Chapter 84: The Missing Body
"You have a close cooperation with the police in Port Enmat?"
The injured right hand was already wrapped in bandages, and Angel couldn't help but ask as she looked at the traces of blood that were gradually oozing from the white gauze.
The doctor who helped her with the wound just now was brought by the police, and the doctor strictly followed the principle of "don't look at what you shouldn't see, don't ask what you shouldn't ask", and left in a hurry after carefully treating the wound.
More than a dozen other police officers also left the warehouse earlier and went to the command of Andrew, who contacted the police force, to clean up the mess.
They skillfully cleaned up the scene, and the warehouse guards who had been sent to sleep by the "nightmare" and awakened by the intrusive police were taken away from the scene with their hands tied behind their backs, and more than 20 would-be slaves in ragged clothes and yellow muscles were also rescued from the underground.
They had been locked up in the warehouse for a long time, and had lost hope of escaping, but when they saw the light of day, some of them cried out in public when the night breeze blew them.
Looking at the "results" of his efforts, Angel felt that the wound on his hand was not so painful.
"As you can see, we are extremely understaffed, and there are too many migrants and ill-intentioned extraordinaries in the port of Enmat, and this kind of slightly larger operation requires the support of night watchmen in multiple cities, and almost nothing can be done without working closely with the local police."
"It's not just us, it's the Heart of the Machines too, of course, the Storm Church has a much larger presence in Nmatt Harbor, they have more men than us, and they even have the spare time to send them to sea."
Clement was tired from the side effects of the "Goddess's Gaze" at this time, but he still managed to sit on the edge of the steps of the police carriage and look at the busy policemen.
Hearing Angel's inquiry, he turned his head to explain.
The Church of the Storm, which worships the "Lord of the Storm", has a stronger presence in the coastal cities......
Angel remembered the knowledge of the occult and nodded in understanding.
"Once they've cleaned up the scene, we'll need to go back and pick up the extraordinary items left behind by the two Extraordinary, especially the Sequence 6 'Bishop of the Rose', Mr. C. He belongs to the extraordinary person of the middle sequence, and it is still a more dangerous way, once the items left behind are touched by ordinary people, it is easy to cause a secondary disaster, and Thomats's magical items must also be recovered and returned to the people of the 'Mechanical Heart'......"
Clement yawned, and the fatigue became more pronounced, which also showed that his injuries were not as minor as they seemed before taking the "Goddess's Gaze", and that he might need to return to receive ritual magic treatment as soon as possible.
Angel suddenly remembered that he still had Thomats' pocket watch in his possession, and was about to give it to Clement, when he suddenly caught a glimpse of Andrew hurrying over.
At this time, he had changed into the costume of a police inspector and wore a police hat, which was much more mature than the disguise he had seen before, but his panicked face ruined Angel's new impression of him.
"Captain, something is wrong......"
Halfway through his speech, Andrew realized that there were still police officers around him, and immediately lowered his voice.
"That former member of the 'Heart of the Machine' you mentioned, his body is gone!"
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Back in the warehouse cellar, Angel had the faint smell of blood in his nose again.
Due to the presence of the "Aurora Society" with a cross erected on the wall and an upside-down male statue, the cellar was closed to ordinary police, and there were no living people in the cellar with the collapsed ceiling in the center except for Angel, Clement, and Andrew by the door.
The happy corpse of Thomats, who had been lying not far from the door, had disappeared without a trace, leaving only a pool of blood much larger than before.
Frowning as he approached the bloodstain, Clement crouched down and reached out to wipe a few places, then examined his fingertips.
"There is some fresh blood, but there is a clot in the middle, which only comes out of the body after death......"
Angel was also confused, she could confirm that Thomats, who had been stabbed twice in a row through the heart and fed with "thirst for blood", could not survive, but except for the resurrection of the corpse and left on its own, there was no way to explain all this in front of her.
Could it be that another person stole his body while the night watchmen were leaving and the police had not yet entered the warehouse?
Wait a minute......
Angel suddenly came to her senses, and she ran towards the pile of rubble in the center of the cellar.
Clement was aware of this, and stood up and followed her.
"Andrew, come and help, get these pieces of rubble out of the way!"
He came to the charred pieces of flesh left by Mr. C., the "charcoals" were still lying in place, but Clement did not let go of his frown, but beckoned his team to come and help.
Relying on the identity of the wounded, Angel also supervised the work like Clement, and only after Andrew removed a few pieces of rubble did she come forward and use dark vision to find Mr. C's body.
Really......
Beneath the stones, all that remained was the red and black blood stains that had been smeared on the ground.
About two-thirds of "Mr. C" is gone.
"Hmph, 'Bishop Rose'......"
Unlike the confident snort in the battle, Clement's face was extremely unkind at this time.
"This guy was blown into pieces of flesh and burned to death, and his vitality is really tenacious. I suspect that he waited for the battle to be over, and after we left, he secretly devoured Thomats's body not long after his death, regained some of his strength, and left through the exit left by the collapsed ceiling. ”
For a Sequence 6, even if the front door of the warehouse is blocked by the police, there are various ways for him to get out of here......
Angel looked at the gaps in the ceiling, the rows of unclosed ventilation windows above the warehouse, and guessed the escape route of Mr. C.
"What about divination? Can you use divination to find Tomats in the same way that the 'Machine Heart' captured him? ”
Angel remembered that the "Heart of the Machine" had used some kind of seal to find Thomats's hiding place, but he had been unable to do so.
"It's difficult, the flesh magic of the 'Bishop of the Rose' can change its appearance, and even hide in other people's bodies, evade most search methods, and then break out at the right time. When they use these means to hide themselves, even divination, they will get some plausible answers. ”
It's really an extraordinary ability of bloody horror, and it seems that this path is mainly a skill that uses flesh and blood......
Angel looked at the blood stains and human tissue all over the cellar, recalled Mr. C's self-harming fighting style, and somewhat understood why the "Aurora Society" was classified as a cult.
"And the risk of divination for the disciples of this kind of secret organization is very large, just now Rupert just glanced at the statue they sacrificed with his spiritual vision, and he almost lost control, divination requires closer contact with the target through the spiritual world, and the danger is far greater than this."
Clement sighed, seemingly giving up on the idea of continuing to track Mr. C.
"I can only report this matter to the Templars, and let them send the 'Red Gloves' to track them down, these people are old rivals with the 'Aurora Society', and they are familiar with their hidden methods."
Angel also felt quite sorry that such an extraordinary person who sacrificed to evil gods and was proficient in flesh and blood magic escaped alive, and he didn't know how many tragedies would be caused to hurt innocents.
But at that time, Thomas was secretly attacking, and then blew up the cellar, which made her tired to deal with it, and she had no time to check Mr. C's state, but she didn't expect to be escaped by the tenacious "Bishop of the Rose".
"What about Thomats? Is he missing or dead? ”
Andrew also asked on the side, he rushed down to inspect the results of the team's battle, but he didn't expect that the two extraordinary people were not even missing their bodies, which made him very disappointed.
"We can only report the disappearance of the 'Mechanical Heart', we have no evidence of killing him, it doesn't make sense to report it as dead, and that magical item should have been taken away by Mr. C......"
Angel felt his breath stagnate.
She subconsciously touched her pocket, and in the bullet box, the pocket watch seemed to be red.
(End of chapter)