The investigators' offices feel more like European and American police stations in the 80s of the 20th century, when the last glory days of paper offices, telephones were basically solidified, and brick-like mobile phones were a luxury owned by very few people......

Kevin has his own office here, but the secretary is shared with three other investigators. The secretary is three shifts and two shifts to ensure that there is someone to deal with affairs throughout the day, and the copywriting work is not so busy, mainly because of the irregularity of case reception and the cumbersomeness of information acquisition, which consumes more man-hours.

Before receiving the Montenegro prison case, Kane had already taken on the role and began to appear in the firm, but he was still recovery-oriented, and his haunts were irregular, and even if he was there, he would not stay.

After greeting Leah, the secretary at the service station at the entrance of the building, as usual, Leah told Kane that the other three investigators were already waiting for him at the meeting.

Kane nodded, handed Leah his hat and coat, and walked down the hallway.

The small meeting room is in the innermost part, with a fireplace, sofa, coffee table, and potted plants, retro and warm, most of the time it is a common room, and there is the right to share it, including Kevin, there are only 4 people.

The second elite investigation team is composed of 4 investigators, but two of them are newly promoted, and the original two died in the last case.

It was a very unusual case at the beginning, the three elite teams of the firm entered the game one after another, 1 group 1 dead and 1 seriously injured, 2 groups 2 dead and 1 slandered (in fact, 3 died), and only 1 of the 3 groups survived, but they could only be amputated and retired because one leg was delayed for treatment.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this outrageously high casualty rate that the firm's overall atmosphere and atmosphere are quite good, and in this era of corruption and unspoken rules in various industries, it stands out from the crowd and has won widespread trust.

This time, the client, Phoenix's identity is sensitive, and the case is equally sensitive, so the level of confidentiality is very high, and after determining Kane's participation, the first thing is to sign a confidentiality agreement.

Kane is naturally not afraid of this at all, the worldly goals of interests and power are at most better for him to achieve the goal, rather than the end itself, he does not pursue those, and even excessive pursuit will become a drag. His main purpose was to take advantage of the investigator's convenience to build on the old branch and line, so as to obtain important information.

After the signing of the confidentiality agreement, Kane further understood some of the specific circumstances of this case.

To put it simply, the vicious 'disappearance' of prisoners in Montenegrin prison has reached the point where it cannot be concealed.

In this day and age, it is not uncommon for prisoners to disappear, whether official or private.

The real reason for the disappearance, if you think about it darkly, is generally not wrong. The prisoners' low social status and their families are often fragmented, so they are rarely cared for, and three or five disappearances a year can be settled without obvious dew with the relevant fault-tolerant mechanism of prisons.

This time, the situation was so serious that the Phoenix family, one of the directors who was not involved in the management of the specific affairs, heard the news.

Seeing that the top commander of the police system in the metropolitan area is about to retire from the station, and Phoenix is the most powerful contender for that seat, the Phoenix family and the second-level superintendent himself naturally do not want to be implicated in the scandal at this time.

As the second commander of the metropolitan police system, Phoenix knows very well how dirty and lazy the personnel in this system are, so he will not use those well-known police detectives or something, and he is not at ease.

Moreover, the mass disappearance of prisoners cannot be covered up, and sooner or later it will explode. Phoenix could imagine that his competitors would not miss the opportunity to splash dirty water. And the Phoenix family is one of the directors of the Montenegrin prison, which is known to the public.

Just a few years ago, Phoenix did a show to show how reasonable and humane the advanced measures of the Montenegrin private prison were.

Therefore, there is a scandal in the dark prison, and Phoenix can't escape, his purpose is to find someone to dig out the truth, choose himself as much as possible, and even frame it into a white lotus that is not stained by mud.

The specific matters of this matter are naturally handled by the agent, who is now in the small conference room, stating relevant information for Kane and others, and repeatedly assuring that the Phoenix family is absolutely innocent in this case, and the investigators can let it go.

It took almost a morning for this chapter to be revealed. With the scandal likely to explode at any moment, the time left for the investigators is limited, and the four quickly get into the role.

After some discussion, the four investigators adopted a two-legged walking strategy, in a group of two, all of whom were old and new.

Group A, from the outside majestic and strong, is very suitable for playing the role of an upright law enforcement officer, with a dignified appearance and a strong affinity for Sandra.

The two are responsible for finding clues about the common ground between the missing people from the backgrounds of the missing people. In other words, they have to walk the streets and alleys, go deep into the residential areas, and deal with all kinds of people, one white and one red, but they also complement each other.

