It had to be said.
You get what you pay for. Most of the time, this was an iron-clad truth.
There was naturally a reason why a high-level AI butler was expensive.
The video was high-definition and had no coding. Even the sound was high-definition and noiseless.
When countless leeches covered the camera, the few people watching the video could even clearly recognize the wriggling mouthparts of the leeches.
As for the sound …
Before this, even the experienced and knowledgeable Irin had never heard the sound of countless leeches gathering together in such high definition.
The leeches were in close contact with the camera.
If one wanted to add a sense of immersion, one could give an example.
The sound in the video was more charming. It was as if there was a flexible tongue gently and slowly moving around the ear. It was extremely teasing.
But to be more honest, it was as if those leeches had drilled into the ear and were rubbing against the ear, wantonly burrowing holes.
When the shrill scream of the twelfth victim came to an abrupt end, the wriggling sound of the leeches became even clearer and scarier. It made Wang Bing and Yuan Zhiye involuntarily cover their ears.
This feeling was too torturous.
The sense of immersion came.
"What is this sound?"
Irin suddenly frowned and asked.
Irin's words stunned Yuan Zhiye and Wang Bing at the same time.
Gu Tianqing's eyes lit up slightly.
Oda Wu, who had her eyes closed and was hugging the long sword like a sculpture, suddenly opened her eyes and said, "There are people."
People?
There were people, but weren't they already gone?
Wang Bing and Yuan Zhiye were even more confused when they heard Oda Wu's words.
But they didn't dare to not believe it.
After all, other than the two of them, Irin, Oda Wu, and Gu Tianqing were all legitimate apostles.
Maybe "people like them" had especially good hearing?
"Rewind the video for about ten seconds."
Irin frowned and said.
Seeing that Irin didn't seem to be joking, Yuan Zhiye quickly put away the astonishment on his face and displayed his professionalism. He immediately dragged the progress bar and rewound the video a little.
"Slow down."
"It's here."
Yuan Zhiye listened attentively.
A moment later, his expression turned solemn. "It seems that after the deceased was gone, there really seemed to be someone talking in the wriggling sound of the leeches."
Wang Bing scratched his head. "Could it be that he's not completely dead yet?"
When he said this, even Wang Bing found it hard to believe.
Before the leeches covered the camera, they could already see that the poor victim was sucked up by countless leeches. The exposed wrist was quickly deflated at a terrifying speed visible to the naked eye. In the blink of an eye, the victim was sucked dry. It was hard to imagine that under such circumstances, the deceased would still be able to make a final statement.
Yuan Zhiye opened the audio processing software.
Yuan Zhiye was not as professional as Ou Lele.
However, as a professional member of the investigation team, techniques such as photoshop and editing were very easy.
Enduring the numbness in his scalp, he tried again and again to reduce the ecstatic sound of the countless leeches wriggling.
Gradually, a muffled sound that sounded like someone was chewing on something appeared in front of Yi Lin and the others after being processed.
"Not enough … paste …"
“！”
…
It wasn't enough.
What wasn't enough?
It was unimaginable that these were the last words of the deceased.
Was it not sucked enough?
It couldn't be that ridiculous.
"Wait a minute, I'll go to the encyclopedia to look up the physiological structure of leeches …"
Yuan Zhiye's eyes widened.
It was the sound that he had made himself.
However, he was the one who didn't believe it the most.
"There's no need to look it up." Gu Tianqing smiled. "No matter what, the physiological structure of normal leeches is impossible to simulate human language."
"I think I understand now."
Irin nodded. After typing an exclamation mark, he quickly calmed down and figured out the key points.
"You too?"
"Yes."
"As expected of you."
"…"
Wang Bing quietly pulled Yuan Zhiye, who was still looking up the encyclopedia on the Internet, to the side and whispered, "What kind of riddle are they playing?"
"God knows."
Yuan Zhiye looked at Irin and Gu Tianqing's faces that seemed to have seen through the truth. He couldn't help but use an even lower voice to whisper in Wang Bing's ear, "But this way, I finally understand why Brother Zhao sent him here."
"Why?"
