Dice In The Darkness: Cthulhu Calls-Chapter 656: Blood-Red Wedding (2)Ключевые словаDice In The DarknessПоделитьсяКомментарии
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Liu Xing shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile, "Okay, I’ll try to treat those people as if they don’t exist."
Thanks to the wedding invitation provided by Locke, Liu Xing and Dio were able to enter the manor easily.
Fortunately, the Security Guards did not search Liu Xing, otherwise the handgun at his waist might have been discovered.
Since this was the headquarters of the Cult of the Cadaver, Liu Xing felt it was safer to bring a gun to attend Locke’s son’s wedding.
After all, Lord Guan had also brought weapons when he went to the meeting alone in the past.
It must be said that the financial power of the Locke family was fully reflected in this manor, allowing Liu Xing to personally experience what the taste of the rich is like, especially the main building of the manor, which was designed in the style of a castle, and in Liu Xing’s opinion, this main building was even more grand than EinsCastle.
Seeing the surprised Liu Xing, Dio smiled and said, "The Locke family had a few dukes in the distant past, but due to decision-making mistakes in several important alliances, the current Locke family chieftain is only a viscount. The Locke family also lost their castle several hundred years ago, so after making a large fortune in business a few decades ago, they spent a huge amount of money to build this huge manor and designed the main building to be exactly the same as their former castle."
Liu Xing nodded and asked curiously, "I remember that in recent years, most of the non-famous castles within Europe have been sold to the outside world, and the prices are not too high. Why didn’t the Locke family buy back the castle that once belonged to them? Could it be that the castle has been damaged?"
Dio chuckled and rubbed his fingers, saying, "That’s all because of the money. You have to know that although those castles are being sold at low prices, since these castles have existed for hundreds of years, the local government has put forward almost harsh requirements for the buyers to ensure that these castles can continue to be preserved in their original style. In addition, these castles have been dilapidated for a long time, so buyers who want to live in these castles need to spend a huge amount of money to renovate the castles according to the local government’s requirements, and they also need to pay a large amount of money every year to maintain the castles comprehensively. After all, these castles are too ancient, so those rich people would rather build a new castle directly."
The wedding ceremony today was held on the lawn in front of the main building.
Since it was still early, Liu Xing and Dio, each holding a glass of wine, found a relatively quiet corner to stay. After all, Liu Xing and Dio did not know any of the other guests.
"Dio, have you investigated any latest news about Locke these days?" Liu Xing asked.
Dio nodded and said seriously, "I have indeed found out a lot of information about Locke, but since some of the information is irrelevant to what we are about to do, I won’t bother with those trivial matters and just get to the main points. First, Locke’s recent activities: although he has been officially living in France, Locke often returns to England through illegal means, but my friend couldn’t find out what Locke did during his stays in England, only that he never stayed for more than a week."
"Then there’s what Locke has been up to in France in recent years. Since Locke has been serving as a senior executive in his family’s company, he often appears in various public occasions, so my friend found out some interesting things. First, there are many followers of the Cult of the Cadaver holding important positions in the company Locke works for, and it can even be said that the entire management team of that company is made up of Cult of the Cadaver followers. Secondly, Locke’s family members seem to be unaware of Locke’s relationship with the Cult of the Cadaver and that he is a Ghoul. Lastly, Locke was once involved in a murder case in France, but since he was only a witness in that case, your police department didn’t pay much attention to it."
"However, according to my friend’s investigation, that murder case is full of doubts, and Locke, the so-called witness, may have provided false testimony to help the defendant escape from prison. The defendant in that murder case is very likely to be a follower of a secret cult, but it can be confirmed that the secret cult is not the Cult of the Cadaver. So I specifically asked my friend to investigate the exact details of that murder case, Chris. Are you interested in hearing about it now? Although this murder case doesn’t have any impact on our actions today."
Liu Xing thought for a moment and nodded, saying, "Of course, since there’s still about an hour before the wedding ceremony officially starts, and I’m just idling around, it’s better to listen to you talk about the details of this murder case. As a professional, I might be able to find some important clues from this murder case."
In Liu Xing’s view, the murder case Dio mentioned should be hiding some clues that could help him pass this module. Otherwise, Dio wouldn’t have brought it up at this time.
After all, Dio was likely to meet his demise and exit the stage. Given the current situation, if Dio really stood up to expose Locke’s true identity, he would be doomed in this Ghoul’s headquarters. Even if Dio survived this time, he would surely be imprisoned again in the Floral Cemetery in Manchester, never to leave the manager’s office.
Therefore, unless something unexpected happened, Liu Xing probably wouldn’t have the chance to see Dio again in this module.
So the saying goes - "When one is about to die, their words are good." Liu Xing felt that the Cthulhu Role-Playing Game Hall would not arrange for Dio to chat with him about an irrelevant murder case right before Dio’s death, unless this murder case could also trigger a special module.
In any case, Liu Xing was now looking forward to hearing the details of the murder case from Dio.
"This murder case is quite simple. The defendant is just an ordinary employee who believes in the Demon in the eyes of the public. However, before the incident, the defendant hid his ’hobby’ very well and was not known to his family and friends. The victim was the defendant’s ex-girlfriend and former colleague. As for why the defendant and the victim broke up, according to the testimony of the victim’s best friend and other employees, it was because the defendant was really not ambitious. He had been working in the company for five years but was still just an ordinary employee, while his colleagues who joined the company at the same time had basically been promoted and received salary increases, so the defendant was often used as a negative example in the company."
