37. Argue with reason

Gallo had expected Wendini to take him to the tax collector's quarters, but instead the carriage went to Linton Street, where the officers of the city guard lived.

The victim was a lieutenant of the city defense army, the headless body was in a kneeling position, the head was gone, and the surrounding room was also quite well preserved, with no signs of fighting, indicating that the man had not resisted and was decapitated.

It does look a lot like the handwriting of a skull crusher.

But Gallo knew very well that it had nothing to do with him.

"Lieutenant Tim, a junior officer in the City Defense Army, is the kind of good old man who has always had a good reputation among his subordinates, colleagues, and neighbors, and has no record of crime or discipline..."

"Why did the Skullcrusher go after him? Could it be that the skullcrusher and the cult are colluding? ”

Wentini asked, puzzled.

Because I didn't do it...

Gallo silently scolded on the side, his face looked as usual, and he didn't have the anger he should have after being framed.

As a legendary mission in the City of Innocence, the Skullcrusher has had several imitators, but these people are very clumsy in their methods, often leaving all kinds of obvious clues, and they will soon be punished, and Gallo does not need to do anything to clear his name.

If it were a normal time, he might just echo a few words at will and wouldn't take it to heart, but today's situation is a little different, and he actually said that the skull crusher is related to a cult? That must be unbearable!

So Gallo took a few steps forward and began to argue:

"It looks like it, but it wasn't the Skullcrusher's doing..."

Wentini on the side nodded again and again, and couldn't wait to echo:

"Yes, yes, I think so, he's not that kind of person!"

As if you know me very well, we're not in that relationship...

Gallo sneered in his heart, and continued:

"Those who died at the hands of the skull crusher, but the skulls were blown off, the necks were still intact, and the skulls and brains could still be found around..."

"But the deceased in front of him has only a third of his neck left, and it looks like he was cut off with a sharp weapon..."

Gallo said, walked over to the headless corpse, and pointed to the neck, where there was a blur of flesh and blood, and he couldn't bear to look at it.

The sheriffs around him took a closer look with disgust, and found that it was really the same as Gallo had described.

The sheriffs, who had worked with Gallo several times and were already quite familiar with it, immediately exclaimed:

"Pastor Gallo is really observant!"

"Sure enough, it's much more reliable than the priest of the Divine Light Sect!"

"Our lieutenant has really found a treasure!"

Gallo smiled modestly and continued:

"In addition, there are other suspicions, do you think that this corpse is very stiff when you look at this corpse? Not natural at all? Recall the skullcrusher's handwriting..."

Reminded by him, the sheriffs hurriedly observed and recalled carefully, and found that it was still the same as Gallo's statement.

Those who died at the hands of the skullcrusher knelt in a very natural position, apparently having kneeled before they died.

But the corpse in front of him was in a much stiffer posture, looking like it had been forcibly put into this pose after death.

"In addition to the above two points, there is one last point, but this is just my personal guess..."

Gallo raised three fingers and continued:

"The few times the skull crusher committed crimes before, they had nothing to do with cults, evil arts, or anything, and this is something I've confirmed several times..."

"But doesn't this case say that it has something to do with cultists? Found traces of sorcery at the scene? ”

"Even in the face of those people with noble status and bodyguards to protect them, the skull-crushing person didn't use evil arts, so he didn't need to use evil magic on an ordinary officer, right?"

The surrounding sheriffs couldn't help but nod their heads, agreeing with Gallo's speculation.

Wentini smiled even more, and breathed a sigh of relief, muttering in a low voice:

"I know that he is not that kind of person, he will not kill innocents indiscriminately, and he will not collude with cults..."

As he spoke, a pretty face couldn't help but be dyed with a touch of red, and the legs in black stockings were also folded together, rubbing slightly.

Gallo was relieved to see that the sheriffs believed his words, and then he looked around, and asked:

"Is the priest of the Divine Light Sect here? What did he say? Did you find anything? ”

A sheriff next to him hurriedly explained:

"He found traces of evil magic at the scene, decided that it was the cultist, and left in a hurry..."

"He claimed to be visiting the Primordial Chaos Cult, believing that it was related to the previous attack on the Bishop."

"The bishop was attacked?"

Gallo was slightly stunned, he had to read the newspaper every day and learn about all kinds of news and information, but he had never heard of this one.

"It was the day you went to the interview."

Wentini, who came back to his senses, explained:

"One of the bishops who was a judge that day suddenly ran naked at night, causing a lot of trouble, and finally used the city guards to catch him..."

"When he woke up, he claimed to have been attacked by some strange sorcery."

Only then did Gallo remember the news, at that time he still sighed that the world was hot and cold, and the people's hearts were not ancient, so he couldn't imagine that it was also related to cults?

These cultists are really rampant! Even bishop-level figures dare to attack!

I wonder if Bishop Misherland won't be attacked as well, she's so stupid, it will be dangerous if she is attacked, right?

Gallo couldn't help but worry about Mithran, if something happened to her, where would she find such a bold guest in the future?

No one could have imagined that the reason why the bishop ran naked was because he wanted to steal Gallo's magic and ended up in a business trip...

Of course, it is impossible for him to admit such a humiliating thing, so he can only conceal the truth and dump the pot on the cultists.

Anyway, no one will come to help the cult clear its name.

"In this way, this cult has been planning for a long time..."

Gallo sighed with emotion, and asked with some curiosity:

"And what about the other cases?"

"Leave it to someone else to be in charge, I heard that the case on the Qingshui Avenue side is a little different, that is, there are two deceased people in the place you reported, and one of them has been confirmed to be a cultist..."

"Maybe we'll find more clues over there, right? But that's where we're in charge, Lieutenant Colonel Jerry, who is in direct charge. ”

Wentini said that, and took Gallo to visit the surrounding neighborhood to complete the booking process.

After some tossing, Gallo returned to the deceased's room, the body had been carried away, and he only needed to perform a consolation ritual to finish the matter.

The postures I learned from Misheran that I had been practicing secretly before, but today I can finally use them...

Let's show you the real technology!

Gallo sneered and began to cast a magic spell.