HLnovel Chapter 209 Mysterious Family Crest
Chapter 209 Mysterious Family Crest
"Old Butler, let's go check the crime scene first. Every second we delay will significantly hinder the later investigations." The atmosphere was growing increasingly tense.
Qiuhe quickly steered the conversation back to the main point. After hearing this, the butler led the three to Chiag's daughter's room, and just as they were about to open the door...
Funina took a deep breath, bracing herself for a potentially bloody scene, as the door slowly opened.
Funina was suddenly stunned. There were no signs of a struggle or fighting in the girl's room; it was just a very cozy and ordinary little girl's room.
The most gruesome sights were the bed, stained with blood that had long since congealed, and the white teddy bear stained red with blood. "Hey, old butler, you didn't clean up the crime scene, did you?"
Upon hearing Funina's question, the old butler hurriedly waved his hands and explained, "No, no, no, although we are not security personnel or crime scene investigators..."
However, we also know that keeping the crime scene exactly as it is is of utmost importance. Since the second young lady's tragic death, this room has remained untouched from this morning until now.
"This room has been like this from the beginning." Hearing this, Funina was even more confused, although she hadn't seen how serious the little girl's injuries were.
But judging from the reporter's description, it was clear how serious the girl's injuries were. How could there not be the slightest sign of resistance after such brutal and cruel humiliation?
Qiuhe paid no attention to any of this. After entering the room, he went to the bed where the girl had been murdered, grabbed the blanket, and pulled it off.
Apart from dried blood, there was nothing on the bed. Even so, Qiuhe didn't miss a single corner of the bed, searching every nook and cranny until he confirmed that there were indeed no clues.
"The girl screamed only after the torture by the criminals was over, meaning during this process..."
The girl was not only unconscious, but also unable to sense anything from the outside world, completely like a dead person, in addition to the freeze-frame that occurred when her memories were read earlier.
Based on the above reasoning, Akikawa has completely confirmed the conclusion he had previously suspected. But if all of this has been confirmed...
Then this case may be unsolvable, since the skill of freezing time is too unsolvable; even Qiuhe himself was nearly murdered this morning.
Just as Qiuhe was pondering how to break the deadlock, sunlight streamed into the room through the window, and something on the floor suddenly reflected the light, illuminating Qiuhe's eyes.
Qiuhe noticed the object on the ground, bent down to pick it up, and discovered it was something that looked like a token, a vermilion jade pendant about the size of an infant's palm.
At the top of the jade pendant is a lifelike pure gold dragon head, while the jade body is gripped tightly by the five claws of the gold dragon, and a dragon tail encircles the jade tail.
And engraved on the jade was a large character: "Qin". Qiuhe stared at the object in a daze; it seemed to be a family crest.
Moreover, Qiuhe had a strange feeling that he had seen this family crest before, but he couldn't quite place where he had seen it; it just felt very familiar.
While Qiuhe was still wondering, Funina took the family crest from his hand. "What is this? Wait, is this... a family crest?"
Qiuhe softly hummed in agreement, "The fact that this thing appeared here suggests it was left behind by that criminal." Upon hearing this, Funina looked at the inscription on the family crest.
"Qin. Hmm... Some family crests will have the family name engraved on them, but I've been the Water God of Fontaine for so long, there's almost no one in Fontaine I don't know."
But I've never heard of anyone with the surname Qin. Qiuhe was equally puzzled. The surname Qin seemed more like a surname that might only exist in Liyue, China.
Although Qiuhe doesn't know much about the history of Genshin Impact, he's certain that there's no large family with the surname Qin in Liyue, and that they possess a bug-level ability to control time.
Suddenly, Qiuhe had a flash of inspiration and thought of a way. He slowly closed his eyes and entered his consciousness space. Meanwhile, Dulin was idly lying on the ground, doing nothing.
