Mystery Detective of the Steam World

Chapter 56 The Night of the Storm
"Turn on the lights!"

Li Wei deactivated [Soul Vision] and shouted. Before his words even finished, Inspector Lestrade, standing at the door, immediately turned on the surrounding lights. Soon, the lights came on, causing everyone who had been in the dim light to involuntarily close their eyes, then open them again.

then……………

"ah-----!"

The scream rang out again, this time from the newlywed wife. Her face was deathly pale as she stared at the table in front of her, screaming as she backed away. Her husband, too, held her tightly, his expression frozen, utterly dumbfounded.

At this moment, Li Wei had already darted over like a cheetah, staring at the table. Everyone else had moved far away from the table, except for one person who was sitting there, seemingly asleep, his head slumped on the table, his face turned to one side, twitching incessantly, as if he were having an epileptic seizure.

And this person was none other than the hotel manager.

"Move aside! Let me see!"

At that moment, Inspector Lestrade rushed over, paused for a moment when he saw the hotel manager convulsing, and quickly reached out to lay him flat on the ground. The hotel manager's convulsions worsened, and he even began foaming at the mouth.

Who is the doctor?

Inspector Lestrade held the hotel manager down, stuffing a handkerchief into his mouth to prevent him from biting off his tongue, while shouting loudly. At that moment, Levi sighed and walked over.

"let me see."

He does have diagnostic skills, although he specializes in gynecological diseases, but he can still take a look at common ailments.

Li Wei gestured for the maid to bring over a gas lamp, then looked at the manager's pupils and felt his pulse.

"How about it?"

"It doesn't seem like an illness or poisoning, but rather like a mental shock."

"Did he get a shock? This guy organized it himself, and ended up scaring himself crazy? What an idiot, I knew it..."

However, before Inspector Lestrade could finish speaking, the hotel manager suddenly struggled violently, his strength so great that even the muscular Inspector Lestrade couldn't hold him down. In a moment of carelessness, the manager straightened up from the ground. Seeing this, Levi was already prepared to draw his gun, waiting for the guy to attack so he could experience the "American police specialty"—emptying his magazine.

At worst, he can write a report afterward and get a two-week vacation—oh, he's from MI7, I don't think they offer that kind of reward.

However, the hotel manager did not launch an attack. Instead, he raised his hands, stared wide-eyed at the ceiling, as if someone were there.

"Spare me! Spare me! Spare me! I don't want to die! I don't want to die! I don't want to die!"

After saying these words, the hotel manager collapsed to the ground again like a puppet with its strings cut. This time, Levi stepped forward, reached out to check his pulse, and shook his head regretfully at Inspector Lestrade. Seeing Levi's expression, Inspector Lestrade immediately tensed up.

"People are dead?"

"died."

"…………………"

Inspector Lestrade, upon hearing this, stared at the deceased without uttering a word. Levi also stood up and looked around. He saw the newlywed couple huddled together, trembling in a corner some distance away. The two maids stood helplessly a short distance away, speechless.

The middle-aged man stood far away on the other side, staring silently at them. Although he tried his best to remain calm, his swaying legs revealed that he was far from composed.

As for the medium, he was kneeling on the ground, holding some strange talisman of unknown origin, and muttering incomprehensible gibberish.

"No one is allowed to leave here."

Inspector Lestrade's expression darkened, and he immediately began his work.

"Why, why?!"

Upon hearing Inspector Lestrade's request, the middle-aged man was the first to speak.

"Because of the deaths, we now need to investigate everyone involved."

As he spoke, Inspector Lestrade flashed his badge. Everyone present, except for Levi, was taken aback by his words.

"died?"

Upon hearing this, the newlywed wife's eyes rolled back, and she collapsed to the ground. Luckily, her husband caught her; otherwise, her head might have hit the table, and another one of them would have been in serious trouble.

The two maids covered their mouths with their hands, their eyes wide with fear and trembling. The middle-aged man's expression grew increasingly anxious. He hurriedly turned to look at the door, then at everyone, before turning and walking towards the entrance of the recreation room.

"Where are you going?"

Seeing the man about to leave, Inspector Lestrade immediately drew his gun and pointed it at him.

"I need to go back! My wife and children are still in the room! I can't stay here alone!"

"this……………"

Hearing the man's shouts, Inspector Lestrade was momentarily at a loss. On one hand, the man's concerns were valid. On the other hand, someone had died here, and letting him go... Thinking this, Inspector Lestrade glanced at Levi, who immediately understood.

