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Chapter 174 Chapter 173·The third deceased (Second update, please double the monthly ticket)
Butler Tanimoto, who had a stroke with silver hair and bruises on his face, cast his eyes on the young man bathing in the sunset. The sunlight cast a faint glow on the young man's face, blurring his face, leaving Butler Tanimoto temporarily The expression on the boy's face was unclear.

"Yes, I do have a way to contact the host's house, and I also have a walkie-talkie, but like you, I have been unable to contact Miss Takahashi for a few days. I think maybe an animal destroyed the repeater on the top of the mountain. As long as the repeater is repaired, we can receive signals from the outside world."

Hearing this, Bai Chuan rubbed the coffee cup.

The housekeeper does not have a satellite phone that can contact the Takahashi family alone, so there is only one other possibility left. Invisible to us, somewhere on the island, there is a ship parked somewhere on the island that can leave at any time.

It's understandable that Butler Tanimoto wouldn't reveal this life-saving trump card.

While drinking coffee, Shirakawa conducted a third appraisal on Butler Tanimoto, but unfortunately this time he did not identify the location where he hid his ship.

It looks like I can only follow him tonight.

Shirakawa is sure that after Tanimoto discovered that Rooms 3 and 2 had been opened by outsiders, he would definitely find a way to leave here and get in touch with the outside world instead of going to the top of the mountain to repair the relay station. If he stayed here, the risk factor would be very high. .

Butler Tanimoto played a major role in killing the wolves, so no one bothered Butler Tanimoto after dinner. Tonight was the best time for him to escape.

Until nightfall surrounded the entire island.

The benefits of sleeping more during the day were highlighted. He put on tracking glasses. With these glasses, he could extend the tracking distance to prevent Mr. Butler from taking a detour after discovering that someone was following him.

Bai Chuan looked at Qian Xueye who was getting ready to sleep and put forward his invitation.
"I want to track down someone tonight. Are you interested in joining me? Miss Ye?"

"If you want to hire me to be your bodyguard, the fee will be quite high."

Qian Xueye lifted the quilt and looked at Bai Chuan.

"You are the eldest daughter of a chaebol family. Is it appropriate for you to discuss money with me?"

Bai Chuan shrugged helplessly.

Qian Xueye covered her face with the quilt, saying that she would not discuss it if she had no money.

Hey hey hey, why do I feel like you are even more short of money than Mei Yi?

Well, you are a person in your own right.

I finally found something in common between you and Mei Yi, both of whom are working hard to save money.

"I can give you half of the treasure's prize money. You know that only one person will get the prize in the end, and that person must be me."

Bai Chuan showed a confident smile.

"There is no treasure at all. Takahashi Yuran tricked you into solving the case."

Qian Xueye exposed Bai Chuan mercilessly.

Well, I can’t lie to you.

"Okay, the bodyguard fee is 4000 an hour, which is much higher than the bodyguard fee you offered me before."

Bai Chuan discussed.

"I'm not on the same level as you before."

Qian Xueye still didn't plan to take the mission.

Bai Chuan chose to give up. In short, it was very convenient for him to move alone.

The purpose of calling Qian Xueye is to increase the time spent together and increase happiness. Of course, it can also be used to deal with emergencies.

Bai Chuan shook his head, put on his shoes, and walked to the door.

"40000 for one hour."

Qian Xueye's cold voice came to his ears.

Obviously he and Qianyuki Meiyi are the same person and have the same voice, but because of the different tone of voice, they give people a completely different feeling.

She didn't seem to give Bai Chuan the option to refuse, and had already taken the initiative to open the door for Bai Chuan.

If it weren't for Bai Chuan's huge wallet, he wouldn't be willing to accept this tenfold increase in price.

It’s more expensive than Miss Kyoko’s maid outfit change, you have to wear the whole outfit!Otherwise I don't accept it.

Baichuan cursed in his heart, but he still said seriously,
"I'll call you later."

Baichuan left Qian Xueye's room, returned to the next door, and kept guard by the window.

The gate can be seen from this angle.

If Butler Tanimoto wants to leave the manor, he should go through the destroyed gate.

Baichuan has walked through the manor. Apart from the front door, there is no back door.

However, Baichuan waited until 12 o'clock in the night and did not see anyone going out from the gate.

The entire manor was quiet, as if it had fallen into a deathly sleep.

At 2 o'clock in the morning, Bai Chuan knocked on the door next door.

Qian Xueye opened the door, obviously having slept.

"Are you going?"

"I suspect something happened to the housekeeper."

Baichuan and Qian Xueye went downstairs together and came to the servant's room on the first floor.

Bai Chuan knocked on the door, but no one answered.

When he was about to slam the door violently, he was stopped by Qian Xueye.

Qian Xueye took out a hairpin from her hair and put it into the keyhole.

About 2 minutes later, the door lock opened.

Qian Xueye put the hairpin back on her hair.

Hey, hey, why are you so good at picking locks? You're almost like a habitual criminal.

Is this how you entered my room and stole the original diary?

Bai Chuan cursed Qian Xueye and opened the door.

Hideyuki Tanimoto, wearing a tuxedo, was hanging from the beam, with a kicked-over bench at his feet.

There was also a scrawled suicide note on the ground.

It looked like suicide.

Seeing the old housekeeper die in front of his eyes, Bai Chuan suddenly felt guilty.

He originally promised to protect Mr. Butler, and also planned to steal his trump card.

