"There was a new victim last night." When Sonia arrived at the office early in the morning, her boss, Senior Inspector Gordon, handed her a report of the case.

"The fourth person in a month and the eighth cumulative victim." Inspector Gordon said with a serious expression, "I'm just showing you this to remind you to be careful not to get too involved in this case." ”

Senior Inspector ...... Even if you say so...... I can't stay out of it~ Sonia muttered in her heart but didn't dare to express it, and said from a different angle: "The brave former federal sergeant volunteers assigned to me, they are patrolling day and night, hoping to help." ”

"Don't count on the GIs with muscles in their heads." Gordon shrugged his shoulders, "Last night because of a violent case, I sent all the police officers on duty to patrol the streets, but the case still happened right under our noses. ”

I'm sorry for the High Inspector...... It was all us who caused trouble last night. Sonia said in her heart.

"Miss Inspector Sonya," Mr. Gordon handed over another folder, "this is the plan for the upcoming publicity campaign at Uptown City Hall, and I hope you will be ready to show the honorable ladies and gentlemen that the police are determined that the night in Gothic City is safe." ”

Just for the citizens of Uptown. Sonia nodded, in the eyes of high society, the millions of people in the lower city were consumables, ready to be replaced by bankrupt farmers, workers, and stowaways from all over the world.

As long as Gothic remained the most prosperous city in the world, and as long as famine, war, and disease continued to rage elsewhere, the rulers of Uptown could not find replacement parts.

"As you wish, High Inspector." Sonia gracefully saluted the chief and turned to leave the office.

The girl's young and fiery back left the office, her slender waist and round, curved hips coveted by the tight uniform, and several officers at the desks outside almost watched Sonia walk down the hall back into her office.

Mr. Gordon shook his head, and buried himself back in the mountain-like papers.

……

"What kind of man is this Mr. Gordon?" Xiao Yan and the others were sitting in Sonya's office, flipping through the papers.

"I have been working in the position of senior inspector for 5 years, and I am a veteran policeman for 30 years, and I am a rare doer who has been promoted from the lowest level. I live at 70 Sorge Straße and don't have a deep background. Galadia has found the answer, "Before joining the police, he served in Central Asia and won the title of middleweight boxing champion~ I can't see it, I don't think he's that strong." ”

"After all, he's 50 years old." Sonia returned to her seat, folded her hands in her skirt and sat down. Her uniform skirt is too short, so she has to be careful not to run out when she sits down.

Xiao Yan, who was sitting on the couch opposite her, was a little uncomfortable, got up and walked to the table, "What about the level of integrity?" What about private life? ”

Sonia stroked her long hair, "The High Inspector is an honest and respectable Puritans who lives in the lower town with his wife and daughter, and is very respected by his neighbors. There is not the slightest suspicion of corruption and lawlessness. ”

"It's a pity, isn't it?" Before Xiao Yan could answer, Galadia preemptively said, and patted him on the head with a stack of documents, "Some people have lost the opportunity to use their brains against the police station. Please, do you think that the will of the dimensional world will leave such an obvious hole for us to drill? ”

"Huh~ You're thinking of bad ideas again!" Sonia glanced at Xiao Yan with a light smile, "Recently, I think you are getting more and more evil, and it is really not a delusion." ”

"Hmph~" Xiao Yan spread his hands, in his concept, this is a big deal.

I can do anything more evil. I didn't do a lot of things like breaking the levee and poisoning...... It's almost like getting a title like the Lich King. At least it's a drug bully or something~ Xiao Yan thought in his heart.

"Another lady was killed last night, five blocks from where Master Griffith fought." Joshua flipped through today's briefing, "Victim 8. The time of the killing was around 12 a.m., which coincided with the outbreak of the fighting. ”

Xiao Yan regretfully spread his hands, this victim was not the bait he arranged.

In this city, the Ripper is like a wild cat roaming the fish market, and his potential targets are more numerous than you can imagine.

"Let's take a look at the crime scene there." Galadia seemed to be thinking about something, "In addition, the body of the victim must be examined, and there will definitely be clues." We separate...... Acting separately? ”

"No, let's focus our actions." Xiao Yan shook his head, "Last night's battle taught us how dangerous this dimensional world is. In this hostile space, splitting up increases efficiency, but it also increases the risk of being broken by each one. ”

"The final autopsy will be done in the police station." Sonia rubbed the ends of her hair, "There shouldn't be any danger." ”

"It's hard to say. For contractors with strange abilities, it is not difficult to infiltrate the police station. Luo Ze also supported Xiao Yan's idea, "After we see the scene, we will also visit the relatives and friends of the previous victims." ”

"What do you mean?" Galadia thought for a moment, "Is it possible that the murderer did not wander around the night at random looking for prey, but identified the prey in advance and ambushed it?" ”

"Well, I don't rule it out." Xiao Yan nodded, "If the murderer had visited the brothel beforehand, or talked to the victim somewhere, perhaps there would have been eyewitnesses. ”

"Makes sense." Sonia cupped her cheeks and thought, "If only we could have more information about the murderer's portrait."

