Chapter 19 Chapter 3 Blood Stained Island
For the rest of that night, Ruoping explained the principle of the swimming pool incident, but only pointed out the solution, and did not explain the motive and related details, because he himself was still groping in the clouds.
Sakai was both excited and disappointed. He concluded: "What you said is very reasonable, but there are still too many doubts, and there is no evidence, but it is still a new direction of thinking."
"Collect evidence tomorrow morning." After breakfast the next morning, Ruoping and Sakai returned to the room. Sakai turned on the computer to send and receive letters. After a few seconds, he beckoned Ruoping to come over, staring at the screen, and said : "Look, it's a letter from the Li police officer, which contains information about Chen Shanjun. It seems that the police officer has already done a 'net worth investigation'."
The letter contained not only Chen Shanjun's photo, but also his background, interpersonal relationship and other data. Sakai moved the cursor to the beginning of the file, ready to read it carefully.
At this time, the phone in the room rang suddenly.
"I'll come," Ruoping picked up the microphone on the bedside table, "Hello."
"Excuse me, is it Mr. Lin Ruoping or Mr. Sakai?" The other party spoke Chinese and sounded like a man with an unusually low voice.
"I'm Lin Ruoping."
"Is Mr. Sakai here?"
"Yes, may I ask if you are..."
"I'm Qiu Shiling. I'm sorry I have a cold, so my voice is weird...Listen, I hope Mr. Sakai will not know what I'm going to say, please don't open your mouth, I will tell you everything."
Ruo Ping did not make a sound, he glanced at Sakai, the detective was still concentrating on the letters in the computer, sitting there like a fossil.
"After I broke up with you yesterday," Qiu Shiling continued, "I couldn't sleep at night. I went to the beach for a walk in the early morning. I found a figure on the beach, who was bending over a yacht. I didn't know what it was doing. I approached At first glance, that person raised his head, unexpectedly...it turned out to be Chen Shanjun! So he is still alive!"
Ruoping was about to exclaim involuntarily, but he held back, the other party paused, and continued: "Chen Shanjun saw me and seemed to recognize me too, but he wasn't panicked at all, he said it was so late, What are you doing at the beach? Because I was too shocked, I hesitated for a long time before asking him where the days disappeared. He said that he thought I was not bad, and he didn't intend to hide it from me. He got a yacht , currently hiding in a small island in the Gulf of Siam, and asked me to keep it a secret for him. He only revealed so much to me, and I promised again and again that I would never say anything, and then I was about to leave the sea. Most importantly, Before leaving, he accidentally told me that tonight... no, it should be said that at two o'clock in the morning tomorrow, he will disembark from the same place and go to a certain nightclub to do some business. His attitude is very calm, so calm that it is creepy. In short After hearing these words, I couldn't help telling him that two detectives came to Pattaya to investigate his affairs and you better be careful. He seemed a bit shocked when he heard that, but he quickly regained his composure and asked What kind of detective I am, I will tell the truth. He said he hoped to talk to you, as if he wanted to negotiate some conditions with you. The time was two o'clock in the morning the next day, and the place was where he landed—from The beach not far from your hotel. He said he doesn't like Japanese people and just wants to talk to you. If he finds out that you are showing up with Sakai, he won't show up. That's all I have to say, I didn't comply for him Promise of secrecy, hope I'm doing the right thing. Good luck."
After a "click", there was only a beep from the other side.Ruo gently put down the microphone, turned around and returned to the computer.
"Who? We've been talking for so long." The detective was still manipulating the mouse, his eyes glued to the screen.
"It's nothing, my family's Juno called, saying that I didn't call her anyway, and I was scolded."
"Juno?" Sakai asked with his mouth open, the smoke that had been trapped between his lips almost fell out.
"Yes, Queen of the Gods of Rome. By the way, I will give you a piece of advice, don't forget to call the woman, even if there is nothing... By the way, what did the letter say?"
"Yes, the letter!" Sakai patted his thigh and moved the mouse cursor, "There is a lot of useful information, let me summarize it for you. First of all, Chen Shanjun is a lonely person, his parents have conservative ideas, and everything follows the tradition. Chen Shanjun himself has no What kind of friend, the interpersonal circle is very simple; he has a half-brother who often travels overseas; and the closest to him is a girlfriend who has been dating for eight years, who was introduced by his parents. According to the woman , their relationship is quite stable and flat, with almost no waves. At the beginning of this year, Chen Shanjun won the first prize of the bank's lottery and traveled to Thailand for a week for free. Since returning from that trip, his whole person has changed, often absent-minded, and his eyes are empty , I don’t know what I was thinking. I called him several times and there was no response, and he became very cold, and every few seconds he nervously turned over the phone cover, or secretly hid to talk on the phone in the middle of the night.
"The following is my speculation: Chen Shanjun's relationship with his parents is indifferent, and his family members say they can't figure out his thoughts. He may disobey his parents because of his conservative family and cannot abandon his "destined" wife to pursue a foreign marriage. There is a strong pressure. But he is fascinated by the woman in Thailand, and he can't wait to fly to Thailand to be with her. In order to solve this dilemma, he came up with a way to elope, which is to disappear Rendering it as a supernatural event to conceal the essence of the relationship between men and women behind it! If he directly abandons his girlfriend and goes to Thailand, he will definitely be accused by his family of being immoral; but if he makes his supernatural disappear, this situation will be avoided. His family and girlfriend It won't be hurt that much.
"In order to rehearse the script of the disappearance incident, Chen Shanjun first went to Thailand and used a fake identity-Dong to create the illusion of a 'cannibal swimming pool' to pave the way for subsequent actions. This is also the first disappearance method. Rehearsal. With the same event twice in a row, people will be more convinced of its supernatural mystery, and will automatically classify the second event as the same series of events, reducing suspicion.
