Something was wrong. So many things were wrong.

It was already the second day, and the investigation conducted by Luke and his men had begun to show results.

But there are so many unexplainable problems that Luke almost doubts whether the whole world is deceiving him.

The team members under his command captured a total of six gunmen from both sides, and after interrogating them separately, they confirmed the physical characteristics of the "Mind Flayer".

This is a short man, only about 1.5 meters tall and very thin.

It was exactly the same as the profile in the outer city police station files.

Luke was so angry that he wanted to fire all the good-for-nothings in the outer city.

Excluding the possibility of collective amnesia, the current image of the Mind Flayer has become:

A short, thin but ruthless villain.

It's a bit of a contrast.

There was no doubt that the profile was flawed. After reading the file in detail, Luke knew that those scum in the outer city had never seen a Mind Flayer face to face from beginning to end.

Especially during the investigation of that series of cases, they were ambushed by a gang from the outer city, resulting in heavy casualties.

As to why no bullet hit the Mind Flayer from beginning to end, the prisoners had different opinions.

Some of them thought that the Mind Flayer had the ability to deflect bullets, while others felt that they had clearly hit the target, but it had no effect at all.

This was another problem that troubled Luke.

If profiling can be misleading through disguise, then dodging bullets is a real superpower.

But based on the Mind Flayer's common modus operandi, Luke has deduced that the other party's ability is most likely to exchange two identical items, or items that are highly likely to be similar.

But this ability description is not applicable whether it is used to evade bullets or deflect bullet trajectories.

There are only two explanations now. Either the Mind Flayer is not actually a single person, but a group, and they just disguise themselves as a single person to mislead investigators.

Either that or the Mind Flayer himself is an extremely rare superpower, a being whose superpowers have undergone at least one mutated branch.

As time goes by, the number of super-powered people registered in Hope City has reached nearly 20,000.

Although a small number of these people have died, descriptions of their abilities and records of their enhanced levels are still preserved.

According to records, the strength of all aspects of a super-powered person's abilities will be enhanced after their energy level is increased.

A small number of people with super powers will gain certain changes in their original abilities, or develop new abilities.

However, such super-powered people generally have to go through at least two energy level upgrades, which usually takes at least three to four years.

But the other person is only 1.5 meters tall...

Is the Mind Flayer a dwarf?

Thinking of this, Luke, who was at a loss for words, couldn't help but raise his right hand.

It was obvious that he and his father were the rare second type of super-powered people.

Although their strengthening is not based on natural energy level increases, but rather on forced increases brought about by external forces such as strengthening surgery.

But it is undeniable that the protective shield ability he now possesses that can cover Hope City is completely different from his previous energy shield ability that could only be used to protect a few people.

At this moment, Luke only hoped that the Mind Flayer was a criminal that met his first idea. Otherwise, unless he took action himself, his men would hardly be able to defeat a criminal with at least two similar abilities.

In addition to the fact that the appearance and abilities of the Mind Flayer are different from those recorded, another question that bothers Luke is where the gun went.

Everyone's description proves one thing, that is, the Mind Flayer who was running flexibly in the warehouse last night could not have walked so fast with two hundred guns on his back.

In other words, no one in the entire Hope City could complete such a weighted run, unless they were members of certain top-ranked super-powered teams, such as his old captain "Nian".

The two hundred old guns that were eliminated but not destroyed were enough to arm two centuries of men after maintenance and ammunition replenishment.

This has almost reached the level of a city wall defense squadron.

It would be fine if these weapons were only distributed through the black market, but if they were hoarded by someone with ulterior motives, they might become a real destabilizing factor for Hope City someday in the future.

The more Luke thought about it, the more outrageous it seemed. Such energy-consuming work was causing his hair to fall out every day.

He carefully reviewed the reasons for the failure and finally summed up two points.

The first is that the reports submitted by the good-for-nothings in the outer city area are almost of no reference value!

The second reason was that he didn't expect that the Mind Flayer would really extend its tentacles into the inner city like a magic hand.

The Mind Flayer didn't seem to have thought about why the Hand would disappear completely after committing a crime in the inner city. He was just eyeing this vacant "ecological niche" with eagerness.

If things continue like this, it won’t be long before the Ministry of Internal Affairs will turn the Mind Flayer incident into a task and hand it off.

And this was not the result he wanted.

Now that it has been confirmed that the other party is most likely a super-powered person, even though the Mind Flayer has many lives on his hands, Luke still cannot confirm whether the amnesty bill will take effect on him.

And the more he looked at this guy, the more he looked like a member of the [Believers]. Only by catching him personally can his true value be revealed.

Luke wanted to be Luke, not Lucas’ son.

Finally, he called the captains of his two action teams and began to assign tasks.

"Team One, divide your men into two groups. One group will investigate the person behind the quartermaster, and the other group will investigate the person behind the black market contact. If they are confirmed to be related to the case, they can be arrested directly. If anything goes wrong, I will cover for you."

"But this is not within our scope of work, Commissioner, would you like to think about it again?"

"There is no scope of work. We are also law enforcement officers. When we see such cases, we must investigate them. Otherwise, we will condone the next similar vicious incident."

The captain of the first team took the order and left. Luke looked at another captain under him:

“Investigate inner city officials with similar ranks to the quartermaster and similar criminal tendencies.

"The Mind Flayer is not a fool. He will not assassinate those really important people. His targets must be those below a certain level. Find those guys with dirty butts and keep an eye on them. If there is any suspicious situation, notify me immediately. That will be the day when the Mind Flayer will be caught!"

"Commissioner, you are..."

The captain's expression changed several times, but he ultimately did not utter the word "fishing".

"Yes, I am fishing. My father once said that he took on this responsibility for the majority of people who work hard, not for the few who do.

"Those termites are of little use anyway, so why not use them as bait? It would also be a way of showing loyalty to Hope City."