Internal and external troubles have put too much pressure on the City Defense Department in recent times. Although the Mist Organization has a police station to assist in the investigation, after all, it involves the apostles, and the police station is unable to arrest them. In the end, the City Defense Department still has to take action.
As for the secret realm outside the city, it must be explored by the City Guards Office to determine the degree of harm. If there is an opportunity, the core of the secret realm will be obtained. If there is no chance, you can only garrison it and try to ensure that the creatures in the secret realm do not escape.
Only secret realms with a particularly high degree of danger, like the "Disaster of Beasts" secret realm, will request the army to assist in defense. However, exploring the secret realm can only rely on the City Guards themselves.
A few days later, Wang Bo's case finally pinned the suspect on Zhang Zibing. After all, his initial occupation was too special, as an ax thrower, and the weapons he used were also niche. He was locked in within a few days, and after comparison,
The marks on the deceased's wound completely matched the weapons used by Zhang Zibing. Based on this alone, Zhang Zibing could be summoned.
City Guards Office, in the conference room.
Wu Jie explained while playing the slides.
"Zhang Zibing, a native of Songtao City, lost his parents three years ago. He left Songtao City and joined his uncle Zhang Guotao in Haihua City next door. A year later, he became an apostle of the secret realm. He started as a professional ax thrower and used five throwing hatchets and one
A one-handed, double-edged ax..."
On the projection screen, pictures of Zhang Zibing using weapons appeared, as well as some previous battle scenes, as well as 3D simulations of the deceased's wounds and weapons, which almost completely matched.
"Three months ago, Zhang Zibing and his apostle team returned to Songtao City. The specific reason is unknown. During the period, they went to explore the secret place outside the city. A few days ago, Zhang Zibing suddenly disappeared. Now there are only four people in the apostle team..."
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At the end of the meeting, the City Guards Office issued an arrest notice for Zhang Zibing and summoned the other four members of Zhang Zibing's apostle team.
Zhang Zibing's participation in the Mist Organization was a personal act and he did not disclose it to other people in his team. On the one hand, it was for confidentiality, and on the other hand, it was also because Zhang Zibing knew that no matter how many people joined, only one person could inherit the Mist number in the end.
, he is more confident on his own.
In the summons room of the City Guard Office, the other four members of Zhang Zibing's apostle team were all placed in separate rooms. On the surveillance screen, the four people seemed a little restless, with nervous expressions on their faces.
"It seems like they don't know anything about Zhang Zibing!" Li Dong adjusted his glasses and frowned slightly.
After the four people were summoned to the city guard station, they were detained separately for more than an hour. Judging from the expressions and micro-movements of the four people, it seemed that they did not know that Zhang Zibing was connected to the Mist Organization.
"Start asking and see if you can find any other clues..." Li Dong sighed and said to several staff members beside him.
In the four interrogation rooms, two staff members began to question the four apostles respectively.
If it is in a secret realm, or even in the wild, many secret realm apostles will not pay attention to the city guard office at all. Some are even full of malice towards the city guard office and will actively attack the apostles of the city guard office.
But in Songtao City, the City Guards Office has absolute authority. As a state machine, it cannot be resisted by one or two apostles or a team of one or two apostles.
In the summons room, two City Guards Office staff members walked in expressionlessly and began to question Zhang Zibing's apostle team.
"Name?"
"Zhao, Zhao Hu!"
"age?"
"Twenty-six!"
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After a brief inquiry, a staff member asked directly: "As a member of Zhang Zibing's apostle team, do you know what Zhang Zibing did when he returned to Songtao City?"
"Brother Bing, no, Zhang Zibing took us back to Songtao City. He said that there is a secret place here that can quickly improve our apostle experience. However, we have been in Songtao City for a few months and we have been searching in the wild and have not found Zhang Zibing.
The secret realm he was talking about..." Zhao Hu stuttered a little at first, but the more he spoke, the smoother he became. He also understood that Zhang Zibing had probably done something to harm them.
"Boss, we really don't know anything about Zhang Zibing. That kid is very sneaky. He has been very mysterious recently. He always goes out alone..." Zhao Hu felt resentful and racked his brains to recall all Zhang Zibing's actions.
More than a week ago, Zhang Zibing disappeared inexplicably. Several people were surprised, but they thought Zhang Zibing had some private matter and it was not convenient to tell them, so they didn't care.
Unexpectedly, they actually provoked people from the City Guard's Office and "invited" all four of them back to the City Guard's Office.
"By the way, leader, recently, when Zhang Zibing comes back, he will have a strange smell on his body. The smell is very special, just like the smell of burning monsters in the secret realm..." Zhao Hu's eyes lit up and he suddenly said.
"Oh, the smell of burning monsters in the secret realm?" The two investigators looked at each other, with an imperceptible smile on their faces, and said to Zhao Hu in a gentler tone: "Tell me carefully."
"Hey, yes, yes, leader!" Zhao Hu also became a little excited and continued: "The smell is very weak. If you are an ordinary person, you will not care. But after I became the apostle of the secret realm, my sense of smell has improved a lot, and I can smell it.
Many others can’t smell it…”
"Zhang Zibing became mysterious a week ago. He often goes out alone and spends most of the day. Every time he comes back, he has that smell..."
"The smell of burning monsters in the secret realm is different from the burning of ordinary beasts. There is a special strange smell, not a bad smell, but a strange smell..."
"Are you sure it's the smell of burning monsters in the secret realm?" One of the investigators couldn't help but ask.
"I'm sure, it must be the smell of burning monsters in the secret realm!" Zhao Hu said firmly: "I have smelled that smell before. Someone in the secret realm has used fire magic to attack the creatures inside, whether they are beasts, indigenous people, or even flowers, plants and trees.
, there will be that weird smell when you burn it, it doesn’t matter in any secret realm, but if you burn anything in the real world, you won’t have that smell..."
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A few hours later, the investigators handed over the interrogation records of several people, especially Zhao Hu’s interrogation records at the top.
"Director, we have discovered something!" Wu Jie came to the conference room with Zhao Hu's interrogation record and said: "According to Zhao Hu's interrogation confession, the place where Zhang Zibing came into contact with the Mist Organization can basically be confirmed, and it is right here!"
With that said, Wu Jie turned on the projector, played a map of Songtao City, drew a red circle on the southwest corner of Songtao City, and said: "Gang Lane, preliminary judgment is that Zhang Zibing and the Mist Organization will come into contact every time in Gang Lane!
"
"There is a secret biorefinery factory in Gangxiang, Yuansheng Oil Industry! Its main business is to purchase biological corpses in the secret realm for refining to create an industrial lubricant. During the manufacturing process, it will cause some air pollution and produce a strange smell.
, this strange smell is caused by the power of the world that escapes during the refining process. It is the unique smell of monsters in the secret realm. It will not cause any harm to the human body, but the smell is very adherent and is difficult to remove if it is contaminated..."