Mystery Detective of the Steam World

Chapter 111 Two Ways to Eat a Fish?
The suite is still the same suite.

The people are still the same.

Well…

"So I'll go and sort it out."

Li Wei stood in the living room, looking helpless.

"You heard a woman crying coming from this room last night..."

"It was laughter."

Miss Chris added.

"It was a sound of both crying and laughing."

Selena gave a full statement.

"Then you called security guards, they broke down the door, and that's when you saw this."

Li Wei pursed his lips at the ground.

"You didn't come in, did you?"

"Who would dare go in..."

Security guard A replied timidly, and the others nodded frantically.

Li Wei wasn't worried that they were lying; in fact, given the current situation, most people would indeed hesitate to take the plunge.

Because in the center of the living room, there were two corpses lying there.

Those were none other than Elaine and John, both soaking wet and lying on the ground with contorted expressions. John's eyes were wide open, his hands raised forward as if trying to grab something. Elaine's eyes were also wide open, her face twisted in pain. She clung tightly to John's leg, as if trying to drag him down.

"What about the cause of death?"

Li Wei casually asked the doctor who was sweating profusely while performing an autopsy. The doctor had seen corpses before, but probably never one this horrific.

"Clear signs of drowning."

The doctor stood up, his face deathly pale. For him, determining the cause of death wasn't surprising, but the cause itself was strange. There wasn't a drop of water nearby; how could they have drowned? Of course, the sea was right next door, but it was the dead of night, and the entire place was completely enclosed. Even if someone wanted to kill them, they could have simply pushed them into the sea; why would they have pulled them out?

The doctor thought about it and started to feel terrified.

"Do you want to perform an autopsy? I don't think the family would object to you performing an autopsy on one of them."

Leaving Elaine aside, John is a member of the Porto family, so Selena would definitely allow the dissection. Given her opinion of John, she probably wished she could just tear him to pieces.

Dissection, in a sense, is also a physical dissection, which should give you some relief.

"I'd like to, but I don't dare."

The doctor, quite embarrassed, told the truth: he did want to, but the corpse's death was too strange, and he didn't dare.

"Are you sure it was drowning?"

“That’s right, look, the seaweed is still in its mouth…”

As he spoke, the doctor himself began to tremble.

Drowning is not surprising, but where are you going to find seaweed on this ship?

It wouldn't be surprising if someone drowned in the sea, but we're not in the sea...

The method of death is scientific, but it becomes very unscientific when combined with the environment.

"Why……………"

Looking at the pale-faced crowd, Li Wei sighed silently in his heart.

This guy really doesn't hold grudges overnight; he settled it that very day. Seriously, isn't that a bit too efficient? Where else would we wait until after the seventh day after death?
I guess people here don't care about this.

"I see."

Li Wei looked at everyone and pondered for a moment.

"How about this, could you arrange alternative accommodation?"

"That's a good idea. What are your plans?"

The inspector wasn't bothered; there were always some spare rooms on the ship, including first class. Even though first class was fully booked, once the ship set sail, some people would inevitably miss it for various reasons. Normally, everyone had their own rooms and wouldn't care. But now, with this situation, those empty rooms were suddenly available.

"Then, the rest of you should go and stay somewhere else."

Li Wei looked around and realized that now only Selena, the butler Byrne, and the maid Chris remained.

"Or we could switch rooms. I'll stay here, and you can stay in my room, how about that?"

"Hey?"

It must be said that everyone was taken aback when they heard Li Wei's suggestion.

"Mr. Li Wei, what's wrong with you...?"

"I'm here to solve the problem."

Li Wei, however, remained calm. "It's quite obvious that something's wrong here, and if you're willing, I'd like to resolve that issue."

"Is this... really okay?"

Normally, it would be virtually impossible to upgrade from such a luxurious suite to a regular first-class cabin. But given all the recent events, it's clear that even staying in this luxurious suite is questionable. If Li Wei wants to change rooms, everyone will definitely agree.

but………

"Are you really okay? After all, this..."

Even the head inspector was a little worried; the death of one person here before was enough to damage his reputation. Then tonight, two more died, and in very illogical ways. Now almost everyone suspects it's Rosalie's ghost haunting the place. Under these circumstances, how dare Levi still stay here?
"I'm here to solve problems; it's my duty."

Li Wei was speechless, but after all, this was his profession. Or rather, compared to ordinary detective work, these supernatural cases were his forte…

"Okay, if there are no problems, then it's settled."

Li Wei waved his hand, then turned and walked to the window, looking at the pitch-black sea outside.

At the same time, a mission prompt appeared before his eyes.

[The quest "Ghost Walk" is activated]

[Mission Objective: Find the cause of all these anomalies and eliminate it!]

