Genshin Impact: Dance of Sinners

After breakfast, Link wanted to take a short rest, but he was notified that everyone was going to meet on the deck.

"Everyone, please be patient. In order to find the murderer as soon as possible and for everyone's safety, we need to conduct a collective inspection of everyone's personal belongings. In addition... if you are carrying any dangerous goods, please submit them in advance Come up here to avoid any misunderstandings later." Lin Ruier stood in front of everyone, with a lot of words already written on the notebook in her hand.

Link nodded slightly, the current situation was also what he expected.

"Officer Lin Ruier, let me ask, who is in charge of this inspection?" In the crowd, a woman in simple clothes, tall and thin but with very harmonious facial features suddenly asked.

"Huh? She's here too?" Charlotte's beautiful eyes lit up with a somewhat surprised expression.

"Is this lady famous?" Link raised his eyebrows slightly.

"This is Ms. Elliphant. Although this name is not widely spread among the people of Fontaine, she is basically known to everyone in the police force and reporters. She is a big name that only insiders know." Charlotte He whispered, "Ms. Elliphant has outstanding talents. She used to work in the police force, but then she was imprisoned for a period of time for unknown reasons, leaving a criminal record."

"After serving her sentence in Merlot Petersburg, Ms. Elliphant could not continue to work in the police force because of her criminal record, so she changed her profession and became a writer. Several of Fontaine's best-selling mystery novels were written by her." Lottie scratched her head, "That's a little strange. Ms. Elliphant is also a celebrity, but I walked around the deck for so long yesterday and I didn't seem to see her."

"The writer might be a homebody, and it's not impossible that he has been stuck in his room." Link touched his chin, feeling that things were not that simple.

"That's true."

After seeing Elliphant, Lin Ruier's eyes also lit up, "Senior Elliphant, I originally planned to have Captain Venado lead the search because they also know the hull better. What do you think of this plan? how?"

"It would be inappropriate if the search team were all composed of ship staff." Elliphant shook her head, "In addition to the staff, we passengers are also very concerned about this case. After all, there is no news about this case yet." Any clues about the murderer.”

"What does Elliphant-senpai mean?"

"I suggest that we also select a few people whose reputations are recognized by everyone among the passengers to coordinate the investigation of the case."

"This is a good idea!"

"Yes, yes! If I remember correctly, Miss Charlotte from Steambird Newspaper and Lord Link from Solstice Embassy are also on this ship, right?"

"Lord Link, please join the investigation team! With Lord Link's wisdom and bravery, we will definitely be able to find the murderer as soon as possible!"

"Yes, yes! In addition, let Miss Elliphant and Miss Charlotte join us! Miss Elliphant is famous for her logical ability! Miss Charlotte is a reporter, and she must have strong observation skills. !”

Link was a little helpless. His image as a good old man seemed to be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. The Fontaine people seemed to believe in him more than these crew members.

However... Link's eyes narrowed slightly, and he could take this opportunity to use his position to investigate the work area on the lower deck.

"Mr. Venado, I think Senior Elliphant's suggestions are very useful. What do you think?" Lin Ruier thought about it seriously and then nodded.

It would be extremely dangerous if the murderer was actually hidden among the crew. And if this collaborative investigation method is adopted, everyone will feel much more at ease.

Vinardo's face froze, but he still nodded, "Then I'll ask Officer Lin Ruier to preside over it."

"In that case, let's invite Mr. Link, Miss Charlotte, and Senior Elephant to join our investigation team." Lin Ruier nodded, "But I'm just sending out an invitation. The specifics are still up to date. It depends on whether you are willing or not."

"I have no problem." Elliphant nodded calmly, "Find the murderer as soon as possible, and everyone can feel more at ease."

"That's okay with me!" Charlotte said quickly, "The reporter's job is to make the secret truth known to the public. I will definitely try my best to assist Lin Ruier in the investigation!"

"What about Mr. Link?"

"I can," Link said slowly. The current situation is extremely favorable for him to find out where Venado is hiding his slaves, and Link will naturally not let go of this great opportunity.

"Then I'll leave it to you all!" Lin Ruier bowed to Link and the others.

"In this case, please wait here first, and we will check your personal belongings as soon as possible."

...............

After that, the three of Link followed the crew led by Lin Ruier and began to search everyone's rooms.

There are a total of 20 rooms on the third floor, among which Nos. 301 to 306 are staterooms, which are single rooms and are located at the innermost part of the corridor. Rooms 307 to 313 are double rooms, while rooms 314 to 320 are four rooms.

Link and Elephant lived in private rooms 305 and 303 respectively, while Charlotte lived in room 311, sharing a double room with another female traveler. The private room that Celes lived in before was number 309. Although it was a double room, she was the only one living in it. I don't know whether it was lucky or unlucky.

Everyone carefully searched everyone's room, and indeed found some contraband similar to drugs, but no murder weapon that could decompose the "corpse" was found.

Link was not surprised by this. Sea cruise ships had a thermal advantage in handling murder weapons, so he simply threw the set of chemical equipment out of the window. Furthermore, since the murderer was able to hide a human body in a place where no one would find it, there would naturally be no problem hiding a murder weapon.

After checking other rooms, Lin Ruier took Link and others to the room where Celes was, which was the murder scene full of blood.

"Everyone, please observe on your own and let me know if you find anything." Lin Ruier had already checked the murder scene in the morning, so she did not enter, but stood guard at the door.

Link nodded and looked at Celes' room carefully.

The room is a double room with two beds and a table. It is a bit similar to a student dormitory. There are various cosmetics for girls on one of the tables, which looks like a small dressing table. There is also a book on the table, which seems to be a mystery novel.

Link carefully picked up the book. There were large blood spots on it, but the blood had dried up and gave off an unpleasant rusty smell. There was nothing special about the book, but Link discovered one thing. The author of this book was Miss Elliphant, who was on the same ship.

Opening the closet, there are some women's clothes and daily necessities. Because of the cabinet, these clothes and daily necessities were not stained with blood. Link reached out and touched several dresses. The fabrics were fine and smooth to the touch. They should be new clothes that had not been worn a few times.

Link suddenly discovered something, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

The new clothes are not surprising, but what makes Link feel confused is... not only is this Celes' clothes, all her personal belongings are new. Even the bottles of shower gel and shampoo were not opened, and even the towels placed in the bathroom were dry and had not been wetted.

This is unusual.

Link set out last night at about two o'clock in the morning. At that time, the murder had not happened yet, and when Link came back, it was almost four o'clock in the morning. That is to say, the time of Celes' murder should be two hours from 2 am to 4 am.

Logically speaking, Celes should have washed herself last night, so her towels and toiletries should have been removed once...

Could it be that this girl is so unhygienic that she went to bed without washing?

What made Link even more confused was that although the entire murder scene was very exciting to him, after looking at it for a long time, he didn't see anything else that "should exist" except blood.

What about the body fragments? Where's the hair? What about bones?

"Lord Link, have you discovered anything?" Charlotte couldn't help but ask when she saw Link fell silent.

"Nothing was found." Link shook his head, "Charlotte, you have a lot of information. Have you heard of Celes before?"

"This... I don't remember it." Charlotte thought carefully, "But there are so many nobles in Fontaine, and we reporters only care about the more famous ones. It is normal for us not to recognize them."