Chapter 22: The Smell of Blood

I used to think that I had fallen into a "sleep" of quiet streets, but now I walked over, but I found that there were all kinds of small conversations, TV sounds, and mobile phone sounds in the buildings on the side, and many people were not asleep.

I used to think that the street was empty, but now when I walked up, I found that there were many insects and small animals moving around in all corners, dark places, and ditches on both sides.

Sounds that he had to listen to a few days ago, but now it's hard not to hear them, and these sounds, as well as smells, have been integrated into his sensory "database" and become the basis and experience for him to judge his surroundings.

Compared with hearing, in fact, the sense of smell brings a much stronger sense of strangeness and freshness, and there are many smells, which are the first time he smells.

He identifies the origin of these flavors, labels them, and "enters" them into his own "database."

Every adult has his or her own "database" of smell and hearing, which is called experience. It's like suddenly smelling a rotten egg in the crowd, you know that someone is farting, and when you hear footsteps upstairs, you can also tell if you are wearing high heels, slippers, or barefoot.

And Xiang Kun, after the functions of various sensory organs have been greatly improved, he needs to "update" his "database", and after that, his sensory improvement can really play a role.

......

Xiang Kun suddenly stopped and looked at the corner of the street to the east.

It's 11:47 p.m., and some streets are still very busy, while others are barely noticed.

The area he is out of now is a relatively deserted area, there are not many businesses in itself, there are not many households, and there are many old houses to be demolished are empty, so after 10 o'clock in the evening, there are few pedestrians, and only occasionally see the electric car delivering food passing by.

Xiang Kun had originally planned to go there, the more quiet and dark the place, the more sensitive his senses would be, and the more convenient it would be for him to carry out targeted training.

But now he hesitated, because he smelled a hint of smell—it was the smell of blood, and most likely, human blood.

It was also the incident that he encountered a little couple being attacked downstairs a few days ago, and his sense of smell was much stronger during this time, so he was able to distinguish the difference between human blood, rabbit blood, and chicken blood.

But now, after a long distance, the trace of blood that was locked in from the various smells in the air, Xiang Kun was not 100% sure that it was human blood.

If it's human blood, I'm afraid something happened there?

Now Xiang Kun doesn't want to get into any more trouble, the previous time was because it happened downstairs in his house, right under his nose, and the people who were violated were still people who knew him, so he couldn't be indifferent.

But now......

If there's trouble in that direction, you just need to change the direction, and you don't know what's going on there, so you can't be considered dead, right?

Besides, there may not be anyone there who is injured and bleeding, maybe they smelled it wrong, and it wasn't human blood? Or maybe someone was playing and accidentally fell down and bleed?

Thinking so, Xiang Kun took two steps in the opposite direction, but after two seconds, he let out a long sigh and rushed in the direction of what seemed to be human blood.

He knew that with his character, if he hadn't gone there to check it out today, the mystery of what was going on there would have been entangled in his mind, and he might not be able to get rid of it for months or years. Not so much because he felt guilty that he might have missed the opportunity to save someone, but more because he was curious......

......

The place where the smell of blood came from, only more than 30 meters away from Xiang Kun, rushed across the corner of the street, and saw the figure dumped in a pile of building materials garbage on the side of the street.

Is it really human?

Xiang Kun didn't have time to be satisfied with his accuracy in judging the smell of human blood, so he took out his mobile phone and dialed 110, paying attention to the surrounding situation and slowly approaching the person who fell to the ground.

However, judging by Xiang Kun's sensory ability, the murderer who stabbed people was no longer nearby.

It didn't take long for the police to come, then an ambulance, and Xiang Kun, as the first discoverer and informant at the scene of the crime, was naturally kept by the police for questioning.

The police who had just arrived at the scene simply confirmed his identity, and then asked him to wait for a while in order to see what he had done at the scene and calling the police.

As a result, after a while, a criminal policeman came, and when he looked at Kun, he was an acquaintance - the one who handled the attack on the young couple downstairs and made a record of him was the police officer surnamed Chen.

Officer Chen obviously still knows Xiang Kun, and he can't help but recognize him, after all, his characteristics are too distinct.

"Do you know this victim? Why did you let the murderer escape?" Based on Officer Chen's judgment of Xiang Kun's skills, it stands to reason that even if the other party has a weapon in hand, Xiang Kun should have the strength to fight.

Xiang Kun hurriedly said: "I don't know the injured man, but I happened to pass by, and when I heard some movement, I came over to take a look......

Officer Chen asked, "It's so late, where are you going?"

Xiang Kun said, "Oh, I'm going to go to Fuxiang Street for some barbecue." ”

"You still live on Huawen Street, and you've come all the way, is that a bit far?" said Officer Chen curiously.

"Anyway, I don't have anything to do at night, and I'm not in a hurry, so I just walk and exercise. Xiang Kun said.

Officer Chen nodded and asked again about the whole process of what he heard and then found the injured person in. But this time, it was much more detailed than the previous policeman's question.

In fact, Xiang Kun didn't hear any movement, and when he smelled the smell of blood, the murderer should have already left, otherwise with his hearing, it would be impossible for him to hear nothing.

But if he didn't say that, he really couldn't explain why he was here, it was a bit remote here, and he didn't have any reason to come here, could it be that he wanted to come here and relax?

This time, Officer Chen did not bring Xiang Kun back to the bureau to make a record, and after the questioning, he left him a phone number, and then explained: "I may still need you to assist in the investigation when I go back, and I will contact you by phone, if you have anything to remember, you can also call me to tell me." ”

Xiang Kun responded and prepared to leave.

When answering Officer Chen's questioning, he observed that the police officer next to him went to the ATM on the opposite side of the street to check, and with his strong hearing, he also heard the conversation between the police, and knew that the victim had just gone to the ATM to withdraw money before he was attacked, and the murderer may have followed him all the way there.

Xiang Kun was originally going to go back along the previous route, but after walking a few steps, he changed his mind again, and he suddenly had an idea to try.