"Half a year before the incident, the victim took the initiative to break up with the defendant. The defendant did not have any extreme reaction at the time and directly accepted the victim’s request for a breakup. Then here comes the first key point: after the breakup, the victim immediately chose to switch jobs to Locke’s company, and three months later, due to her outstanding business ability, she was promoted to the management team. As for the defendant at that time, he was still going to work on time, and his work was still mediocre, and there was no difference in the eyes of his colleagues compared to before the breakup."
"Then two more months passed, and the victim began to receive handwritten letters from the defendant every day, saying that he wanted to get back together. At first, the victim didn’t pay much attention to it, because her best friend and the defendant were in the same company, and they knew that the defendant was still the same person who was not ambitious, and his work had not improved at all. However, because the defendant wrote letters to the victim for a month, the victim was also moved and agreed to meet the defendant - at the bridge where they had their first date at 10 o’clock in the evening. The victim then fell from that bridge at 10:13 pm and died on the spot due to a broken neck."
"At the beginning, the local police confirmed through the surveillance video near the scene that there should have been a man and a woman on the bridge at the time of the incident, and the woman was naturally the victim. The man was wearing a hat, so his face was not captured, but his build was almost exactly the same as the defendant’s. The victim and the man stayed on the bridge for more than 15 minutes, and most importantly, according to the testimony of multiple eyewitnesses who passed by the bridge at the time, the man was initially chatting happily with the victim, but later they got into an argument, and the man suddenly pushed the victim off the bridge."
"Three hours after the incident, the defendant was arrested at his home by the local police, and in the defendant’s home, they found clothes and a hat identical to the man on the bridge, as well as a large number of books and items related to the Demon faith. The most important evidence was the defendant’s diary, in which he had written that he planned to kill the victim if she refused to reconcile. The police also found from the surveillance cameras near the defendant’s residence that the defendant was moving towards the bridge at 9 o’clock, wearing that set of clothes and hat."
"Based on these evidences, almost everyone believed that the defendant was the murderer in this case. However, the defendant has been adamantly denying that he killed the victim, and he claims that he was not at the bridge that night, but was drinking with Locke, because that night Locke had invited the company’s management team to dinner, and the victim had also told the defendant about this, so the defendant left early to wait for the victim at the dinner location. However, when the defendant arrived at the dinner location, he only saw Locke and a few other senior executives, and Locke then told the defendant the bad news that the victim had already started a new relationship, and her new boyfriend had just picked her up."
"Devastated by this blow, the defendant naturally had no mood to go to the bridge. At this time, Locke, seeing the defendant in a dazed and confused state, took pity on him and invited him to drink with them. So the defendant went to a nearby bar with Locke and the others and stayed there from 9:30 pm until 11 pm. The surveillance cameras at the bar’s entrance also confirmed this. Therefore, the defendant was eventually acquitted, and the murderer of the victim became the Mysterious Man L, who successfully confessed to the victim on the day of the incident. The reason why he is called the Mysterious Man L is that only the victim had seen him, and the victim did mention this Mysterious Man L to her colleagues and best friend on the day of the incident, saying that she had accepted his confession. However, the police have not been able to identify this Mysterious Man L so far."
Dio finished his explanation seriously.
As soon as Dio finished speaking, KP Time smiled and said, "Since the player already knew about the existence of the Mysterious Man L in advance, he successfully triggered the Hidden Quests of the third part of the Main quest - the Revenge of the Mysterious Man L. If the player can find out who L is before the wedding ends, he will receive a mysterious reward!"
Revenge of the Mysterious Man L? Liu Xing frowned. Now it can be confirmed that Locke had perjured in the murder case years ago, so the victim’s boyfriend’s Mysterious Man L would take revenge on Locke at this time, which is why the title of the third part of the Main quest is "blood-red wedding".
However, from the description of this Hidden Quests, Mysterious Man L should only start to make a move after the wedding is over, so he should still have two or three hours to complete this Mission... No way!
According to Miss Wang’s investigation, although this wedding is held by the Cult of the Cadaver for a secret meeting, Locke has invited some relatives and friends to attend in order to cover it up. So there are more than 300 guests attending this wedding, and with the existing staff and temporary wedding personnel, there are now at least 700 to 800 people in this manor.
So Liu Xing doesn’t think he can find that Mysterious Man L from these 700 to 800 people, after all, this Mysterious Man L has evaded the pursuit of the French police and has even infiltrated this wedding!
Most importantly, since it is a "blood-red wedding", according to the film and television clips that Liu Xing has seen related to "blood-red wedding", Liu Xing can be sure that Mysterious Man L must have brought a big weapon. If there are not a few dozen people dead, it won’t be considered complete...
So even if he can find that Mysterious Man L, it is likely that Mysterious Man L will eliminate him first.
And by the way, although the mysterious reward of this Hidden Quests has tempted Liu Xing a bit, he is more willing not to interfere with Mysterious Man L, let Mysterious Man L complete his revenge plan, so that the chaos created by Mysterious Man L can help him attract the attention of the Cult of the Cadaver, and then he can escape more easily.
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