Chapter 9 Section 1

In the dark room, three men with dull expressions sat around a table. The ashtray on the table was full of cigarette butts, and it had been emptied several times. "Anyway," said a man who seemed to be the oldest, "we have to try to disguise it as an accident. Otherwise, if it is determined to be a homicide, there is no doubt that the Metropolitan Police Department will search immediately, and then it will be officially dispatched The police will investigate. That way they will definitely find the loophole." "Those guys will pester you endlessly." It was the youngest of the three who spoke, and he had never dealt with the police before, just based on his impression from TV dramas.

"Isn't it different?" said the man who had remained silent.He was fair-skinned, and wearing gold-rimmed glasses, he looked a little nervous. "Even if we make it look like an accident, the police will find it out soon after scientific and rigorous investigation. Then we may lose our lives because of this little trick. So this kind of disguise is very dangerous!" "What if it becomes a suicide?" The young man suggested again. "Cause poisoning, such as gas poisoning, and then prepare a suicide note." "This won't work." The elder immediately rejected his proposal.

"Why? If it was suicide, the police wouldn't be investigating endlessly." "There is no motive. That person is in good health, and he is not short of money. He doesn't seem to be in any particular trouble. Why would such a person commit suicide suddenly? Besides, we have to forge a suicide note first, which is impossible to write. If we Without a letter of entrustment, the handwriting alone would have given it away at once, and the use of a typewriter would have aroused suspicion." "So it can't be a suicide." The white-skinned man interrupted, "I think it's better to use proper means."

"Then let's cause an accident?" said the elder. "In this way, we don't need a reason like suicide. If we do everything seamlessly, the police shouldn't pursue it too much." "I think it's very difficult." The white-skinned man pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses, and then lit another cigarette, which was already unknown. "We're going to make it so seamless," said the older man, "that it's going to look like a bad accident anyway. We're going to get ready, and then we'll all talk together." "It's dangerous. I don't have much confidence."

"Why do you say that. Isn't it you who said that if the guy is alive, you will be the most unlucky?" "..." "So I think we have to make up our minds to do it now. Because of this, I came here on purpose. Didn't I say that the three cobblers are the best of Zhuge Liang?" "But there are many types of accidents. What kind of accidents are you planning to cause?" The youngest man seemed to agree with the elders. "A traffic accident?" The elder shook his head, "Traffic accidents are too dangerous. You may not be able to hit someone you know, and who should you ask to drive into it? Moreover, the disguise of the car involved in the accident is also very troublesome. Even if it is disguised, the police will investigate it. .”

"Then let it be gas poisoning or something." "No way." The white-skinned man said, "In the past, city gas was all carbon monoxide, but now it's all natural gas, which cannot be poisoned. In addition, first of all, if the gas leaks, the alarm will sound a siren; It’s also difficult because who would keep poisonous things around. The police would be suspicious.” "How about an accident where something falls from above and kills you?" the elder asked the white skin, trying to get him to agree with the accidental death. "Like letting a big chandelier fall from above. Wouldn't it kill someone so big to hit it on the head?"

Unexpectedly, the white-skinned man shook his head slowly: "That will indeed kill you, but how can you make it hit all at once? It won't work if you are not very sure." "Then it doesn't work according to what you say?" The young man scratched his scalp impatiently, then rubbed his untrimmed and long beard and said, "That man doesn't go out very much, so he doesn't know where to go." If you fall...of course you won't be drowned!" The elder suddenly frowned: "Drown..." "That's right." The white-skinned man also nodded slightly. "Drowning doesn't have to be limited to seas or rivers, you can drown even in a basin of water."

"Bathroom!" said the elder, "How about falling asleep in the bathtub and then drowning? There was such a report in the news a few days ago. It's just that this kind of death is a bit cruel." "Pop—" the white-skinned man smoked a cigarette, exhaled vigorously, then frowned, and shook his head gently two or three times, "It still doesn't work! To make that person sleep, you have to take sleeping pills first. It will be tested immediately. Besides, even if you fall asleep, you may not be drowned. It’s better not to do it.” "Why, can't this work?" The young man sighed.

"No, it's better to die in the bathroom." The white-skinned man said meaningfully, and the other two men stared at his face.He continued, "The bathroom is a place limited to one person. So some things can be done in the bathroom even if you can't do it in other places. For example, let the gas leak on purpose so that only the bathroom can explode, and then the bathroom will be destroyed. Isn't the bather finished?" "This method won't work." The elder said hastily, "Fire cannot be used. Accidents will happen." "This is just an example, there are other ways."

"For example—" The white-skinned man was silent for a moment, and then spoke his way.