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"What? Barry?" There was obvious surprise in Heninggu's tone.
Mary was too lazy to pay attention to the boring fight between the two men. She walked straight forward and squatted down on a piece of floor not far from Heninggu's bed.
The floor around here is a little special. It looks brighter and cleaner than the surrounding floors.
Mary felt that the floor nearby must have been covered with something like a carpet before. It was a square carpet about two meters long and wide.
Mary also noticed some strange stains near the center of the two-meter-long and two-meter-wide floor.
She removed her sunglasses and leaned forward to get a closer look at the stain.
【It's water stains.】
With her brows slightly furrowed, Mary put on her sunglasses, turned around and looked around the layout of the dormitory again, and finally stopped her eyes on a briefcase on the desk next to her.
She glanced at Heningu and Preben who were still arguing with each other, walked straight over and opened the briefcase.
It was a briefcase with velvet on the inside, empty and with nothing in it.
The only thing that was a bit unusual was that the short lint on the inside of the briefcase felt a bit rough to the touch, as if it had been soaked in water and not properly maintained, causing the short lint to stick together after the water on the surface dried.
【It was suicide.】
Recalling the clues she had at hand, Mary made a quick judgment.
But...who took the most crucial carpet?
Suddenly, Mary thought of the butler Orei who seemed to have some problems before.
"Preben, do you think I was the one who killed Barry?" On the other side, Heninggu was lying on the bed. Although his voice was weak, he still questioned every word.
"Brother Wang, don't be so excited. I'm just saying there is such a possibility." Preben put his hands behind his back, with his big belly and a calm expression.
Holding the briefcase, Mary walked to the dormitory door and called the guard soldier at the door.
"Has your King got a carpet in his chamber?" asked Mary.
"Well, there is a carpet..." After recalling for a moment, the soldier nodded and replied.
"Where did that rug go?"
Following Mary's instruction, the soldier looked at the floor in the dormitory, then raised his hand and scratched his head, with confusion written all over his face.
"I'm not sure about that. I remember there was definitely a carpet, a green one, right in front of His Majesty's bed... Well, I think it might have been taken away by the maids when they were cleaning."
"After Commander Barry came last night, only Butler Orei came into the King's bedroom from time to time this morning?" Mary asked.
"Yes." The soldier nodded affirmatively.
"Did he take anything with him when he left?"
"Carrying things? No... But Butler Ou Lei always uses a cart to deliver meals to His Majesty the King. If I have to say it, it's that cart."
"I understand."
Nodding, Mary finally gestured to the briefcase in her hand and asked, "Is this briefcase from your King?"
"briefcase?"
The soldier squinted his eyes, looked carefully, and then shook his head repeatedly.
"Absolutely not. His Majesty the King does not usually use a briefcase, and I remember this should be Chief Barry's briefcase..."
[Is that really the case? ]
"Captain Barry was carrying this briefcase when he came to the king's bedroom last night." After recalling it, the soldier replied affirmatively.
"Did you notice what was in his bag?" Mary demanded.
"I don't know, but I remember that the bag was very bulging. It must have been filled with a lot of things, and it seemed very heavy. When Commander Barry was carrying it last night, the handle of the bag was stretched straight..."
Without asking any more questions, Mary nodded slightly and connected all the information in her mind.
"Om."
Just then, the cell phone in her pocket suddenly vibrated. She took it out and saw that it was a text message from Wu Wanying.
The text messages were very long and were sent several times in succession. In them, Wu Wanying shared what she had investigated there, including the carpet and refrigerator in Barry's office, as well as the movements of the butler Orei this morning.
[That child is not slow...]
The corners of Mary's mouth rose slightly. After getting these fragments investigated by Wu Wanying, she finally understood the whole story of this incident.
[The murderer has been found. Come to the King's bedroom.]
After sending this text message to Karasuma Ying, Mary put away her phone.
"Humph! Whether it is true or not, this is not something you can decide alone, brother Wang! Let us investigate it thoroughly and let the results speak for themselves!"
In the king's bedroom, the quarrel between the two people inside reached its climax at this time. The soldier was so frightened that his neck shrank and he quickly hid behind the door.
"Detective Mary!"
There was anger in Preben's tone. He looked around the room and finally found Mary standing at the door.
"How is the investigation into the murder of Chief Barry going? Has the murderer been found?"
"Reporting to His Highness Preben, we have found it." Mary looked at him with a faint smile on her face.
Let her think about what she should do next...
Chapter 238 Are You My Mother?
