Surrounding the fireplace, Buddy and Quins patiently looked at the two pieces of information in their hands.
But after Quins saw the information about the serial murder case, his good mood suddenly turned cloudy.
Quins pinched the bridge of his nose and said, "Buddy, let's put the task of polluting the Tena River aside for now."
Buddy raised his head: "What? It's just a murder case. It won't make you uneasy, right?"
Quins: "Remember that serial murder case we encountered in Doth Mulder, the art city?"
Buddy nodded: "Of course, why are you talking about this?" Then something suddenly occurred to him: "Could it be..." Buddy stood up, grabbed the documents on the desk and read them.
Quins ignored Buddy and looked at the document, and said: "In the Doth Mulder serial murder case, the victims were all girls under the age of 10 who had their blood drained from their bodies and turned into withered bones. And this information we have here
, except that the girl under 10 years old turned into a boy, everything else is almost the same, and the development of the situation is later than that of Dorth Mulder, but the two places overlapped for a period of time. Therefore, it can be inferred that the murderer is not
The same person, but most likely the same organization."
Buddy looked a little solemn: "According to this calculation, the level of this task will not be too low. If it is not good, it will even be mentioned as intermediate."
"Yes," Quins agreed: "What worries me more is not the organization that may be involved behind this, but the Shadow Disciples."
"Shadow Apprentice?" Buddy asked inexplicably, "What does this have to do with Shadow Apprentice?"
"I always felt that it was strange that we met the shadow disciples on the train. I have always had this feeling, but I can't confirm it. But after we received the serial murder case in Taopaphi, this feeling became clear
A lot." Quines' intuition is naturally not without reason. In fact, he knows very well that the life factor has been playing a subtle role.
Buddy thought thoughtfully: "You are probably overthinking it. What's more, how could the shadow disciples predict that we would encounter this serial murder case here?"
Quins shook his head: "They don't have to calculate at all. As long as the serial murder case continues to develop, sooner or later it will be like Doth Mulder, and everyone will know it."
Buddy: "But this is not enough to prove that there is a relationship with Shadow Disciple."
Quins sighed: "Yeah, actually it has nothing to do with it at all. But I still think we should solve the serial murder case first, otherwise if it gets to the situation like Doth Mulder, it will be another one."
This turmoil is not good for the Investigation Bureau, the City Hall, the royal family, or us."
Buddy: "I agree, and as soon as possible."
The two's original plan was to study the intelligence on hand for a few days, and then split up to conduct preliminary investigations based on the difficulty of the researched tasks.
But things are different now. Since they have to go all out to solve the serial murder case, the task of polluting the Tena River has been postponed by the two of them.
In this case, just after two boys died, the Investigation Department noticed something unusual and directly transferred the murder case to the Investigation Department.
When Quins takes over the mission, the death toll rises to three.
When it comes to being drained of blood from the whole body, the first thing they think of is vampires. Of course, vampires are not the only ones in this world who suck blood. Some esoteric people also have the need to suck blood every once in a while. This is a phenomenon in the mysterious world.
It is generally called the Vampire Secret Tradition.
However, blood-sucking incidents occurred in two places at almost the same time. Quins and Buddy both believed that this was not the work of a supernatural person who needed blood-sucking. Moreover, according to Buddy's understanding, supernatural beings who practice blood-sucking secrets generally
I won’t do it too hard. Even if the demand is large, I will eat it in several times.
As for the investigation department's initial inference that it was a ceremony for some apprentices to advance to formal transcendental status, for the same reason as above, it couldn't be such a coincidence that two apprentices happened to advance in two places so close to each other at almost the same time.
Even if it were true, Quins would rank him last.
Buddy: "You go check out the three murder scenes, and I'll collect information on the vampire family in Taopaphi."
Quins nodded in agreement. After all, Buddy had stayed in Taopaphi for a while. Whether it was openly or secretly collecting information, it was much more convenient and faster than him, a stranger to Taopaphi.
The two separated at the door, Buddy headed towards the Ziman Investigation Department, and Quins called a carriage and drove straight to the outskirts of Ziman.
