Dice In The Darkness: Cthulhu Calls-Chapter 662: Entering the Dream AgainКлючевые словаDice In The DarknessПоделитьсяКомментарии
Chapter 662: Entering the Dream AgainКлючевые словаDice In The DarknessПоделитьсяКомментарии
Liu Xing examined the attire of the Black-Clad Man and realized that he was likely a bodyguard.
"Is there something I can help you with?" Liu Xing asked, feigning confusion.
Liu Xing knew that the bodyguard was either acting on the orders of someone from the Locke family or the Cult of the Cadaver, and the reason was obvious - they had discovered that he had come to attend the wedding with Dio.
If it was the latter, he might be in trouble.
The bodyguard pointed to the area where the injured were being treated and said, "Mrs. Rosa would like to speak with you, officer, if you have a moment."
Hearing that it was Locke’s wife, Mrs. Rosa, who wanted to speak with him, Liu Xing felt relieved. Since Mrs. Rosa was unlikely to be a member of the Cult of the Cadaver, she probably did not intend to harm him.
Thinking about this, Liu Xing looked at Wesker, as he was still on "duty" and had to follow his superior’s instructions.
Wesker, aware of Mrs. Rosa’s identity, nodded and said, "Since it’s Mrs. Rosa who wants to see you, go ahead, Chris. But you need to be back at the main entrance within 15 minutes, so as not to delay the proceedings on this side."
Liu Xing understood that Wesker was trying to protect him, as he was aware of Liu Xing’s current situation.
Following the bodyguard, Liu Xing met with Mrs. Rosa, who was having her injured left arm bandaged.
After instructing the doctor to treat her wound, Mrs. Rosa took Liu Xing to a secluded area.
Standing still, Mrs. Rosa asked directly, "Chris, why were you attending my son’s wedding with Dio?"
Since Mrs. Rosa had already figured out his identity, Liu Xing decided to be straightforward. "Because Dio is a witness for the London police, and your husband, Locke, is likely a serial killer who has murdered dozens of people. I accompanied Dio to the wedding to have him identify Locke, but many unexpected events occurred in the process."
"Please elaborate, I don’t believe my husband is a serial killer," Mrs. Rosa said, staring at Liu Xing.
Liu Xing sighed and asked, "Mrs. Rosa, do you truly know your husband? Or are you certain that he is still human?"
Mrs. Rosa frowned, irritated, and said, "What do you mean, officer? Are you suggesting my husband is some kind of monster or ghost?"
Liu Xing nodded and said, "Congratulations, Mrs. Rosa, you’ve guessed correctly. Your husband, Locke, is no longer human. He became a Ghoul many years ago."
Before Liu Xing could finish, Mrs. Rosa angrily laughed and said, "Nonsense! Officer, have you gone mad, spouting such absurd claims?"
Hearing Mrs. Rosa’s response, Liu Xing felt relieved. It seemed that she was not a member of the Cult of the Cadaver, unless she had won an Oscar.
Of course, Liu Xing had chosen to tell the truth for two reasons: to test Mrs. Rosa’s connection to the Cult of the Cadaver and to try to recruit her as an ally.
Although Mrs. Rosa might be an ordinary person, her family’s influence was not to be underestimated. If he could cooperate with her, Liu Xing believed he could weaken the Cult of the Cadaver’s power in the London area, making them less of a concern.
Thinking about this, Liu Xing asked again, "Mrs. Rosa, can you explain why your husband suddenly disappeared?"
At this, Mrs. Rosa was left speechless.
After a moment, she shook her head and said, "Well, I can’t explain Dio’s ability to make my husband disappear, but that doesn’t mean my husband is a Ghoul."
Liu Xing nodded and said seriously, "Since you are Locke’s wife, let me tell you about the Blood Hand Print Killer, and how the London police determined that your husband is a Ghoul."
Liu Xing briefly went over the details of the Blood Hand Print Killer case, explaining that the London police had internal files on Ghouls, which were highly classified and only accessible to relevant officers. "Through our comparisons, we determined that the Blood Hand Print Killer had an 80% chance of being a Ghoul. And after encountering Dio, who was framed by your husband Locke, we finally confirmed that Locke is the Blood Hand Print Killer. That’s what led to the recent events, though the outcome was a bit different from what Dio and I had expected."
Mrs. Rosa furrowed her brow, deep in thought.
Just as Liu Xing was about to leave, Mrs. Rosa spoke up, "Officer Chris, why did my husband become a Ghoul? I absolutely don’t believe he willingly became a monster." ȑäΝОᛒÈṧ
This was the opportunity to shift the blame.
Liu Xing pretended to hesitate for a moment before saying, "Mrs. Rosa, have you heard of the Cult of the Cadaver?"
"The Cult of the Cadaver?!" Mrs. Rosa exclaimed. "Officer, are you referring to the legendary secret cult?"
Mrs. Rosa’s reaction surprised Liu Xing, but since she was familiar with the Cult of the Cadaver, it would make things easier.
Organizing his thoughts, Liu Xing said seriously, "Since you know about the Cult of the Cadaver, Mrs. Rosa, you should be aware of what kind of secret cult they are. They worship a mythical creature called the Ghoul, and after centuries, even millennia, of passing down their beliefs, the Cult of the Cadaver has now mastered a way to transform humans into Ghouls. Locke was accidentally transformed into a Ghoul by the Cult of the Cadaver decades ago. Since Ghouls need to eat human hearts annually, Locke became the Blood Hand Print Killer, murdering innocent people and consuming their hearts."
