The Spirit World

Chapter 110: The Seven Swordmen of Zero Nine

"Senior Brother! This is the eighth similar case." Junior sister Zhang Yiyu looked at him anxiously, but he had no clue at all. It was really not right that there could be no further progress.

"What they have in common is the same as several other missing cases. They are either alone or old, weak or disabled. According to this logic, there are many people who are not registered or it is impossible to report to the [Execution Department]. There are far more than these eight cases." Zhang Yiyu continued. She spoke quickly and efficiently. She was wearing a female official uniform of the Justice Department, which was very decent. Even such formal clothes could show off her figure. Coupled with her already beautiful face, it was even more surprising why she chose the serious profession of the Justice Department.

Tang Bohan listened, nodded and said: "I checked the household registration book and asked the neighbors. The beggars, old people and even some hermits who usually roamed here disappeared almost overnight. I'm afraid it was the same group of people who did it."

However, because the missing persons have almost no relatives or have much contact with the neighbors, and because of their special circumstances, they are either orphans, alone, or even old, weak, or disabled, making it difficult to find clues.

If it was really done by the same group of people, then they are absolutely utterly heartless and have no bottom line as human beings. Even the most extreme villains would not attack children and the elderly!

This group of people may be even worse than animals!
However, such criminals are often the most difficult to deal with! Even the clues are not very relevant. This is also a public area for the symbiotes. If you want to catch them, you really need a bit of luck and fate.

However, they will eventually be caught. Tang Bohan believes that no criminal can escape legal sanctions! The law will not let anyone escape!
He will definitely find those people and rescue them as much as possible!
Now, a huge problem troubled him.

How to determine the whereabouts of criminals?
First, let’s look at the address of the crime and the location of the person reporting the case. Almost all of the cases are in the territories of the Symbiotes. The people who reported the cases are all neighbors, and some even report the cases after not seeing the victim for several days.

Looking at the pictures of the scene, there are almost no signs of a fight, and even the only visible signs are the life trajectories of the victims.

They are all alone, scattered, without any traces, and in some cases even the first scene cannot be identified, and the magic detector has no response.

If it was done by humans, there would be no clues. We can only turn our attention to other races that can cover their tracks.

Ghost tribe: there are no known traces of ghost tribe at the scene.

The demon clan, no trace of demonic energy was detected.

Now, the most likely scenario is that it is a large group with strong power to cover their tracks. No matter which race it is, it will definitely have extraordinary power.

In fact, he couldn't think of any team that would attack the elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled. In fact, these people didn't have much money.

If it's not for money or profit, then why would they commit such a silent yet massive crime?
"Immediately dispatch a seventh team to go to people with the same identity or situation as the victim to secretly protect them. In case of emergency, they can execute them on the spot."

Of course, it would be better if they could be captured alive, but Tang had a strong premonition that these criminals who targeted the weak must be very powerful. It was just a stopgap measure. The Justice Department really couldn't protect so many people at once, or for a long time, and couldn't gather them together and tell them that they would be in danger. However, at present, there was no other way. The lack of progress in the case was not a joke, and the ninth case could appear at any time.

The victims of the previous eight cases were all "hidden" in Yuzhao Mountain and had no connection with each other. There were many more lonely people like them who were "hidden" in Yuzhao Mountain. The panic response to Yuzhao Mountain was not that great.

At most, you may not see the elderly, orphans, or even the disabled. It does not conflict with your own life. Although some people care about them, they cannot really care about them all the time.

He once personally handled a case in which a lonely old man died at home. No one knew about the rotting of his body until the body started to stink. People complained about it and the people from the Justice Department broke into the house and the matter was solved. Of course, the matter here was about the stinking body, not why the old man died or when he died, because there were no clues left and the case could only be blamed on his age.

"Yes! Team nine!" Zhang Yiyu responded and went down, but was stopped by a voice.

"It looks like you're in trouble..."

The voice came from outside the victim's door. It was a middle-aged male voice, but it was faintly magnetic and sounded like his voice was not very good. "Who?" Tang Bohan asked.

"One..." Zhang Yiyu replied, but she didn't say it out loud because the person had already walked to her side.

Tang Bohan looked over and saw the man standing at the door. The smell of alcohol rushed into Tang Bohan's nose, which was a bit unpleasant. However, he just frowned slightly.

"I think what you are looking for must be in... hiccup~that place." The man who looked like a drunk said, leaning against the door, very lazily. He was holding a bottle of wine in his hand, with the bottle tilted, as if he was ready to put it to his mouth and drink at any time. On his back was a glowing sword, and the scabbard was shining at night. It looked like a peerless sword.

"Excuse me, do you know what we are discussing?"

Originally, Zhang Yiyu was about to drag the drunk man away, but Tang Bohan asked politely.

"You know~hiccup~Isn't it because of those people?"

"Who are they?" Tang Bohan felt that this person was not just drunk. He might know something.

"That's right, [The Seven King Sword Men], they have been resurrected, didn't you know?" The drunk man said a very strange name.

"King's Blade? The Seven? Resurrection?"

"It's a notorious gang of thieves who rose up in Yuzhao City five hundred years ago. They were suppressed, but now they've resurrected."

"Please sit down and let's talk in detail." Tang Bohan pointed to a seat, and Zhang Yiyun also became respectful.

"No need~ burp~ These things can be explained in a few words, there's no need to go into details, but I advise you to escape as soon as possible." The drunk man stood there, and Tang Bohan didn't know whether he was really drunk or not, whether he was telling the truth or a lie, whether he was talking nonsense or just a kind reminder.

He now just felt that he was a little stupid. He should not have started from where he had no clue. He should have followed the original plan to protect people who had something in common with the victim and wait for the murderer to strike again.

“……”Tang Bohan didn’t say anything, but sat down. He didn’t ask why, but just said one sentence.

The drunk man left with a smile, as if he was supposed to be so stupid. He also left a word for Tang Bohan.

"Am I also having fun in the wine? It is the wine that makes me happy in my intestines~"

Tang Bohan looked at him. The light of the sword seemed to become brighter, so bright that he had to squint.

After the "drunkard" disappeared, he looked at the missing places on the map for a long time without saying a word.

Zhang Yiyu slowly retreated, and most of the time, she could only watch Tang Bohan and could not help at all.

(End of this chapter)