Dice In The Darkness: Cthulhu Calls-Chapter 672: Seeing Bai Hecheng Again
Chapter 672: Seeing Bai Hecheng Again
In Liu Xing’s view, the Cult of the Cadaver doesn’t need to keep blaming Miss Wang anymore, after all, there’s a saying that "the enemy of my enemy is my friend."
So if Liu Xing was the decision-maker of the Cult of the Cadaver, they definitely wouldn’t get involved in this mess, because it’s really unnecessary, they just need to watch Ithaqua and Miss Wang fight each other.
Moreover, the Cult of the Cadaver’s plan to shift the blame this time is too half-hearted. Liu Xing can be sure that Miss Wang will definitely guess that the robbers of the bodies are the Cult of the Cadaver’s followers, after all, Ithaqua doesn’t need these bodies...
But speaking of which, Liu Xing suspects that the three bodies may actually be of great use to the Cult of the Cadaver, so they want to get them back, and the blame-shifting is just taking advantage of the situation, as for how the black pot will be shifted, it’s not within their consideration.
So, Liu Xing couldn’t help but think of Bai Hecheng, after all, Bai Hecheng was resurrected under the Cult of the Cadaver’s hands back then, so Liu Xing feels that there is now reason to suspect that the Cult of the Cadaver wants to revive those three bodies.
"Sergei, do you still remember anything strange about those three bodies?" Wesker asked Sergei.
Sergei thought for a moment and said, "If I have to say there’s anything strange, it’s that one of the bodies is Asian, and from his clothes, he seems to be a guest as well, but I’ve checked the guest list for that wedding, and there’s no name that looks Asian, but this Asian person was indeed killed by a rifle, and there’s no unknown toxin in his body, so I think this Asian person might have already immigrated and changed his Western name."
Asian person?
Liu Xing couldn’t help but raise his eyebrows, suddenly having an ominous premonition.
However, Liu Xing soon shook his head, as this premonition was a bit unrealistic.
"It seems that their target should be the Asian person’s body, but I think this Asian person shouldn’t be a participant in the attack." Liu Xing expressed his opinion.
Leon nodded and said seriously, "Logically, the attackers wouldn’t accidentally kill one of their own, because if this Asian person was a mole, he would have known the attack time in advance, and I don’t think the attackers would need to take back that body."
At this moment, Wesker’s mobile phone rang.
Wesker took out his mobile phone and said in a "as expected" tone, "Allen asked me to investigate this body robbery case, so let’s go now. Sergei, do you want to go with us or stay here to continue the investigation?"
"I’ll stay here for now, as the crime scene hasn’t been thoroughly investigated yet, so there might still be some evidence that hasn’t been found. I’ll catch up with Rex and the others later to go back to the London city area," Sergei said.
So Liu Xing’s group went to the Funeral Home where the vehicle was robbed.
The result was naturally fruitless, as the robbers were clean and efficient, first using guns to stop the Funeral Home’s vehicle, then directly threatening the driver and Funeral Home staff to load the three bodies onto their own vehicle, and finally leaving.
As for the vehicle used by the robbers, they were all without license plates, and the delivery van used to transport the bodies was actually a delivery truck from a supermarket in the London city area, but the owner of this delivery truck had ed it missing the day before.
Most importantly, because England’s surveillance coverage was not high at that time, and the incident occurred in the suburbs, the vehicles used by the robbers are now untraceable.
So, in Liu Xing’s view, this body robbery case has become a headless case, unless the robbers turn themselves in, the police won’t be able to crack the case.
Therefore, Liu Xing’s group could only go back to the police station to file the after taking the statements.
However, since there wasn’t much to write in the , Wesker didn’t take long to finish it, and then went to find Allen.
While Liu Xing and the others were still idling around in the office.
Soon, Allen joined Liu Xing’s group.
It was time to get off work in the afternoon.
Liu Xing felt that if this went on for a week, he could truly understand the essence of retirement.
But at the entrance of the police station, Liu Xing’s group encountered Sergei.
At this time, Sergei looked frowning, as if he was pondering an extremely difficult problem.
"Sergei, what are you thinking about?" Leon went over and said.
Sergei snapped out of his thoughts and said, "Oh, it’s you. I was actually planning to come find you all tomorrow after work, but I didn’t expect to run into you here."
Liu Xing raised his eyebrows and said, "Did you find any new clues at the crime scene?"
"That’s right." Sergei nodded and said, "After you all left, we decided to move the car and the bodies first to see if there were any new clues under the car. And sure enough, I found a storage locker key, which obviously belongs to my sister’s school locker. So Rex and I went to find the locker that the key belonged to, and we found a diary in it, in which he recorded the recent events, and the most valuable information is that the Chinese mafia he had contact with is related to that attack."
"Sergei, are you saying that Elsa’s boyfriend was also involved in that attack?" Jill frowned.
Sergei shook his head with some hesitation, "I’m not sure if he participated in the attack yet, but I can now confirm that he was also injected with that unknown toxin before his death, and he was most likely killed by those attackers as well. So I’m also very puzzled about this, why the attackers would kill him and then disguise his body and car as a robbery."
"Killed while fully conscious? Sergei, you’re not joking with us, are you?" Jill exclaimed in surprise.
As graduates of the Police Academy, Liu Xing’s group had learned some basic medical knowledge, including the fact that under normal circumstances, humans will not die simply from pain, because when the pain a human body experiences reaches a certain threshold, the body will have a stress response and become unconscious, which is called shock.
