To play murder mystery games well, the first thing to do is to immerse yourself in the game's characters and approach them from a third-party perspective.
Huang Rong clearly didn't get into the role, and it's generally difficult for beginners to do so either.
Including Conan and Lü Shouyi, the three of them were actually unaware that they were being led astray.
The proper procedure should be that, before the initial evidence search, everyone should first recount the events leading up to the death of the victim.
They then presented their alibis, confirming the timeline of their contact with the deceased during the period in which the incident occurred.
Based on their respective alibis, further evidence will be collected.
Logically speaking, Conan should be the most familiar with this.
But Conan was a new player in murder mystery games, and once the pace picked up, the flow of the game became chaotic.
"So, Mom and Dad, why did you kill Meng Sanchun?"
Conan knew he couldn't escape this hurdle, and Huang Rong shouldn't have dragged him into it now, as that would greatly increase suspicion against both of them.
This will greatly influence other people's judgment of the real killer.
"I am Hong San!" Conan declared.
"What the heck? Isn't Hong San a man? Are you a man?" Lü Shouyi exclaimed.
As a participant in the incident, Zhang Jinyin knew about and had met Hong San Hong San.
" Hong San has always been a woman, her real name is Hong Ermei, but she has always disguised herself as a man, Concealment the Cai Family under the identity of Hong San."
" The Cai Family is the only thief family in the vicinity that can rival Mang Mountain Stronghold. Although they are thieves, they still engage in robbery and plunder."
"During that period, things had reached a point where Shui Huo."
"I want to kill Meng Sanchun to avenge my father Hong Zhentian, but unfortunately, I haven't had the chance to do so."
"Last night was the perfect opportunity, but unfortunately, Meng Sanchun died before I could even make a move."
Everyone looked at Huang Rong.
"After we finished drinking together last night, I went back to my room around 10:10 p. m."
"So, you all have a motive to kill Meng Sanchun, huh?" Ling Yi said, looking at the three of them.
"I didn't kill the second-in-command. I'm not short of money now, so there's no need for me to kill him," Lü Shouyi retorted.
"Hmph, you can't escape either. We all have motives, and you can't possibly be without one. I'll search your room later when we're gathering evidence," Huang Rong said with dissatisfaction.
"I'm just a nobody, why should I kill Meng Sanchun?"
Lü Shouyi said, "Because your surname is Hong, maybe you're the leader's son or relative. The leader didn't stop you from going back then because he thought your cultivation level was too low, but because he was afraid you'd get hurt!"
After Lü Shouyi finished speaking, he was stunned for a moment; he had just blurted it out without thinking.
But after saying it, I realized that it wasn't impossible.
Conan then spoke up, "Last night we started drinking at six o'clock and finished at ten o'clock..."
But before he could finish speaking, a game notification appeared.
[All players are requested to enter the story scene to search for evidence. The search period is 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, you will be Teleport back.]
[Each time you search for evidence, you can only bring back one story item. Countdown begins!]
As the notification sound faded, everyone Teleport to the Jianghu Inn scene.
" Teleport back and forth is such a hassle. Why can't we just stay within the game scene? Is it really necessary to Teleport back and forth?" Lü Shouyi said, frowning.
Ling Yi nodded; he didn't quite understand why they had to Teleport back and forth.
Unless, generating story Simulation scenes in the Game Space requires a significant amount of resources and cannot be maintained for too long.
"Time is running out, let's hurry!" Ling Yi reminded them.
Conan was the first to rush into the inn as usual, and headed straight for the backyard.
Lü Shouyi and Huang Rong also entered the inn one after the other.
Conan searched Ling Yi's room, Lü Shouyi searched Conan's room, and Huang Rong searched Lü Shouyi's room.
Ling Yi, on the other hand, went to the outhouse.
A few minutes later, Ling Yi emerged from the outhouse, pinching his nose, and happened to bump into Lü Shouyi, who was coming out of Conan's room.
"You're going to the toilet at this hour?" Lü Shouyi asked, puzzled, his eyes full of suspicion.
"Everyone has to go to the bathroom sometimes!"
Isn't there a bathroom in the living room?
"Hehe, I'm just curious whether the bathroom in the scene is usable," Ling Yi laughed.
"Then what?"
"It's a long story, you'll understand when you see it for yourself."
Lü Shouyi actually opened the outhouse to take a look, but a few seconds later, he pinched his nose and ran out.
"It stinks terribly."
"Haha!" Ling Yi couldn't help but burst into laughter when he saw the pained expression on Lü Shouyi's face.
"I've gone to search Cai Siniang's room."
"I'll go check on the body again!" Ling Yi walked towards the woodshed.
Ten minutes passed quickly.
The group Teleport back to the living room from the scripted scene.
Before anyone else could speak, Conan spoke first.
" Zhang Jinyin, where were you between 10:00 PM and 10:45 PM?"
Conan is now actively bringing up the plot, clearly realizing that someone is manipulating things.
"I was at home. I finished drinking at 10 pm last night and went straight to my room. We found the body at 10:45 pm."
This is where things don't feel real. In reality, the discovery of the bodies should follow a specific order.
For example, whoever discovers the body first, and then gradually leads to the discovery of a host of antagonists in various rooms.
Either we discuss the script, not the scenes.
Alternatively, you could directly explore the scene and create an immersive experience.
The Teleport Teleport scene switching is very distracting and makes it impossible to immerse yourself in the story.
It seems we still need to offer suggestions to the Game Space.
By the way, I made a bunch of suggestions last time, and the Game Space didn't even acknowledge them?
