The Four Generals

The string of murders countinues .

In the room besides the hallway was the dining room . And in the dining room . One more body was discovered.

The body was stabbed through the skull with a butter knife.

But the body was in a much better shape than the King's.

Poor soul .

I've had Era to check for wounds . But the only wound was in the skull m And it bore the same smell of Formalin. And she didn't want to go near the body .

So she spilled her knowledge of forbidden texts a little .

Era :

Check her eyes .

Her eyes were bleeding and a small amount of blood came dropping once her eyes were opened .

Jay:

Her eyes got slashed resulting in this . The slash looks cut finely

Anything else we're working with ? . Her skin doesn't look as deteriorated as the king . Meaning they died at seperate times.

Her wrist had some cuts in the veins . Might be possible self harm or a attempt to defend from the attacker.

This is all I can find about the initial investigation. I was heading to the next room. When I heard a window breaking .

I went to the throne room . To see a man with overgrown rough hair with dirt trapped in them wearing a sheriff's hat

And he was covered in small and medium cuts in the skin and some of the pieces of glass sticking inside him .

Behind his black fur coat he was wearing a regular white shirt but it was thin so the cold got through it .

Jay :

Who are you . (Inner realisation) the window behind you is broken .

Jay ran towards the window to jump out and when he dived through the window he crashes in a wall . Made of solidified mana .

Jay in his rage blasts the wall with fire . But it bounced back in him . And after being engulfed in his own flames he calmed down .

Jay :

Who are you .

? :

By your reaction towards the window i deduce that you're trapped in this palace.

? :

My name is Sher Khan . Im a well renowned detective around these parts and I am unparalleled in my profession .

Sher :

I'm here to solve the mystery of this frozen world .

He saw the corpse of the king and with just a look and some poking around he listed all the things we listed .

Doing this all by himself is very impressive indeed . Even when coming this late . He's caught up with half the scene

He's the detective we've been waiting for .

Sher :

The door looks like there are signs of forced entry .

And these shoeprints belong to outsiders and the prints don't match with each other It means that there are more than 2 of us .

Jay :

Oh that forced entry was all me . And right now there are 4 excluding me in this palace .

Sher :

Are you a metal bender .

Jay :

How did you know that !

Sher : (With style )

Through the power of observation every mystery can be solved . Metal benders generally have residues of metals lying around . In granular form and there's some on your shoulder.

Sher :

Your occupation seems to be something that allows a lot of movement and battles . Your instinct seems to be well honed and some desperation can be seen in your actions. Seeing you tried to leave through the window as soon as I came inside .

Maybe others are checking a different crime scene . Let's head there.

Until now he's prediction are 100 percent accurate . This is the one time the system has reduced my workload . Until according to intuition he says something so stupid that he becomes a liability in an instant .

We shift once again to scene 2 . Where the team has dispersed . McElroy and Brok are checking other rooms one by one . Era is on standby since she's not allowed so help or maybe she doesn't want to . I'm open to spill the jar of secrets to the world .

And Collins is trying to determine the identity of the person .

On the table .

It would have been so much easier if we had modern techniques like DNA testing . Atleast we can confirm if they are related to each other or not .

Sher Khan saw the body and started examining it .

Sher Khan:

This is definitely a member of the family and not someone else . And if I'm right Removing the butter knife should support my theory .

He picked the butter knife which was stabbed through the skull carefully and slowly. He picked up one if the ends and saw that there was no blood . The blood was still sticking in the butter knife and had the properties of an uncoagulated blood.

And there is no case of Rigor mortis here as well .

It means it not been that much time since her death .

It is all I can deduce about the subject without any tests.

He even saw through things that I didn't know. Wait a minute if he knows this much he might be the culprit .

Era :

Knox rule 1 : The detective cannot be the culprit .

Jay :

Then where is his Watson ?

Era :

Well...

Jay : (Realisation)

I'm the Watson aren't I .

Sher Khan :

Not buddy , you're not Watson .

Sher Khan: (Whispering in ears)

You're nobody

I thought so . Why do I even have my hopes up . And what should I do now . Talk back or keep calm .

Deep breath . I don't need douchebags like him , I can pull it kf ok my own . Narcissistic dog.

McElroy rushed from the other room in the hallway .

McElroy:

Jay we found something. Come quickly.

Sher :

So you do have an Watson already . It's quite good.

I'm quite interested in what he found .

We walked from the hallway towards a office . And the other doors were locked and weren't opening .

Inside the door were four generals sleeping while being tied up .

Sher :

Finally, we found out culprits.

Jay :

You mean suspects right ?

Sher :

No these are definately the culprits . I know that you dint know who they are . Let me spare some info .

These are the four generals if this Kingdom . Each one leads a specific part of the Kingdoms army .

They are as follows . The Sword General , The Shield General, The Bow General , and lastly the Gun weikding General or the Tactician.

Sword General controls the infantry , The Shield General leads the heavy troops , The Bow General is responsible for the archers and magicians . And the Gun weilding General is responsible for management of the tacticians and he is himself a great tactician himself.

The Gun weilding General has successfully defended against countless threats in the past through his excellent wits and skills .

The Sword weilding General and the Shield Weilding General obeys the Gun weilding General.

The Battalion of the Bow weilding General is under direct control of the royal family and they can use them as they see fit .

Jay :

Isn't this just random lore tossing .

Era :

I can't deny that.

Sher :

And would you just look at that. What were the wounds in the King's body .

The Sword of the Sword weilding General struck in the heart

The Arrow of the Bow Bow weilding General struck in the neck .

The wound of a gunshot from the Gun weilding General

And finally .

The face which was bashed in by the Shield General

Coincidence I don't think so .

Our investigation has taken a new turn now by and we have 4 suspects but they are unconscious.