"Afterwards, Chen Shanjun himself disappeared again, which is the second disappearance event. This time he disappeared completely, kept his name incognito, and lived a happy life with his Iraqi. What do you think of this hypothesis?"
Ruoping digested Sakai's reasoning, and replied: "It seems to explain it well, but there are still many doubts. For example, if Dong is pretending to be Chen Shanjun, how to talk to the hotel staff in Thai? According to the description of the hotel staff, Dong's Thai It is quite fluent, and it is completely the tone of a person who is proficient in Thai; and how did Chen Shanjun get a fake ID? In addition, it seems that the drive to design such an event just to get rid of family pressure is not strong enough. Of course, this It’s hard to say, we can’t understand other people’s mental state.”
"So, you don't agree with me?" Sakai seemed a little disappointed.
"On the contrary, I think your direction is very correct. It is very likely that Chen Shanjun will direct and act on his own. In the case of Dong, the rooms on both sides of Room 7 were reserved. It should be to avoid being witnessed by others. This all points to In addition, the beginning of the two disappearances—the scene of being attacked by a transparent ghost in the room, unless it is explained as self-directed and self-acted, there is no other answer. Plus those two bottles of wine...
"And do you still remember that in Michai's testimony, Dong was wearing long-sleeved clothes before jumping off the building? It's too abnormal to wear long-sleeved clothes in summer, and it's basically a precautionary measure for fear of being burned by fire... It's just, performing The skills needed to jump off a building and disappear seem to be something that just one person can’t do.”
"I forgot to tell you," Sakai turned around and began to manipulate the mouse again, "Looking at the data here, after graduating from university, Chen Shanjun once participated in a group called 'Body Art Performance'; later, he left the group because he was dating his girlfriend, and started to find another group. Work makes a living. Besides, he majored in gymnastics in college." Speaking of this, Sakai showed a satisfied smile, "Shen Zhaopeng shot the key to the disappearance trick and was silenced. Maybe Dong was also killed by him. Look Come on, Chen Shanjun is really a murderous demon, and as you said, he has the quality of dreaming."
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"Now, as long as we find out his whereabouts, the truth of this case will be revealed. The question is, where is he now?" Regarding this question, Ruoping hesitated to speak.At this moment, his heart was full of tension and uneasiness; the interlaced images in his mind were Chen Shanjun's melancholy face and the weird blue figure in the ghostly photo.
For the rest of the morning, Ruo Ping and Sakai compiled the key points of the investigation and gave them to the police officer, including checking the entry records of passengers who entered Taiwan from Thailand a few days before Shen Zhaopeng was killed, and more data about Chen Shanjun.Although previous investigations showed that after Chen Shanjun disappeared, he did not return to Taiwan, but they still hope to make a more thorough confirmation on this point.In addition, they also wrote the current investigation progress report and sent it back. At the end of the letter sent by Police Officer Li, the progress of Shen Zhaopeng's case has been explained, but no major breakthrough has been made yet. At noon they went to a Chinese restaurant in Pattaya and tasted the long-lost Chinese cuisine; then Sakai suddenly received a call from the secretary of the wealthy businessman whose jewels were stolen, saying that the case had some Follow-up question, I hope he can go to the center of Bangkok soon.Since it was difficult to refuse, Sakai had to leave immediately and told Ruo Ping that he would resolve the matter early and come back. In the afternoon, Ruoping returned to the hotel. When he passed the counter, he asked the staff on duty in English. "How long will the reservation record be kept?" The young man at the counter looked up, a little surprised, but when he saw the police card in Ruohei's hand (of course it was given to him by Sakai), he immediately said hesitantly, "One week." "Well, can you give me the key to Room 7 on the ninth floor, please? There should be no occupants now, right?" The man didn't ask much, and immediately handed over the key.Ruoping took the key and walked to the elevator. He went directly to Room 7 on the ninth floor, opened the door and went in.There was a dusty smell coming out of it, as if no one had been there for a long time. He looked around and opened the balcony door, but didn't step in. There was a cylindrical marble relief on the wall, and the other seemed to be broken; Ruoping hesitated for a moment, squatted down, and searched the balcony floor, and then simply knelt down on his knees, looking for and sniffing food like a dog. Ten minutes later, he found three white particles near the wall; he carefully wrapped them in paper, put them in his pocket, and left the room. After returning to the room, when Ruoping was about to lie down on the bed to rest, a cell phone rang suddenly in his pocket; he hurriedly put his right hand into the pocket to search, but unexpectedly, his finger slipped when he took it out, and the screaming cell phone fell directly There was a groan on the floor, and there was no sound at all. He picked up the phone while cursing, and the screen displayed a missed call: Yu Jie.It's his sister.After pressing the button a few times, there was no movement at all. It seemed that the machine had crashed.He turned off the phone, opened the case, reinserted the SIM card, put the cover back together, and restarted.Because the time was reset to zero after reinserting the card, he checked the electronic clock in the room and reset the time before dialing Yu Jie. "Hello?" After the call was connected, a familiar voice came from the other party. "You just called me?" "That's right... how is your side? I went to find out how to make an international call." Yu Jie's tone seemed to be less cheerful than usual. "The case is a bit troublesome. I'll call home when it's over. What's the matter?" "It's okay...then when will you come back?" "In a few days." "Hmm." There was a sudden silence. "What's the matter? There must be something wrong if you call me, right? You don't usually care about me so much." Although his tone was teasing, there was also a trace of uneasiness. "I've been playing tarot recently..." Yu Jie's voice was very soft, "I just did a simple divination, anyway, you have to be careful..." "Tarot cards? It's not like you don't believe in such things..." There was a sudden beep, and the phone fell silent.out of battery.Ruo Ping cursed again, but he could only stare at the phone.He took out the charger from his luggage, plugged it in, and started charging; at the same time, he was thinking about the current predicament in his head.Divination?Aren't the ghost photos and ghost disappearance events enough?He shook his head, sighed, and collapsed on the bed.
