West End, 6 Edward Street.
Ikanser Bernard pressed down on his black top hat, pointed to the door of the house behind the fountain, and said to Klein, Eichinger, and Kaslana,
"We've reverse-investigated all the channels through which the information and information were leaked. Combining the profile of the person's face and the help of the magic mirror, we've preliminarily locked onto a suspect."
When you mentioned the magic mirror, you obviously paused for a moment. I don't know what price you have to pay to get the answer you want … Klein sensed the problem in Ikanser's tone and inexplicably sympathized with him.
"The owner of this house?" Kaslana asked with almost certainty.
Isengard Stanton looked around and said as though he was in thought,
"You chose to contact us directly because you found another piece of evidence?"
"Yes, the portrait of the owner of this house can prove some things. Ha, he never takes pictures." Ikanser replied frankly, "In addition, the surrounding residents have seen a big black dog nearby many times."
"This can basically prove that the target is the Desire Apostle." At this point, Eichinger suddenly laughed. "Sorry, we were too impatient, so you didn't even have a chance to introduce the suspect."
As Ikanser walked around the fountain and walked to the front door of the house, he quickly said, "That's right.
"The owner of this house is called Patrick Jason, a major shareholder of a small bank. According to his neighbors, he is a cheerful, passionate, and optimistic middle-aged man. He has never married, but I think he has a few mistresses, several of them.
"In his social class, the number of servants he hired was seriously insufficient. Every time he held a dinner party or ball, he would have to hire a batch of temporary attendants from the Metropolitan Family Servant Assistance Association. His explanation for this was that he had problems sleeping, and too many servants would destroy the peace he needed."
"I can see that he has many secrets to hide, so he doesn't dare to hire too many servants." Eichinger said half-jokingly.
Klein, who hadn't hired a single servant, said guiltily,
"Maybe it's just that his finances aren't as good as everyone thinks."
"Yes, this is a factor that cannot be ruled out." Eichinger walked up the stairs and came to the front door.
Ikanser glanced at Klein and said in enlightenment, "That's right.
"You don't hire servants and only get the landlord's maid to do temporary cleaning twice a week, just to hide the secret that you're a Beyonder?"
Among all my secrets, this is the smallest one … Klein deliberately smiled bitterly.
"Yes."
As he spoke, Ikanser reached out and pushed open the main door. An indescribable stench wafted out from inside.
"The smell of decay …" Eichinger instantly made a judgment.
Ikanser called over a Machinery Hivemind team member.
"Carlson, what did you find?"
The Beyonder named Carlson wore a pair of thick glasses and wore a complicated expression.
"We found a lot of bodies here.
"In the cement basement, in the thick walls, in the garden where the weeds are growing, there are corpses hidden one after another. The earliest can be traced back to more than ten years ago, and the latest are the servants who were still alive a few days ago.
"Some of them only have white bones left, and some have only rotted a little. Deacon, this place is like a human slaughterhouse!"
As he spoke, members of the Machinery Hivemind and carefully selected police officers carried out one corpse after another.
Some of the corpses were completely dismembered, with tongues, fingers, stomachs, and eyes scattered all over the place. Some were just a pile of bones.
"Looks like a lot of missing person cases in Baekeland will be solved because of this." Eichinger pinched his nose and sighed.
Klein saw an intestine that was almost dragged to the ground. He exhaled and turned around to examine the situation in the house.
Machinery Hivemind member Carlson muttered a few more words.
"Jason pays his servants very high salaries and gives them a lot of leave. The servants of the surrounding residents are very envious … Jason's chef even promised his child that he would come home once this week and bring him to the circus to watch a performance …"
"What a devil …" Kaslana was slightly moved.
After looking around, Klein restrained his emotions and solemnly asked,
"Why are the furnishings of the house so simple?
"As a banker, even if the bank he owns isn't big, Jason should have expensive porcelain, outstanding oil paintings, extravagant wall clocks, and various items made of fine silk. Why can't I see any of these at the scene? Well, the wood used in his furniture is still very good. "
Carlson glanced at Deacon Ikanser, and after receiving a nod of agreement, he said, "It's obvious that Jason planned for a long time for this revenge.
"It's obvious that Jason planned for a long time for this revenge. He sold the valuable but inconspicuous items in the room one after another, and even agreed to the Varvat Bank's acquisition of his own property.
"After killing the servants, he sped up the speed at which he extracted the cash and sold the oil paintings and other items. He seemed to know that he would definitely be found, so he didn't take any chances.
