I'm not Yingjie

So Velvet was also assisting, but it was just work.

And what a coincidence is that her abilities are often proportional to her interests.

"Both the second and third assassinations involved hiding bodies, but the common point is that the first crime scene was indoors." Einstein's finger slid down his smooth nose bridge to the tip of his nose. "The reinforcement of the defense did not prevent the murder from happening. It is certain that the murderer has the ability to move around the headquarters at will."

"Is the new physical examination report out?" Velvi asked Prometheus.

Prometheus Mechanical responded: "Everything has been checked, and the Honkai energy erosion rate of everyone at the headquarters is at normal levels."

"That's troublesome..."

"I think I know why the body was dumped in the artificial lake in the second case." Einstein said, putting down his hand.

"Hmm? The difference between you before and after is too big, isn't it?"

"The biggest lie of mankind is the beautification, covering up and cutting of history." Einstein folded his arm with one hand and plucked the tip of his hair with two fingers, as if plucking a string.

"The biggest difference between indoors and artificial lakes is that in artificial lakes there are many elements that can be exposed, the most intuitive of which is the shoe prints in the mud."

"Snapped."

Her finger snaps were dull and soft, different from the crisp snaps of Vivi.

Prometheus projected the scene of the artificial lake in the second case.

Einstein walked to one of the most obvious footprints and pressed her finger on the intangible shape. Her finger enlarged the footprint and used a complete model to show the calculated human figure.

A tall man about 1.8 meters tall.

"Indoors, footprints can at most infer height, while footprints left on soft soil can roughly determine weight, which is equivalent to deepening the concept that the murderer is a male."

"But we overlooked one point. Since there was an assassin and a bystander in the first case, why do we think that the assassin in the second case is the same person? Couldn't he be a bystander in the first case?"

"The fact is that the information we have is to some extent erasable and falsified, so I have reason to suspect that what we know is falsified information deliberately designed to mislead us."

Women can also wear men's equipment and use the same size clothing. It is a piece of cake for Fire Moth's technology to fake weight.

Einstein's words caught Weiwei's attention. She propped herself up from the table and after thinking about it, she seemed to have found something strange.

"That's right... and there is a biggest problem. In the second assassination, a soldier accidentally witnessed the scene and was seriously injured. But judging from the wounds on the deceased, the murderer definitely knew how to kill a human with one blow, but he 'missed' when attacking the soldier."

"So, what the soldier saw and left behind were also 'intentional' by the murderer."

After this analysis, we can basically determine that the two people who carried out the assassination were a man and a woman, and it is very likely that the woman carried out the assassination, while the man was more likely to cover up and forge the crime.

But even so, they couldn't find out who the killer was.

The purpose of checking the Honkai energy erosion rate was to find out who might have used the phase shift device. Since nothing was found, it means that this report was also disguised.

Too tricky.

It's like being led by the nose. Even if further intelligence is dug out, it cannot be used to solve the case.

Einstein's eyes were uncertain.

What should I do?

……

Late at night.

The quiet noises in the dark night may be caused by rats in the sewer, fish in the waves, or... humans in the steel tower.

If there is one word that describes the killer's style, it is waiting for the right opportunity to strike.

Opportunists are the most suitable people to be killers. Sophisticated techniques are just icing on the cake. The key point is to choose the right time to act.

Is there ever a better time to kill someone than in the dead of night when everyone is asleep and their defenses are at their lowest?

No.

So, it began.

The top leaders of the Fire Moths are all in danger. They are afraid of dying in the headquarters, and they are also afraid of dying outside the headquarters. No matter what, they will only feel a little relieved if they are protected by the most elite soldiers.

But after the killer moved in the void, he easily bypassed the defense line and came in front of the senior executive who closed his eyes and gasped softly. Seeing this person sleeping peacefully, he calmly raised the sharp weapon in his hand and slashed down with one blow -

"bass!"

The dagger and the claw collided in the air, and the sparks could not illuminate the darkness, but in that flash of light, the killer saw the white-haired man standing in front of him, and Kevin saw the cold fox mask.

Discovered?

Neither Fox Mask nor Kevin said anything. In this life-and-death moment, language was pale and slow.

In the second before the lights came on, Fox Mask and Kevin clashed weapons more than a dozen times in the dark. Kevin's terrifying strength and insight made him retreat again and again. After the lights came on, the lurking Hen appeared behind Fox Mask, also holding a dagger and stabbing Fox Mask's back.

The phase transfer device on the wrist of Fox Mask was activated. After taking a look at Kevin, he disappeared into the void.

"W-What are you doing!?"

"..." Kevin frowned and put away the dagger, looking back at the senior executive who was awakened and screaming. He remembered that this man should be a very calm person.

Overwhelmed by the fear emanating lately?

Hen looked at Kevin apologetically: "Sorry, Kevin, I was slow..."

"No, it's okay."

Kevin shook his head.

After all, it is very difficult to predict the killer's target and ambush him in advance.

"It is indeed as you said. He took action today, and this is indeed the goal."

Kevin looked at Einstein who walked straight in from the door.

"It's just a simple classification of the dead. The first victim had the greatest influence, the second and third had great and little influence, and the fourth was a high-ranking official with less influence. So today's target should be a high-ranking official with great influence. If we analyze the high-ranking officials, it won't be difficult to see who will be the next target."

"And the harm of using the phase shift device continuously is equivalent to suicide, so it is impossible for Him to attack the next person after failure. Next, we will conduct a check on everyone in the headquarters."

Kevin also nodded in agreement: "Well... Fortunately, there is no..."

"drop--"

Einstein's phone rang. It was Prometheus calling. She answered hesitantly.

"Dr. Einstein, another senior executive was killed three minutes ago."

