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"The deputy conductor is interrogating the prisoner. I will inform him and go find the guests later."
"I'm very anxious."
The female conductor hesitated for a moment, then turned and walked forward: "Please follow me."
Toby relaxed his tense heart a little and signaled Leon, who was holding Misha's hand, to follow.
I walked past the long tables that occupied half of the carriage and followed her to the rest area in the back half of the carriage.
"Knock, knock—" She knocked on the door in the middle of the townhouse. "Mr. Assistant Conductor, a guest said he is anxious to see you."
Inside the house, the faint voices coming through the door fell silent for a few seconds.
"Click——"
The door was halfway opened, and the assistant conductor who had just left poked his head out: "What's the hurry... is it you?
I said, it's dangerous now, please return to your room immediately."
The deputy train conductor was a very large man, and he covered the small gap in the door tightly.
Toby was not in a hurry because he couldn't see what was happening to Wino and Clessie in the dimly lit house.
He adjusted the collar of his windbreaker: "Actually, I'm a detective."
Chapter 169: Toby can't hold it back, the staff sent by mail
"detective?"
The deputy conductor and the female conductor looked at Toby blankly.
This confused him.
Judging from the style of the train and the passengers' attire, Hogwarts should have a certain connection with Ying Country.
How could you not have heard of detective?
Facing the increasingly suspicious looks of the two, Toby explained helplessly: "It's a job to collect clues and solve various cases."
The deputy conductor understood what he said: "Sir, do you want to inspect the scene?"
"Yes."
Toby was very confident.
Although he didn't know much about Wino's character, he knew that Clessie was definitely not someone who would murder a magician.
They are not able to do it either.
"Although I think this is an unnecessary move...but since you want to see it."
The assistant conductor walked out of the room, closed the door, and tapped the door handle with the round stick in his hand: "Come with me."
Toby and Leon's eyes were glued to the round wooden stick in his hand.
The magic wand, can't be wrong!
They were all excited at the thought that they would soon be able to master this power.
But first you have to successfully pass the entrance exam.
Keeping their composure, they took Misha's hand and followed the deputy conductor back to room number five in carriage number thirteen.
The deputy conductor waved his wand and the door opened automatically.
They were worried that leaving Misha alone outside might cause her to run into danger, but letting a child witness a dead body was too cruel and might even leave her with psychological trauma.
Toby squatted down and held Misha in his arms, covering her eyes with his right hand.
"Then let me reconstruct the crime scene."
Contrary to their expectations, the deputy conductor did not ask them to start checking, but instead pointed his wand at the air in front of him.
The scene that followed shocked Toby and Leon so much that they didn't even care about the most important thing: the body of the murdered magician.
A translucent figure suddenly appeared sitting beside the bed. His appearance and figure were undoubtedly that of the dead magician.
He held a book in his hand and read with his head down.
A few seconds later, Clessie and Wino, who were also translucent, walked in through the door.
The two men put down their suitcases, looked at each other, and suddenly took out a round wooden wand from their backs, pointed it at the magician, and muttered something.
The magician raised his head and inexplicably lay back on the bed, with blood gushing out from under his body.
In a few seconds, the white sheets were soaked into blood red.
Then the two men put their wands back at their waists, turned around and prepared to leave, and bumped into the deputy conductor who rushed into the room.
Later on, there is the scene where Toby and the others arrive, so you don’t need to watch it.
The illusory figure disappeared, and the deputy conductor looked back at Toby: "If you need, I can replay it again."
Toby's eyes were dull, and he finally understood why the other party didn't understand the detective at all.
It turns out that the wizarding world doesn't need detectives at all.
They just replayed the crime scene like a movie. What kind of detective do they need?!
"gentlemen?"
After waking up, Toby forced a confident smile and said, "I have made some progress. Please give me some time."
After saying this, without waiting for him to move, he turned around and signaled Leon with his eyes. The three of them hurried out of the house and trotted back to room number seven in carriage number three.
Putting Lisa on the floor, Toby’s facial muscles twitched: “Damn it!
I forgot this is Hogwarts!"
Unlike him who was furious, Leon happily sat down on the wooden chair by the car window: “Not surprising.
You said that we should not use our real-life experiences and cognition to look at the magical world."
Noticing that he didn't seem to be worried at all, and that Clessie and Wino's crimes were confirmed, Toby asked in confusion:
“The magic the deputy conductor just performed basically confirms that they are the murderers.
Our exam is equivalent to failure, how could you..."
"Do you really believe the previous reconstruction of the scene?"
"How can it be!
I don't know about Wino, but Clessie knows that there is no way he can do magic, let alone own a wand.
This is a frame-up and slander by the murderer."
"That's right." Leon nodded, "Soon after they entered the room, the assistant conductor rushed in and arrested them.
That is to say..."
Misha, who took out a toy water gun from the suitcase and played with it, blinked and said, “The deputy conductor was nearby at the time.
He is so powerful, he will definitely not let the bad guys go."
Toby, who was shocked by the scene just now and has just regained his sanity, suddenly realized: "We know that Wino and the others are not the murderers, but someone else.
But the deputy conductor is sure that they are..."
"He is the only one who has the ability and opportunity to pin the crime on Clessie."
The real murderer simply surfaced.
But the most critical point of this test is not to find the tiny clues that have been missed, combine them for careful reasoning, and then hand them over to the police like a wise detective.
Frowning, Toby sat down on the wooden chair opposite Leon: “I think, as a train conductor who is a colleague of the deputy conductor,
It is highly likely that you will not trust the explanation of a stranger passenger.
We have to deal with him on our own, even the crew."
Speaking of this, Leon kept scratching his head: "You have seen his ability, I think...
Although I have no experience with guns, I don't think your pistol can kill him.
And we don't know magic, if we don't have solid evidence, even if we kill the deputy conductor like the goddess of luck,
What should we do next to deal with the angry conductor who is seeking revenge for his superior?
Do you have enough bullets?"
Recalling his first encounter with Dumbledore, Toby shook his head: “It’s best not to get your expectations.
Hogwarts is not as closed as you might imagine, they are extremely aware of modern developments.
Mr. Dumbledore called guns interesting little toys of the new century. "
"Then let's..."
"Knock knock—" someone knocks on the door.
The two men looked serious, wondering if the deputy conductor had noticed that they had discovered something and came to silence them?
Although he knew that the gun was unlikely to be effective, Toby still lifted his clothes and pulled out the gun as it was his only weapon for self-defense.
Leon also pulled out the nunchaku that was stuck in his lower back, which was obviously useless, and made a "I'll speak" shape with his mouth.
Toby nodded in response, holding the gun in both hands, and waved his hand to signal Misha to hide in the bathroom.
She was very sensible and walked into the bathroom silently. Without hesitation, she turned on the faucet and filled the water gun with "bullets".
Seeing that everything was ready, Leon hid his right hand holding the nunchaku behind his back and walked towards the door.
"who is it?"
"Cuckoo-"
"?"
The familiar chirping sound relaxed Leon and Toby's tense nerves, and they opened the door with surprise in their eyes.
Three owls flew into the house, each dropped a cylindrical package wrapped in gray cloth, and flapped their wings before leaving.
After being confused for a while, Leon closed the door, and he and Misha Toby, who were nearby, each picked up the email with their names on it that had fallen on the floor.
It hasn't been opened yet, but the two have some guesses in their minds.