Mo Fan and Mu Ningxue were in charge of the investigation in Tinuoaya City. Apart from the shoal, the Drowning Curse had appeared in a few other places close to the water.
Similar to serial murders, there were always similarities between the cases, allowing them to deduce the murderer's gender, occupation, and possible demographic.
The Drowning Curse happened randomly to the people in the cities by the sea, but it did not necessarily mean the people who had died from the Drowning Curse were not related to it. Mo Fan and Mu Ningxue were trying to find the key among the people who had died. Otherwise, they would not have any clue apart from knowing that the people had drowned out of nowhere.
They went to visit the old man first. The old man had seen eight corpses, so he must have found something useful.
The old man was a little strange. He told Mo Fan and Mu Ningxue a legend. He said it was a ritual performed by the sea, and the god of the sea needed people to offer him tributes in order to ensure a favorable weather.
To Mo Fan, this legend was no different from a made-up story.
A ritual that required people to pay with their lives was nothing but bullshit. Something that took people's lives was not worthy of being called a god. Everything had to be based on science. It was already the twenty-first century. How could there still be such outdated superstitions!?
"I've asked their relatives. The three people who died this month did not know each other. I took a look at their photos and noticed that they all had tanned skin. Their families told me that they loved to swim," Mo Fan said.
"Loved to swim?" Mu Ningxue was confused.
"Hehe, I don't think it's a clue, either," Mo Fan shrugged.
Mo Fan felt like he was more interested in fighting and killing after learning Magic. He was no longer good at using his brain.
…
As he walked past an alley filled with fresh flowers, Mo Fan saw a man walking toward him. He was holding a bottle of beer in his hand with a relaxed look on his face.
The man soon noticed Mu Ningxue, who was also walking toward them. His lips curled upward as he whistled at the gorgeous Mu Ningxue. His eyes were fixed on Mu Ningxue's smooth collarbone, trying to look deeper.
"Are you treating me as if I don't exist?" Mo Fan glared at the guy in an unfriendly tone! He said.
"Who the hell do you think you are?" the man snapped back.
"Piss off!" Mo Fan waved his hand, summoning a force of the Space Element that lunged at the man without warning.
Mo Fan did not use too much strength. He was just trying to teach the idiot a lesson.
To his surprise, the man was no pushover either. He quickly summoned a layer of water to protect himself.
"Space Element? Are you an Advanced Magician? "the man raised his eyebrows. He had a whole new level of respect for Mo Fan.
"Aren't you going to piss off?" Mo Fan said.
"So what if I'm an Advanced Magician …"
Mo Fan slapped the man again. He was too lazy to listen to the hooligan's nonsense!
This time, Mo Fan used even more strength. After all, he knew the man was a Magician too.
He slapped the hooligan again. The man could not hold on any longer. He was sent flying into the alley.
He fell to the ground, shattering the bottle of beer beside him. The man was not injured. He rose to his feet angrily. He knew he was no match for Mo Fan. He pointed at Mo Fan and said, "Kid, this is my territory. Just you wait, kneel down and apologize to me!"
The man turned around and ran away after finishing the sentence. The alley was complicated. Mo Fan wanted to catch the man and teach him a lesson, but the man had already disappeared.
"Coward," Mo Fan thought the man was a little ridiculous.
"Just ignore him. Don't waste your time on someone like him," Mu Ningxue did not agree with Mo Fan's behavior.
"You're pretty, so it's normal for people to be attracted to you. However, he whistled and acted like a hooligan in front of me. Not only is he disrespectful to you, he's provoking me too! I'm already magnanimous enough that I didn't beat the crap out of him, "Mo Fan said calmly.
Mo Fan always had his reasons. Mu Ningxue was too lazy to argue with him. As a matter of fact, in Mu Ningxue's opinion, Mo Fan was nowhere close to the man's level of hooliganism!
…
They arrived at a residential area. This was the seventh house that Mo Fan and Mu Ningxue were going to visit.
If the only clue was that the deceased had a common hobby of swimming, Mo Fan felt that it would be better to go back to the hotel and sleep …
When they arrived at the seventh house, they walked into the courtyard that was covered in purple vine. Mo Fan suddenly smelled a foul stench.
Mu Ningxue also smelled it. She couldn't help but cover her nose. She was a little confused. Why would such a small and clean courtyard emit such a foul stench?
"Is anyone here?" Mo Fan walked in and pushed open the small wooden door.
"Is anyone here? Your house stinks!" Mo Fan shouted again.
There was no response from the house. Mo Fan and Mu Ningxue couldn't help but look at each other.