After dinner in the evening, he roamed the streets of Pattaya. There is a "Walking Street" (Walking Street) where cars cannot enter after 8 pm.He picked a bar on the street, walked in, sat down at a corner seat, and ordered a drink.Not far away, a bald gringo with tattoos all over his arms was embracing several long-haired women in revealing black leather jackets and boots. He watched all this quietly, noting the time on his phone from time to time. As time passed, the crowd in the bar increased instead of decreasing, and various people passed in front of him; several women sat beside him, but he cleverly avoided them. It was close to two o'clock in the morning, Ruoping left the bar and walked towards the seaside.He crossed Beach Road and walked down the soft sand, treading carefully so the sand didn't seep into his shoes.The water of the Gulf of Siam lies silently under the night sky, as if shy to float during the day. There was a yacht on the beach, and because of the dim light, it was hard to see if there was anyone inside.He hesitated for a moment, and walked towards the yacht. Although the yacht was leaning against the shore, the bottom of the boat was completely submerged in the water.Ruoping didn't want to wade into the water, so he stopped by the water's edge. "You're here." Someone said from behind.He turned around abruptly, and saw a figure standing in the darkness. Because of the dim light, he could only vaguely see that the man was wearing a dark-colored jacket and trousers, and a dark-colored fedora on his head, with the brim of the hat pressed extremely deep. Only a pair of sharp eyes were exposed.The voice of the other party was very low, as low as a treasure chest sunken in the sea.He looked at Ruoping and said, "It's not a good habit to be late." "What are you talking about? I arrived earlier than the appointed time," Ruoping sneered, "Is this your voice? It's exactly the same as on the phone; this kind of disguise turned out to be a failure, proving that you are the one who called this morning .” The other party also sneered a few times, and suddenly changed his tone, "I haven't passed the voiceprint identification, so I can't prove that it's the same person's voice. But your sense is very keen, and I was indeed the one who made the call in the morning." "Why pretend to be Qiu Shiling and ask me out? Are you Chen Shanjun?" "Me?" He laughed again, "It doesn't matter who I am, but I want to ask you, do you know the answer to the disappearance of the swimming pool?" "Not everything is clear, but as long as you give me a little more time, I believe the truth will come to light." "Of course you discussed this with Seiji Sakai?" "That's right." "Do you know that the investigative work you are doing is a very dangerous thing?" "What do you mean by that?" "It's just that you may lose your life at any time." For some reason, when the man in the fedora hat said this, there was a sense of tremor in his tone. "Could it be that you..." He suddenly had an ominous premonition. "If you want to see your good friend Seiji Sakai, he is sitting at the front of the yacht right now." "Damn it!" A terrifying premonition erupted in an instant, and Ruoping stepped into the knee-high water, trudging towards the bow of the boat with difficulty. No wonder Sakai hasn’t come back so late. It turns out that the design of sightseeing yachts near Pattaya is almost the same. There is a small space in the bow for riding and enjoying the thrill of riding the wind and waves; the driver’s seat is next to the riding space in the bow. The rear cabin of the new car is a space with a canopy, which is the place where passengers are mainly carried. The seating pattern is two parallel rows of seats. If Ruo Ping went around the bow, he could see two legs protruding from the floor of the bow, and the part above the knees was hidden in the rear cabin, so he couldn't see clearly.He hurried forward, trying to climb up the yacht, but there was no ladder at the bow, when he climbed up, the hull tilted in the water due to his weight, Ruoping lost his balance, and fell into the water, salty The salty sea water poured into his mouth and nose as if he had found an outlet. He struggled painfully and tried his best to prop up his body. Just when he finally stood up and his head was out of the water, a white plane suddenly rushed towards his face and squeezed towards his face; a strange smell invaded his nostrils following the smell of sea water, and he suddenly felt powerless ;He wanted to break free, but his body was restrained by a powerful force.It didn't take long for him to fall into a drowsy world, surrounded by powerlessness, and couldn't lift his energy anymore.
As if his whole body was suffocated by being stuffed into the drainpipe, he was swimming in the darkness, and as far as he could see was a vast expanse of darkness, which made people dizzy.He felt it was difficult to breathe, the darkness surrounded his side, stretched out his magic hand with claws and claws, covered his eyes, pinched his neck tightly, and made a deafening roar, his whole body was heavy and sluggish, and he no longer knew which dimension he was floating in. Then, a burst of fragrant and green sweetness suddenly invaded the nostrils, and the whole body had a strange feeling on the skin, as if the smell had all been transformed into soft caterpillars, and a magnificent parade was launched on his body, trampling every part of his body back and forth pores. In an instant, a slit suddenly opened in the dark space, as if split by light, and it split horizontally. The central slit was slightly oval, like an eye... He opened his eyes.There was indeed darkness in front of him, and the strong smell forced him to admit its existence; in the next moment, he found that he couldn't move, and the direction of his arms was quite awkward. The reason is awakened, and the eyes are no longer confused by the darkness, but gradually penetrate into the darkness, analyzing the essence covered by it. There are trees in front of you, that's right, it's a forest.And his own body happened to be close to one of the trees.Judging from the twisting sensation of his hands, his wrists should be entangled with ropes; he was standing with his back against the tree trunk, his hands were wrapped around the trunk and crossed, and the ropes were tied around his wrists. It seems that he is bound, but what is the purpose of binding him here? He became aware of the scent again, and when he smelled it carefully, it seemed to be bananas; when he looked down, he suddenly found that his whole body was covered with sticky residues, even on his cheeks!Roll your tongue out and immediately taste the sweet crumbled banana.But that muddy touch is quite uncomfortable. He looked out from between the trees on the opposite side, and saw dots of glowing sea surface; then there was a sudden sound of yacht engine starting; it was harsh at first, and then gradually faded away. Could it be...he is on some island?Ruoping struggled to break free, but the rope was tied tightly, and it was really difficult to exert force behind his hands.He found that he could only circle around the trunk because his body was not tied to it.The trunk of the tree has a branch at Ruoping's right waist, just in front of his right forearm, which is tied behind his back. Therefore, his body cannot turn to the right, and he can only turn to the left until it touches the branch and then