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Chapter 3857 Doubts
Chapter 3857 Doubts
Angel originally guessed that the clues here might require opening the "energy perspective" at close range to see some special changes on the extraordinary side.
For this reason, the God’s perspective is useless here, and you need to come here in person to find clues.
But after the fruitless search just now, his thoughts began to change.
Perhaps, the clues here were not the cryptic clues he imagined, but the kind of clues that required "solving puzzles" and "reasoning."
These clues are usually based on local culture or private habits.
For example, when Jon was a child, he gave Ingres a riddle: seventy-two hours.
If anyone in the wizarding world were asked to guess, they probably wouldn’t be able to guess the answer: crystal.
Similarly, Angel suspected that the clues here were also similar puzzles, which could only be discovered by people who were extremely familiar with the local culture or the former noble knight.
Others may not even be able to find the question. For example, Angle searched over and over again but found nothing unusual.
Fortunately, Zuniga came at this time. With his help, there might be a chance to find clues.
However, if the clues here can only be discovered by someone who knows the "Former Noble Knight" very well... then even if Zuniga came, it would probably be difficult.
But most likely not.
This is evident from the fact that the seven knights of the Dark Round Table had all come to this villa to look for clues, but no one found anything wrong.
Therefore, if there are clues here, they are most likely based on "knowledge" rather than "relationships".
If it is based on "knowledge", then Zuniga may be able to find a clue here.
……
Ingres expressed his guess.
After hearing this, Zuniga pondered for a moment and said, "Then do you have any doubts?"
"You mean..."
Zuniga explained: "You said you searched the room for more than 20 minutes. Did you feel anything was wrong during your search?"
Angel shook his head without hesitation: "Not at the moment."
Zuniga thought about it and changed the question: "What about your intuition? Do you have a feeling that there might be something wrong?"
Angel groaned and said, "Not really... But if you force me to say, I might pay more attention to some of the posters, tapestries, and paintings in the room."
In other words, he pays more attention to the patterns hanging on the wall.
"The posters, paintings, and tapestries you mentioned are all very direct images. These items are usually very eye-catching when placed in a home. Anyone who enters the room will basically notice them." Zuniga: "If the missing knight really left clues and he didn't hide them deliberately, then this very direct image is indeed very likely..."
Zuniga's eyes flashed with contemplation. "Can you take the contact card and go to the room where the posters and paintings are? I want to see them in advance."
Angel had the same idea, so he directly controlled the magic hand and walked around the house with the contact card.
Whether it was the paintings in the living room on the first floor, the posters in the bedroom on the second floor, or the tapestries in the corridor, Ingres showed them all to the girl who printed on the contact card.
"Serious drama posters, swimsuit canvases, tapestries of teenage idols... and models of silver-winged armor." Zuniga muttered in a low voice: "This missing knight has a wide range of hobbies."
"If he really likes her, then it means that he is young at heart... But according to what you said, he took the initiative to pursue An Kuang. If he is really young at heart, he shouldn't kill himself, right?"
Zuniga muttered a few words and shook his head: "I'll study it first, and we'll see you in Qingshuiqu later."
Angel nodded and said goodbye.
The contact card flashed, and Zuniga's card face slowly changed back to the elegant and sexy printed girl "Dan".
"Can you stop pinching me?" Dan blinked pitifully. His long eyelashes seemed to be covered with silver powder, shining like tears.
Angel thought about it and nodded: "Okay."
He just snapped his fingers, and a wooden box appeared out of thin air in the magic hand.
Under Dan's helpless gaze, the contact card was put into the wooden box. When the box was closed, everything became pitch black.
Dan gritted his teeth in hatred. It would be worse to be pinched. At least when being pinched, he could see some light through the gaps between his fingers...
With a sigh, the contact card returned to silence.
……
While waiting for Zuniga, Angel was not idle either. He sat on the sofa and turned on the God's perspective again.
This time, his eyes turned to Lizzie first.