"Have you heard of the saying, 'Only perverts can deal with perverts.'"
"…"
…
While Wang Bing and Yuan Zhiye were whispering to each other.
Irin and Gu Tianqing also looked at each other and walked to the side.
"Although most of the process can be imagined, there is still a very crucial step to solve this matter at present."
Irin said with a frown.
Gu Tianqing smiled. "But at the very least, with the current clues, we can minimize the scope of the target to the greatest extent."
"I haven't asked you …"
Irin's gaze turned to Gu Tianqing. "Why are you looking for the 'blood-sucking thing'? According to your personality, if you can't get the benefits you want in this matter, you should have run away long ago, right? In other words, you have long known that 'it' is your target? "
"Oh," Gu Tianqing pretended to be sad and covered her eyes. "I'm so sad. Am I such an untrustworthy person in your heart? No matter what, we were once comrades who defeated the terrible demon on the sea together. "
Gu Tianqing's tone also became strange.
"Oh, I can't afford to be your comrade." Irin sneered.
Gu Tianqing shrugged and reluctantly put away her deliberately sad face. She smiled faintly. "Actually, you may not believe it, but I have a sister who suffers from a rare disease. Everything I do is actually to let my poor sister live a little longer. "
"Giving birth to a sister out of nothing? Do you think I will believe that? "Irin's expression was calm as he asked back.
"Sometimes, the more you think it is funny, the more it is the most simple truth. Isn't that right? " Gu Tianqing's expression did not change, but she did not continue to fool about this matter. She changed the topic. "No matter what my reason is, at the very least, I am currently on the same side as you. You wouldn't reject a wise and intelligent spiritual ally, would you? "
Gu Tianqing looked at Irin with a smile. Seeing that the other party still did not seem to believe her, she added, "In the circle, no one wants to offend the Special Case Group."
Irin believed this sentence.
Reluctantly.
Although Gu Tianqing did not say a word of truth.
But it seemed that for now, Gu Tianqing could still play the role of a "good assistant".
Irin's peripheral vision inadvertently fell on Wang Bing and Yuan Zhiye who were standing on the side.
Why did the two of them have strange looks in their eyes?
Forget it, I don't care so much.
Irin had no time to pay attention.
"Tonight, the leech people are obviously anxious."
Gu Tianqing added with a smile. "They are hungry."
"All the dead have only one thing in common. They live alone and are single. This seemingly insignificant point in common is enough to expose the identity of the leech people. "
Gu Tianqing said, "Police."
Irin: "Hospital staff."
Gu Tianqing: "Delivery man."
Irin: "Marriage registry clerk."
Gu Tianqing glanced at Irin with a smile. "Oh? I didn't think in that direction. "
The two of them spoke one after another, quickly narrowing down the possible scope of the leech people.
What followed next was a headache.
After narrowing down the possible occupations of the leech people, they then cross-compared the data to see if there were any people who were related to the previous twelve dead people.
For example, a case that a certain police officer had handled.
Or a patient who was treated by the same hospital or even the same doctor.
Or a delivery point of the same delivery man.
Or a mating and courtship information left at the same marriage registry.
Data like this intersected.
After listening to Irin's explanation, Yuan Zhiye suddenly understood and cursed.
He never thought that this case would be solved so easily.
The subsequent work of cross-comparing the data was left to Yuan Zhiye.
In fact, for Irin, there was another way to kill a thousand enemies and hurt eight hundred of his own men. He could force all the leeches out of the sewers.
Even though at the end of the surveillance video, the leeches were no longer like normal leeches when they spoke in human language.
But judging from the fact that the leech people almost always chose to commit crimes after nightfall, even the most outrageous leech army seemed to have retained some leech habits.
The livable temperature for leeches was about 10-40 degrees Celsius. If Irin could throw a large number of small props with the "heating technique" into every section of the city's sewers regardless of the cost, under the high temperature, it was very likely that the leech army would be forced out.
It was just that in this way, the consumption of "crystals" was too huge. This was the sewers of a city. Just this alone would almost exhaust all of Irin's crystal inventory. The loss outweighed the gain.
