For Anthony. For Howard, it was just a morning as usual.

When he woke up from his usual nightmare, Anthony was still sweating, he went to take a shower, bought a random sandwich for breakfast, and went straight to the police station to start his day.

But for Anthony, the day was nothing more than a decade before him as a police officer.

In other words, since ten years ago, his police career has completely changed to a different way.

"Hey, Sheriff."

When Anthony shoved the last sandwich into his mouth and walked into the office, he saw a young man with freckles on his face running towards him, still with a slight smile on his face. The young man's name was Dominic, and he was a nice guy, young, driven, and passionate about what he did.

Truth be told, Anthony doesn't think it's a good thing to be passionate about what he does at his age.

"What's the matter?"

"There's a U-class file that you need to confirm and sign."

"U-class?"

Looking at the thick dossier that Dominic handed him, Anthony frowned. The U-class case file is the code word of the investigator's case file in the police department, simply put, it is the clues sent by those investigators after they are in trouble and solve it, and then the police only need to follow these clues to investigate, but .........

"What happened this time?"

"Innsmouth."

"Innsmouth? Oh, I know there, I've heard it's a weird place. ”

Anthony took the case file in his hand and walked forward nonchalantly, on the surface it seemed that he was just calm and steady, but in fact Anthony just wanted to delay a little longer as much as possible to avoid opening the damn case file himself. It's like going to school in the morning when the teacher has to collect your homework, and you drag it out in the back, and it seems that being able to drag it for an extra second is also a victory.

For Anthony, he didn't want to do the job himself, either. But there was no way, and his life changed completely from that day ten years ago.

At that time, Anthony was just a fledgling stunned young man. One day he received a call from a crowd claiming that there appeared to be some ferocious animal in a nearby sewer pipe. At that time, Anthony didn't care about taking his partner to the local area, and then ......... He had one of the most memorable nights of his life.

After that, Anthony's world collapsed completely, and his once unwavering beliefs were reversed by a hundred and eighty degrees. He didn't even know what to believe, but as a police officer, Anthony survived and eventually joined the police special team.

On the surface, this team will also deal with some normal cases, but in fact, their real job is to be responsible for the process of the investigators——— as Anthony, who has had personal experience, is naturally qualified to join this team. And Anthony has been here for ten years.

Merely......... To be honest, now he would rather deal with trivial things like traffic accidents than do his job.

Unfortunately, this was out of his mind, and soon, Anthony's desk was close at hand.

"But why did this come to us? Isn't it the authorities who should be responsible? ”

Anthony is from the federal police department, and this kind of local case generally only needs to be confirmed by the local city police department or state police department, and there is no need to send it to himself.

"Ah, I heard that something big happened, and the whole of Innsmouth seems to have been destroyed."

"A small town? All ruined? ”

Hearing the answer, Anthony was also stunned for a moment, and had to admit that this really stunned him, Anthony had not taken over the investigation of the file in this area in the past. But as far as Anthony's memory is concerned, the scope of influence of such cases is generally not large, and it can affect the ......... of a small town He had never seen anything like that before.

No wonder the dossier was handed over to him.

Hearing this, Anthony also opened the file with a serious expression, and then looked at the contents inside.

I have to say that the report is very detailed, simply put, an investigator named Duanmu Huai went to Innsmouth for a vacation after watching the advertisement, but while on vacation, he accidentally discovered that the local residents seemed to be hiding some kind of evil secret. And one night, he accidentally discovered that the other party had kidnapped outsiders on the street, so the investigator began to investigate.

It has to be said that the evidence given by this investigator is shocking, not only evidence of private bribery between Innsmouth and members of Congress, but even evidence and video recording of a local hospital conducting human experiments on patients under the pretext of seeing a doctor. Not to mention how the local underworld forces illegally kidnapped tourists from other places as sacrifices.

The investigator followed the clues and eventually discovered that the cultists were secretly performing an evil and terrifying ritual in an attempt to summon a terrifying monster from the depths of the sea to conquer the world. He infiltrates it and ends up sabotaging the ritual, which causes a backlash that destroys the entire town of Innsmouth...............

I have to say that the whole process is normal, and the local police also attached investigation photos to it, and indeed found a large number of human bones and pictures of suspected sacrificial sites in local buildings.