"Before the operation, all he had left here was the house, furniture, and an identity. A large amount of cash, precious metals, and jewelry had been moved to who knows where."
After hearing Carlson's description, a few adjectives suddenly appeared in Klein's mind:
Calm, rational, crazy!
"A true devil." Eichinger evaluated and immediately deduced, "His mind is very clear, and he does things calmly, but he also has a strong tendency towards madness and a spirit of adventure. This matches the characteristics of his previous two operations."
"So, we have to be wary of his adventures?" Klein keenly grasped the key point in Detective Stanton's words.
"Yes." Eichinger nodded solemnly.
Following that, the detectives searched the house and found a lot of evidence that could prove that there was something wrong with Patrick Jason. They also saw the portrait hanging in the activity room.
It was a middle-aged man with high cheekbones, blue eyes, ordinary facial features, and neatly combed hair. There was nothing special about him.
At that moment, Ikanser came in and said to Klein and the others, "We found some items in a secret room.
"We found some items in a secret room and confirmed that Patrick Jason had tried to summon a more powerful demon, but for some reason, he did not succeed. Those items also confirmed his identity. He is a member of the Beria demon family. His real name should be Jason Beria."
The Beria family? Klein nodded, unsurprised.
"In the ancient Fourth Epoch, the human forces that worshipped the demons formed a loose alliance called the 'Blood Sanctify Sect'. This organization is very divided internally. The three great demon families, Nois, Andrelade, and Beria, stand together. Their ancestors once received gifts from the Abyss. They worship an evil god called the 'Dark Side of the Universe'. He's the ruler of the Abyss, a Terminator who will definitely erode and corrupt the entire World of reality and the vast Universe. "Eichinger introduced the wild Beyonders to Klein and Kaslana.
Ikanser shook his head and added,
"If a severely divided organization doesn't eventually split up, integration and unification is inevitable. All kinds of situations and rumors show that since at least a thousand years ago, the Beria and Andrelade families have been gradually weakening. In recent decades, they have even become the vassals of the Nois family. Yes, the Beria family's symbol is the combination of a pentagram and a goat's horn."
No matter what, Beliel was still an extremely ancient family with a deep foundation. It was no wonder that Jason could groom a devil dog. Sigh, this was one of the reasons. The other reason was that he opened a bank, even if it wasn't big … In the Second Epoch, the ancient god corresponding to the dark side of the universe was Devil Lord Farbauti. Was there any connection between the two? Klein sighed and felt curious.
After repeated searches, the three detectives and the Machinery Hivemind members could only confirm that Patrick Jason was the Desire Apostle, but they were unable to find his current location.
Klein used the excuse of asking for help and took a handkerchief that Jason had used in the demon-summoning ritual. He planned on doing a divination above the gray fog when he had the chance. Jason had dealt with the things he often came into contact with.
Not long after, Ikanser found them and said with a solemn expression,
"The Nighthawks are coming with that Sealed Artifact. Let's leave first."
"Okay," Eichinger and Kaslana answered at the same time.
As for Klein, he had already raised both hands and feet in approval in his heart.
After leaving Jason's villa that occupied a large area, Klein looked back as his expression gradually turned solemn.
Puzzled, he asked,
"I don't think there's a problem."
"What problem?" Kaslana hurriedly asked.
Klein deliberated and said, "By selling the bank, the property, and many valuable items ahead of time, it means that Jason was already prepared to abandon his current identity and life. If it's purely to avenge the Devil dog, the motive wouldn't be enough to support such actions."
"Maybe he had a very deep relationship with the Devil Hound? Sherlock, you probably don't think so, but I've really seen people who treat their pets as family, "Kaslana said disapprovingly.
Eichinger said solemnly,
"No, Sherlock is right.
"Kaslana, do you know what the ancient name of Sequence 8 of the Devil pathway is?"
Kaslana revealed a thoughtful expression. She seemed to have heard of it before, but she couldn't recall it immediately.
At this moment, Klein helped her answer in a deep voice.
"Cold-blooded."
Cold-blooded … Kaslana ruminated over the name and immediately understood why the two detectives, Moriarty and Stanton, had said that.
Seeing her reaction, Klein pointed in another direction and said, "Let's split up.
We'll start from our own channels. "
After receiving confirmation from Eichinger and Kaslana, he left in a hurry, but he wasn't in a hurry to go south of the bridge to find Emlyn White.
He wanted to go to the Chissac police station first and retrieve the 50 pounds bail.
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