Mysterious Hunting Ground

Chapter 365 355. Nightmare in East End
Night falls.

Dean drove to Calgary's East End and handed the piece of paper with the Serent runes written on it to the girl in the passenger seat.

"What is this?" Kristine subconsciously opened the leather paper to check, and was immediately attracted by the cold torture instrument column depicted in it.
"This is one of the sources of the Lord of Hell's power. The Serent Rune represents torture and pain." Dean looked at the dark sky outside the window and said frankly, "You can try to practice drawing this rune and master it. The power of it.”

"The power of hell?" Christine closed the paper with timid eyes, "Aren't we enemies with the Lord of Hell? How can we use his power?"

"There is no absolute enemy, it's just that we have different ideas from Him," Dean said calmly, "Power is not divided into good and evil. The power of hell can also be used to prevent the evil of hell. In addition, for your human body It is said that this rune is the most effective supernatural power."

"What are the side effects?"

"Your body and mind may be infected by the power of hell and undergo some subtle changes," Dean said. "Of course, you can terminate this process at any time if you feel uncomfortable."

Kristen held the paper tightly, hanging it down and lost in thought.

"It doesn't matter if you don't want to try," Dean said softly, "Don't force yourself."

"No, I want to give it a try..." Christine took a deep breath, "If I don't dare to face such a small danger, how can I go on the road with you in the future?"

A dark, two-story villa located in a maple forest.

A prompt appeared in front of me, triggering the event "Nightmare in East End."

Damn!

Just after leaving hell, we enter the tiger's den again. Your companion discovered several extremely brutal massacres in Calgary's East End and was determined to punish the murderers severely.

In less than five minutes, five people traveling at a speed far exceeding the limit of human speed arrived at a residential area in the south of the East District.

"A cool name... If I hear it correctly, you are just an ordinary girl, maybe just graduated from high school?" Peter next to him put his hands on his hips and moved his nose.
"Yes, I'm just an ordinary person." Christine found these three new friends quite interesting. "Aren't you ordinary?"

The bodies of Peter and Monica instantly transformed into two dark human shapes, floating in the night sky like bats, following Sean closely.

Dean closed the curtains in each room to completely block the starlight and moonlight, making the house dark and silent. Then he took out the psychic suit from the space and began to summon...

"Kenny, are we flying?"

"Gudong..." Christine swallowed and looked at Dean in shock. The latter touched his nose, "I forgot to tell you in advance that my companions are all monsters in a sense and will follow us. Hit the road. But don’t worry, they are generally trained not to harm innocent people.”

"This is where the first case occurred."

Kristine was startled, took two steps back and hid behind Dean.
"As you can see, ma'am, I'm probably a werewolf." Sean stroked his chest and bowed in a gentlemanly manner.
"I am a vampire," Peter introduced with a mischievous smile. "This charming beauty is my elder Monica."

"Well, there's nothing to worry about werewolves and vampires. I've even been to hell, and my family has become curses." Kristen smiled reluctantly, holding her frightened chest, "So you are currently chasing a murderer. Is it a crime?"

The three of them looked at each other, a malicious smile appeared in the corners of their eyes, and then they all grinned. Three pairs of sharp fangs popped out from their gums, shining like diamonds in the moonlight.

Now help them catch the real culprit.

The three of them nodded, "Unfortunately, we even visited the police station and still couldn't find any clues...Kenny, can you stay in Calgary for a few more days?"

It had been uninhabited for two months. The furniture and appliances were all covered with canvas, covered with dust, and uninviting.

Monica took out a file of Dean from her black cloak.

These three guys haven't seen each other in just two days. Their brows are furrowed and they look worried.

The car stopped on a dark street.

Christine lowered her head curiously with her eyes wide open, looking left and right at these high-speed retreats, pulling out afterimages of buildings, roads, trees, and the moon hanging in the sky. A strange excitement and dizziness filled her cheeks. Stained with two blushes——

"How are Sean, Monica, Peter...? Did the plan succeed? Did you catch the murderer who was ravaging the East District?"

"You guys wait outside, I'll go in and do some errands and then come out." Dean handed the finished file to Sean, crossed the circle of cordons around the villa, opened the door with a flip of his hand and walked straight into the darkness. living room.

Monica twisted the non-existent skirt corners on both sides of her body with her hands, bent her knees and performed a lady's salute.

Event Difficulty: Unknown

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"follow me."

Dean narrowed his eyes, "In three days at most, no matter whether we can catch the murderer or not, we have to leave and continue north, otherwise it will bring a more terrible disaster to the city... Well, my matter has been solved for the time being. , I’ll also help you look for it, give me the case file, and then go to several previous crime scenes to look at it.”

"Sit tight."

……

Progress: (5%)
Reward: Unknown

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Dean walked into the back alley of a bar, spread out his hands to catch the shallow water that flew towards him like a hidden weapon, put it into his trouser pocket, and then saw his companion who had been waiting for a long time.

Outside in the snow.

Dean put away the file with a smile on his face, "It feels good, doesn't it? It's a small perk of going on the road with me."

