Returning from the abyss

The morning began with a cry of mourning.

"Maybe we have to get used to it."

Watanabe Fuko slowly covered Lu Ning's body with a sheet.

Bay and Molly lowered Rosemary from the crude cross, and closed her eyes, which she could not keep shut.

"I really didn't expect the doctor to be the target. Maybe someone saw the threat during her autopsy yesterday." Yu Guiting sighed, "Two bodies were found just after dawn. It's daytime."

"We can actually ask that... psychic Makalov." Kuzumi Hirayama suggested, "Maybe he can see how many people die every day? Think about it differently, his ability is quite good for a murderer." Those who are threatening will probably also become targets, right?"

"But Mr. Makarov is fine." Lavender said, "He still picked up the breakfast I delivered this morning, but he looked even more scared."

"How are those Renix children?" Yu Guiting asked again.

Zhai Jingqiu and Subia lived in the main house last night, and the rest returned to the annex.However, they also agreed that today they would report to the main hall as soon as possible to report their safety. The rain had stopped. Although the sky was still cloudy, at least the weather was much better than before.

At this moment, Gustav, Lian Qingyi and Justina came down from upstairs.

"Renix said that he will not leave the house today, and the meals will be delivered to his room." Gustav said to Lavender.Lavender nodded quickly to show that she understood.

"Who died last night?" Immediately afterwards, Gustav asked.

"Now that the bodies of Dr. Lu Ning and Rosemary have been found, we are going to check on the other people's condition," Yu Guiting said.

"Then let's act together."

At this time, Zhai Jingqiu came out from the corridor on the second floor: "The man with disheveled hair didn't respond."

His complexion has returned to normal, and he seems to have recovered a little from the death of his friend, and now it is obvious that catching the murderer is his main task.After waking up today, he began to check the doors of several residents, but he didn't expect the first one to encounter a problem.

"Mr. Kajabo's schedule is not very regular, and he usually doesn't answer the door. He will do whatever he needs." Lavender said.

"Usually back to normal, now is now, open the door to see if anyone is still there." Zhai Jingqiu said forcefully.

Lavender had no choice but to take out her universal key and go upstairs to open Kagabo's door.

The situation in the room surprised everyone slightly.The room was in a mess, and even a lot of viscous soup was splashed on the ground, which made the whole room smell strange.The crucible used to boil the potion fell to the ground, and the potion bottle fell to the ground, some of which were broken. No one could be seen in the room, but blood stains could be seen on the walls.

"This place... has there been a fight?" Lavender cautiously blocked the door.

"There is no way to determine what it is. First seal off the scene and ask the people nearby if they heard any movement last night. It stands to reason that there must be some noise when the scene is like this."

Zhai Jingqiu himself was not so sure, after all, he also lived in the next room yesterday and didn't hear anything.Is the soundproofing here that good?
Except for Lu Ning, Rosemary, Kagabo, and Renix who claimed that he would not go downstairs, the rest of the people living in the main building quickly gathered together.Although Makalov was asked about today's death toll, he hesitated to speak.

"I don't want to be next! This island is full of death! Every one of you! You, you, you, you, you all smell of death! Do you want to kill me? Because you all To die!"

Makalov's performance was almost crazy, and everyone could only give up asking him.

At 08:30, the door of the hall was opened, and Cynthia walked in with a sullen face, protecting Dolores with one hand.

"Did neither Lynwood nor Dimitri come? Dead?" She asked calmly.

Everyone noticed some blood on her arm, and Jasmine hurried to get the medical kit, while Cynthia helped the panicked Dolores to sit down on the sofa.

"What happened, Miss Cynthia?" Yu Guiting asked with concern.

"We were attacked on the road, were you all in the hall just now?" Cynthia swept around coldly.

"Yes, everyone thinks it's safer to stay together." Kuzumi Hirama replied.

"Hmph, I did not see the attacker, nor did I find the mechanism. After all, Dolores' safety is the most important thing." Cynthia tore off the torn part of her clothes and asked Jasmine who rushed back to give her The wound was bandaged with medicine, "It was a crossbow bolt that attacked us, and it directly penetrated the window of the car. Which of you came to the island with something like a crossbow bolt?"

