Chapter 180 Story Eight
Something happened indeed...it was still a big deal.
The camera followed Sheriff Andrew and Parn to the apartment building, with the dilapidated stairs, the walls with a musty smell, and the novel eyes of the surrounding residents were easily found.
There were people in front of a single room on the third floor. They looked curiously and looked up to the empty door. Then they retreated in panic, showing a fearful expression that was scared to the point of losing their souls. Several even pretended to fall to the ground... And those who had not seen it were trying hard to squeeze in front, wanting to see this scene only in the TV series to add a little after-dinner conversation to their pale life.
"Bastard! Get out of here!" Sheriff Parn roared, ignoring the dissatisfaction of the people around him for "watching the fun and not queuing up". He pushed the crowd away roughly and soon arrived at the door that had already been wide open, with Mr. Andrew following closely behind.
The camera followed and extended into the apartment.
This is almost the oldest room in the entire residential building. A mattress full of holes is spread on the ground, and the rest is countless wine bottles piled in the corner of the wall. This is undoubtedly a room for alcoholics who are evolving towards homeless people... There is not even a decent furniture, and you can see it clean at a glance. Oh, by the way, the reason why this place attracts so many people watching is because there is a hanging fan on the ceiling with a fan blade missing, and above it. A person is hanging, his feet are hanging in the air, swaying slightly, accompanied by a burst of overwhelming "squeaks".
It is worth mentioning that this person...is the drunkard who claims to be an eyewitness!
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The case is over.
There was no sign of sign... it was even absurd, like a war between two countries, and the army was already at the city, and a war to rewrite history was about to break out, but suddenly, the enemy king Gaba died of plague. Then the whole country rebelled collectively, the city gates were wide open, lights were decorated, flowers were paved, the whole city was gongs and drums were loud, and the streets were welcomed.
If this is really a movie, the screenwriter would probably be scolded to the grave and feel embarrassed to grow grass...
But it really ended like this.
In that single apartment, I found a yellow windbreaker stained with blood and a blood-covered dagger. After some simple blood types comparisons from the police station, it was possible to confirm that the blood stains on it were the same as those on the deceased, which is almost a solid evidence.
This is what it should have been. All he died was a homeless man, without friends or family. Even if he didn't die under the knife, he might fall into the well or freeze to death on the street after drinking too much next time!
No one cares about his death... except those boring media.
Detective Andrew's name was included in the list of police cooperation... and was also on the newspaper. As mentioned earlier, on the third day after the case, an unknown private detective, on his own, solved a murder incident before the police. This news could undoubtedly be put on the headlines of those pale and boring newspapers... As for the relationship between the murderer and the homeless man, or his motive for murder, issues such as these have become meaningless as the murderer commits suicide fearing guilt.
Why did he lie to be an eyewitness before committing suicide? In fact, if you think about it carefully, he might have surrendered that day, but because of Sheriff Parn's strife, he changed his attention. The reason why he drank so crazy in the bar at that time was probably to have a carnival at the end before his death. This kind of operation would be natural for an alcoholic.
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The case is over...but the story is not over yet. After the plot just now was revealed by the interlude shots, our perspective came to a bar, which was the bar where Mr. Paine brought the drunkard witness to Mr. Andrew. The perspective was still the same, and the blurry hazy shot in the distance was still unreal. Andrew changed into a new dress, and his chaotic hair was also sorted out, which made him look much more energetic, but his eyes still seemed worried.
He drank another glass of wine, put a piece of paper money on the table, and stood up.
The camera was always focused behind him, swaying, passing a few tables, and then came to a familiar door. He hesitated for a few seconds and then pushed open the door.
There is an alley outside the door. It is dark until late at night. You can vaguely hear traffic passing by on the road. After a few seconds, the camera gradually adapted to the faint light, and then the camera rotated. Only then did we see the whole picture of this alley, which was where the homeless man died.
Andrew smiled slightly after seeing the scene in front of him.
The picture suddenly interrupted and it was pitch black
In the darkness, a phone ringing sounded, followed by Andrew's voice...
"Hello......"
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After that!
"The story ends!" The sound of the TV sounded, and the expression made of line segments also appeared on the screen again.ヽ(ω)ゝ
"ah?"
"Nani?"
Chen Xiao and Youren shouted in unison.
"What the hell, this is the end?" Chen Xiao shouted.
The TV said with great certainty: "Of course! The story is over!" ╰(*'︶`*)╯
Yurenjun also asked quickly: "So, can the clues in the story be purchased anymore?"
"Yes!" the TV replied: "Because the previous rules also said that if the picture changes, the problems shown in the previous picture cannot be purchased."
"Well... it seems that I don't want the contestants to bid for the last phone call, but... I still have 300 left to bargaining chips, how should I use it?" asked Yourenjun.
