The questions Kojima asked were not difficult.
He cleverly hid the clues in hundreds of photos, but the guests who were searching for evidence earlier focused on things like letters and passbooks and did not have the patience to identify them, so they did not notice anything unusual.
As long as you classify the photos from each series and pick out the winning works, you will find that the animals in the photos are very strange: they are either looking at the sky, or looking to the left, or looking to the right, with their eyes staring straight ahead, as if they were dead.
Arrange the photos in time, take the first photo as the origin, draw the direction, and you can get a word: live forever.
eternal life.
"Looks like you found it." Kojima waded over, still holding the magazine.
Jian Jing glanced at him: "You are not slow either."
"I finally understand." Xiaodao said, "Yumeng's hometown is Wu Village, where people believe in witchcraft. My "Voodoo" series was filmed there."
Jian Jing nodded and said, "Ishikawa's folklore research materials should also have records of Wu Village."
"This supernatural magazine published a report about Yumeng. She cast a curse on Linnae, stealing her destiny and causing her career to plummet. Later, the curse backfired and killed her." Kojima Shimo flipped through the magazine and said clearly, "Throughout the article, there was no mention of her having a daughter."
Jane and quiet spread out.
Kojima Shigeru said: "Let's be frank, do you know Yu Meng's identity?"
"I don't know anything about Wu Village. I just know that Yu Meng is a star and I got her belongings, which is the notebook." Jian Jing said, "To me, Yu Meng's background is not important. What's important is what I want."
Kojima Wataru went straight to the point: "What do you want?"
"Marry into a wealthy family." She said dryly, hating her own non-Asian attitude for the first time.
Kojima Wataru asked: "Is it related to witchcraft?"
Jian Jing nodded: "I know that witchcraft is divided into two categories: curse and blessing. I must have used the latter to make Sanzi fall in love with me and be willing to get engaged to me. In your entire notebook, you have never mentioned immortality. Where did you get the photo from?"
Since Kojima Shigeru wanted to be frank, he also had sincerity and answered directly: "When I went to Wu Village to collect folk songs, I heard from the locals that the most powerful witchcraft is the art of immortality, which can allow people to escape the cycle of death."
"And what?"
He said: "Not really. When I went there, the witch of Wu Village had disappeared. The villagers only heard about it from hearsay."
"Why did you go to Wu Village? Who told you?" Jian Jing asked curiously.
A faint smile appeared on Kojima Shimo's face: "You didn't tell me before. I saw the sign of Wu Village in Dan's study and decided to go over and take a look on a whim."
Coincidence? Jian Jing glanced at him suspiciously, but did not question it.
Whether it is a coincidence or not is not important.
Then it was Kojima Wataru's turn to ask: "Are you Dan's child?"
Jian Jing: "What do you think?"
Kojima Shigeru's eyes flickered as he said tentatively, "It's entirely possible that Dan is strongly against your marriage with Sanzi."
"I don't think his attitude is like that of his own daughter." Jian Jing said, "Why did the murderer want to kill Linna?"
In reality, similar cases may be copycat crimes. In this game, there is only one real murderer, and even if the murderer is not himself, he is killed because of him.
Kojima Wataru: "There are too many reasons. The most likely reason is to divert attention. The number of people who want to kill Linna is much smaller than those who want to kill Dan."
"Maybe Linnay has some unfavorable clues about the real murderer." Jian Jing thought for a moment and suddenly felt depressed, "Isn't that me?"
If Linna knew something that was unknown, the most likely thing was Yumeng's story.
Kojima Wataru looked at her and said honestly, "Jane-san, you are in a very unfavorable situation."
Jian Jing: "... I'll go see how they are doing in finding the secret room."
The secret room was found during lunch, which took an hour and a half.
To open it, rearrange the star map on the wall in the order of the Twenty-Eight Mansions, and you will see that the centers of the ornaments converge into a line and fall somewhere on the floor.
This wooden floor is movable. You slide the wood block, like taking out a certain board in Huarong Road, pry it open, and the switch is underneath.
Jiang Baiyan's voice was outstanding: "This is too difficult."
As they sighed, they walked into the secret room behind the bookshelf.
is the third body.
When Jian Jing heard this, she came over with a sandwich in her mouth: "The third body? Not bad."
Jiang Baiyan: "What's good about it?"
"The more dangerous actions you make, the more you'll be exposed." She quickly finished her lunch and started working.
The secret room is not very big. It is connected to the bedroom and study. It is roughly as follows on the map:
... .Viewing balcony..
Bedroom... .Dressing room
.**.Living area..Door.
.**.Lounge..Door
Study room... ... ... .
... .balcony... ...
*The area called the secret room was a completely enclosed space. There were candles lit on the ground, but they had been completely extinguished and were scattered all over the place, looking quite chaotic.
Jian Jing kicked away the candle, revealing the solidified wax marks: "So it's set up in a circle, an altar."
The third body was in the middle of the altar. Of course, it was still a fake, headless, with unknown cause of death. It was wearing fancy clothes and looked very messy.
"It looks like a fight took place." She raised her prosthetic arm, which was as useless as ever. "We still need to see the autopsy report to see if there were any resistance injuries."
Kojima Wataru asked: "Who is this?"
The diligent and versatile housekeeper NPC: "It's grandma."
