The conductor did not have a separate room of his own. He sat in his seat all night and was aware of what was going on in the carriage.

Poirot asked Michel some questions.

For example, the last time he saw Ratchett was told one by one, as well as the subsequent itinerary, including which passenger rang the bell at what time.

There was one thing that made Carl feel very special.

According to Michelle's description, she also saw a lady walking around in the carriage.

But he only saw his back, far away from his seat, wearing a scarlet kimono pajamas embroidered with dragon patterns.

The scarlet pajamas were already very conspicuous, but in a mystery novel, they seemed to come with a conspicuous bag, deeply attracting Carl's attention.

Through the words, he seemed to have glimpsed the scenes in the train.

After questioning the conductor, Poirot successively called for Ratchett's secretary and servant.

Secretary McQueen had already asked once before, but this time he went into more detail.

After learning Ratchett's true identity, McQueen made no secret of his disgust.

At the same time, we also learned that McQueen's father was once the district attorney responsible for Armstrong's kidnapping.

Karl raised his eyebrows. If nothing else, Armstrong's kidnapping should be the focus of this case.

It’s just that Karl put himself into the author’s perspective, and couldn’t think of any ingenious tricks for a while, so he continued reading.

McQueen also mentioned that he seemed to have seen a woman wearing red pajamas pass by his door.

The third witness was Ratchett's servant Masterman, who knew nothing about Ratchett's true identity and confessed his whereabouts that night.

Except for meeting Ratchett at nine o'clock and seeing him reading a letter irritably, he went back to his room and read a novel until four o'clock because of his toothache.

And before leaving at the end, he mentioned an emotional old lady and said that she knew everything about the murderer.

So, the next witness, Poirot, called Mrs. Hubbard.

According to Mrs. Hubbard's account, the night before, when she woke up from sleep, she found that there was an extra man in her room, but she could not see his face clearly.

Frightened, Mrs. Hubbard rang the bell and called for the conductor, but when the conductor opened the door, she found no trace of anyone else.

Mrs. Hubbard even provided evidence, a button, but after Poirot and others identified it, they found that the button should be a button on the conductor's uniform.

Although he found it a bit inexplicable, Karl still recorded it as an important clue.

Karl read the testimonies of each passenger one by one.

After reading them all, there were only the last three chapters left, and Karl didn't click on them yet.

Instead, I am trying to sort out what I have read so far and try to see if I can restore the truth of the incident.

In addition to providing his whereabouts, Poirot would usually ask male passengers whether they smoked cigarettes or pipes.

Because at the eucalyptus discovery site, a piece of pipe tobacco that did not belong to Ratchett was found.

Therefore, the passenger holding a pipe must be suspected of being a murderer to some extent.

Among the passengers who admitted that he regularly smoked a pipe was Colonel Arbuthnot.

But judging from the way Ratchett died, being able to stab the deceased twelve times didn't seem like something Colonel Arbuthnot could do.

For female passengers, Poirot usually asked about the color of their pajamas, but he did not find any of them wearing scarlet pajamas.

In addition, the corresponding owner of the handkerchief found at the eucalyptus discovery site has not been found.

As for the buttons found in Mrs. Hubbard's room, after asking Michelle about it, she insisted that she had not lost the buttons.

However, the last German maid interviewed did provide a clue. She saw a conductor who was not Michelle in the carriage the night before.

The other person is short in stature and has a weak voice, like a woman.

In addition, most of the passengers in the carriage knew about Armstrong's kidnapping and were even closely related to it.

Karl integrated these testimonies and clues one by one in his mind.

We even started brainstorming ideas, and then...the silence was deafening.

He found that he found nothing. It seemed that every passenger had explained his whereabouts and provided important clues.

But based on these contents, Karl felt that he could not piece together the puzzle of the truth.

It even feels like there is no progress, I don’t know where to start putting the pieces together, and I have no idea about the real culprit.