He sensed Qiuhe's presence, and Qiuhe's figure appeared before him. "Dulin, I have a question for you. Can you enhance my Void Rift Crossing?"
"It means being able to read the memories of the surrounding space." Du Lin was somewhat puzzled when Qiu He asked him this strange question as soon as he entered. "What do you need this skill for?"
"I'm in a bit of trouble outside, investigating a case. The situation is a bit unusual, and I need to know the memories of the place I'm currently in."
Upon hearing this, Dulin moved his large face closer to Qiuhe, "You brat, asking me for magic again? I've already given you the Magic Cube."
"You're always asking me for this or that, but you still haven't given me what I want." Dulin said, exhaling puffs of white smoke from his nose.
Qiuhe waved his hand to clear the thick fog and said, "Hey, you can't blame me for this. At least you have what I need now, but what you want..."
I can't get that right now. If I were in Liyue or another country, I might be able to get you something, but there aren't any Demon Gods in Fontaine.
Where am I supposed to get demon remnants for you? You said my previous plan might have pushed the tragedy forward, so I've come up with a new plan.
I'll be leaving Fontainebleau sooner or later with this plan. After I leave, I'll find you some resources, okay? But you have to help me now.
"If this case can't be solved, it'll be very difficult for me too." Hearing this, Du Lin stared intently at Qiu He, then slowly raised his enormous dragon claw.
He pointed a finger at Qiuhe's head, saying, "Next time I'll be charging you." As Dulin channeled his energy into Qiuhe's body...
The method for activating that energy was also transmitted into Qiuhe's mind. "Qiuhe, Qiuhe? Hey, don't choose this time to sleep!"
Outside the consciousness space, Funina had seen Qiuhe standing there motionless with his eyes closed for some time and assumed he had fallen asleep standing up.
Finally, at Funina's call, Qiuhe slowly opened his eyes. "Qiuhe, you didn't sleep well last night, did you? You can even fall asleep standing up."
After hearing this, Qiuhe looked at Navilette, only to find Navilette looking at him with a strange expression, as if she were curious about something.
Thinking he might be overthinking it, he stopped thinking about it. "Ah, it's nothing. I was just thinking, if this case relies solely on this family crest..."
"It's probably impossible to catch the suspect, but I've thought of another method that I think we can try." After saying this, Qiuhe went to the center of the room.
As he slowly raised his hand, closed his eyes, and concentrated on channeling the energy within his body, a purple light slowly emanated from the two fingers that Qiuhe extended.
Immediately afterwards, Qiuhe slowly slid two fingers downwards in the air, and a dark purple energy light and shadow appeared in the space in front of him, as if space itself had been cleaved open.
Finally, as Qiuhe's finger stopped, the light and shadow traced by his fingertip instantly expanded and filled the entire room, transforming what was just daytime into a completely different space.
Night had fallen, and the old butler was stunned by what he saw, while Funina was inwardly screaming in amazement.
Even Vilette was somewhat taken aback by this ability. "Wow~, Qiuhe, how did you do that?" Just as Funina was marveling at it...
Her eyes, which had been darting around, finally landed on the blood-stained bed. The blood had now disappeared, and a girl was lying on the bed.
"Eh? That girl is..." The old butler had just come to his senses when, after looking one last time at the bed where their second young lady had lain, he saw her.
She was lying in bed asleep. "That's... the Second Miss?" the old butler said, walking towards the bedside. Upon closer inspection, he realized it truly was their Second Miss.
"It really is the Second Young Lady, but how could the Second Young Lady be..." "This is a memory from the surrounding space. She is not your Second Young Lady, no, it should be said that she is your Second Young Lady."
"She's just your second young lady from the surrounding spatial memories." While the old butler was still puzzled, Qiuhe directly explained everything around him.
"This place is neither reality nor unreality. To be precise, I used a little trick to materialize the memories of the surrounding space."
This is the memory of the surrounding space from the early hours of last night, which is the time period during which your second young lady was murdered.”