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She first confirmed Shirley's position with her eyes, and then performed church etiquette to the guests.

At this stall, the lights of the entire banquet hall suddenly went out, causing a riot.Winnet couldn't help feeling a little worried. It would be bad if Shirley was hurt by those panicked people.

The commotion lasted only a moment, and soon someone drew back the thick curtains in front of the dining room windows to let in the faint light from outside; Edward told his old steward to contact the crew and check the power room.

Immediately afterwards, the sound of retching came from the venue.

Immediately, a scream resounded through the venue.

About fifteen or sixteen seconds later, the ship's power was restored, and the banquet hall returned to its bright appearance.Winnet looked over to Shirley's position again, confirmed Shirley's blurred figure, and then turned her attention to the scene again.

The same female voice as before shouted: "He's dead!"

The location is in the corner of the restaurant near the door, very close to the exit.The crowd spread out around the corpse.

Edward (Burgundy) frowned. He didn't expect that he would make a mistake in such a small task.If he irritated Abis and had problems handling it, he might be branded as incompetent.

"Carter, hurry up and contact the Canadian police and ask them to send a helicopter over."

After all, he took the initiative to persuade the passengers to leave the scene and wait in the unopened lounge; Shirley at the table did not move, and several young people stayed behind, as well as a few middle-aged people.Winnet stepped off the stage and came near the dead man.

"There is no obvious trauma, is it poisoning?"

Winnet happened to hear the voice of Otis whom she had met on deck that afternoon.

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ps: 23 chapters owed

107 True and False Knights ([-])

Otis picked up a white handkerchief, picked up the fragments of the glass on the ground, inspected it and put it down, then stood up.

Winnet saw it and wondered. "Are you still a detective, Mr. Otis?"

"No, but I think finding out the cause of his death is also helpful for our safety." He explained, "As a reporter who travels around the world all the year round, I can occasionally encounter similar incidents and have accumulated some experience. Besides, reporters It's a curious crowd."

At this time, Shirley came over with silver tableware for decoration, and touched the still wine on the ground with a fork.

"It doesn't look like a sulfide-type poison." Shirley sniffed and judged.

"There's no almond smell, and there's no high chance of cyanide."

"Little girl, this is very dangerous." Otis reminded.

At this time, Edward also came over, and he asked the butler Carter to remove the surrounding seats, but Otis refuted him.

"Mr. Edward, we should maintain the integrity of the scene."

"Otis, you're here too." He greeted and stopped Carter. "I've contacted the Canadian police, but they said they won't be here until tomorrow morning. Oh, Stanley is such a poor guy, he used to I have a good relationship with your father... I can no longer bear to see his miserable state."

The identity of the deceased has been clarified. He is called Wagner Stanley. He is one of the shareholders of Durant Group, but it is only a minority shareholder. Like Otis' father, they were still good friends.

Otis showed a mournful expression.

The two exchanged a few pleasantries, and Edward said to the people present: "Hurry up and go to the lounge, or you can go back to your cabin. It's best not to go out or have contact with strangers. Tomorrow morning, the Canadian police will will arrive."

"No, Mr. Edward." Otis retorted again, "We should first find out the cause of this gentleman's death and deduce the motive of the murderer, so as to ensure that other passengers are not harmed."

"This……"

"At present, it can be judged that there is no conventional poison in the wine glass." Shirley interjected, "But I can't be sure that it is not neurotoxin. If it is, it means that the murderer has premeditated and fully prepared."

"Judging from the performance of the deceased, the pupils were obviously dilated, and he was in a state of panic before his death. His shoulders were moved inwards. It is very likely that his heartbeat was tachycardic, and he may have a history of heart disease. There are spasms."

After saying this, Shirley added calmly: "My wish is medicine, and I have learned a lot of knowledge."

Although it is not very profound knowledge, the Internet is not very popular now, so the people around are very surprised.Because Shirley looks like a child.

The aura is really strong, Winnet thought to herself.

Otis took a handkerchief to the pocket of the deceased, and found only a luxury lighter and a pack of cigarettes inside.

While putting these items back to their original places, he asked Elwa: "Excuse me, what is the number of Mr. Stanley's cabin?"

"Carter," Edward called his butler.

"Mr. Stanley, he lives in Room 207. He didn't bring his relatives here," Carter replied.

"No relatives with you, right?" Winnet confirmed.

