Jiang Baimian glanced at Long Yuehong and nodded slightly:
"This possibility cannot be ruled out."
"If it's caused by a 'nightmare', according to previous cases, it should be what happened in the dream, and the reality shows what, but even if boss Hugo died of suffocation in the dream, reality could not take the initiative to put it on him. Such a plastic bag directly shows various characteristics of death by suffocation." Genova analyzed the information related to the "real dream" and gave his opinion.
"Yeah, yeah." Shang Jianyao, who is currently habitually agreeing.
Bai Chen nodded along:
"Either boss Hugo abused himself too violently, and there was an accident, or someone suffocated him to death, but faked the scene of suicide."
Among the members of the "Old Tune Group", Bai Chen and Ugo have known each other for the longest time and have the deepest friendship, but she has recovered quickly, and now she can't see the slightest difference, and she seems to be used to seeing the deaths of acquaintances.
"Lao Ge, come in and check the scene, be careful not to damage anything or leave anything behind." Jiang Baimian stood up and left the task to Genava, who was more professional than himself.
Already wearing gloves, she began to search the room.
She picked up sewing needles, old knives and other items one by one, put them back in place, and then opened the drawer of the table.
Inside the drawer were some coins and banknotes, and a stack of half-thumb-thick documents.
Jiang Baimian glanced at it and found that this was the layout of the "First City" army in the peripheral area of the ruins of No. 13 Wasteland.
Boss Hugo has contacted General Phokas and got the information we need? They weren't lost indicating that boss Hugo's death had nothing to do with it? While thinking about it, Jiang Baimian reached out and picked up the stack of documents, briefly flipping through it.
After confirming that there was no entrance to the North Shore Mountains, she put the document into her tactical backpack.
After doing this, she checked the bed and bathroom again, and found nothing worthy of attention.
At this time, Genova also completed his work.
He said in a slightly synthetic baritone voice:
"Because I can't autopsy the body, I can't give the exact time of death, but the initial judgment is between 11:00 last night and 1:00 a.m.
"No one else left any traces at the scene. Boss Hugo should have been alone at the time..."
In the middle of the night, boss Hugo suddenly got up and abused himself with a sense of suffocation? Long Yuehong felt that this could not convince herself.
In terms of the work and rest of most people in the original city, that time was almost equivalent to a state of deep sleep.
"What should I do now?" Long Yuehong said with consideration, "Let it be handled by the 'Hand of Order'?"
Jiang Baimian shook his head:
"Once we call the police, we will definitely be concerned by the 'Hand of Order'.
"It's not a good thing for a wanted criminal with a high bounty in the 'First City'."
This is what Long Yuehong was worried about just now, and he fully agreed:
"It's better to pretend that you haven't noticed anything and evacuate quietly.
"The guests staying in the hotel will sooner or later notice that something happened to Boss Hugo."
Jiang Baimian pointed to the door:
"Did you forget there's a camera there? Did you forget that there are guests in the hotel who saw us
"As long as someone calls the police, the 'Hand of Order' will definitely notice us."
Long Yuehong originally wanted to say whether to break the camera and the corresponding surveillance video, and at the same time let Shang Jianyao go to "convincing" the two passengers who stayed in the hotel just now, but after thinking about it carefully, she felt that this was a place without silverware. One hundred taels.
The more coincidences there are, the more the "Hand of Order" will pay attention to it, and maybe it will directly ask the awakened people in the "last man" field to help.
"Then what should we do?" Long Yuehong could see that the team leader had a plan.
Jiang Baimian carefully walked out of Ugo's room and closed the wooden door:
"Go find someone who is 'True Self Teaching' and let them handle it.
"They are inextricably linked with the upper management of the 'First City', so it shouldn't be a problem to help us cover it up.
"Huh, fortunately, the hotel's business has deteriorated during this period, and no one came in or out when we checked the scene."
Long Yuehong immediately remembered that "True Self Sect" had a nearby stronghold, where the "Old Tune Group" had seen General Phocas topless and beat him.
As the team leader, Jiang Baimian took off his gloves and headed towards the hotel door.
"Side door..." Shang Jianyao reminded him "smarily" behind him.
Jiang Baimian's waist and abdomen were strong, and he forcibly twisted his body.
Under the guidance of Shang Jianyao, several members of the "Old Tune Group" left the hotel from the side, walked through an alley, and came to an apartment.
The apartment has only five floors and looks ordinary.
