Chapter 197 Falling Things

"Do you think it wasn't some monster that broke into Vincent's house last night?" Annie asked after coming out of Billy's house.

"At first listening to his description, I did think that something from the ghost ship came to find him, but after visiting his residence, I became more inclined to this view."

Zhang Heng handed over the shell in his hand.

"What?" Annie took it and looked at it for a long time without seeing anything noteworthy.

"The shells are from nearby waters and are commonly found on Nassau beaches."

"Well, what you said seems to have made an impression on me. Harry seems to have picked up a bunch of these things. I probably can't understand his hobbies." Anne said.

"There are also scales." Zhang Heng handed over the scales, "These are the scales of the golden barracuda. ​​They are also one of the fishes often caught by fishermen in this area."

"Why do you even know such a thing?" the red-haired girl exclaimed.

"Well, I once studied a section of fish, that's not the point." At the end of the first round of dungeons, Bell taught Zhang Heng some common edible fish. After he went back, he also looked for some information on the Internet, and now he can recognize them. More than two hundred species of fish have been produced.

"But isn't that ship always wandering around? It's not impossible that it will appear nearby."

"You are right." Zhang Heng said, "So I went to check Vincent's yard later. He said he watered it once a week. The last time Nettie watered him was five days ago. I asked Nettie Ti, it hasn’t rained on the island recently, and the land in his yard proves it, but there is an exception."

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"After seeing Vincent's house, I have been thinking about what he said before. He said that when he saw the guy, it looked like he had just been fished out of the water, and his clothes were dripping. But Vincent Te's house is not close to the coastline. If that thing really comes from the depths of the sea, even in the middle of the night, it will still take a lot of risks to walk all the way from the beach, and the most important thing is that it has such a long distance. There shouldn’t be too much sea water left.”

"This kind of thing cannot be judged with common sense. Is it possible that it is cursed and will remain in a drowning state forever? I seem to have heard some such stories when I was a child." Annie shrugged.

"I've considered the possibility you mentioned. If that's the case, the water dripping from his body should have been dripping at about the same speed. But in fact, the soil in one corner of the garden is different from other places and is very wet."

"You suspect that someone went there and deliberately wet himself, then put shells and scales on his body, disguised himself as a monster, and crawled into Vincent's bedroom to look for the three notebooks? But why, why did he do this? "

"Are you asking why he is looking for notes or why he is pretending to be like this? If it is the former, I don't know the answer, but the latter question is obviously because he is worried about his identity being exposed." Zhang Heng said, "I I should have thought of it earlier, I checked everything I brought back from that ship and found nothing unusual, but we encountered a storm when we came back, and I didn't know what I left behind until now."

"What?"

"That box of silverware and rings and necklaces wasn't all we brought back."

Annie raised her eyebrows.

"There were seven people on board at that time, including me. Someone took other things without telling the others. He also sneaked into Vincent's room and planned to steal the three notebooks." Zhang Heng said.

"Is this why you didn't express this inference at Billy's house before?"

Zhang Heng nodded, "The two of us were together last night. We can rule out the possibility of the remaining five people. I don't doubt his loyalty, but that person may not realize how dangerous the thing he took is. Then There is no last person on the Clark ship, and it is probably related to that thing. Fortunately, the scope has been reduced to a small size now. Next, we only need to investigate one by one."

"Maybe it doesn't have to be so troublesome," Annie said, "I can probably guess who that person is."

"Um?"

"At that time, people on the ship were basically working in groups of two. It was not easy to hide something from another person. Seth and I were checking the warehouse on the floor below you, but then I heard the sound of you banging on the door, so I thought there was some danger happening over there, so I ran up. During that period of time, Seth was alone there. If anyone could hide something from others, it was him. .

"And when I saw him on the deck later, he seemed to be in a trance. But everyone was not in a good state at the time, so I didn't think much about it."

"What was he doing when there was a storm on the way back?" Zhang Heng asked.

"I didn't see him. It was his turn to rest at that time and he was not on the deck. But as you said, I remembered it. When I saw him again during dinner in the evening, I found that there was a bruise on his face. I asked him what happened, and he told me that he accidentally fell."

The red-haired girl said, "Private fights are strictly prohibited on the ship, but I did hear that some people don't abide by the rules. After all, we are a new ship, and we have only recently recruited people. Every time we dock, we will add a new group of people. Some people They knew each other, and sometimes they had some grudges before boarding the ship. Seth... Seth was one of the first people to board the ship. He had just gotten married, and he redeemed her from the court. I heard that they were related. Yes, but there will inevitably be some gossip from other people.”

"Do you know where he lives?"

"I don't know, but I know someone who definitely knows."

Annie found another pirate named Sean, who worked as a gunner on the Jackdaw. He had a good relationship with Seth. The two had worked together on the same ship before and often went to have fun together on the island. Shaw Sure enough, En knew where Seth lived and took the two of them there. However, when they got there, they found that there were piles of furniture inside and outside the door.

Seth poked his head out from behind a wardrobe and saw the three of them looking a little surprised. Especially after seeing Zhang Heng, a look of panic flashed in his eyes, but he quickly covered it up, "Sorry, I'm preparing to move." ."

Sean was stunned when he heard this, and then said happily, "Not bad, I just got married and moved to a new house, but why don't you ask me to help?"

"There's not much stuff anyway, so I won't bother you." Seth said, and then he looked at Zhang Heng and Annie, "It may be a little inconvenient for me here today. Captain, can you come back tomorrow?"