One of the most notorious curses, Heartpiercing has murdered enough people to circumnavigate the city of innocence since its inception.

This curse is insidious and hidden, with a particularly long incubation period, which can last for as long as a month, and its fluctuations are eliminated by time, and it becomes inaudible, difficult to detect, let alone felt by the victim himself; At the same time, it also has some advantages common to curses, such as long-range control, it is difficult to trace its origin after activation, etc., which further strengthens its secrecy.

Among all kinds of curses, its secrecy is definitely at the top.

The only weakness is that it is slightly weaker, it only causes a cardiac arrest, and if the victim is physically strong or has a protective curse item, it is possible to survive; And if you can get timely treatment after the attack, there is also a chance to save the person.

That's the price of stealth performance...

Therefore, it is obviously impossible to use this curse to deal with big people and strong people from all walks of life, and it can be used to deal with ordinary people like George, but it is easy to catch.

"It's these cultists again, why are they so rampant all this time?"

"If only there were a few more skull-crushers in this city..."

Wentini frowned, said very unpleasantly, and then turned back to one of his subordinates and asked:

"I remember that the information said that this curse must be planted after close contact, can you investigate who the deceased has been in contact with recently?"

"This... It's basically unlikely, the deceased was a foreman, with dozens of workers under him, and he had to come into contact with many people every day, and this curse has an incubation period of up to a month, which is impossible to investigate..."

The subordinate said in great embarrassment.

The incubation period is too long for the sheriff's investigative methods to uncover anything.

Wentini pinned his hopes on Gallo again, and hurriedly asked:

"What do you think?"

Gallo pondered for a moment, and suddenly remembered the detail he had almost overlooked a few days ago—

When he blessed George with magic before, he felt a slight hindrance...

At that time, he didn't think much about it, thinking that it was caused by his hands because he hadn't used these low-level magic techniques for too long.

But in retrospect, it was probably the magic that hit the curse and dispelled it...

In other words, George was planted with a curse earlier, and it should have been a long time before Gallo felt anything unusual.

After being inadvertently dispersed, the killer replanted it and eventually killed George with a curse...

And if it is a newly planted curse, its magic fluctuations have not dissipated so quickly, and the concealment effect will not be too excessive, at least Gallo is confident that he can detect it, but when he saw George a few nights ago, Gallo didn't notice anything unusual, which means that the second curse should have been planted yesterday.

So as soon as Gallo entered the door, he immediately felt that something was wrong...

In this way, the scope of the investigation can be greatly narrowed, and according to the neighbors, it seems that George went out in the morning yesterday and has not been out since...

Gallo thought to himself, quickly clarified the logic, and hurriedly made this important discovery, and asked the sheriffs to investigate with this clue.

Wentini's spirit couldn't help but lift up, and he couldn't help but admire:

"Although your usual thoughts can be strange occasionally, when it comes to human life, it is still very reliable..."

"It's the right choice to work with you."

With that, she hurriedly assigned her men the task of asking George's workers and neighbors to find out where he had gone yesterday.

Gallo watched the sheriff busy, and he first cast a consolation spell to bring George's soul to rest.

This time, he didn't follow the method of Misserland, and used the simplest consolation technique for all the bells and whistles.

George has made offerings to the goddess and has already planned to join the church, so he can be regarded as a quasi-believer of the church, so he should also follow a part of the teachings, remain modest and low-key, and not suitable for such a gorgeous pomp.

With the use of the divine magic, George's soul phantom appeared out of thin air, looking extraordinarily peaceful...

It's okay, I'll send the murderer to you soon and make him confess to you...

Gallo said to himself.

In fact, he had noticed a detail before, but he hadn't told Wendini about them.

The murderer was able to plant the curse unconsciously, obviously he had a clear understanding of its properties, and he should have known that the curse he had just planted would not be so hidden, but he still couldn't wait to launch it...

It is likely that George has discovered some great secret that makes the killer have to kill people quickly.

If he can't catch the murderer quickly, he will have to flee with that secret!

And I remember George saying before that he seemed to have taken over the work of an archaeologist a month ago?

Gallo continued to think...

Archaeologists have always been one of the favorite disguises of cultists, and they often use archaeology as a pretext to hire people to secretly dig up the tombs of evil gods, or build altars, and then sacrifice all the blood of the workers afterwards, and similar tragedies have happened many times.

One month is just the time of the curse's incubation period.

He asked Wendini for the transcript of the investigation and looked at it.

It has a confession from George's deputy, mentioning that they had worked for an archaeologist named Sandru, because the monuments to be excavated were a bit far away from the city of innocence, and the progress had been slow, and it was still unfinished, and many people were dragged there, and George was very anxious about it.

Gallo had heard of Sandru, a well-known figure in the city, and often saw his name in the newspapers.

It's just that his academic attainments are probably far inferior to those in social media, and I haven't heard of any great academic achievements in him, but he often attends various public occasions and is familiar with each other, and it is said that he has close personal relations with many big people in private...

It's hard for a small sheriff like Wendini to investigate this kind of relationship, and George is just a small person, and no one but Gallo cares if he lives or dies...

So this kind of thing, let's leave it to the skull crusher to solve!

Gallo said to himself, not mentioning it to Wentiny.

When the routine work here was over, Wendini hurriedly led the people to continue the investigation, while Gallo went back to the church alone and told the old bishop about the matter.

The old bishop listened silently, and habitually took out the divination tools, but quickly reminded him:

"No matter what the other party says, he is also a figure with a head and a face, will there be anything wrong with you going over so directly?"

"Don't worry, am I the kind of person who doesn't know what to do?"

Gallo said confidently.