Ms. Moriarty wants to save Beika Town today too.

However, Winnet may not bring the murderer to justice. She thinks that given Winnet's personality, it is not impossible for her to be in cahoots with the murderer.

Because Edward placed the guests in the lounge, the cabin was unusually quiet, with only the sound of their footsteps.

Arriving at the door of 207, Edward knocked, but there was no response. He asked Carter, who happened to come back to report, to find the key chain and open the door.

Afterwards, Butler Carter said that Baron Alman was not found.

Odysseus walked in front. "The room is very tidy."

He took off his shoes and walked into the spacious room. The others followed suit and stood between the low table and the TV in the room.

Winnett watched Odysseus check the items in the house, first the cabinets and the corners of the table. After confirming that there was nothing unusual, he turned to look at the items on the surface.

Among them, there was a medicine bottle that attracted Shirley's attention early on.

Odysseus picked up the medicine bottle. "What is this?"

"If I'm not mistaken, it should be a capsule for treating heart disease." Shirley reminded, "But we didn't find any heart-saving pills or other medicines on him. Either he thinks he is in good health recently, or there are some external factors that prevent him from carrying it with him."

Odysseus nodded and began to rummage through Stanley's luggage.

He found a small medicine box and showed it to Shirley.

As expected of a genius researcher. Winnett felt a sense of satisfaction when she saw Shirley's excellent performance, but then she immediately thought that this feeling was a little too girly, so she turned her attention back to the case.

She believed that Shirley and Odysseus had also noticed that the medicine bottle was placed in such a conspicuous position, on the low table near the sofa. Combined with the fact that Odysseus opened the medicine bottle easily, it seemed that Stanley had taken a capsule for treating heart disease shortly before going to the party.

The medicine box was placed in the luggage, which confirmed what Shirley said, that Stanley thought his condition was good recently and did not carry any medicine with him.

"It is indeed the common style of heart-saving pills. It is also easy to carry around in a small box like this. It is almost certain."

Winnett then made an inference: "It seems that death due to illness can be ruled out."

"In this case," Shirley narrowed her eyes, "it's likely that there's something wrong with the capsule that person took. The capsule needs two or three hours to release the substance inside. As long as we know the person's usual habit of taking medicine, it won't be difficult to kill him at the party."

Edward heard this and nodded without denying it.

"Please give me a capsule," he said to Edward, and turned to look at the butler Carter, "Take it for inspection... Wait, I remember there are live ingredients on the ship. Carter tried this medicine on a rabbit."

The butler took the capsule and left the crowd immediately.

After reaching the conclusion that "it was most likely caused by drugs", the young people following behind breathed a sigh of relief.

"Did someone swap his medicine?" Atsuko Kamikawa, who was hiding behind Ayako Suzuki, asked.

"It seems to be true," Takahashi Ryoichi agreed, "and it should have been replaced recently, otherwise there is no way to guarantee that he would take the medicine in the afternoon instead of earlier."

Sophia brushed it off and said, "Then we should find out who Stanley met today? I haven't spoken to him."

"Before that, let's go visit Baron Alman who is resting. He may not know about this yet."

Seeing that the matter had come to a conclusion, Winnet turned the blame on the mysterious baron.

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109 True and False Knight (Headless Corpse)

Edward nodded in agreement. "It is indeed necessary to confirm with Baron Alman."

"In that case, let's gather in the recreation room first." Ota Katsu breathed a sigh of relief. He looked at Suzuki Ayako, "Uncle Suzuki seemed very worried just now. Let's take Suzuki back with us."

"Then let's go too. It looks like someone who has a grudge against Stanley did this." Sophia grabbed Clyde, who smiled awkwardly.

Only two of the four people, Winnet, Shirley, Odysseus and Edward, stayed.

Shirley glanced at Winnet's expression and felt that she seemed to have expected it.

"Do you think there's something wrong with that baron?"

"Maybe, that's why I want to go and take a look."

Shirley rubbed her nose and said, "Why don't you take the initiative to get involved in such trouble."

"But he messed up the debut you prepared for me, didn't he?" Winette turned her head and looked at Shirley with a smile.

Shirley stood on tiptoe and leaned over to Winnett's ear: "Ah, now you are starting to say sweet words."