turns back. .Just circling around in this way did not help the rope to be freed. He only felt that his bare arm was very painful from the friction of the bark, so he stopped still and forced himself to think of a way to escape. rustle.rustle. Ruo Ping listened, and there seemed to be movement in the bushes in front of him. Not far away, a short figure came slowly; the two long arms brushed aside the weeds, and stood on the ground a few meters in front of him, staring at him. Although the light was not bright enough, he could still recognize the outline of the person who came from, it was a real monkey! Suddenly, he understood everything.In the sea not far from the coast of Pattaya, there is a monkey island, which is the first scenic spot opened by the navy to tourists. The monkeys released here are the most unruly and difficult to discipline.This place is like the Alcatraz Island where the felons were exiled in the movie "Jedi Mission".There have been incidents where tourists went to the island and were attacked by monkeys collectively. Therefore, the yacht arranged by the travel agency will at most take the passengers to the sea a short distance from the shore, prepare food in advance and provide them to the passengers, and then feed them by throwing them , to avoid danger. That said, most monkeys here can be aggressive.The news that someone was slaughtered by monkeys before appeared in his mind. He was probably drenched in banana juice.It seemed that the man in the black hood was using him as bait, and this was no joke.The monkey in front of him may be awakened by the sound of the yacht and attracted by the smell of bananas.In short, we must quickly find a way. It looked like a little monkey, it was moving slowly, Ruoping could only watch it fixedly, his feet were on standby, ready to move at any time.In an instant, the little monkey jumped up to the branch on the right side of Ruoping, grabbing Ruoping's head with both hands; Jacket.The deep stabbing pain just pierced into the flesh.The little monkey jumped up with hands and feet together, as if it was going to jump on top of his head.With his head in a mess, instinctively he pushed his head forward with all his strength and hit the monkey's head.The little monkey let out a shrill scream, and then fell to the grass. Ruoping felt a pain in his head, and when he heard the monkey's scream, he knew something was wrong.There were more rustling sounds from the trees in the distance, and in an instant three burly monkeys had appeared in front of them, with their eyes wide open and their teeth bared, staring at Ruoping desperately. In this case, if you continue to stare at the monkey, it will be mistaken for hostility and you will be attacked.But actually in that situation, it was really hard for him not to stare at the monkey; even so, he found that his reflexes were abnormally fast, and even before the monkey in front of him took any action, he hurried to the monkey. Turn left so that the jumping monkey bumps headlong into a tree trunk.He continued to turn left until his left arm hit a branch; the second monkey quickly circled in front of him, but as he jumped up, Ruoping gave a violent forward kick with his left foot, which hit the monkey in the face.There was a sudden tearing pain in his right thigh, and it turned out that the first monkey attacked him again; he tried to turn left to avoid it, but hit a branch again. If it goes on like this, you will definitely die! While struggling, his left arm kept hitting the branch of the tree, and in a single thought, he suddenly had a plan!He started to hit the tree branch with his left body continuously to the left. The tree branch is not thick, as long as the force is strong enough and the impact continues, it should be able to break it; but at the same time, he has to avoid the attacks of two monkeys. The only weapons to rely on are the head and feet, and the only defensive move is to turn around the trunk. It didn't take long before my thighs and chest were scarred, my jacket and trousers were torn, and my arms were bruised from rubbing against the bark. How could he die at the hands of monkeys!Turning sharply to the left with all his strength, his left arm went numb for a while, and the tree branch snapped with a snap. He immediately stepped on the broken surface of the trunk where his wrist was tied behind his back, and began to rub left and right vigorously. His eyes were blurred, blood was flowing from his body, and his hands were in great pain; because of the excessive force, even the skin near the binding site was scratched by the sharp tree tops at the fracture site, and he could even imagine the picture of his wrists being torn apart. Now I can only gamble, as long as there are spikes on the fracture surface, continuous friction should be able to break the rope! Just as he was dizzily throwing off the monkey climbing up again, with a snap, his hands were free again. Because he kept the posture behind his back for too long, it was difficult to stretch his hands freely at the same time, but seeing the two monkeys jumping towards him again, he immediately bent down and grabbed the broken branch, and drew a semicircle in the air with force, and the monkey was swept away in an instant on the ground. More monkeys appeared around him, and they surrounded him with a mighty force. Ruoping ran desperately, and ran straight to the sea. —Oops, I can't swim!He looked around anxiously, and there were some stones scattered in the sea not far from his left hand. The top of the farthest boulder seemed to be flat, and he might be able to climb up to take refuge temporarily; , but this is the only option. When he got to the shore and stepped into the water, the wound felt unbearable pain as soon as it touched the sea water. He waded forward for a while, and the water was waist deep, but the big rock was still some distance away.Turning his head, he saw that the group of monkeys had stopped on the shore, gathered and clamored, but did not touch the water; some monkeys even picked up stones on the beach and threw them at him, so he had no choice but to continue walking. Seeing that the water was getting deeper and deeper, and he was almost on the verge of extinction, he tried his best to recall the floating and fetching that he had learned before, and while taking a breath, he dived into the water. The sea water caressed his whole body, and he felt like he was swimming in a sea full of needles, and he almost cried out in pain!The wounds on his body screamed like tears, and his head fell into madness and chaos. After finally touching the rock, he immediately stretched out his hand to grab it, squeezed out all the strength in his body and climbed out of the water, trying to climb up the big rock. The surface of the stone was obviously uneven. He could grasp the protruding part, but he couldn't hold it. His hand slipped, and he sank to the bottom of the water again. The torrent of water was poured into the mouth and nostrils, and the pain was unbearable, and the whole consciousness was fainted; it was like the tentacles of an octopus inserted from the mouth and nostrils, constantly pushing deep into the body, trying to squeeze his soul out of the body . Ruoping couldn't control his frantic swinging and struggling, waving his limbs to grab something, but they all missed; he felt the world spinning, and instantly felt the fear of death so close to him for the first time.
