The lover that gravity makes is wrong

"The identity of the murderer is not difficult to guess, or in other words, they have no intention of hiding it at all." Yusaku Kudo said.

"them?"

Nakahara Nakaya was taken aback for a moment, and relaxed the force of pulling on Sanko's cheek, and keenly grasped the core of Kudo Yusaku's words,

"You mean, how many people are responsible for these five murders, or...a group?"

Yusaku Kudo nodded. He was about to speak when he suddenly felt a blur in front of his eyes, and a figure flashed past his eyes.

It turned out to be a certain red-haired girl sitting in the middle.

While everyone was not paying attention, she suddenly slapped the red-haired boy's hand away, and then jumped up from the chair with her red cheeks, and rushed towards the door at an extremely fast speed.

The speed was so fast that even the surrounding air was blown up by a gust of wind, which violently blew away the bangs on everyone's foreheads.

"...?"

Yusaku Kudo blinked dully, and before he could say the word 'what's going on', he saw Nakahara Chuya smacking his tongue vigorously, slapped the table, and his figure flashed and disappeared on the spot.

In the blink of an eye again, he saw the red-haired boy had already appeared by the door, holding the third son by the back collar in his hand, dragging him back.

"Hey? Teacher Zhongyuan! What are you doing? I just drank too much black tea and wanted to go to the bathroom!"

The third son, who was grabbed by the back of the neck, dragged his arms unwillingly, trying to reach the doorknob of the room.

It's a pity that Zhongyuan Zhongye saw through it first, and he could only watch helplessly as the gate got farther and farther away from him.

"Oh, the bathroom?"

Zhong Yuanzhong also sneered, ruthlessly piercing the red-haired girl's little inner plan,

"I think you want to inform the 'murderers'."

"Since it is a fair competition proposed by myself, you should also be honest and don't try to cheat."

The red-haired boy pushed him back to his seat like he was carrying a cat.

Afterwards, the boy didn't forget to hold the girl's right wrist tightly with his palm throughout the whole process to prevent her from sneaking away again.

"What are you talking about, Mr. Zhongyuan! We ghosts have been honest and trustworthy helpers of mankind for generations!"

The third son's eyes sharpened immediately, and he said firmly.

Well, it should be more convincing if you don't look at the embarrassing appearance of her kicking Nakahara Chuya secretly, but her right leg was twisted backwards.

Yusaku Kudo: "..."

Kudo Yukiko: "..."

"Hey, let's get back to the point."

Yusaku Kudo coughed, and struggled to bring the gradually deviating scene back on track.

"Indeed, as Mr. Zhongyuan said, the murderer must be some people on this ship, so they are waiting for an opportunity somewhere. But compared to the motive of 'who are they', 'how did they kill', and 'why did they kill'?" , is the most important."

When Yusaku Kudo said this, he looked at Sanko meaningfully,

"At first I was led in the wrong direction, but fortunately, the right clue quickly found the door by itself."

The third son puffed up his face and turned his head away, whispering, "Tch."

Facing the red-haired girl's childish attitude, the black-haired novelist smiled mildly and was not angry.

On the contrary, Zhong Yuanzhong also squinted his eyes, his cobalt blue pupils stared at Sanzi's bulging side face for no apparent reason, and suddenly felt his teeth itchy.

... murderous!

The red-haired girl turned her head vigilantly, and stared nervously at Nakahara Chuya with her staring dog eyes.

Pfft, it's really cute.

Kudo Yukiko, who was secretly watching the young couple, couldn't help but chuckle and laughed.

But soon, she realized that this was not a good time to be distracted, so she quickly lifted her expression and put on a serious listening face.

That's right, the husband's face still has to be given.

Kudo Yukiko Su Rong.

This should be the most uncooperative audience he has ever encountered in his life.

A world-renowned mystery novelist pushed down his glasses amusedly, and exchanged glances with his wife as if asking questions.

After receiving Yuxiko's response that she shook her head, saying that she was fine, the man stood up, took out several photos from the folder, and pasted them under the deceased, corresponding one by one.

When six similar photos were put together, Nakahara Nakahara and Kudo Yukiko quickly understood what Kudo Yusaku meant by "clearing the motive of the murder, the murderer and the method of killing will be easily solved".

Player No. 143 Fujiwara - V501 Ren Gongming - died of suffocation due to broken throat

Player No. 341 Kanai-V502 Sasakawa Kikiyu-hanged to death

Contestant No. 546 Mihara - V503 Tatsumi Zhuanghei - drowned in the washbasin

Player No. 771 Uchida-V504 Takashi Matsuo-died by intravenous red wine injection

……

…………

The same.

