Doug couldn't help applauding, his grayish-blue beard swaying slightly as if mocking him.
"A high school detective can always pull off a stylish act."
The detectives had all gone out to search for the murder weapon, but Zhao Bai was in no hurry. He sat beside the corpse, calmly chatting.
Doug, the npc he had just met.
With that grayish-blue beard, Zhao Bai would have assumed Doug was already in his fifties if no one had told him otherwise. But after asking, he learned that Doug was simply very hairy and had deliberately grown his beard to fit the detective persona.
Doug was only twenty-four.
"Just now, I thought you were the murderer. Then, after hearing your explanation, I thought you weren't. But you're sitting beside the corpse so calmly that I'm starting to suspect you again."
Zhao Bai nodded.
Detectives were supposed to suspect everything. That was perfectly normal.
Besides, he hadn't taken it seriously.
Doug asked again, "To clear your name, hurry up and tell me your deductions. Individual thinking always has its limits. Only different sparks colliding can lead to the most reasonable conclusion."
Zhao Bai nodded.
He thought seriously and eventually reached his own conclusion. Smiling, he gave his answer.
"I think... an evil spirit is behind this."
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His deduction had a basis. Zhao Bai was nearly the strongest human alive, yet there was no Honkai energy here. He couldn't wield a knight's lance with such practiced skill, nor could he escape without getting blood on himself when blood was pumping from a heart.
Since even he couldn't do it, no one in this world could.
Except monsters.
That was Zhao Bai's reasoning—bold and avant-garde, without the slightest bit of logic.
Chapter 226: The Invisible Knight
What high school detective? He was just a high