Chapter 73: The third-rate detective
Li Nuo began to touch the corpse with his hands. If an outsider saw this scene, they would definitely think of one word, necrophilia.
From the corpse's mouth to the lower body, I finally found a brown hair in the skin folds of the corpse's legs. It looked very similar to the vaginal hair. It was curly and as hard as a hyena's hair, but it was not a vaginal hair. .
Li Nuo observed the two hairs he found.
The air inside was turbid and a bit cold.
He could even feel a fishy-sweet smell rising in his throat.
Unclaimed corpses are basically placed in the sewers. If no one comes to identify them after a week at most, they are thrown into the depths of the sewers and let the mutated rats clean them up.
Except for the unburnt candlesticks, only the mottled walls were swept by the whistling cold wind.
He looked around, and it was clear that there were more bodies than he thought.
"Why are there so many corpses?" he asked.
The forensic doctor came over and said with a hoarse voice inside the mask: "Too many people die in the garbage dump in Xiacheng District every day. Although they are garbage, they affect the appearance of the city. Sometimes we have to deal with them." Li Nuo looked
at The deceased who was pressed into a mummified body asked: "Can you tell me about him?"
The forensic doctor: "Vika, a drunkard living in the lower town, died in the grass on the coconut tree path in the lower town last night. The rest You should go to the police, I'm just a coroner."
At this time, the door to the room was opened, and a woman wearing a sheriff's uniform walked in: "Mr. Darroch, be prepared, several more deceased people have appeared in the North District. "
Forensic doctor Darroch greeted the visitor, opened his arms, and shrugged helplessly: "Oh, Ms. Rebecca, the murderer really went too far, but I obviously can't let him go here." "You can leave the unclaimed ones
. Throw the body into the sewer, maybe the tramp will like it." When Rebecca saw Li Nuo and Marger, her green eyes were startled: "Who are you?"
She looked back at the security guard wearing steam armor and asked "Who are they?"
the security guard raised his thick arm and touched his head: "I...have never seen them."
Rebecca asked: "Then how did they get in!"
The security guard looked at Li Nuo and the others. , asked loudly: "How did you get in!"
Li Nuo asked back: "If you weren't let in, how did we get in?" The
security guard was stunned for a moment, and he recalled: "But I didn't let you in. ..."
Li Nuo asked again: "Then how did we get in?"
The security soldier's mind was already confused: "I... I don't know... Is that what I let in?"
Rebecca covered her forehead and sighed: "This fool..."
The gas lamp stretched everyone's shadows.
Marger lit a cigarette.
The security guard immediately shouted in a serious tone: "Put out the cigarette! This is a no-smoking area!" "
Will it explode if I light a cigarette, or will it destroy the body?" Marger asked.
Security Soldier: "Please follow the rules."
He said and looked at his commander, Rebecca, for help.
In Novigrad in the Nilfgaardian Empire, you never know whether the dirty old guy sitting in the alley is the owner of a high-end villa. The residents here are very good at hiding their wealth.
The richer a port city is, the more it has to pretend to be stoic.
Based on the above principles, Rebecca shook her head at the security guards.
After Marger took two puffs, he said: "My father's name is 'Mihagar'. This guy who was squeezed out was my father's best friend during his lifetime. There is something important in my family hidden in him. But unfortunately, he died, so I asked a detective to help me investigate." "
I know you, the son that Mr. Mihagel revealed before he died...the son who was born carelessly in his early years. Rebecca's attitude softened a bit: "The police have not yet started the investigation. You can trust Nilfgaard's security forces."
Marger: "Beautiful lady, please tell me, when will the investigation start?"
Rebecca shook her head. : "There is a serial murder case that is more important recently. I can only wait until this matter is arranged, as soon as tomorrow." [
Side task has been triggered]
[Blood Butcher]
[Task level: lv22]
[Task details: Jean Novi Gray's serial murder case is shrouded in shadow. Every deceased has been drained of blood, and the deceased are all very good people.] [
Mission reward: 3200 experience points, 600 gold coins]
[Special completion mission reward: If you Bet with this lady Rebecca, and you may be able to get the support of some of the security forces of the Nilfgaard Empire in Novigrad, but if you fail the mission, you will be blacklisted] jumped out
in front of the two of them. System tasks panel.
