Chapter 12: Lewd Cruise (11)
Hearing this terrifying answer, Ji Ning's eyes widened in horror. How could such a dreadful rule not be clearly stated in the hints!
Ji Ning also realized that Xing Ye could know things he had never experienced, which showed there was indeed a huge gap between a newcomer who hadn't cleared an instance and a seasoned player.
She began to wonder, what exactly was it like after clearing an instance?
Xing Ye soothingly patted her hand and said in a low voice, "You should rest first and take care of yourself. I'll go find a way to investigate the corpse. And that suspicious Captain."
"Then I'll go too." Ji Ning didn't want to reap the rewards without effort. Considering her identity, she explained to Xing Ye, "I'll go check on that escort I found earlier."
"Alright, be careful." Xing Ye admired her attitude, especially since the plan she mentioned wasn't dangerous.
The two split up, agreeing to meet back up for lunch.
Hugging her arms, Ji Ning strolled around the deck as if casually, and finally spotted her at the stern.
From the list provided by the system, she knew this NPC was named Yang Yi, but Ji Ning knew she still had to pretend not to know her.
Ji Ning walked over to Yang Yi's side and leaned on the railing just like her, sighing, "Just thinking that the killer is still on board makes it so terrifying. Could it be some kind of murderous maniac…"
She looked at the sea, watching Yang Yi from the corner of her eye, and noticed that after hearing her words, Yang Yi's expression tensed up for no reason. She stammered in agreement: "Yeah... yes, so scary."
Yang Yi seemed very uncomfortable with Ji Ning bringing up this matter, and her fear wasn't the same kind as one would have about a murder case.
Ji Ning felt that Yang Yi definitely had a secret.
Recalling that she had also seen Young Master Hui looking for Yang Yi the night before, she couldn't afford to underestimate Yang Yi's importance.
Yang Yi might be a witness, or perhaps a participant. In any case, she couldn't reduce her attention on her just because she looked delicate and harmless.
After all, in movies and novels, the person who seems least likely to be the killer is often the final truth.
Ji Ning always kept this in mind.
After thinking for a moment, Ji Ning probed with another lament: "I was taken away by a young master last night and was with him the whole time. I have no idea how something like this could have happened."
Yang Yi didn't directly address Ji Ning's topic, merely sighing simply: "Ah…"
According to Ji Ning's estimation, if Yang Yi had an alibi, she would have followed her lead and talked about where she was last night. This was an obvious psychological tendency.
Assuming both were outsiders to the murder case, when personal alibis were mentioned, anyone would naturally chat about it, more or less.
But Yang Yi avoided the topic entirely. And then she turned and left shortly after.
Continuing to chase after Yang Yi would seem off, so Ji Ning had no choice but to return to the fitting room to get her phone and see if she could, like Xing Ye, search for any information about Yang Yi online.
Ji Ning searched for a long time on search engines and several social media apps, but the name Yang Yi was too common. The amount of search results was enormous, and she couldn't find any information about this specific Yang Yi.
Ji Ning had no choice but to return to the deck and wait for Xing Ye.
After Young Master Hui was murdered, the cruise ship turned back. Young Master Hui's girlfriend was still in a state of collapse, and no one on board stepped forward to uphold justice or find the killer; everywhere was chaotic.
Ji Ning sat at the bow, still trying to search for news about Yang Yi.
Unfortunately, even when Xing Ye returned, she still hadn't found anything.
"How did it go?" Ji Ning looked up at Xing Ye's face, trying to gauge whether the outcome was good or bad from his expression. Unfortunately, Xing Ye's face always maintained that stern, cold look, and she really couldn't tell.
Xing Ye sat down beside Ji Ning and said to her, "The knife wound on the body is strange. The wound slants to the right, and there's also a fatal wound on the back of the head."
"Slants to the right?" Ji Ning immediately caught on, gesturing with her hand. "Is it because the knife was held in the left hand that the wound slants to the right?"
Xing Ye nodded.
Ji Ning's eyes widened slightly, thinking of the left-handed bodyguard. Could the knife wound have been made by him?
Xing Ye said in a low voice, "And I also happened to overhear that Player No. 5, who got the Bodyguard role, found out that the man left his room for a long time last night."
With these two pieces of information combined, the answer to who the killer was seemed to point directly at the left-handed bodyguard.
Just at that moment, the system panel lit up with a notification.
Ji Ning opened the panel and saw an additional line of text below:
【Player No. 5's answer was incorrect. Elimination enforced.】
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