The System Exploded And I Became The System

Opening the door, Maud saw his wife busy in the living room, preparing breakfast.

This scene made him feel a little unnatural.

Although he has learned that his wife is not his family, the other party still does not disappear.

She still lives in this family according to her own trajectory.

This feeling, to Maud, was like an unsheathed dagger placed on the path he must pass every day.

He knew how to avoid the other party, and just avoid it.

Maud could not move her away.

According to the rules, after twelve o'clock every night, the entire house outside the room is his restricted area.

And the origin of this restricted area is probably because during that time, this woman would wander around the house.

Maybe only when he solves the cause of his wife's death will the other party really leave.

Maude had a general idea in her mind.

"My dear, are you awake? Come and have breakfast!" The woman who was preparing breakfast also noticed Maud and urged her like a wife.

This woman seemed to have no memory of what happened yesterday.

She is like a program, performing what she should do in the position she is in.

"I'm quite busy today, so I'll take breakfast with me on the way." Maude walked out of the room, holding a stack of information compiled from the room in her hand, and casually replied to the woman.

"Then you must remember to finish eating." The woman brought the packed breakfast to Maude.

Maude's eyes flickered as she looked at the contents of the lunch box.

Or a sandwich...

After walking out of the courtyard and getting in the car, Maud looked at her watch.

6:30

This point was reached, but Corey's voice did not come out of the intercom.

It seems that his questioning yesterday created some gap between Corey and him, or... panic? Don't dare to face yourself?

Maud couldn't help but think this way.

After seeing the replay of Park Young-hao's death, Mod already understood that the key to the matter was focused on Corey!

This guy is most likely the real culprit in the corpse dismemberment case!

Although the information clearly stated that Corey and Berson had never had any relationship or enmity, there was no motive for the crime at all.

But aside from the motive of the crime, all other evidence points to him!

Maybe before he committed the crime, he had deliberately created a mindset that he and Berson would not become enemies. If he commits a crime under such circumstances, the probability of not being suspected is extremely high.

No one thought he was the murderer, so it was a perfect crime!

but.

Everything still needs to be investigated in depth.

Because in Maude's view, there is really a huge loophole on Old Donner's side.

If Corey is really that thoughtful and knows how to create an illusion for the public that he and Berson are not related, then it is impossible not to consider that Old Donald will expose him!

The vehicle starts.

Maude looked away from the intercom in the car, and when she thought of something, she fumbled in her pockets.

A key appeared in his hand.

Yesterday, I couldn't open the police station door with this key. The style of the key at home is completely different from this key, which rules out that this key is used to open a door lock at home.

So what is this key for?

Why did the original owner have such a key?

Before, Maud just took it out of her pocket and got it, and the key was still clean, but there were some accumulated wear and tear over the years. In other words, she used this key often!

But after all this time, Maude couldn't find a place that matched this key.

"Is it the key to open a storage box or a cabinet?" Maud muttered to herself, and while having some doubts, she opened the map of the town in the car.

There is a store with keys in the town, so maybe he knows something about it.

"Then let's go and ask first." Maude did not hesitate.

He didn't plan to return to the police station right away.

I went there yesterday and I know almost all the information I need to know.

At this time, you should look elsewhere to find a breakthrough.

certainly.

The key point is that Maude does not plan to meet Corey immediately.

He needed to keep his distance from such a suspect who was most likely the murderer.

And for Corey, he has another direction of investigation...

The pace of life in a small town is slow.

But there are many people who get up early.

When Maude came to the only locksmith in town, he had already gotten up and was tinkering with a lock in the shop.

"Buckel." Maud got out of the car and saw the other person, standing at the door and shouted loudly.

"Chief Maude?" The man playing with the locks looked surprised: "Chief, why are you here?"

"Nothing, I just came to ask something." Maude waved her hand pretending not to care, and at the same time took out the key from her body: "Do you know what kind of lock this key matches?"

"This key?" Locksmith Bucker recognized it just by looking at it: "This is an old style."

"The key should be a Beecher lock made eight or nine years ago."

"Beecher lock?"

"Yes, a brand that was very popular before, but because the quality was so good, it closed down." The locksmith said this and immediately walked towards the store: "Speaking of which, I still have this old lock here. "

After speaking, the locksmith rummaged inside.

Then he took out a big lock as big as a palm.

"Chief Maude, look, your key should be equipped with this style of lock." The locksmith's voice confirmed.

Looking at the big lock that the other party took out, Maude's eyes flickered.

There is absolutely no way such a big lock could be used to lock boxes and cabinets.

At least it's a lock for a warehouse or house door!

Does the original self still have another house outside?

After this thought flashed, it stuck in my mind!

Yes.

He drives to work at 6:30 every day, but he is not the one who opens the police station door.

This means that he arrived at the police station later than Corey who went to work around 7:30!

So where did he go during the hour between 6:30 and 7:30?

Behind this key seems to represent an unknown hour!

…

Leave from the locksmith shop.

As Maude drove, she paid more attention to the keys in her hand.

He seemed to have seen the key, but he was stuck in a bottleneck when he wanted to reveal more.

Open the town map.

Maud's eyes scanned it, trying to find anything different.

The whole town is not big. Apart from the commercial street near the police station, the residents in other parts of the town seem very scattered.

You can't tell any other information from just a map.

Rubbing her eyebrows, Maud exhaled a breath: "Forget it, let's go to Bertha's place first to check the situation."

One step has been taken regarding the key.

It only took more than ten minutes to understand the appearance of the lock paired with the key, and to deduce the abnormality in his original behavior. This was already a very good progress.

Vehicles emitted exhaust smoke and drove on the town's roads.

Maud's direction at the moment was to go to the edge of the town to find someone.

Bertha.

This woman is a fatherless and motherless orphan in the town. She is very beautiful. She is also Corey's crush and she is definitely the only person Corey cares about.

As for Corey's other direction of investigation, this is what Maud was referring to.

Yesterday, Maude would have thought that maybe the murderer had kidnapped Bertha and made Corey afraid to act rashly, thus preventing him from telling the slightest truth when facing her.

That's today.

I learned that Corey had actually taken the murderous bone-chopping knife.

Maude's mind has changed to the fact that Corey himself is the murderer, that's why he didn't confess!

But in fact, these two thoughts, no matter which one they are, do not prevent him from going to find Bertha now.

Maud didn't think Bertha had any influence on what happened to Cory.

When investigating a suspect, starting the investigation from the people he cares about is the right direction!