Chapter 238 Investigation
In the ceremony hall on the second underground floor of the King's Campus, Edmund, the garrison captain of the Security Bureau, was looking up at the blasphemous statue in front of him and listening to the report from his men beside him.
"Are all of them affected by the ability to sense poison? As expected... In this cult ritual venue, how could there be no problems with guys sleeping on the ground dressed like that? At the beginning, those guys actually tried to make excuses for me?"
With a chuckle, Edmund turned around and said to his men beside him that when he came to the ceremony site and woke up the students wearing the same cloaks who were sleeping on the ground on the magic circle, they tried to argue that they were just doing some group activities to create an atmosphere and there was no problem. They asked to go back to class normally and deliberately avoided the questions asked by the hunters.
Of course, Edmund, who had seen this kind of situation many times, naturally would not believe the nonsense of those students. After he opened his mouth and could not get any information, he decisively ordered his men to escort all these students to the city hospital and forced them to undergo a mental evaluation. The result showed that they were all contaminated by drugs.
"According to the hospital, the influence on their drug recognition is very subtle. Although their concepts have been affected, they are not aware of it. If it is not for professional examination, it is difficult to detect." Next to Edmund, the hunter team member reported,
"Heh... these guys dare to threaten me, saying one by one that their father is a count or a manager... Even if you are a marquis or a director, you are useless to me."
Edmund curled his lips and said yes with a disdainful tone. His expression and tone, coupled with his sloppy clothes, unclean face and messy hair, seemed to have a hint of ruffian spirit.
In the early hours of the morning, the night patrol officer at the King's Campus suddenly heard a series of gunshots coming from somewhere. He was so scared that he quickly went to find the school security. The security guards patrolled the school for a long time but could not find where the gunshots came from.
To be on the safe side, the security guards immediately contacted the dormitory and asked them to check the students' situation. They were shocked to find that more than a dozen students were not in their dormitories.
The security guard who realized the seriousness of the situation immediately called the police. After the police arrived, they followed the instructions of the night watchman and searched the area near where the gunshots were heard. They finally found the meeting place of the school whose door had been destroyed.
Then after they went a little deeper, the police chief immediately felt something was wrong. He immediately withdrew his men and contacted the Security Bureau through a dedicated channel.
Afterwards, Edmund brought his men over. Deep inside the ceremonial site, they found a group of students dressed as cultists lying on a magic circle. After waking them up, none of them cooperated with the investigation, and some of them were even arrogant. Edmund was so angry that he kicked the most excited one on the spot, and then forced all of them to be sent to the hospital.
"We have to go on a mission before dawn. They find it annoying, but I find it annoying too." Edmund murmured with a slightly complaining tone, then he took a cigarette, lit it, and puffed on it for a while.
"How's the on-site investigation going?" Edmund asked the hunter team member beside him, and the other party responded immediately.
"Your Excellency, we are now investigating the three floors of the ruins at the same time. We found a total of thirteen bodies on the first and second floors, seven of which were burnt and one was dismembered. In addition, we found a large amount of blood, bullets, shells...both pistol bullets and rifle bullets on the ground and walls of the second floor. It is almost certain that an extraordinary battle using ordinary firepower has been launched here." "Can you confirm that an extraordinary battle has been launched?" Hearing the words of the team members around him, Edmund frowned and said, and the team members around him nodded seriously.
"Yes, among the seven burned bodies, one of them was in an abnormal state. It seemed that some power ignited the flames from the inside of the human body and burned it. The dismembered body seemed to be torn apart. Judging from the condition of the wounds, this might be caused by the great power of the 'Cup' or the enchantment of the 'Shadow'. Even if it was not a Beyonder, there should be corresponding Beyonder items involved."
The team members continued to answer, and Edmund stroked his chin and muttered.
"A firebending person... a person who is a 'shadow' or 'cup'... interesting. Any other findings?"
"Yes, we found that the battlefield had been cleaned up on a large scale. There were tons of blood in many places, but there were no bodies. We found a lot of bullets, but the bodies left at the scene did not have any gunshot wounds. We suspect that the wounded and the intact bodies were handled and placed first, so the scene we are investigating now is also a handled scene."
The team member reported, and Edmund raised his eyebrows slightly and continued.
"In that case, it seems that the winner still has a lot of energy left after winning. After the battle, they still had the time and energy to clean up the battlefield so well. The attacking guys are pretty good." Edmund said in a joking tone, but he also secretly memorized the characteristics of the mysterious attacking party in his heart.
"By the way, have you found the observer who is supposed to be stationed in this school?"
Edmund continued to ask, if he remembered correctly, the bureau had just sent someone to King's Campus to conduct inquiries not long ago. After contacting the observers here, the dispatched personnel returned to the bureau. The report they provided was that everything was normal at King's Campus and no further investigation was needed.
Now it seems that nothing is normal here. There may be something wrong with those two dispatchers, and there is definitely something wrong with that observer.
"Your Excellency, after investigation, it was found that the observer stationed at the King's Campus is named Andrew Wynn, and he is still missing. We searched his residence and office but couldn't find him. His office showed signs of being searched. Surprisingly, Andrew's residence is covered with dust, and it looks like no one has lived there for a long time." The hunters immediately responded to Edmund's question. Edmund frowned slightly after hearing this.
"Hasn't anyone lived there for a long time?... Keep searching for Andrew. If you can't find him, contact his family. Prepare relevant materials and send them to the Psychic Department. Apply for psychic communication and see if you can get anything out of him."
Edmund continued to speak in commands, at this time he was already speculating that Andrew might have died long ago.
"yes."
The captain of the hunters responded to Edmund, bowed to Edmund and then retreated. Only Edmund was left standing there, gazing at the tall, blasphemous statue standing in front of him.
Looking at the spider head on the statue, Edmund took out a piece of paper from his pocket with a serious expression. There were many black-and-white photos printed on it, most of which were of the spider-headed human body statue in front of him. Under each photo was written the place and time of discovery, as well as a general description of the situation.
'Here we go again. Which one have you found? I didn't expect it to be under the school this time. This thing is really everywhere.'
Taking a deep breath, Edmund looked at the report in his hand and thought that this was not the first time that the Security Bureau had come into contact with similar statues. They had also tried to use them in many dark places before.
"Eight-pointed Nest... Why are these guys chasing and desecrating these statues? Who is this heretic goddess... There are so many things that are unknown, it's really a headache."
Scratching his head, Edmund thought in trouble. Then he glanced into the distance and saw several charred corpses placed side by side.
'Another thing that must be noted is the new force that appeared this time. It attacked a statue stronghold in the Eight-pointed Nest and annihilated it all. This is a force that must be taken seriously. The ability to ignite a person from the inside is not something that ordinary apprentices or black-level extraordinary people can have.
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