"It must be because there are still three chapters that have not been read." Karl put down his notebook and picked up the e-reader again.

After questioning all the witnesses, Poirot made a short summary of the testimony.

First of all, the time of the eucalyptus hair growth may be consistent with the speculated results, but it may also be forged.

Another important point is that, based on the testimony combined, there may indeed be another conductor in the carriage last night.

At the same time, there was a woman wearing a scarlet nightgown.

But the other set of train clothes and the scarlet nightgown were not found, and Mr. Booker immediately prepared to search the passengers' luggage.

At this time, the Oriental train, which had been idle for a long time, started again.

At this time, the murder weapon appeared in Mrs. Hubbard's toiletry bag, a bloody knife.

But on it, there were only fingerprints left when Hubbard opened the toiletry bag, and other than that there were no other fingerprints on it.

Next, in the last chapter of the testimony, the passengers' luggage was also searched, but no scarlet pajamas were found.

But when Poirot returned to his room, he found scarlet pajamas in his suitcase.

The testimony ends with this shocking scene.

"Aba Aba..." This is Deng Ge's feeling after reading it.

Without any clue, I gave up the challenge directly.

After all, he had received the reward through Jiang Yuan's channels, and Deng Ge just wanted to finish reading the rest of it as soon as possible.

On the other side of the ocean, although Karl had more ideas than Deng Ge, he was not much better.

He subconsciously clicked to turn the page, but was told that it was the last page, which shocked Carl.

"Is this gone?" Karl subconsciously glanced at the notebook where he had written many pages of notes.

Before the challenge started, Karl was still full of confidence, thinking that after reading the public content, he would be able to restore part of the truth.

Even if the truth cannot be restored, it should be more than enough to guess the final truth.

But now after actually reading it, Karl found that he couldn't even pinpoint the murderer, let alone the truth.

After going through the clues again in disbelief, Karl shook his head.

"It must be too late. It's normal for my brain not to work well."

"I'd better go to bed early and continue the analysis when I wake up tomorrow." Karl encouraged himself, packed up his desk and went to bed first.

Because of the time difference, there are still only a few people like Carl who study at night by lamplight.

On the contrary, after it went online at noon in China, many readers like Deng Ge have already completed the follow-up reading.

The popularity was very high for a while. Not only did it appear on the hot search list, but there were also many related discussion posts in the reasoning forum.

[Have you finished reading the latest testimonial chapter of "Orient Express"? How do you feel? 】

Under such a question, there are many comments updated almost every minute.

[Before reading: There is only one truth!

After reading: There is indeed only one truth, but I can’t guess it.】

[It looks very good, but my brain is limited and I can’t guess it. 】

[I think the murderer may be... for the following reasons: 1.......]

[The person upstairs must have guessed wrong, how could it be...it must be...]

[I feel that there is a big gap between my brain and Poirot’s brain.]

【Can anyone really complete this challenge? 】

[Anyway, I haven't seen a reliable reasoning yet. Let's wait for Karl tomorrow. This kind of boss has also participated in the challenge, maybe he can guess something. 】

【Indeed, Carl is pretty good.】

On the other side of the blue star, Karl, whose name was mentioned repeatedly, was sound asleep.

If I knew that I was given such high expectations, I don’t know how I would feel.

Yang Chao is also paying close attention to the shared reading challenge of "Murder on the Orient Express" in real time. The testimonial chapter is online, and the popularity of the event is very different from Yang Chao's imagination.

At the same time, as one of the few people who knows the final truth, Yang Chao is also paying attention to whether any readers can give the correct answer at this point in time.

However, based on the review feedback received so far, there is not a single correct answer.

But it's normal to think about it. Yang Chao recalled his experience of reading this book at that time, and he couldn't guess who the real murderer was at this time.

But if we can really restore the truth in this part, we probably won’t be shocked by the ending.

The ending of "Orient Express" also shocked Yang Chao, so this reading challenge was launched.
To be continued...