Group B, Kane and newcomer Paul.

said that he was a newcomer, in fact, whether it was age or time in the industry, Paul was enough to be the elder of Kevin who Kane had taken away, but Paul had been in the police scene before, and he couldn't stand the style of civil servants for too long, especially when he was easy to turn positive, but he found that the police system was darker and dirtier than the gangsters in some aspects, so he was disappointed, so he left the east where he originally lived and came to the metropolis, the first prosperous place in the west, to be an investigator.

And the Kevin who continued to write his life in Kane is a police family. However, Kane himself thinks that it is more appropriate for the family to say that it is a cursed bloodline.

The great-grandfather's generation had a problem, and although the subsequent generations fought bravely one after another, they could not get rid of the end of the death.

And correspondingly, there are far beyond the ordinary talent and ability, not extraordinary, but also the limit of the mortal world. Kevin, for example, is good at a young age, and he is not particularly trained to qualify for the Olympics. What's even more rare is that he has many advantages such as wisdom, diligence, and calmness, and finally became a character like Ethan, the protagonist of the [Mission Impossible] series, with ever-changing talents, excellent acting talent, and first-class on-the-spot performance......

Therefore, the two people in Group B are also very compatible, one is a good actor, and the other is competent by performing in his true colors, and the two will enter the prison as prisoners to investigate the case.

It is worth mentioning that the monitoring network is still in a relatively primitive stage in this era. The equipment is expensive, there are many dead ends, and there is no round-the-clock monitoring, which makes the prison turbulent and dangerous, but it also facilitates Kane and Paul's actions.

On the afternoon of 11 November, Kane and Paul arrived at Montenegrin prison in a prison van.

As the name suggests, the Montenegrin Prison was built on Montenegro, a black dormant volcano that was said to have been a hot spring resort in its early years, but was later closed by a hot spring gushing and scalding to death, and then converted into a private prison.

In Kane's opinion, this is a place of evil at all, and even the sunlight in the sky is three points weaker here. He watched the scene along the road from the prison car, and found that there were no small animals such as birds and birds, and the wild plants were not vigorous, and the official explanation was that it was the radiation of sulfur mud and volcanic rocks, and he naturally believed that it was caused by extraordinary factors.

Speaking of the transcendent factor, even though this is the transcendent world, anyone who is filled with magic in this world, pulling out any of them, has the potential to become a magician. However, due to the absolute dominance of the Old Dominators in this world, even the basic laws have been modified by it, so except for the old branches, the other transcendent systems are almost completely suppressed here.

To go into more detail, it is not feasible to analyze the basic composition of this world with light, darkness, fire, water, and wind. From his perspective as an outsider, there are only two types of transcendent powers in this world, the power of distorted faith and the primordial magic.

Because it is distorted, only by believing in the old evil gods can it be possible to invoke the primordial magic that is also distorted, so as to achieve extraordinary effects.

Therefore, the value of San is a very delicate concept in this world.

It's directly linked to psionic or special perception.

The higher the SAN value, the easier it is to perceive the supernatural and gain a certain amount of supernatural ability.

At the same time, perceiving transcendent phenomena too often can cause the San value to be too high, which can lead to mental illness and a breakdown that goes insane.

This makes being transcendent in this world the same as being dead.

It must be said that this is very Cthulhu. Cthulhu is characterized by the desperation of the truth, and curiosity kills people.

In a world that is extremely unfriendly to all living beings except the old branches, Kane can be said to be struggling.

This is already very capable, after all, no matter how difficult it is, he is still walking, and he is not holding back.

And what allows him to move forward, in addition to the basic qualifications brought by his own divinity, the other one depends on technology.

The general technology is not at all here, but there is one technology that can, and that is planetary writing.

The planetary script is a low-level version of the original text, but in this world, it is the most suitable, because the effect of the original text is too strong, and the use of it will inevitably alarm the old rulers who have completely controlled this world, and the planetary text is relatively much less powerful, it is like an ant mayfly looking at the world, and can peep into the laws of this world, so as to condense into a symbol with extraordinary effect, and the old rulers generally do not care about such trivial details.

In addition, Kane had dealt with some of the Old Rulers in the Dark HP world, especially in the Wasteland in 1853, where he fought a great battle and captured Hasta's hatchlings.

Also, Kane's cheap dad Stanley in the dark HP world was also eroded by one of Hasta's usual incarnations, Kane not only obtained samples, but also captured his dependents, and obtained a lot of relevant knowledge through the spiritual torrent flushing method.

