"Do you think it wasn't some monster that broke into Vincent's house last night?" Anne asked after coming out of Billy's place.
"When I first heard his description, I really thought it was something from the ghost ship that came to him, but after going to his residence to see it, I was more inclined to this view."
Zhang Heng handed over the shell in his hand.
"Why?" Annie took it and looked at it for a long time, but didn't see anything worth noting.
"These shells are from nearby waters and are common on the beaches of Nassau."
"Well, I seem to have a little impression when you say that. Harry seems to have picked up a bunch of these things. I probably can't understand his hobbies." Annie said.
"There are also scales." Zhang Heng handed over the scales, "This is the scale of the golden barracuda, and it is also one of the fish that fishermen in this sea area often catch."
"Why do you even know this kind of thing?" The red-haired girl exclaimed.
"Uh, I once studied a piece of fish, that's not the point." At the end of the first round of dungeons, Bell taught Zhang Heng some common edible fish. After he went back, he also found some information on the Internet. Now he can identify More than 200 species of fish have been produced.
"But isn't that ship wandering around all the time, and it's not impossible for it to appear nearby."
"You're right." Zhang Heng said, "So I went to check Vincent's yard later, he said he watered once a week, and the last time Nettie watered him was five days ago, I asked Vincent Dee, it hasn't rained on the island lately, as evidenced by the land in his yard, with one exception."
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"After I saw Vincent's house I kept thinking about what he said before, he said that when he saw the guy it was like he just got out of the water, the clothes were dripping, but Vincent Te's house is not close to the coastline. If the thing really comes from the depths of the sea, even in the middle of the night, it still has to take a lot of risks walking all the way from the beach, and the most important thing is such a long distance. There shouldn’t be too much seawater left.”
"This kind of thing cannot be judged by common sense. Is it possible that it was cursed and kept drowning forever? I seem to have heard some such stories when I was a child." Annie shrugged.
"I've considered the possibility you said. If that's the case, the water droplets on his body should have been dripping at the same speed all the time. But in fact, there is a corner of the garden where the soil is different from other places. It is very wet."
"You suspect that someone went there and wet himself on purpose, and then covered himself with shells and scales, disguised himself as a monster, and crawled into Vincent's bedroom to find those three notebooks? But why, why did he do that? "
"You are asking why he is looking for notes, or why he is pretending to be like this. If it is the former, I don't know the answer, but the latter question is obviously because he is worried about his identity being exposed." Zhang Heng said, "I Should have thought of it, I checked everything I brought back from that ship and found nothing unusual, but when we came back we were caught in a storm, and I didn't know what I left behind until now."
"What?"
"That chest of silver and rings and necklaces wasn't all that we brought back."
Annie raised her eyebrows.
"There were seven people on board, including me, and someone took other things without telling the others. It was he who sneaked into Vincent's room to steal the three notebooks." Zhang Heng said.
"Is that why you didn't say this deduction at Billy's before?"
Zhang Heng nodded, "The two of us were together last night, it can be ruled out, and the remaining five people are all possible. I don't doubt his loyalty, but that person may not realize how dangerous the thing he is holding, then There is no last person on the Clark ship, it is likely to be related to that thing, but fortunately the scope has been reduced to a very small one, and then we only need to investigate one by one."
"Maybe it doesn't need to be so troublesome," Annie said, "I probably guess who that person is."
"Um?"
"At that time, there were basically two groups of people on the boat. It was not easy to hide something from another person. Seth and I were checking the cargo warehouse on the floor below you at that time, but after that I heard you banging on the door, thought there was some danger on your side, and ran up, Seth was alone there for a while, if anyone could hide something from others, it was him .
"And when I saw him on the deck later, he seemed to be in a trance at that moment, but everyone was not in a good state at the time, so I didn't think much about it."
"What was he doing when there was a storm on the way back?" Zhang Heng asked.
"I didn't see him. It was his turn to rest at that time. He was not on the deck, but I remembered what you said. I saw him again when I was eating in the evening, and found that his face was bruised. I asked him what happened, and he told me that he accidentally fell."
The red-haired girl said, "Private fighting is strictly prohibited on the ship, but I did hear that some people are not very disciplined. After all, we are a new ship, and people were recruited recently. Every time we dock, we will add another batch of people. Some people They knew each other, and sometimes there was a bit of grievance before boarding the boat. Seth... Seth was the first group of people to board the boat. He had just married, and he had redeemed him from a brothel. I heard that they had a good relationship. , but there will inevitably be some gossip from other people."
"Do you know where he lives?"
"I don't know, but I know someone who definitely does."
Anne found another pirate named Sean, who was a gunner on the Jackdaw, and he and Seth had a good relationship. The two had worked together on the same ship before and often had fun together on the island, Shaw Sure enough, En knew where Seth lived, and took the two of them there, but when they got there, they found that there were piles of furniture inside and outside the door.
Seth poked his head out from behind a closet, and saw the expressions of the three of them a little surprised, especially after seeing Zhang Heng, a look of panic flashed in his eyes, but he quickly covered it up, "Sorry, I'm preparing to move .”
Xiao En was taken aback when he heard the words, and then he said happily, "It's not bad, I just got married and moved to a new house, but why didn't you ask me for help?"
"Anyway, I don't have much, so I won't bother you." Seth said, and then he looked at Zhang Heng and Annie, "It may be a bit inconvenient for me today, Captain, can you come back tomorrow?"