Sean did a backflip on the spot and jumped to the three-meter-high bar roof. His legs pressed and bounced like springs, and he landed lightly and quickly across ten meters to another roof. His body flashed into the darkness to the south at lightning speed. Go and blink into a black dot.

"Wait a minute...are the murders you're talking about the murders in the East District that happened frequently in the past two months reported on the news?" Christine stood up from behind Dean and inserted into the conversation curiously,
"Yes, beautiful lady, what should I call you?" Sean was curious about where the boss had kidnapped a girl. He forced out a kind smile and extended his hand to the other party.

Hua Hua——

"Christine..."

Dean rolled up Christine's body with his mind and flew towards the three of them smoothly and steadily, scanning the information in the document bag from a God's perspective.

"Not yet...nothing has happened in the past two days." Sean said happily and disappointedly, "The murderer probably won't act again in the short term."

Christine leaned alone under a bare maple tree and stared nervously at the combination of werewolf and vampire for a while, then gritted her teeth and walked over to strike up a conversation.

"How come a werewolf and a vampire get together with Mr. Kenny?"

The three of them looked at each other and said in unison, "He extended a helping hand when we needed it most and was kind to us, so we followed him on the road to his destination."

Christine nodded with deep sympathy, "Then why do you want to catch the murderer and eliminate harm for the people? Is someone hiring you, or are you volunteering?"

"Voluntary," Sean said in a firm tone.

Kristine glanced at the faces of the three people, "This sounds like a comedy film by a horror director."

"Ma'am, I know this is a bit difficult to understand," Sean stared at the window of the villa and shrugged. "After all, in most people's eyes, monsters mean evil, and monsters mean harming people and killing people, but these are just Legend has it that there is no rule that says monsters must do evil.”

"We were humans before, and then we became monsters." Peter took over, with a hint of memory and awe in his eyes, "Although we made mistakes, we got back on track with Kenny's correction. Let's do something The good thing is that it proves to him that he has changed his ways.”

"This is a balance. We need human blood to survive. We take their blood, and in return, we will eliminate some pests from human society." Monica smiled and took out the black cloak from behind with her delicate hands. , like magic, he took out four cups filled with red liquid and handed them to his companions, "Drink some."

"Uh, isn't this blood?" Kristen looked at the bright red liquid in it and pushed her neck back in disgust. "Don't worry, we have already eaten today." Peter grinned and drank the wine. After drinking it all, "This is just ordinary red wine. Based on Monica's decades of experience, it is mixed with a special proportion of watermelon juice and grape juice. It not only quenches thirst but also nourishes the skin. It is very suitable for beautiful ladies like you."

Kristine took a small sip, and then her eyebrows curled up in surprise, "It tastes very good."

"Cheers..." The four of them clinked glasses, and the sense of alienation between the girl and the three monster companions disappeared a lot. "Then, can I see that file?"

"As long as you are not worried about affecting your good mood and have the courage to face the bloody scenes, please feel free to do so." Sean handed the file to Christine, who opened it and started reading.

The three people who were killed were all from families with average incomes. They lived in low-end communities with average security conditions and remote geographical environment. Their lives were relatively happy and they did not have any fights or quarrels with colleagues or neighbors.

Judging from the photos, most of them were stabbed with fruit knives and meat cleavers at home and were lying in a pool of blood. No one in the family, including four children, survived.

The murderer seemed to have some kind of deep grudge against them.

"The murderer should be caught and sent to hell to experience the flaming pit, the mental cage, and the personal prison ten thousand times!" Christine's eyes were spitting fire.

The torture in hell only tortures lonely individuals, but this murderer killed an entire family, which means that some poor people will continue to struggle in fear and despair after witnessing the death of their family members.

"Although I'm not sure where you mean hell, the murderer is undoubtedly the most perverted of perverts...more ferocious than most monsters." Sean pointed out a picture of a character from the file - a man wearing a thick black coat, A man of medium build, about 1.9 meters tall, wearing black suit pants and a white shirt?
He wears a strange, rough hood made of linen, covering his nose and ears. There are a pair of black buttons on his eyes, a scrawled rusty zipper on his mouth, and linen on his hands and shoes. The cloth covered up most of the physical features, and the whole body exuded a gentle and cold temperament.

Christine frowned and said, "What a strange outfit. Where did you get his portrait?"

Peter patted his chest and said proudly, "Vampires know a lot about human blood. If you get the blood of the dead, you can see through their memories and see their murderers."

"It's a pity that these alone are not enough." Sean sighed, "We have searched half of the neighborhood around the three families who were killed, and we haven't found anyone who matches the characteristics. We probably have to search the entire East District."

"There are tens of thousands of people living in the East District. It's impossible to complete the search in a short time without any clues." Christine blinked, "Do you have any other clues?"

"Judging from the wounds on the deceased, the murderer's strength and speed should be similar to ordinary people." Monica rubbed her pointed chin, "He is most likely not a supernatural individual."

