On the originally flat ground, there was now a tall mound that looked down at the two small evolvers.
Anyone could see that there was a gigantic thing that was about to emerge from the ground, but it stopped just before it was about to do so. Thick layers of mud, rocks, and plants obscured the huge object in the darkness. The warehouse, which was still lit, leaned askew on the slope. The walls creaked and looked as if they were going to fall apart at any moment.
The corpses, which had been ramming into the room, had been swallowed by the ground and disappeared.
"Wh … What?" Ryuji staggered a few steps back, "Do you know what is underground?"
Lin Sanjiu did not turn her head around. She only responded with a "Hmm" and said quietly, "Rather than saying that I know what it is, I have a guess."
"What do you have a guess? Did you mean this when you said the pocket dimension is here? "
As if the pocket dimension had heard his words, the sound of rocks rubbing against each other suddenly pierced through the night sky.
"Player, please announce the opening of the hidden chamber … I really, really need a scalp," the voice of the pocket dimension sounded like a messy recording that had been mixed with other content. One moment, it was a clear explanation, and the next moment, it was singing an untuneful song, "Piece by piece, scalp by scalp, hair, neatly arranged … Player, please announce the opening of the hidden chamber."
"What a messy guy," Lin Sanjiu sighed.
Lin Sanjiu sighed. She looked at the hill in front of her and the warehouse that was in danger. She pondered for a moment. Mrs. Manas's voice was so sharp and fast that it was almost a straight line, "What is going on? What is that thing underground? What's wrong with the pocket dimension? Hurry up and start from the beginning, don't keep me guessing! "
Before the voice in his head could fade away, the ground suddenly swayed again, and Ryuji was thrown to the ground. Countless mud and stones smashed against the walls of the warehouse and rolled down to the ground. The shadow of the mountain rose higher and higher, and it grew larger and larger. The pitch-black silhouette gradually covered the night sky.
"Player, please …"
"Wait, I will start now!" Lin Sanjiu quickly steadied herself as the ground shook. She raised her head and shouted. Long Er sat on the ground, staring at her in a daze.
"Look carefully," she shouted without turning her head, her eyes fixed on the dark shadow of the hill in front of her. "Don't you want to know how this secret room was formed? The truth was very simple. After the murder, the culprit placed the dead man's pants somewhere in the warehouse and put the keys in his pants pocket. He took the dead man's coat and went out of the warehouse, just as I had done... and then he locked the door from the outside. "
"Eh? How did he lock it? "
"Use the key. He only took out the key to the warehouse. "
With a whimper, the mountain-like shadow suddenly shook, and the warehouse groaned under the pressure. A few pieces of the broken wall finally fell down, and with a bang, they smashed into the air high up in the dust. Lin Sanjiu took a few steps back. She discreetly took out a card from behind her back.
"Since it is a secret room, it means that the dead man has the only key. This is probably why the murderer wanted to turn the crime scene into a secret room. If the warehouse manager doesn't show up for a few days, it must be very inconvenient for the company. Maybe it was because they thought it was strange, or maybe they wanted to get the goods. In any case, someone else forced their way into the warehouse, and one of them is the murderer. "
When Lin Sanjiu said that, she waved the card in her hand, and a figure appeared in the darkness. The artist had set up the paint bucket, easel, and stool in an instant, but he did not move his pen.
She had not chosen her "target" yet.
"That is why I suspect the murderer is a colleague. After the murderer broke into the warehouse, he just needed to find a chance to put the key back. "Lin Sanjiu glanced at Long Er.
The young man opened his mouth at that moment, and he looked doubtful, "That's it? That's not right, right? "
"What's wrong?"
"After he put the key back, he came out and shouted that someone was dead. Wouldn't that make him the first person to discover the secret room? Once he realized it was a secret room, the police would suspect him first. "
"Sometimes, the simpler the plan, the harder it is to see through it."
Lin Sanjiu beckoned Long Er to come closer, "What if I tell you that the murderer didn't enter the warehouse alone, and he wasn't the first person to discover the secret room?"
"No?"
