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Chapter 245 The Detective and the Killer, the First Nested Puzzle

I heard the police officer say this.

The sheriff had no trust in Su Wen at all. He held a cigar between his legs and squinted his eyes as he spoke in a scrutinizing manner:

“Who hired you here? I don’t think the Bradleys would deliberately look for an unknown detective after calling the police.

Moreover, in such a short period of time.

Compared to the detective, I suspect that you have a direct relationship with this murder case."

Hear his question.

Su Wen did not feel any tension or pressure at all.

After all, just for this transitional plot, he had reloaded the save file nearly four times.

The handsome detective smiled and replied:
“I was employed by Ms. Delores Petty.

She is one of the attorneys general of the Federal Prosecutor's Office and the New York State Attorney's Office, and a third-level extraordinary person in the Judgment Department.

Is this name enough to dispel your concerns, Sheriff?"

That's right.

This name.

It was the person in charge that Miss Caroline mentioned.

No wonder she dared to hack into the FBI's database.

But Su Wen hid a fact.

Dolores did not agree to hire him. On the contrary, according to Caroline's description, he needed to do something to prove himself first.

and so.

Su Wen changed the logical order of everything and found a perfect opportunity for himself.

He believed.

When Dolores realizes her actions, she will fill in the last gap of this "white lie" for herself.

Apparently, this Brooklyn neighborhood police chief wasn’t even at the rank of superintendent.

At the same time, under the power structure of the triangular pyramid of separation of powers in the United States, he has no right to interfere in the affairs of Attorney General Dolores.

So the sheriff could only report to his superiors.

At the same time, Su Wen was required to conduct limited clue investigation under the accompaniment of police officers.

But these are limited.

For Su Wen, it is not critical.

He walked into the villa and saw a dozen police officers searching for evidence in the restaurant where the victim was found.

At the same time, a little white girl about twelve or thirteen years old was leaning against the door in fear, hiding next to her mother.

[Identification: Selina Bradley, the victim’s youngest daughter]

[Identification: Isabella Elsie, victim’s wife]

Just as expected.

After all, Caroline had previously provided him with video footage of Mr. Bradley's close associates.

But Su Wen didn't think the killer would be so bold as to disguise himself as Isabella.

The identification results also gave correct results.

He was in no hurry to approach and start a conversation.

Instead, he calmly looked around the items in the house.

Among them was the glass cup with poison on the rim.

[Identification: The wine glass was smeared with neurotoxin in advance. The toxin dissipated for nearly an hour]

in other words.

In less than an hour.

The killer had touched the cup.

This is also the information obtained by the New York Police Forensic Examination.

Simultaneously.

System prompts are displayed synchronously:

[Searched for the puzzle clue 'cup infected with neurotoxin']

[Please start to solve the doubts in the identification text]

See this line.

Su Wen understood why the difficulty of this game was not that high.

He also plays a lot of puzzle games.

It's very simple. For items that can leave clues, there are errors or incomplete key points in the identification text.

and so.

After a brief thought, Su Wen locked onto the only long sentence that might have a problem:

'The toxin dissipated for nearly an hour.'

After he got an answer in his heart, he calmly walked to the door of the victim, Mr. Bradley's wife:
“Ms. Isabella.

Excuse me, has anyone come into this room within one to two hours?"

After he revealed himself to be a detective sent by the state attorney general to investigate the serial killings.

Isabella gave an answer after some hesitation:
"The maid Becca cleaned the house two hours ago, but she hasn't left the house until now. Could it be that she poisoned it?"

“No, didn’t the New York police already explain that?
The poison took effect within an hour, so she is not a suspect."

Su Wen concealed his true intentions with a smile.

While the killer might still be watching here.

He gave a perfect false information.

In fact.

Su Wen has solved the first level of the puzzle:

[Under the influence of the Kirchhoff-Bunsen burner effect:
The spectrum of light affecting the onset of the toxin switches rapidly between light and dark, which also results in huge errors in timing.

in other words.

The toxin was applied within an hour, this is indeed false information.

The murderer poisoned the patient far more than an hour in advance. 】

and so.

If only the New York State Police were smart enough to uncover this clue.

Well, congratulations to them.

They will get a second, false answer that they think is the real answer.

He proudly took the maid Becca away as a suspect.

At this time.

The real killer who is watching everything in the dark will proceed and target Selina Bradley.

But the killer probably didn't expect that at all.

In just ten minutes.

Su Wen not only solved the first level of the puzzle.

He even understood:
The answer to the first puzzle, which was already extremely hidden, was still wrong.

therefore.

The handsome detective decided to use this as his strategy.

Let the killer fall into the trap himself.

He said to Lady Isabella elegantly:
"Can you help me contact the maid Becca? I have two questions I want to ask her."

Hear him say that.

The hostess called over the girl who had some freckles on her face, was trembling and looked very scared.

She whispered:
"Detective Kevin, do you have any questions?

I really know nothing about Mr. Bradley’s poisoning.”

Hear her say that.

Su Wen smiled and waved his hand:

"Don't worry, you are not a suspect.

But I'm a little curious.

Does Mr. Bradley drink alcohol during this regular time period each day?

Maid Becca answered honestly:

"Usually it's after dinner, but today he seemed very happy, so he came about an hour earlier."

"very happy?"

Su Wen calmly pondered the term:
"Ms. Isabella, there are three maids and two cooks in this luxurious villa of yours, right?"

The hostess nodded:
"Yes, but none of them have been in this restaurant in an hour. Only Becca cleaned it an hour ago."

"Can you show me the kitchen?

According to the maid Becca.

just now.

It should be dinner time, right? "

After hearing what he said, out of concern for Su Wen, not only Isabella, but also the Brooklyn District Sheriff of New York State brought four or five police officers to the restaurant with him.

The two chefs were staying in the rest area under the supervision of police officers.

Although due to the camouflage properties of the [Thousand-Faced God], those killers cannot be directly detected by the [Identification] skill.

But Su Wen still used the [Identify] skill to scan around and found the next key clue item:

'A spoon'

all of these.

This fully proves the correctness of his nested inference.

The killer of the Thousand-Faced God is hiding among these two chefs.

The information on the spoon clearly described:

[Identification: A spoon used to taste soup, which has been cleaned.

But the location where it is placed doesn’t seem so natural. 】

(End of this chapter)