Mo Fan quickened his pace and walked directly into the living room of the house.
"What, what are you doing? Asshole, how dare you barge into my house? I'm going to kill you!" a familiar voice suddenly came from outside the courtyard.
Mo Fan and Mu Ningxue turned around and saw the Water Magician with the rogue aura from before.
Was this his house?
Mo Fan and Mu Ningxue were left speechless. The world was really small.
"This is your house?" Mo Fan asked.
"Nonsense, don't go too far. Even if you're an Advanced Magician, you can't just come to my house and cause trouble just because I took a few extra glances at your girlfriend!" the Water Magician said.
"Something in your house is overcooked. Can't you smell it?" Mo Fan said.
The Water Magician took a deep breath and retched. He had completely ignored the stench when he saw Mo Fan and Mu Ningxue barging into his house.
"Why is it so smelly?" the Water Magician asked.
"Why don't you ask yourself? I think it's coming from this room," Mo Fan pointed at a room that was completely locked.
The room was locked from the outside, and the door was even nailed shut. Mo Fan felt that something was not right. Normally, no one would do something like that, apart from imprisoning people.
The rogue was startled. His expression immediately changed.
He hurriedly found the key and opened the door with trembling hands.
As soon as the door was pushed open, a foul smell assailed their nostrils. The three immediately held their breaths!
"Norton, Norton!" the rogue yelled and ran into the room.
Mo Fan followed him into the room. However, he soon saw a disgusting sight. He lost his focus for a moment!
The rogue was dumbfounded, too. He sat on the ground in a daze …
Mu Ningxue turned her face away. She did not dare to look at the scene.
Mo Fan had seen a lot of horrible scenes, yet the sight before him still made him feel uncomfortable.
There was a person in the room, who was obviously locked up. It seemed like the rogue Water Magician had locked him up too.
However, the person in the room was already dead.
His wrist had been cut open, pouring out a huge amount of blood. The blood was being stored in an iron basin. The person's face was submerged in the basin, as if he had drowned in the blood.
Perhaps it was difficult to tell if he had died from excessive blood loss or drowning. Either way, his body was pale and withered. His death was exactly the same as the one caused by the Drowning Curse!
…
The rogue cried for a long time. It was obvious that the person called Norton was his younger brother.
Most tragically, around three months ago, his brother had died from the Drowning Curse, too …
In other words, two people in his family had died from the Drowning Curse!
"Tell us what happened, I believe you want to know the real cause of their deaths more than anyone else," Mo Fan bought a few bottles of beer for the man to calm him down.
The man downed two bottles in one go. It was obvious that he was struggling to accept the terrifying truth.
"Norton liked to surf, but I didn't allow him to, so he went crazy and kept scratching and scratching me. I thought he wasn't in his right mind, so I locked him up in the room. I didn't go home last night. I was planning to lock him up for the whole day so he could reflect on his actions, but he ended up drowning himself in the blood instead. What did I do wrong? "Bobby said.
"I don't think it has anything to do with you, but it's strange that two victims of the Drowning Curse have appeared in your house. The Drowning Curse has appeared all over the world, but it's unlikely for it to happen in the same house twice. Did your brother and Norton go to the same places, or do the same things, or eat the same things?" Mo Fan asked sternly.
"They were always together. I'm a Magician, so I rarely go out of the house. I spent most of my time at the Magic Association. My brother always brought Norton out to have fun. I'm not sure where they went," Bobby said.
Bobby seemed to be very sad. He was stuttering when he spoke. Mo Fan did not ask any further. He would have to wait until Bobby calmed down before he could analyze the situation rationally.
Mo Fan and Mu Ningxue went to the side. They could see the fear and uneasiness in each other's eyes.
"It's so scary," Mu Ningxue said softly.
"Yeah, I believe this Norton is under the Drowning Curse, too. Normally, he would run to the beach and drown himself. Unfortunately, Bobby locked him up in the house, so his brother couldn't touch any water. In the end, his brother used the same method to complete the Drowning Curse. It's not just a plague, it's some kind of mental torture and control, "Mo Fan said.
"But what kind of mental control would make someone drown themselves in their own blood?" Mu Ningxue asked.
"I've already notified Ling Ling. Don't touch the crime scene for now. I believe we might be able to find some valuable clues about the Drowning Curse!" Mo Fan said.
Mo Fan was initially thinking of the reward when he was dealing with the incident. However, after witnessing the terrifying scene with his own eyes, Mo Fan no longer felt the slightest bit of relief!
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