Great, I'm surrounded by villains.

Chapter 376: The Unexpected No. 1 Detective

When September came to this conclusion, both sides fell silent at the same time.

Deathly silence spread in the studio, and Duan Mingyuan raised his hand unnaturally and wiped his head.

He felt that he was not yet at the age where he would start to lose his hair.

But this is September.

Like a real detective, she can unravel the truth from all the details, and in the next second she can say the famous saying "People with short hair will encounter ghosts". Even Duan Mingyuan has to admire her ability to switch seamlessly between Kudo Shinichi and Mori Kogoro.

He is indeed the No. 1 detective in terms of unexpectedness.

This sudden conclusion obviously threw the butler off balance, leaving him speechless for a long time.

The housekeeper had to start doubting whether he had really found the right person.

The outspoken Jiu Yue also knew that she had said the wrong thing. After hesitating for a long time, she finally said, "Mr. Mingyuan, your hair is still very thick. I didn't say you have less hair!"

Duan Mingyuan skipped the topic of hair length, as he thought it was not a problem that a 30-year-old young man should have.

He looked at the butler, "You don't seem surprised by September's reasoning."

"It is particularly difficult to take care of a 170-year-old man. It is difficult for him to maintain long-term mental stability. Sometimes he talks nonsense, especially when he is dreaming."

The butler said calmly, "As butlers, we should know everything about them. This is the family motto left by my ancestors."

The Semitic peoples have extremely strict bloodline divisions.

The head of the family can only be born among the pure-blooded heirs, and people like them have played the role of butlers from generation to generation.

His father was the butler of Saintfield VI, and this job was not originally his turn, but an unexpected accident forced him to take over the duties of butler ahead of schedule.

"When my father died under mysterious circumstances on a ship where strange things happened, I had to be more careful to avoid the same mistake."

The Saintfield family gave a vague explanation for their father's death, saying that he had a heart attack while getting up in the middle of the night and was dead when he was found the next day.

But in fact, his father never had any history of heart disease and was in absolutely good health.

It is worth mentioning that none of Saintfield VI’s previous stewards died of natural causes.

After learning about Saintfield VI's past, the butler understood the reason.

Whether you do it intentionally or unintentionally, when you know too many secrets, you will die.

Just like his father, and the former crew of the Saintfield.

"There was indeed a security chief on this ship who was very interested in mysteries. Unfortunately, three years after he took over the position, he was found dead in his room."

The same reason, the same mental illness, when people found him the next day, all that was left was a cold corpse.

At that time, the steward had not yet taken over his father's job, but according to the crew members, the expression on the security chief's face when he died scared many people and gave them nightmares for several weeks in a row. It did not look like an "accidental death."

The butler pretended to be relaxed and said, "How lucky! If Saintfield VI hadn't passed away first, it would have been my turn next."

"But you insisted on investigating."

Duan Mingyuan said. The butler was different from the Semites he knew, at least not like the crew of the Saintfield. He seemed uninterested in who would take over the position of the head of the family, which would determine his life for the next few decades.

As he himself said, a person interested in secrets could not survive long in such an environment.

"Saintfield VI killed a lot of people, but he wasn't even the real mastermind."

In the butler's opinion, today's Saintfield VI is just a poor guy who is caught up in the fate.

After his soul was exchanged with the master of the family, it was transferred into an old body, and he lived in anxiety every day thereafter.

Even though he killed all those who knew the truth, he still knew in his heart that he was not the real Saintfield VI.

Therefore, when he saw "another self" on the boat, he was immediately frightened and knew firmly that it was not sailing syndrome.

And during the rebellion decades ago, he did not learn the whole truth.

For example, where did the soul-swapping ritual come from?

"According to my father's notes, after the soul exchange ceremony was completed, Saint Field VI investigated every master of mysticism he had invited, but he has not found any clues until now. It's just like the feeling this ship gives you. A non-existent person provided him with a method of soul reincarnation, and then disappeared without a trace."

They never had any contact with each other again.

The other party did not use this as a threat to ask Saint Field VI to obey his orders.

Looks like a... philanthropist.

Freely offering a dying old man what he had always dreamed of.

But the more this happened, the more the butler felt breathless.

Because from another perspective, there seems to be an invisible hand controlling the fate of the Saintfield family. They think they have everything under control, but even the position of the head of the family is manipulated.

"The family is eager to let you take the blame, and I have tried my best to protect you in front of them. This is the last power I can exercise."

said the steward.

As long as he insists that there is something fishy about the death of Saintfield VI and that there may be other hidden secrets, then even for the sake of face, the other members of the family have to pretend to continue the investigation. Otherwise, they will be accused of being "impatient" by their competitors at this time, which will be extremely detrimental to their ambitions to take over the position of head of the family.

"But I can't hold on for too long. In the eyes of those people, I have become a stumbling block. I may die of a heart disease or other accidents at any time. If you find me dead in the room tomorrow morning, don't be too surprised, but I hope you can continue the investigation."

The butler's eyes were sharp. These Blue Star people who had nothing to do with the family had become the only people he could trust now. "Who was the person who provided the soul exchange ceremony to the head of the family? Whether he was a human, a monster, or the 'black mud' mentioned by the experts, I hope to know a definite answer... If I die before that, you will burn the truth for me."

"No, you won't die."

Jiu Yue suddenly said firmly.

Even though she didn't fully understand, the housekeeper seemed to help them.

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(End of this chapter)