Merely...............

Anthony always felt that this report was a little wrong.

On the face of it, the whole clue is fine, the physical evidence is sufficient, and the local police have also taken photos as circumstantial evidence. It can be proved that there were indeed acts such as human sacrifice and human experimentation in Innsmouth.

Merely......... Anthony always felt that this report was a bit ......... Streamlined.

That's right, process-oriented.

As a sergeant specializing in U-rated cases, Anthony has read the reports written by investigators more than once, and even talked to many investigators in person. In fact, almost all of the investigators who went through these things were very excited, excited, and afraid. This is all normal, and as a person who has come over, Anthony himself understands it. Ten years ago, he escaped, but his partner was gone forever.

Truth be told, Anthony wasn't afraid of drug dealers or criminals, but what he witnessed that night, a terrifying presence that didn't belong to this world, became a haunting nightmare in his heart. For almost a year after that incident, Anthony was trying to escape that terrible nightmare by numbing his nerves with alcohol and drugs.

So he could understand the investigators' near-nervous breakdowns, and that kind of nightmare was terrible enough to experience once, and to have them write it down and retell it again was an impossible task for many investigators. As for those with a nervous breakdown, or with so messy handwriting that they can't read clearly, with a handful of snot and tears, that's even more.

In fact, after a nightmare, many investigators either use alcohol to kill their sorrows and completely sink in, or they are depressed or even eventually commit suicide, and they can jump several times in a row......... It's really very rare.

But what does the report written by this investigator say......... It's very formatted.

The whole process is very clear, and the writing is quite calm, even when describing the scene of the ceremony later, it is dry, unlike many investigators who will write something like "I have never seen such a horrific scene" and "That terrible existence should not survive in this world at all!" And so on and so forth.

Calmly as if writing a traffic accident report——— XX and XX vehicles collided on XX street on a certain day, and according to the on-site investigation, XX vehicles were fully responsible for running a red light...............

Finished.

Although this is the truth, but ......... Can you express your feelings a little more?

To be honest, Anthony felt that the reports written by the police department below were more emotional than those written by this investigator. Because according to the investigation of the police station below, the photos and videos can be seen that the accumulated white bones piled up on the underground altar, as well as the human tissues that were chopped into pieces in the basement of the hospital, the battle-hardened policemen couldn't stand it.

Is this still human?

Not to mention the last long-range photo of Innsmouth, which made Anthony gasp. The entire town of Innsmouth was burned black, and the depression caused by the huge shock wave around it almost formed a crater-like basin on the moon, and most of the buildings were completely destroyed after the disaster.

Although Anthony didn't know exactly what the situation was, just looking at the tragic situation in front of him, he could guess that the destruction of Innsmouth at that time must have been the kind that the sky collapsed.

Outcome............... As a party to the party, don't you have any emotional fluctuations at all?

After all, according to the results of the police investigation, the entire Innsmouth people are dead! And judging from the photos, most of them looked like they had been burned by the flames, and they became tattered, almost all that was left was a charred human form!

Even if he sat here looking at the photos and reports, he felt chills in his heart! The man climbed out of it by himself and went to the nearby police station to report the crime!

Anthony now finally understands why the case was sent to the Federation, the destruction of a small town is not as simple as a haunted house or a factory. That is, Innsmouth is located in the middle of nowhere, so it is not well-known, but if this matter is to be suppressed, it must rely on the power of the federal government, and the state government can control their mouths on the ground, but they can't control the field, right?

There has to be a saying...............

Of course, this matter does not need Anthony to have a headache, his task is to confirm the clues and files, and then go through the process and the matter is over.

But............... Anthony stood up silently after reading the dossier.

"Boy, is that investigator still there?"

"Yes, he's still in the police station in Newburyport."

After all, although the investigator is an investigator, he must also complete the entire procedure before he can be released. If you want to say that one or two haunted houses or something like that, the whole town has been destroyed, and thousands of people have died, so naturally it is impossible to let people go like this.

"Let's go to Newburyport."

Anthony picked up the file and walked out of the office.

He wanted to see for himself what kind of investigator could do such a thing!

(End of chapter)