manynovel Chapter 99 Don't rush off!
Chapter 99 Don't rush off!
"The waitress didn't have any gunshot wounds at all"... This was indeed a clue that could reverse the original direction of the reasoning.
The absence of gunshot wounds indicates that the injuries on the waitress's body were fabricated.
Therefore, there's no need to bother figuring out where the second shot went...
The shot she faked never happened.
The gunshot everyone heard was the only shot—the one that knocked down the chandelier and killed the politician!
And so, the goal is now very simple.
Just as Jaeger, Barbara, and Jason said, all they need to do is talk to that waitress, and the whole truth will come to light.
"Oh right, I almost forgot."
Before leaving, Jaeger didn't forget to take the black cat with him.
After all, solving the case is important, but finding the cat's owner is equally important.
Jaeger didn't want to miss out on the rewards from either of the two event cards.
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"Good evening, are you Ms. Elena, the one who was unfortunately caught in the shooting?"
After Elena finished questioning Gordon about the scene of the shooting, she was about to find a quiet corner to rest.
A voice suddenly came from behind her, causing Elena to turn around instinctively.
That was a rather strange combination.
The leader was a young man with black hair and gray eyes, who was giving him a polite smile.
Behind him stood two teenagers, a boy and a girl, both staring at him with an eerie look that Elena found strange.
"It's me. May I ask what brings you here...?" Elena asked cautiously, clutching her skirt tightly.
"Don't worry," the gray-eyed young man said gently. "I am Winchester, a detective."
"A detective?" Elena looked somewhat surprised.
"And these two are my assistants." Jaeger casually put his arm around the shoulders of the two teenagers. "Am I right?"
Barbara, Jason: "..."
Have we talked about this before?
But seeing Jaeger's seemingly dramatic expression, they could only exchange a glance and give Elena, who was looking at them suspiciously, a slightly twisted smile: "Uh, yes, that's right... we are indeed Detective Winchester's assistants."
Elena: "..."
I have a feeling that this guy who calls himself a detective is bullying children, but I have no proof.
"Alright, Detective." Whether intentionally or unintentionally, Elena emphasized the word "detective." "What did you want to see me about?"
"If you're looking for me to find out what happened in the darkness, in order to solve the case..."
"My suggestion is that you can ask Chief Gordon over here," Elena said sincerely, while sighing, "Because of my leg injury, it hurts to walk now, and I really want to find a place to rest."
But the moment Elena finished speaking, Winchester's smile widened even more: "No, you misunderstand, I didn't come here to ask about that."
This surprised Elena: "Um, so you're here for...?"
Meow~
A long, thin meow interrupted Elena's question.
Looking in the direction of the sound, they saw a black cat that had been overlooked by Elena because of the obstructed view suddenly stick its head out from behind Winchester's legs and meow several times in Elena's direction.
It even ran over and circled around Elena's legs, who was momentarily frozen in place.
"It seems this cat quite likes you, Ms. Elena," Winchester chuckled. "I just found it in the back garden; it must be lost... but we haven't found out who its owner is yet."
"..." Elena looked at the black cat, her eyes flickering slightly.
"Alright, let's get back to the main topic."
Winchester's gaze returned to Elena.
"Didn't you ask me before why I contacted you, ma'am?"
"Why?" Elena asked instinctively.
"The answer is simple." Winchester suddenly raised his hand and snapped his fingers. "For—this."
Almost the instant the crisp snap of the fingers rang out, a sudden change occurred!
A strange flame appeared out of nowhere, right under the feet of Elena's injured leg!
「!?」
Elena instinctively retreated, then made several nimble little jumps to avoid the eerie flame.
But the instant Elena subconsciously completed these actions, her gaze also caught the triumphant smile on Winchester's face.
And the phone that the girl behind him was holding, which had captured Elena's series of dodging movements.
Elena instantly thought: It's over.
"Excellent, Ms. Elena."
Winchester met Elena's cold gaze, who, realizing her mistake had been exposed, had given up on the act and turned icy: "Despite having a leg injury, your escape was so swift and clean—it seems you were originally a master of physical combat."
"You flatter me." Although Elena's expression was cold, the corners of her mouth immediately turned up, revealing an inexplicably alluring smile. "Your insight is very sharp, Winchester... You are the first person to discover that my leg injury was faked."
"But so what?" Elena ran her fingers along her chin and laughed. "Anyway, I've already achieved my goal."
"See you next time, great detective."
The moment she finished speaking, Elena opened her fingers and threw the smoke bomb, which she had been holding in her palm for who knows how long, onto the ground!
In an instant, smoke billowed up, and all that could be seen was a white blur.
Elena gracefully bent down, picked up the black cat beside her feet, and affectionately stroked its head.
At the same time, she quickly walked past the detective's location and drawled, "Oh, by the way... thank you for helping me find my lost cat~"
"Otherwise, my poor little thing, who knows how much longer she'll have to wander outside before she can come back to me—"
But just as Elena left these words, preparing to disappear silently from everyone's sight as usual...
Her once nimble legs suddenly felt as heavy as stepping into wet cement, and she couldn't take a step no matter what!
"What's going on?" Elena instantly lost her composure and subconsciously looked at her legs.
At the same time, the flame that had suddenly appeared out of nowhere on the ground flashed through Elena's mind, giving her a very ominous guess.
"Could I be that unlucky...?" Elena gritted her teeth inwardly.
And Winchester's voice rang out at that moment:
"If you want to express your gratitude so much, then don't be in such a hurry to leave, Ms. Elena."
"Of course, if you want to drop the pretense, I can call you by your real name."
A gust of wind, seemingly from nowhere, rose up from the ground and dispersed the smoke that had been obscuring the view.
In the now normal environment, Winchester stood beside Elena, who was unable to move, withdrawing his hand from the spell and turning his gray eyes to look directly at her.
What do you think, ma'am?