"Let's reenact it." Su Bai stood up and said to Diana, "Since he felt good about himself and went to do something superfluous, there's no reason for us not to seize this opportunity."
"Have you thought of the crux of the problem?" Diana looked at Su Bai and blinked her eyes. In the real world, Diana was a criminal police officer in France. But just now, she felt the same feeling from Su Bai when she was chasing fugitives.
Listeners killing people was completely different from ordinary people killing people. To put it bluntly, listeners killing people was no different from people killing livestock. It was like killing chickens and sheep. Because of the change in mentality caused by the elevation of life level, listeners did not feel that they were killing people when they killed people. There was no panic, no fear, no worries, no worries about the law, and no care about retribution.
But when ordinary people killed people, they would be overcautious and would have all kinds of psychological changes.
It was just like what Su Bai wrote when he just conducted a psychological test on the murderer.
"Call people and reenact the process of dinner tonight. Even if you can't remember some of the details, as long as you can roughly remember who was sitting next to you and what kind of clothes they were wearing, that's enough," Su Bai said.
"Okay, I'll go now."
Diana and Su Bai left the gym. Six people sat in the living room, looking very calm. Everyone was used to seeing big winds and waves, so it was impossible for them to act like ordinary people in an ordinary murder environment, where women would cry and ordinary people would cower.
"The exact time of death of the corpse should be clear to you when I asked you. I'm a necromancer, so don't have any doubts about the time of death of my corpse. I'm a professional.
The deceased, Simon, died around three o 'clock in the afternoon. "
As soon as Diana said this, the rest of the people in the room showed a look of surprise on their faces. There were no really stupid people in the room, so everyone immediately thought of the crux of the problem. That was, during dinner, they did not seem to feel that there was a shortage of people.
After giving everyone three minutes to think, Diana clapped her hands and said, "So I think it's necessary to reenact the scene at dinner."
With that, Diana looked at the old butler. "Old butler, can you tell me …"
"Sorry, I can't." The old butler smiled. Obviously, as an outsider, he was in charge of serving the dishes and cleaning up after the meal. Naturally, he could see more things that the insiders couldn't. However, the old butler's intention was simple. Everyone just had to pretend that he didn't exist. He wouldn't be a witness, nor would he provide any information about the murderer.
This was a dutiful NPC.
"Alright then." Diana, on the other hand, was not too disappointed. Clearly, the old butler's response was within her expectations. She said directly, "Please repeat the process that you called us for dinner tonight. For example, when you bring the dishes over, you have to follow the same process. The rest of us, put yourselves in our roles and start over again."
"That won't be a problem." The old butler agreed.
"Alright, now everyone, think back to when the old butler called us for dinner. Where were you and what were you doing? Please go back to where you were and pretend to be doing what you were doing. When you reenact it, try your best to remember some of the details. For example, what you saw the person opposite you doing, or what the person next to you was doing. Try your best to interact with them and remind them. Alright, you can start preparing and wait for the old butler's notice for dinner to start."
Diana clapped her hands, indicating that it was time to begin.
Everyone left the living room. Diana gave Su Bai a meaningful look. She knew that this reenactment was just a pretense, and Su Bai had to have other methods.
Diana, Lucy, Bick, Zhao Rui, and Su Bai went to the second floor. During that time, they said in their "confessions" that they were either sleeping or reading in their rooms. Meng Tari and Xu Gang went to the gym, while Chen Ming went out and closed the door to enjoy the scenery outside.
Su Bai opened the bedroom door, walked in, and waited.
"Time to eat …"
The old butler's hoarse yet penetrating voice sounded. It didn't matter if you were sleeping or listening to music with headphones, this voice could clearly hit your eardrums.
In Su Bai's mind, the scene of the master knocking the food bowl and a group of puppies running over to eat appeared.
After a while, Su Bai pushed the door open and saw Lucy standing by his door.
"I remember when I went down, you were in front of me." Lucy explained.
Su Bai nodded and then began to walk down. Obviously, everyone had entered a state of mind and could even distinguish the subtle order under each other's reminders.
Those who were in their bedrooms, in the gym, and outside to enjoy the scenery had all come to the dining room. There was a long white table in the dining room, similar to the table used by European aristocrats in movies. Not to mention nine people, even 20 people could sit down easily. Moreover, the old butler served the dishes one by one, allowing everyone to take their own cutlery. It could also be considered a form of buffet.
Since they weren't familiar with each other at the beginning, when they sat down to eat, they consciously sat one after the other. In other words, there was an empty seat between two people. Under this special atmosphere, the first seat they sat at became the fixed seat for the rest of the meal. It was also a kind of tacit agreement.
Everyone pulled out their chairs and sat down. The old butler began to serve the dishes, and everyone began to recall the details of the meal. One said what that person was eating, another said that that person ate a lot of that something, and another said that that person's fork made a loud noise. Everyone recalled, and at the same time, verified each other's memories.
