Li Nuo began to put his hands on the corpse, and if outsiders saw this scene, they would inevitably think of a word, necrophilia.

From the mouth of the corpse to the lower body, I finally found a brown hair in the folds of the skin on the corpse's legs, which looked very similar to the yin hair, curly, and as hard as the hair of a hyena, but it was not a yin hair.

Leno observed the two hairs he found.

The air inside was muddy and a little cold.

He could even feel a fishy sweet smell surging through his throat.

The unclaimed corpses are basically placed on the sewers, and after a week, no one will come to claim them, so they will be thrown into the depths of the sewers and let the mutated rats clean up.

Except for the unburned candlesticks, only the mottled walls swept by the whining cold wind remained.

He looked around, and it was clear that there were more corpses than he had imagined.

"How come there are so many corpses?" He asked.

The forensic doctor walked over and said in a hoarse voice under his mask: "Too many people die in the garbage dump every day in the lower city, although they are garbage, but it affects the appearance of the city, and we sometimes have to deal with them." ”

Li Nuo looked at the dead man who had been squeezed into a dried corpse and asked, "Can you tell me about him?" ”

Forensic doctor: "Vika, the drunkard who lives in the lower part of the city, died last night in the grass on the coconut tree path in the lower city, you should go to the police for the rest, I'm just a coroner." ”

At this moment the door to the room was opened, and a woman dressed in the sheriff's uniform walked in: "Mr. Dallock, get ready, several more dead people have appeared in the North End." ”

Forensic doctor Dalloc greeted the comer, opened his arms, and shrugged his shoulders helplessly: "Oh, Ms. Rebecca, the murderer has really gone too far, but I obviously can't let go of it here." ”

"You can throw unclaimed bodies down the drain, maybe the homeless will like it." Rebecca's green eyes froze when she saw Leno and Marjie, "Who are you?" ”

She looked back at the vigilantes in steam armor and asked, "Who are they?" ”

The vigilante raised his thick arm to his head: "I...... Haven't seen them. ”

Rebecca asked, "Then how did they get in!" ”

The vigilantes looked at Li Nuo and asked loudly, "How did you get in!" ”

Li Nuo asked rhetorically: "If you didn't put it in, then how did we get in?" ”

The vigilante was stunned for a moment, and he recalled, "But I didn't let you in......"

Lenovo asked again, "Then how did we get in?" ”

The vigilante's mind was already messed up: "I...... I do not know...... That's what I put in? ”

Rebecca covered her forehead and sighed, "This fool ......"

The gas lamp stretched everyone's shadows for a long time.

Maljie lit a cigarette.

The vigilantes immediately shouted in a serious tone: "Snuff out the cigarette!" This is a non-smoking area! ”

"Will I light a cigarette and cause this place to explode, or will I destroy the corpses?" Marje asked.

Security Guard: "Please follow the rules." ”

He said as he looked at his chief, Rebecca, for help.

In Novigre, in the Nilfgaard Empire, you never know if the filthy old guy sitting in the alley is the owner of some high-end villa, whose inhabitants are very good at hiding their wealth.

The richer the port city, the more it has to pretend to be pure-hearted.

With that in mind, Rebecca shook her head at the vigilantes.

After Marje took two puffs, he said: "My father's name is 'Mihagel', this guy who has been squeezed into adulthood is my father's friend when he was alive, and there is something important in my family that is hidden from him, but unfortunately, he died, so I hired a detective to help me investigate." ”

"I know you, the one who broke out on his deathbed...... The son who was born in the early years without paying attention to proportion. Rebecca softened a bit: "The police haven't started an investigation yet, you can trust the security forces in Nilfgaard." ”

Marjie: "Beautiful lady, please tell me, when will the investigation begin?" ”

Rebecca shook her head: "There has been a serial murder case recently that is even more important, and we can only wait for this matter to be arranged, as soon as tomorrow." ”

【Side quest triggered】

【Butcher of Blood】

[Level: Lv22]

[Mission Details: A serial murder case that shrouded Novigri in the shadows, where each deceased was drained of blood, and the deceased were all very good people]

[Reward: 3200 XP, 600 gold]

[Special Quest Completion Reward: If you bet with this Rebecca lady, you may be able to gain the support of some of the Nilfgaard Empire's security forces in Novigre, but if you fail the mission, they will be blacklisted]

The panel of system tasks popped up in front of the eyes of the two of them.

