I Kill Gods in Escape Game

Chapter 252 The Cruise Ship with No Return Date 8
"Do you have any ideas?"

Xia Mo put away the notebook and stared at Lin Yuan without blinking.

Lin Yuan was silent for a moment, then organized his words:

"The boatswain killed the captain in the captain's room. His hands were stained with blood. He colluded with the cook and forced another crew member to kill the driver."

Xia Mo rubbed her temple with her slender, bony fingers:
"...That's right."

There was an uncomfortable look on her face:

"The plot progress has been increased, which means that this is the fact, but we don't know the cause and effect, and we can't explain the boatswain's intention in doing this."

Perhaps because of her profession, Xia Mo is particularly concerned about everyone's motivation for doing things.

"Why did the boatswain want to kill the captain? Why did he and the cook cooperate? And... the pilot was seriously injured and was obviously dead, so why did the boatswain drag an innocent person to kill him?"

Xia Mo fell into deep thought, and Li Chenhai also pulled his hair, racking his brains to think.

Coincidentally, Lin Yuan had the answer to every question Xia Mo asked.

She tried her best to pretend that she was also in deep thought, blending in perfectly with the duo of navigators of the Deep Sea Guild.

……

The boatswain killed someone to recover his salary. He and the cook were fellow villagers and good friends.

The boatswain had lost his life on his hands, and probably from that time on, he didn't want the passage to proceed along the original route.

He came to the cockpit to change the route and cut off the satellite positioning because he was afraid that the shipping company would discover the true coordinates of the Yuanhang.

The boatswain wanted to go home and did not want the Voyage to continue sailing towards a trading country which was in the opposite direction of his hometown.

As luck would have it, the driver, as an unwilling witness, was naturally dealt with by the boatswain.

Lin Yuan lowered his eyes slightly and looked at the undulating sea surface and the rolling waves.

But in the end, perhaps the boatswain felt that the two-man team of him and the cook was too weak, so he temporarily wanted to pull someone over.

It is not clear whether the crew member who was chosen to finish off the enemy was lucky or unlucky.

Fortunately, once his hands were stained with blood, he lost the chance of being attacked by the boatswain.

The misfortune is that he could have lived a clean life, but for no apparent reason he was involved in a murder case.

Lin Yuan didn’t know whether the Yuanhang would ever return.

But once the Voyage returns to the crew's hometown, judgment will surely come.

All those who are responsible for murder will not escape legal punishment.

Lin Yuan showed a thoughtful look, thinking:
"The boatswain has become an executioner himself, and he has to force others to become like him in order to survive."

No one else can hear her voice.

Xia Mo, on the other hand, wrote and drew on her notebook, grabbing information out of thin air.

"The boatswain was a hard-working man with a good reputation among the crew. There must be a reason why he suddenly turned into a murderous madman."

This is true.

Lin Yuan thought about it carefully, and she didn't realize what had happened to the boatswain.

Logically speaking, since their wages have been in arrears for so long, didn’t the crew members feel resentful before?

They are still working diligently on the Voyage.

If you were able to endure hardships in the past, you will have to endure even more hardships in the future.

It doesn't make sense that when you have suffered so much and haven't been forced to the point where you can't survive, you suddenly think of rising up in rebellion.

"Is there any trigger?"

Hayashihara said, her voice attracting the attention of the other two.

"The boatswain is a hidden violent person who has a problem with the captain but doesn't express it."

"Until last night, something happened on the ship, which suddenly activated the hidden side of the boatswain." "So..."

Lin Yuan made a gesture of wiping his neck, but seemed to think that it was not vivid enough, so he wiped it a few more times, implying that the boatswain was "crazy about killing."

Xia Mo couldn't help laughing as she watched Lin Yuan's lively movements. She thought this unknown adventurer in the guild was very interesting.

Li Chenhai was amused and couldn't help but say:
"You have a very rich imagination, but we need to be logical when we deduce the plot. We can't just rely on guessing."

Li Chenhai shook his head. Although he was expressing his disagreement with Lin Yuan, his tone did not blame him:
"I tend to think that the boatswain had planned this for a long time. He killed and disposed of the body, handled the scene, did the aftermath, and dealt with the driver who was unwilling to cooperate. This series of operations was too skillful."

"I don't believe he hasn't rehearsed it countless times in his mind."

Li Chenhai pointed out from a high position:
"As for Lin Yuan, what you said about him being a hidden violent person is too abstract."

"It's as abstract as you saying now that you are a violent person. No normal person would believe it."

"We need logic and evidence, not guessing."

Lin Yuan showed a confused expression.

Why was my personality denied for no reason?
The three people from the same guild had a heated discussion about the plot. After more than ten minutes, when they had shared enough information, the two navigators stood up and left.

Lin Yuan said goodbye to the two of them, then suddenly narrowed his eyes and looked at a lonely figure sitting on the deck.

Mo Gui ordered a bowl of potato soup in the restaurant last night. After leaving the restaurant, Lin Yuan hasn't seen him since.

Lin Yuan had a competition in his mind.

This time the prey is rather special, and she doesn't want to take action until she figures out what the relationship is between Mo Gui and the copy.

Lin Yuan took the initiative to walk up to Mo Gui and picked a topic that happened recently:

"Hey, the Voyage is coming home."

Seeing that Mo Gui was immersed in his own world and had no reaction, Lin Yuan thought about it and continued:

"The boatswain said that everyone will be able to have a delicious New Year's Eve dinner."

I don't know which word touched Mo Gui. He suddenly woke up and murmured:
"...Ah, I'm home."

Lin Yuan squatted down and carefully looked at every change in Mo Gui's expression.

She nodded slightly:
"Well, the Voyage is back home."

"You said... going home, is it really that important?"

Mo Gui was shocked and couldn't help but mutter:
"It's very important. It's very important. Every day I'm at sea, I miss home."

A dark light flashed across Lin Yuan's eyes.

Was Mo Gui also a crew member before?

Seeing that Mo Gui had something to say, Lin Yuan was naturally willing to be a listener at this moment.

"You have a story, if you don't mind, you can tell me."

Mo Gui's face showed emotion, as if he was lamenting about his unknown life story, which he had to tell to a stranger:

"My name is not auspicious. Don't go home."

He smiled bitterly:
"My family is poor, and I work very hard just to earn more money."

"But the boss I met was not a good person. I was tricked into working for free for two years. Not only did I work for free, but I couldn't even go home."

Lin Yuan listened to Mo Gui's description and asked slowly:

"Were you tricked into going to Burma?"

Mo Gui shook his head indifferently and sighed:

“The ocean is also where I work.”

(End of this chapter)