"On the contrary, he is not an ordinary person." With the slight sound of the door opening, Dean walked out of the villa. "The file confirmed that the inside of the villa was the scene of the first crime, so the victim's family died inside... But I was in the house The psychic ritual inside failed and failed to attract their souls."

"What do you mean?" Christine asked doubtfully,

"It means that the murderer not only killed their bodies, but also took away the souls of these poor people." Dean turned his eyes to the three of them, "The murderer only showed mediocre physical attributes such as strength, but had spiritual or willpower. special ability."

There was a strange gleam in Sean's eyes, and he couldn't help but give a thumbs up to Dean, "As expected of you, you have discovered such an important clue just now!"

Monica and Peter looked at each other, unconsciously stretched out their pink tongues to lick their lips, and said with a slightly trembling tone, "We haven't tasted supernatural blood for a long time."

Christine was puzzled, "But why would a person with abilities kill innocent people indiscriminately?"

"Not all aliens are like us. Like Mr. Kenny, they all have strong self-control, principle, and low-key approach." Monica's eyes turned. "They think that they are superior to others because they have power, so they treat ordinary people as For prey, or even as a toy for wanton torture... just like my former leader."

"Okay, stop discussing it and continue to the next location, 119 St. Andrews Avenue," Dean rolled up Christine with his telekinesis, "I'll confirm it again..."

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The next five people investigated the residences of the remaining two families of the victims. As Dean expected, the psychic rituals all failed.

Bedroom on the second floor of the home of the latest deceased.

"Finally something out of the ordinary."

Dean casually opened a drawer by the window in the bedroom and took out a photo of a M1911 pistol in the file.
"The on-site investigation files of the three cases did not record any trace of a struggle between the murderer and the victim. There was only one murderer, and the victims were a family. One of them even just retired from the navy and weighed close to 230 A strong man weighing 1,000 pounds, there was a gun in the drawer at that time... He couldn't have allowed such a murderer with ordinary strength and speed to poke holes all over his body and bleed to death, but he did not resist at all, nor tied up, anaesthetization…"

"what do you mean?"

"I have a guess that the murderer possesses some kind of mental superpower. He hypnotizes or mentally controls the victims in advance, stabs them to death in front of them, and then takes away their souls..."

"Hiss..." Kristen gasped and looked at the three Seans next to them, and they all saw the word "pervert" in each other's eyes.

Dean placed several more autopsy photos of the victims on the table, pointing to the wounds on the chest and abdomen of several of them, "The murder weapons were just daily knives at the victims' homes... The murderer also tried his best to make it look like he was stabbing randomly... But Bai Bai No matter how close you are, there are always some murderers who are too excited and excited to hide their true level."

"These few operations were like surgery, and the gallbladder, pancreas and duodenum were removed quickly and accurately... It is definitely not something ordinary people can do."

"Plus the psychic ability of hypnosis."

"I suspect...the murderer is a perverted superpower with a medical background."

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After Dean finished speaking, he found that the time progress had reached 30%.

"So, we should go to the hospital to investigate?" Sean's eyes flashed, he clapped his hands suddenly, and took out the portrait of the murderer, "Find the information of all the medical staff in the East District, and then compare it with this picture."

"It's not just hospitals." Monique added, "Private clinics, the University of Calgary, and the Department of Medicine at Mount Royal University are also not to be missed!"

Peter grinned excitedly, "And not only the East District, but the other three districts must also be investigated. The police department has no clues for such a long time, and the murderer may have committed crimes across districts!"

"Very good, you three seize the time, use your hypnosis ability, and take advantage of the night..." Dean glanced at the moon outside the window, "Bring the information back before dawn tomorrow."

"Just wait for the good news."

The three of them made an OK gesture to Dean, flew out of the second-floor window, made several ups and downs on the roof and tree crowns, and disappeared into the night.

Kristen opened her mouth and looked at Dean with strange eyes.

"Mr. Kenny, I didn't realize you were a detective?"

"Part-time, but my words are just inferences, and I may not be able to find someone."

"But it's better than searching blindly. By the way, can I help?"

"You are training Serent Rune next door. You must have the power to protect yourself as soon as possible."

Kristine gritted her teeth, took the piece of paper and walked to the next door.
And Dean released a shadow to monitor and protect the girl.

He climbed through the window and climbed onto the snow-covered roof.

Dark shiny scales appeared on his face, and he entered the red dragon meditation facing the full moon and twinkling morning stars in the sky. The "Sea of ​​Stars" skill began to flash in the temporary skill bar of the body of the snake demon.

And in Dean's field of vision, several dazzling stars suddenly appeared. When connected together, they looked like the shape of Orion, a hunter--

With the thought, his vision automatically narrowed towards Orion——

A more majestic light lit up.

The hunter began to spin, then lay down on his side, showing off the leather armor on his body. Each piece of armor flashed with bright stars, creating a tough protective force field.

"The Mimicry skill has been upgraded, and the Sea of ​​Stars skill has also been upgraded. I can finally see other runes besides the star runes and arrows."

Dean suppressed his excitement and began to record the details of the armor runes.

Time passes and is lost overnight without realizing it.

(End of this chapter)