It was very likely that it would not be enough.
Therefore, when Irin thought of this method, he quickly abandoned this idea.
Another, simpler method … was very likely to alarm the entire city …
"So troublesome."
Unfortunately.
This dead otaku seemed to have the habit of regularly cleaning the memory of the AI butler.
In the period of time before the death of the deceased, there were no special scenes recorded, which made Irin feel quite regretful.
In the whole matter, Irin actually still had a few doubts that he could not figure out for the time being.
It could not be helped.
In fact, to be able to determine the occupation range of the leech people from these fragmented clues had already used up most of the brainpower of the two spiritual-type apostles. If other people came, they might not be able to find so many clues in such a short period of time.
The work on Yuan Zhiye's side had encountered some difficulties.
Although cross-comparison of data was not too complicated. But the workload was really too much.
…
The night was as cold as water.
There was a faint layer of fog in the sky above Cangyang City.
"It looks like it's going to rain."
Gu Tianqing maintained that infuriating smile on her face and looked at the sky.
While there was no one around, Gu Tianqing flipped her hand and pulled out a card.
After crushing the card, a set of strangely shaped tarot cards appeared in Gu Tianqing's hand.
After activating the spiritual weapon, a translucent body covered in scarlet blood silently floated in front of Gu Tianqing.
Gu Tianqing smiled gently and gently rubbed the back of the tarot card as if she was caressing her lover.
"Freya, your skin is so smooth that you can't get tired of it."
While laughing, in the darkness, Gu Tianqing skillfully performed a divination.
After the divination, her face paled a little.
Gu Tianqing stared at the divination results of the tarot card, and her smile suddenly froze.
The one in the middle of the three tarot cards was the picture of the "sword".
It meant that …
"Complete destruction."
As for the other two cards …
"Fall and … betrayal?"
…
…
At the same time.
The capital.
In front of a solemn and low-key building.
Military bulletproof vehicles were parked in front of the building. Groups of serious-looking big shots in formal clothes got out of the car one after another and walked up the stairs.
If someone were to look down from above, they would discover that the crowd that was constantly gathering towards the building was divided into small groups.
Most of these small groups were in the formation of stars surrounding the moon. It looked like a group of people was surrounding an important person.
Among them.
Some old men were wearing navy blue ancient robes.
There was a handsome middle-aged man with squinting eyes, wearing a well-ironed suit. Beside him, there was a beautiful woman in a red cheongsam.
There was an old man with a long sword on his back, wearing a gorgeous yellow robe and an ancient crown on his head. With his hands behind his back, he crossed a distance of several meters with each step. On his square face, there was a faint smile that exuded dignity. He was like an emperor on an inspection tour, making people involuntarily want to submit to him.
There was an old man with rough facial features and a white beard wearing a fur coat. He looked a little sloppy, but there was confidence and arrogance in his steps that others could not imitate.
"It's still more comfortable to take a helicopter."
Zhao Yulong jumped down from the armed helicopter. He also had a shiny swept-back hairstyle, wearing a suit and leather shoes.
Soon.
Zhao Yulong found Yu Meng's back in the crowd. He silently sent a series of private messages to Yu Meng through the communication channel.
Yu Meng followed behind an old man. After the Death Brand in her private place vibrated, she slightly turned her head and looked at Zhao Yulong in the distance. Her eyes were slightly focused, and she nodded without a trace.
"Deputy Group Leader Zhao."
Zhu Tianzong, who followed behind the old man in navy blue ancient robes, whispered to Zhao Yulong in the distance as a greeting.
Zhao Yulong quickly walked to Zhu Tianzong's side.
"Hey, I didn't expect that the one in your family would bring you to such an occasion."
"Yeah."
Zhu Tianzong's face was taut. He was not used to smiling, so he forced an ugly smile.
Seeing Zhao Yulong approaching the team, the old man in navy blue ancient robes slowed down and smiled at Zhao Yulong. "Where's the old man in your family?"
"Cough, cough, cough."
Zhao Yulong was almost choked to death by a mouthful of saliva.
It was estimated that only a few old men of the same generation dared to call his father an old man.
