Mo Xiaoyao turned his neck and glanced at John, and said in a calm voice the explanation he had thought about a long time ago: "Antonio is my elder brother, is it strange that I have my handkerchief with him? He always likes He always bullies me by stealing my things, but it’s just a handkerchief—if you look carefully, there will be many small objects with my initials in this room—everything has been robbed since he was a child.”
This is quite reasonable. They are brothers and sisters, and they live under the same roof. It is normal for them to mix things up with each other.
John didn't want to let Mo Xiaoyao go so easily, and pointed to the two candies: "What about this one? Miss Zoya."
Mo Xiaoyao said twice: "Such a high-end thing, do you think I, the poor little boy of the Leiden family, will have a chance to taste it?"
John persisted and asked: "What evidence do you have that this is not yours?"
Mo Xiaoyao took a step forward, confronting each other: "What evidence do you have that this must be mine?"
John remained silent, but still stared at Mo Xiaoyao.
Mo Xiaoyao: "I'm very surprised. You've been keeping pace since just now. When Michelle asked everyone to introduce each other, you changed the subject. Just now, when you mentioned interest disputes, you changed the subject again. .Now point to these two high-grade candies and say they are mine—how do you know that these are not the snacks that the young master puts in his pocket? There are still exactly the same ones on the dessert plate on the table—you always I'm constantly diverting everyone's attention, is there actually a ghost in my heart?"
Seeing other people looking at him, John snorted, "Even if this candy isn't yours, it's definitely not mine. Anyway, it's impossible for me, an outsider, to enter the kitchen, and I will definitely be recognized by the NPC."
Michelle, who had been hated all the time, suddenly pointed at the cigarette and said triumphantly, "Don't keep staring at the candy, isn't there still smoke here? What if the deceased died from smoking a poisonous cigarette? This house There is an ashtray in it, and there are cigarette butts in it—Mrs. Mary, is your son a smoker?"
Mrs. Mary shook her head, her voice was a little disturbed: "I don't know, I didn't get the script, and the task given by the system didn't mention this... But there are ashtrays and cigarette butts in the room, should they be smoked?"
Not getting the answer she wanted, Michelle snorted angrily, turned to John and said, "You are a member of the circus, why are you always wandering around this house? There must be a conspiracy, Maybe it was the dead you killed."
The ugly puppet John was indifferent to this accusation: "I have no grievances with the dead. I am just a country bumpkin. I finally got the opportunity to enter the noble mansion. I don't want to look for the opportunity to hang around. Let this matter out." , I can play with the people in the tavern for a year."
Michelle didn't intend to let him go just like that, and she was about to express the anger she had been teased before: "That's not necessarily true? Don't you think the cigarette in the dead man's pocket looks familiar? I remember backstage at the circus , you gave me a pack."
John denies it: "I didn't give it to you."
Michelle: "You did."
John: "No."
Michelle: "You did!"
Mo Xiaoyao: ... I'm afraid these two haven't graduated from kindergarten yet? Is it okay to have such a naive quarrel
It was Robert who came out to stop the quarrel between the two. The person who played the playboy was unexpectedly honest and shy: "Don't, stop arguing... time is running out, let's discuss the business first. Do you still have that cigarette? Do you want it?" Take it out for comparison?"
This proposal was approved by everyone present. Michelle took out the box of cigarettes that John gave him from his pocket, and showed it to everyone: "This is it, I'll show it to you when I get it out—huh?"
Michelle opened the lid of the cigarette box and was stunned suddenly. It was not full, but two cigarettes were missing. He originally wanted to take out one for comparison and show it to everyone. Naturally, he didn't hide it, so now that he found it, everyone else also found it.
John sneered: "If this cigarette is really from me, can I send a pack of unpacked ones? You are my boss in name, am I not afraid of offending you? Let's see, it's clear at a glance who owns this cigarette."
Mo Xiaoyao looked at John and Michelle with complicated eyes. When Michelle met her before, she did mention the issue of delivering cigarettes, but she just didn't expect that this idiot would not open the cigarette case and check it carefully. check.
Fortunately, he didn't reveal too much to him at the time, otherwise he would have nothing to say if he was sold by his teammate Pig. Mo Xiaoyao secretly rejoiced and watched the subsequent development of this incident with a cold eye.
Of course John wanted to defend, but before he could say a few words, Mrs. Mary suddenly interrupted his speech: "Then what... isn't it to compare the cigarettes?" The voice was timid, a little It doesn't look like the vicious stepmother she played.
Madam Mary’s words reminded everyone, so they were not in the mood to listen to John and Michelle’s bickering, and urged to quickly take out one to compare with the one in the deceased’s pocket.