As soon as he entered the apartment, Shang Jianyao took out the blue and white loudspeaker, facing the stairs leading to the basement, and said in a deep voice:
"You have been discovered!"
Jiang Baimian couldn't help but raised his empty right hand and covered his face.
She lowered her voice and said:
"We are friends of Boss Hugo, something happened to him."
Soon, a man in ordinary clothes appeared in the shadow at the bottom of the stairs.
He clenched his fist and lightly hammered his head:
"I will live forever!"
The current Shang Jianyao did not imitate, and seemed to be immersed in the sadness of the unexpected death of boss Hugo.
The "True Self Teaching" follower walked up the stairs and said to Jiang Baimian and the others:
"Follow me."
It was as if an emery cloth was stuck in his throat.
Shang Jian Yao was the first to follow behind this man.
They came all the way to the innermost room on the left side of the apartment and saw a thin half-century old man.
The old man's brown hair was mixed with a lot of silver threads, and his black burqa had patches.
His appearance and temperament are ordinary, if he stays at the door of the apartment, he will most likely be regarded as a doorman.
"What happened to Ugo?" the old man asked.
After asking, he remembered to introduce himself:
"You can call me Cliff, a 'Dream Breaker'."
Jiang Baimian, who didn't know much about the "True Self Teaching" rank, nodded lightly as a compliment.
When the door was closed, she answered:
"Boss Hugo is dead."
"Cause of death?" Cliff's face changed slightly, but quickly returned to normal.
"Asphyxiation." Jiang Baimian was succinct and did not add any redundant description, "He had a translucent blue plastic bag over his head, and the time of death was probably between 11:00 last night and 1:00 a.m. There was no other person at the scene. Traces left by people…”
Cliff didn't interrupt her narration, and waited for her to finish before nodding:
"We will conduct further investigations on the specific situation, thank you for your information."
Jiang Baimian said "um":
"When you investigate, please help conceal our existence. You know, we are still wanted."
"No problem." Cliff promised. "When you were looking for Ugo to get that information, you found out that he had an accident?"
"Yes." The reckless Shang Jianyao replied actively, "We found the information in the drawer in his room, and it was not lost."
"Please confirm." Jiang Baimian took off the tactical backpack and took out the stack of documents, "See if there is anything missing or extra."
Cliff looked her up and down and said approvingly:
"Very cautious."
He immediately took over the document, flipped through it carefully, and said:
"no problem."
Jiang Baimian sighed deliberately while taking back the information:
"We visited Boss Hugo today, in fact, we wanted to inquire about the collective dream in the Green Olive District, who knew that he had already obtained the information we wanted.
"Your efficiency is too high, it's less than twenty-four hours."
Cliff was silent for a while, and said truthfully:
"Because we are planning to explore the secret laboratory in the ruins of Wasteland 13."
"Maybe we can cooperate at that time." Jiang Baimian said politely.
Cliff turns to the latest anomaly:
"We've noticed that collective dream, and we're looking for the source of the problem.
"This matter is not so simple, and it may bring great danger to investigators. You'd better not participate."
"Thank you." Jiang Baimian expressed his gratitude.
After leaving the apartment, all the way back to the jeep, Shang Jianyao rubbed his chin and said:
"'True Self Cult' is already investigating the root of the collective dream, and the death of boss Hugo may be related to this..."
The time of Hugo's death was indeed too close to the time of last night's nightmare, which made people doubtful.
"Well." Jiang Baimian nodded, "Cliff seems to be so skeptical, at least that's how he feels to me."
Hearing the exchange of teammates, Long Yuehong suddenly figured out a problem.
He made a voice, seeking to explore:
"The reason why other people have nightmares without incident, just a little dizziness, nausea, fatigue, and insomnia, but Boss Hugo suffocated to death strangely, is because he has awakened the ability to 'dream'?"
Most people can't carry out effective investigation in the face of that nightmare, but Ugo can!
Bai Chen, who was driving, thought about it carefully and agreed with Long Yuehong's guess:
"I think so."
As soon as she finished speaking, Shang Jianyao and Jiang Baimian blurted out at the same time:
"Oops!"
"not good!"
"What's wrong?" Long Yuehong trembled.
Jiang Baimian turned his body sideways, frowned and said:
"Odik also has the Awakener ability in the 'Dreamland' aspect."
"Don't have an accident." Shang Jianyao prayed beside him.