Of course.
Zhao Yulong did not dare to say this sentence out loud.
He respectfully cupped his hands to the old man in navy blue robes and performed the greeting etiquette of an ancient family. He put away his cynical smile and said seriously, "My father will be here soon."
"Where's Old Mo?"
Zhao Yulong knew that the old man was asking about Mo Rendi.
After a moment of silence.
Zhao Yulong shook his head. "Group leader is not feeling well. This time, I'm representing the Special Case Group, not the Zhao Family. "
When saying this, Zhao Yulong couldn't help but think of the old man's identity.
Zhu Chongdi.
The head of the five families of the Z5 parliament, the real boss of the Zhu family.
It was said that Zhu Chongdi was not called this name when he was young.
No one knew when it started, but everyone called him Zhu Chongdi.
The name on the ID card also changed to "Zhu Chongdi".
The deep meaning in the name was self-evident.
The Li family, the mayor of Haiting City, Li Erpang's father, Li Kai.
Li Shimin's Li, happy Kai.
The Zhu family, Zhu Chongdi.
The Yu family, Yu Meng's father, Yu Liexin.
The Ying family, Ying Xia.
The Zhao family, Zhao Yulong's father, Zhao Taiqian.
"Those who should be here are all here."
After a simple conversation at the door, Zhu Chongdi walked into the building with Zhu Tianzong. Zhao Yulong's eyes narrowed slightly. He slowly straightened his slightly crooked tie and said to himself.
"Those who should not be here are also …"
At night.
The Z5 parliament formed by the ancient imperial families.
They gathered here.
They discussed the affairs of the world.
…
…
Irin did not know that a major event that would completely affect the world was happening in the capital thousands of miles away.
He was still trapped in Cangyang City with a young and cute girl and an old liar. He was struggling to deal with the work that Zhao Yulong forced on him.
Irin counted with his fingers.
He was a little sad and impatient.
"It's been half a month since the last trial. I didn't expect to be delayed by this matter for so long. "
Irin was even thinking about whether he should take the risk of being suspected by Zhao Yulong and go to the location of the research institute that Molly sent to him. He wanted to personally experience the other star steel and see if it would react with his mixed bloodline.
But speaking of which.
Irin did not have much hope for this matter.
He just wanted to give it a try.
Irin did not like to have uncertain factors in his body.
Just like the "resentment" back then and the "Dionysus factor" that appeared in his body after Joker inexplicably injected him with an injection, Irin was distressed for a long time.
But star steel was different.
In this world, Irin was probably the only one who knew the true nature of star steel.
This was not a metal.
It was clearly the remains of an unknown creature.
The remains were now divided into many parts and fell into the hands of those experts. After various experiments were done, who knew how much of it would be left.
Just like the part in Molly's hand, it was made into a knife and finally entered Irin's bloodline.
Unfortunately, he had not been able to taste it in detail.
At this moment.
Irin, who was resting alone in the hotel and waiting for the results of Yuan Zhiye's data analysis, was suddenly awakened by a phone ringing that sounded like a death knell.
"Leader, leader, leader! Not good! Not good! Not good! "
Yuan Zhiye stuttered the first three words. Before the content of the words could be said, he first reported a string of bereavement.
The moment Irin picked up the phone, he was slightly stunned.
Then, he frowned. Half of it was a guess, half of it was a deduction. He said the second half of the sentence that Yuan Zhiye did not say in a hurry.
"Someone died again?"
…
…
Cangyang City. In the suburbs 40 kilometers away from the residence of the previous deceased, another deceased was found.
The police had completely sealed off the area.
This was a small three-story bungalow.
In the suburbs of a third-tier city, the area was remote, so this kind of small bungalow was not uncommon.
After all, it was different from the capital, Haiting City, and other international metropolises where every inch of land was worth an inch of gold.
"Deceased, 40 years old, no accident, still living alone, but not single." After arriving at the scene, Yuan Zhiye skillfully drove Cangyang City's Bureau Chief Liao Jianbai away and once again took over this "Leech Army Serial Murder Case".