One case, two task rewards—what a great deal!

Would you call this a case of getting two fish in one?
Although everyone didn't quite understand Li Wei's suggestion, they accepted it. After all, everyone was at a loss, except for Li Wei, who seemed quite calm and composed. He appeared reliable, and since he spoke with such certainty, they could only follow his advice.

Soon, Selena and the other two were moved to another room by the head of the disciplinary inspection department, while Levi's luggage was moved to the presidential suite. As for the two bodies, they naturally had to be removed. There was no way to have the dead and the living in the same room, was there?

Levi didn't stay in the master bedroom either, since Rosalie had died in that bed. Fortunately, this ultra-luxury suite had another bedroom, which Elaine occupied. Actually, this bedroom originally belonged to Selena, but Selena didn't like John and couldn't be bothered to see her sister and this pretty boy together all the time, so she switched rooms with Elaine and hid in a corner by herself.

Hmm... speaking of which, Elaine died too...

Never mind, as long as I don't die in bed.

Everyone worked quickly, and the matter was completed in just one or two hours. Li Wei, meanwhile, lay in bed and began to think.

Rosalie's case is sound; based on the evidence and theoretical deductions, it is indeed a suicide. Levi also used his "Soul Vision" to confirm his point. As for Elaine and John's deaths, strictly speaking, they aren't that problematic either. The grievances have their perpetrators, and Rosalie's desire to drag them down with her is understandable.

However... to say whether there are any problems or not, there are.

That is, Rosalie is too fast.

"Died yesterday, can kill today..." Li Wei didn't know much about the mysticism of this world, but according to the deductions of Li Wei's hometown, could a newly created undead at this time have such powerful strength?

Moreover, cases like Rosalie's are far more common in Fog City. Many of them are even more aggrieved and filled with more hatred than Rosalie. If it were truly that effective, wouldn't supernatural revenge be everywhere?
But in reality, even in Chongqing, supernatural and mysterious cases are still in the minority, at least not to the extent of being a "buy one get one free" deal.

Therefore, Rosalie's swift revenge killing must not be solely due to her strong resentment; could there have been some other catalyst?
The system task is to find the cause, which is quite ingenious. It means Rosalie herself isn't the problem. Or perhaps her death activated some kind of entity? And then things turned out this way? What could it be? Maybe I should ask Selena tomorrow if the Porto family also possessed something like the "Heart of the Ocean"?
After all, many of the mysterious events Li Wei experienced after arriving in this world were related to jewelry, and a wealthy man like Porto certainly wouldn't lack similar items...

As Li Wei pondered these thoughts, he gradually drifted off to sleep.

"Splash... splash..."

The sound of waves echoed in my ears.

Li Wei felt as if he were on a beach, lying in a chair, basking in the sun, enjoying its warm, soft temperature.

But this is not an illusion.

He opened his eyes and looked ahead.

A woman was sitting on Li Wei's lap, staring at him. Her large, round eyes were filled with passion and joy. She wore a thin nightgown, and in the soft light, one could even see her graceful curves through the sheer fabric.

The intoxicating fragrance wafts towards you, making you lose your composure.

“Detective…”

The woman reached out and placed her hand on Li Wei's chest, slowly moving upwards. Just as her slender fingers touched Li Wei's collar, she suddenly yanked her fingers towards his neck!
Almost at the same time, Li Wei also drew the gun from his waist.

"boom!"

The woman's head exploded instantly, then closed again, and she screamed as she staggered backward.

"Help! Detective! Help!"

At this moment, Elaine was completely different from her previous lively and adorable self. Her eyes were wide open, her mouth gaped, and her hands were desperately reaching for Levi. At the same time, an iron chain appeared around Elaine's neck, pulling her away rapidly.

Li Wei leaped out of bed and followed closely behind. Then he saw Elaine's ghost being pulled out of the room, out of the living room, out of the hallway, and disappear into the darkness.

At the same time, everything around us is changing.

The once luxurious, carpeted floor was now dilapidated. The clean, tidy walls had turned into wooden planks eroded by seawater, and everything around was beginning to sag and warp. When Levi stepped out of the room, he was no longer faced with a spacious, bright, and clean corridor.

It's more like a dilapidated corridor, as if it's been submerged in water for countless years, resembling a sunken ship.

"Goodness, this is getting interesting."

Looking at the dilapidated corridor and cabin before him, Li Wei sighed silently, then raised his gun.

He'd never seen a ghost ship before.

　It's so hot today. I slept until 1 a.m. before finally getting up to write this update. Ugh, so hot, so lazy, so meowing…

　　
　
(End of this chapter)