Jian Jing raised her eyelids and said, "Please tell me your identity information."
The housekeeper introduces the character setting: Granny, whose name and origin are unknown, is said to be Dan's fellow villager who understands Chinese medicine and is an old lady invited by Dan to treat him.
"Grandma is very mysterious and rarely goes out. Apart from the master, few people can see her." said the housekeeper.
Jian Jing: "How old is she?"
The housekeeper thought about it and said, "At least seventy or eighty years old, maybe more than that."
"She is the witch of Wu Village." Kojima Shigeru pulled the fake back of her clothes to reveal a tattoo pattern, "This is the symbol of the village witch."
Jian Jing hummed, and said uninterestedly: "Dan is pursuing immortality."
Throughout the ages, old men who have mastered money and power will always seek the illusory art of immortality at the end of their lives.
If you are more superstitious, it's the elixir of life; if you are more sci-fi, it's genetic cloning. There is no difference in essence.
"But he died anyway." Andre said, "The witchcraft failed, and it sometimes ruined Dan's plan."
Zhang Xueer: "Here is a tape."
"Listen quickly." Everyone urged.
Jiang Baiyan took the tape recorder from the bedroom and loaded it with a tape. After a rustling sound, Dan's voice came from the speaker.
“Is there really a way to achieve eternal life in this world?”
"Yes." An old voice answered, and the housekeeper confirmed with his eyes that it was the old lady's voice, "Everyone wants to escape death."
Dan: "But I'm almost dead, and the medicine you gave me has no effect at all."
Witch: "Medicine is not for healing your body, but for cleansing your soul."
Dan: “Soul?”
Witch: "The body is just a container. It will be damaged no matter what. Only the soul can live forever."
Dan: "But I want a young body. I long to be like forty years ago, with endless energy and time."
Witch: "Then you'll need a new vessel."
The recording stops abruptly.
Ishikawa Keiichi said, "So that's how it is. Dan wanted to reincarnate into another person to realize his dream of eternal life. But judging from the situation at the scene, the ceremony must have been destroyed by him."
Liu Xiuzhi: "Then we should find out who Dan chose as the container."
Wu Lie frowned: "I think it should be one of the two sons."
"Dan will definitely not give up his property. I think he has a higher chance of inheriting the estate." Kumiko Terauchi said, "Also, considering his preference for boys over girls, the probability of him choosing a girl is very low."
The spearhead was immediately directed at Li Kangna, who was appointed by the eldest son.
He had to defend himself: "Is it okay to choose anything when reincarnating? There are no special requirements for the date of birth?"
"Blood relationship." Park Min-chul added, "Dan, blood relationship is very important."
The air condensed instantly.
At noon on the second day of the live broadcast, the first key suspect appeared.
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Live broadcast platform, comment area:
[The eldest son is most likely to make a move. Regardless of whether he is reincarnated or not, if he wants to inherit the estate, Dan must die.]
[It is too early to draw conclusions now, this may be a trap of the murderer]
[It's too obvious, it's definitely not him]
[Everyone has forgotten that the eldest son cannot be born. The reincarnation will definitely take this into consideration]
[I think the probability of having a third son is higher]
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After a chaotic search of the scene, everyone went to the conference room. Linnae's autopsy report had come out in the morning.
She had resistance wounds on her body and died of excessive blood loss due to a ruptured artery. In other words, the cause of death was beheading. The time of death was between 12 and 1 last night.
Kojima Wataru analyzed: "The murder weapon was a steak knife from the kitchen. He came prepared and decided to chop off Linna's head early on. He just didn't expect that Linna didn't die when she lost the ability to resist."
"Could it be a copycat crime?" Park Min-chul asked.
"Because we all know, the second murder must be related to the first murder. Is there any supernatural influence in this?" Valeria asked cautiously.
Jian Jing took out her notebook and flipped through it carefully. "In my impression, witchcraft cannot achieve such a hypnotic effect. What about you?"
Ishikawa Keihin said: "In Asian culture, witchcraft can make people go crazy, seriously ill or even die. The killer does not kill in a crazy state, but plans soberly. Witchcraft should not be able to do this."
There was a brief silence in the air.
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The camera switched and a temporary video clip appeared.
Tips: In this round of the game, the real murderer can trigger the murder plan of his accomplice through cooperation. The newly appeared murderer may or may not know the identity of the real murderer, depending on the game mode.
If the accomplice is caught, he can choose to conceal it or incite him to defect.
If you choose to conceal the truth, the real murderer will successfully hide his identity, and the accomplice will receive a bonus of 100,000 yuan.
Choose to subvert the system and help track down the real murderer. If successful, you will receive a bonus of 200,000 yuan. If unsuccessful, you will not receive any bonus.
If the accomplice is not caught and the real murderer successfully hides his identity, he will receive a bonus of 100,000 yuan.
If the real murderer is caught and the accomplice is not, he or she can enjoy the 1 million yuan reward alone.
Comments:
[A hidden gameplay appeared?]
[Fuck, this vampire is even better than last time]
[Last time, the vampire didn’t know who the prince was.]
[Is it better to conceal the truth or to instigate rebellion?]
[I will definitely choose to find out the real murderer and take the 1 million for myself]
[More awesome, well done!!]
[More realistic than vampire settings, well received]
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