"Usually, if someone needs to enter the warehouse, it's to move the goods, right? Besides, to avoid suspicion, the murderer probably entered the warehouse with a few other people. " Lin Sanjiu squinted at the cement house on the slope and said softly, "He didn't need to find the corpse. Judging from the clothes, it was autumn or winter when the crime happened, so the stench of the corpse might not be as strong. Furthermore, the corpse was hidden deep in the warehouse, so he only needed to find the jeans and put the key back on the keychain before anyone found the corpse. As long as he wasn't too close, no one would notice that he was fiddling with a piece of clothing in a warehouse full of clothes. This is the first reason why he took off the clothes of the deceased. "
After a moment of silence, Long Er still wasn't convinced.
"I still think it's too simple … It's very unnatural to take off the clothes of the deceased. When people see the key in the jeans, they might think that someone put it in later."
"There's a way to make sure that people won't think that way."
"What is it?"
"That's the second reason why he took off the clothes of the deceased. The murderer purposely placed the jeans in a corner. After a few days, there would be a thin layer of dust on the jeans and the surface around it. As long as he made preparations beforehand, for example, he could make the keychain curl up and expose it. Then, he could hang the key on the keychain and push it back without touching the pants. Therefore, the layer of dust around the pants would show that the pants had not been touched for a few days. "
Long Er opened his mouth, but he couldn't say a word.
"But, the keychain is curled up …" After a while, Long Er frowned and said, "Isn't this also suspicious?"
"No, it's a very common thing in daily life. Also, the murderer used a smokescreen to make people think that the keychain curled up before the death of the deceased. "
"Huh? What is it? "
"That small window key," Lin Sanjiu pointed at the jacket on the ground. Lin Sanjiu pointed at the jacket on the ground. "That jacket was taken down and placed in the pocket along with the employee card of the deceased. When anyone saw it, they would subconsciously think that the key ring was loose, so the deceased put the small key in his pocket, right? "
"Yeah, that's what people would think." Long Er suddenly understood. "But, since you took the jacket with you when you left the pocket dimension, it means that the murderer also took the jacket with him. What's going on?"
"When I opened the door, I didn't step out immediately. Do you remember? At that time, I had a strong feeling that I lacked a condition to get out. So, I stopped and thought about it. " When Lin Sanjiu said that, Long Er had a blank look on his face. Obviously, he didn't know when she stopped and thought about it. "Then, I realized that the window key in the pocket, other than hinting that the keychain was broken before the death of the victim, has another function."
"What … what function?"
"It provides a kind of continuity between the jacket and the pants."
"I … I don't understand."
"The general speculation is that the deceased found out that he had lost the window key, so he stuffed it into his pocket. After he was killed, when he took off his clothes, he left a bunch of keys in his pants, and the window key was still in his pocket. Did you notice that? The key is like a thread. It connects the time when the jacket and the pants were placed in the warehouse. With the key, you won't suspect that the jacket was placed in the warehouse on the same day the body was found. "
"Huh?" Long Er was shocked. He didn't even pay attention to the shadow on the hill. "Why would the murderer do that? How did he do it? "
"He just wore it under his jacket and took it off." Lin Sanjiu shrugged. "As for why … I think the murderer must have a reason to take it away. Maybe he wanted to get rid of some evidence."
However, this was all speculation. There was no proof.
"But, there is no dust on the jacket …"
"Don't forget, this is a clothing warehouse." Her explanation came to an end, and she stared at the hill again. "Just stuff it in between the other bags. Under the cover of the shelves, if he's quick, he can finish everything in one or two minutes. Then, he can say goodbye to his colleagues and leave … When someone really finds the corpse, he can rush over with the onlookers. Who would suspect him then? "
"As expected, sometimes the simpler it is, the harder it is to think of." Ryuji sighed, and his expression was unexpectedly a little satisfied, as if he had finished reading a novel. However, this feeling of satisfaction disappeared in a flash, and was replaced with a gloomy and dejected look. "But … what is under this mound? You still haven't told me."
"Hey," Mrs. Manas suddenly called out, "You've been using it for long enough. If you continue, your higher consciousness will run out."
In any case, he had finished thinking about all the problems that he needed to think about.
Lin Sanjiu exhaled and closed the door. She looked at the black mound in front of her and shouted, "As a pocket dimension, you must have moved to this area recently, right? I'm afraid you're different from before. Have you changed, or have you evolved? Come out, let us see what you have become! "
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