Seiji Sakai parked the car in the Royal Land parking lot.He looked at the electronic clock on the car, it was already two forty in the morning.Today's incident has an unexpected follow-up development, but he has successfully resolved it, and the client is quite satisfied, and insists on inviting him to have a midnight snack and watch a ladyboy show.It's finally over now.I wonder if Ruoping is asleep? The surroundings were silent, he locked the car and walked towards the hotel gate, when a burst of music sounded, he took out his mobile phone from his pocket and looked, it was a text message from Ruoping: I have something urgent to go out tonight, I will be back later , Please open the door for me then. Sakai frowned, and immediately dialed the phone back to Ruoping, but it turned out that he was on the phone. He put the phone back in his pocket and walked into the hall.At first glance, there seemed to be no one at the counter, but when I got closer, I found that Michai was lying on the table and seemed to be asleep.He shook his head, reached out and took the room key from the side. After taking the elevator to the tenth floor, he strolled to his room, opened the door with the key, and turned on the lights in the room. He saw a piece of note paper lying flat on his laptop, with Ruoping's handwriting on it: He stood there staring at the note for a while, then took out his phone and read the text message just now.The room was surprisingly quiet, his eyes wandering between the phone screen and the note. At this time, there was a knock on the door.Without any hesitation, the detective quickly came to the refrigerator, took out a glass bottle of soda from inside, held the bottle upside down, and tiptoed to the door. There was a second knock on the door.He put the doorknob with his left hand, leaned against the side of the closet, and opened the door gently. The door suddenly rushed in, and then a white light slashed down. Behind the door, Sakai's back was close to the wardrobe, and he was not cut; Unclear face. He kicked forward, the man reacted very quickly, turned around suddenly, dodged the attack, Sakai kicked hard on the wall next to the bathroom door, he felt a pain in his toes, and his upper and lower teeth were not aligned. Consciously stuck tightly. The opponent seized the opportunity and stabbed with a knife in his backhand.When a person is in an emergency, the reflexes are really developed, and the body will even take action to protect itself without thinking about the brain, sometimes at an astonishingly fast speed; in the short moment when the short knife stabs, Sakai's right hand holding the glass bottle looks like It was like a bowstring rebounding, and it hit the opponent's wrist. The knife was released from the man in black's hand, flew into the bathroom, and hit the floor with a loud sound. The man snorted, seeing that the situation was wrong, he turned his head and flashed out of the room.Sakai threw away the glass bottle and chased after him. The man in black turned right and ran towards the elevator and the building on the right, but he didn't enter the elevator, but ran directly to the stairwell, and disappeared from Sakai's sight at an extremely fast speed. It may be that there was a previous experience of chasing stairs. Sakai almost jumped down the stairs, but the opponent's movements were also very fast, and he was always able to lead again when he was about to be overtaken; especially Sakai stepped on his right toe every step. A burst of pain more or less reduced the speed of the chase. On the first floor, the man in black rushed out the door, crossed the hotel's vestibule square, and ran to the second road to the north. As if he didn't care about the vehicles on the road at all, the man in black crossed the road directly without stopping.A black car honked its horn and slammed on the brakes; Sakai who came to the edge of the road could only see that the car was still gliding after braking and was approaching the man in black, almost hitting it.At that moment, several cars whizzed by in the next lane, so Sakai couldn't find a chance to cross the road, and couldn't see what happened on the other side. When the field of vision was finally clear again, I saw the black car parked in place, the driver cursed frequently, then stepped on the accelerator and drove away quickly. There was no sign of the man in black around.He stomped his feet in frustration, and the injured part of his right foot immediately felt a sharp pain in protest, like a silent laugh.The thick night fell upon him.
For the rest of the morning, Ruo Ping and Sakai compiled the key points of the investigation and gave them to the police officer, including checking the entry records of passengers who entered Taiwan from Thailand a few days before Shen Zhaopeng was killed, and more data about Chen Shanjun.Although previous investigations showed that after Chen Shanjun disappeared, he did not return to Taiwan, but they still hope to make a more thorough confirmation on this point.In addition, they also wrote the current investigation progress report and sent it back. At the end of the letter sent by Police Officer Li, the progress of Shen Zhaopeng's case has been explained, but no major breakthrough has been made yet. At noon they went to a Chinese restaurant in Pattaya and tasted the long-lost Chinese cuisine; then Sakai suddenly received a call from the secretary of the wealthy businessman whose jewels were stolen, saying that the case had some Follow-up question, I hope he can go to the center of Bangkok soon.Since it was difficult to refuse, Sakai had to leave immediately and told Ruo Ping that he would resolve the matter early and come back. In the afternoon, Ruoping returned to the hotel. When he passed the counter, he asked the staff on duty in English. "How long will the reservation record be kept?" The young man at the counter looked up, a little surprised, but when he saw the police card in Ruohei's hand (of course it was given to him by Sakai), he immediately said hesitantly, "One week." "Well, can you give me the key to Room 7 on the ninth floor, please? There should be no occupants now, right?" The man didn't ask much, and immediately handed over the key.Ruoping took the key and walked to the elevator. He went directly to Room 7 on the ninth floor, opened the door and went in.There was a dusty smell coming out of it, as if no one had been there for a long time. He looked around and opened the balcony door, but didn't step in. There was a cylindrical marble relief on the wall, and the other seemed to be broken; Ruoping hesitated for a moment, squatted down, and searched the balcony floor, and then simply knelt down on his knees, looking for and sniffing food like a dog. Ten minutes later, he found three white particles near