A Core Ship From The Start
/ A Core Ship From The Start Chapter 685
Chapter 685: Chapter 509 Lingering Evil Spirit_1 Chapter 685: Chapter 509 Lingering Evil Spirit_1 If asked about Duanmu Huai's feelings at the moment, Lorena's comments would explain it.
“Eh? Another incident??”
See that, the word “another” is enlightening.
Moreover, there's no need to investigate whether it's the doing of a cultist or not this time, the reason is simple: the victim's body was found at the rear of the cabin, and surrounding his corpse was a bizarre Circular Array drawn–no doubt it was the work of a cultist!
His own reputation really isn't well known after all…
Looking at the body in front of him, Duanmu Huai silently sighed–the cultist had been causing trouble in his idle time, giving him more work. He had initially intended to go to Fog City for the case against Jack the Ripper. But he hadn't even arrived at his destination, yet he had already encountered two cases on the road.
If he were famous, wouldn't those guys run away at his sight? Why would they still commit crimes… Uh, that doesn't seem right either?
In the end, similar cases also frequently occurred in Detective Conan.
Forget it, there's no use thinking about this right now.
With that thought, Duanmu Huai withdrew his musings, looking at the corpse before him–the victim was a passenger named Williams Ford on the “Full Moon Starlit”. Standing by his side were two women, one wearing a white gown was the airship's medical officer, Rose Barnett. The other one…
“Who are you?”
Duanmu Huai looked at another woman holding a notebook, standing next to Williams' corpse. Her attire didn't seem like that of a noble lady, but more like a military person. From her expression, it didn't seem like she was very well acquainted with Williams.
“I'm Dort Fischer, the bodyguard Williams hired.”
The woman's reply was straightforward.
“You're a bodyguard? What happened when he was killed?”
“I have no idea.”
The bodyguard helplessly spread her hands.
“When I got up in the morning, I went to the dining hall to get breakfast for Williams, and when I returned to the cabin, Williams was missing. I was about to look for him when I heard a scream from here. By the time I ran over, this had happened.”
“Oh…”
Duanmu Huai nodded, then turned to the doctor.
“What have you found? Doctor?”
Upon hearing Duanmu Huai's inquiry, Doctor Rose quickly offered her response.
“The victim's throat was slit, and that's the cause of death. From the direction and angle of the cut, we can tell that the victim was facing the perpetrator.”
“Facing? So, are there signs of resistance on the body?”
“No.”
“In other words, the victim was facing the killer, got his throat slit, and didn't resist at all?”
On hearing this, Duanmu Huai furrowed his eyebrows.
I also find it puzzling, but that's how it is. Of course, to me, the blood is rather peculiar.”
As she spoke, the doctor pointed at the blood stains on the victim's body.
“His blood is almost black, and it's clotted to a much greater degree than normal blood.”
“So, it's not possible to determine time of death from this?”
“If it were a common corpse, indeed, we could. But with this body…”
Rose looked at the body, then shrugged.
“I'm sorry, I'm afraid I won't be of much help. To perform any tests, we lack the necessary instruments here. We'll have to wait until we get to the Fog City Police Station for further examination.”
At that moment, the captain arrived at the crime scene, examined the situation, and let out a sigh.
“Everyone, please gather around. After all, I must explain this incident.”
Nobody seemed to mind this request. After locking the door, they moved to the viewing platform. By that time, everyone, including the captain and passengers, had essentially accounted for.
As for the case, it was pretty clear by now.
The victim was Williams Ford. He was killed in the smoking room, his throat slit. And using his blood, the killer drew a wicked Array near his corpse.
The question now was when the victim had died.
Usually, a standard autopsy could narrow down the time of death within a certain range based on the stiffness of the body and the clotting of the blood, but as Doctor Rose said, the victim's blood clotted far more than normal blood, so the usual methods to determine the time of death were not applicable.
On the contrary, let's first establish when the victim's body was taken to the smoking room.
According to people's statements, the captain, the navigator Bart, and a passenger named Arthur were smoking in the smoking room in the morning, and they didn't see the body–if there were any hidden bodies inside, that's even more unlikely. After all, there was no decor in the smoking room. It was merely a clean empty room with a few ashtrays placed along the wall; no place to hide a body.
So, it is likely that between five and seven in the morning, someone brought Williams (or his body) to the smoking room, slit his throat, and then used his blood to draw an Array.
Let's set aside the murder. To draw an Array would take about half an hour.
From the current information, the following facts could be confirmed:
First, around five o'clock, Captain Carter and navigator Bart, weary from their night shift, decided to smoke a cigarette for refreshment and went to the smoking room. There, they encountered passenger Arthur, who had the same urge for a smoke. The three smoked for a while before the captain and navigator returned to work. As for Arthur, according to himself, he had gone back to his room to rest after smoking.
Chapter end
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