After being fed to top-tier orcs, I became the darling of the entire intergalactic world.

Chapter 421 Split Up to Speed ​​Up the Progress

Liang He's words do make sense; no matter how large the study is, its layout is still completely visible.

Even if she did manage to poison the count within ten minutes, it would only be possible if the count failed to notice.

For the Count to remain unaware, he either had to leave the study or be drugged. However, at 4:30, the doctor explicitly stated that he had seen the Count.

"Oh dear! This is so complicated! My brain is completely fried..."

You sat there listlessly in the chair, barely wanting to move.

However, no one knew what Lyra's motives were, so they kept searching outside for clues about the guards.

"Tsk, look what I found!"

Elius somehow found a document that clearly stated four words: "The Gold Theft Plan".

"Are you a thief?"

Landon, who happened to be nearby, glanced at the document and immediately identified Lyra.

Leila readily admitted to this.

"That's right, I'm actually... a thief."

As Lyra spoke, she glanced at Elius, seemingly unintentionally, as if she were about to unleash a powerful attack right in front of him.

"However, my principle is to rob the rich and help the poor, and the count was a target I determined after various investigations."

Not all wealthy people will be targeted by her.

“I have investigated the count. He is not as benevolent as he appears. He stole his gold to help those who are about to starve to death. I don’t think there is anything wrong with that.”

Lyra, immersed in her persona, defended herself with righteous indignation.

"So, what is your motive for killing me?"

Was Lyra killed because she was enraged after her theft failed, or because the Earl discovered her scheme?

“I have no intention of killing the Earl; I only want to steal the gold bars.”

"In other words, if you killed the Earl, it could only have been a crime of passion."

Liang Jia stared at Leila's expression, as if trying to determine whether she was lying.

[A crime of passion? With such a meticulously planned scheme, it's unlikely to be a crime of passion, right?]

[The guard's and the young lady's timelines largely overlap, but since she was in the outer room, it was actually impossible for her to sneak into the study through the secret passage.]

[I think, what if the young lady and the guard were in cahoots? Then their alibis would be completely overturned.]

Among the nine suspects, the young lady and the bodyguard seem to be linked too closely; I also have serious doubts about them.

[So, there's more than one perpetrator? How did you come to this conclusion?]

[Oh no!!! I didn't expect it might be two culprits, I've already voted! My precious votes!!!]

Netizens have concluded that there is more than one perpetrator in this case, but if it is a group, the voting process will be even more difficult.

Only when everyone accurately identifies the two murderers can the case be considered a successful identification of the killers.

"Let's go to the richest man's room now."

Lyra's motives for killing her were not entirely clear, but they did not have any further clues.

Now only Elius's murderous intent hasn't surfaced, so we need to go to his room to search.

"How about we split up and go our separate ways? We'll have a second roundtable discussion later anyway."

Goring glanced at the time and felt that the progress was a bit slow, mainly because the map was quite large. Splitting up and acting separately could speed things up.

No one else had any objections; they also wanted to end the live stream of the murder mystery game as soon as possible.

"Then we'll split into two groups. The young lady and her wife, along with their three fiancés, will be in one group. The rest of you, come with me."

To be fair, Liang Jia, Nihaodu, and Gelin, who had previously searched the rooms on the third floor, were all assigned to search the first floor.

Evelyn had come for Liang He, so it wouldn't be good to separate the two of them. "Alright, let's meet in the conference room later."

After the teams were reassigned, Liang He walked through the secret passage to the other rooms.

Since their priority was finding Elius's murderous intent, after opening the hidden doors of several rooms, they immediately targeted the richest man's room.

Did you look for this drawer?

Liang He pointed to the drawer attached to the desk.

"I just searched, but I didn't find any clues."

Upon hearing Liang He's question, Cedril immediately leaned over to answer.

He and Elius are rivals, both in their characters and in real life, so he has no need to hide anything for him.

"Let me take another look."

Not wanting to directly criticize his own fluffy Lianghe, he simply said he would look for it again.

But her intuition told her that the clue should be in the drawer.

"Aren't these drawers all empty?"

Evelyn happened to see Cedril rummaging through the drawer.

She saw Liang He pull all the drawers out, examine them, and then place them on the floor beside her before continuing to look through the other drawers.

There were three drawers in total. After Liang He emptied them, the hidden clue was finally revealed.

[Holy crap! There really was a clue hidden here?! How did the young lady even find it?!]

[This clue was hidden so cleverly! Isn't this a classic case of "blind spots"? Once everyone finds the drawer empty, they definitely won't search it thoroughly anymore.]

I doubt anyone besides the young lady would have guessed that the clue was hidden in the very crevice between the drawer and the back panel of the cabinet...

Having successfully found the clue, Liang He took it out and placed it on her desk.

Apart from Elius, everyone else gathered around.

"So you were an investor in the consciousness transfer project from the very beginning."

After reviewing the clues, Langdon raised an eyebrow in surprise, not expecting that Elius's character was quite different from what he had imagined.

"You made a deal with the Earl to jointly develop consciousness transfer technology in order to profit from it."

Unexpectedly, just as the research was about to succeed, the count suddenly wanted to kick him out of the game, preparing to take control of everything and use it to manipulate those in power.

"So, your murderous intent was actually that the Earl discarded you after you had served your purpose, and then burned your bridges after you had served your purpose?"

Liang He immediately thought of the gold bars she had found in the richest man's room.

"That chest of gold bars wasn't actually brought to the castle by you, but given to you by the Earl, right?"

It's likely that they want to repay the richest man's previous investment and thereby avoid further cooperation.

“That’s right. When the Earl came to me, he hoped that I would provide the funding and he would be responsible for finding people to develop consciousness transfer.”

Once successfully developed, it would essentially allow some people to achieve immortality.

This allure, along with the benefits and connections behind it, is exactly what Ellie, the richest man in the country, needs.

Thus, the richest man and the count hit it off immediately.

"But when his research was about to succeed, he tried to fob me off with a box of gold bars. How could I tolerate that?"

The richest man invested far more money and effort in this study than in a box of gold bars. Isn't the count really humiliating?

Oh wow~ I thought the richest man was a victim or something, but I didn't expect him to be the villain~

[That's good. If everyone were a victim, I wouldn't have the heart to vote. After all, the Earl truly deserved to die!]

If it's for money and power, I think the richest man is highly suspicious. And given his intelligence, creating a complex locked-room murder wouldn't be difficult for him.