The Absolute beast Tamer-Chapter 71: CASE STUDY (3)

No. 80: "I’ll first start with the warehouse guard. He is in the clear as every single piece of information he provided matched with the information provided by the guard station. What is vital is his cultivation level at the fourth stage, which makes it unrealistic for him to kill the victim.

The second are the two warehouse workers who heard the disturbance and confirmed the guard’s story; both of them are low-level cultivators who had been registered as warehouse workers for 3 years. Also, according to the log, the guard was registered as a warehouse guard for more than a year.

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So 3 out of 10 are excluded. The information that they provided is clear.

Let us move on to the driver, who was, in fact, a little suspicious for me, as his level of cultivation was not provided in the information, also according to the CCTV that corroborated his statement about leaving the victim 12 hours prior to the murder at the hotel.

I find him suspicious on the grounds of insufficient information.

Then we have the star of the show, which is the broker, who is clearly suspicious as he refrained from providing information about the meeting between him and the victim.

With no alibi according to the guards, he was at the center of the suspects. When I interviewed him, he exhibited a very calm and collected personality as if this whole case did not have anything to do with him, which made me suspect that he may be in the clear about the murder but was engaged in illegal activities with the deceased.

Then we have the lovely hostess, Miss Kaya, who accompanied the victim to his hotel on the first night he arrived in the city. After further inquiry, I found her to be in the clear, as it was a coincidence that the victim picked her bar and spent the night with her, with no further communication between him and Miss Kaya that shows any relationship or connections. I think she’s in the clear.

I also cleared the PR manager of the auction as he did not meet the victim face to face at all and was only in contact with the victim via the terminal. He also provided the revised list for the items in the auction, which matched his statement.

Then we have the juicy stuff, which is the family of the victim: the father-in-law, who is a 9th stage beast tamer, alongside the wife, who is in the 8th stage, also with a bodyguard who is also in the 9th stage.

As you all can see, they have a sufficient level of strength to kill the victim, plus the fact that they arrived here one day earlier, providing the excuse that they wanted to participate in the auction and the wife wanted to catch her husband, who she thought was cheating on her.

There was no clear alibi as they were in the hotel.

And according to their cultivation level, they could have easily slipped past the hotel security, evading all surveillance.

So I found them. The most suspicious with the most clear motive, I believe that they sneaked out and killed the victim. Then masked the murder as a ritualistic murder, throwing a smoke screen.

Those three are the most suspicious.

I included all the details in the report; this is all from me, instructor Alina.

Instructor Alina: "That was surprisingly level-headed for you, number 80. I will read the details later. Now for the next one, please state your findings."

Alan watched everyone go and report one by one; there was a slight difference between the reports they provided, especially about verifying the information. The reason they found the suspects suspicious.

But surprisingly, out of the six who provided the reports, four of them picked the family as the most likely suspect.

Alina: "Okay, that was very good, everyone. Now it’s your turn, number nine. Go ahead."

No. 9: "Thank you, instructor.

I’ll be going through the list of suspects one by one.

First, I would like to discuss the guard, who I found very suspicious. Even though everything about him in the report was clear, we do not have a clear time of death as it was stated in the autopsy report.

The only reason that we can say that the time of death is around 12:30 is because of his phone call to report the murder.

If we include the last call he received from the PR manager of the auction 6 hours before the presumed time of death, then the window becomes very wide. So I’m highly suspicious of this guard as for his cultivation level; there are many artifacts that can mask the level of cultivation.

So he was included as one of the most probable suspects in my report.

The other two warehouse workers are in the clear as they arrived at the warehouse around 11:30 with a history of 3 years working for the warehouse district; I doubt that they can commit the murder after the interrogation I cleared them.

The driver is also in the clear, as I have asked him a few questions about his whereabouts in the last 6 hours leading to the murder, and he confirmed that he was outside of the city at the time driving a customer, which he did not say to the guard, as he did not want to get in trouble with a high-class Best Tamer family. As to why, he signed an exclusive contract for a whole week that prevented him from working for anyone other than the victim.

Miss Kaya, the hostess, is also in the clear, as she was just a pleasurable companion without enough strength to perform the murder or the history needed between her and the victim.

The PR manager whereabout was confirmed until 10:00 p.m. on the night of the murder; after that, he went back home, as there was no motive and connection between the PR manager and the victim, plus his call log that proved that the victim was alive until 6 hours before the murder. After including all the information, I found him in the clear.

Then we have the broker, who is one of the most suspicious characters in the scenario. He did not provide much information, but after the interrogation, I felt a slight bit of arrogance coming from him, as he did not expect to be caught if he had anything to do with the murder.

He had no alibi, and he refused to tell us what kind of deal happened between him and the victim.

He is highly suspicious and very capable of committing the murder.

As for the white family, after I interrogated the wife, I managed to reach a new conclusion that provided her with a solid alibi. She was actually having an affair with the guard Jimmy at the time of the murder. What confirmed it was a nanny camera that was found in the room opposite to the wife’s room, which showed the door opening and the wife receiving Jimmy as they kissed and closing the door.

What further proved my conclusion is her choice of room, as she had chosen one of the three rooms that is not covered by the CCTV cameras in the hotel.

After I pressed her, she told me herself. Then I asked her how we could confirm this, and she provided the details of the couple in the opposite room, and she told me about the nanny cam. If we contact the guard station, we will probably find her statement to be true.

I cleared her and the guard, Jimmy. What’s left is the old man, who is also one of the most probable suspects, as he has the strength and the means to kill the victim.

Interviewing the father-in-law was not successful, as he was silent most of the time and unresponsive to any simulation or method that I used. I still find him very suspicious and at the center of the suspect.

The conclusion is the true suspects are the father-in-law, the guard of the warehouse, and the broker.

I’m sorry, instructor, as I need a lot more information to find out who the murderer is."

Alina: "Bravo, That was a clear investigative method that you used there, and the conclusion to narrow down the suspects to three—you are practically at the level of a graduate. Very good, number 9. I did not expect any of you to find the murderer, but to be able to narrow the suspects to five or less is very good already."

No. 80: "Still, after listening to number 9 report, I feel that I suck again."

Alina: "Everyone has their own aptitude, so don’t be harsh on yourself, number 80. Now I will tell you what truly happened in this case. I will go through the suspect list while interviewing the suspects who are behind me one by one to filter the information and clear the innocents until we reach the murderer."

Alan: "Before that, may I report my findings to you, instructor?"

Instructor Alina was surprised, as she did not expect Alan or No. 33 to want to report after hearing his seniors reports.

Alina: "Go ahead, number 33.".