Dirty words, power outage, moving tomorrow

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Chapter 41 Three Approaches to Reading Novels

"This was my duty, and I made an error in judgement."

Einstein rarely showed an expression of helplessness and shame.

After a second emergency inspection, no trace of the murderer was found in the headquarters.

She thought about the possibility that two people committed the crime at the same time, but judging from the traces of the previous three attacks, one person assassinated the attacker and the other watched. The artificial lake was a second crime scene used to mislead people. Moreover, if two people acted at the same time, there would be more clues left behind, so it would be almost impossible for them to suddenly change their strategy without knowing anything about tonight's ambush.

Of course there is a smaller possibility: there were three assassins in total.

"The current top management has passed a majority vote to prepare to transfer the decision to each branch." Mei, who was in deep thought, raised her head calmly after hearing Einstein's apology and said, "This is a helpless move. They have no way to prevent themselves from becoming the next victim."

"Has it finally come to this..." Einstein sighed with a headache.

There were many considerations for not transferring the top brass immediately, the most important of which was that there was a very high possibility that the murderer was a high-ranking official.

Even though all the evidence now points to Lin, they all agree that even if the killer is Lin, the mastermind behind the scenes is most likely one of the top brass.

Mei said to Kevin who was deep in thought behind her: "Kevin, you fought with the killer yesterday. Tell me how you felt."

"Ah... um." Kevin was interrupted and responded subconsciously. After seeing that everyone was looking at him, he reacted and said solemnly: "I can be sure that it was not Lin. I have practiced with Lin before. The killer's moves and actions are very different from Lin's, and his strength is far less than Lin's."

"Is this so..."

"Huh... I will continue to investigate. This is my duty." Einstein announced solemnly.

This was not originally her responsibility, but for Einstein, since she came to investigate the matter, she must find out the murderer.

After a brief discussion, Mei was about to return to the R&D department to carry out new development work, but before leaving, Kevin stopped Mei.

"plum."

"What's wrong, Kevin?" Seeing Kevin's hesitation, Mei smiled and said, "Just tell me what you want to say. Is there anything you need to hide from me?"

"...That's right." Kevin also smiled with relief, but then asked with some concern, "Don't you need to transfer? After all, you are also..."

"I think if the killer is targeting me, he will attack me sooner or later. Rather than going to an unfamiliar branch and facing an ambush, I might as well face the challenge at the headquarters."

"..."

The incident of the fifth branch and the incident of Sakura were two attacks that had sounded the alarm for Kevin. Even though the speaker's poisonous pupa had been eradicated and he himself was facing the danger of being assassinated, he still could not let his guard down and let someone take advantage of the situation during this extraordinary period.

"Is there anything else you want to say?"

Facing Mei's smile, Kevin shook his head silently, but secretly clenched his fists.

He had one more question.

Why did Mei use the word "they" when talking about the transfer of high-level officials, which seemed to indicate that she was not involved?

Why did he feel that Mei was actually happy to see this happen, and even seemed to have guessed what would happen when the high-level transfer took place later.

Maybe I'm just overthinking it.

……

"Xiao Lin, I noticed that you don't like reading."

After walking into the room and seeing the exquisite assembly models all over the room, the man was silent for a moment and asked Zero who was assembling them skillfully.

It’s not that he thinks Zero is playful. Rather, he is happy to see Zero find his own hobby. But the problem is that Zero is not happy when he is assembling models. He just treats it as a kind of... work?

After meticulously polishing and assembling them, they are placed in a corner of the room and the next box of models is mechanically opened.

The book and the model were both bought by the man for Zero, and both were things he liked, so when he saw that Zero didn't like reading and only used building models as a pastime to kill time, he always felt a subtle sense of frustration.

"...I've read a lot of books." Ling stopped holding the parts. He didn't read the instructions, but just blindly spelled based on his own understanding. He said calmly, "I've read most of the useful books."

"Um...you mean these books are useless..."

Even he would feel a little disappointed when being belittled by Ling without a word.

The man lit a cigarette dejectedly, picked up a book called "The Strongest and Most Crazy Young Man in the City", flipped through a few pages, and then stood next to Ling and began to read with great interest.

Ling glanced at the man with a smile on his face, ignored him, and continued to assemble the model with more than a thousand parts in his hand.

Half a day passed, and when Zero was almost done, the man had also finished reading the novel.

The man nodded afterward and said with emotion: "Sure enough, the novel is really interesting."

Zero pasted the last sticker on, and another perfect model was completed. He said calmly, "...I don't think this novel is 'interesting'. The plot structures and character arrangements of most world-famous novels are far better than this one. The action logic of the characters in similar novels is sometimes too strange, especially... the women."

"Hehehe, Xiaolin, you don't understand. Not all novels have to become world-famous." When talking about the field he was interested in, the man shook his finger, as if he didn't understand. "Besides, the meaning of novels is not just to become great works of art or to convey noble values ​​to people."

“…But I really don’t see the point of its existence.”

“Its birth is very meaningful.”

“Being born is meaningful…”

"Yes, maybe for many people its existence or not has nothing to do with them, but it is a work that someone has put their heart and soul into, and it has brought me happiness, and that is enough."

"..."

Hearing the man's description, Ling put down the model in his hand and looked at the novel in his hand.

"Want to see it?" The man waved the book in a teasing manner.

Ling nodded: "You can try."

"Haha, I knew you would try."

The man successfully handed the book to Zero, who took it expressionlessly, flipped through the book, read a few pages, and asked, "Why is the protagonist set as someone who traveled from one world to another? What's the point of this?"

"Maybe, you could be a little more reasonable when giving out golden fingers."

"But the act of traveling through time itself is irrational."

"Uh..." The man wiped his sweat and laughed dryly, "Maybe that's the author's hobby."