But in order to create an opportunity for him to leave, Bai Chuan did not choose to stay with him.

Unexpectedly, this gave the people in the manor an opportunity to take action.

There are many people who want to kill Butler Tanimoto. Those who are afraid of revenge from the Takahashi family if they know the secret may take action against the steward.

But they were too impatient. In any case, the wolf crisis was resolved by Mr. Butler.

Bai Chuan suddenly remembered what Qian Xueye said to Mrs. Hanada before.Humans are scarier than wolves.

Mr. Tanimoto did not die from the wolf attack, but died at the hands of the guests of the manor.

Bai Chuan picked up the suicide note on the ground. It was a damaged page that read, "Guilt and self-blame torture me every day. Maybe death is the real relief. I am guilty."

Bai Chuan frowned and appraised the suicide note.

[Item: Forged suicide note]

[Identification result: A page torn out from Hideyuki Tanimoto’s diary. 】

[Evaluation: Seek benevolence and gain benevolence. 】

The murderer was not identified, but since the murderer tore out a page from the diary, it is likely that the diary was taken away by the murderer.

As long as the diary is found, the murderer should be found. Unless the murderer destroys the diary after tearing out this page, this possibility cannot be ruled out.

Baichuan took down Hideyuki Tanimoto's body, placed it on the bed, and examined his body.

There were strangulation marks on the neck of the corpse, obvious purple marks on the throat, the eyes were bulging, the pupils were dilated, and the conjunctiva of the eyes was bleeding due to ruptured capillaries.

Baichuan opened the deceased's mouth and found that the tongue was purple-black and there were injuries on the tongue, proving that Hideyuki Tanimoto was forcibly strangled to death by an external force.

After being strangled, he pretended to hang himself.

There were no spots on the body, but it had become cold and stiff. It was somewhat difficult to open the mouth of the deceased, and the joints had begun to harden, proving that the time of death was within an hour.

That is between 1 am and 2 am.

Baichuan initially deduced the time of death, looked up, and saw the clock on the wall.

This is an old-fashioned wall clock, quite antique.

There is a woodpecker in the middle of the wall clock, which will jump out on time to tell the time.

Qian Xueye seemed to be very interested in this wall clock. She stared at the clock blankly, but did not collect clues about the deceased like Bai Chuan.

She has little interest in solving crimes, and her hobbies are very different from those of Chiyuki Mei.

"The person you want to follow is dead. It seems that the bodyguard's mission can only be temporarily terminated."

Bai Chuan said.

[Qianxueye Happiness-1]

[Qianxueye’s current happiness level is 10]

"I was joking just now. This island is very dangerous. I still need an excellent bodyguard."

[Qianxueye’s happiness +2]

[Qianxueye’s current happiness level is 12]

so close.

Shirakawa sighed, feeling that Qianxueye's favorability was even harder to improve than Qianxue Meiyi's.

"What do I need to do now?"

Qian Xueye looked at Bai Chuan with a cold expression.

"Go wake up everyone upstairs to solve the case."

Bai Chuan expressed that he could not forgive someone for killing the person he was following, so he wanted to find him out overnight.

"Perhaps this manor really is cursed."

Qian Xueye said something faintly, left the housekeeper's servant room, and went upstairs to knock on the doors.

Soon, the guests of the manor were gathered in the living room downstairs.

They were bleary-eyed and listless, looking like they were in desperate need of a refreshing cup of coffee.

"Miss Mei, what on earth is going on that makes you wake us up so late?"

"Yeah, let me ask you, why are you gathering us here without saying anything?"

"I'm so sleepy, I want to go back to sleep."

The crowd was clamoring.

Qian Xueye was unwilling to explain to them.

It wasn't until Bai Chuan appeared that they looked at Bai Chuan in a daze.

"Kuragi-kun, are you looking for us?"

"Yes, the reason why I woke everyone up late at night was actually because another murder occurred in the manor."

"what?"

Kojima Zizi looked at Shirakawa in disbelief, her little face turned pale with fear.

Hanada Jingliu's body was trembling slightly. She had just experienced a wolf attack during the day, and another murder case at night. She really didn't want to stay on the island for a moment longer.

Dr. Seo hugged her tightly, trying to give his wife courage and strength.

The two have relived their old dreams tonight, and their friendship is now strong.

Tomorrow Kuramoto on the side looked very upset, as if his toy had been taken away by someone else.

Baichuan took everyone to the servant's room and saw the deceased Hideyuki Tanimoto.

"Mr. Butler is dead?"

"How could this be?"

"Oh my God, who killed him?"

The crowd started talking, and Bai Chuan observed their tone and expressions when they spoke.

Except for the female anchors Kojima Seiko and Hanada Shizuru who seemed to really feel the surprise, no one else seemed to be surprised. The expressions on their faces were too exaggerated and the performance marks were serious.

Now there are only three people who can be completely ruled out as suspects.

Bai Chuan counts himself as one.

Qian Xueye next door is one of them, because Qian Xueye has no motive for murder, and her family power is not afraid of the Takahashi family's revenge at all.

The injured Yoriko Tashiro is not suspected because her legs and feet are inconvenient and she is still lying in bed.

If Yoriko Tashiro wanted to kill Mr. Butler, the probability of being killed instead was as high as 99.99%.

The rest of the people seem to be suspects at present.

It's just that Kojima Seiko and Hanada Shizuru are the least suspected, and the others are evenly suspected.

(End of this chapter)