When they were having lunch, Lin Huang quickly skimd through the information he had.
Based on the detailed information provided, it was clear that the 16 victims had no relation to each other. Basically, they ca from different footholds and their family mbers did not know each other as well. Nothing odd was found from the victims’ journeys and call logs a month ago before their death.
"How is it? Is there any useful information?" Xia Hou asked. He could not speak clearly as he was munching on a rare steak. His mouth was covered in juice.
"No." Lin Huang shook his head. He was lost after sifting through the information.
"What should we do next?" Xia Hou swallowed the steak and asked again.
"Let’s decide later after going to the cri scene." Lin Huang had no other ideas though.
After lunch, the both of them headed to the cri scene.
Lin Huang decided to investigate the ti when the incident happened. He went to the cri scene where the first victim was killed 16 days ago. It was located in a small lane with low-rise housing.
The both of them followed the coordinates provided by the Union Governnt. Soon, they got the exact location.
The small lane was completely isolated by the Union Governnt using the supre relic and there were only two guards. After Xia Hou and Lin Huang had shown them their investigation and assistant passes, they were allowed to enter.
The lane was paved with blue stones and it looked like it had existed for years. The lane was about 30 ters long and it was less than 1.5 ters wide. Despite the houses on both sides not being tall, they had a height of at least eight ters. This was the reason why the lane was rather dark.
"It’s such a small lane. Why did the victim co here at midnight? Was he looking for a place to pee?" Xia Hou mumbled.
"Didn’t you read the information?" Lin Huang turned back and glanced at Xia Hou. Before he replied, Lin Huang continued, "The black market is located less than 300 ters away. The victim was killed at a place like this probably because he just got out of the black market since it closes at midnight."
"Why didn’t he use his dinsional relic to leave?" Xia Hou imdiately asked.
"So, you really didn’t read through the information given... He was staying at a hostay which is very nearby. It’s just a few minutes walk from the black market. There’s no need to use a dinsional relic."
Soon, they arrived at the cri scene while chatting with each other. The outline of the victim’s dead body had been sketched by the Union Governnt staff with a white thread.
As it was covered by a relic, the thread was still there despite the rain and it was as clear as it had been half a month ago.
According to the outline of the thread, the person had fallen to the ground as soon as he died. His head that had been chopped off had flown a ter away.
On both sides of the wall and the ground, blood splattered over a terribly large area. As Lin Huang saw the cri scene, he could almost imagine the horrifying scene when the victim was killed – his head was chopped off in one blow and soon, blood started oozing out from the headless corpse.
"Killed in one hit. It’s really a tragedy," Xia Hou mumbled.
"It’s a narrow lane. If a stranger happened to co to in the middle of the night, I’ll definitely be on alert. However, based on the autopsy report, there’s no evidence that the victim was engaged in a fight before he died. He was killed without a struggle. That being said, the killer might’ve been very close to the victim and the victim was caught unprepared. Otherwise, the murderer must be good in his movent skills and managed to make such rapid attacks that the victim had no ti to respond to it," Lin Huang said while taking shots of the cri scene.
After examining and capturing photos of the first cri scene, both of them did not stay any longer. They imdiately left the small lane and rushed towards the second cri scene, which was located in a luxury hotel room.
Due to the incident, the hotel had stopped operating. Other than the investigators and the assistants, nobody else was allowed to enter.
Lin Huang and Xia Hou were granted entry by the guards. They then entered the floating staircase and went up to the 91st floor. They found the room where the incident had happened which was room No. 091021.
Apart from the dead body not being in its original location, everything looked exactly the sa as how it was when the cri had been committed. Even the bed sheets and the pillows had not been moved.
"It’s kind of clean. Did the staff do the housekeeping?" Xia Hou asked.
In the living room, everything was clean. It did not look like a cri scene at all. Lin Huang had read through the information earlier. There was indeed no traces of fighting found at the cri scene.
Seeing Xia Hou reading through the materials, Lin Huang did not say anything. He walked towards the master bedroom which was located on the right.
When he entered, he saw a bed. The blood stains on the bed sheets had turned black. The stains covered almost three-quarters of the bed.
The mont when he saw that, a scene of how the victim was killed was pictured in Lin Huang’s mind. His head and limbs were chopped off while he was sleeping and he could not retaliate at all.
"His death is way more awful than the first victim’s. He was mutilated while he was sleeping." Xia Hou slowly entered the bedroom. "If he had slept later, he might not have died."
"Whether he sleeps or not, he’d still have died. The only difference is that the place where his dead body would’ve been found would be different." Lin Huang offered a different opinion. "The killer murders a person every day at 12 a.m. sharp. That being said, the victim has been targeted by the killer beforehand. Therefore, regardless of where the person is, what he’s doing, the murderer will definitely kill him when the ti cos."
"According to what you just said, the murderer must’ve targeted the victim beforehand." Xia Hou nodded in agreent. He paused for a mont and continued, "However, there’s sothing that I can’t figure out why. Martel City is a B-grade foothold. There are only a few of them on immortal-level. There are less than 100 of them who are permanent residents of Martel City. Under normal circumstances, the probability of encountering an immortal-level in Martel City is less than 1/200,000. The probability of encountering an immortal-level rank-1 to rank-3 will be even smaller. With such a low probability, how could the murderer have targeted those victims? I don’t think they would just randomly pick soone on the street."
However, after reading through the information provided, Bloody actually ntioned, "I’ve thought of this before." The both of them had secretly discussed this issue. "There are two possibilities. The first one would be that the murderer has the na list of those who have registered to travel in Martel City. The second possibility is that the murderer has been hiding sowhere near the dinsional portal in Martel City."
"I think it’s less likely for the second possibility to have happened. There are two dinsional portals in Martel City and the both of them are thousands of kiloters apart. How can the murderer keep watch over both of the dinsional portals at the sa ti? Even if he has clones, it’s impossible to control the two clones when the portals are thousands of kiloters away. Even an imperial-level wouldn’t be able to do so," Xia Hou disagreed.
"Who says that he’d be keep watching the dinsional portal on his own? Don’t you think it’s possible that he might have companions? Couldn’t he have spent so money to hire people to do it for him?" Lin Huang asked with a wry smile.
"Alright." Xia Hou was speechless and imdiately changed the topic. "The first possibility that you ntioned just now... Do you an that the murderer is a staff from the Union Governnt?"
"I’m not sure. There are three possibilities through which the murderer could’ve gotten the na list. The first one is that the murderer’s partner is working with the Union Governnt. Next, the murderer must’ve hacked the relevant departnt of the Union Governnt and obtained the na list. Lastly, the only possibility is that the murderer himself is the one from the Union Governnt."
"Are we still going to the next cri scene?" Xia Hou asked again.
"Yes, of course. What if there is so other evidence? If we’re not going over, we might miss out on sothing." Lin Huang was excited after getting a new direction in the investigation of the case. Looking for a suitable Life Fire monster was no longer his main concern. He found it interesting as he was one step closer to the truth, causing him to temporarily forget about the need to level up.
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