The cause of death of the five VIP passengers on the cruise last night was exactly the same as the death of the failed and indebted players in the "Glory Party" a few years ago.

At this point, the motive and even the identity of the murderer are already revealed.

"It's revenge. On this ship... the survivors of the incident from that year are hidden."

Kudo Yukiko muttered to herself as if she had just woken up from a dream.

Although the truth was solved, You Xizi looked at the photos placed together on the table, feeling indescribably heavy.

Considering that the passengers on the fifth floor of the cruise ship are either rich or noble, it is obvious that the survivors can only come from the third floor of the cruise ship.

But here, there is a limitation.

Visitors to each level of the 'Wheel of Hope' are subject to strict movement restrictions.

Unless there are passengers from the fourth floor or above as referees, it is impossible for them to bypass the guards on each floor and walk into the elevator leading to the upper floor.

This means that the scope of the identity of the murderer has been further narrowed——

First, is there anyone who can walk freely on this cruise ship, and although his status is low, he will definitely not attract the suspicious eyes of the passengers?

Second, at the same time, it is highly likely that they have witnessed past events and are well aware of the hidden truth?

"—The murderer is a crew member on the fifth floor of the cruise ship."

In the silent silence, no one spoke, only Nakahara Chuya's indifferent voice echoed in the room,

"Considering the time limit of the entire crime process, and the fact that the monitoring room did not capture any clues about the time of the crime, the murderer who killed the five people is likely to be an organization of more than two people. The worst result is—"

"All the staff on this floor are knowing accomplices."

Only in this way can the suspicious points without witnesses and suspects be explained.

Because all the staff are in the bureau.

They work with each other.

First, the waiter brought the five drunk victims back into the room, stunned them with means, and left quickly to create an alibi for not having enough time to commit the crime.

Then, in the middle of the night, the hands-on members got the keys provided by the guest room department and sneaked into the room to commit murder.

Finally, the staff in the main monitoring room will be responsible for deleting all the monitoring videos of this process, and then replacing them with the video content of the unmanned corridor prepared in advance.

At this point, a set of "Wraith Vengeance Murder Plan" is completed.

The only mistake was that Mrs. Sasakawa of V502 did not fall asleep completely, and heard the dripping sound of a suspected hourglass in her sleep.

"'The dripping sound of the hourglass', if I guessed correctly, it is this prop."

Yusaku Kudo turned sideways, and pasted a new photo below the photo of V502 Sasakawa Kikiyu.

On the slightly yellowed old photo, there is a delicate glass timer that looks like an hourglass.

Unlike other common timing hourglasses, it does not use ordinary flowing fine sand to calculate time, but instead, it is water droplets.

Tick-tick-tick-

The water flow, which has been deliberately controlled, drips slowly in the shape of water droplets every time.

At first glance, the seemingly useless failed design has become a new prop for wealthy businessmen in the "punishment game".

The time limit for the hourglass to come to an end, as long as the "failed player" can maintain the state of being strangled and stopped breathing during this process, then the debt owed in the duel can be offset.

"Five people……"

Kudo Yukiko was as cold as she was, wrapping her arms around herself, but even so, she couldn't control the trembling in her voice,

"They tortured and killed five people... Is this enough?"

"Obviously, it's not enough." Yusaku Kudo told the cruel truth.

As if to prove his reasoning, the dark-haired detective novelist kept the folder spread out at a page-by-page speed, and turned back.

The thick pages of the book were flipped, making a "crashing" sound.

A page is a life.

After nearly a hundred pages, the folder was finally turned to the bottom, revealing the last blank page.

Yusaku Kudo reached out and pressed lightly on the blank space on the page.

Only a "click" sound was heard, and the middle of the black leather outer cover of the folder was hollowed out, and a folded note automatically fell out from the inside.

It was a small mechanism deliberately designed by the dead Imatake Patriarch.

The demons who commit crimes have no patience to appreciate the tragedy of the "worms". Most of the time, they don't even bother to remember the names of the group of "worms".

Only those who really embrace the pursuit of the truth will read it page by page.

Then, get this note.

——It was a list of all the members who had participated in the "Glory Party".

Yusaku Kudo opened the list and pasted it on the table, then reached into the inner pocket of the suit, and took out the list of fifth-floor crew members that he got from the head maid when collecting testimony.

Excluding Kudo and his wife, there were a total of [-] people, which happened to be the number of "regular customers" recorded in that folder.

"—Glory Party!"

Zhongyuan Zhong also shrank his pupils and suddenly realized.

He quickly let go of the palm holding Sanzi's wrist, took out the mobile phone from his pocket with a livid face, and quickly dialed the number of PortMafia's entourage.

