novelraw Chapter 670: Sergei’s New Discovery
Chapter 670: Sergei’s New Discovery
Chapter 670: Sergei’s New Discovery
Dice In The Darkness: Cthulhu Calls
Early the next morning, Liu Xing woke up on time as usual.
The reason was simple - the special committee had called Liu Xing early in the morning, asking Liu Xing’s team to come to their office for another round of questioning after work.
It must be said that Liu Xing finally understood why England police officers don’t like to be armed.
Liu Xing woke up Leon and Jill, and the three of them had a quick breakfast before going to work.
Another hour of questioning, and Liu Xing’s team finally returned to the office.
"I finally know how difficult these special committee people are, no wonder our England police officers’ gun-carrying rate is getting lower and lower," Leon couldn’t help but complain.
Wesker, who had been sitting in the office drinking tea, shook his head and said with a smile, "Well, the people in the special committee are basically a bunch of amateurs, so they are so difficult to deal with. But this time, it’s clear that Allen wants to set a trap for us. Otherwise, the special committee wouldn’t have summoned you so frequently for questioning."
Liu Xing shrugged, many official agencies in England have this problem - amateurs directing professionals. For example, the legendary English Football Association is often criticized and hated by major English football clubs and fans, because the people in the English Football Association know nothing about football, so they often make some ridiculous decisions.
And the special committee responsible for police officers’ use of firearms is no better.
"By the way, Captain, how’s the situation on your end?" Leon asked.
Wesker shook his head and said somewhat helplessly, "It’s exactly the same as what we thought before. That guy Allen has already instructed the special committee and the forensics department. You guys can’t get rid of those special committee people for the time being, and you can’t get your handguns back either. But I have a good friend in the forensics department, and he told me that Allen said the handguns will be returned to you in half a month."
I see.
Liu Xing finally realized that Allen was not targeting them because they were Chief House’s confidants, but because Allen believed they were very likely to disrupt Cult of the Cadaver’s arrangements in the "Sacred Book" projection battle, so he used these small tactics to restrict their movements in advance.
After all, their team was the first to arrive at Locke’s son’s wedding, and Liu Xing had even attended the wedding with Dio.
So Allen’s actions against them are understandable, because the "Sacred Book" projection battle in half a month is really too important.
But speaking of which, Liu Xing felt that if he were in Allen’s position, he might even take action against himself, because Allen must want to know what he knows.
So, Liu Xing suspected that Allen would set a trap for him and then arrest him for interrogation.
They must be very careful from now on.
"Captain, is there any news from the subway station?" Jill asked expectantly.
Wesker shook his head and said, "There’s still no news from the subway station, but a lot of people claim to have seen shadows flashing by the windows while passing through the subway. So I think those Ghouls haven’t left the subway station yet, and they’re probably just probing us. If Allen doesn’t make a move, those Ghouls might continue to attack."
Liu Xing nodded, but he was a bit puzzled - why didn’t Cult of the Cadaver try to recruit those five Ghouls?
According to reason, there is no essential difference between the Ghouls transformed from humans and the original Ghouls, so even though those five Ghouls can only be considered half-Ghouls, they are still a good combat force that can play a certain role in the "Sacred Book" projection battle in half a month, much more useful than the ordinary Cult of the Cadaver followers.
But Cult of the Cadaver didn’t take them in, and instead left them in the subway station to fend for themselves, and now they might even cause trouble for Allen, possibly forcing him to step down prematurely.
Wait a minute.
Liu Xing suddenly had a flash of insight and finally understood why Cult of the Cadaver would do this.
The reason is simple - although Allen has now become the chief of the London Police Department, his reputation within the department is not good, and his foundation is not deep, so if he wasn’t busy dealing with that attack case, he probably wouldn’t be able to command all the officers in the London Police Department.
And in the "Sacred Book" projection battle in half a month, the combined forces of various factions will deploy at least a thousand people for a major battle, and it will be in the downtown area of London, so the London police will inevitably intervene.
Therefore, in order to avoid the London police interfering, Cult of the Cadaver deliberately arranged for those five Ghouls to cause trouble in the subway station to attract the attention of the London police and create a certain public opinion pressure, so that before the "Sacred Book" projection appears, Allen can take the majority of the London Police Department’s forces to arrest those Ghouls under the pretext of maintaining order.
If handled properly, Cult of the Cadaver can even arrange for those Ghouls to hide near the strongholds of other factions, using the London Police Department as a knife to deal with the personnel of other factions.
This is really a good move.
However, this is also an open strategy, so the only way to break it is to force Allen to order the arrest of those Ghouls in advance.
It seems that they still have to rely on Miss Wang.
At this moment, Sergei walked in with a smile.
It seems that Elsa has really returned home.
Sergei placed the coffee he was carrying on the desk and said, "I heard that you guys were ambushed by Allen yesterday and questioned by the special committee until one or two o’clock in the morning, so you must not have slept well."
Liu Xing took a sip of coffee and nodded with a smile, "That’s right, we were summoned by those special committee people to write a report again early this morning, so we do have a bit of a headache. But speaking of which, Elsa should have returned home by now, right?"
Sergei nodded, a look of joy on his face. "I knew Chris would find a way to get Elsa back home, and it seems she has also given up on that boyfriend of hers..."
