Chapter 190: Desire
Sitivian, coal ash district.
In the afternoon, in front of the police station in the Coal Ash District, a large black carriage was parked on the side of the road. In the chief's office of the police station, Edmund, the garrison captain of the Tivian Security Headquarters, was sitting lazily on the police chief's seat, looking at the city map on the wall in front of him.
At this time, the hunters under Edmund were busy sorting out the crime files brought from the archives room and marking the crime locations on the map. Looking at the map that showed a dense center and sparse peripheries, showing a radial distribution, Edmund could not help but nodded silently.
"The center is dense and the periphery is sparse. This radial distribution... is a typical phenomenon of Beyonder abilities where the intensity gradually decreases with distance. Sigh... It seems that this wave is within the scope of responsibility. I can't escape responsibility..."
Looking at the situation on the map, Edmund sighed and said that the situation presented on the map in front of him was very clear. The most densely packed place on the map was the source of some extraordinary power. It might be an extraordinary person who had lost control, or it might be some extraordinary item that had been damaged. But no matter what, it was his responsibility.
"Well, sir, may I ask why there has been so many sudden spikes in crime in the coal ash area recently..." At this time, the police chief standing next to Edmund spoke nervously, while Edmund spoke casually.
"There is indeed a secret element in it. Don't worry, we will deal with it."
Edmund responded and said, it is obvious that the incident this time was caused by an extraordinary ability that can have a long-distance and large-scale mental influence. It is either some kind of extraordinary person or some kind of extraordinary item.
Listening to Edmund's words, the police chief heaved a sigh of relief. The sharp deterioration of the law and order environment in the coal ash area over the past half month had put great pressure on him as the police chief. The close proximity of so many criminal incidents was enough to make him be charged with serious dereliction of duty.
But fortunately, the higher-ups also noticed the unusualness of this series of events, so they sent professional personnel over and confirmed that there was indeed secret involvement in the matter that was unknown to ordinary people. In this way, the main responsibility no longer fell on ordinary police officers, and the worried police chief breathed a sigh of relief.
"This series of cases is extremely serious. We will do our best to cooperate with your investigation. If you need anything, please let us know."
The police chief spoke to Edmund with a relaxed look, and Edmund responded by gently waving his hand.
"Generally speaking, there won't be anything needed. Just stick to your posts as usual and do what you need to do. Don't mess around." Edmund said, and the police chief kept smiling and echoing in response. At this time, a search team member came over and reported to Edmund that it was.
"Captain Edmund, we have sorted out all the files."
After listening to his subordinates' reports, Edmund put his feet down on the desk, stood up from the position of director, and walked slowly to the map of the office, while the chief of police followed closely behind him.
Looking at the map on the wall, Edmund focused his attention on the most densely populated central area. After staring at the place name above, he asked the police chief beside him.
"Tanmu Crossing... Is there anything suspicious here?"
"Tanmu intersection... a suspicious place? Let me think, ah... sir, there is a house that was burned down by a fire at that intersection. The fire was quite dangerous. It seemed that the whole family was burned to death. It was put out in time and did not spread to other houses. Now it has been empty for a long time and no one lives there. Usually only homeless people sleep there."
The police chief reported this to Edmund, who nodded and then spoke to his hunters.
"Let's change into plain clothes and take a look over there."
"Yes, Captain."
Quickly, Edmund and his hunters left the chief's office, and the police chief couldn't help but relax his expression after Edmund left. Then he walked to the window, looked out the window and saw the hunters getting into their carriages below, driving away into the distance, and the expression on his face became solemn.
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At this moment, in a dim, small but luxuriously decorated room, a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties, wearing a simple robe and with gray hair, was sitting on the sofa in the room.
In front of the man was a glass of red wine and a plate with a bloody piece of fresh meat on the plate. In both hands he held a huge strange scepter. The body of the scepter was as thick as his arm, and the head was spherical, as big as a basketball, wrapped in red canvas. The man closed his eyes and stroked the spherical head of the canvas-wrapped scepter with his hand.
"Heh... I didn't expect Black Dog to come so soon. It just so happens that he is doing something with the big star and her followers... It seems that this coal ash area is quite tempting..."
The man murmured as he stroked the scepter in his hand. He looked at the table in front of him. Next to the red wine was a city map of the coal ash area. At this time, his sight also focused on the Tanmu Road intersection.
"If that's the case, how about arranging an 'encounter' for you?"
The man continued speaking, and then a slight smile appeared on his lips.
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Sitivian, Coal Ash District, Charcoal Wood Junction.
Tanmu Crossing is a triangular intersection in the coal ash area. Like other places in the coal ash area, the ground and houses are covered with a layer of light fine ash. There are neither too many nor too few people and carriages passing by at the intersection, so it is not a particularly lively place.
On the roadside at a Tanmu intersection, there is a charred stone building that is particularly eye-catching. This three-story building where a fire had occurred is very conspicuous among the buildings, but because the people around are already accustomed to the existence of this building, it did not attract any special attention, except for some people who have just arrived at this intersection.
On one side of the charcoal-wood intersection, Adele and Ed, wearing hats and sunglasses and disguised, stood here, looking at the burned-down building on the roadside not far away. After Ed looked at the charred floor for a few times, he spoke quietly.
"This is the most suspicious place on this intersection. It seems to be here. Miss Adele, do you feel anything?"
"No, for now, I don't feel anything unusual. There doesn't seem to be any sign that the Dancer's ability has been used here. We may have to enter the building to find out."
Adele responded from beside Ed, catching Ed's gaze and looking at the black building in front of them. Dorothy, who was in the distance, thought for a moment, then used a flying crow to observe the entire intersection from the sky, then flew into the building for a preliminary observation, and found nothing unusual, so she let Ed continue to speak.
"Hmm... the source of this out-of-control extraordinary power should be around here. The small building is the most likely place. I have already sent my animal flesh puppets in to investigate. There are only empty ruins and straw beds of homeless people inside. There is nothing special."
"Maybe... there is something or a mechanism hidden in there that uses extraordinary power? Maybe we can go in and take a look. Many extraordinary traces cannot be felt by relying on meat puppets." Adele responded like this, and Ed nodded in response after hearing Adele's words.
"Well, then we can find a deserted place now..."
Just as Ed was about to continue speaking, the crow puppet that Dorothy had arranged to fly up in the sky to conduct a reconnaissance suddenly discovered something. From the crow puppet's perspective, Dorothy saw a black carriage coming from a distant road.
Although this black carriage has a plain appearance and seems to be no different from other carriages, if you look closely you can find that its carriage is several sizes larger than a normal carriage, and the horses pulling the carriage seem to be much stronger than ordinary carriages. The carriage is not covered with coal dust and is cleaner than the ordinary carriages that drive in coal dust areas.
Seeing such a special carriage parked at the Tanmu intersection from a high altitude perspective, Dorothy immediately stopped Ed from suggesting to Adele to go into the house to check. Instead, she continued to observe the black carriage and saw several men in ordinary clothes getting off it. After they got off the car, they immediately cast their eyes towards the charred house, and some people began to talk about something.
"What's wrong?"
As if she had noticed something unusual about Ed, Adele asked in a low voice, while Dorothy asked Ed to answer in a deep voice.
"Don't worry, there are other people coming now, and their target seems to be that building as well. We can wait for a while."
Ed reminded Adele like this, and then glanced at the people next to the black carriage across the intersection. After Adele noticed the other party's presence, her expression froze, and then she slowly nodded and followed Ed's advice.
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