The two were silent.

Until Li Nuo's silence time has ended: "Understood, I'll help you for free." ”

"Watch your words, third-rate detective." The vigilante pointed at him.

Maljie put the cigarette fart on the back of the vigilante's outstretched hand, and the other party "hissed" and stared at Maljie viciously.

"Big man, keep your mouth shut, or I'll shove in your mask." Maljie has the advantage of being able to switch roles quickly, as long as he doesn't get sick in the second grade, he is a very good actor, for example, now, he is fantasizing about being a domineering president.

"Alright, don't make a fuss." Rebecca looked at Marjie and said with a blank face, "You are the heir, so you can do anything as long as you don't break the law, but take care of your own mess first, besides, I must remind you." ”

She walked over to Marje and Lenovo, and said word by word: "Vika's corpse is special due to the special state of death, so we will not accept any 'detective' to touch him, and we will play detective games when we are at a loss." ”

"Hmm...... There is no need to touch him. Leno said, then snapped his fingers at Marger.

Before leaving, he pointed to the clothes and wallet next to the corpse and asked, "These are the only relics of Mr. Vika?" ”

Rebecca glanced at Forensic Darlock, who nodded, "I don't have a penchant for collecting the dead's belongings. ”

"You hear me, sir." Rebecca said, "Let me ask, do you want to solve the case without investigating the body?" Smell it? Or is it watching? ”

"Maybe?"

"Do you know Dandrien?"

"The bard." Leno responded, Dandrien - a friend of Geralt the original witcher.

Rebecca said: "Half a Century of Poetry, the story of him and the witcher, maybe you have read the book, but don't take the story of the book as reality, and don't fantasize that you are a witcher, that thing is long gone. ”

"Okay~" Li Nuo agreed with a smile.

He and Marger left the house.

The forensic doctor Darlock asked, "Rebecca, are you here to make room for me to make room for a new corpse, or is there something else you haven't said?" ”

"There are strange 'terrorists' making trouble nearby, so I just stopped by." Rebecca said: "That Vika's body will be transported to the security management team tomorrow morning for autopsy, you keep the body today, and besides, I heard that there are suspicious people in your vicinity, so if there is something to do, I will set off a signal cannon." ”

Forensic Darlock laughed, "I thought you didn't want that Vika's body." ”

Rebecca said, "It's only sent to you because his body is so weird that we don't want more people to see it. ”

……

Walking out of the room and onto the bridge, breathing in the fresh air, Marje couldn't help but ask, "Do you know who the murderer is?" ”

"He seems to have been sucked dry, his whole body is dry and wrinkled, and only skin is left, but there is a strange happiness in his facial expression, and if you look closely, you will find that the corners of the deceased's mouth are slightly upturned." Li Nuo paused for a moment, looked at Marjie, and asked, "You said that you were a doctor, what kind of death will make you smile?" ”

Marjie touched his nose and frowned: "The corpse is placed in a confined space, the decay produces air pressure, the pressure becomes larger, and the corpse is compressed, at this time, the corpse is taken out of the confined space, and the corpse will gradually be restored, which is reflected in the smile on the face." ”

"Yes, confined spaces, low temperatures, are the reasons for people to keep smiling after death." Li Nuo took out the two hairs found from the deceased and said, "In a fantasy worldview, if there is such a creature that can bring the ultimate dopamine stimulation to the human brain, it will cause the rapid loss of consciousness in the process of cooling. ”

"Cool?" Marjie was stunned.

"To be exact, I was sucked dry in the process." Li Nuo said, putting the two hairs in front of his nose and sniffing them.

Marjie suppressed an awkward feeling and watched Li Nuo's behavior, if it wasn't for the fact that they had known each other for a while, he would have been sure that Li Nuo had a psychological problem.