Lizzie is the deputy director of the literature and art department of Tina Entertainment, and Tina Entertainment is directly under the Fashion Guild. In a sense, Lizzie is also a senior figure in the Fashion Guild.
The information she knew and the connections she could mobilize were among the best in Modern City.
Angel wanted to see how Lizzie, or the Guild of Fashion, viewed the former noble knight. Did they know that he was missing?
The contact with Lizzie went smoothly, but Lizzie didn't know much about the Dark Round Table. The only thing she knew was the current Seven Knights. She was completely confused about the former Seven Knights.
However, Li Zi's status is there, and she can easily retrieve a lot of information: "Please wait a moment, I will ask someone to retrieve the information now."
Lizzie contacted an assistant and retrieved the corresponding information directly from the Fashion Guild’s headquarters.
It takes time to retrieve the information. While waiting, Angel also asked about the progress of Lizzie's task.
"I have found out the identity of the corpse under the floor of the cleaning room. Her name is Xia Diya. She came to work at Tina Entertainment six years ago. She works during the day as a cleaning lady."
"She resigned five years ago and hasn't been seen since."
Angel: “Resign?”
If she had resigned, why did she appear under the floor of the cleaning room? Moreover, judging from the clues in the mission, she was murdered?
Lizzie: "Generally speaking, people who appear in the cleaning room are basically cleaners, and that corpse is a female corpse, and she died more than five years ago, so I checked the files of all cleaners from five years ago, and then I found Xia Diya."
"As for why Shadiya was able to resign after she disappeared... because it was not her who resigned. It was the head of the cleaning department at the time who resigned on her behalf."
Generally speaking, it is the individual who resigns, and then the boss resigns on his behalf, which is obviously wrong.
It was because of this strange discovery that Lizzie conducted an in-depth investigation and found out that Xia Diya had been missing for five years, and before her disappearance, her boss came to resign on her behalf.
Angel: "So, the head of the cleaning department is the one who killed her?"
Lizzie nodded: "Yes, he has admitted it."
"What's the reason? Why did you kill her?"
Liz snorted coldly and said with some contempt: "You don't care about your lower body. You want to rape Xia Diya in the cleaning room, and then you lose your balance during her resistance, then..."
Angel shook his head: "...If you can't control your desires, you will become a prisoner of desires."
Lizzie: "When he found that Shadiya was no longer breathing, he dug up the floor and sealed her under the cleaning room. This kind of man is really hateful. He abused her when she was alive, and sealed her underground with cement after her death, leaving her to be trampled by passers-by. His crime is simply outrageous!"
Lizzie was really angry, her brows were raised and her tone was full of indignation.
Angel did not comment much on this. After a moment of silence, he said, "The wall next to the staircase on the third floor, the wall of the tea room on the fourth floor, the small garden on the balcony on the sixteenth floor..."
Ingres mentioned several locations in succession.
“These places are…”
Under Lizzie's puzzled gaze, Angel said slowly: "You can go to these places to have a look inside Tina Entertainment."
Li Zi's heart skipped a beat, as if she had thought of something: "Sir, inside..."
"Each of these locations contains one or more corpses," Angel said calmly.
Before that, he received a random task called "Hide and Seek in the Building".
The mission required him to use the entire building of Tina Entertainment as a hide-and-seek place and find fifteen human corpses hidden throughout the building.
At that time, Ingres used a God's perspective to peek inside the building and discovered the corpses hidden everywhere.
"I don't know if your company Tina Entertainment has any special traditions, but these bones are either sealed in the wall or built into cement." Angel: "If you are interested, you can go and see for yourself."
Lizzie did not ask Angel where he got the news. She was very sure that if Angel said it, it could not be false.
Lizzie pondered for a moment and nodded gently: "I understand, I will go and see it."
Although Lizzie didn't promise anything, her eyes suddenly became firm when she said this, and it was obvious that she had made some kind of decision.
"Some of the corpses are located in the offices of senior executives of your Tina Entertainment."