After getting ready, all the members of the Tianwen team rushed out of the office and rushed to the scene of the crime in two cars.

"The killer had a particular preference for the environment in the lower city." Luo Ze leaned on the co-pilot's window pane and looked out the window, "This kind of decayed, dirty place." ”

"Here, the police are not very capable of patrolling, and it is difficult for victims to get help when they call for help." Galadia sat in the driver's seat, "Even if he misses, he can easily escape from the labyrinth of alleys and sewers." ”

"There are other reasons." Xiao Yan said slowly, "The murdered prostitutes also live here. ”

……

The car was parked outside a dark alley.

Dirty and scruffy homeless people, thieves and mouse-eyed thugs, and numb low-class residents watched the crowd disembarking from the two police cars with a mixture of fear, hostility, and disdain.

"In a place like this, there will be no shortage of daily homicides." Luo Ze stroked his blonde hair and looked at his surroundings with disgust.

In order to facilitate the investigation, Xiao Yan changed into a sergeant-level sergeant uniform and received a temporary document with the help of Sonya.

"Griffith~" When Sonia got out of the car, she suddenly pulled the corner of Xiao Yan's clothes, looked at him with big sparkling eyes, and then looked at a large pool of stagnant water by the car door.

"Uh-ha~" Xiao Yan stretched out his arm, picked the girl out of the car, and put her on the dry ground.

"Thank you~" Sonya's voice was sweet and glutinous, with a coquettish taste.

Xiao Yan touched his nose, turned to Joshua and said, "Joshua, you lead the second team to be responsible for guarding and covering. Sonia and you stand together. ”

"Yes, Lord Griffith."

After Xiao Yan finished speaking, he turned to look at Galadia and said, "The place where the crime occurred is in this alley, and the vision is very poor. Luo Ze and I will check the scene first, and Galadia you stay outside to be on guard. ”

"OK~"

After arranging the back row and guard, Xiao Yan and Luo Ze walked into the depths of the dark alley together.

"It stinks." Roze covered his nose and carefully avoided a puddle of stagnant water.

Several police officers set up a cordon at a cul-de-sac not far away, and Xiao Yan showed a letter of introduction signed by Sonia and walked in.

On the tall red brick wall, as if a painting had been spilled by a wicked artist, blood splattered from the base of the wall to a height of three or four meters.

The mutilated body lay in the corner, before it could be sent for an autopsy. Her limbs were severed and scattered on the ground along with fragments of bones and internal organs.

"Woo~" Luo Ze glanced at it and ran away.

"Griffith?" A sergeant checked Xiao Yan's documents, "Did the vase inspector send you?" ”

Vase Inspector ...... You're provocative, Mr. Sergeant. Xiao Yan looked at the disrespectful police officer in surprise.

The police officers on the side also had mocking and disdainful looks in their eyes. Sonia's noble status doesn't seem to be popular here.

"In order to appease the old men in the upper city, I specially found a vase to walk the catwalk." The sergeant said to himself, "Actually, there is no need for this at all. Our life and death are not at all in the eyes of the old man. ”

"You know what? People are being killed every day here, and crimes are committed every hour. The old men of Uptown never said a word. If it weren't for the artist's too terrifying fun, this murder would have been dismissed casually. ”

The long-winded sergeant grunted. As a resident of the lower city, he is also full of resentment.

Artist? …… Xiao Yan had no interest in communicating with him, and carefully examined the remaining corpses.

"What about the skull and entrails?" Griffith asked, "The intestines, stomach, and heart are gone. ”

"The old way was taken away." "Everybody said there must have been a lot of glass jars in the Ripper's den, which were used to soak and store the heads and hearts of these ladies. ”

Xiao Yan lowered his head and carefully examined the marks of the wound. It was the first time he had the opportunity to get a close-up look at the body left behind by the Ripper, and it was possible to get more information than if he were looking at the photos and the body.

The murderer cut open the soft chest and abdomen of the murdered girl with a knife, and the knife edge was straight and neat. And then...... The murderer tore the victim's internal organs like a wild dog, and got it everywhere.

The technique is extremely brutal and rough tearing, but the knife incision is very skillful. Isn't that reasonable...... It's like a murderer who suddenly has a second personality when he commits a crime.