the wall; he carefully wrapped them in paper, put them in his pocket, and left the room. After returning to the room, when Ruoping was about to lie down on the bed to rest, a cell phone rang suddenly in his pocket; he hurriedly put his right hand into the pocket to search, but unexpectedly, his finger slipped when he took it out, and the screaming cell phone fell directly There was a groan on the floor, and there was no sound at all. He picked up the phone while cursing, and the screen displayed a missed call: Yu Jie.It's his sister.After pressing the button a few times, there was no movement at all. It seemed that the machine had crashed.He turned off the phone, opened the case, reinserted the SIM card, put the cover back together, and restarted.Because the time was reset to zero after reinserting the card, he checked the electronic clock in the room and reset the time before dialing Yu Jie. "Hello?" After the call was connected, a familiar voice came from the other party. "You just called me?" "That's right... how is your side? I went to find out how to make an international call." Yu Jie's tone seemed to be less cheerful than usual. "The case is a bit troublesome. I'll call home when it's over. What's the matter?" "It's okay...then when will you come back?" "In a few days." "Hmm." There was a sudden silence. "What's the matter? There must be something wrong if you call me, right? You don't usually care about me so much." Although his tone was teasing, there was also a trace of uneasiness. "I've been playing tarot recently..." Yu Jie's voice was very soft, "I just did a simple divination, anyway, you have to be careful..." "Tarot cards? It's not like you don't believe in such things..." There was a sudden beep, and the phone fell silent.out of battery.Ruo Ping cursed again, but he could only stare at the phone.He took out the charger from his luggage, plugged it in, and started charging; at the same time, he was thinking about the current predicament in his head.Divination?Aren't the ghost photos and ghost disappearance events enough?He shook his head, sighed, and collapsed on the bed.
After dinner in the evening, he roamed the streets of Pattaya. There is a "Walking Street" (Walking Street) where cars cannot enter after 8 pm.He picked a bar on the street, walked in, sat down at a corner seat, and ordered a drink.Not far away, a bald gringo with tattoos all over his arms was embracing several long-haired women in revealing black leather jackets and boots. He watched all this quietly, noting the time on his phone from time to time. As time passed, the crowd in the bar increased instead of decreasing, and various people passed in front of him; several women sat beside him, but he cleverly avoided them. It was close to two o'clock in the morning, Ruoping left the bar and walked towards the seaside.He crossed Beach Road and walked down the soft sand, treading carefully so the sand didn't seep into his shoes.The water of the Gulf of Siam lies silently under the night sky, as if shy to float during the day. There was a yacht on the beach, and because of the dim light, it was hard to see if there was anyone inside.He hesitated for a moment, and walked towards the yacht. Although the yacht was leaning against the shore, the bottom of the boat was completely submerged in the water.Ruoping didn't want to wade into the water, so he stopped by the water's edge. "You're here." Someone said from behind.He turned around abruptly, and saw a figure standing in the darkness. Because of the dim light, he could only vaguely see that the man was wearing a dark-colored jacket and trousers, and a dark-colored fedora on his head, with the brim of the hat pressed extremely deep. Only a pair of sharp eyes were exposed.The voice of the other party was very low, as low as a treasure chest sunken in the sea.He looked at Ruoping and said, "It's not a good habit to be late." "What are you talking about? I arrived earlier than the appointed time," Ruoping sneered, "Is this your voice? It's exactly the same as on the phone; this kind of disguise turned out to be a failure, proving that you are the one who called this morning .” The other party also sneered a few times, and suddenly changed his tone, "I haven't passed the voiceprint identification, so I can't prove that it's the same person's voice. But your sense is very keen, and I was indeed the one who made the call in the morning." "Why pretend to be Qiu Shiling and ask me out? Are you Chen Shanjun?" "Me?" He laughed again, "It doesn't matter who I am, but I want to ask you, do you know the answer to the disappearance of the swimming pool?" "Not everything is clear, but as long as you give me a little more time, I believe the truth will come to light." "Of course you discussed this with Seiji Sakai?" "That's right." "Do you know that the investigative work you are doing is a very dangerous thing?" "What do you mean by that?" "It's just that you may lose your life at any time." For some reason, when the man in the fedora hat said this, there was a sense of tremor in his tone. "Could it be that you..." He suddenly had an ominous premonition. "If you want to see your good friend Seiji Sakai, he is sitting at the front of the yacht right now." "Damn it!" A terrifying premonition erupted in an instant, and Ruoping stepped into the knee-high water, trudging towards the bow of the boat with difficulty. No wonder Sakai hasn’t come back so late. It turns out that the design of sightseeing yachts near Pattaya is almost the same. There is a small space in the bow for riding and enjoying the thrill of riding the wind and waves; the driver’s seat is next to the riding space in the bow. The rear cabin of the new car is a space with a canopy, which is the place where passengers are mainly carried. The seating pattern is two parallel rows of seats. If Ruo Ping went around the bow, he could see two legs protruding from the floor of the bow, and the part above the knees was hidden in the rear cabin, so he couldn't see clearly.He hurried forward, trying to climb up the yacht, but there was no ladder at the bow, when he climbed up, the hull tilted in the water due to his weight, Ruoping lost his balance, and fell into the water, salty The salty sea water poured into his mouth and nose as if he had found an outlet. He struggled painfully and tried his best to prop up his body. Just when he finally stood up and his head was out of the water, a white plane suddenly rushed towards his face and squeezed towards his face; a strange smell invaded his nostrils following the smell of sea water, and he suddenly felt powerless ;He wanted to break free, but his body was restrained by a powerful force.It didn't take long for him to fall into a drowsy world, surrounded by powerlessness, and couldn't lift his energy anymore.