At this time, the dead Simon's seat was undoubtedly empty. Lucy and Bick were sitting next to Simon. For some reason, no one could recall Simon's behavior at the dining table.
It was normal because Simon died before the dinner started, and he didn't even eat at the table. However, everyone didn't feel that one person was missing. Obviously, one person played the role of two people. Under such circumstances, it was natural that the murderer's presence would be very low, and the murderer wouldn't dare to make his presence known.
When the old butler came over with an empty plate and said it was borscht, Lucy suddenly said, "I remember the person who was sitting next to me said to leave some borscht for me, the lady, and the old butler said that there was enough for all the dishes."
As Lucy said this, she looked at Simon's seat and then at Bick, who was further away.
Bick shook his head and said, "I didn't say that. In fact, I really don't like borscht at all."
With this question, everyone quietened down. Clearly, as they recalled and verified each other's memories, the repeating situation had finally fallen into a paradox.
Someone, sitting there, said to leave some borscht for Lucy. In other words, the murderer left his seat and sat in Simon's.
"I remember that when the borscht was served, someone was already done eating and ready to leave." Su Bai said.
Everyone sat down and started eating. If they felt like they were done eating, they could leave. There were no special restrictions.
Diana nodded, "Indeed, I didn't drink the borscht, which means I might have left for the living room."
"You can't say that." Chen Ming said, "The dining room is connected to the kitchen and living room. Our table is facing the living room's door. If you want to go to the bedroom on the second floor, you must first go to the living room and then go upstairs. I think at that time, no one would choose to go to the kitchen to help the old butler wash dishes, right?"
Chen Ming made a circle with his hand, "It's simple. The murderer only needs to show his and Simon's presence. It doesn't matter if the murderer quickly puts on and removes his makeup, or even if he changes his face like in China's Sichuan Opera. His only route is also the most suitable route. It should be at the beginning of the dinner and at the end of the dinner. There are people coming and going during these two times, making it suitable for him to play the role of two people. Moreover, everyone's meal time is short, and according to Simon's seat."
Xu Gang stood up, pointed at himself, then at Lucy, then at Bick and Su Bai, "Only the one sitting on our side has this chance. It's impossible for the one sitting on the opposite side, after playing his part, to go to the living room and then back, or to the kitchen. This will attract attention!
It's only when you're sitting on this side and Simon's side that you can take the opportunity to eat at your seat or Simon's seat when you're walking over. Then, you can get up and continue eating at the seat of your other character. When you're done eating and come back, you can change your identity again to deepen the impression. "
At this point, Chen Ming pointed at himself, then at Lucy, then at Bick and Su Bai.
"In other words, the murderer is among the four of us. Oh, right, Madam Detective, you excluded the Chinese Wang Yi. In other words, the murderer is most likely among me, Lucy and Bick.
I can come up with this logic and place myself as a suspect. If you exclude me for now, the murderer is Lucy and Bick. They are sitting next to Simon's seat, playing two roles at the same time. Nothing could be more convenient. "
"Ridiculous, your logic and deductions amaze me. Of course, I agree that what you said makes sense. But in my opinion, the murderer is you, Lucy and Wang Yi. Since the three of you are sitting on this side, the murderer must be one of you."
Lucy shook her head, then glanced at Chen Ming, Bick and Su Bai. Her point of view was that excluding herself, the murderer must be one of the three.
"Then it's clear. Next is to find the evidence." Su Bai stood up and nodded to Diana. She took out a bottle of iron powder and a small brush.
"You can actually make something that can collect fingerprints. Amazing." Bick praised, "Let me think, is it the piano? Oh, right, the murderer's fingerprints might be left there."
While saying this, Bick's eyes wandered between Lucy and Chen Ming. It was obvious that when Su Bai asked Diana to take out the iron powder, he temporarily excluded Su Bai as the murderer.
"My apologies." Su Bai shrugged and walked between Lucy and Bick, standing behind Simon's chair, "We aren't sure if we can get fingerprints from the piano. Everyone checked the body and the piano. Although the probability of fingerprints being left at the opening is low, I feel that since the murderer is so bored to play this game, the fingerprints on the piano should have been erased. The murderer might even have worn gloves to complete the murder, so it's not possible to leave fingerprints."
"Then why are you holding this …" Bick looked at Su Bai inexplicably but suddenly stopped talking.
Su Bai looked at Bick with a faint smile. His finger was pointing at Simon's chair.
The chair was still leaning against the table and wasn't pulled out. In this state, it was impossible to sit and eat.
"There are three people's fingerprints on this chair." Su Bai continued, "One is the old butler's, because he would tidy this place every day. He would push all of our chairs inwards and arrange them neatly. The other one is Simon's, and the last one … is the murderer's.
The murderer can wear gloves when he kills, but I don't believe he would wear gloves while eating. Otherwise, he wouldn't have gone unnoticed.
And it's good that Simon is a man. Mr. Bick, you wouldn't take the initiative to pull out a man's chair and invite him to sit, right? Of course, Madam Lucy wouldn't do it. "
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