Chapter 305: Free Country. Please vote for recommendations on Monday.
"This is... Didn't Mr. Tie Ying come with you?"
After hearing Zongchen's explanation, Mo Zhi first noticed that only two of the opponent's three-person team had come.
After asking unexpected questions, Zongchen, Akali, and even Captain Vera had solemn expressions on their faces, and the atmosphere suddenly became a little more solemn.
With a sigh, Zongchen's eyes showed deep sorrow, and his tone was low, and he said slowly:
"Mr. Iron Eagle Westow, he died gloriously in a mission a few days ago."
"He dedicated his life for Pandora and shed the last drop of blood for the Punisher Council. He"
Zongchen had some congestion.
The unpredictable man who died on duty opened his mouth, paused for a few seconds, and then sighed:
"Mr. Iron Eagle."
Although they are just acquaintances, the punisher in white is also a colleague, and he performs almost the same duties as himself.
Not long ago, everyone was fighting side by side at Xinglong Villa.
Now, Tie Ying has left
At this time, Mo Zhi felt the same words that Vera often said: "The punisher will face the test of life and death at any time", and he lamented the impermanence of fate.
Zongchen showed bitterness: "That's the job of a punisher, especially Baiyi."
"I'm proud of Mr. Westow."
After saying this, Zongchen, dressed in white, beat his chest with his right hand to express his condolences.
After Captain Vera followed suit and beat her chest to express her grief, Mo Zhi realized that something was wrong.
Now that Zong Baiyi has arrived, why did the captain still call him over?
I originally thought that a case had occurred, and Captain Vera wanted him to come over to help find clues. But when Bai Yi arrived, it became clear that this matter was not simple.
Not to mention the strange situation in Hongshi Village in front of us, Zongchen and others arrived before the case. Why did they come?
For a moment, Mo Zhi secretly screamed that something bad was going on, and vaguely felt that something big was going to happen.
A mournful silence passed among the people. After a moment, Zong Chen pursed his lips and said:
"Let's continue to deal with the matter at hand."
After saying that, he raised his head and turned to the side: "I just passed there and discovered something."
Unexpectedly, looking in his direction, it was the Hongshi Village Square.
The square area is not large, it is flat yellow land. It is located in the center of the entire village and is surrounded by various private houses.
A plane tree surrounded by ten people stood in the square, and a bronze bell hung on its branches.
Like other places, there were several villagers sitting around under the sycamore tree, and they had also turned into corpses at this moment.
Zongchen pointed to several dead villagers:
"Look at their actions!"
After hearing the words, Mo Zhi checked them one by one, and immediately understood what Zong Chen was referring to.
The dead were six elderly people who gathered in the square under the warm afternoon sun. In this peaceful village, it should be one of the few pastimes for the elderly from various families to gather here and chat. After lunch, the old people
We all gather here, eating and chatting, and most of the topics are probably about the family's personal problems.
In the weaving basin next to it, there are various foods such as peanuts and melon seeds, which is proof of this.
The key point is that the eyes of these people are obviously pointing in roughly the same direction.
Zongchen said: "Look, these people are looking in the same direction."
"We all know that these people should have died in an instant, and immediately turned into statues after death, and the direction these six old people were looking in. You see, there is nothing unusual in this direction."
He unbuttoned the collar of his white coat, stood behind the six corpses, and looked in the direction the six corpses were looking.
In the square in front, there are no corpses that have turned into "statues", and there are no other abnormalities. Farther away, there is a low mountain outside the village, which also has no abnormalities.
"Why do these six corpses look in the same direction? At the moment of losing their lives!"
Zongchen said in a deep voice:
"There are no corpses in this direction. If there are, it can be explained that a villager is passing by here, and the old people are looking at him. However, there are no corpses, and there are no traces that can attract attention in this direction. Then
illustrate"
Vera already understood and frowned and said:
"What they are looking at is the murderer!"
"Yes, this possibility is very high." Zongchen looked solemn:
"The murderer is a contractor with unknown abilities. It was the contract ability that suddenly activated while standing here in the middle of the village."
"As the talisman spreads, the entire village will be killed instantly."
Luo Qing and Douglas looked at each other, and both saw a hint of surprise in each other's eyes.