As if his whole body was suffocated by being stuffed into the drainpipe, he was swimming in the darkness, and as far as he could see was a vast expanse of darkness, which made people dizzy.He felt it was difficult to breathe, the darkness surrounded his side, stretched out his magic hand with claws and claws, covered his eyes, pinched his neck tightly, and made a deafening roar, his whole body was heavy and sluggish, and he no longer knew which dimension he was floating in. Then, a burst of fragrant and green sweetness suddenly invaded the nostrils, and the whole body had a strange feeling on the skin, as if the smell had all been transformed into soft caterpillars, and a magnificent parade was launched on his body, trampling every part of his body back and forth pores. In an instant, a slit suddenly opened in the dark space, as if split by light, and it split horizontally. The central slit was slightly oval, like an eye... He opened his eyes.There was indeed darkness in front of him, and the strong smell forced him to admit its existence; in the next moment, he found that he couldn't move, and the direction of his arms was quite awkward. The reason is awakened, and the eyes are no longer confused by the darkness, but gradually penetrate into the darkness, analyzing the essence covered by it. There are trees in front of you, that's right, it's a forest.And his own body happened to be close to one of the trees.Judging from the twisting sensation of his hands, his wrists should be entangled with ropes; he was standing with his back against the tree trunk, his hands were wrapped around the trunk and crossed, and the ropes were tied around his wrists. It seems that he is bound, but what is the purpose of binding him here? He became aware of the scent again, and when he smelled it carefully, it seemed to be bananas; when he looked down, he suddenly found that his whole body was covered with sticky residues, even on his cheeks!Roll your tongue out and immediately taste the sweet crumbled banana.But that muddy touch is quite uncomfortable. He looked out from between the trees on the opposite side, and saw dots of glowing sea surface; then there was a sudden sound of yacht engine starting; it was harsh at first, and then gradually faded away. Could it be...he is on some island?Ruoping struggled to break free, but the rope was tied tightly, and it was really difficult to exert force behind his hands.He found that he could only circle around the trunk because his body was not tied to it.The trunk of the tree has a branch at Ruoping's right waist, just in front of his right forearm, which is tied behind his back. Therefore, his body cannot turn to the right, and he can only turn to the left until it touches the branch and then turns back. .Just circling around in this way did not help the rope to be freed. He only felt that his bare arm was very painful from the friction of the bark, so he stopped still and forced himself to think of a way to escape. rustle.rustle. Ruo Ping listened, and there seemed to be movement in the bushes in front of him. Not far away, a short figure came slowly; the two long arms brushed aside the weeds, and stood on the ground a few meters in front of him, staring at him. Although the light was not bright enough, he could still recognize the outline of the person who came from, it was a real monkey! Suddenly, he understood everything.In the sea not far from the coast of Pattaya, there is a monkey island, which is the first scenic spot opened by the navy to tourists. The monkeys released here are the most unruly and difficult to discipline.This place is like the Alcatraz Island where the felons were exiled in the movie "Jedi Mission".There have been incidents where tourists went to the island and were attacked by monkeys collectively. Therefore, the yacht arranged by the travel agency will at most take the passengers to the sea a short distance from the shore, prepare food in advance and provide them to the passengers, and then feed them by throwing them , to avoid danger. That said, most monkeys here can be aggressive.The news that someone was slaughtered by monkeys before appeared in his mind. He was probably drenched in banana juice.It seemed that the man in the black hood was using him as bait, and this was no joke.The monkey in front of him may be awakened by the sound of the yacht and attracted by the smell of bananas.In short, we must quickly find a way. It looked like a little monkey, it was moving slowly, Ruoping could only watch it fixedly, his feet were on standby, ready to move at any time.In an instant, the little monkey jumped up to the branch on the right side of Ruoping, grabbing Ruoping's head with both hands; Jacket.The deep stabbing pain just pierced into the flesh.The little monkey jumped up with hands and feet together, as if it was going to jump on top of his head.With his head in a mess, instinctively he pushed his head forward with all his strength and hit the monkey's head.The little monkey let out a shrill scream, and then fell to the grass. Ruoping felt a pain in his head, and when he heard the monkey's scream, he knew something was wrong.There were more rustling sounds from the trees in the distance, and in an instant three burly monkeys had appeared in front of them, with their eyes wide open and their teeth bared, staring at Ruoping desperately. In this case, if you continue to stare at the monkey, it will be mistaken for hostility and you will be attacked.But actually in that situation, it was really hard for him not to stare at the monkey; even so, he found that his reflexes were abnormally fast, and even before the monkey in front of him took any action, he hurried to the monkey. Turn left so that the jumping monkey bumps headlong into a tree trunk.He continued to turn left until his left arm hit a branch; the second monkey quickly circled in front of him, but as he jumped up, Ruoping gave a violent forward kick with his left foot, which hit the monkey in the face.There was a sudden tearing pain in his right thigh, and it turned out that the first monkey attacked him again; he tried to turn left to avoid it, but hit a branch again. If it goes on like this, you will definitely die! While struggling, his left arm kept hitting the branch of the tree, and in a single thought, he suddenly had a plan!He started to hit the tree branch with his left body continuously to the left. The tree branch is not thick, as long as the force is strong enough and the impact continues, it should be able to break it; but at the same time, he has to avoid the attacks of two monkeys. The only weapons to rely on are the head and feet, and the only defensive move is to turn around the trunk. It didn't take long before my thighs and chest were scarred, my jacket and trousers were torn, and my arms were bruised from rubbing against the bark. How could he die at the hands of monkeys!Turning sharply to the left with all his strength, his left arm went numb for a while, and the tree branch snapped with a snap. He immediately stepped on the broken surface of the trunk where his wrist was tied behind his back, and began to rub left and right vigorously. His eyes were blurred, blood was flowing from his body, and his hands were in great pain; because of the excessive force, even the skin near the binding site was scratched by the sharp tree tops at the fracture