The two were silent.
The time of silence until Li Nuo was over: "Understood, I will help you for free."
"Watch your words, third-rate detective." The security soldier pointed at him.
Marjie put the cigarette butt on the back of the security guard's outstretched hand. The other person hissed and stared at Marjie fiercely.
"Big man, shut your mouth, or I'll stuff shit into your mask." Marger has the advantage of being able to switch roles quickly. As long as he doesn't suffer from the second disease, he is a very good actor. For example, now, he I fantasize about being a domineering president.
"Okay, stop making trouble." Rebecca looked at Marger and said expressionlessly: "You are the heir, so you can do anything as long as it doesn't violate the law, but take care of your own affairs first. , In addition, I must remind you."
She walked over to Marjie and Li Nuo, and said word for word: "Vika's body was in a special state of death, so we will not accept any 'detective' Come touch him and wait until we are at a loss to play the detective game."
"Well... there is no need to touch him." Li Nuo said, and then snapped his fingers at Marjie.
Before leaving, he pointed to the clothes and wallet next to the body and asked: "Are these the only belongings of Mr. Vikar?"
Rebecca glanced at the forensic doctor Darroch, who nodded: "I don't have a habit of collecting belongings of the dead. "
You heard me, sir," Rebecca said. "Let me ask, do you want to solve the case without investigating the body? By smelling it? Or by looking at it?" "Maybe?
" Right?"
"Do you know Dandelion?"
"The bard." Li Nuo responded. Dandelion is a good friend of the original witcher Geralt.
Rebecca said: ""Half a Century of Poetry" records the story between him and the demon hunter. Maybe you have read that book, but don't regard the story in the book as reality, and don't imagine that you are a demon hunter. , that thing has long been extinct."
"Okay~" Li Nuo agreed with a smile.
He and Marj left the house.
Forensic doctor Darroch asked: "Rebecca, are you here just to ask me to make room for the new body, or do you have something else to say?" "There are strange 'terrorists' making trouble nearby, I just stopped by. ." Rebecca said: "That Vika's body will be transported to the Public Security Management Team for autopsy tomorrow morning. You can guard the body today and don't leave. Also, I heard that there are suspicious people around you. If you have anything to do, just let him go. Signal cannon."
Forensic doctor Darroch laughed: "I thought you didn't want that Vika's body."
Rebecca said: "I only sent it to you because his body was too weird, and we didn't want more people to Saw it."
...
Walking out of the room and onto the bridge, breathing in the fresh air, Marjie couldn't help but ask: "Do you know who the murderer is?" "
He seemed to have been sucked dry, and his whole body was dry and wrinkled. Only the skin is left, but there is an indescribable weird happiness in his facial expression. If you look closely, you will find that the corners of the deceased's mouth are slightly upward." Li Nuo paused, looked at Marjie, and asked, "You said you were How can a doctor die with a smile on his face?"
Marger rubbed his nose and frowned: "Put the corpse in a confined space. The decay will generate air pressure, the pressure will increase, and the corpse will be compressed. At this time, the corpse will be removed from the confined space. After taking it out, the corpse will gradually restore itself, and it will be reflected on the face as a smile." "
Yes, the confined space and low temperature are the reasons why people can keep smiling after death." Li Nuo took out the two hairs found on the dead body and said : "Putting it in a fantasy worldview, if there is such a creature that can give the human brain extreme dopamine stimulation, causing people to quickly lose consciousness in the process of being happy." "It's so exciting?" Marger was stunned
.
"To be precise, my body was sucked dry during the pleasure process." Li Nuo said, putting the two hairs in front of his nose and smelling them.
Marjie suppressed his awkward feeling and watched Li Nuo's behavior. If they hadn't known each other for a while, he would be sure that Li Nuo had a mental problem.
Li Nuo smelled it for a few seconds, then raised his eyes and said, "It's not a human smell, Marjie... He might be really happy." "
What's going on?" Marjie's face darkened.
