The location was still the temple, and if I hadn't guessed wrong, the killer had fixed Ma Biao's head with their left hand and struck his skull with a weapon in their right. However, the force wasn't significant. Could the killer be a woman? But I hadn't seen any woman in the room at the time. How could this have happened…
I took some of the deceased's heart blood. Theoretically, it couldn't be analyzed now, but I could use a bamboo leaf extractor. This tool had been modified, and besides testing for poison, it could also detect anesthetics. Of course, the specific components couldn't be identified.
However, at this moment, I noticed the anesthetic. Xie Chuchu then said, "I checked and found anesthetic drugs, ether and sevoflurane, mixed together for a more pronounced effect. Before he was killed, Ma Biao's head seemed to have turned slightly. This is from the law enforcement recorder!"
This guy had even stolen the video. I gave him a thumbs up.
I had He Xin watch the video while I continued the dissection. Moving to the vicinity of the deceased's chest and heart, the fatal wound, I found the heart severely ruptured. Theoretically, in such a case, the victim would die quickly. Therefore, a lot of blood had flowed from Ma Biao's heart. I glanced at the video on my tablet and saw his extremely pained expression, twitching, his face etched with suffering. Knowing he was going to die, he still persisted until the last moment. Before he died, he seemed to glance at the window on the left. Oh, right? There was another window there!
My mind raced. The window I escaped from was on the right. If there was another person on the left at the time, then that person could very well be the other killer. Given the current situation, there must have been two people. The person delivering the blows couldn't have used a dagger to kill. I observed that the wall blocked the area by the left window. The striking action should have occurred before I arrived at the scene. Afterward, the mysterious person held me from behind, then pulled shut the right window. Liu Yuning and Xiao Yuande were directly opposite, separated by half a window, and saw me "kill" someone. I pieced together the events of the case, gradually forming a line of thought. Behind the curtain, there should have been a mirror, because from our respective angles, they wouldn't have been able to see my face directly!
I had previously visited the scene and examined the windowsill and the ground, but I hadn't found any glass fragments. Therefore, I deduced that the mirror had been taken away by the killer simultaneously. How did they fix it behind the curtain at the time… I voiced my thoughts, and Xie Chuchu showed me the scene photos one by one, also saying, "Actually, to fix a mirror, you don't necessarily need to hold it… it could be done using some principle, like vacuum… just like the screen protector on this tablet!"
"Oh, that's right, it seems to be the case. Then, after the crime, the killer could have carefully peeled off the mirror and left. Judging by the angle of that spot, the killer's height should be…"
As we were discussing, I had already opened Ma Biao's stomach. Starting from the inner layer, it was all mucous membrane, with an oblique form. The outer layer was serosa, with a longitudinal form. The middle layer was a circular shape. I continued to explore and found that the stomach contents were still present but partially extracted, likely by Xie Chuchu during her previous autopsy. At this moment, she said again, "Based on the stomach contents, we can determine the time of Ma Biao's last meal, and then the time of death…"
"I've read the report, and it's indeed so." I was about to continue, but then, using the shadowless reflection tube, I saw that the soft tissue inside the stomach was extremely rigid, with a fragment of something embedded within it.
I continued to explore. The fatal wound wasn't here, so the fragment couldn't be from the murder weapon. I used tweezers to extract the fragment, and under the white light, I discovered it was the casing of a bullet.
"Uh, senior… I didn't discover that at the time!"
"It's okay. If the shadowless reflection tube hadn't helped me, I wouldn't have found it either. This thing looks too much like the color of the internal organs. But what about a bullet casing? Did Ma Biao also get shot before?"
I muttered to myself. At this point, his death seemed too bizarre. The body was full of contradictions. No matter how many years had passed, recalling today's events still filled me with dread…
If he had died from a bullet wound, the contraction of the chicken meat around his heart wouldn't be like this. I thought about it and examined the bullet, discovering it was from a shotgun. This type of gun is only effective at a certain distance, and there are many black powder particles. If it entered through the stomach, it would directly penetrate the stomach wall and then pass through the three layers. According to the bullet's trajectory, it was located in front of the middle of the left rib cage. Most of the stomach is located in the left rib area of the human body, with a small part in the upper abdomen. It is the sac-like part of the digestive tract, connected to the upper esophagus and lower duodenum. The left rib area is also called the left upper abdomen. Draw a horizontal line at the lowest point of the two ribs and a vertical line at the left iliac tubercle. The left upper region where the two lines intersect is the left upper abdomen, and the area above the horizontal line is the upper abdomen. The anterior wall of the stomach on the right side is close to the left lobe of the liver, and on the left side, it is close to the diaphragm, covered by the left ribs.
I separated the stomach bag and saw the passage of the bullet penetration. It was very small, with a bullet entry channel. This proved that the bullet was not swallowed but shot.
Therefore, being shot was obvious, but being hit in the stomach could still allow one to survive for a period. I actually didn't know when Ma Biao was taken to the hotel. It would be great if I could get his travel videos. However, it had now been proven that he had been shot before his death. Combined with the heart wound, his likely cause of death was a mixed cause of gunshot wound and sharp object injury. The small contusions on his head could only cause him to bleed a little or endure pain.
I was actually wondering, why hit Ma Biao's head? Could it be that killing Ma Biao was not the killer's sole purpose, or perhaps it had another meaning?
If I guessed correctly, framing was only one part of it; revenge was the true objective. It was a blatant scheme by the scapegoater…
Then these two killers must have been manipulated by the scapegoater. If there weren't two of them, this incident couldn't be explained. There's no such thing as a teleportation technique in this world. And I could tell the person behind me was male, but causing minor injuries doesn't necessarily mean it was a woman. Couldn't it be a man deliberately using less force?
At that moment, many such thoughts flashed through my mind, but I couldn't figure it out. However, as I was lost in thought, He Xin exclaimed, "Fortunately, my bracelet is connected to the public security system, and I can access the sky-eye cameras. I checked before, but I'll screen the time around the incident for you!"