Chapter 5: Burnt Bodies with No Clear Motive Part 4

“So you’re saying the culprit pickpocketed the lighter from Jambo to light the blowtorch to heat the vents?” Urkstin asked.

“That seems to be the logical course of events.” Mia confirmed.

“Ok… but why?” Urkstin shot back, “Why go through the trouble of doing that?”

His question made us all go quiet. Truth be told, I had no idea myself. The whole event seemed planned out meticulously, but why? What was there to gain from this?

“Maybe they wanted to make sure we couldn’t access Jambo’s body?” Akira thought out loud.

“But we had no idea that we could not access it until the Loudspeaker informed us, correct?” Liam responded, rubbing his chin.

“Ok well yeah, but do you have a better answer Einstein? Maybe some of that Historian knowledge can give you an answer!” Akira shot back, angered that no one else was thinking of possibilities.

“Well I-” Liam started, before cutting himself off, catching a glare like a deer in headlights. “Hm.”