Discovering hidden details and deducing clues from the details, among other things, he and Douglas passed by here several times without noticing these situations.
Vera nodded and looked at Zongchen: "Your guess is very reasonable. Let's make a more accurate simulation."
After speaking, she walked directly in front of a corpse, observed the dead man's motionless eyes, and slowly backed away.
At the same time, she pulled out a sniper rifle and pressed the barrel to the ground
As it retreated, a shallow straight line was drawn on the ground.
Then in sequence.
Soon, the lines on the ground showed more obvious clues.
Six straight lines, six gazes almost looking in the same direction, but after accurately drawing these lines, a slight offset is revealed——
Four lines intersect at one point, and two lines intersect at another point. The distance between these two points is less than one meter.
Vera breathed a long sigh of relief:
"It's obvious."
Zongchen in white nodded: "The murderers are two people!"
"They quietly entered the village at noon, arrived here directly, and activated their contract ability under the watchful eyes of these six old people."
"This is the crime scene."
Vera nodded and signaled Uncle Cat to look for footprints along the straight line, but to no avail.
"The ability is unknown. There are many abilities that can make an Ironborn die instantly, but they can keep the body in the same state as when it was dead. I have never seen it, so I can only go to the Pandora archives to check the corresponding Rune Source Words."
Akali, who has been waiting behind Zongchen, analyzed along the lines of thought:
"The motive for committing the crime is also unknown. Who would do something to such a small village? Why do they do it?"
Zongchen shook his head and said that the clues were not enough to deduce these situations.
Turning his head, he found that he was staring at the six corpses in front of him.
"Unpredictable, what are you doing?"
Hearing this, Mozhi whispered: "I'm looking at their expressions."
"Expression?" Vera was a little surprised.
"Don't forget, I am an intern psychiatrist." He nodded incomprehensibly and continued:
"Since they died instantly in front of the murderer, the expressions on these people's faces should have been frozen at that time."
Zongchen and Vera suddenly realized and blurted out almost at the same time:
"What did you find?"
Unpredictable remained silent, and after thinking rapidly for a few seconds, he used his finger as a pen to draw a sentence on the face of the corpse:
"Although there is not enough information, it can be seen that there is no fear in the expressions of these people."
Unpredictable pointed at another person: "There are subtle changes in the muscles at the corners of this person's mouth. It seems that he is still smiling. No, it is not the kind of smile in our usual sense, but a very relaxed look."
"Although the third person's pupils have been dilated, the focus is very focused, as if he is enjoying a movie and seeing the most exciting plot."
"A few others are in almost the same situation."
Unexpectedly turned around and reported to Zong Chen in a very polite tone:
"There should be nothing unusual about the murderer. There should be no appearance or other features that should be alarming. Otherwise, these people would not be able to watch the murderer's actions so easily."
"It can be seen that these people did not know what the murderer was going to do, and even looked at the two murderers with interest. In other words, the murderer should look like ordinary people, and may have used some deception methods, such as
, gave these people some lies that were similar to performances, and attracted the attention of these people."
"Then, the contract ability is activated in full view of everyone."
After saying that, Mo Zhi spread his hands and made a helpless gesture:
"I can only speculate this far, but I still can't find any clues about the motive or suspect."
Zongchen nodded: "It's not completely useless. It still provides a lot of ideas."
Unpredictable shook his head humbly and continued:
"Zongchen Baiyi, a contract item or contract ability that can cover the entire village. What level must it reach at least?"
"The red level will definitely not be able to do it. The orange level may try hard, and the yellow level will have an easier time." Zong Chen looked around the village and answered subconsciously, but his eyes lit up:
"Yes, this is also a useful clue. It can at least narrow down the scope."
"The murderer must be at least orange level or above."
Unpredictably nodded.
Why would a contractor above orange level slaughter all the villagers in a village? What contract ability did they use to do this?
After collecting the information on the scene, everyone split up and went to various locations in Hongshi Village to search carefully again.
Unexpectedly, after verification one by one, it was confirmed that Zongchen's speculation was correct - under the sycamore tree was the place where the murderer took action.
Elsewhere, villagers died in every room, with different circumstances, but no clues could be found.
