When night falls, the night view of the streets of Paris is beautiful, and the evening breeze on the banks of the Seine seems to carry a romantic atmosphere.

But in some dark corners, sin still looms.

A young woman was walking down a sparsely populated side street, and she vaguely felt that a figure was following her behind her, but she didn't look back, but subconsciously quickened her pace and quickly turned into an alley.

But in the alley, she bumped into a drunkard head-on, and was greeted by a burst of alcohol and a foul body odor.

"Hey, little girl, where are you in a hurry?" the drunkard laughed, his eyes wandering over the woman, who was undoubtedly a very beautiful woman, and who might be a model even in the dim light, judging from the fair and smooth skin and soft facial lines, was definitely a beauty.

She took a few steps back and turned to run, but the figure that followed her was already blocked at the entrance of the alley; He approached step by step, the lust in his eyes was obvious, and there was a sinister smile on the corner of his mouth.

The drunkard behind him embraced her from behind and laughed wildly, while the man in front of him couldn't wait to pounce.

In the next second, two screams rang out in the alley.

Then, with two muffled sounds, two corpses fell to the ground in the dark alley, blood gushing from their necks.

The two men were stunned and frightened, and they did not know what they had seen in the moment before they died. Each of them had a large, irregularly shaped wound on the side of their necks, as if it had been torn open by a large carnivore.

The young woman stepped out of the shadows, and in the moonlight, her bumpy figure and beautiful face were particularly charming.

She tossed her long brown hair back behind her shoulders, straightened her messed clothes, and wiped the blood from the corners of her mouth with a charming expression. Then he left the place with a graceful gait and retreated into the night.

............

"This is the third case since June, and if this kind of case happens every three or five months, the citizens will panic sooner or later. Detective George from the police station said as he stood in the alley with a cigarette in his mouth.

It was the next morning, the two bodies had been removed, the investigation was still ongoing, white lines had been drawn on the ground, and the large pool of dried blood was like a red carpet spread on the ground.

George's partner, Dick, continued: "Judging from the identity of the deceased, the possibility of a rebellion or political murder can be basically ruled out...... Hey, you, back behind the yellow line, no reporters are allowed to take pictures here!" he said halfway, yelling at a boy with a camera in the distance.

"But the question is, why did the murderer target the ruffians and drunkards. George flicked the ashes.

Dick glanced at him, "The evidence is not complete yet, don't flick the ashes at the scene." ”

"I'm sorry. George walked over to the trash can a few meters away and snuffed out the cigarette butt.

Dick continued: "If it is a serial murderer, the murderer should follow certain rules in selecting his targets. Of course, it is not ruled out that the murderer just picks someone who is easy to kill at random, maybe he is like the chessboard murderer back then, only pursuing quantity. ”

George said: "Don't you think this murderer is amazing? All the murder scenes are almost covered with blood, but there are no bloody footprints that the murderer has stepped on, and the murder weapon cannot be identified, and the wounds of the deceased look like they were attacked by animals, which can't help but remind people of some supernatural events." ”

Dick snorted coldly: "Do you want to say that the vampire escaped as a bat after killing people?"

George replied: "Of course, this cannot be the case, but I think this is a very important clue, as long as the murderer's method of murder is solved, maybe there will be a major breakthrough in the case." ”

Dick added: "I think there's another breakthrough...... It is that the places where these murders took place are all in areas with poor public security, and almost every one of these dead people has a record of violent crimes. ”

George thought for a moment: "Oh...... Could it be that the murderer is 'doing justice' and eradicating violence? Does he think he is a superhero in the comics?"

Dick said: "The hero in the comic will only throw the villain into prison, even if the other party has tried to destroy all mankind many times, the hero will not kill unless he has to." But our murderer didn't leave a single living hole. ”

George's expression was noncommittal, he was only in his early twenties, and there was obviously a generation gap between Dick, a fifty-year-old old-timer, in George, he could see many young people's thoughts, he replied with a smile: "To be honest, if I wasn't a policeman, if I could be a hero one day with superpowers, I wouldn't pity these scumbags, of course, I don't mean to kill them all indiscriminately, but I don't think it's necessary to strictly abide by the principle of 'don't kill'." ”

Dick glanced at him and laughed, "So you can't be a hero, boy." A true hero doesn't necessarily need superpowers, the spirit of the hero is the most important thing, as long as there is a shake and a compromise, it will not be long before the nature of the heroic deeds may change to the serial murder we see in front of our eyes. He turned to walk out of the alley: "Have you had breakfast?"