It can be said that Kane actually has a deep study of the old rulers, but after all, he has only been a god for a short time, and a lot of research is still on the way, even if he achieves some phased results, it is only scratching the surface.

Not much fell to Kane Money, and even fewer fell to the Echoes. At present, he can only start with the 'Yellow Seal' and make the first plausible planetary text, fire.

This symbol, which looks like the word 'fire' in oracle bone inscription, is more likely to be mistaken for a three-toed beast footprint in the eyes of modern people, but the meaning it represents has not changed, that is, flame, transcendent fire.

The opposition of the elements of the Cthulhu system is very weird, not DND at all, for example, the attribute of Cthulhu is water, and the attribute of its sworn enemy Hasta is wind, wind and water are actually opposites, which is really difficult to explain.

Of course, if it can really be analyzed smoothly, then Cthulhu will be, and the point of deconstructing Cthulhu is not in the opposition of attributes. Kane couldn't completely abandon his system, and he had to accommodate the Cthulhu system, so he had this rune of fire with the 'Yellow Seal' as the starting point.

In this way, first of all, the rune is valid in this world, and it belongs to the Wind Element lineage.

Secondly, for Kane, it is self-consistent, and the essence is the fire element in his cognition.

Based on this, Kane began his transcendent path in this world, which can be understood as a fire elemental spellcaster dressed in the cloak of the Hasta believers.

Well, with the license, the various advantages of the super demon world are reflected, and it has only been more than 50 days since he advanced to the transcendent, and he already has a total level of 6 (DND algorithm), a level 4 fighter, and a level 2 elemental mage.

It does seem a little shabby, after all, in other worlds, even his creations are basically started by high-level mages, like the divine special forces ghost of the SC universe, and it is a quasi-legend by birth.

However, there is no way, this world is the iron curtain world of the law of the old branch, and his climbing path must be rooted in the planetary text with the characteristics of this world, and the analysis of the planetary text is the law, which is not so easy to do, he doesn't know when and what kind of opportunity the next planetary text will be deconstructed, so it is normal that the level cannot advance by leaps and bounds.

Besides, the level is only the embodiment of the comprehensive index, not equal to the strength, and he can also improve from the pendant, combat skills and tactics, etc., so he does not feel that he must become a legend to get out of the mountain because the level is low.

Even Kane feels that in this world, the strength of strength should correspond to the characteristics of the San value, it is easy to die if it is low, it is easy to collapse if it is high, and it is just right to handle it, and the real difficulty is here.

Stripped naked and washed with a water dragon, the treatment of new prisoners in the Black Mountain Prison can only be said to be old-fashioned, but it is very useful, the river water at this time has a little bit of cold cold, and it rushes out after being pressurized, and it hurts first on the person, and then it is numb, and a few times over, it can make people cold and convulsive.

The prison guards are not good birds, smiling evilly at people's crotch, and betting with each other how small Ding Ding can shrink when he is stimulated, it is really a Buddha who is also angry, but if he really dares to pretend to compare, then he will be scolded for lengthening the flushing time, and the heavy, the rubber baton will be smoked without a head and face, and it will not be finished if he can't lie down.

Kane and Paul both played the kind of thief who took prison as their home this time, and both of them played it very well, reflecting the image of skinless and faceless hob meat.

The prison guards are not very interested in this kind of big mistakes, small crimes, good admitting mistakes but not repenting, so the two just suffered a little loss, and passed, and one grade is not enough, but the eldest brother's forced to come here, and another young and vigorous person who dares to stare at anyone has become the main course, and the prison guards are dead and alive, and they didn't even enter the prison door, so they went to the infirmary first.

Guided by the prison guards, holding his own change of prison clothes, Kane went to the cell with a lazy face, and browsed the scene here by the way.

The full picture of the Black Mountain Prison has long been imprinted in his head, and now it belongs to the personal experience, to see if he can find clues from the details.

In Kane's eyes, there are more than clues, and the remnants of the Force, which are the most abundant, are the places where extraordinary events take place.

Even ordinary people should be able to feel it (generally strong soul power, high intuition), this place is more eerie and obscure than other places, and it will make people feel uncomfortable.

It's just that there are too many similar situations, deserted houses, hospitals, abandoned courtyard factories...... A lot of people are numb.

On the other hand, ghost anecdotes are widespread, and all kinds of religious beliefs flourish, and the more remote and superstitious they are, the more characteristic of this world.

Kane and Paul have both been taken care of, although the dredged is an early warning, but it is not the unspoken rules of the judicial system, but the chain of black and white interests, that is, gangs and low-level prison guards.