Speaking of which, Yuan Zhiye was a little worried.
If this continued, it would be very difficult to suppress this matter, right?
More and more people were dying.
While explaining to Irin the information that he received from the Cangyang City Police Station in the shortest time possible, Yuan Zhiye secretly glanced at Irin.
Why did he not seem worried at all?
"Not single?"
Just like before, Irin quickly checked the body. Gu Tianqing also turned into a hardworking little bee. She wandered around the scene, looking for traces left by the leeches. The division of labor was clear.
"Yes, not single. According to the information, the deceased is married. His wife is the middle-aged woman who was laughing happily at the door just now. "
Irin's movements of checking the body suddenly stopped, and he said in surprise, "Laughing happily?"
"Uh …" Yuan Zhiye had a strange expression on his face, and he continued, "The deceased had a habit of drinking when he was alive. Even after he was drunk, there were several records of domestic violence against his wife in the file. The woman at the door, his wife, couldn't stand it anymore, so she separated from the deceased and lived in the city center of Cangyang City. "
"The reason why she was laughing so happily was that not long ago, the two of them were in a deadlock over the distribution of assets after the divorce. Now … cough cough."
Yuan Zhiye didn't finish his words. After all, the deceased was right in front of him.
It was a bit inappropriate to say it too harshly.
It was not a joke to say that he died with his eyes open.
Due to severe dehydration, the water in the eyes had been sucked dry, leaving only a black hole, which looked very scary. It was a typical case of a person who died with his eyes open.
Irin understood immediately.
Outside the door, the deceased's wife was crazily hammering the ground, crying and laughing.
"Hahaha … Dead! Hahaha! Dead! That son of a bitch is finally dead! It's good that he died! "
No wonder she was laughing so happily.
Seeing this.
Yuan Zhiye and Wang Bing said in unison, "Alas, marriage."
Just as Irin was learning about the case at the fastest speed, and Oda Wu was playing with a knife with her eyes closed.
Gu Tianqing only spent two or three minutes to complete the investigation of the crime scene.
Her skillful movements and speed made Irin wonder if Gu Tianqing's real job … was to investigate before committing a crime.
"What did you find?"
Gu Tianqing had already changed into another pair of gloves. He smiled faintly and showed the fine powder between his fingers that was formed after the leech's mucus had dried and solidified. With a calm expression, he said, "Although I'm not a professional forensic doctor, judging from the degree of dryness of the leech's mucus, this guy should have died earlier than the previous one."
Yuan Zhiye nodded. "I found that too. But because of the special way the corpse died, an ordinary forensic doctor using ordinary knowledge to judge the time of death will have a certain amount of error. But from the traces at the scene, this is actually the twelfth victim. And the one we visited a few hours ago was actually the thirteenth. "
Yi Lin nodded. His eyes twinkled as he looked at Gu Tianqing. "Did you notice?"
Gu Tianqing smiled. "I did find it. But this disharmony is based on the premise that the murderer is' human '. If the murderer is not human, it's not strange. "
Wang Bing couldn't stand these two men talking in riddles. He couldn't help but interrupt and ask, "What did you find? You're making us, the bystanders, very anxious! "
Seeing that Irin was deep in thought and had no intention of explaining, Gu Tianqing looked at the two "ordinary people" and kindly explained, "Usually, serial killers, even if they're completely psychopathic, will inevitably have some rules when choosing the location of the serial murders, especially if they're committed consecutively within a short period of time. This is called 'surrounding theories.' The distance and time difference between these two locations is really strange. Of course, the murderer this time has a 'bestial nature', so we can't think of it in a normal way. "
Wang Bing and Yuan Zhiye couldn't help but be shocked when they realized that Gu Tianqing's words were so eloquent.
Why are you so familiar with these things?
Yi Lin, who was deep in thought, suddenly raised his head and said, "Unless, the two cases tonight aren't all of the 'current cases' …"
It was unknown if it was a coincidence or not.
Not long after Irin said this, and before Yuan Zhiye had time to think carefully, the phone rang again.
Ten seconds later.
Yuan Zhiye was shocked. "We found a new victim!"
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