In the blink of an eye, most of the summer vacation has passed, and there are still two full months left before the deadline agreed by the Master, the ninth day of the ninth month. My mother said that I should take advantage of the holiday to train myself more and improve my strength, and I will be very happy to see my progress when Master comes back.

I'm not one to rest on my laurels. In this assessment, if it weren't for the mysterious energy that erupted in my body at the critical moment, I would have drunk soup on the bridge by now and started a new stop in my life. Of course, I hope that I can improve my strength as soon as possible and avoid this helpless situation, after all, I don't know if this energy will appear next time.

There is a special market in the supernatural circle, called the supernatural bazaar. There are about 20 or 30 markets of various sizes in the country, and each market is set up in an enchantment, which requires some special methods to enter. Since it's called a supernatural bazaar, as the name suggests, it sells things that can be used in the supernatural circle. The Supernatural Association is the largest shareholder and manager of the Supernatural Bazaar, and if you want to open a booth in the Supernatural Bazaar, you must first apply to the Supernatural Association. Members of our seven major sects can enjoy platinum VIP treatment at the bazaar, with a lifetime discount of 20%.

In the past, Master took me to the supernatural bazaar in Dragon Province, which not only sold all kinds of heavenly and earthly treasures, magic weapons and materials, but also a special bounty list, where everyone could accept all kinds of bounty cases, and sometimes Master would come here to see if there were any eye-catching cases. The bounty is ranked from 1 to 5, and the bounty increases accordingly. These cases are collected by specialized headhunters, or there are clients who are familiar with the inside information, and they are directly reported here, and the difficulty is estimated by experienced headhunters, and there is definitely no accuracy in the assessment difficulty of the supernatural association, so there are often deviations. In this case, the person who took the case could only consider himself unlucky, and the supernatural association would at most provide some symbolic compensation from it.

Fifth-class bounty cases are particularly rare, and the master will occasionally take on a fourth-class case, which can be easily handled. At my current level, the first-class difficulty is not a problem, the second-class difficulty is barely enough, the third-level difficulty is very challenging, and the fourth-class difficulty is basically death. So since it's the first time to take on a case in the supernatural bazaar, I'm going to find a first-class case to warm up first.

Now is the Internet era, and there is no shortage of experts in this field in the supernatural circle. The Paranormal Bazaar has a special website and app, and only insiders can log in after real-name authentication. So I don't have to go to the supernatural bazaar at all, as long as I use my mobile phone, I can take on the case I want. However, old antiques like Master are different, they prefer to go to the scene to trade in person. Although it is unlikely that anyone on this site will dare to sell fakes, shoddy goods do not happen from time to time, and live transactions can hand-pick the best goods. Moreover, some old stall owners with a good reputation are also not fond of the Internet like Master, and can only go to the site if they want to buy their things.

I used my account to log in to the bounty section of the website, and there were hundreds of first-class bounty cases, and I thought about it for a long time, and finally chose a serial murder case that occurred in a small county in Long Province. The person who posted the bounty was a police officer, and the ins and outs of this case began two months ago.

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At the beginning of the new year this year, a brutal bloody case caused a sensation in the entire County A. Later, the case was called by the police - "Chinese New Year's Eve case".

In the early morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, a headless female corpse was found by scavengers by the river, and the disgusting level of the scene was disgusting. After the autopsy of the forensic doctor, the time of death of the deceased was last night, that is, between eleven and half and twelve o'clock in the Chinese New Year's Eve, a large amount of benzopa % bital was found in the body of the deceased, that is, sleeping pill ingredients, but it was not fatal, and it was initially inferred that the murderer took advantage of the deceased's sleep to cut off the deceased's head alive with a kitchen knife, and the means were extremely cruel.

Because this case occurred in the special period of the New Year, and the cruelty of the means was outrageous, and the social impact was very bad, once it was exposed, it caused major media to report on it, and the people of County A also exploded. This small and peaceful county town has not had such a bad case for many years.

Unexpectedly, the progress of this case turned out to be particularly smooth, after the forensic doctor determined the identity of the deceased, the police started from the place where the deceased last appeared, and found that the deceased returned home directly to prepare for the New Year on Chinese New Year's Eve, in addition to going out shopping in the morning. At this time, the abnormality of the deceased's husband aroused the suspicion of the police, and the police soon found conclusive evidence, and the deceased's husband also confessed to the crime.

According to his confession, the main motive for killing his wife was that he found out that his wife was cheating. The murderer's defense lawyer once offered to give him a psychiatric evaluation, and the final result showed that he was a normal person with the ability to take responsibility.

The rapid cracking of the Chinese New Year's Eve case gave a shot in the arm to all the citizens who were still immersed in the atmosphere of the New Year, and in addition to insulting and accusing the murderer and the unscrupulous lawyer with righteous indignation, everyone gradually forgot about the case.

Until three months later.

In the past three months, there have been three more fatal cases in County A.

In the 307 homicide case, the body of the deceased was cut into pieces and thrown in the trash, but only two arms were missing.

In the case of 405 homicide and dismemberment, the remains of the deceased were found in the wilderness in the suburbs, and only the torso was missing.

In the 505 homicide case, the deceased was thrown into the river with two legs missing.

The deceased in the three cases were all young women, and the murderer's time was the first day of each month, and the police quickly investigated the three cases together.

The appearance of these three corpse splitting cases can't help but remind people of the previously forgotten "Chinese New Year's Eve case", is it possible that the first day of the lunar calendar every month has become a devil's haunted day? There are many theories circulating on the Internet, some people say that the real murderer of the "Chinese New Year's Eve case" is someone else, and the police just arrested the personal top bag; Some people also said that the murderer of the "Chinese New Year's Eve case" escaped from prison, and the police did not dare to report it to the public; There are also people who pretend to be Maoshan Taoist priests, saying that the first day of the new year is the advent of Satan, and only by buying his charm can they protect themselves. People like this who don't care about deception will of course be brought to justice in the end. The police firmly believe that the evidence of the "Chinese New Year's Eve case" is conclusive, the murderer has also pleaded guilty to the law, and has been locked up in the detention center for several months to be executed, this case will never be wrong, and this murderer will never have the opportunity to commit the crime again.

But don't the head, torso, and limbs make up a complete "person"?

Is it a copycat, or is it really related to the "Chinese New Year's Eve case"? In the case of serial murder and dismemberment, the leader of the serious crime team is responsible for the team. Gu Cheng is a well-known master of solving cases in the province, and he is often transferred to serious crime teams in various places to participate in guiding the investigation of cases, and the murderer of the "Chinese New Year's Eve Case" was personally arrested by him.

It's about to come to the next Lunar New Year, will there be a fourth victim? Gu Cheng didn't know, maybe no one would know except the murderer himself.

Intuition told Gu Cheng that there must be an extraordinary secret behind the three corpse splitting cases.