A Core Ship From The Start
Chapter 772 - Chapter 772 Chapter 550 Mysterious Lake_2

Chapter 772: Chapter 550: Mysterious Lake_2 Chapter 772: Chapter 550: Mysterious Lake_2 Upon hearing this, Duanmu Huai raised an eyebrow before taking back the picture.

“By the way, do you remember what kind of car he drove?”

“A black Chrysler. Few young people can afford such a posh car these days, so I remember it distinctly.”

“Thank you, I have no more questions.”

After getting Duanmu Huai’s reply, Jacob turned around and left directly, and Duanmu Huai turned his gaze to the others.

“See, I knew those two old men were suspect.”

“Uh, based on just that inquiry?”

“Of course.”

In the face of Mary’s questioning, Duanmu Huai curiously nodded.

“Don’t forget, after we arrived here, we only said we were looking for a person. We did not mention that he drove a car, let alone what kind of car he drove. But Jacob spoke very clearly, which shows that he did not lie.”

“So…Mr. Duanmu, do you mean that the two elderly gentlemen are lying?”

Upon hearing this, Mary looked incredulous.

“But they are just two old people. Although it’s not nice to say, the missing are young people after all. How can these two old men handle physically strong young men?”

“Well, that remains to be seen.”

“So…what do we do now?”

“Since we have already discovered a clue, let’s just crack the case. You two investigate further in the inn, check on other passengers. We’ll regroup in the evening, then report everything to me.”

“Huh?”

Upon hearing Duanmu Huai’s words, Mary was startled.

“Do, do you mean I should go?”

“Exactly, this is an essential skill for an investigator, it would be good practice for you.”

“But… what should I ask about?”

“Casual chat is fine, try to find out about their background, how long they’ve been here, if they’ve encountered anything strange… don’t make it like a police interrogation. Treat it like two passengers chatting casually in the inn.”

“Ahh… but Mr. Duanmu, your questioning just now seemed kind of like an interrogation…”

“Different methods, that’s all. Now go!”

“Yes…!”

Being shouted at by Duanmu Huai, Mary was startled, hastily nodded and then turned to leave with Lorena following behind.

“Ah…”

Watching the backs of the two leaving, Duanmu Huai shook his head, then turned and headed towards the lake. As for the maid, she stayed behind to guard the truck and maintain it. If those two fools dared to make a move on the maid, they would get a taste of a monstrous maid’s real power.

But on second thought…

“What a dump this place is.”

Standing by the lake and looking at the scenery before him, Duanmu Huai couldn’t help but vent. In general, a remote place like this should be dominated by natural beauty. However, the fact was different. Although there was a small wooden dock by the lake with a few small boats, the lake was covered in thick green algae. The surface of the lake had a greasy layer of dirt. It was anything but natural beauty. Instead of a lake, it looked more like a large pond of garbage and sewage. You could smell a pungent odor as soon as you approached.

Who would come to such a wretched place!

While walking around the lake, Duanmu Huai continued to grumble. Then, when he reached the far side of the lake, he stopped in his tracks.

The reason was simple. In front of Duanmu Huai were very clear tire tracks in the mud. These tracks started from the parking lot and led directly into the lake.

Duanmu Huai looked up following the tire tracks.

They lead into the lake?

No wonder the damn place is so dirty.

Could these two old men be serial killers, killing for money here and then dumping the victims’ cars in the lake to destroy the evidence? Could the bodies of those people also be in the lake?

Upon thinking this, Duanmu Huai turned his head to look at the inn in the distance, and squinted his eyes slightly.

It seems things are getting interesting now.

Nighttime in winter always comes quickly. As night fell, Mary and Lorena returned to the truck and reported back to Duanmu Huai.

“Aside from Mr. Jacob, there are two more guests staying here.”

As she spoke, Mary took out a notebook – it seemed she had taken the task quite seriously.

“One is Mr. Bill Denton. He doesn’t like to interact much, so we only greeted each other and didn’t chat much… The other is Miss Sarah Bonner. She seems to be on a long journey and is just resting here temporarily. Neither of them has seen Mr. James. Also…”

As she spoke, Mary turned another page of her notebook.

“Miss Sarah mentioned that she doesn’t like the lake very much. Ever since she came here, she has been having frequent nightmares.”

“Nightmares?”

“Yes, Miss Sarah says that she occasionally dreams of herself sinking to the bottom of the water, surrounded by water weeds, and beneath the water weeds is a strange city constructed of spiral towers, filled with terrifying, terrible, indescribable corpses. She is always attracted to the city center where she sees a horrifying three-eyed monster… then she wakes up in shock. She always has this dream. Miss Sarah thinks it might be because of the lake.”