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#265 - Chapter 265: Small Village Blood Case

“Don't worry, my perception is always on. There won't be any danger within a few hundred meters. Even if there is danger, I can react immediately.”

Qi Jing patted his chest to show that he was very reliable.

“It's not a question of whether there is danger or not. Only one family has died in this village, and the others are just weak. The danger shouldn't be that great.”

Tao Xin glanced at Qi Jing:

“The main thing is that I'm still here. Can you two consider the feelings of us single people when you're flirting?”

Mainly because this is during a mission, she can't play with her phone to cover up her embarrassment, so she can only stare at the road and watch the two of them flirting in front.

It's so hard!

“Okay, okay, I'll try to be careful. If you're bored, here's a hug.”

Qi Jing conjured Kirby from his space and put it in Tao Xin's hand.

No one can resist such a cute creature.

Tao Xin hugged the soft little guy and remembered that it was the one who defeated her during the Freshman Competition.

Kirby continued to play the game console in his hand with full concentration, completely unaware of whether he was in his little space nest or in the hands of a stranger.

“This little guy is so cute. Did you summon it from Grandpa Ma's place?”

“Yeah, that's right.”

“I summoned a little bird, which is not bad either.”

Although Tao Xin's little bird didn't have any special abilities, she didn't abandon it or sell it to Grandpa Ma. Instead, she kept it at home.

She believes that since it's a pet that accompanies her through life and death, whether it's useful or not, it needs to be taken care of and accompanied well. It shouldn't be easily abandoned just because it's not helpful to her.

If she dies, it will also die, which is very unfair to it, so it needs more companionship and care.

Tan Zuoyin said, “It seems you will be a very good police officer.”

“Maybe.”

Tao Xin's goal is entirely due to her superpower, and she has been working hard for it.

So far, she has participated in three missions in this area, and she also plans to study criminal investigation in her sophomore year to become the most outstanding public servant.

This mission is the fourth, and it's also her first time performing it abroad.

As an experienced person, she analyzed:

“In the three missions I've done before, none of them were real superpower-related crimes. They were all love killings, money killings, and then disguised as superpower-related crimes.”

“But this time it shouldn't be. There should really be a superpower user committing the crime.”

Normally, those ordinary missions would not be put on the Alien Task Force's mission board. Only when it's determined that a superpower user is committing the crime and there are not enough people, or the case is not very urgent, will students be allowed to take on the task.

The former is a last resort, and the latter is purely for students to practice.

“This is also my first time performing a mission abroad. I have to rely on you a lot.”

Superpower-related crimes are relatively serious cases, but not every country has superpower personnel to carry them out. They usually report these missions to neighboring major countries.

This mission is like that.

Local police officers received a report a year ago saying that people in this mountain village were inexplicably anemic every day, but when they came to investigate, they found nothing.

Because it was just anemia and the situation was not serious, they assumed it was nothing and didn't care about it anymore.

Until last month, they received another report that a family had died in the village, and the strange blood loss every day had not disappeared, so they came again.

When they came to investigate, they found that the bodies of this family had all turned into mummies, and all the blood had disappeared strangely. They immediately thought that a superpower user was committing the crime.

So they fled from here without looking back and reported the matter, and never came again.

Even when Qi Jing and the others came here, there were no local law enforcement officers accompanying them.

“According to the information, the superpower user who committed the crime should be the kind who sucks blood and needs to suck it every day.”

Qi Jing said:

“This is consistent with my perception. The villagers' aura is weaker than normal people, probably because of anemia.”

“But in my Observation Haki perception, there is no particularly powerful person appearing. If there is someone in the village who sucks blood every day, his aura should be very strong.”

This is very strange.

It's impossible for someone to be able to hide from his Observation Haki perception.

If there really is such a person, why would he secretly suck blood in the village instead of going out and wreaking havoc?

“So, he might be a dying person, and sucking blood is to survive.”

“That makes sense.”

Tao Xin nodded and said, “Let's ask those villagers one by one later. Maybe my superpower can directly ask who the murderer is.”

Her superpower is very convenient in this area.

She was able to complete the previous three cases quickly because of this "Mind Reading" ability.

“Go, go, go, we're almost there. Oh, this broken road, we should have flown over here.”

Qi Jing was just tripped by a pit under his feet. His energy was all focused on the crowd in the center of the village, and he didn't look at the road.

Tan Zuoyin stepped over the pit:

“The houses here are so old, how could they repair the road?”

Qi Jing sighed, “Our place is still good. You can't fall even if you don't look at the road.”

“That's not an excuse for you not looking at the road, is it?”

After walking a winding path, the three of them finally arrived at their destination.

In this earthen-walled, open "square," there were more than two hundred people, each sitting on some tattered bedding, some of which were large pieces of hay.

Not only did it look messy, but the smell was also very unpleasant.

There was a huge pot next to it, and it seemed that they relied on this pot to eat every day.

Qi Jing didn't know who to look for, so he raised the law enforcement badge they received at the mission office before coming here to show them.

As soon as the thin old woman saw the people coming, she immediately stood up and shouted loudly into the crowd behind:

“Jili guala, wu qi ba cha, gulu gulu song…”

Just as Qi Jing was confused, Tan Zuoyin's telepathy appeared in his mind:

「She's calling the leader here to come over」

After a while, an uncle with a pretty good complexion hurried over.

“Gujiguji…”

「Thank Buddha, you've finally come. We've been here for a month」

No wonder it smells so bad here. These people have been staying here for a month.

Tan Zuoyin continued to translate for Qi Jing and Tao Xin:

「He is the current village chief of this village. The previous village chief was the family that died last month」

「After reporting to the police, several more people died in the village, and all the blood was sucked dry」

「Because they are afraid of the blood-drinking monster, they have to unite and live together every day.」

「They don't even dare to set up tents, because once a monster comes in, the tent may block the view of the night watchman.」

「Since they teamed up together, no one has died again, but anemia still occurs from time to time」