George replied, "No." ”

"I know there's a nice restaurant nearby. Dick waved his hand and motioned for his partner to follow: "People want heroes in their hearts, but heroes also need us police, because we know how to compromise, dirty deals, cumbersome procedures, lies to the public, these are also important parts of maintaining the peace of one party, and you will understand everything in another ten years." Justice is not so simple, and the world is not black and white, but gray. ”

George said: "Then the result of our discussion this time can be regarded as confirming the murderer's plan?"

"It's just an inference. Dick said: "The criminal investigation work still has to be done step by step, oh, by the way, after returning to the bureau, the director will definitely shout at us, 'Now the governor seems to hold my ass in his hands' or something, it's annoying to think about it, in fact, the governor doesn't care about a few civilians who are killed, he only cares about the crime rate and his own safety." ”

............

At ten o'clock in the morning, George and Dick, who had finished breakfast, returned to the police station and were called into the office by the chief.

"Now the Governor seems to have my ass in his hands!Bastard!You two are still in the mood for breakfast!" The Director roared, "Won't you hurry up and investigate the case if you have this spare time?!"

"Relax, old man, the waffles and syrup are so good that you should try them too. Dick replied in a relaxed tone.

"Dick, if you want to retire alive, find me that serial murderer!" or I'll rip out your intestines and strangle you!" said the director, gritting his teeth.

"Okay, okay, we've got some clues, don't get excited. Dick looked helpless.

It's not the first time George has seen these two old guys at the same time arguing, and it's no wonder.

Half an hour later, when the two left the office, George lit a cigarette, and Dick complained: "The boss actually sent someone down, and I really don't believe in the ability of our police department." ”

"Wouldn't it be great that HL could find someone to take over, we just need to 'fully cooperate' with him to act, and the case will still not be closed at that time, and someone will take the responsibility. George continued.

"Hey...... That's why you say you're inexperienced. Dick sighed: "It's like the situation where HL sent someone to the police station to help solve the case." If the person who came really had two brushes, we would be lucky enough to be a pawn and run errands, but many times, the people they sent would only play official and have no ability, and they would only send people to give an explanation to the superior, and this kind of person would often just fool around for a few weeks to a month, and finally give a report to the above, saying that our police station is incompetent or something like that, which can be regarded as a mistake. ”

George spat out his cigarette: "I don't want us to carry the black pot...... Whew......"

Dick said: "Anyway, we will do our job and sort out the relevant materials and evidence of the serial murder case so far by tomorrow, so as not to say that our police station is inactive when we meet." ”

............

Meanwhile, Crystal County, the headquarters of the European HL.

Lukka was about to hand in a report when he passed through the hallway, and there was a person walking on the opposite side, and Lukka greeted him, "Hey, Ness, are you going on a business trip with your luggage?"

Today's paper man, the paper bandage that flows like a flame on half of his face has been accustomed to the people around him. He nodded to Luca: "Ah, I went to Paris to investigate a serial murder case, and I read the information above and suspected that the case might involve the able, but it shouldn't be a big deal." ”

After the capture of the Blood Lords in the Demon Capital, the Tea Fairy's report attributed most of the credit to the Paper Hero, making him directly appointed to the rank of Major HL. And Paper Man himself felt that this appointment was well deserved, in the contest with the blood lord, he did not play a decisive role, and the words of the tea fairy also stimulated him to a certain extent, after re-examining his behavior, Paper Man understood that being blinded by hatred and losing principles and justice could not make him stronger.

Although he still had an aversion to joining HL, he accepted the appointment and came to Europe to take up a post under Luca's guidance. The current Paper Man is one of the well-known masters of HL in Europe, and has had several unpleasant encounters with the Iron Commandment.

"I think there must be other intentions in sending an agent of your level to Paris at this time. Luca said.

The two passed by, and the paper man smiled and said, "I don't think too much, we just have to complete the task with due diligence." ”

Lukka didn't look back and said, "Good luck then." ”