Three-stream detection simulator
Chapter 18 Chapter 18
The moment the fire alarm sounded, Hercule had the urge to rush back to the room and save Batman who was trapped in the fire under the impossible assumption. But he controlled his steps in time, gave an awkward but polite smile to the neighbor who suddenly looked up, and raised his voice to ask in the alarm sounding throughout the building: "Oliver, what's going on?"
Oliver: "Ah, it's a fire drill! Our building has drills every month on these days. You will know in two days. The staff has a specific schedule. If you are interested, you can ask about it."
Sure enough, more than ten seconds later, a female voice came from the radio in the corridor: "Ahem, can you hear me? This is Ursula, the corridor manager. The alarm just now was a fire drill. I repeat, the alarm just now was a drill..."
"Big cities always have all kinds of rules, but it's not a bad thing. There have been fewer shootings in New York recently." Oliver came over flexibly, "Are you going out?"
"Yes, that's right." Hercule invited against his will, "I just happened to go to see the administrator, are you interested?"
"Of course!!" Oliver immediately became excited, "I can go at any time!"
**
Ursula, the building manager, sat behind the window of the archive room, looking at Hercule with a critical eye, and didn't speak for a long time. Oliver saw that something was not right, and hurried over to push Hercule aside: "Hi, Ursula, dear! Did you use any secret weapon? How come you are so beautiful and radiant today?"
"Oliver." Ursula raised the corner of her mouth and quickly dropped it, "Who is this person next to you?"
Oliver tried to liven up the atmosphere: "Please let me introduce you to my new neighbor! This is Hercule Hugo, who lives in 10C. He came here to ask - uh, to get to know the neighbors."
"Hello."
Hercule took off his hat, straightened his expression and posture, and said politely.
With a snap, it was as if someone had added a filter to the detective in broad daylight.
When Ursula looked at him again, she suddenly felt that this person was pleasing to the eye. Hercule's handsome appearance broke through the blockade of temperament and was transmitted to the eyes of the opposite sex, and even the vague sense of edge became a plus point. The manager's expression softened a lot. She stared at Hercule's face and thought for a while, then suddenly said in surprise: "Wait, 10C? Is that the vacant room that Bruce Wayne specially left?"
Hercule: "..."
Oliver hadn't reacted yet: "Wayne? What are you talking about, dear? Where is Wayne?"
"Of course it's the Gotham tycoon who was in the newspaper these two days! How many people in this building are waiting for extra houses to be vacated like chicks so that they can immediately pay for it? Why are the housing quotas finally allocated to outsiders?" Ursula looked at Hercule and said, "The reason is very simple - they didn't give as much as Wayne!"
Hercule: "..."
Although, he had a deep understanding of this.
"Wow." Oliver was stunned and sighed in confusion. Ursula leaned on the table and said to Hercule: "I can't tell, the richer you are, the more simply you dress?"
"You misunderstood." Hercule thought her conclusion was full of problems. "Mr. Wayne and I are friends. He lent his New York property to me who is working here temporarily-"
"Oh-" Ursula dragged out her voice, "I think I understand."
"Huh?" Oliver was more and more confused.
What did you understand? Why don't I understand anything? Considering Mr. Wayne's reputation as a playboy, Hercule had to add: "It was lent to me and my colleague. There are two of us."
His explanation successfully convinced the building manager, but his neighbor Oliver had a new question: "You have a colleague? Is he going to be late?"
It's hard for me to explain this to you. Hercule put his hat back on, avoided answering Oliver's question, and turned to ask Ursula: "As you can see, I really want to meet my new neighbor. In addition to Oliver, where can I find Mr. Marshall who lives in 10B?"
"It's not a secret." Ursula propped up her chin, her eyes always on Hercule's face, and said lazily, "If you always attend the owner's meeting, you will hear about it in two days. Since you are a new resident, I can tell you directly that Marshall is an employee of Stark Group. If you can't find him during the day, he must be working for Iron Man."
Hercule was a little surprised. If the content of the diary is true, Marshall should not do his previous job to avoid exposing his identity and bringing danger. Why would he go to such great lengths just to switch from the Arizona branch to the headquarters? Does he have such a high sense of belonging to Stark Group?
While he was thinking, Ursula said: "Sweetheart."
Hercule reacted for a while and realized that Ursula was calling him. He was very sure about the appearance of the game character, but as the old saying goes, human XP is indeed free...
The building manager didn't know what he was thinking, and continued: "Sweetheart, for your sake, I will give you another message-Marshall has signed up for the apartment fire prevention science lecture tomorrow afternoon, you can take this opportunity to meet him."
"But doesn't he need to go to work?" Hercule asked in surprise, "I remember tomorrow is a working day?"
"Yes, maybe he finally feels that the company has no future and can't continue."
Oliver's focus was on something else: "Is the Stark Group going through a period of transformation? I read this in the newspaper. Now working for Iron Man, you might be doing superhero logistics."