Mo Xiaoyao had a thought, and brought the ashtray over, and seeing Robert looking at her, he explained: "By the way, compare the cigarette butts to see if they are the same cigarette."
Robert nodded. The face of the puppet made him unable to make an expression of sudden understanding, so he just leaned over and, together with Mo Xiaoyao, also took a cigarette for comparison.
A few minutes later, under the repeated confirmation of everyone, it was proved that the cigarettes in the cigarette case = the cigarettes in the deceased's pocket = the cigarette butts in the ashtray. But whether it is poisonous or not, there is no way to detect it, the result given by the system is the same as those two candies, both are—[Temporarily unable to detect, professional personnel are needed]
Things are getting more and more interesting, Mo Xiaoyao thought, hearing a new round of mutual accusations between Michelle and John, his eyes gradually shifted from the body of the corpse to his ankle.
Robert, who had been staring at Mo Xiaoyao, also noticed her gaze. Then he lifted his spirits and yelled as if he had discovered a new world: "Everyone, stop arguing, we still missed a clue—there is a dead man's ankle. Injured, the system said it was suspected to have been bitten by a snake—could it be, could there be a snake in this room before?"
Michelle and John immediately stopped attacking each other, and they both leaned over to look at the two small wounds on the ankles of the dead body again. "Suspected to have been bitten by a snake" is the judgment given by the system, and they are not afraid of admitting their mistakes.
"Speaking of snakes." Michelle was as excited as if he had been beaten with chicken blood. If it wasn't for the puppet's face that restricted his performance, he must have gloated at this time, "John, your performance in the circus, Isn't it the snake dancer?"
Wow, this is getting more and more exciting, Mo Xiaoyao thought, standing aside with arms folded, waiting to hear John's defense.
This is the first time that John's voice appeared distressed and anxious: "I am a snake dancer, but my snakes are all non-venomous, and they are all locked in cages - if you don't believe me, you can go to the circus with me Check backstage."
Suzanne, who had been silent all this time, said unhurriedly: "40 minutes have passed, and we have 4 hours and 20 minutes left, and it's time to change positions. Don't be blinded, just argue around this clue and get the wrong other, in case Where else is there evidence of this?"
Suzanne's words got the approval of others. Although she didn't really want others to search her room, but in order to complete the task, it was necessary to promote the plot. You can't just stay in this room until the final vote, right? If you just play games, if you choose the wrong one, you will make the wrong choice, at worst you will be laughed at by your friends. But this is a dungeon world, life may be lost at any time, so one cannot be too careful.
"Then go to the backstage of the circus first?" Robert put forward his opinion carefully, "Go and see those snakes first, and then discuss the next step."
Mrs. Mary raised a question: "Would that be too far?"
Robert shook his head and explained to her: "Michelle and John are both members of the circus. Now the clues are snakes and cigarettes. They are all over there. It's just right to check them together. If their suspicions are cleared later, Let's go back to the villa and look for it, so we don't have to go back and go out again."
Madam Mary suddenly realized: "I understand, so let's do it, I have no objection."
Susanna, who first proposed to search other places, seconded: "+1."
Mo Xiaoyao nodded, expressing that he had no objection.
Among the 6 people, 4 people have already agreed, and the person in question, John, also said that it doesn't matter. In this way, even if Michelle was a little reluctant, he could only nod his head.
Considering the time, it should be done in groups, but the identities of the people are so subtle, whoever forms a team with whom will make the rest of the people uneasy-even if it is two seemingly hostile identities, there are people Whispering whether there is another hidden secret in private.
In this way, the six people decided to act together, monitor and restrict each other, and no one should even think about making small moves in private.
The villa is not far from the circus tent, but because it has to pass through a small garden, the road is relatively curved, which invisibly lengthens the distance. Under the premise of not wanting to drag the puppet's body to forcibly cross the flower garden, everyone could only speed up their pace and arrived at the circus tent at about 7:46.
Looking at the caravan and the two tents in front of him, Mo Xiaoyao felt a little headache. If he searched all these, if there were still 6 people together, I don't know how long it would take.
Fortunately, the system is not that crazy, just like the beer belly puppet that was hung from the ceiling said before, all irrelevant puppets will be hung up, and irrelevant rooms will be directly blocked and no entry is allowed.
Then there is only a small tent that is used as a temporary residence and piled up various personal items to go in.
Robert was the first to lift the curtain of the tent, and the next six people entered in a file, and what they saw was the messy interior of the tent, piled up with various boxes, sleeping bags, and some small props such as bottles and balls.
One of the most eye-catching is an iron cage with a very fine mesh placed in the corner.
In the cage, several snakes were entangled together, "hissing" and spitting at them.