Li Nuo sniffed for a few seconds, then raised his eyes and said, "It's not a human smell, Marjie...... He's probably really going to die. ”

"What's going on?" Marjie's face sank.

Li Nuo said: "Judging from the brown short hair and the satisfaction on the faces of these deceased, the murderer may be a female night demon. ”

"Female Daredevil!" Marjie bit his lip tightly and said unwillingly, "Okay...... I'm so envious......"

Often mistaken for a high vampire, the female Daredevil is a creature created after the confluence of the celestial spheres.

But they are different from other monsters, they don't kill people, they don't want to drink human blood, and they usually have no malice.

They also have the appearance of a glamorous woman, take care of their appearance, and makeup or perfume are popular with them, but one thing is different from humans, their feet are hooves instead of legs.

This creature has a very strong physical desire, which is described in the witcher's book:

"Again!? Oh, I'm dying......"

Lester of Smoton, before taking a vow of abstinence for life

However, even if they don't have killing intent, they will still inadvertently cause bitter fruits.

Although the Daredevil had hooves and a mane, the appearance of the half-beast was meaningless to the young people who were seduced by it, who still regarded the Daredevil as the perfect woman.

Those who are seduced by the Daredevil will lose their minds and think that they are real women, and the beasts will accept all the courtesy, leading the young people into the Fall, and then absorbing their vitality.

……

They decided to go to the scene of the crime.

Marger hired a carriage and the two sat in the back seat.

Listening to the roar of the mechanical gears turning outside the car window, Li Nuo slowly cast his eyes into the night.

Huge propaganda posters of the Eternal Flame hang from the steel cables leading to the Upper Town Bridge, an organization that tortured sorceresses hundreds of years ago and is now one of a dozen official churches in the Nilfgaard Empire.

They are no longer as important as in "The Witcher 3", and the changes of a hundred years have changed, just like now, when the industrial age began, and the stars in the night sky have disappeared a lot because of the light of the city.

But Leno is well aware that the nature of the world has not changed, and because of the invasion of Bloodborne, the danger may be even more unpredictable than it was a hundred years ago.

"Actually, you can go straight to Coville." Marje said suddenly.

"No...... Since the Master of Mirrors has challenged Novigre, I must participate. Li Nuo took off his sunglasses, put on the [Emir's mask], and then said, "Since you have decided to use the mirror master as your backhand, you must do things according to his rules." ”

"He's a demon."

"But the devil will definitely give you the good, but you have to get rid of the bad in his rules." Li Nuo paused for a moment and said, "He wants to see what I can do in Novigre before he will consider whether to help me, so he will rely on him first." ”

Half an hour later, after crossing several paths covered in steam from manhole covers, the carriage finally came to Coconut Tree Street.

It's a nondescript street, but it's really clean compared to the main roads in the city...... At least apart from the garbage bins that have never been cleaned, the gas street lamps that have never been repaired, and the homeless orphans who steal everywhere, there is almost no congestion and no neighing of leaky pipes.

The crime scene was in a weed pile in the middle of the street.

It has been fenced off by the police.

Li Nuo stood in a dark corner not far from there, taking off his mask.

He put the two hairs on his nose again and sniffed them.

Then hold your breath and remember the smell.

A breeze blew.

Red, faint smoke emerges from the scene, lingering at the scene of the crime, leading into a path on the north side of the road.

He walked over.

Look at the ground.

Under the steam spewing out of the manhole cover, footprints appeared.

Many, many, red footprints.

It was a trail that only witchers could see.

Li Nuo: "No...... There are too many to tell. ”

Marger walked behind and whispered, "Close your eyes and concentrate, remember the smell, and try again." ”

"I'll try." Li Nuo closed his eyes.

He recalls the smell, and his brain seems to have a program turned on and automatically starts searching for things related to the smell.

At the same time, a voice seemed to appear in my head.

- Wolves sleep in the forest.

- Bats trail in the wind.

- Only he was not tired and restless.

- Be wary of ghouls, witches, and ghosts.

When he opened his eyes again, the amber snake pupil saw only a faint red footprint like a horse's hoof, which began at the scene of the crime and led into the depths of the path.