……

Looking back to the bathroom where Maria died, many people gathered around because of the screams of the old woman who found the dead body. The spectators gathered at the door of the bathroom and couldn't help but screamed in surprise after seeing the scene in front of them.

These people were not only surprised by the tragic state of the corpse in the bathroom, but also were surprised by the death message that the corpse wrote before dying—"Adele".

"Hey...hey...someone is dead, there are dead people in here!"

"Isn't this Adele's backup dancer who performed on the stage just now? Why did she suddenly die here..."

"This bloody word...couldn't be..."

A group of people stood in a panic at the door of the bloody bathroom. Just when they were at a loss, a deep and steady voice suddenly sounded from behind them.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please calm down."

Hearing this voice, everyone looked back and saw a man walking slowly towards them. He was wearing a dark gray windbreaker and a short top hat. He was tall and thin with a hooked nose and a deep hooked nose. Eye sockets, holding a cane, eyes like torches.

"Unfortunately, it seems that there has been a murder case. I have notified the people in the theater and asked them to come to maintain order and call the police. Please get out of the way and don't destroy the scene without authorization. As the person who discovered it, please stay in the theater until the police arrive. Over there, don't go anywhere."

Facing the surprised crowd in front of him, the man pointed aside with his cane and said, while one of them looked at the man and said in doubt.

"who are you?"

"I...my name is Ed, and I'm a detective." Facing the question, Dorothy said the manipulative Edric replied with a smile.

……

At night, outside the Feiteng Theater, several horse-drawn carriages came from the distant street. Although the roadside at the entrance of the Feiteng Theater was already full of horse-drawn carriages, these carriages were still pulling towards the side of the road. The bell rushed away.

Seeing the carriage coming fast towards them, the driver who stayed on the carriage stopped and wanted to yell twice, indicating that there is no place here, and wanted to drive the other party away, but when they saw the policeman driving on the carriage, When the logo was marked, he immediately gave up his seat in fright, and drove away to leave the parking space for the new cars.

Several carriages with police badges on them parked safely at the gate of Feiteng Theater, and then several policemen wearing iron helmets and uniforms got off from them. Among them, a middle-aged policeman with the highest rank walked in the last Front.

Sheriff Douglas stood at the entrance of the Feiteng Theater. After receiving the report, he glanced at the giant poster hanging above the theater, sized up the glamorous woman printed on it, and then led his men over. At the gate of the theater, there was already a guard waiting anxiously.

"Did you call the police? There was a murder here? Where is the person?"

Seeing the doorman, Douglas asked directly, and the doorman spoke happily.

"Mr. Police Officer, you are finally here. The crime took place in the bathroom in the corridor on the third floor. I'll take you there right now."

Chapter 270 Murder Case

Afterwards, the guard opened the gate and led Douglas and his policemen into the theater. As soon as they entered, they heard melodious music spreading in the space. Hearing this sound, Douglas couldn't help but He frowned.

"What's going on? Murders have happened, don't you stop performing?"

Douglas said to the guard sternly, but the guard replied tremblingly.

"Mr. Police Officer, because of the request of a Mr. Detective...we did not terminate the show. In addition, he also asked us to monitor every corridor near the window, saying that it was to prevent the murderer from escaping."

"detective?"

Listening to the guard's words, Douglas pondered for a while, and then continued to speak.

"Go ahead and take us."

Heeding what Douglas said, the guard led them up the stairs, and those who didn't enter the venue went to the third floor. In a corridor here, he saw several theater attendants already guarding here, blocking those who wanted to enter the venue. Passed unrelated people etc.

After seeing the police, the staff and waiters who blocked him in the corridor immediately let them go. Under the guidance of the doorman, Douglas came all the way to the door of the bathroom. , several dancers still wearing dance costumes were still sobbing softly.

"It's in there, sir."

The doorman pointed to the door of the bathroom and said to Douglas. Douglas entered the bathroom after ordering his subordinates to take over the security work of the theater attendants. When he looked at the corpse, he found another figure squatting beside the corpse, with the black necklace on the neck of the dead woman resting in his hand, as if he was checking something.

"Who are you kid! What are you doing! Let go of your hand and don't touch it casually!"

Seeing the figure beside the corpse, Douglas yelled directly. After hearing what Douglas said, the figure stood up and said to Douglas with a smile.

"Hello, Mr. Police Officer, my name is Ed. I'm a detective. Since I discovered the murder case earlier, I took over here earlier. While conducting preliminary investigations, I am waiting for your arrival."

The man named Ed took off the white gloves in his hands, walked over and extended his hand to Douglas with a smile, wanting to shake hands with him, but Douglas snorted coldly and completely ungratefully.

"Hmph, so the detective they are talking about is you, boy. A murder case has clearly occurred, but you let the people in the theater continue the show. What are you doing?"

"Of course it is to prevent the spread of panic, increase rumors, reduce influence, and prevent the murderer from escaping. It's that simple, Mr. Police Officer." Ed said easily, while Douglas responded immediately.

"How do you know the murderer didn't escape."