However, when a stress response occurs, the human body may also produce a large amount of adrenaline, which can lead to heart problems and sudden death.
So in a strict sense, it is impossible for a human to be killed while fully conscious.
"I know what you’re thinking, but I can assure you that he was in extreme agony before his death, until he finally died, and he didn’t die suddenly either, because I’ve already autopsied his body and confirmed that his heart was fine."
Liu Xing and the others felt that they could not speak at the moment, because they could not even imagine what it would feel like for a person to be painfully killed alive.
"In addition, I extracted another kind of unidentified liquid from the glass bottle and disposable syringe I brought back from the scene. Some components of this liquid are exactly the same as the previous toxin, so I believe these liquids are the antidote to that toxin, but the specific situation will have to wait until tomorrow when I can conduct further research to confirm."
Everything was pretty much as Liu Xing had expected.
However, what Liu Xing most wanted to know now was the news about that shopping receipt.
But before Liu Xing could speak, Leon asked the question, "Sergei, are the attackers now hiding in the city of Leicester?"
Sergei nodded and said seriously, "Based on the current situation, it should be the case, because eyewitnesses claimed to have seen those five helicopters fly towards the direction of Leicester, and there were also people who spotted five helicopters flying towards London near Leicester before the attack occurred. So we have reason to believe that the attackers’ hideout is in Leicester, but you should also know the situation in Leicester. There, the Trent River flows directly through, so there are many farms and ranches around Leicester, and the local knitting industry and mining industry are also very developed, so there are many places in Leicester where the attackers can hide. So far, the Leicester police officers have not provided any useful intelligence."
Hearing what Sergei said, Liu Xing was certain that Dio must be detained in Leicester, because Leicester fits the conditions of Dio’s detention location, and the situation in Leicester is also quite suitable for Ithaqua’s subordinates to hide.
Most importantly, Leicester is only about 100 kilometers away from London, so Ithaqua can rush from Leicester to London in less than two hours with his subordinates.
However, as Sergei just said, due to the complex industrial structure of Leicester, there are a large number of hiding places within the scope of Leicester. Even though Liu Xing has narrowed down Dio’s detention location to the abandoned old textile factory by the river, Miss Wang’s subordinates will still have a hard time finding it, because there are many similar old textile factories in that area.
"Today is my father’s birthday, so I have to hurry back. If I have any new discoveries tomorrow, I’ll come find you." Sergei said, looking at his mobile phone.
The three of Liu Xing nodded and bid farewell to Sergei to go home.
It was a quiet night.
Allen did not come to bother them tonight, and the Ghouls at the subway station still remained inactive. As for Miss Wang, she has already deployed all the subordinates she can use to Leicester, but she only found out that there have been a lot of Chinese people moving in groups in the suburbs in the past two days.
But the general direction is right.
In addition to this basic information, Liu Xing and the others also heard that a large-scale violent confrontation had occurred in the port city of Ipswich on the east side of London, with more than ten participants killed on the spot. However, since the other participants had already left the scene by the time the local police arrived, the local police have not yet investigated the ins and outs of this confrontation.
But Liu Xing heard from Miss Wang that the Cthulhu believers who were forced to temporarily leave London are currently staying in Ipswich, so Liu Xing believes that the Cthulhu believers must have been involved in this confrontation.
Of course, this is good news for Liu Xing.
After sitting in the office for a while, Sergei came to visit them again. "Chris, do you still remember the thing I told you yesterday? Now I can confirm that the liquid does have a certain detoxifying effect, but it is not enough to completely eliminate the toxin, so I think the mastermind behind the attack must be using it to control his subordinates, and my sister’s boyfriend very likely died painfully from poisoning because he refused to be under their control."
Just as Sergei was about to say something else, his phone suddenly rang.
Sergei picked it up and said with some surprise, "What, the three bodies that were robbed yesterday have been sent back to the Funeral Home?"
Liu Xing and the others frowned when they heard this.
At this time, Wesker also received a text message.
"Sergei, Allen asked us to accompany you to take those three bodies back to the police station, so that these bodies won’t encounter any more accidents," Wesker said.
Hearing this, Liu Xing was certain that those three bodies must have been taken away by the Cult of the Cadaver, and the Cult of the Cadaver must have done something to them, which is why they are now returning the bodies.
As for what the Cult of the Cadaver has done to the bodies, Liu Xing can guess without thinking - the Cult of the Cadaver must have turned those three bodies into Ghouls to ensure Allen’s safety in the police station.
So Liu Xing and the others got up and went to the Funeral Home.
However, when Liu Xing and the others arrived at the Funeral Home, they found that something seemed to be wrong.
Although a place like a Funeral Home is not somewhere people would want to go, the large population of London ensures that the Funeral Home will never lack business.
But now, when Liu Xing and the others walked into the Funeral Home, they didn’t see a single person, and they didn’t hear any sound either.
"The situation seems a bit off, Jill, quickly call headquarters and request backup," Wesker said, taking out his gun.
At this moment, KP Time suddenly said, "Liu Xing, do you want to have an Inspiration Judgment now?"
Another Inspiration Judgment?
Although Liu Xing had an ominous feeling, this Judgment still had to be taken.
Liu Xing, 2/50, great success.
When Liu Xing saw that the result of the Inspiration Judgment was a great success, he became even more uneasy.
Then, Liu Xing involuntarily turned his neck and looked towards the rooftop of the main building of the Funeral Home.
Liu Xing saw a familiar figure.
Bai Hecheng!
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Chapter 672: Seeing Bai Hecheng Again
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