"Okay, I got it." Xiao Yan thought for a while and said to Luo Ze, who was standing in the distance, "Hey, Luo Ze, can you call Galadia over for a while?" You go back to be on guard. ”

Luo Ze nodded from afar, turned around and ran to bring the reluctant Galadia over.

"What do you need me to do?" Galadia looked at the broken corpses on the ground and was stunned for a while, and suddenly recognized what part it was, almost vomited on the spot, and asked with a pale face: "You won't let me psychic here!" ”

With high perception and the magic spells she had learned before, Galadia was now able to effectively perform occult divination and channeling, and was able to skillfully protect herself from a terrible will to die.

"That's right, use spiritual sense to channel the last memory of the deceased, and if you can, divinate the murderer." Xiao Yan said, "If you can see the murderer's physical appearance, it will be easy, and if there are signs of danger, it will be stopped." ”

The girl looked at him with very embarrassed eyes for a moment, and finally took out a crystal pendant.

"Do you really want to be psychic?"

"Really."

"Okay~"

Divination or channeling is not an effective reconnaissance technique, and the results are often distorted by a variety of factors. If the event is mixed with the will of the strong man, divination and channeling themselves are in a sense confronting the strong man, and thus become very dangerous.

"The last memories of the deceased." Galadia felt like she was being surrounded by inspiration. The psychic effect in the dimensional space was even better than that of the original world, and the concentration of spiritual power was even higher, enveloping her like a tide.

Air, water, breeze, and soil, as well as tiny creatures, are connected by thin threads that gradually draw a pattern for Galadia.

"Heh~" Galadia's body shook slightly, "I only saw a blood-red blur of traces, violent tearing and movement, and ...... And ......"

Xiao Yan noticed that the girl's face was flushed.

"And very crazy desires." "I can't tell you what kind of desire this is, like a mixture of greed and craving. ”

"This is the last memory of the deceased. The murderer was very tall, about your height, wearing a long black or dark coat that covered his face with a collar and brim. Galadia paused, "It's not very clear that the psychic is under the influence of some force. ”

After channeling, Galadia turned to divination of the criminal's traces, and this time the divination was more explicit.

"The whereabouts of the murderer."

Following the blood-colored mist, Galadia vaguely saw a modest two-story dwelling. At the back of the house is a simple courtyard with a small swing.

The divination was soon over, as if it had been interfered with by an unknown force, and Galadia felt that she had suddenly been rejected by some force, and she was thrown out of the inspiration for divination.

"Woo......" The girl held her forehead and staggered back two steps, "It's so uncomfortable." ”

Xiao Yan hurriedly supported the crumbling girl and took her away from the scene.

"It's really a very vague clue~" Galadia slowly recovered and whispered, "Do you have any clues?" It's not optimistic to find the killer among millions of people based on just this bit of information. Let's start with the traditional method and look for eyewitnesses. ”

"Don't worry, Galadia." Xiao Yan saw that she had returned to normal, so he let go of the arm that was holding her, "This is not a wilderness, in a city where so many residents live, it is impossible to disappear without leaving a trace after committing a crime. ”

"I encountered a very powerful alien creature in my previous world." Galadia recalled, "He skinned and disemboweled, and hung the prey he had slain; The skulls of the prey are also taken away as a collection. ”

"Hmm."

"The dark magic voodoo magicians in the same world did something similar, supposedly to absorb the power of their victims, or to please the evil gods they worshipped."

After listening to Galadia's narration, Xiao Yan nodded and said, "Oh! This is a very meaningful reference for the portrait of criminals. It is helpful for us to understand their motivations. ”

Xiao Yan turned to the patrol officer on the side and said, "Are there any witnesses?" ”

"I don't know." The police officer shook his head indifferently, "This kind of murder in a ghost place, other people don't have time to escape, where will they meddle." ”

"But...... Instead, a nearby resident came to report the crime. You can go and ask. The other officer said casually, then pointed to the street corner not far away.

Xiao Yan and Galadia walked over and found a skinny girl of thirteen or fourteen years old curled up there.

"Hey~" Xiao Yan patted the girl's shoulder, "We are policemen, what's your name?" What happened? ”

The girl who had already buried her head in her knees raised her head, her eyes were wide open in the deeply sunken black sockets, and she stared at the two of them without any glory, and the indescribable weirdness startled Xiao Yan and Jialadya.

"In the sewers...... There are monsters. ”

A warm welcome to the second leader, the "Walking Bank". I happen to have an important role here that will appear in the next volume.,Write the big guy into it!

(End of chapter)