care of so many things. I just hope...you can have a result."

After Rennix finished speaking, he turned and walked upstairs, returning to his room.

(End of this chapter)