I took him back to his room.

Li Wei picked up his suitcase, stood up, and nodded to the middle-aged man.

"Two people can at least look out for each other."

"Ok."

The middle-aged man, who was already impatient, hurriedly left the entertainment room when he heard Inspector Lestrade relent, and Levi followed him.

The two walked one after the other, both moving at a considerable pace, but despite the bright lights illuminating the vast manor, not a single person could be seen. It gave the eerie feeling that everyone in the manor had vanished without a trace.

"Tell me about what happened back then."

Li Wei walked beside the middle-aged man and spoke.

"What's going on? Weren't you watching from there too?" The middle-aged man wasn't surprised by Li Wei's question. After all, Inspector Lestrade had revealed his identity, and everyone knew that Li Wei had come with Inspector Lestrade, so they naturally assumed that he was also a policeman.

“I don’t know exactly what you did. Tell me.”

"…………………"

"Or do you want me to ask you after you get to your room?"

"Ok."

The man clearly didn't want to be interrogated in front of his wife and daughter. He kept walking up to the second floor, muttering to himself as he went.

"Actually, she didn't say anything. We each put our fingers on the wooden board, and then the old woman said a bunch of things we couldn't understand. Then she told each of us to ask a question, anything was fine."

"You asked?"

"No, it wasn't my turn."

The middle-aged man shook his head.

"That manager was the first one."

"What did he ask?"

"I don't know. The old woman said that everyone just needs to silently ask the question in their mind, and the evil spirit will give the answer directly."

"Was it him who made the sound?"

"Yes, he closed his eyes and touched the wooden board. I couldn't tell from his expression, but he seemed quite nervous, constantly wiping sweat with his other hand. Then he suddenly opened his mouth and screamed, which startled us all..."

As they were talking, the two arrived at the door of the middle-aged man's room. The middle-aged man knocked on the door, but no one answered.

“Maria?”

The middle-aged man's expression changed. He knocked on the door again and then pushed it hard, but the door was locked and he couldn't open it.

"Maria!!"

The middle-aged man shouted louder and louder, banging on the door desperately. At this moment, Li Wei's expression changed.

Damn it, the more you try to avoid trouble, the more trouble happens!
"Just break the door down!"

Li Wei didn't hesitate and decisively offered his opinion: people have died here, so the place being sealed off is a foregone conclusion. It's just a door; let's not worry about it now.

"Oh!"

The middle-aged man then came to his senses, and the two of them stepped back a few paces, facing the door panel.

"one two Three!"

Then, the two of them rammed into the door with a loud thud. The moment Li Wei rushed into the room, his gun was already raised. He was afraid of seeing that kind of scene often seen in TV dramas, where someone rushes in, only to see the back of the criminal, and then has to run away before they can even chase after them.

So the moment Li Wei rushed into the guest room, he activated [Eye of Death] and quickly scanned his surroundings. As soon as Li Wei saw anything moving, he would unleash his full explosive damage.

However, inside the room, Li Wei did not see any fleeing shadows, but only a woman lying on the ground.

"Maria!"

The middle-aged man rushed into the room, saw his wife lying on the ground, ran over to her, picked her up, and shook her violently.

"Maria! Wake up!"

"Ugh... um..."

The wife gradually woke up after the middle-aged man called out to her. When she saw her husband, her expression seemed to relax a little.

“Karl…”

Muttering to himself, the wife seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly widened her eyes, looking around the room.

"Where is Alice? Have you seen Alice?"

"Alice?"

Upon hearing his daughter's name, the man immediately tensed up. Li Wei quickly scanned the room, but there was no sign of the cute little girl.

"Where is Alice? Where did Alice go? Maria!"

"I...I don't know...We were just together, but...but suddenly there was thunder outside, which startled me. I just went to the window and glanced out, and then I think I saw something..."

The wife looked terrified and uneasy when her husband asked her questions.

"I heard Alice crying out, and then I knew nothing more...!"

"Boom!"

As if to verify his wife's statement, a series of thunderclaps erupted again, and a pale white flash of lightning shone into the room, flickering incessantly.

The wind, mixed with raindrops, kept pounding against the window, making a rapid sound.

Upon seeing this, Li Wei also frowned.

As expected, trouble arose.

(End of this chapter)