Next, the attendant finally confessed to his crime.
It was actually quite simple. At first, the attendant said he really had gone to remind the man that it was time for afternoon tea. But when no one answered his knock, he opened the door. He then saw the victim rummaging through his suitcase with his back to him. The sight of so much money in the case stirred his greed. And when he realized the victim had not noticed him, and no one else was around...
Of course, according to the attendant, he had never meant to kill the man. He had only intended to knock him unconscious and steal some money. Like the other people on the train, he thought the man was acting suspiciously and must be involved in something shady. Even if his money went missing, he would not dare make a fuss.
But the attendant lacked the skill and accidentally killed him with the blow. So he decided to go all the way. The man was already dead; he could not let the killing go to waste. Thus, he took all the money.
After that, they naturally took down his confession, had him sign it and affix his fingerprint, then locked him straight in the storage room of the baggage car. They also found a crate for the body and dumped it in the regular baggage car. That settled the matter.
But Anthony could not hold back anymore.
"This is exactly why I hate these idiots who aren't even good enough to be rookies."
As he rummaged through the victim's room for any "secret intelligence" that might be there, he complained to Li Wei in a low voice.
"No professionally trained spy would die in such a ridiculous way. A robbery-murder? If an idiot like this