Sergei hadn’t finished speaking when his work phone rang.
"It’s a work call, probably about the attack case." Sergei gestured for silence and answered the phone, putting it on speaker.
Sergei is indeed a man who is grateful and repays kindness.
"Sergei, someone just called the police to report a car and a young man who was shot dead in the suburbs. I’ve already taken people to the crime scene, so come over quickly and take a look," said a middle-aged man.
Liu Xing knew that Elsa’s boyfriend had been discovered and reported to the police... Of course, the one who reported it was most likely Miss Wang’s people.
Sergei raised his eyebrows and said, "Rex, aren’t you overreacting a bit? This kind of highway robbery and murder case can be handled by any nearby forensic expert, so is there really a need to call me over? Besides, I still have some work to do on the assault case later."
After a moment of silence, Rex quietly said, "Didn’t you ask me to investigate your sister’s boyfriend before? The victim in today’s case is your sister’s boyfriend, so you’re not involved in this case, are you?"
Sergei furrowed his brow and said in a surprised tone, "What? You’re saying the victim is my sister’s boyfriend?! Rex, wait for me at the scene, I’ll be there in half an hour."
Sergei then hung up the phone and said to Liu Xing and the others, "I need to go to the crime scene right away. I’ll tell you about the new information on the assault case later."
Wesker shook his head and said, "Sergei, you go wait outside in the car. I’m going to talk to the higher-ups to see if we can take charge of this case."
Sergei nodded and said as he walked away, "Okay, I’ll go back and pack up. Captain Wesker, let me know the result when you have it."
"Chris, you guys get ready," Wesker said, then left the office.
Five minutes later, Wesker came back and said, "Let’s go, I’ve got the responsibility for this case."
So Liu Xing and the others got in a car with Sergei and set off.
In the car, Leon jokingly said, "Sergei, you didn’t happen to shoot your sister’s boyfriend, did you?"
Sergei shook his head and said with a wry smile, "How could that be possible? My sister’s boyfriend should have been killed yesterday, because my sister told me yesterday that her boyfriend had suddenly disappeared, and she suspected that I had someone detain him. But I was at the police station dealing with the bodies of the assault victims all day yesterday, so I didn’t have time to deal with her boyfriend. And I also have no reason to kill her boyfriend."
Liu Xing nodded and changed the subject, "By the way, Sergei, what’s the latest news on the assault case?"
Sergei took out a report and said, "Didn’t I analyze an unknown toxin from the bodies of those attackers yesterday? Since I couldn’t analyze its composition, I just injected the attacker’s blood into some white mice, and then found that those white mice suddenly died in a minute, showing how terrible this toxin is, even when diluted by the blood."
"So I diluted the blood again for testing, and found that this toxin still has a certain hypnotic effect after dilution, causing the white mice to lose self-awareness and react to sounds. So I think those attackers were probably hypnotized by the mastermind at the beginning, which means this mastermind may be even harder to deal with than we thought, because a toxin like this is simply terrifying. But my report has been rejected by the higher-ups, who think it’s impossible."
"In addition, I was planning to perform autopsies on some of the victims, but I found that all the bodies had already been returned to their families by Allen. So I went to the Funeral Home to take a look, but my contact there told me that all the bodies had been cremated. This is a bit strange, because the aristocratic families don’t usually cremate, they have their own family graveyards for burials."
"So I asked my contact if they found anything unusual during the cremation. He said the people who brought the bodies required the Funeral Home staff to leave the cremation room, and they cremated the bodies themselves. They even cremated multiple bodies at once, and just poked a few big holes in the bodies instead of properly opening them up, which seems very disrespectful. And the families didn’t even collect the ashes after the cremation."
"However, my contact’s investigation found that the families were indeed real, so they couldn’t say anything more. But when they were collecting the ashes, they found some strange bones... Generally, cremation can’t completely turn the body to ash, so larger and harder bones like leg bones may be left behind. These bones would be brittle after being burned for a long time, so the staff would crush them into the ashes. But the staff couldn’t recognize those bones at all, and they’ve been working at the Funeral Home for over 10 years, so they’re more familiar with human bones than we professionals."
After Sergei’s explanation, Leon and the others were all confused, but Liu Xing knew the truth.
The toxin was clearly made by Ithaqua using the knowledge of other races, especially the snake man tribe, so it’s normal that Sergei couldn’t analyze its exact composition. And the hypnotic effect is also within Liu Xing’s expectations, as the attackers couldn’t all have been willing to die for Ithaqua.
As for the strange bones, they were most likely from the Cult of the Cadaver followers who had already begun their transformation, so the Cult was so eager to cremate the bodies before any abnormalities were discovered.
Tomorrow is Qingming Festival again, so I have to go back to my hometown to worship my ancestors and set up a gravestone for my grandfather. According to my local customs, it takes a few years after someone’s death before you can officially set up a gravestone and renovate the grave, so as the eldest grandson, I have to personally carry the gravestone and building materials up the mountain.
And since my great-uncle is having his 80th birthday celebration directly at my hometown, I have to stay there until the day after tomorrow before I can come back.
The most important thing is that my hometown is located at the border between two counties, so the mobile phone signal is zero, so I won’t be able to update anything.
Of course, after tomorrow, I won’t be skipping anymore this month, hehe.