Chapter 258 "Detective" ≠ Detective
“The victim, Mary Nicholas…

"A widow, a weaver, with her internal organs completely gone..."

Klein silently read the report on the death that the Nighthawks had received from the police, while analyzing the possible murderer in his mind.

“Whether it’s a coincidence or not, the name ‘Whitechapel’ is too sensitive… Could the murderer be a ‘time traveler’? Why would a time traveler murder such an ordinary person?

"This is the first case, and there will surely be more to come...but this case happened near the Storm Church, so it was naturally handed over to the Mandated Punisher...

"If the Punisher fails to discover the 'extraordinary factor', he may even hand it over to the police department... and it will remain an unsolved case... until the victim reappears..."

Klein sighed and secretly resolved to investigate when he had free time. He then knocked on the door of the team lounge. All the members of Daly's team were there.

"Captain, this is the briefing on that case, please take a look!"

"Hmm..." Daly took the paper but didn't look at it immediately. She just said:

"You calling me captain... It's a bit awkward, why don't you just call me Daly?"

"Okay, okay, Ms. Daly!" Klein called out the name under the gaze of the other two women and one man, and then he greeted the other members:

"Ms. Airi, Ms. Lillian, Mr. Marcus, good morning, everyone!" Klein had already made preliminary introductions to these people when he was on duty at Chanis Gate the day before.

"Then why don't we just call Ms. Daly?" Airi is a woman with black hair and black eyes. She is a Sequence 7 "Nightmare" from the "Sleepless" pathway.

“No! You all have to call me Captain! Let me call Ms. Daly!” Lillian has rare green hair, and she is a Sequence 8 “Physician” of the “Tiller” pathway.

“It doesn’t matter what you call me… But Klein has a really good memory. He remembered all of our names so quickly…” Marcus is a middle-aged man, a Sequence 7 “Wizard” of the “Mystery Voyeur” pathway. Due to the advent of the “Hidden Sage” some time ago, he was isolated and observed for a period of time before being released and temporarily returned to the team. However, he is not allowed to go out on field missions and can only serve as a “civilian” for the team within the church. He is also happy to be idle and does not have to work hard. He gets paid weekly and can always be like this!
"Hey! I think you are making fun of me!?" "Nightmare" Eric, who has a bad memory, immediately retorted to Marcus.

“…” Klein touched his nose, concealed his smile, and handed out a copy of the report to everyone.

"Murder case..." Daley finished reading the briefing first and said:

“I don’t mean anything else. If it happened before the big investigation, this kind of murder case would never have been on the front page of the newspaper.

"The number of people who disappear in Backlund every day is not just one or two...

“This also indirectly proves that our investigation is effective, and even makes those unscrupulous media start to find materials by all means.

"What are your ideas? Tell us, Marcus will write them down and hand them over to the church. Then we can get on with the real extraordinary events and track down clues about the 'witch'."

Yes, because it was not classified as an "illegal case" and the case belonged to the Church of the Storm, all "Nighthawk" Klein could do was to offer suggestions.

"If we take 'extraordinary case' as the premise, then the cruel method of losing internal organs is somewhat similar to the 'ritual' of 'devil worship', and the devil is closely related to the ancient organization 'Blood Worship'..." "Demons... are indeed a possibility," Eric agreed. "Demons seem to have been active more frequently in recent years. In addition, some people with mental problems think it's cool and start imitating crimes... We also need to consider this possibility."

"This is easy to verify," Lillian said.

"Whether it's the influence of the 'Devil Pleaser' or the 'Serial Killer' potion, the murderer will most likely not stop and will definitely continue to commit crimes in the near future... If it is a simple revenge killing, love killing, or robbery murder, the murderer should remain silent for a long time..."

"There is another possibility," Daly said solemnly:

"Remember the human trafficker 'Kapin'? He only kidnapped young women. Maybe there is another group of human traffickers, very hidden ones, who only target older and stronger people... Because she put up a desperate resistance, this woman was brutally killed as a warning..."

Klein paused. A deeply hidden human trafficker? Isn't that the royal family?! The royal family has introduced another "Kaping" as an agent? Very good, it seems that I will also exercise "Angel Justice"! Uh... Is this a trap?
Marcus used a round fountain pen to quickly record on the imitation parchment. Klein took a quick glance and saw that the handwriting on the paper was flowing, but it was recognizable. The recorded content removed the interjections and interjections, and it was actually a "report" that could be submitted immediately!
This... is a talent! No wonder he was asked to write the report!

……

Backlund, Hillston District.

Isengard Stanton, a middle-aged man with gray hair on his temples, sat in a rocking chair. He took a puff of his pipe intoxicatedly and said to his assistant beside him:

"The case reported in the newspaper is unusual. The victim's fatal injury was only a wound on the abdomen, and the internal organs were removed too cleanly...

"The deceased's face was pale, but his expression showed no fear... This shows that the murderer acted very quickly, or that he did it after knocking the victim unconscious...

"Maybe it's... a Beyonder, someone who's good at fighting..."

Isengard is a Beyonder of the "Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom" and an "official Beyonder" of Lunburg. Of course, he must hide this identity in Loen, otherwise even if he maintains a good relationship with the Church of Evernight and the Church of Steam, they will not tolerate him.

His Sequence was not high, he was only a Sequence 7 "Detective", but he was in charge of a Sequence 6 "Scholar" Seal, and relied on the latter to transform into the "Eye of Wisdom" and held an extraordinary party at the Brave Bar. He was considered one of the people with extensive connections in Backlund.

The assistant listened carefully to the great detective's analysis, which would be of great benefit to his future role as a "detective"!

Jingle, jingle.

At this time, the doorbell rang. The assistant greeted the detective and then turned to greet the client. He opened the door and found that it was a middle-aged man wearing a sheriff's badge. The man smiled and said:
"I'm looking for Mr. Stanton. I have a case that I'd like to ask the great detective for help with."

"Sheriff Lewis, please come in! Mr. Eisinger is interested in the case in the newspaper." The assistant had obviously seen this sheriff many times and spoke very casually.

"Really? That's great!" Louis walked quickly to the sofa in the reception area, shook hands with the great detective, took out an unsigned letter, put it on the table and said:

"Mr. Stanton, this is the letter of complaint we received this morning... Could you please reason whether the contents of the letter are true? This is related to the level of attention given to the case in the newspaper..."

(End of this chapter)