"Who knows." Ursula replied nonchalantly, "Do you have anything else to ask? Are you leaving now? I have a discount for the dental clinic here, don't you know? Are you really not interested at all?" She stretched out her hand Neck said to Hercule, "Okay, see you next time, handsome! And you really should change to a more fashionable hat!"
"She's obsessed with you. But you have to be careful with her sales pitch. It may seem like she's suggesting you get a dental appointment, but in fact it might be to sell hats." Oliver said, following Hercule to the elevator, "I just suddenly thought One question, what if there are more and more crimes involving superpowers in the future? Superheroes must correspond to supervillains. Think about it, if someone can walk through the wall, all the secret room murder cases will be unfounded. "
Hercule put his hands in his pockets and dragged his legs forward as he said, "Indeed, but this does not mean that the criminal investigation methods of the past are no longer applicable. It just means that we must be more cautious when drawing conclusions."
Oliver humbly asked for advice: "What's an example?"
"For example..." Hercule couldn't help but get stuck at this point.
Although he can speak eloquently about theoretical knowledge, he is really a new detective who has only successfully handled one commission and sent his client to jail. He cannot use his past experience to teach laymen.
But at this time, Hercule recalled the subtle overlap between the 'Pharaoh's Legacy' rewarded in the second section of the main mission and the plot setting of the "Third-Rate Detective Simulator" game. This gave him extra inspiration. Hercule glanced at the early mission records and decided to drag out the subplots he had done as a teaching case: "Well, let's say an arson case."
He still remembered that the opening of this mission was a cutscene.
Crack, crackle, orange-red fire burned in the gaps between the towering walls. Thick smoke billowed across the ground, and the firelight was like the skirt of a dancing girl, caressing the pipes covered with dust and cobwebs under the night sky where stars could not be seen. A broken light tube poked out from the trash can, and the sweeping robot stood quietly against the lid of the trash can. There was no light on the street separated by the wall.
The detective, who was younger than he is now, stood in the intersection square overgrown with weeds. Next to him was a ragged woman holding a guitar and singing:
"I am falling, I am afraid that no one can save me, this desperate road is making me lose my mind. I need you to heal me, I need someone to understand, I need someone to accompany me-"
In Oliver's eyes, the detective only paused briefly, as if he was caught in a long memory.
After a while, Hercule organized his thoughts, removed the parts of the story that were inconsistent with the 21st century earth society, and continued: "Suppose there are several arson cases in a highly developed big city, they will happen randomly. Distributed in various locations in the city, the identities of the victims vary, and some cases even occur in high-end residences with extremely strict management. "
As soon as the game screen changed, the walls of the luxurious villa were covered with scorch marks like scars and tentacles. Police cars and ambulances roared in. The crowd was whispering to each other. Someone noticed Hercule among the onlookers, and the flashlight was on. The light suddenly shone on his face: "Hey, you!"
The flames are about to extinguish, but the woman's song still echoes in the detective's ears: "The setting sun is like blood, walking into the long night, you are not around, who will accompany me through these difficult years? I am addicted to it, and I need someone to talk to..."
Oliver's excited voice interrupted Hercule's thoughts: "Does this mean that the murderer has a special identity that allows him to easily access various places?"
"Maybe." Hercule answered after a moment, "And you have to know that there are surveillance cameras and alarms everywhere in this city, but no one realized that there had been a fire until the deceased was discovered. ”
"This is a bit difficult." Oliver thought hard. "The murderer is a hacker? Well, a hacker with a popular surface identity? But how did it put out the fire? Did it have a helper? Wait, I remember you just now It is said that this is a supernatural case, and the murderer has super powers. Then he may not be a hacker, or he may not have any apparent identity... I guess there should be other clues, otherwise even if Holmes comes, he will not be able to solve the case. "
Of course, the player thought, there must be other clues.
In the cutscene, a hand is holding a gun against the detective's waist, and his tone is soft and dangerous: "What did you see at the fire scene?"
The young detective raised his hands and said nothing.
In the background music, the woman's singing suddenly became louder: "The setting sun is like blood, walking into the long night, all-in-one love, so that I can't sleep! I close my eyes and lie in your arms. I think I still like you to face the pain. The numbness in pain, I think I’m used to being your loved one!”
This game episode has never echoed so clearly in his ears. Hercule's hands in his coat pockets were cold. After a while, he slowly said: "...So at this time, we can't ask the murderer, 'Who are you? How', and ask yourself 'why did he do that'. But you're right, there's a word left in the fire."
"All fire scenes have this sentence?" Oliver immediately asked, "What is it?"
Since this was a branch quest that had been done a long time ago, Hercule recalled and spoke slowly, which seemed to be quite meaningful: "'--This is the apocalypse.'"
As soon as he finished speaking, a crisp sound of a pistol safety being released suddenly came from not far ahead. A policeman in police uniform and with a very young face subconsciously raised his service gun after hearing Hercule's words. The older policeman next to him had a headache on his face, but he also calmly reached his hand to his waist and stared at the two people in the corridor vigilantly.
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