" Cai Siniang left around 10:10. At 10:30, I went to find Cai Siniang and asked her to make a hangover soup in the kitchen. Around 10:40, I went to the kitchen to get the hangover soup."
"Yes, I did see the proprietress around 10:40, but on my way to the kitchen, I saw Hong Jiangshui. He was shirtless, and I told him not to catch a cold."
"Why are you shirtless?" Conan asked, staring at Ling Yi with dead fish eyes.
"I left at ten o'clock because we didn't have enough firewood for tomorrow, so I went to the woodshed to chop some firewood and stayed until 10:30."
"While chopping wood, I worked up a sweat, so I took off my shirt. Around 10:30, as I was walking back to my room, I happened to see Cai Siniang heading to the kitchen."
"Around thirty minutes? Can you be more specific about the time?" Conan asked, staring intently at Ling Yi.
"Around thirty-five minutes!" Ling Yi said after thinking for a moment.
"I went to see Cai Siniang for the first time a little before 10:30, asking her to make a hangover soup in the kitchen. When I returned around 10:35, Meng Sanchun was already gone."
"I thought he went to the restroom, so I didn't pay attention. By the time I found out, Meng Sanchun was already a corpse."
"So, after you met Cai Siniang, let's say it was 10:32, between 10:32 and 10:35, you might have made a move on the boss?" Ling Yi countered.
During this period, Zhang Hongsheng also did not have an alibi.
Lü Shouyi glanced at the memorial tablet Huang Rong had brought with her, and after a moment's thought, said, "I went to the boss's room around 10:35."
"The boss and his wife weren't in the room at that time."
"Are you going to kill Zhang Sanchun?" Huang Rong asked.
"Yes, I'm going to kill Zhang Sanchun. I don't care that Zhang Sanchun killed the other brothers, but my younger brother was also killed in his scheme. I'm going to kill him to avenge my brother."
"Just then, I heard a noise coming from the woodshed. Afraid of being discovered, I went back to my room. It was almost 10:40."
At this moment, Huang Rong showed the memorial tablet in her hand, which read "The Position of Zhang Jinshan ".
"I found it in a hidden compartment in Zhang Jinyin's room. After the landlady took away the hangover soup, I returned to my own room and didn't see the body until 10:45 when I met you all."
Lü Shouyi stroked his chin and said, "I left the boss's room at ten o'clock. At ten-thirty, the boss's wife went to see Cai Siniang. At ten-thirty-two, Cai Siniang ran into Hong Jiangshui on her way to the kitchen."
"At 10:35, I went to the boss's room but didn't find him. However, I heard noises coming from the woodshed."
"In other words, the boss was very likely murdered in the woodshed between 10:32 and 10:35."
"Therefore, the murderer is either the landlady or Cai Siniang."
"You can't escape either; you also have a chance to make a move," Huang Rong said.
"Can we stop arguing? Our goal is to find the real killer, or at least the most likely killer," Lü Shouyi said, shrugging.
"If the boss was killed in the woodshed, why was his body found at the woodshed entrance? And why were there no bloodstains or signs of a struggle inside the woodshed?"
Lü Shouyi looked at everyone and said, "I just examined the body again, and there are a few strange things about it."
"Firstly, although the body was decapitated, the head and body were too close together. Also, the wounds on the body were very irregular; it wouldn't be like this if it had been severed with a single blow."
"Secondly, the blood splattered over a very small area, and it didn't spray outwards, but rather flowed out slowly; moreover, the amount of blood was very small."
"Even killing a Rabbit would give you more health points than this!"
Everyone nodded in agreement.
"So, ma'am, please explain!" Ling Yi took out a long dagger stained with blood and asked Conan.
"When I saw Meng Sanchun, he was already dead. He was in the middle of demolishing a house when someone Mother-and-Child Needles."
" The Mother-and-Child Needles is my father's, Hong Zhentian's, signature move. Although blood will spurt out when someone is killed by the Mother-and-Child Needles, the bleeding will stop automatically after a short while because the wound is small."
"But I didn't kill Meng Sanchun, and my father didn't pass on the Mother-and-Child Needle Technique to me."
At this point, Conan looked at Ling Yi: "So, you're my older brother, right?"
"Yes, my original Hong Dabao!"
" Hong Dabao, Hong Ermei? Our boss really picks names quite casually," Lü Shouyi laughed.
"Doesn't the landlady know you have an older brother?" Huang Rong asked Conan.
"Don't tell me I don't know; I'm afraid nobody in the entire stronghold knows," Conan shook his head.
"I only found out recently myself," Ling Yi shook his head.
"Therefore, your father passed the Mother-and-Child Needles to you, and you killed Meng Sanchun to avenge your father. You are the murderer!"
"Hey, I didn't even know what Mother-and-Child Needles was. Didn't I already say that I only just found out my true identity?"
Before this, I always thought I was an orphan!
"You're the real killer, aren't you? You said you found the body, so why didn't you notify everyone after you found it? You mentioned a mother- Mother-and-Child Needles Mother-and-Child Needles, so where is it?"
"I didn't say I found the Mother-and-Child Needles, I can only confirm that Meng Sanchun did indeed die from Mother-and-Child Needles," Conan said, frowning.
"Furthermore, why did you move the body outside, and why did you cut off the victim's head?"
"I want to protect you, I want to hide the real cause of Meng Sanchun's death!" That's how the script was written, Conan could only say what the script said.
But this is precisely his biggest problem.
"After I discovered that Meng Sanchun had died from the Mother-and-Child Needles, I roughly guessed that you were my older brother."
"You made up the Mother-and-Child Needles, didn't you? You know, only the real murderer can lie!"
"I will find the evidence!"