Inside the police station.

The three of them looked through the documents and checked the case records of the Happy House apartment incident.

However, police records are very vague when it comes to cases involving gangs.

I don’t know whether they are afraid to investigate carefully or they are deliberately keeping it vague after receiving money.

“…Here.”

Fortunately, Xia has a spell that can directly read quantum fluctuations, allowing the files to grow and read themselves, and she quickly found the relevant information.

[Liz, 15 years old, cause of death ＊＊＊＊, no one claimed her, body was incinerated]

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Lu Ban was stunned.

How come the cause of death was blacked out?

He looked back and found that there was not even a photo of the girl, nor was there an autopsy report on the body. It only said that the body was sent to the same funeral home they went to at the beginning for cremation, and the ashes were nowhere to be found.

A living person died just like that, and even the reason was covered up. The final whereabouts of the body is unknown. It really makes people feel that this world is too cruel.

“There’s not a lot of records on this case.”

Xia pointed downwards.

[Two violent armed groups had a fight in the Happy Home Apartment, resulting in 17 deaths and 6 injuries. Two criminals were arrested and released on bail after negotiation. ]

A large-scale gang fight resulted in the deaths of seventeen people, but in the end only two scapegoats were caught and released. This shows how chaotic the public security in the abandoned city was.

Drizzt looked at the trial records and the list of casualties.

Except for the five gang members, the rest were ordinary civilians. Three people died in the Happy House Apartment, including Liz in Room 404.

And Tucker in Room 405.

Regarding Tucker, Trist discovered that the police had much more detailed records.

[Tucker, the leader of the violent gang Knife Gang, died in a fight in October 25 due to a dispute with other gangs.]

In addition to Tucker, the other four gang members are also from the Sharp Knife Gang. It seems that they gathered here and were then wiped out by the Catania family.

Such cases are not uncommon. In the past few years, the Catania family has continued to expand and has had disputes with many small gangs. Some of them surrendered and became subordinates of the Catania family, while some, such as the Sharp Knife Gang, were directly eliminated by the Catania family and were completely removed from the city.

It seems that Liz, who originally lived here, was involved in a gang fight and died. Lu Ban looked at the information of other deceased persons and found that most of the causes of death had been blacked out.

Although according to Stone, the Catania family wanted to whitewash itself and become upper class, but in the process of expansion and consolidation, its characteristics as a gang were inevitable. When facing those small gangs and violent groups, it was obviously much simpler to give them an offer that they could not refuse than to negotiate with them.

"But what does this have to do with Dr. House's case?"

Xia didn't quite understand.

If the person Trist dreamed of was Flora, she and Liz were good friends who lived together. She had been in poor health before and was cured by taking medicine from Dr. House. They had been involved in a gang fight a year ago and Liz died unexpectedly. Flora began to take medicine directly from Dr. House, and all the events up to this point made sense.

But why kill these two people?

"Because they saw the gangster's face, or knew some gangster secret, so they were silenced?"

Lu Ban made a random guess.

"But the mafia can control the police station's records. There's no reason why they don't know about the existence of these two people. They should have been silenced long ago."

Trist shook his head. In the abandoned city, if the gangs wanted to keep any secrets, they would just kill them. There was no need to worry about so many things.

"And Dr. House is related to Mrs. Martina, and is connected to the Catania family. Plus, someone in the Catania family has died..."

Having said this, he flipped through the files again and looked at the list of those on trial.

Trist soon discovered a familiar name, McGee, which was the name of the gangster who died because of the Glass Flower.

He participated in the siege of the Sharp Knife Gang, was later pushed out as a scapegoat, and was finally released on bail without being punished.

"The connection is here..."

Drizzt felt the threads in his mind gradually coming into focus.

The deaths of these three people were indeed related to this incident.

What kind of murderer would kill these three people with such hatred?

Trist felt that as long as he could find a motive, he could quickly deduce the murderer.

Because these cases are obviously very purposeful.

When the motive is revealed, the murderer can be clearly pointed out.

"It seems that I have to ask the Catania family carefully tonight."

He thought of his invitation to the party.

…

evening.

The core urban area of ​​the abandoned city.

This place is completely different from the outside.

The streets are clean, the buildings are lined up, and the windows are much brighter.

There are all kinds of vehicles and people coming and going on the street.

The colorful signs standing between the buildings make the roads colorful as well, and the light from the street lamps is so dazzling that it blocks out the starlight and moonlight.

From every shop on the street, songs from the gramophone could be heard, and the joyful music filled the city, as if to cover up all the sins.

Most people on the street wear decent clothes. These clothes are exquisitely made. Some are hand-sewn and fit the body well. The cost of a button alone is enough to feed those people in the slums for a week.

It was the first time that Lu Ban actually came to such a wealthy area. The mansions in Gu Du were considered luxurious before, but now he could feel that Gu Du was just an ordinary wealthy man, while the people living here were the real upper class of the abandoned city.

Children who grow up here will never know what pig feed tastes like, have to sell their bodies for money, or smile brightly because of muddy bread or other people's leftover sandwiches.

Lu Ban was not feeling comfortable either. He was wearing a cheap suit which was rented so it didn't fit him well. There were not many people of his height in Feidu and the clothes were a little small for him.

Trist also took out the formal suit that he had kept at the bottom of the box. He was very careful not to get the suit dirty.

As for Xia, she rented an emerald-colored long dress. For Xia, who grew up freely, wearing such a corseted dress and high heels was obviously quite uncomfortable.

"Can I take off my shoes, at least until the party starts?"

Xia rubbed her fair feet. The damage caused to her heels by high heels was definitely more torturous than the most troublesome magic questions. She couldn't help but take off her shoes and walked barefoot in the car, feeling quite happy.

"Pay attention to your appearance. I don't want you to be kicked out."

Trist adjusted his tie. The car arrived at the door of the hotel. He got out first, followed by Lu Ban, and finally Xia, who put on high heels with an unhappy look on her face.

They are about to attend a charity banquet hosted by the Catania family.