"Well, I, uh...ah! I suddenly remembered that I have some important things to take care of! Captain Hans, and Miss Karasuma, I'll take my leave now, see you later..."
In front of the maid's lounge of the King's Castle, under the constant pressure from Karasuma Ying, the expression on Ole's face became more and more flustered.
After saying this, he quickly turned around and left as if escaping.
In the corridor, Wu Wanying looked at his back with her eyes slightly narrowed.
"Why does Butler Ou Lei look so flustered today? He doesn't look like his usual self..."
Hans also looked at Ole who was leaving quickly and said with a smile.
"Could it be possible that he had something to do with Chief Barry's death?"
"It is related, but not much." After replying to him, Wu Wanying took out her cell phone and quickly told Mary all the information she had investigated.
There must be important information in the King's bedroom. I wonder if Miss Mary has gone in now...
"Where should we investigate next?" Hans asked her.
After sending the text message, Wu Wanying put away his phone, thought for a moment and replied: "Let's go to Chief Barry's office again. I want to see if there are any clues that I have missed..."
"Om."
As soon as she finished speaking, Wu Wanying's cell phone rang. She took it out and saw that it was a text message sent to her by Mary.
[The murderer has been found. Come to the King's bedroom.]
When seeing this text message, Wu Wanying was slightly stunned.
[It’s really fast…]
But she was not very surprised by this. After all, Mary had already demonstrated a very high level of reasoning ability when investigating the murder of Commander Birun. In terms of reasoning alone, Mary was not inferior to her.
At the same time, this also indirectly exposes the lie that Mary told her when they first met, that she called herself a "low-level little detective."
With such strong reasoning ability, you are still just a low-level detective? Are you kidding me? How come she doesn't know that the European detective world is so complicated?
In addition, Karasuma Ying also realized that what Mary said at the beginning about having hypoglycemia was probably a lie.
Because except for the first time they met at the airport, Wu Wanying has not seen Mary have any symptoms of hypoglycemia in the past few days. This woman is very healthy.
There is no doubt that Mary is full of lies. She came to the Kingdom of Andrew for some special purpose, but Wu Wanying is still unclear about what her purpose is.
Because during the few days in the Kingdom of Andrew, she didn't notice any strange behavior from Mary. She just ate, read, and slept normally every day, and investigated some murders... On the surface, she didn't look like someone with any special purpose.
When facing Karasuma Ying, Mary behaved normally.
Although Wu Wanying was always wary of Mary at the beginning, after spending a few days with her, Wu Wanying gradually felt that Mary did not seem to have any ill will towards her. On the contrary, she seemed to be quite enthusiastic...
He was the kind who would care about her even when she had little problems, and even prepare the bath water for her at night...
Wu Wanying was very surprised that a stranger who she had only known for a few days could pay so much attention to such small things, and even became a little wary.
And yesterday, Mary even showed concern for her future college entrance examination, which made Wu Wanying feel flattered.
You care to this extent...Are you my mother?
Thanks to the talent bestowed by her blood, Wu Wanying could clearly feel that Mary's strange concern for her was indeed sincere and not a hypocritical act.
This is exactly why Karasuma Ying was confused. She didn't believe that there was any kindness in the world without reason, but she couldn't find the logic behind Mary's series of strange actions.
"What's wrong, Miss Karasuma?" Hans beside him suddenly asked.
Quickly coming back to her senses from her thoughts, Wu Wanying looked at him apologetically and replied, "Nothing, I just suddenly thought of something...
We won't go to Chief Barry's office. Detective Mary said she has found the murderer. We can go directly to the King's bedroom next."
"Really? Then she's really fast..."
As he spoke, Wu Wanying looked at Hans in front of him and frowned slightly.
【strangeness……】
She had been busy investigating the cause of Barry's death so she had not paid attention to it. It was not until this moment when she took a close look at Karasuma Ying that she suddenly realized that there seemed to be something wrong with the captain of the guard in front of her.
It's like... something seems a little out of place...
A strange sense of familiarity suddenly arose in her heart, but Karasuma Ying couldn't remember the origin of this feeling for a moment.
"Uh...is there something on my face?" Hans asked with some confusion when being looked at by Wu Wanying.
"No, sorry..." Feeling a little embarrassed, Wu Wanying shook her head and quickly withdrew her gaze from Hans.
[Something is wrong. Why am I always so suspicious lately...]
"Okay, let's go to the King's bedroom first."
"Ah."
In the corridor, the two walked quickly towards the king's bedroom.
And where Karasuma Ying couldn't see, "Hans" breathed a sigh of relief imperceptibly.