Almost all three boys died in the suburbs of Zman, close to the Lower Second District, and the environment was almost the same as that of the Lower Second District.
The suburbs of Ziman are filled with a large number of dilapidated buildings and unlicensed workshops. They are completely different from the area near the city center of Ziman. Quins was walking on a dank side street in casual clothes, and he couldn't help but feel a sigh on his face.
, the ragged civilians around looked at Quins, who was out of tune with them, with burning eyes. The greed and deep-hidden ferocity in their eyes were clearly revealed in Quins' inspiration.
Quins saw this kind of look a lot when he was on the run, so he didn't take it seriously. The environment here is said to be governed by the city hall, but in fact the real controllers are the gangs hiding in the dark. He can even
It is conceivable that his appearance may have been known to the gang boss who controls this area.
There are many alleys and alleys here. If you don’t know the area, you may get lost in it within five minutes of entering. When you see it again the next day, you don’t know which ditch you are in.
However, Quins doesn't pay attention to these memories. As long as he passes by, it will be recorded in the soul witchcraft book.
From this point of view, Taopaphi's investigation department is still very careful in its intelligence work.
Turning into the alley, Quins didn't pay attention to the tail behind him. This was the place where the first boy was killed. This alley was very short, only three or four yards. At the end was a low earth wall. Quins jumped forward.
You can easily cross it. And the place where the boy was found was leaning against the side of the earth wall. As a barren place, it certainly doesn't matter if someone dies, and no one even came to claim it at the time.
But maybe the boss of the gang behind him had some insight and noticed the abnormality of the boy's death, so he sent a boy to call the police.
In fact, Quins didn't have much hope of coming to the scene. In the past few days, even if there were more clues, most of them had been destroyed.
Sure enough, the muddy alleys did not bring any clues to Quines. Quines did not give up halfway. Even if he could predict the possible harvest next, Quines still spent a lot of time investigating the other two murder scenes. However,
Unexpectedly found nothing.
It seemed that he was aware of Quins' origins, and the little tail that followed him did not move rashly from the moment he arrived at the scene of the first crime, and even disappeared during the third investigation.
However, Quins was not discouraged and had no intention of going back. Instead, he followed an inexplicable feeling and walked around to the small bar.
Jingle bell! The bar door rang as Quins pushed it open.
The moment they walked into the bar, everyone's eyes were focused on Quins who walked in. There was silence in the bar. Quins turned his eyes slightly and saw Little Tails, who had been marked with witchcraft by his family, sitting in the corner.
, holding a large glass of ale and drinking with others.
Seeing Quins's gaze, a flash of panic flashed in Little Tails' eyes, and then he turned away with a guilty conscience.
Quins smiled slightly and walked towards Little Tails. Everyone watched Quins' actions in silence.
"Give me a moment, I think the gentleman in front of you would like to sit with me for a while." Quins tapped the civilized stick in his hand on the big man sitting opposite the little tail and said.
"Who are you? You dare to let me give up my seat." The strong man with a sinister face was full of momentum. He didn't know how many such civilized people he had dealt with.
Quins looked at the barking guy in front of him indifferently, not bothering to say anything more to him. The civilized stick went from extremely quiet to extremely moving. In just a moment, the strong man flew two yards away, holding his bleeding chin and howling.
.
Ignoring the silent people around him, Quins stared high at Little Tails and said, "I want to see your boss, you lead the way." He roughly swept aside the ale glass in Little Tails' hands, and drooped his civilized staff.
With clever strength, he directly brought up the little tail.
"I, I don't know what you are talking about? I don't even know you." Little Tail wailed pitifully.
Quins turned a blind eye. He had seen many of these people when he was on the run. They were all cockroaches who would not shed tears until they saw the coffin.
"Stop talking nonsense. I don't care if you know it or not. If you don't see your boss in five minutes, you will never walk again." As he spoke, Quins's eyes flashed with a fierce light.
"I really don't know..."
Quins interrupted Little Tail coldly: "You still have four minutes and fifty-five seconds."
"Dora, bring this gentleman up."
A voice suddenly sounded from the second floor of the tavern.