my cthulhu game

Chapter 83 Mythical creatures also have limits
Captain's Room.

Hiroyuki Imai, who was wearing a Japanese-style nightgown, looked down at the front deck of the cruise ship and the black sea in the distance through the glass.The first mate and second mate of the cruise ship are nervously directing the ship to turn not far away.Captain Quilinus was absent.

"Mr. Imai," Officer Masayoshi Takeda kindly persuaded. "We let you in too. As you can see, the captain is not here now. If there is nothing else, please go back."

"The captain is not in his captain's cabin, is he going to abandon his ship?" Imai Hiroyuki sneered.

"How come," said Takeda Masayoshi, "Captain Quilinus just left just before you came."

"Leave? Why did you leave?"

"He said he was going to contact some old friends," Takeda Masayoshi replied honestly, "He said that each of them is a sea operator who has experienced countless storms."

"Old friend..." Hiroyuki Imai smiled.

"I think that as soon as we dock, a group of capable police officers will take over the case," Takeda Masayoshi showed a rare relaxed expression, "We will be able to breathe a sigh of relief then."

Hiroyuki Imai looked at the wall behind the captain's cabin, where there was a picture of Captain Quilinus.This is a man with a height of nearly two meters. He is about 40 years old, but the deep wrinkles on the side of his neck make him look older.He has a broad forehead and chin, a flat nose, slender lips, and sapphire-like eyes shining brightly.

Sly old fox... no, you'd better be called old shark.

"What kind of carnival did you expect, captain?" Hiroyuki Imai murmured to himself.

"What are you talking about, Mr. Imai?" Masayoshi Takeda asked cautiously.

"It's nothing," Imai Hiroyuki said. "Speaking of which, don't ignore my case just because a murder happened."

"Yes, yes, yes," Masayoshi Takeda responded repeatedly, "I think the two cases will be investigated together. The 'Haneda' is that big, and your treasure will definitely be returned to you as it is."

"As it is?" Imai Hiroyuki snorted, "Do you know what that is?"

"Of course I know," said Takeda with a smile. "Didn't you show it to everyone in the 'art exhibition restaurant' on the second day of sailing? I was there at the time, even though I personally don't understand that abstraction." Decorative style, but the mirror is indeed an impressive work of art."

……

Carnival Suite.

Everyone looked at Qin Lingxue and Xiao Yezi who were huddled together in the video, and were silent.

Gu Shiyin: "There is such a thing (star eyes)."

"Wait," Xiao Yezi stretched out her hand to cut off the video, "This is not us, this is our role..."

A cheating game that arranges us to assume a specific role, but does not tell us this important role experience!Sayoko complained in her heart.

"The important thing is why you fight." Chen Qiang seemed to be lost in thought.

"Qiang En Chen" and Qin Lingxue "Haneda Snow" are set as lovers.

"Sayako Haneda" is the best friend of "Yuki Haneda".

...There is always a very bad possibility.

"Could it be because..." Gu Shiyin began to think.Her way of thinking is different from that of humans, and she regards the puzzle in front of her as a logic problem.

"Is the data recovered yet?" Chen Qiang decided to change the topic and paused the video of the two girls fighting.Sayoko temporarily had the upper hand, but "Yuki Haneda" had better physical strength.

"It's done." Gu Shiyin said.

"Let's watch the video at the door of the murder scene first," Chen Qiang said, "Sixteen times the speed, when people come and go, it will be at normal speed."

……

During the period when Hiroyuki Imai reported that "there was a theft", no one entered or left the room.

Six thirty in the evening.

Hiroyuki Imai left the room.

Six fifty.

Imai Hiroyuki returned to his room, and after 5 minutes, he left again, but he looked a little disheveled.

"Could it be that the murder has already happened by this time?" Xiao Yezi guessed.

"Shh!"

Ten minutes later, at 10:[-] a.m., a tall man with a wide-brimmed hat and a brown coat, whose face could not be seen clearly, appeared at the door of the suite, swiped his card and opened the door to enter.

"Why does he have a room card? Did he steal it from Hiroyuki Imai, or the staff on board?"

Just 3 minutes later, at [-]:[-], the person left the room.

Nearly 10 minutes later, at [-]:[-], everyone found the broken body in the suite.

The recording ends here.

"It's more wrong than imagined," Chen Qiang said, tapping the ground with his cane. "It is said that during the time when the theft occurred, no suspicious persons came and went. Was it Hiroyuki Imai who was just watching the theft? Or..."

"There was no scene of Officer Uesugi entering during the murder," Sayoko pointed out. "Then the deceased might not have been Officer Uesugi at all."

"Even that is unreasonable," Qin Lingxue said. "This room is only occupied by one person, Hiroshi Imai. He left, entered, and left, and then another suspicious guy entered, and left. In any case, it cannot explain why there is a person in the room." Corpse."

Gu Shiyin: "Maybe a spell that the dead can pass through walls? Or a spell that can fly? Or invisibility!"

"BINGGO," Chen Qiang said, this game is not a real mystery drama, "If the camera didn't capture it, it doesn't mean it won't happen. Who knows who...or something."

"Another evil magic." Sayoko muttered.

"But even without magic," Xiaoxue said, "the dead body may still appear in the room."

Everyone turned their attention to her.

"All the rooms have balconies," Xiaoxue said. "It would make sense if the 'thief' in the robbery and the 'dead' in the murder entered the room from the balcony instead of the front door. For example, For some reason, Police Officer Uesugi Kenhito was unable to persuade Imai Hiroyuki to cooperate with the investigation..."

Xiaoxue walked to the balcony.

"...finally Officer Uesugi decided to climb into the room from the balcony next door looking for some clues, and he ran into Hiroyuki Imai or the man in the wide-brimmed hat. Hiroyuki Imai or the man in the wide-brimmed hat summoned some kind of horrible creature or used cast some kind of spell, killed Officer Uesugi, and then hurriedly fled from the scene."

...and indeed it all makes sense.

"Xiaoxue, what are you doing?" Chen Qiang suddenly panicked.Qin Lingxue stood on the balcony and rolled up her sleeves.

"The room below...is empty," Xiaoxue said to herself, staring at the night outside the balcony, "I'm going to try it, climb down from here...climb to the next door, and then climb up again. Is this feasible?" "

"It's too dangerous, I won't allow it!" Chen Qiang roared.Xiaoxue's climbing skills only have an initial value, how can she do such a dangerous job?
"I'll do it." Gu Shiyin said suddenly, shaking her little head.

"How is that possible?" said Sayoko. "Children, don't act nonsense. Sister Xue, it's up to me to do this kind of work. We can make a safety rope..."

"No, let Xiao Gu do it." Chen Qiang sighed.

Gu Shiyin is a mythical creature... Even if her mind is a bit off-line, she is the person she can rely on most in this investigation.

"Chen Qiang, why don't you—" Xiao Yezi was anxious.

"Her contact with the ancient races taught her some simple spells. Allowed her to breathe underwater and... invulnerability to fall."

[Chen Qiang's Speech Skill Check 58/78 succeeded]

"...OK." Sayoko still hated "using magic" from the bottom of her heart, but she didn't object to Chen Qiang's opinion.

"Is it all right, Xiaogu? Let's prepare a safety rope—" Qin Lingxue asked worriedly.

"No problem. Just look at mine." Gu Shiyin was full of confidence.

I saw her bouncing around, turned around briskly, and "slid" down the edge of the balcony.

[Gushiyin Climbing Check 97/80 failed]

"..."

　After the third shift, please recommend a ticket.

　　


(End of this chapter)