site, and he could even imagine the picture of his wrists being torn apart. Now I can only gamble, as long as there are spikes on the fracture surface, continuous friction should be able to break the rope! Just as he was dizzily throwing off the monkey climbing up again, with a snap, his hands were free again. Because he kept the posture behind his back for too long, it was difficult to stretch his hands freely at the same time, but seeing the two monkeys jumping towards him again, he immediately bent down and grabbed the broken branch, and drew a semicircle in the air with force, and the monkey was swept away in an instant on the ground. More monkeys appeared around him, and they surrounded him with a mighty force. Ruoping ran desperately, and ran straight to the sea. —Oops, I can't swim!He looked around anxiously, and there were some stones scattered in the sea not far from his left hand. The top of the farthest boulder seemed to be flat, and he might be able to climb up to take refuge temporarily; , but this is the only option. When he got to the shore and stepped into the water, the wound felt unbearable pain as soon as it touched the sea water. He waded forward for a while, and the water was waist deep, but the big rock was still some distance away.Turning his head, he saw that the group of monkeys had stopped on the shore, gathered and clamored, but did not touch the water; some monkeys even picked up stones on the beach and threw them at him, so he had no choice but to continue walking. Seeing that the water was getting deeper and deeper, and he was almost on the verge of extinction, he tried his best to recall the floating and fetching that he had learned before, and while taking a breath, he dived into the water. The sea water caressed his whole body, and he felt like he was swimming in a sea full of needles, and he almost cried out in pain!The wounds on his body screamed like tears, and his head fell into madness and chaos. After finally touching the rock, he immediately stretched out his hand to grab it, squeezed out all the strength in his body and climbed out of the water, trying to climb up the big rock. The surface of the stone was obviously uneven. He could grasp the protruding part, but he couldn't hold it. His hand slipped, and he sank to the bottom of the water again. The torrent of water was poured into the mouth and nostrils, and the pain was unbearable, and the whole consciousness was fainted; it was like the tentacles of an octopus inserted from the mouth and nostrils, constantly pushing deep into the body, trying to squeeze his soul out of the body . Ruoping couldn't control his frantic swinging and struggling, waving his limbs to grab something, but they all missed; he felt the world spinning, and instantly felt the fear of death so close to him for the first time.
Seiji Sakai parked the car in the Royal Land parking lot.He looked at the electronic clock on the car, it was already two forty in the morning.Today's incident has an unexpected follow-up development, but he has successfully resolved it, and the client is quite satisfied, and insists on inviting him to have a midnight snack and watch a ladyboy show.It's finally over now.I wonder if Ruoping is asleep? The surroundings were silent, he locked the car and walked towards the hotel gate, when a burst of music sounded, he took out his mobile phone from his pocket and looked, it was a text message from Ruoping: I have something urgent to go out tonight, I will be back later , Please open the door for me then. Sakai frowned, and immediately dialed the phone back to Ruoping, but it turned out that he was on the phone. He put the phone back in his pocket and walked into the hall.At first glance, there seemed to be no one at the counter, but when I got closer, I found that Michai was lying on the table and seemed to be asleep.He shook his head, reached out and took the room key from the side. After taking the elevator to the tenth floor, he strolled to his room, opened the door with the key, and turned on the lights in the room. He saw a piece of note paper lying flat on his laptop, with Ruoping's handwriting on it: He stood there staring at the note for a while, then took out his phone and read the text message just now.The room was surprisingly quiet, his eyes wandering between the phone screen and the note. At this time, there was a knock on the door.Without any hesitation, the detective quickly came to the refrigerator, took out a glass bottle of soda from inside, held the bottle upside down, and tiptoed to the door. There was a second knock on the door.He put the doorknob with his left hand, leaned against the side of the closet, and opened the door gently. The door suddenly rushed in, and then a white light slashed down. Behind the door, Sakai's back was close to the wardrobe, and he was not cut; Unclear face. He kicked forward, the man reacted very quickly, turned around suddenly, dodged the attack, Sakai kicked hard on the wall next to the bathroom door, he felt a pain in his toes, and his upper and lower teeth were not aligned. Consciously stuck tightly. The opponent seized the opportunity and stabbed with a knife in his backhand.When a person is in an emergency, the reflexes are really developed, and the body will even take action to protect itself without thinking about the brain, sometimes at an astonishingly fast speed; in the short moment when the short knife stabs, Sakai's right hand holding the glass bottle looks like It was like a bowstring rebounding, and it hit the opponent's wrist. The knife was released from the man in black's hand, flew into the bathroom, and hit the floor with a loud sound. The man snorted, seeing that the situation was wrong, he turned his head and flashed out of the room.Sakai threw away the glass bottle and chased after him. The man in black turned right and ran towards the elevator and the building on the right, but he didn't enter the elevator, but ran directly to the stairwell, and disappeared from Sakai's sight at an extremely fast speed. It may be that there was a previous experience of chasing stairs. Sakai almost jumped down the stairs, but the opponent's movements were also very fast, and he was always able to lead again when he was about to be overtaken; especially Sakai stepped on his right toe every step. A burst of pain more or less reduced the speed of the chase. On the first floor, the man in black rushed out the door, crossed the hotel's vestibule square, and ran to the second road to the north. As if he didn't care about the vehicles on the road at all, the man in black crossed the road directly without stopping.A black car honked its horn and slammed on the brakes; Sakai who came to the edge of the road could only see that the car was still gliding after braking and was approaching the man in black, almost hitting it.At that moment, several cars whizzed by in the next lane, so Sakai couldn't find a chance to cross the road, and couldn't see what happened on the other side. When the field of vision was finally clear again, I saw the black car parked in place, the driver cursed frequently, then stepped on the accelerator and drove away quickly. There was no sign of the man in black around.He stomped his feet in frustration, and the injured part of his right foot immediately felt a sharp pain in protest, like a silent laugh.The thick night fell upon him.