"Of course, the guilty have their heads, and the debts have their masters. The culprit who turned Locke into this state is the Cult of the Cadaver, so the London police originally wanted to monitor Locke and follow the clues to catch the other members of the Cult of the Cadaver within England, so that no one else would become inhuman and ghostly like Locke and commit such unreasonable acts. As for Mr. Dio’s situation, Mrs. Rosa should know something about it. He was framed as the Blood Hand Print Killer due to Locke’s machinations and had to hide in anonymity for decades. Today, he came to attend your son’s wedding just to prove his innocence."
"Then why did Dio attack my husband? Wasn’t he trying to kill him to cover his tracks?" Mrs. Rosa interrupted.
Liu Xing shook his head and said seriously, "The reason why Mr. Dio attacked Locke at that time was that he had obtained a cross from someone else that could make the Ghoul reveal its true form. But Mr. Dio was tricked by the original owner of the cross, which resulted in Locke’s sudden disappearance. As for who launched the attack on the wedding venue later, I’m sure Mrs. Rosa can guess it, right?"
Mrs. Rosa sighed and said helplessly, "Well, Officer Chris, do you have any conclusive evidence to show me? Although I also want to believe what you said, this information is really too hard for me to accept."
Liu Xing nodded, took out a photo from his pocket, which was a copy of the photo in the Blood Hand Print Killer’s file, specially copied by Wesker and given to the three of them.
After all, mobile phones these days are really too outdated, so Liu Xing and the others could only bring this photo to ask others if they recognized Ithaqua.
Mrs. Rosa took the photo and said after a while, "Okay, I now believe what Officer Chris said, because I’ve seen photos of my husband and Dio when they were young, and I’ve also seen the strange statue that Dio was holding in Locke’s house many times before, and that statue disappeared soon after. So is that statue related to the method that can turn humans into Ghouls that Officer Chris mentioned?"
Liu Xing nodded and said, "That’s right, it’s that statue that can turn humans into Ghouls, and the person in the photo is a follower of the Cult of the Cadaver. But the most important thing is that I just saw this Chinese person at the wedding venue!"
Mrs. Rosa frowned and asked seriously, "Officer Chris, are you saying that today’s attack was planned by the Cult of the Cadaver?"
Liu Xing nodded again and affirmed, "That’s right. After our preliminary investigation by the London police, we can now confirm that the attack that just happened was planned by the Cult of the Cadaver. Their purpose is most likely to eliminate witnesses, because if Dio had really let Locke reveal his true form today, the Cult of the Cadaver would likely face a joint crackdown from various European countries, so the Cult of the Cadaver sent people to attack the wedding venue."
After saying this, Liu Xing immediately proposed to KP Time to make a Persuasion check.
Liu Xing, 29/70, success.
As soon as the Persuasion result came out, Mrs. Rosa said in a somewhat dazed manner, "I see, I never expected the Cult of the Cadaver to actually exist..."
Liu Xing thought for a moment and decided to strike while the iron was hot, "Mrs. Rosa, since I’ve told you all these things, I hope you can cooperate with the London police."
Mrs. Rosa nodded and said, "No problem. Since we have a common enemy, it is necessary for us to cooperate. However, I also hope that Officer Chris can promise me that if there is any news about my husband, please notify me immediately."
Liu Xing naturally agreed to Mrs. Rosa’s request.
Cooperation successful.
Just as Mrs. Rosa was about to leave, Liu Xing still decided to tell her about Locke and Jennifer’s affair.
Although it might be untimely to say these things at this moment, it was related to his mission reward, after all.
So Liu Xing called out to Mrs. Rosa and said, "Mrs. Rosa, I feel I must tell you that before the wedding started, Dio and I saw Locke go to the backyard alone, so we followed him to see what he was doing, and we found that Locke was dating his cousin Jennifer..."
Seeing Mrs. Rosa’s expression becoming increasingly worse, Liu Xing decisively chose to take his leave.
Before leaving, Mrs. Rosa’s bodyguard handed Liu Xing a business card with Mrs. Rosa’s private phone number on it.
Liu Xing arrived at the police station and reunited with Wesker and the others. On the way, Wesker told Liu Xing a bad news - although the new police chief was Allen, Commissioner Allen had to temporarily abandon the control of the London subway station due to the pressure from the upper leadership, and had to gather the elite police officers of the London police department to form a Special Investigation Team to solve the case of the attack on the manor.
Of course, since Liu Xing and the others were closely related to the prime suspect Miss Wang in this manor attack case, they naturally could not join the Special Investigation Team and were assigned to handle other criminal cases in the police station.
In simple terms, Liu Xing and the others were temporarily marginalized.
Since Wesker had to go see the new police chief, Liu Xing and the others chatted in the office.
"Chris, you’re really lucky this time, surviving in that hail of bullets," Leon joked.
Liu Xing shrugged and said, "Well, it’s because those Ithaqua’s men were using rifles instead of machine guns, and they didn’t have any area-of-effect weapons like grenades, otherwise I might have really died there today."
At this point, Leon’s eyes lit up and he grinned mischievously, "Chris, I’ll tell you, on our way to the manor, we received a call from Chief House, who told us that a group of thugs had attacked the manor. At that time, Jill’s face turned pale, and she was muttering..."
Blushing, Jill directly threw the book in her hand at Leon’s head.
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