"what."

"I'm not a woman who can be easily deceived."

She's obviously just a girl, Winnet thought to herself.

They came to room 215 on the same floor. Edward took the key chain given to him by the butler and knocked on the cabin door first.

"Mr. Armand! Mr. Armand, are you there?"

Edward called out several times, but there was no response or movement. He nodded to the three people and then found the corresponding room key.

"It seems that your intuition is right. There is a smell of oxidized blood." Shirley sniffed.

There was a click.

The door opened.

Edward was horrified when he saw the scene inside.

Winnett subconsciously covered Shirley's eyes. Shirley took Winnett's hand away with a little force, as if to say, "She is not the kind of girl who would scream at the sight of horror."

The layout of the room was different from Stanley's. There was a large table next to the bed and a sofa bed against the wall. There was no long table in the middle, but instead a headless corpse.

"This is really tragic." Shirley was also surprised when she saw this.

The blood splattered in waves like a scene from a guillotine execution, even splashing onto the sugar jar and coffee cup on the small round table.

Odysseus was also stunned for a moment, as if his dignity as a man did not allow him to roar, but from his heavy breathing, it could be seen that he was just holding it in.

Edward had seen many such scenes, and his frown only deepened.

Winnett walked in first, crawling around and looking around. Then she shook her head at the three people, "It seems that the head is not here."

Seeing this, Odysseus finally calmed down. "Miss Priest, you don't seem to be afraid?"

"Because I don't see it as clearly as you do." Winnet made an excuse.

Although it was her first time walking into such a room and encountering such a scene, she did not feel the slightest fear. They were both dead bodies, the only difference was that this body was missing a head.

"Who on earth could do such a cruel thing?" Edward trembled.

Winnett did not answer. She did not know the answer to this question for the time being. After entering the room, she once looked at the body, which gave her a strange feeling.

The first is that his attire is too formal and ornate.

There are decorations of stars and moons hanging in a dark blue tone, which has a Bourbon style.

A young man from a family obsessed with the title of baron might indeed dress like this, provided he was meeting a guest. Who would be so careless as to allow a guest to dance with a sword in front of him, and most likely a not-so-friendly guest?

It's totally unreasonable. Winette looked at the cross section of the neck again.

"The cross section is a little too neat."

"Neatly? Seriously, it's like it was cut off in an instant. How is this possible? This is ridiculous!"

Odysseus carefully examined the cross-section of the incision and came to a conclusion.

Edward also stepped forward to take a look. His thoughts were more comprehensive than Odysseus's. He even shook his body, stood to the side of the corpse, and made the motion of swinging a sharp blade.

Edward simulated it once, then frowned and said, "This is too difficult!"

Seeing this, Odysseus also quickly checked the condition of the body.

Shirley followed.

But Winnett didn't want her to come with her. She didn't want to show Shirley such a cruel scene. But Shirley wouldn't care what others had to say. Even if it was her words, it would be difficult for Shirley to change her mind.

"It seems that all we know is that Mr. Alman died in this cabin. The door was locked automatically. The murderer might have knocked on the door, and Baron Alman opened the door for him. Then he was forced to the edge of the sofa and then beheaded."

Shirley took one look and quickly rebuked him.

"Sir, you are a little fanciful. How much strength do you think is needed to cut a man's throat like this?"

If this situation happened... Winette estimated that even she wouldn't be able to do it without the right tools.

"Perhaps, the murderer only needs a sharp enough dagger to do it?"

"A 200-pound man can't chop off a person's head with a dagger, sir. If he cuts it off slowly, it might be possible, but the scene wouldn't be like this." Shirley showed an expression of contempt.

Shirley didn't care about the male chauvinism's self-esteem, but looked down on everyone equally. Winnet, who was worried at first, suddenly found it a little funny.

"Mr. Odysseus," Winnett asked after Shirley, "Have you ever thought about what the murderer might have used?"

"I can't imagine it."

"If it was a modern weapon, I think it's almost impossible." Edward took over the topic, "Cutting off a neck is not an easy task, especially with such a neat cut. I'm afraid only a guillotine can do it. However, if someone is good at cold weapons, they can use a heavy battle axe or double-edged sword to do it, but how can there be such things on my ship..."

