Chapter 42 Chapter Seventeen

I managed to recover from my out-of-body state, and immediately ran to the bathing place.But the locker room was the same as the night before, still silent.Because of the murder, the bath water was not burned, people felt fear unconsciously, and no one dared to approach the bathing place, which made the whole locker room even more desolate and deserted.In contrast, at first glance, the bloodstain that almost merged with the black floor attracted all my attention. I listened, but couldn't hear anything.The whole hotel was silent, and no one was awake except the owner of the terrible hand.What's more, it hasn't been long since I saw my hand in the mirror until I ran here, and the other party may still be hiding nearby.When I thought of this, my chest tightened suddenly, and I ran out of the bathing place trembling all over.

It's just that even if I go back to the room, how can I keep calm?My dilemma is that if I wake up the hotel staff and tell them about it, I end up confessing the secret of the looking glass.Up to now, I am very regretful, why didn't I confess during the interrogation. However, even if I was annoyed, it was useless. Out of helplessness, I had to put aside the work of dismantling the peeping mirror equipment and paid a hasty visit to my only consultation partner - Kono.I woke him up in his sleep without any scruples, tried my best to lower my voice in order to avoid alarming others, and told the whole story in detail.

"That's weird." Kono also showed a surprised expression, "It's impossible for the murderer to come back on purpose. Besides, you only see the hand. How can you be sure that it is yesterday's murderer?" When I first heard this question, I realized that I had been so careless that I had never mentioned to him the scar on the back of the murderer's hand.At the same time, thinking that I couldn't be sure that the man who claimed to be Matsunaga or his companion had the same scar on the back of his hand, I felt instantly ashamed that I had been foolish enough to miss this important clue.

"I see, so there is such a mark." Kono looked very surprised. "Well, it's probably the right hand, with a thick black slash lying on it." "But, if you're not mistaken, it's even more strange." Kono said with a little suspicion, "Let's not talk about the staff of the hotel, I have even carefully observed the guests here, and I didn't see any of them on the back of their hands. There is a wound. The suitcase gentleman doesn't seem to have such a scar. You don't mistake the shadow on the back of your hand for a scar?" "No, if it's a shadow, it's too dark. Even if it's not a scar, it's a similar mark. I can't be mistaken."

"In that case, this is a very important clue. But relatively, this case is getting more and more bizarre." "These things have happened again, and now I am really worried about my secret agency. I want to take it down now, but I feel that the murderer is still lurking nearby, and I am terribly afraid." "Are you still planning to keep it a secret? That is a very good clue. But you are willing to tell me, I am very grateful to you. Actually, I want to investigate this case myself. Listen to me so suddenly, maybe you will think Strange, but I've always been interested in crime before."

Maybe it was my overthinking. At that moment, I had a thought in my mind that Kono wanted to hide the secret of the government's peeping mirror and take it for himself.He even volunteered "since you say so, let me help too" and helped me remove the speculum device. This is a very dangerous task.It was midnight at that time, but luckily no one was staying in the adjacent rooms. The scary thing was that the scarred man just now might be lurking in the darkness of the courtyard, secretly looking for an opportunity to attack us, maybe the criminal police were also watching nearby.We climbed up the branches like monkeys, paying attention to the movement in the courtyard from time to time, and moved cautiously.

The paper tube device simply fixes a few parts, and it is not difficult to take it off in a short time.It didn't take long for us to successfully complete the task and prepare to return to the room along the roof, but it happened at this moment. "Who!" A deep but powerful voice suddenly sounded from behind me, it was Kono's scolding. I couldn't help turning my head to see that in the corner of the other end of the courtyard, there was a black shadow squatting on the faint shore of the lake. "Who is it!" Kono shouted again. I saw the shadow stood up silently, and quickly disappeared behind the building, feeling as if he had run away.There are no tight walls here, and you can escape wherever you want as long as you follow the shore of the lake.When I observed the direction in which the black shadow was leaving, Kono jumped down from the roof, trying to catch up with the man.

It happened in an instant, and in the blink of an eye, both the fugitive and the pursuer were gone. I was too shocked, so I could only lie on the roof and stand in a ridiculous posture for a long time, but when I thought about it carefully, the sound of Kono jumping to the ground just now might have been heard by the people in the hotel.If this is the case, I must get back to my room as soon as possible.If this incredible paper tube is seen by others, all my hard work will be in vain.No, what's worse, lying on the roof in the middle of the night, how can we explain this inexplicable behavior?

So, I hurried back to the room, hid the device in my arms at the bottom of the suitcase, and immediately got into the bed that was made.Then I pricked up my ears in horror and waited quietly for the noise of the hotel staff. After a while, no sound was heard.No one seemed to notice the commotion.It was hard for me to let go, but I was worried about Kono's safety. "Failed." Not long after, the branches rustled, and Kono appeared at the window safe and sound.He sat next to my pillow as soon as he entered the room, and reported to me the results of the hunt. "That guy slipped too fast and lost it in the end. However, I picked up a good thing and got a piece of evidence by accident."