"I was interested in studying for a while before."
After a brief conversation, McQuay attached great importance to John's knowledge, because some of the opinions put forward by John often spoke from his heart, and there were even some thought-provoking insights that were far ahead of the times.
Thinking of the other party's noble status, McIver suddenly felt pity for the young man in front of him. If this man was not a noble knight, he might become a great doctor!
"Since John Knight has also learned medical skills, I wonder if he can temporarily serve as my assistant?"
After hearing this, the female detective frowned slightly and said in a more serious tone:
"doctor!"
McQuay's proposal is undoubtedly a very disrespectful thing, because there is no such profession as forensic medicine in this world. Even if a murder occurs and an autopsy is needed to help solve the case, it is an act of the police station hiring a doctor privately, and the evidence obtained is legal.
However, no one will ask about the process of obtaining evidence, which means that the autopsy process is illegal.
Desecrating a corpse has always been a major crime in the Federation. In this regard, the White Eagle Federation is even more conservative than the Old World.
Fortunately, John understood that this doctor's personality should be that of a technical geek, and what he just said was unintentional, so he answered with interest:
"Of course, I'm very interested."
At this time, McIver also realized that what he had just said was a bit abrupt. If he were an ordinary noble, he would probably have turned against him by now. After all, dissecting a corpse is regarded by the upper class as a despicable and illegal act of blasphemy.
Fortunately, John was not angry about this, and the doctor was so relieved that he did not dare to mention John as an autopsy assistant. Instead, he took the tools and concentrated on the autopsy of the deceased in front of him.
John did not force himself to participate in the dissection, because he had already done many experiments himself in the plague world, although all of them were animal samples.
Having been used to seeing dead bodies in his previous life, he actually didn't have much interest in anatomy. So he just stood aside and watched Dr. McQuay's autopsy, occasionally interjecting a few words.
At this time, the middle-aged Sheriff Huggins was also waiting for the autopsy results. This murder obviously caused a headache for the sergeant, and he also received the troubles of the several sergeants in the factory area.
The previous cases all occurred in the factory area known as the slum area. Although Huggins did not rejoice in the misfortune with the police chiefs in other areas, he was secretly glad that this bad luck did not happen to him.
But when I thought that after today's case was reported, the superiors would definitely put pressure on me, I couldn't help but feel anxious.
After about half an hour, Dr. McIver finished the autopsy and washed his hands, and Sheriff Huggins hurriedly stepped forward to inquire.
"How's it going, doctor?"
Markville nodded to Thearesia with a heavy face, and then answered the police chief.
"It's basically the same as the previous deceased, and it can be determined that it was committed by the same murderer..." As a well-known doctor in Clinton District, he was also invited to the General Bureau of Public Security to conduct an autopsy on the previous case with other doctors.
Chief Huggins immediately looked ugly after hearing this, and several police officers outside also looked like they were mourning for their heirs. No one wanted this kind of case to happen in their own jurisdiction.
However, the police chief reacted quickly and shouted at the top of his lungs:
"Cheer up, everyone will be unlucky if we can't solve this case. Now spread out in pairs and bring everyone around to ask, see if anyone has witnessed the murderer..."
The police officers responded one after another, and then the two began to look for possible witnesses around them.
John had already come to Salvatore, the demon hunter, and asked in a low voice:
"Is he a lycanthrope?"
The demon hunter frowned and said uncertainly:
"It does look like the work of a werewolf in lycanthropy, but the strange thing is that I don't smell the stench of a werewolf..."
John has never come into contact with lycanthropes, but he has learned some about them from Arthur and the others. In this regard, he is definitely not as professional as Salvatore, a demon hunter who specializes in hunting monsters and aberrations.
Since the other party says there is a problem here, then there must be a problem.
"The lycanthropic werewolf has the smell of a drowned dog, which is easy to distinguish. But at this scene, I found the smell of blood and a weird smell, which seemed to be the smell of incense and essential oils tinkered by psychics, mixed with
It eliminates the weird smell of an alchemist who comes into contact with too many potion ingredients."
"Is that so?"
John suddenly thought that in his previous life, some foreign heretics liked to play with the materials mentioned by the witcher.
"Is it a cult member?"
After hearing John's words, the female detective suddenly said:
"I see!"
Sheriff Huggins quickly came over and asked urgently:
"Miss Theresia, have you found any clues?"
Theresia did not answer immediately, but pulled John, her partner, and the police chief to a no-one’s place before revealing the results of her analysis. There were many people, and this was also to minimize the spread of the news.
"The several smells that Detective John just smelled can only be encountered by religious people or psychics or alchemists. Taken together, there are very few such smells. However, I saw them when I was at Santis.
Several voodoo wizards have a smell similar to this."
"Voodoo?"
Sheriff Huggins was slightly surprised when he called out the name.
Voodoo is a primitive and barbaric religion, or evil religion. John also heard of this sect in his previous life. Its style of practice is somewhat similar to the head-dropping technique of Southeast Asia and the poison technique of southwestern China combined with the evil spirit of ghosts.
A complex of witchcraft, in short, they have studied all kinds of negative and evil witchcraft.
Theresia explained to everyone:
"This is an evil primitive Wiccan sect that was brought to the New World from the Black Continent along with the slave trade. Its religious theories and behaviors are famous for being bloody and weird. They are best at playing with poisons and curses, and can awaken the undead and desecrate the dead.
"
The Witcher John also added:
"Those who are good at voodoo are basically from the Black Continent, so it should be easy to investigate."
After hearing this, Chief Huggins immediately left with surprise and excitement, calling on the police officers left behind to follow him back to gather the team to search for the suspect.
This serial case has left many senior police chiefs and detectives in Jinsha Port confused. Now that a credible clue has fallen on him, how can he not surprise the middle-aged police chief?
Sheriff Huggins left, and John and the other three did not stay at the crime scene for long. After seeing off Dr. McIver, they returned to sit down in the detective agency again.
After the maid served a pot of black tea, John Salvatore poured tea for the two of them respectively, and then said:
"I know about most of the dark creatures and strange monsters in the Old Continent and the New Continent, but I don't know much about the Voodoo Cult from the Black Continent. I still have to rely on You Theresia for this..."
Hearing this, John also looked at the female detective. He had learned from the previous chat that this beautiful female detective was from Santis and went to study at Rodriguez College, one of the two federal universities. In order to avoid the marriage arranged by her family,
After graduation, I opened this detective agency in Jinsha Port.
This is a typical experience of an aristocratic lady influenced by newbie trends, which gave John a sense of déjà vu as if he were reading a romance novel.
Theresia took a sip of tea and said bluntly:
"As a former colony of Bolduga, Santis did have a large area of slaves from the Black Continent trafficked over. It is the area with the largest number of Voodoo practitioners in the New World except Serpent Island. However, I only have a limited knowledge of Voodoo.
A rough understanding can’t help much.”
"Because Voodoo is an original belief derived from the indigenous tribes of the Black Continent, it is divided into many factions, and many are even life-and-death enemies of each other. However, this series of serial murders reminds me of