The Witch's Taste

Chapter 118 Let the Dead Speak

The so-called "star port", as the name implies, is "the port where starships are moored", and is generally located in outer space.

Why not on the ground?Of course, because the starship needs to take off from the ground, it needs to consume a lot of energy to get rid of the gravity of the planet, but there is no such problem in space.

In fact, since the development of the great colonial era of the universe, the starports of most planets have gradually evolved from pure ports that simply manufacture and park starships to colonial outposts that integrate transportation, freight, manufacturing, commerce, tourism, and diplomacy. stand.

Gaotianyuan Xinggang took a similar path.There are not only factories and commercial complexes, but also residential areas and a large number of permanent residents. It is almost a small city... If you ignore that it is erected in a space station.

When the helium balloon was about to approach the star port, a waiter came to clean the table and reminded everyone that they would gradually lose weight, so try not to eat or drink.

Because in the state of weightlessness, food debris and water droplets will be suspended in mid-air, such as floating into the nostrils or eyes.

When the ascension platform finally docked with the lower level of Xinggang, everyone was already in a state of almost complete weightlessness. Everyone had to hold the railing next to the viewing platform and push themselves to fly forward slowly.

Chen Xiaozhu's situation is quite special.Usually, Chen Ziang supported her to walk forward, but now he is pulling her to fly forward... Without the restrictions of gravity and friction, it is actually much easier.

It's a pity that there is only such a section of the weightless passage, which is purely for passengers to experience.

From the ascension helium platform into the starport, gravity quickly reappeared.

Most areas of the entire star port are continuously rotating around their respective central axes, just like a drum washing machine throwing clothes on the wall of the drum. This kind of "artificial gravity" formed by centrifugal force and the surface of the planet Gravity makes little difference.

After entering the third district of Xinggang, Chen Ziang told Yuegong Lingnai:
"Suzuna, you take Xiaozhu to the hotel to settle down first, and I'll check the address Qingyu gave."

"I'll go with you!" Tsukimiya Suzuna said immediately, and then reacted abruptly.

Who will take care of the younger sister?
I was afraid that Uncle Emon would come over to be a light bulb, but I found out that it would be impossible without Uncle Emon, alas...

Chen Ziang also guessed that she would say this in advance, so he just smiled and said:

"It's okay, you go and settle Xiaozhu first, and then there is still time to rush over."

"Okay." Yue Gong Suzuna could only compromise.

She took Chen Xiaozhu to the hotel to stay, while Chen Ziang took a taxi to the address provided by Xia Qingyu.

The location address is an expensive hotel, which is located on the outermost side of Xinggang, so it claims to "see Extreme North City from the window for at least 1 hour a day."

The hotel that Suzuna booked was similar, but the difference was that the declared viewing time of the planet was "6 hours a day", so Chen Ziang didn't intend to ask the price, and let's just believe that she was "won by a lottery".

After arriving at the hotel, Chen Ziang showed his ID and successfully gained the trust of the hotel proprietress, who took her to find the two mutual aid members.

According to the hotel owner, she saw that the two of them were alive and well yesterday morning, and they had come back from discussing business outside.

This statement is a little strange, because according to the information Xia Qingyu gave, those two should be self-media operators. What kind of business are they talking about?

Before coming to the other party's room, the proprietress of the hotel knocked on the door.

There was no response from inside, she knocked on the door again, and Chen Ziang who was standing behind suddenly smelled something.

It was some dank, putrid smell.

Inspiration instantly exploded in his mind like an alarm, and he immediately roared in a deep voice:

"Hurry up and open the door!"

The proprietress was startled by him, and quickly took out the key to open the door.

As soon as the door opened, Chen Ziang rushed in.

Then I saw that the floor was full of water, and the soaked bed seemed to have just been salvaged from the sea.

The two swollen female corpses were lying on the bed, their appearance and figure completely lost.

The proprietress of the hotel screamed uncontrollably in fright, and Chen Ziang interrupted her quickly:

"Don't panic, I'll check the scene, you report the crime immediately!"

The proprietress rushed out of the room in fear, calmed down a little in the corridor, and then took out her mobile phone to report the crime.

Then she reacted suddenly, and asked the room loudly:

"Aren't you a security officer?"

"That's right!" Chen Ziang's voice sounded from inside, "I just want you to stop barking!"

He quickly checks the environment.

The bathroom is a long distance from the room and has carpet underneath.

But only the carpet around the bed was soaked... Chen Ziang lifted the carpet, and the floor below it was similar.

That is, the water is coming out of the bed.

If this thing is in a mystery novel, at least hundreds of thousands of words must be used to explain the bizarre criminal methods.

But the experienced Chen Ziang quickly restored the scene with imagination and reasoning:
The two were lying on the bed, and then Takano Seiko appeared, summoned a large amount of water from the bed, and drowned the two of them alive.

Continue to check the marks on the bed. According to the indentations around the corpses, it can be confirmed that something was lying on the two people, pressing their bodies firmly, so they could not escape at all.

Just like Miyuki Arai's scene, there are traces of human tissue in the gravure of the bed sheet, which seems to be some kind of exfoliated dead skin.

For some reason, Chen Ziang remembered Xia Qingyu's annotation on the dossier:

living dead.

After roughly editing the news in the chat window, Chen Ziang took photos from various angles and sent them all to Xia Qingyu, just in time for Yuegong Suzuna to come in from the outside:
"Senior, I'm here... what, it stinks!"

She frowned and looked at the two corpses on the bed with a look of disgust.

"We took a step too late." Chen Ziang said with a sigh, "The proprietress of the hotel said they were still alive yesterday."

"Really?" Tsukimiya Suzuna responded casually.

She just glanced at the scene, and immediately knew what Takano Seiko's method of killing was.

Song of the Drowned.

Trapping the victim with the living dead, then summoning the Drowned to swallow it from head to toe, releasing a large amount of water and drowning the victim alive... usually it's over.

If the Song of the Drowned is high enough, it can even transform the victim into a servant of the living dead to be driven by.

Being able to see the corpse at the scene shows that Takano Seiko is also the witch of the drowned man's lair, and she has not mastered the power to a very deep level, let alone causing too much trouble to that bitch.

Unless she didn't want to kill everywhere like Xichuan Meihui, maybe she could live for a while before being found out.

Pretentiously analyzing the scene, Tsukimiya Suzuna finally came to the same conclusion as Chen Ziang, and then said:

"It's a pity, if we came earlier, we might be able to intercept Seiko Kono and get more information about her."

"Now unless the deceased speaks, he can only get so much."

"Should the deceased speak?" Chen Ziang was thoughtful.

It seems that it is not impossible?
(End of this chapter)