Kudo Yukiko stared blankly, not understanding why the red-haired boy was acting so nervous, and looked at her husband suspiciously,

"What's wrong, Mr. Zhongyuan?"

"According to the records in this folder, a large amount of champagne and wine will be prepared for the 'Glory Party' every year, starting with Chairman Di Ai himself, as an important toast ceremony to open the banquet."

Kudo Yusaku asked softly like a guide,

"Yukiko, if you were the murderer, what would you do after knowing this?"

"me?"

Kudo Yukiko was stunned, and said in thought, "If it were me, I would definitely not let go of such a good opportunity, can't it be...!"

Kudo Yukiko, who gradually understood, suddenly opened her eyes wide, and shouted incredulously,

"Are they going to poison the wine? Kill all the passengers on the fifth floor at once?!"

"Yes."

Yusaku Kudo nodded solemnly.

"This, this kind of thing... is crazy, but..."

Kudo Yukiko was a little incoherent.

She wanted to say it was crazy.

But soon, the woman realized that the tourists on the "Wheel of Hope" were just some crazier and more terrifying demons than this one.

"It's not that I can't understand their feelings, but—"

Yusaku Kudo pursed his lips, and said with a serious face,

"Returning grievances for grievances cannot solve all problems. Youxizi, Miss Sanzi, we must stop them before they commit more unforgivable crimes."

And this is why Yusaku Kudo chose to stay in this room instead of directly telling the truth to everyone on the fifth floor.

Things have not reached the point of no return.

It is three o'clock in the afternoon, and there are still four hours before the dinner party starts, as long as they are stopped before then.

"Stop them—"

The third son who was pressed on the seat scratched his face, sighed and said,

"Don't you understand, Mr. Kudo, there is no point in stopping them. This is 'karma', and in order to achieve their goal, they have put themselves..."

When the red-haired ghost girl said this, she frowned complicatedly, cut off the second half of the sentence, and chose to persuade the Kudou couple instead,

"And compared to these, I sincerely suggest that you and sister Yukiko get off the ship now, the sooner the better."

"Three son sauce."

Kudo Yukiko gave a look of disapproval.

She tightened her pretty face, and just as she was about to speak, she saw that Zhong Yuanzhong on the side also hung up the phone, and then began to persuade,

"Mrs. Kudo, Sanzi is right, you should get off the boat as soon as possible."

Kudo Yusaku looked at Sanko and Nakahara Naka's expressions that did not seem to be fake, and looked at each other, and an ominous premonition slowly surfaced in his heart.

"What happened?" Kudo Yusaku asked in a deep voice.

Nakahara Chuya said: "It's too late, my subordinates reported that just a quarter of an hour ago, Hyoudou Kazun summoned all the passengers on the fifth floor and started the 'Glory Banquet' ahead of schedule."

Kudo Yusaku's expression changed: "What did you say!"

Originally, Zhongyuan Zhong also called to order the subordinates who came with him not to attend the dinner.

But I didn't expect that I got the news that "Hyoudou is not dead, the meeting will be held in advance".

However, it should be said that he is smart or wary.

At least this kind of banquet that would be caught, the old man was not stupid enough to invite PortMafia and the Inukin group to participate.

It can be regarded as another kind of good news.

But Hyoudou never dies...

At such a time, you are really looking for death.

For a while, Chuya Nakahara's eyes became complicated.

Well, forget it, anyway, the contract has already been handed over.

*****

At the same time, the five-story banquet hall

Under the brilliant and lively lights, Hyoudou Kazun leaned on a cane, standing on the stage talking like the past few banquets.

Under the stage, well-trained maids and waiters in tuxedo uniforms opened bottles of expensive champagne and red wine with smiles on their faces, and slowly poured them into the glasses of tourists.

"Gu dong dong-"

The gold-like liquid, the blood-like liquor swirls, is poured into the transparent goblet, and under the light, it reflects a bright luster that is enough to confuse people's hearts.

On the stage, Hyoudou Kazun took a glass of champagne from the hand of the head maid with a respectful expression, raised it slightly and said,

"Everyone! Although some unpleasant incidents happened on this cruise ship, we had to start this exciting banquet early. However, I believe that the comrades who died will understand that we are distressed and in need of comfort. Heart, give us the highest blessing in heaven——!"

[Yes, I will "bless" you. 】

【So, go to hell, devil! 】

The staff standing by at the corner of the banquet smiled gracefully.

The security guard at the entrance of the banquet hall smiled gracefully.

The staff who operate the lights, projections, and monitors are all decent and smiling.

Under their gaze, the group of well-dressed beasts finally raised their wine glasses——

"So—let's raise our glasses together—"

"Glory."

"Glory!"