In other words, if you go watch it, you might get into trouble.
Lizzie frowned, seeming a little hesitant, but the determination in her eyes did not waver.
Angel chuckled; "If you need my help, you can always come to me."
Lizzie took a deep breath and nodded slightly.
"What happens next? After finding out the identity of the corpse, did you find her family?" Angel continued to ask.
The side quest that Angel received was "Return Home". Finding out the identity of the deceased was only the first step. The most important step was to send the deceased's body back to his home.
Lizzie's expression paused for a moment, then she shook her head helplessly: "No, and the more we investigate Shadiya's identity, the more strange it seems."
"She was renting a room in the North Thirteenth District at the time. I asked someone to check her address and found the landlord of the room at the time. The landlord told me that Xia Diya did rent a room from her, but she only stayed there one or two days a week."
"During the rest of the days, where did she go and where did she live? Xia Diya told the landlord that she lived in the company dormitory."
"But there is no record of her in Tina Entertainment's company dormitory."
Lizzie continued to investigate and found the roommate who shared a house with Xia Diya at that time. Her roommate also provided Lizzie with some clues, which were also very strange.
For example, Xia Diya has a lot of cosmetics, many of which are very expensive. In the eyes of the roommate, these expensive luxury cosmetics are not something that Xia Diya, a "cleaner", can afford.
In addition, there were almost no daily clothes in Xia Diya's closet, all of which were cleaning clothes. This also made the roommate feel something was wrong. Do you only work and not live?
If you don't have a personal life, why would you buy such expensive cosmetics?
In short, the more Lizzie investigated, the more she found that Xia Diya's identity was very strange.
"It does sound a little unusual." Angel also said. Judging from what the landlord and roommate said, Xia Diya seemed to have some secrets of her own.
However, this was actually within Ingres's expectations.
As a side quest, it certainly can't be that simple.
Looking up the name of the deceased can be done as long as you follow the steps, it is not difficult; obviously, the difficulty of this side quest lies in "sending him back home".
This may also be why the name of the side quest is "Return Home".
It is difficult to find the whereabouts, and even more difficult to return home.
"Do you have any guess about Shadiya's identity?" Angel asked.
Lizzie hesitated for two seconds and nodded: "Based on what my former roommate said, I personally feel that Xia Diya might be a... spy."
"spy?"
Lizzie nodded: "Yes, under the general environment five years ago, the company actually..."
"Wait." Angel was a little confused: "What was going on five years ago? Did anything happen five years ago?"
Lizzie: "Five years ago, the old chairman of Prada Media passed away. At that time, we sent many spies to Prada Media, and they also sent spies to us..."
"That was a very chaotic period. There was internal strife among the magicians, and even several company battles were launched. Many people died. But in the end, we came out on top."
"Not only did he alienate many of Prada Media's magicians and make them defect to the Fashion Guild, but it also seems that some spies killed Paipai. Oh, Paipai is..."
Angel: "I know who Paipai is."
However, this so-called pit kill should be fake. Paipai did not die, but just entered a dark corner.
Of course, it is also possible that Paipai was trapped in a dark corner by a spy from the Fashion Guild.
"In short, we won in the end, but the company was also riddled with holes because of the spies." Lizzie: "And, the ones who caused the internal trauma were not those magician spies, but ordinary people spies."
The magician's features are too obvious, and the fashionable magic he uses is iconic, so it's actually quite easy to distinguish.
Instead, ordinary people were ignored, which eventually led to a considerable turmoil.
Since then, an order was issued from above not to recruit any ordinary employees. This is why all the employees Angel saw when he went to Tina Entertainment were magicians.
"The ban on ordinary people was issued not long after Shadiya disappeared. So, if Shadiya hadn't died, she would have been laid off in the end. After all, she was just an ordinary person."
Lizzie: "So, under the circumstances five years ago, Shadiya's unusual behavior made me suspect that she was most likely a spy from the enemy."