"Because there is no place to escape, the theater is currently holding a performance. In order to prevent people from evading tickets, all the doors are guarded. For sound insulation, all the windows are locked. The ventilation window is open.

"Before you, I asked all the guards, and no one went out. I also checked all the locked windows, and there was no damage. Therefore, I assert that the murderer is still in this theater, and it is very likely that he is still in the audience. I'm watching the show in the seats."

Ed said calmly, after hearing Ed's words, Douglas was slightly taken aback, and then continued to speak.

"Even if the murderer is still in the theater, the performance should be stopped! Monitor and control all the audience. Isn't it dangerous to have such a murderer mixed in with the audience? What if he takes the opportunity to attack other unsuspecting innocent people?" what to do?"

Douglas spoke harshly, while Ed continued to answer lightly.

"Surveillance and control of all the audience? Mr. Police Officer... There are thousands of audiences here, not to mention the people in the theater, even you and your subordinates can't control so many people. Once so many audiences know that someone Death causes panic, no one can control it, and there may even be a serious accident with terrible consequences. It is better to let them stay quietly for a while now. If we cannot determine the murderer in the short term, we will release They go back."

"Then don't tell them the truth."

"Then the truth that will be imagined at that time may be even more terrifying..."

Ed said silently, Douglas wanted to continue to refute, but after thinking about it, he felt that what the other party said was really good, and he didn't refute it, but he was still very dissatisfied with the arrogant kid in front of him, so he spoke.

"Okay...you're right. But detective boy, now that we're here, we don't need you here, so hurry up and leave."

Douglas drove towards Ed, but Ed didn't intend to leave, he continued to speak lightly.

"Mr. Police Officer, I think that I can assist you in solving this case."

"Help us solve the case? Huh, why?" Douglas said with a cold snort, and at this moment a pleasant voice sounded slowly.

"Since he is Detective Ed, he once solved a train murder case in less than one night."

Hearing this voice, everyone looked for the reputation one after another, and saw a beautiful woman in a red dress with long golden hair standing at the door of the bathroom. Everyone present knew her name. Adele Brieuz.

Seeing Adele's appearance, everyone was slightly startled, while an old theater administrator hurried out to speak.

"Adele...why are you here? It's not that the situation here is not good for you..."

"I know, Uncle Jack, but Maria was brutally murdered here, how can I hide?" Adele responded to the old man's words, revealing a trace of sadness between the words, and seeing Ah After Dale, Douglas' eyes couldn't help but linger.

"It's Miss Adele, ah... I'm sorry for the tragedy that happened at your performance."

Douglas looked at Adele, and immediately said compliments, while Adele answered softly.

"Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Police Officer, but what I want to alleviate the tragedy is to catch the real culprit as soon as possible. I have read the newspaper before. This Mr. Ed seems to be a very capable detective. You might as well let him Help me try it."

Adele said to Douglas, and Douglas nodded after hearing this, and then looked at Ed again before speaking.

"It turns out that you are the Ed that the newspaper said a few months ago. If what the newspaper said is true, then you should have some strength. If that's the case, you should take a look."

"Thank you, Mr. Inspector, and thank you, Miss Adele."

Ed thanked Douglas and Adele one by one. When he looked at Adele, a slight smile appeared on the other side's mouth, while Douglas continued to speak.

"Okay, since you've been here for so long, what have you found?" Douglas asked Ed, and Ed answered bluntly.

"A lot of clues have been investigated. The deceased's name is Maria Docana, 18 years old, a dancer, a member of the Feiteng Dance Troupe of the Feiteng Theater, and she has her show today. She met Adai on the stage not long ago. Miss Al danced.

"The cause of death of the deceased can be judged to be that he was stabbed with a small knife resulting in massive blood loss. Among them, he was stabbed seven times in the abdomen, his cheek was scratched, and one eye was blinded. The murderer's method was extremely cruel, and no stiffness was found in the body, so The time of death was within an hour."

After finishing speaking, Ed paused for a while, just when Douglas felt that this kid might have some skills, Ed continued to talk.

"Before the deceased died, it seemed that he left a death message in blood, indicating the murderer's name."

"Death news? Why didn't you say it earlier? Isn't it easy to have death news? Let me see who the murderer identified by the dead is?"

Listening to Ed's statement, Douglas hurried into the bathroom and carefully looked at the scene for the first time. When he saw the blood on the front of the corpse, he couldn't help but froze.

"Miss Adele..."

After reading the scarlet words, Douglas turned around, looked sharply and seriously at Adele outside the door, and then continued to speak.

"Miss Maria's death message seems to point to you, do you have anything to say about it?"

Chapter 270 Investigation

"Miss Adele, the news of Miss Maria's death seems to point to you, do you have anything to say about it?"

Standing in the bathroom, Sheriff Douglas asked Adele who was standing at the door of the bathroom bluntly, and Adele answered calmly with her hands on her chest.

"I have nothing to say, Mr. Police Officer. This is a complete slander. The despicable murderer wants to use poor Maria's death to slander me."

"You mean to deny it, but such a clear death message is very detrimental to you, Miss Adele, unless you can produce some alibi to prove your innocence."

