Chapter 16: The Departed Wife_2

"Is that what it means?"

"The killer likes to use irony to express his artistic mood. Half of Old Darcy is lying on a shelf, face down, while the other half is standing next to it with a hammer and glove, ready to push him into the crematorium.

Or perhaps, half of Old Darcy is cremated, and the other half is ready to break up his bones to fill the urn.

Looking from a particular corner, the divided Old Darcy can be seen as two complete Old Darcy."

"Just like wax figures," said Dis.

The wax figures in the wax museum were designed in poses as if they were doing something, like farmers plowing fields, or soldiers charging.

"Yes, Grandpa. I believe this is exactly the feeling the killer wants to create."

"But, if that's what the killer wanted to express, why has it become like this? Is it because that phone call you made led him to not have enough time?"