Li Nuo said: "Judging from the short brown hair and the satisfaction on the faces of these deceased, the murderer may be the Night Stalker." "
Female Night Stalker!" Marjie bit her lower lip and said unwillingly: "Okay... So envious..."
Night demons are often mistaken for higher vampires, which are creatures created after the celestial spheres converge.
But they are different from other monsters. They don't kill people, don't want to drink human blood, and usually have no malicious intent.
At the same time, they have the appearance of beautiful women, and they take care of their appearance. Makeup or perfume are very popular things for them, but there is one thing that is different from humans. Their feet are hooves instead of legs.
This kind of creature has a very strong physical desire. There is a description in the Witcher book:
"Want it again!!? Oh, I am dying..."
——Smolton's Lester, in Li Xia However, even if the first few words of a lifelong abstinence vow
are not intended to kill, they can still unintentionally lead to bitter consequences.
Although the Night Stalker has hooves and mane, the half-animal appearance has no meaning to the young people who are seduced by it. They still regard the Night Stalker as the perfect beauties.
Those seduced by the Night Stalker lose their minds, believing it to be a real woman, and the beast accepts all the advances, leading the young to corruption and absorbing their vitality.
...
They decided to go to the crime scene.
Marger hired a carriage and the two of them sat in the back seat.
Listening to the roar of mechanical gears outside the car window, Li Nuo slowly cast his gaze into the night.
A huge propaganda poster of the Eternal Fire hangs on the steel cable leading to the Upper Town Bridge. This organization that tortured sorceresses hundreds of years ago has now become one of the more than a dozen official churches of the Nilfgaardian Empire.
They are no longer as important as in "The Witcher 3". Hundreds of years of changes have made great changes. Just like now at the beginning of the industrial age, many of the stars in the night sky have disappeared due to the light of the city.
But Li Nuo knows very well that the nature of the world has not changed, and because of the invasion of "Bloodborne", the dangers may be more unpredictable than a hundred years ago.
"Actually, you can go directly to Kevir." Marger said suddenly.
"No... Since Mirror Master has proposed the challenge of Novigrad, I must participate." Li Nuo took off his sunglasses, put on [Emil's Mask], and then said: "Since I have decided to regard Mirror Master as my queen, You have to do things according to his rules."
"He is a devil."
"But the devil will definitely give you good things, but you have to abandon the bad ones in his rules." Li Nuo paused and said, "He He wanted to see what I could do in Novigrad before he would consider whether to help me, so I just followed his lead."
Half an hour later, after passing through several more paths shrouded in steam from manhole covers, the carriage finally arrived. Arrive at Coconut Tree Street.
This is a very inconspicuous street. Compared with the main roads in the city, it is really clean. At least except for the trash cans that are never cleaned, the gas street lamps that are never repaired, and things stolen everywhere. Apart from the homeless orphans, there is almost no congestion and no neighing of leaky pipes.
The crime scene was in a weed pile in the middle of the street.
The place has been cordoned off by the police.
Li Nuo stood in a dark corner not far away and took off his mask.
He put the two hairs to his nose again and smelled.
Then hold your breath and remember the smell.
A breeze blew.
Red, thin smoke emerged from the eyes, lingering around the crime scene, leading to a path on the north side of the road.
He walked over.
Look at the ground.
Under the steam spurting from the manhole cover, footprints emerged.
Lots and lots of red footprints.
It was a trace that only the witcher could see.
Li Nuo: "No... there are too many to distinguish."
Marjie walked behind and whispered: "Close your eyes and concentrate, recall the smell, and try again." "
I'll try." Li Nuo Close your eyes.
As he recalled the smell, his brain seemed to have turned on a program and automatically started searching for things related to the smell.
At the same time, a voice seemed to appear in his mind.
——Wolves sleep in the forest.
——The bat flutters in the wind.
——Only he is not tired and restless.
- Watch out for ghouls, witches and ghosts.
When he opened his eyes again, his amber snake eyes saw only one kind of footprints like horse hoofs, glowing faintly red, starting from the crime scene and leading deep into the path.
(End of chapter)