When we returned to the square, Director Yang Yi had already arrived with the inspectors and was arranging his subordinates to handle the follow-up of the scene.
Unexpectedly, the forensic doctor who followed quickly discovered another situation——
When the inspectors were carrying the corpses back for autopsy, one of the corpses' arms broke like a fracture!
The forensic doctor who followed just conducted a simple examination and immediately determined the cause of death without waiting until they returned to the Inspectorate for an autopsy -
The muscles of the corpse were petrified from the inside out!
This is not to blame for the punishers being careless, because the body has been tested and there is no trace of the talisman remaining on the body, and everyone has touched the body with their hands. However, the touch is no different from that of an ordinary corpse that has stiffened.
No one can speculate on the cause of death of these corpses. They can only guess that the contract ability instantly killed the villagers and made their bodies stiff, thus maintaining their movements and expressions at the moment before death.
As for the post-mortem work, it is natural for ordinary inspectors to take the body back for examination, and it is inconvenient for the punisher to do it on the spot.
Unexpectedly, I discovered this situation before I even returned to the Inspectorate for autopsy——
There was a collision while transporting the wax figure-like body, and the forensic doctor unexpectedly discovered the cause of death during the on-site repair of the arm that was broken like a fracture.
Bones are still bones, but the inner layer of muscles around the bones has turned into a solid structure as hard as marble, and then spreads from the inside out.
If you touch it from outside the skin, you can't find this through the skin and fat layer.
Vera immediately ordered the forensic doctor to randomly examine several other corpses on the spot.
The results were as expected. All the corpses sampled had petrified internal muscles. (Note 1)
"Muscles. Petrified." After receiving this result, Vera frowned and looked at Yang Yi and Zongchen in white.
Zongchen said: "This determines the cause of death in advance. It should be the contract ability that causes the petrification of muscles. After the source of the symbols spread, the internal muscles of all villagers were petrified and they died instantly."
"It is precisely because of this that all corpses maintain various movements before death."
Yang Yi heard this and curled her lips: "Another strange contract ability! What the hell, monster!"
Immediately, he scanned the crowd:
"It should be annulling the contract!"
When Mo Zhi heard the words "abolished contract", his heart suddenly moved.
This is the second time I have heard this term. The little girl Zongchen Baiyi and the others took away last time was the one who had abrogated the contract - "blinded".
If any effect of an ability or price only affects ironborn or other creatures, it is a void contract.
Hearing this word, Zongchen looked a little ugly and sighed:
"Another invalid contract"
"Again?" Mozhi noticed the key points very sensitively.
Zong Chen nodded and glanced at Vera and Yang Yi:
"The exiled contractor who abrogates the contract? A free country?"
But he immediately changed his mind: "No, it cannot be determined that it is a free country, it may be an unorganized contract-breaking exile."
Seeing the team members looking at each other, Vera glanced at Zong Chen and explained to the unpredictable people:
"The headquarters sent out a notice ten years ago. An exiled contractor organization composed of contract-breakers has recently appeared on the mainland, which is what Bai Yi calls a free country!"
Another secret organization? They are all composed of those who have broken the contract? I can only guess in my heart.
Zongchen looked around at everyone and sighed:
"Tell the team members, it's okay. Although this news is only sent to the captain level now, it will be made public to the team members level soon."
"The Free State. This is indeed a new organization, almost entirely composed of contract breakers. As you know, Pandora spares no effort in managing and combating contract breakers."
"However, for these contract-breakers, they cannot decide whether their awakened abilities are contract-breakers, and the definition of contract-breaker itself is also decided by Pandora."
"Purely speaking, the Contractors are also a group of poor people who were cursed. They obviously did nothing wrong, but they were forced to be managed by Pandora just because they woke up randomly and because they threatened the existence of others. Perhaps it was because they resisted the injustice of fate.
The Contractbreakers established this organization to fight against Pandora's forced management."
"So, they call themselves a free country."
"There is one more thing." Zongchen's eyes showed sadness again:
"Iron Eagle Westo was killed by the Contractbreakers when our team destroyed a Free Nation stronghold in Kyushu City a few days ago."
Note 1: Muscle petrification is a rare genetic disease, caused by heredity...it actually exists, but the number of affected people worldwide is less than 1,000.
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