"Yes, Miss." Carter was aware of Winnet's status, and Edward had instructed him to treat Winnet as Edward's daughter.

"How many other passengers are there?"

"There are no relatives, except for Mr. Stanley. There are also Mr. Dotak, Baron Arman, and Miss Sophia and Mr. Claude in front of you." Carter added after finishing speaking, "And Oddie Mr. S."

"What does this have to do with us? Don't you think we might have something to do with the murder because of this?" Sophia said unhappily.

Winnet asked this question because the trip itself was a vacation.There will indeed be a single passenger, but the invitation letter specifically states that you can bring relatives and friends, which will make the gentleman who pursues dignity have an extra psychological tendency; so that the gentleman who comes alone is either really uninvited Objects, either have special circumstances, or are for other purposes.

This is just broad conjecture.

Winnett considered from the criminal's point of view, if the murderer is a very confident person, he is most likely to come here alone; he specially chose the banquet as the murder scene, this behavior reflects the murderer's confidence, more than that, specially let He died in the public eye, if it is not necessary for the method, there is more than [-]% possibility of revenge.

Or, announce to everyone that this is just the beginning.

"I didn't say that." Winnet explained, "However, the possibility of a murderer who prepared to kill early in the morning bringing relatives and friends on board is very low. Of course, he may also bring people who don't know, as a cover."

"Clyde and I are planning to go to a company in Japan, so we didn't invite relatives and friends." Sophia mentioned.

"In my words, I want to negotiate the sale of the shares on the ship." Otis also said.

Edward also explained for Mr. Dotak mentioned by Carter: "Dotak was divorced not long ago and was blackmailed by his ex-wife for a large sum of money. His children are studying in Australia, so I came with me this time to relax. As far as I know, he has no personal vendetta with Stanley."

"In this way, there is only one Baron Arman left." Odis mentioned.

The moment he heard the name, Edward couldn't help but frowned.He called Carter and whispered something in his ear, drawing the attention of the group to the two of them.

"Baron Arman passed away last week, and his youngest son succeeded him. I just confirmed with Carter that someone among the guests did indeed use Baron Arman's invitation. I think that should be his heir. "

Winnet also whispered to Edward, "Have you seen the heir?"

Edward shook his head.

Winnet vaguely felt that Baron Alman had something to do with this incident, that a person whom no one had ever seen or even had a concrete impression of boarded the ship.

But she did not say so, but agreed with Otis.

"We should really go to Stanley's room and check, maybe we can find some clues."

"But I think these things should be done by the police."

Edward refuted Winnett, "We may destroy the scene if we randomly collect evidence. Moreover, there is no obvious poison in the wine glass, and Stanley has a history of heart disease. It is also possible that he suddenly fell ill and died suddenly."

Otis contemplated the corpse like a detective.

"By the way, Mr. Edward. Why is there something wrong with the power room?"

"It should be just a glitch," Edward explained. "The same thing happened before. It may be that the confused electrician connected the wrong wire. There is a backup power system on board, so there is no need to worry."

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108 True and False Knights ([-])

Winnett captured the details, and it happened before the power outage, so it was probably a rehearsal for the suspect.

However, how could the murderer determine Stanley's death within ten seconds?

Winnet did not have the conditions to examine the corpse carefully, but according to Otis, there were no obvious injuries on the surface of the corpse; hearing Shirley's judgment, she believed that the cause of Stanley's death was not poisoned alcohol, because it could be done so quickly There are probably only a few cyanides that are fatal.

The onset of nerve poisons is much slower, unless the deceased is injected, it is difficult to cause sudden death in just one or two minutes.

"Maybe the power outage was just an accident." Carter added, "All the guests who boarded the ship were present. Only Baron Arman, who was unwell, informed the staff through an intercom call that he would arrive later."

The name Arman was mentioned several times.Edward also had some doubts.He asked Carter to go to the lounge to confirm whether Baron Arman was present, and then decided to go to Arman's room in person.

"Mr. Edward, please allow us to check Mr. Stanley's cabin." Otis asked again.

"If something can be investigated, I believe it will reduce the panic of passengers."

Winnet expressed the idea of ​​investigating together.She is very interested in the murderer. In a game, the chased person is already on the stage, so a detective or a righteous policeman is needed to chase.

The murder at the dinner party seemed to Winnett like a provocative announcement, like the prelude to King Schubert.