"Judging from the bloodstains," Shirley continued, "it couldn't have been chopped off after death, unless the murderer had immobilized the man and then used a weapon to chop off his head."

"If that's the case, the murderer is too slow." Winnett felt that the murderer couldn't do that. "If he walked around with a large cold weapon, he would definitely be discovered immediately. There are people living in the cabin between the two rooms. It's easy to be witnessed."

"Then we should go to the lounge and ask," Odysseus said, "to see if there are any witnesses."

Edward stopped him from walking out the door. "No," he said in a serious tone, "This is not poisoning, but a terrible beheading. The murderer is probably still on this ship. If it is leaked, it will definitely cause a riot. I can't interrogate my guests before the police arrive. Odysseus, you are not a professional detective. Even if there are witnesses, we may not be able to track them down. Besides, it is already night."

"Uncle Edward is right. Besides, we don't even know what the murder weapon is."

Winnett said calmly.

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110 True and False Knight (VII)

Keeping the situation as it was, they slowly exited the room.

At this time, the butler Carl came running over in a hurry. Carl shouted in fear: "Master, the rabbit is dead! It first hit the cage crazily, then jumped up, and finally stopped moving, as if it had gone mad." Butler Carl took out a mobile phone and showed Edward the picture of the rabbit.

"Let me see." Shirley took the phone and looked at the picture of the rabbit. Then she frowned and thought, and said, "Rabbit and human have different tolerance levels to drugs, but the clinical symptoms are not much different. According to the housekeeper, this is probably a dangerous neurotoxin with hallucinogenic effects."

While she was speaking, Odysseus behaved a little out of control.

"A whole bottle?" Odysseus showed a look of horror on his face. "The murderer either has amazing financial resources or has the knowledge to prepare this kind of poison."

In addition, the murderer could behead a person so quickly that he looked like a terrifying enemy with all-powerful hands and eyes. Odysseus stared at Shirley with his eyes wide open and his mouth open.

"I remember now," he said, finally recovering his power of speech, "that I seemed to have seen this Monsieur Armand on deck in the daytime. He was wearing this very coat, for the ornaments on it shone very brightly in the sun."

"You saw this man during the day?"

"Yes, he was talking to someone. But I was just passing by because I went to the bow to take pictures of the waves."

"What time was that?" Shirley asked. "What time did you see him?"

"It was shortly after we boarded the ship. I was about to take a picture of the waves hitting the shore. By the way, Baron Alman seemed to be talking to someone at the time."

"Was the time of death around noon?" Shirley said to herself.

Compared to her previous calmness, Shirley was a little unconfident about her own conclusion this time.

"That's a possibility. Maybe the murderer disguised himself as a delivery person. Hiding the weapon inside the dining car would make it less noticeable, right? In this way, it would be natural for him to enter Alman's room and behead him when he is not paying attention." Winette made a brief inference, "Maybe this is possible."

"Indeed, there are no signs of entertaining guests at the scene." Shirley looked into the room. There was only one coffee cup and no sign of life inside. "Judging from the condition of the room, Alman did not stay in this room for a long time before his death."

"Judging from the degree of rigor mortis, it is reasonable to say that it took more than five or six hours."

"That is to say, this is the scene of the murder," Edward added. "But after the murder, how did the murderer transport the head away, and how did he deal with the murder weapon?"

"Throw it into the sea," said Odysseus.

It is a long way to get to the deck, and you will definitely run into other people along the way. The exit to the deck is near the center of the hull. The port side and the starboard side are not connected, so it is impossible to go around the edge. You can only pass through the high-level deck and then go down, so the view is very wide.

Holding a leather bag that can hold a human head is quite eye-catching.

"This brings us back to the murderer killing Alman. Just like beheading him, he took the package and threw it into the sea, which was equally eye-catching. This is not a public cabin, so there is no need to carry valuables with you." said Winnett.

Edward realized that it was useless to continue the discussion.

"We still need to check the witnesses..."

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Indeed, that was the case. Shirley glanced at Winnett and saw that she was taking her time, which made her a little anxious.

Good missionaries have no problem with that…

Does Winette really want to find the murderer? It's really worrying.