"Everyone hasn't checked their luggage. But it should be very difficult to hit a moving car with a crossbow mechanism, right? After all, it's not a human aiming at it." Lian Qingyi said, stroking his beard.

"Then check it out, after all, it doesn't take much time." Cynthia glanced at everyone suspiciously, "The assembled crossbow and arrow branches are not small, even if they are taken out in advance, it will leave a piece of luggage empty. Easy to find out."

"Ms. Cynthia, instead of being so troublesome, why don't we go back and have a look at the scene of the attack. If there are so many of us going there together, the sneak attacker wouldn't dare to act rashly. If there is a mechanism, it may be too late to dismantle it in such a short time." Orlando said.

"Alright." Cynthia nodded, and stood up after the arm bandages were tied, "Dolores is still following me. After checking the scene, let's take a look at Lynwood and Dimitri, and The situation of Mayuri Shirota."

"It's better to keep a few people here in the main house." Tsuburani Temple Sora said carefully.

"Then the servants will stay." Cynthia nodded to Jasmine, "They are more tired than us, so don't let them participate in today's action. Where is father?"

"Mr. Renix said he would stay behind closed doors today," Yu Guiting said.

"Hmph, forget it, start with me now, don't waste time."

In the absence of most family members, Cynthia quickly became the core of everyone's actions. She drove the car and led a group of people back to the scene of the incident.

This section of the road descends from the hillside and passes through a forest area.The trees are not as dense as those at the Qimu Pavilion, if someone walks through it, they will definitely be able to see it.Since the crossbow shot directly through the glass, there were no traces left on the ground.After getting off the car, Cynthia immediately led people to outflank the crossbow in the direction of the arrow, and soon found the broken machine crossbow in the forest.

"Is it really an institution?"

"And it's a self-destructive type. It seems that the person who set up the mechanism has already prepared it..."

While people were chattering, Lian Qingyi suddenly stepped forward to carefully examine the condition of the crossbow, and then stroked his beard: "It's not quite right!"

"What?" Cynthia asked.

"How did this mechanism trigger? And how to aim it? There is no guarantee that your car will be able to aim at your position [-]% when passing there? How does this thing look like a pre-arranged suspicious thing... Ha, also It’s just that there’s no way to restore it, otherwise I guess it wouldn’t be triggered at all.”

"Mr. Lian, what do you mean is that the person who shoots the crossbow is still a person, not a mechanism?" Gustav asked.

"Yes, from the old man's point of view." Lian Qingyi smiled, "In other words, the people we stayed in the house are indeed not suspected. The one who attacked Miss Cynthia was probably..."

"Go and see the situation first." Cynthia was not provoked, "Lionwood and Dimitri live not far from here."

Everyone first went to the Huimu Hall on the top of the mountain, which was Lynwood's residence.In fact, the eldest son of the Howard family has not been to the main hall for such a long time, which already makes people feel a little bad, and now it is just a confirmation.

Lynwood and Miria were both wearing formal clothes, sitting at the table in the living room on the first floor, with a book spread out in front of them.Lynwood's head was hanging down, a steel rod was pierced down from the back of the head, and came out from the lower part of the neck, and the blood on it had dried up.And Miria's head was thrown back, her entire neck looked limp, unable to support her head at all, and her cervical vertebrae were completely broken.

The two had been dead for some time, and corpse spots had appeared on their bodies.Watanabe Fuko's autopsy was not as good as Lu Ning's, and the on-site inspection could not find any evidence that could point to the murderer.The source of that steel rod might be a warehouse, but it was impossible to find out where it was obtained from.

And the death scene was as weird as ever.The death of the two people is not acceptable to normal people.It's just that after yesterday, everyone has become more or less numb, and none of the dead people's scenes are normal.

"Take a picture of the scene and go see what's going on with Dimitri." Cynthia was very calm about her brother's death, but the relationship between them didn't show much sadness.

