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This is a very ordinary suburban villa. The ambulance drifted into the garage. Shuichi Akai and Judy got out of the car quickly. One of them went to the door to be on guard, and the other pushed James' stretcher. They did not enter the villa, but went into the basement under the villa through a secret downward passage in the garage.
Among them, Akai Shuichi glanced at a potted plant in the corner of the yard and felt confused.
[Mamiya hasn’t arrived yet…]
The potted plant was placed there before the two of them took this action. The potted plant was not moved, which means that Mamiya Shin has not returned yet.
This surprised Akai Shuichi. He had wasted a lot of time on the way, and he thought Mamiya Shin would return to the safe house before him...
After moving the potted plants away and closing the garage door, Shuichi Akai also entered the basement under the villa through the secret passage.
The temperature gradually dropped, and the sound of the stretcher moving was extremely obvious in the echo of the secret passage. The two walked less than fifty meters and arrived at the basement below.
He raised his hand and turned on the light, and the surroundings suddenly became bright.
There are several large storage racks more than two meters high around the basement, on which various light and heavy weapons and ammunition, medical supplies, food reserves, and some light electronic communication equipment are stacked in different categories.
There is another locked passage next to it, which is their planned evacuation passage. After going out from here, they will reach an underground parking lot a few hundred meters away.
According to the original plan, after rescuing Judy and James, they would go through this passage to the underground parking lot and leave in a black van parked there in advance, completely escaping the organization's pursuit.
"Shuichi, hasn't Mamiya arrived yet?" Looking at the empty basement, Judy couldn't help but ask.
"Well, the secret code we put up there is still there. He should not have come back yet." Shuichi Akai replied truthfully.
He walked directly to the table next to him and picked up two of the three large military bags on it, carrying one of them on his back and placing the other under the legs of the stretcher.
One of the two bags contains firepower equipment, and the other contains medical supplies and food that may be used.
As the best agents of the FBI, Shuichi Akai and Shin Mamiya had already prepared these things in advance before the operation.
When you get here, you don’t have to slowly pack your bags, you can just carry them and go.
As for the last bag, it was filled with C4 explosives, which they planned to use to blow up the tunnel in the most extreme situation.
Of course, it seems that it is no longer needed now.
"Mamiya might have been delayed on the way. When I came down, I moved the potted plant that he and I used as a secret signal. He will know where to find us when he comes back. Judy, let's go now."
As he said this, just as Akai Shuichi turned around to leave, he noticed that the military bag he was carrying had been tampered with.
He wouldn't be wrong because he packed this bag this morning, when Gong Xin was packing another bag of medicine.
Shuichi Akai remembered very clearly that he had pulled the zippers on both sides of the bag to the left, not the middle.
【who is it? 】
The obvious change in the zipper made him alert for a moment.
Shuichi Akai immediately put down the military bag on his shoulder and carefully opened the two zippers.
The first thing that caught Akai Shuichi's eye was a small piece of paper placed at the top, with the handwriting of Mamiya Shin on it.
[Did Mamiya put it in this bag before the action? ]
Chapter 233 Barry is dead
Barry is dead.
In the Kingdom of Andrew, the day after being summoned by their brother Preben, Mary and Uemaru Ying were invited by Preben to have breakfast at the King's Castle.
They thought it would just be an ordinary meal, but they had just sat down and hadn't even started eating when the guards and maids rushed in in a panic and reported to everyone in the room that Barry had been murdered.
It is said that this morning a maid was about to trim the branches of the big tree in the corner of the central courtyard when she found Barry lying under the tree with a knife in the back.
Upon learning the news, the king's brother Preben immediately issued an order to block the news, and at the same time ordered the kingdom's police to investigate the death of their supreme commander Barry as quickly as possible.
As for Mary and Karasuma Ying, who were called to have breakfast together, they were asked to go to the scene quickly to assist in the investigation.
"The body is already stiff, and the time of death is at least a few hours ago, that is, between last night and early this morning. More specific results will have to wait for the police to conduct tests.
The dagger in the victim's back almost penetrated his entire chest. If nothing unexpected happened, this should be a fatal wound."
The temperature in the early morning was still a little cold. In a corner of the central courtyard, Wu Wanying exhaled white steam and squatted down to observe the body of Barry in front of him.
There were not many people in the central courtyard at this time. The maids who were originally trimming flowers and plants in the courtyard had been transferred away. Apart from Karasuma Ying and the other person, there were only a few guard soldiers guarding not far away.
The kingdom police are not allowed to approach the king's castle at will on weekdays, so after receiving the order from the king's brother Preben, they are now on their way here.
"The body had broken bones."
Next to Karasuma Ying, Mary put on gloves, squeezed Barry's body's limbs, and spoke.
"There is no blood spatter around, so this is probably not the first scene."
As they said this, the two of them subconsciously looked up. There was a room with closed windows on the second floor of the castle, directly above Barry.