Just the beginning.She thought the murderer was trying to express this.

Edward glanced at Winnet.He felt that if Abis really had a keen intuition and a meticulous mind, as Belmode said, it would not be difficult to solve the murder case.He himself was curious about whether this little girl who inherited the title of Abis had the level of her predecessor Abis.

"Ok."

Edward intends to lead the way. He must personally participate and resolve this matter to maintain his reputation as the host.

"Excuse me, can we go too?" Chikako Ikeda said.

Suzuki Ayako looked like she wanted to stop her, but she had blurted it out; Ota Katsura, who usually looked frivolous, showed fear and didn't want to go.

"I also want to see what kind of surprises this 'temporary' 'Mr. Detective' can bring us." The blonde Clyde said somewhat ironically, but he didn't have such an attitude towards others.

Otis apparently knew Clyde.He asked, "Little Clyde, how is your brother?"

"We were strangers when you betrayed his dream."

There seemed to be an unpleasant memory in it, and everyone did not discuss this matter in depth, but moved to Stanley's room.

On the way, Shirley walked beside Winnet, talking softly.

"What's the matter, are you going to change careers and become a detective?"

"No," Winnet replied excitedly, "I'm just interested in the murderer. Obviously, the murderer deliberately let him die at the banquet."

"There is nothing to be happy about such a dangerous thing. Forget it, as long as you don't die."

Shirley poked Winnet's side ribs with a lazy expression.Although she resented Winnet's involvement in the crisis, it was harmless this time.She was sure that the murderer would be confused by Winnet's appearance, even if he pointed a knife or gun at Winnet, he would be countered in one face.

Who would have thought that a docile and soft-looking woman with defective eyesight was actually a pervertedly strong killer?

Shirley already felt that the murderer was an unlucky guy.

However, Winnett may not bring the murderer to justice.She felt that, according to Winnet's personality, it was not impossible to collude with the murderer.

Because Edward arranged the guests in the lounge, the cabin was extremely quiet, only the footsteps of their group.

Arriving at the door of 207, Edward knocked on the door, but there was no response. He asked Carter, who happened to come back to report, to find the keychain and open the door.

Afterwards, Butler Carter said that he did not find Baron Arman.

Otis went ahead. "The room is neat."

He took off his shoes and walked into the spacious room. Others followed suit and stood between the low table and the TV in the room.

Winnet watched as Otis checked the items in the house. He first looked around the corner of the cabinet and the table.After confirming that there was no abnormality, he turned to look at the items placed on the bright side.

Among them, there was a medicine bottle that attracted Shirley's attention early in the morning.

Otis picked up the vial. "this is?"

"If I'm not mistaken, it should be a capsule for treating heart disease." Shirley reminded, "But we didn't find any drugs like Jiuxin Pills on him. Either he thinks his recent health is good, Either there are some external factors that prevent him from carrying it with him."

Otis nodded when he heard that, and then began to search for Stanley's luggage.

He found a small pill box and offered to show Shirley.

As expected of a genius researcher.Seeing Shirley's excellent performance, Winnet felt a burst of satisfaction in her heart, but immediately felt that this kind of mood was a bit too young for a girl, and she turned her attention to the case again.

She believed that Shirley and Otis had also noticed that the medicine bottle was placed in such a conspicuous position, right next to the sofa on the low table, and combined with the fact that Odis easily opened the medicine bottle, shortly before going to the banquet, Stanley took capsules for heart disease.

The medicine box was placed in the luggage, which confirmed what Shirley said. Stanley thought that the recent situation was good, and he did not carry the medicine with him.

"It is indeed the commonly used style of Jiuxin Pills. It is easy to carry around in such a small box. It is almost the same."

Winnet then made an inference: "It seems that the death due to the onset of the disease can be ruled out."

"In this way," Shirley narrowed her eyes, "there is a high probability that there is something wrong with the capsule that person ate. It takes two to three hours for the capsule to release the substance inside. As long as you know that person's usual habit of taking medicine, he will die at the same time." It's not difficult at the banquet."

Edward heard this and nodded in disbelief.

"Give me a capsule, please," he said to Edward, turning to look at the butler Carter, "take it and check it... Wait, I remember that there are live ingredients on board, and Carter tried this medicine on a rabbit. "

The butler took the capsule and immediately left the crowd.