Chapter 328: Desert Rashomon
Rashomon is a famous allusion, which comes from a famous novel. The novel revolves around a murder case, and each relevant person has a different set of accounts, and it is impossible to distinguish what is right and what is wrong. The novel was later adapted into a film, as well. As a result, the term was derived to describe the situation, which is complicated and confusing, and it is difficult to distinguish the truth.
The reason why the Sweetwater Hotel murder case is called "Desert Rashomon" is naturally because the situation is similar. In this mission, the main line is to track down the murderer who killed a certain lord, but the situation is confusing: the hotel owner who sells stolen goods and sometimes goes out with the robbers to rob; Hotel chef; although he has a little sense of justice, he is more of a hotel clerk who wants to learn from the world; he always wants to marry a rich man, and then poison the hotel maid who monopolizes the property of his husband; the golden pot who came to the hotel with treasures A robber who washes his hands; a patrolman who chases the robber but abandons his job and flees in the hope of getting his treasure; a bard who is indifferent and selfish; is opposed by the territorial people because of his brutality, so that he and his brother are expelled by the nearby lords and want to go to the capital The accused lord's younger brother... In the whole plot, almost everyone has a motive to kill for various reasons, and they can also find an opportunity to kill.
In the entire mission, the only thing players can be sure of is that people definitely didn't kill themselves.
Naturally, this task requires solving a case, but what exactly is going on in this case? Until the time when the panda crossed, the players could not discuss the result.
Of course, for pandas now, the biggest problem is not solving the case, but... This quest is not a "random quest in the maze", but one of the fixed random quests in the desert area.
As long as you walk in the desert of the Western Continent, you will have a certain chance to encounter this hotel located in the small oasis. If you don't want to do this task, you can naturally leave. If you are willing to do the task, you can go to the hotel and make a cameo appearance as Sherlock Holmes.
Some Raiders maniacs have summed up the experience of many players doing this task and made a very detailed analysis. Initially, according to the analysis, the murderer should be the lord's younger brother. But then someone solved the case according to the content of the analysis, and as a result, new information was discovered. So the analysis was updated again, and then the case was solved, and new information was discovered... After a while, it was discovered that some information would be wrong, and it would not match the past experience.
This situation has been repeated a lot, and the Raiders madmen have no choice but to announce that this quest is very random, and the details in it may change. Observe, follow the map to find out.
Using this method, quite a few people have successfully solved the case, but comparing the data of at least 70,000 to 80,000 words and more than 100 key suspicious points that need to be observed, even if there are data references, there are still many people who cannot accurately identify the doubts. All found right.
This requires strong observation skills, as well as sharp thinking. Otherwise, just relying on the pile of data will only make you dizzy.
Panda thought for a moment, then took a step and walked towards the hotel.
He was curious, when the random tasks in the game became a reality, how would things develop?
So far, the traversers have not found the situation of "duplication of tasks", and since this is the case, then this task should be no exception.
If the task cannot be repeated, how will those doubts that were divided at the beginning develop in the end? What will be the final solution to this complicated murder case?
Thinking of this, the panda felt like there were seven or eight kittens scratching and scratching, and it was very curious.
From the desert to the oasis, the distance is not far. It only took him a while to come to the oasis and to the front of the hotel.
The hotel looks a little old, but the building is still very strong, and it can be seen that the materials are strong. There are signs hanging on the door of the hotel, but not words, but food, beds and hot water. This is the norm in many hotels because the owner is illiterate.
Of course, the owner of the Sweetwater Hotel is literate, he just pretends to be illiterate.
Panda walked in through the open door, and the guy who was dozing in the corner immediately greeted him and asked him if he wanted to eat or stay.
"Eat." Panda said, taking out a gold coin, "Also stay."
The guy took the gold coin and said with a smile, "Before the matter, we are a desert, and everything is expensive. If you eat and live in a restaurant, you may have to pay more."
Panda nodded: "Don't worry, give as much as you want, I am not the one to deny it."
The guy was relieved. He asked Panda to sit down first, then asked him what he needed, and hurried to the back kitchen.
After a while, a rather enchanting maid came downstairs and saw the panda, her eyes lit up at first, but then she noticed the holy emblem on his armor, her eyes suddenly dimmed, and she squeezed out an obviously reluctant smile, come over. Greeted and sat behind the counter.
Panda doesn't care about her indifference - he really doesn't want to provoke a woman who wants to poison her husband so that she can inherit the inheritance.
After a while, a voice came from outside the door, and a tall and gloomy knight strode in. When he saw the maid, his eyes lit up, but he did not speak immediately, but stood at the door, waiting for a man and a woman to come in. Only then did he go to the front of the counter and ask, "Is there a good guest room?"
"Of course!" The maid replied immediately, "I don't know how the three are called?"
"Baron Noang." The gloomy-looking knight replied, "This is Baron Noang and his wife. I am the knight commander of their family."
Panda said nothing, watched them register, and went upstairs.
These three people were naturally the nobleman Baron Noang and his wife, and the nobleman's younger brother, little Noang, who planned to go to Molai City to sue. Looking at the appearance of the two men, there are indeed some similarities.
It's just... why didn't little Noang say his identity? Is his identity to be kept secret? Or is it the real him, not actually a member of the Noang family?
After a while, the food was served. That guy who used to be a robber for half a year and a chef for half a year really had nothing to say about his craftsmanship, and the panda was very satisfied with it.
Just as he was eating, it was getting late, and the man put some torches on some pillars in the hall on the ground floor to provide lighting for the hall.
The light of the torch is not bright, but keeps shaking, shaking the figure like a ghost.
After the panda was full, he was about to go back to his room to rest when he heard footsteps coming from the door, but a tall and thin man ran over quickly and rushed in.
"Is old Ryan here?" he asked loudly. "I'm starving! Get me something to eat and drink!"
The guy obviously knew him and was about to go over to say hello, when another soldier who was slightly shorter but extremely strong chased in, with a sword drawn in his hand, and shouted: "Chase the fugitive, no one is allowed to move!"
Suddenly, the hall fell into a dead silence.