"Yes, yes, I have more than 300 left, how can I use it?" Chen Xiao also shouted with a look of shame.
The TV interrupted the two of them: "Although the clues in the story can no longer be auctioned, you can still ask questions, but the answers you get are "yes" and "no"!
Also, according to what I calculated, Mr. Chen Xiao’s remaining chips should be only 238 points.”
"Uh~ I know, I just rounded it up a little." Chen Xiao explained without any hesitation.
The TV seemed lazy to pay attention to him, so he continued: "However, since the story is over now, every time you ask a question, you must tell the whole story. If the narration is wrong, then exchange rights, and the other party asks questions and narrates, and repeat them until the real story truth is inferred! Of course, the person who finally gets the truth is the winner of this competition!"
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"Ha, so that's how it is. So it seems that the time is coming to decide the outcome..." Yurenjun said with a smile, then raised his hand and shouted, "Ask a question!"
This should have been a moment of fighting for narrative rights, but Chen Xiao hesitated for a moment and actually spread his hands and posed for a "invitation".
Yurenjun was stunned: "Haha, so that's it... Then, I'm not polite." As he said that, he asked: "Is the reason why Sheriff Parn helped Detective Andrew because of money?"
"50 o'clock!" said the TV, and then Yurenjun's cell phone rang. It seemed that the questions raised at this moment were no longer asking whether to buy them, and they directly deducted the chips and sent the answers.
Yurenjun glanced at the answer displayed on his phone and smiled sly, just as I thought: "Then, I'm going to start telling this story."
As he said that, he cleared his throat with great stance.
"Everyone has heard the question I just asked, and the answer I got was "yes". Now, the answer is almost revealed.
Sheriff Parn needs money because he is nearly 50 years old. As a police officer who has been running on the front line and has never been promoted, this is already an age to be unable to do it. He knows that if that day comes, he will lose his existing source of income and will be even more unlikely to obtain custody of his daughter. He can only become an idle man who is chewing pensions and waiting to die... Oh, by the way, I forgot that there is a person here who doesn't know Sheriff Parn's information. Haha."
As he said that, he looked at Chen Xiao with a sarcastic look on his face: "Then, let me just talk about it briefly. Sheriff Parn has divorced and left the house with nothing. Moreover, he probably hasn't seen his daughter for a long time. This is his heart disease for many years.
Then, we are here to the story we see. Before he retired, he found a unknown third-rate detective, Mr. Andrew, and promised that he would turn him into a famous detective. In exchange, after becoming a famous detective, he would divide each case into himself or give himself a sum of money directly. The specific transaction content is no longer important... In short, Mr. Andrew, as a third-rate detective, must have accepted the transaction happily.
However, what Sheriff Paine didn't expect was that for a long time after that, the neighborhood under his jurisdiction was very quiet, and no major cases had happened, and those trivial matters made Mr. Andrew not interested...
Time passed by little by little, and the time when Sheriff Parn left his post was getting closer and closer, so... he panicked.
He became nothing for work, living alone in a single apartment, losing his family, losing happiness, and even losing his job. He placed all his feelings on his daughter. If he lost it, what's the point of his life?
This idea made him radical.
Finally, he directed a "homicide case" himself.
This is why the dead person is a homeless man without friends or family! How could someone be idle and killed? The reason is... no one will really investigate the cause of his death.
After that, he found another drunkard who had nothing, the witness, and asked him to meet Mr. Andrew at the bar, creating an illusion similar to "I want to surrender before my death, but hesitated and could only buy drunk".
In fact, the testimony he said was taught by Sheriff Paine, which not only gave Mr. Andrew an advance measure, but more importantly, he found a scapegoat.
The morning after leaving the bar, Sheriff Paine made an appointment with a drunkard witness to meet in the old apartment building, probably for giving him a reward. Then he killed the other party and pretended to commit suicide. He also covered his door in a false way so that the neighbors could find his body. Then, Sheriff called Andrew. The plot afterwards was as shown in the picture. The two stayed in the cafe opposite until the body was discovered. As for the yellow windbreaker and bloody weapon, he forged it. It was really easy for a sheriff in charge of this case to get some blood from the body. Andrew, with his method of determining the case, it was impossible to compare with Sheriff Paine who had been struggling on the front line of crime.
In this way, a solo show directed and performed by Sheriff Paine killed two bottom-class scumbags in society where no one cared about life and death, and packaged a detective, got a sum of money, and at the same time, it washed away his suspicion. The last call was undoubtedly called by Sheriff Paine, and the plan was so successful... Of course, we have to celebrate, of course, asking for rewards is a more reliable statement."
Yourenjun smiled and told the whole story. I have to say that his story deserves the four words "featured".
But just before he could even take the position of a winner
Chapter completed!