It is said to be on the second floor, but in fact it is already seven or eight meters away from the ground.
After all, this is a castle where the king of a small kingdom lives. It is different from those ordinary apartment buildings in the outside world. The first floor of the castle alone is six or seven meters high.
If an elderly person falls from this height, the probability of suffering a fracture is quite high even if there is grass below.
"Whose room is that upstairs?" Mary turned around and asked the guard Hans who was not far away.
Hans was the guard soldier who had served as their guide before. Because of his proficiency in English, he was sent to assist the two in their investigation and serve as an interpreter.
By the way, after his previous superior, Captain of the Guard, Gunna, murdered Commander Birun and then committed suicide, he was successfully promoted to replace Gunna and became the new Captain of the Guard.
"Uh... Miss Mary, why are you asking this?" Hans looked in the direction Mary pointed and immediately looked embarrassed.
"What's wrong?" Mary asked.
"Up there... is His Majesty's room..."
After replying this, Hans looked at the two people in front of him with a strange expression, scratched his head and asked:
"Miss Detective, you are not doubting that the death of Chief Barry has something to do with His Majesty the King, are you?"
After hearing what he said, Mary and Wu Wanying looked at each other, and Mary saw the solemnity in Wu Wanying's eyes.
This problem is a bit serious. It’s not that Barry’s death is complicated. For now, Mary doesn’t feel whether it is complicated or not.
What really made them feel difficult was that they had a vague premonition that this murder case might very well involve the king of this country...
The problem is getting a bit tricky.
"I'll go up and take a look first. Xiaoying, you continue to investigate the situation here." Mary said, temporarily suppressing the thoughts in her mind.
"it is good."
Wu Wanying nodded, and after watching Mary quickly leave, she squatted down again and took a closer look at the dagger on Barry's back.
Barry's body was lying on the ground on his side. The dagger on his back was inserted very deeply, the blade was completely inserted into Barry's body, and only the handle was still outside.
This is a relatively rare situation, because the dagger is not small. Under normal circumstances, unless the murderer is very strong, it is basically impossible for the blade to be completely inserted in one stroke, especially in a place like the back where there are more muscle groups.
Wearing gloves, Wu Wanying slightly tore open the clothes on Barry's back along the tear and carefully observed the wound inside.
[Indeed, there was no sign of a second knife attack around the wound. The murderer had indeed stabbed Barry with just one knife.]
There are two possibilities. One is that the murderer is an extremely strong man; the other is that Barry was killed by the murderer using some kind of mechanism.
At the same time, Wu Wanying also noticed the blood around the body...or rather, there was almost no blood around the body, which was obviously wrong.
Not only that, she also observed that there were no traces of any heavy objects being dragged on the nearby grass.
Their previous judgment was correct. This was not the first scene where Barry was murdered. As for the real first murder scene...
Karasuma Ying stood up and looked up at the king's bedroom.
"rustle……"
Just then, she keenly heard the sound of light footsteps on the grass behind her.
Turning back quickly, Wu Wanying saw Hans, who was not far away, walking behind her with a coat in his hands.
"Mr. Hans?" Wu Wanying narrowed her eyes and looked at him with some confusion.
"Don't worry about it, Miss Karasuma."
Facing her suspicious gaze, Hans just smiled and replied:
"The temperature is a bit low today. I saw that you were wearing so little, Wu Wan Xiao Ying. I was afraid that you would catch a cold, so I found you a coat. It's very warm."
As he said this, he handed the coat in his hand to Karasuma Ying.
"That's it, thank you..."
Although she still had doubts in her heart, Karasuma Ying still took the coat and smiled back at him.
Inside the castle, Mary quickly ran up the stairs to the second floor and came to the king's bedroom that they had seen outside before.
This dormitory is very large. The door is a double wooden door nearly three meters high. The decoration is very luxurious. I wonder what kind of high-quality wood was used.
In front of the door was a guard soldier holding a rifle. When he saw Mary coming, the soldier glanced at her and quickly looked away.
"Can you let me in?" Mary asked straight to the point as she walked up to the soldier.
"No!" the soldier refused righteously.
"I'm here to investigate the truth behind the murder of Chief Barry."
"I'm sorry, but I obey!"
"Oh, Detective Mary seems to be in trouble..."
Just then, a gentle and elegant male voice sounded from the other end of the corridor.
Chapter 234: Suicide?
"Oh, Detective Mary seems to be in trouble..."
A gentle and elegant voice sounded, and a man walked over from the other end of the corridor.
The man was wearing a black suit, a red tie, had short flowing golden hair, and had a very handsome face.
This man's name is Ole, he is the king's secretary to King Heninggu and also the steward of this king's castle.
It was at a dinner party this morning that Mary and Karasuma Ying first met this person.
"You've come just in time, Butler Olei."
Looking at him, Mary smiled and bowed slightly to him.