Douglas said this, then he thought for a while, and continued to speak.

"You just said that Miss Maria was still performing on stage before, so when was the last show she performed, or when did you last see her?"

Douglas asked the relevant people around him, and one of the waiters in the theater scratched his head and spoke while thinking.

"Maria's last performance was "Mother Scarlet" dancing with Miss Adele. That was also the last time we saw Maria. The time when the show ended seemed to be..."

The theater attendant pondered suspiciously, while another voice answered for him.

"It's seven past five past seven, sir."

Standing aside, Ed said aloud, and the waiter answered with a clap of hands.

"Ah! Yes! It was around seven o'clock when the performance of "The Scarlet Mother" ended, and this Mr. Detective said it well!" The theater attendant said bluntly, and Douglas continued after taking another look at Ed. .

"Then who discovered the body first? And when was it discovered?"

"Um...it was me. I was about to go to the toilet, and I saw the situation inside when I opened the door. But at that time, I was terrified. I have to think about the specific time. It seemed to be around seven or two o'clock. ten……"

Listening to Douglas' words, the old woman who first discovered the body said in a trembling tone, and then she could still think about the time when the body was found, but this time Ed spoke first again .

"The woman was screaming at 23:[-] and I was nearby so I heard it."

Listening to Ed's words, Douglas frowned, and then said.

"Are you looking at your watch all the time, detective boy?"

"No, no, Mr. Police Officer, I just have a better memory and a more accurate sense of time. Of course, I also often check my watch to calibrate my sense of time, about every 10 minutes or so."

While talking, Ed took out his pocket watch with a smile and opened it to take a look, then continued talking.

"After all, as a detective, I think it is necessary to control time."

"..."

Seeing Ed's confident expression, Douglas was silent for a while, then he turned his head to look at Adele, and started asking again.

"Then, what can be confirmed now is that the time of death of the deceased was from early 10:[-] to around [-]:[-], so where are you, Ms. Adele, during these [-] to [-] minutes?"

"Because Maria disappeared suddenly, I arranged for people to search for Maria after the performance, and then I searched for her myself. We mainly searched the backstage of the stage and some related areas nearby, but we didn't think of Maria. Suddenly being murdered here, this is the audience area, far away from the backstage."

Adele responded, and Douglas continued to speak after a pause.

"So, did you travel with other people when you were looking for someone?"

"No."

"No? That is to say... No one can prove that you are not there within the past 10 minutes?" Douglas raised his eyebrows and continued to ask, while Adele also nodded slightly.

"Yes, sir, but I did not kill Maria."

"Although you said so, the situation at the scene is very unfavorable to you. Miss Adele, do you know that based on the current situation, you are the most suspected suspect. If no other suspects are found, if we follow our previous According to the practice, you can already be brought back to the police station, and you can be interrogated slowly." Douglas said seriously, and at this time the management of the theater immediately stood up and said nervously.

"You can't take Adele away! If the media finds out about Adele, then everything will be over!" The theater manager said in panic. He can already think of tomorrow's headlines if the media knows about this incident. What kind of large-scale reports will be made, which will be a fatal blow to the image of a star.

"Don't make a conclusion too early, Mr. Inspector, I think there is still a lot of strangeness in this matter. Miss Adele should have been framed and wronged."

At this time, Ed on the side continued to talk, and after listening to Ed's words, Douglas turned his face and said seriously.

"What do you think? Why do you think so?"

"Based on the clothes on Miss Adele, please look carefully in the bathroom, Mr. Police Officer, the deceased was stabbed many times before he died, blood was splashed everywhere, there were bloodstains on the floor and walls, if the person is really Adele Miss Adele killed her, so she must be covered with a lot of blood, but at this moment, there is no blood stain on Miss Adele's clothes, it is very unreasonable, isn't it?"

Pointing to the bloody bathroom, Ed said bluntly in his analysis. After hearing Ed's analysis, Douglas couldn't help but pause for a while, and then continued to speak after thinking about it.

"It's also possible that Adele changed her clothes after the murder and wiped the blood on her body. This is a theater, and Adele is an actor in the performance. It should be normal to have several identical costumes."

Douglas explained his point of view, and Ai also continued to speak.

"What about the makeup? The blood on the body can be wiped off, but the makeup on the face can't be repaired after being wiped off. Look, officer, the height of the blood splattered on the wall is already enough to reach Adele. Miss's height, right? If her face is splashed with blood, if she wants to wipe it off, she will also wipe off the makeup on her face. Miss Adele's makeup is so delicate, it needs to be completely covered. spend a lot of time

"Now it seems that Ms. Adele's makeup is still so beautiful... The time left for Ms. Adele to commit the crime is only 10 to [-] minutes. After killing people and changing clothes, she still has time to touch up her makeup ?"

Ed continued to talk, and while talking, he smiled and looked at Adele's face with makeup on the side. Because she was going to perform on stage, the makeup on her face was a little thick. No damage can be seen at a glance.

And listening to Ed's inadvertent praise in reasoning, Adele bowed slightly to respond.

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