Chapter 54: Footprints
Li Ang wanted to know more about the supernatural powers of the present world through this occultist, after all, he knew very little about the occult things in the West, and if he could get a sample, compared to his own rich experience in the library of self-propelled monasticism, he would definitely be able to analyze the operation of the so-called "magic".
You must know that the aura of the present world has collapsed, for the practitioners of the East who advocate the induction of heaven and man, the loss of aura is like a stranded fish, and it cannot jump a few times at all, but the occult in the West can be active until now....
"I have to go to the factory where the funeral ceremony was held and conduct an on-site survey."
After a moment's thought, Leon rummaged through the closet and found a hoodie, sunglasses, a mask, and a flashlight, stuffed it in a shoulder bag and pushed the door open.
This time he didn't wear a mask, because there must have been surveillance cameras and CCTV around Sapa Manor, and the Gotham Police Department and S.H.I.E.L.D. must have been watching them lately.
The tragedy of the Sapa family did not make many waves, and even if there was a possibility that the gangsters would fight for revenge, it would definitely not be reported, after all, the social impact of such a thing was too bad.
"The lighthouse is located southeast of Gotham City, and the only places that can be seen from this angle are Sullivan Island, Paris Island, and the Triangle Headland, and of the three, only Paris Island is the most inhospitable, and after an accident with a scarecrow gas leak a few years ago, all the vegetation on Paris Island has died, and all the residents have been evacuated, even today, it is still a deserted area that not many people will visit."
Leon rode all the way over a traffic-barred bridge to the dead and barren land, blessed by the yellowed billboards that read "Welcome to the Isle de Paris".
He took out his phone, compared the location of the Gotham Lighthouse in the photo, and walked south.
The hurricane hit the island without discrimination, shutting off dry trees on the side of the road, unattended vines climbing onto pole supports, abandoned cars parked haphazardly, the front windshield of the driver's seat covered in dried white bird droppings, and the corners of tires littered with broken branches and dead leaves.
"It looks like the hurricane hadn't come before they had the ceremony."
Leon muttered to himself and turned on the flashlight light, and walked in front of an abandoned textile factory, the collapsed steel shed half-drooping in the doorway, like a giant with a broken spine.
He entered the textile mill and trampled on the pile of soft dust, which drifted through the air as he moved.
Li Ang bowed down and carefully examined the footprints left by others in the hall, "The post clearly said that there was a gust of wind blowing, but these footprints formed by dust a few days ago did not disperse at all, which means that the wind is an illusion formed by the landlord during the ceremony." ”
He has studied criminal investigation courses on the Internet, and he can see the gender, height, weight, and even impatience or relaxation of the person who stepped on the footprints through the texture of the shoes and the depth of the footprints.
"Two men and two women,The goat brought in was a girl who was slightly higher than one meter six.,Very slim.,I guess she's the landlord who posted it.,Well.... Also wearing a pair of sneakers, 4.5 cm rubber soles, according to the logo on the toe cap may be Prada printed calfskin. ”
Li Ang took two steps forward and then checked, "This footprint is slightly heavier, girl, maybe one meter seven high, color-block running shoe style rubber sole, the toe should be deerskin, that should be shoelaceless sneakers, Italian style, the price is expensive." ”
He inspected a total of four sets of human sneaker footprints and a group of goat footprints, all of which were concentrated in the hall of the textile mill, a circular clearing where dust had been swept away, and the circle drawn in white chalk in the center had traces of being smeared and destroyed, and a bunch of intricate patterns could be faintly glimpsed.
In the center of the pattern is a messy blood stain, Li Ang stretched out his finger and gently picked up a blood clot, put it on his fingertips to grind it finely, and then put it on the tip of his nose to sniff lightly.
"It was indeed goat blood, according to the traces of blood and footprints, this goat was roughly pushed to the ground by a girl in Italian sneakers, regardless of its struggle, cut the goat's throat with a sharp weapon, watched the goat tremble and flutter, and watched coldly and mercilessly as it lost its strength little by little, and finally died."
Li Ang's eyes flashed with a strange brilliance, "According to the footprints, the two men, that is, B and C, were stupid at this time, standing outside the circle, and they didn't dare to move. ”
"Although the post has been described with 'he', but this girl should be A, she is wearing expensive brand-name sneakers, it is estimated that she is still underage, she has the courage and physical strength to dare to slaughter a large living creature, and also use its blood to hold an unorthodox ceremony, I have to say that this A really wants to see the young brother who died of leukemia."
Li Ang continued to analyze that after slaughtering the goat, A shook the goat's blood on his hands and asked for a ceremony.
They lit candles, held hands around the circle, and began to chant incantations, and then the wind and clouds cried, and the spirited board cracked, and no sawdust fell on the ground, indicating that the Ouija board was indeed perfectly separated into two petals.
Interestingly, after the Ouija board was broken, they ended the ritual, and even had the mind to drag away the goat's carcass, pick up the broken Ouija board, pull off the blood-stained circle in the center with their shoes, and remove the candles arranged according to the position of the pentagram on the ground,
According to the footprints, the people who did these jobs were B and C, and the footprints were very stable, not to pretend to be brave in front of the girls, indicating that the two men were not very afraid, and they even had no reason to be afraid. ”
Leon stood up from the ground and carefully reviewed the content of the post, "In other words, the two boys did not feel the yin wind, footsteps, or even the sound of breathing on their shoulders described in the post at all, these supernatural perceptions only appeared in the two girls, and the spirits could not be machismo, only intimidating girls and not boys, so why is this?" ”
He pondered, walked back and forth around the circle, suddenly remembered something, and took a flashlight against the wall of the textile factory and began to look for something.
Sure enough, he found something in the darkest corners of the textile mill.
Another set of human footprints, which do not belong to the fifth human footprint described in the post.
This is a wooden slipper with more obvious traces, according to the molding time, the four people who performed the funeral ceremony entered the textile factory at the same time, and the owner of this group of slipper footprints has been wandering around the corner, hiding in the darkness like a night owl, quietly hiding behind the loom, and watching the ceremony and end with that greedy and cruel gaze.