Planet of Sand and Oasis of Iron

Chapter 281 280. It can be said to be an artistic expression
The test results were somewhat unexpected.

After a careful examination, Shengnai told Sefer that the real cause of Feldrich's death was the knife in the back, but before that, she had already fallen into a coma.

There were two deep bruises on the neck, which looked very slender and could be broken by Cypher with a little force. At first, Cypher thought it was caused by a knife in the back while strangling the neck.

So, reconstructing the scene, Feldridge was strangled from behind inside the suite. After knocking her unconscious, the murderer leisurely drank a cup of tea and ate a few biscuits.

Sefer glanced at the tea bar in the suite and thought that this man was quite romantic.

The cookies were clearly not a common commodity, and tea was a staple of the Huanwu Group. Even the brewing set and the accompanying tea set showed signs of use.

After eating snacks and drinking tea, the man slowly pulled Feldrich to the door, stabbed her in the back, and then opened the door to attract attention from outside... Then, no one knew where he went.

If Sanai's deduction was correct, that was the process. The reason why Feldridge was ruled out from eating the tea and biscuits was that no such crumbs were seen in her mouth.

...To go deeper, this guy Feldrich didn't even put up an iota of resistance. He was manipulated to death and probably couldn't even utter a word.

The investigation ended here. Seifer stroked his chin and stood at the door with the group: "In short, the murderer is a very cultured guy. Not only is he cultured, but he also enjoys it."

"As far as we know, there are probably two murderers. One of them was responsible for creating chaos. The executive was a pleasant surprise. The other one was specifically targeting her. The murderer even had time to eat and drink."

When he said this, Cypher couldn't help but laugh - although the robot's body didn't have this kind of feedback module.

Things are at a stalemate here.

After all, the murderer is meticulous yet ruthless, enjoying life and working efficiently. Not only did one of them escape directly, but the other has been lurking until now, and no one has noticed anything wrong.

Faced with this deadlock, Sefer decided to work from a different perspective and approach.

The people in the hotel were in a state of panic, but everyone had their own lives to live, and they certainly couldn't all just wait there, hoping that the case would be solved.

So after the initial information collection, everyone was free to move around except for not being able to leave the hotel.

According to the daily routines of people in this world, after experiencing such a high-intensity mental shock, the following rest time is naturally precious.

There are definitely people who can't sleep, but this kind of place doesn't care whether you can sleep or not. When the time comes, the overall lighting will be adjusted to enter sleep mode.

Tien said with a smile that since they were not needed here for the time being, they should go and rest and come back when they were needed.

Seifer agreed, and then Tien invited everyone to go to her room... I guess they planned to relax and enjoy the hot spring together first, and then go to sleep.

To be honest, I'm a little envious.

But let's just say that after Sefer watched the group return to the room, he started to act.

The first thing is to exclude those who actually have no problems... For example, some unlucky guys who come out to do business for a small company.

After eliminating this group of people, Sefer turned his attention to people like the waiters.

After all, since the crime was committed by an acquaintance, he must be familiar with the environment of the place, so Seifer walked around the hotel tirelessly and started asking questions to a waiter as soon as he caught him.

To others, this performance looked like a mercenary who had failed to protect a VIP and was likely the first to be punished by a large company, trying in vain to deflect responsibility. Of course, this was the perception of the company employees, who dared only watch and not speak out—no one knew what an independent mercenary, driven to extremes, would do.

Maybe if she can't find anyone to blame, she will just kill everyone in the hotel and then say that the murderer is dead.

While looking for someone to "talk to", Sefer repeatedly replayed the camera footage hacked from Dr. Mei. After watching it many times, Sefer suddenly felt something.

…The person who had sniped on the bridge before didn’t seem to attract anyone’s attention on the bridge at all.

It was as if there had been no attacker in that place before, and he was exposed to everyone until the moment the shooting.

The gun dropped on the ground was indeed missing a bullet, and no shell was found...

Thinking seriously, Seifer stopped a few waiters in the employee lounge.

"I'll just ask a few questions, don't panic. As soon as the attack happened, you bravely rushed to install bulletproof panels on all the windows facing the bridge. Was that taught in your orientation?"

A few people looked at each other, and then someone shook his head. "No, this is something our department head added on top of us. He said the safety of our guests must come first, and our hotel must adhere to..."

Before he could begin his tirade, Cypher raised his hand to stop him. "Before the attack, did any of you notice a strange guy fiddling with a weapon on the bridge?"

When this question was asked, everyone shook their heads like rattles. Someone said that maybe there were cleaners hanging around outside, and they might pay more attention to other things when they were lazy.

The cleaner hanging on the outer wall... Sefer felt that for the average person, this was a pretty exciting job.

After all, this place is different from other node cities. The outer wall is really the outer wall. If the rope breaks or you fall down, it will probably knock down a bunch of facades along the way, and finally fall into the boiling underground river in an incomplete state.

After interviewing these equally stressed-out employees, Seifer turned and went to look for the "cleaners" they were referring to. One of them, shoveling a late-night snack, actually said he saw the shooting.

Since it was a matter of life and death, everyone should cooperate as soon as possible. Seifer did not make things difficult for these people. Instead, he paid for two bottles of wine for a few of them so that they could make do with it.

The man scratched his head and said that the shooting scene was quite strange. The gunshot clearly came from behind the wall where he was working, but someone on the bridge suddenly dropped his gun and glided away. He didn't understand it at all.

It was not until Sefer and the others reported that a big shot had passed away that they realized belatedly that a big shot had died. Needless to say, everyone was quite excited.

After working for such a long time, someone died in the hotel. This is a major event that rarely happens in several years!
...It is difficult to evaluate the mental state of these people. After all, most of them only focus on their own little piece of land and don't consider issues like 'what if a big company is held accountable'.

However, this testimony also indirectly proves that Seifer repeatedly watched, investigated and imagined the video.

That is, the criminal...or rather, the murderer may not have been two people from the beginning.

Instead, they cooperated with a very meticulous gang to commit the crime, but this "gang" was different from what people generally imagined. There was only one person who actually committed the murder, and the rest were all helping this one person.

Then the problem returns to the beginning.

Who is the murderer? How did he blend in with the people present and not expose himself until now?

(End of this chapter)