As the saying goes, the county officials are not as good as the current management, if the captain or something orders it, it will work, but the people below can't get much benefit, they won't worry too much, and it is easy to be exposed, but it is better to take the bottom route.

Black lawyers, rogue lawyers, who specialize in gang circles, have a bad reputation but have the same earning power as dentists, and they can reasonably and legally let the prison guards get cigarette money, milk powder money, etc., so as to achieve the purpose of care.

That's it this time, Kane and Paul have arranged good cellmates, Kane's cellmate is nicknamed Four-Eyed, he seems to be a weak chicken, thin and a little bit of civility, but in fact, he has a bad stomach and is good at taking the opportunity to make trouble and kill people with a knife.

Kane has long known his roots, and naturally knows how to deal with it, as soon as he comes up, he magically turns out a small roll of green money (a currency with wide circulation like the US dollar) from the corner of his prison uniform, respectfully pays filial piety fees, and asks his seniors for advice one by one with a very sweet mouth, and the little pony's fart is also very comfortable with the four eyes, and he is quickly accepted by the four eyes.

In addition to Kane's respect and obedience to him, Four Eyes also values Kane's first-class stealing skills, he knows that as long as Kane is as skilled as Kane, as long as the logistics keep up, arrange a place for celebrity charity activities or something, it is very expensive, and an intelligence broker like him can master more resources like this, of course, it is a lot of benefits.

Four Eyes intends to win over Kane, so naturally he wants to show a few hands. In addition to playing intrigue and trickery, what he is best at is blowing. He also knows that just blowing is not enough, there must be dry goods.

So under the guidance of Kane, intentionally or unintentionally, it is easy to tell the strange anecdotes here.

From Four-Eye's mouth, Kane hears another version of the prison legend.

According to Four Eyes, Montenegro was not a hot spring sanatorium before, in his words: "You look at this broken place where birds don't, even the grass can't grow well, only those with pits in the head will come here to recuperate, right?"

"And here it is?"

"Death Prison!

"What the hell?"

Both.

Death prisons are those who have been sentenced to life. Such prisoners are often very dangerous due to great psychological pressure, and prisons everywhere treat such prisoners in solitary confinement, which is very costly.

The idea of centralizing such prisoners came up with the idea. To put it simply, the prisoner manages himself, exchanging his output for survival, and if he dies, he is dead, and he is not afraid of anyone being a demon.

One can imagine how dark and cruel the living conditions of the prisoners in such a prison are.

As for psychiatric hospitals. Due to the peculiarities of this world, the prevalence of mental illness is extremely high, and a considerable part of it is related to heinous bloodkills. Therefore, even if it is proven that he is indeed mentally ill, he still cannot escape the punishment of the law.

Holding such prisoners is also a costly and thankless project.

The original Black Mountain Sanatorium was used to hold such prisoners, so the predecessor of the Dark Prison can be said to be a special place to hide filth and dirt, as for how it was destroyed, the Four Eyes are not very clear, and in general it is inclined to fire and destruction, according to this statement, the gates of hell are opened, and the burning air in hell gushes out, burning the place to the ground.

Kane pondered, if the Four Eyes are roughly reliable, then there are probably things underground here.

Instead of rushing into the spotlight, he hibernate all night, and the next day, when it was time to get out, he met with Paul to exchange information and discuss the next course of action.

Paul also gathered some useful information, and according to Paul's cellmates, the missing prisoners were actually eaten by the devil. Because the ancient contract was inadvertently reactivated, the devil specialized in eating death row prisoners, and at that time, all death row prisoners would be locked up in a single room, so in the recent uproar of disappearances, the missing people were all prisoners held in a single room.

Kane and Paul decided to start with two things, and Paul, who was an experienced boy, was tasked with further corroborating this claim from the other prisoners.

Super agent Xiang Kane is responsible for reviewing relevant files, corroborating claims from the perspective of prison administrators, and obtaining evidence.

Soon, it was time for Kane to act, and he easily put the four eyes to sleep, and then quietly unlocked the cell door from the inside and entered the hallway.

He memorized the location of the few surveillance cameras, and through a mirror-like refraction imaging method, he spied on the movement of the cameras and confirmed whether they were moving, so as to sneak around the prison like a ghost.

Although there are some cleverly designed traps in the prison, they are still cracked by Kane one by one, non-transcendent items, under Kane's extraordinary perception, there are no secrets at all, and they are easy to detect and crack.

Kane's actions went well and he got what he wanted more than expected. But even so, by the time he turned back, it was already early in the morning, about 3:40, the thickest time of the day, and Kane encountered an extraordinary event on his way home......