The viewing gallery where Dimitri lives is going down the mountain.This time, it was still Cynthia who took the lead. In addition to Dolores, there were Justina and Yu Guiting in her car.Cynthia arranged this intentionally. After getting into the car this time, she quickly asked, "You two, did anything happen in the main hall last night?"

"I didn't hear anything. I only know that Lu Ning and Rosemary died in the morning, and the death was very strange. Later, Mr. Zhai Jingqiu found that Kajiabo's room was in a mess and he was missing." Chastin Na said, "Speaking so much, I didn't actually see the scene. The body has been put away by everyone who found it. Maybe Mr. Yu knows more?"

"Haha, I don't know too much. After all, it's not my job to solve crimes and arrest criminals. I can also talk about the situation of the two bodies in the main hall. Rosemary was hung up on the On a cross, the heart was pierced by a wooden wedge, and fish scale wounds were cut on both arms. The murderer must be a cruel and vicious person. However, Dr. Lu Ning's body was a little weird. Her lips were bruised and purple, like She was killed by poison, and we also found a needle hole in her wrist. But there was also an obvious wound in her throat, and the amount of bleeding was difficult to judge whether it was before or after death. In addition, there was a charred electric shock in her heart Severe stimulation to the heart may also be the cause of death. Not only that, we also found marks on the top of her head where she was pierced by a needle-like sharp instrument, but the blood hole was blocked, as if it was specially intended for us. Found the same, the blockage is very conspicuous."

"...I think they also noticed the role played by these two people yesterday. Lynwood's death may have been due to the same reason. There may be several murderers among us, and I trust the two I’m going to speak straight to the person.” Cynthia said calmly, “I think it’s time to take the initiative, now it’s no longer a question of morality, if you want to live, you have to get rid of all suspects.”

"Exclude? Hehe, this requires considerable awareness." Yu Guiting laughed dryly.

"I was attacked by a crossbow arrow, which means that my life has already been recorded on their account. If this is the case, why should we be polite?"

"Cynthia, who do you suspect? When you were attacked just now, everyone was in the main hall..." Justina asked.

"Only Lian Qingyi can understand that mechanism, but he can also lie. Since the murderer is not alone, it is also feasible to cooperate with each other to cover up. I—"

Before Cynthia could finish her sentence, there was a muffled sound from under the car. She hurriedly grasped the steering wheel, used her years of driving experience to control the deviating body, drove the car into the mud next to it, and stopped the car.

But just after the car stopped, the same thing happened to the car behind, and it crashed towards this side due to the out-of-control tire blowout. Cynthia turned over and blocked Dolores under her body, and at the same time stretched out her hand to hold Delores. Liz's car door swung open.

"Go down—"

Bang!

The two cars collided together, but thanks to the driver of the car behind was also trying to slow down, the impact was not so violent.Cynthia rolled into the mud with Dolores in her arms, and Yu Guiting also ran out of the car protecting Justina.And at this moment, Cynthia smelled a smell of burning oil.

"Run!" Yu Guiting yelled, and ran behind the tree with Justina on his back. Cynthia also hurriedly led Dolores to follow, but people's running speed was limited after all. Cynthia had just run a few meters. He heard an explosion behind him.She immediately pushed Dolores behind the nearest tree, and then fell forward in the mud, covering her head with her clothes.

The high temperature of the flames burned her back, and something else hit her body. Fortunately, it was not the fragments that were directly blown out, but some that fell after being thrown high. She was lucky enough that no large parts hit her body, and some sparks It was quickly extinguished by the mud covered in it.

The cars behind had stopped one after another. After the explosion, Gustav and others got out of the car, bypassed the two burning cars, and pulled Cynthia out of the mud to drag several people to a safe range.

"Cough, cough, whose car is that?" Yu Guiting asked while wiping the mud off his face.

Gustav glanced over, but no one got off from the car behind.

"Lawyer Han, Mr. Jiuju, Mr. Yuanguji, and Ms. Watanabe."

Happy New Year everyone~