Life Dungeon Game

"Ok?"

He looked at her. "Information about the fusion of Witt and the pollution monster?"

"Yes, as I just told you, corrupted monsters can advance quickly by devouring life forms,"

Ishia nodded.

"In fact, the pollution monster has another ability, it..."

They can, in a sense, 'merge' with the extraordinary.

"Because of this, many superhumans who do not follow the right path will try to 'raise' the corrupted monsters, or even directly merge with the corrupted monsters, and 'feed' the corrupted monsters by constantly hunting people, thereby achieving the goal of improving their own strength."

“Couriers, food delivery workers, and domestic helpers—jobs that require door-to-door service—are the most vulnerable to attacks. So, when a large number of food delivery workers go missing, it often means that someone is raising a monster of pollution.”

"So you followed the leads in the missing deliveryman case and found Victor?"

He Ao asked, "Could you tell me the details?"

His 'encounter' with Isia last night may not have been entirely a coincidence.

"Yes,"

Although Ishia didn't know why He Ao asked this, she still answered further, "At the time, I was actually investigating another case, but there was no progress in that case. However, during the investigation, I discovered a new case of a missing food delivery driver."

"Several delivery drivers have gone missing near St. John's Ninth Street in the South City. Although the South City is chaotic, such frequent and dense disappearances are still somewhat abnormal, so I went to the vicinity of St. John's Ninth Street to investigate."

"The investigation process was not difficult. I obtained the last delivery information of the deliverymen through the food delivery company and quickly discovered that the last orders of these deliverymen all went to several villas in the middle of St. John's Ninth Street."

"Normally, the villas in the southern part of the city are sold to gang leaders in the underworld, so I found an information broker in the underworld and investigated the fate of these villas."

"Soon, I discovered that these villas all belonged to the Eagle Claw Gang, and I learned that the leader of the Eagle Claw Gang, Witt, had recently been exhibiting irrational madness, which was likely a sign that his will had been corrupted by the polluted monster. At that time, I roughly confirmed the fact that Witt was raising the polluted monster."

"However, I didn't expect him to have reached C-level. Based on my experience, these polluted monsters that are hunting ordinary deliverymen are all between E-level and D-level. At C-level, one can only achieve significant growth by hunting superhumans."

"How long did it take you from the beginning of your investigation to the final determination that Witt was involved?"

He Ao asked.

"Less than a day."

Ishia quickly replied, "Viter didn't hide many things at all, and it was easy to point to him as the target of my training. My initial judgment was that he was new to training monsters and lacked experience, so the corrupted monsters shouldn't be strong. Therefore, I went directly to him without considering that his monsters had already reached C-rank..."

As she spoke, Ishia stopped, looked up at Heo, and seemed to realize something. "This is a trap?"

From last night until now, she has either been lying in the hospital or staking out He Ao, and has not had time to review the whole incident.

Clearly, following the normal procedure, if He'ao hadn't shown up last night, she would have already died at Victor's hands.

How could someone who can raise a corrupted monster to C-level expose so many obvious clues?

This is itself a needle.

A trap for Ishia.

However, judging from what Ishia said before, she should have only recently arrived in St. John's City from Twilight City. In such a short time, she shouldn't have had enough time to offend someone who could set up such a trap for her.

The answer is obvious: this girl stepped into some dangerous territory right from the start of her trip to this city.

Would you mind telling me about the case you were investigating?

He asked softly.

Ishia just said that while investigating another case, she discovered the case of Vittor keeping monsters.

At this moment, Isia also came to her senses. She looked up at He'ao and said,

“That was a case that shouldn’t have been investigated in the first place,”

She spoke slowly, as if she were recalling something and organizing her thoughts.

"As I just mentioned, I was only recently transferred to this city, and the reason I was transferred here is because the city's pollution cleanup department is experiencing a significant staff shortage."

"The C-rank 'Nighthawk,' who was originally in charge of work in St. John City, defected after being discovered to be raising polluting monsters."

"The director of the Pollution Cleanup Division personally led a team to St. John City to clean up the mess, and I was transferred here as a replacement."

"Is the case you're investigating related to 'Nighthawk'?"

He Ao continued eating his fried chicken and asked in a low voice.

"Yes."

Ishia took a sip of coffee.

"Nighthawk is still alive?"

He Ao continued to ask.

"No, he's dead,"

Ishia shook her head. "According to the announcement issued by the Pollution Cleanup Department, he was executed by the director of the department a few days ago."

a few days ago.

He Ao paused in his movements.

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"Typically, these kinds of cases end with the person dying,"

He Ao put down his fried chicken. "So you're investigating a closed case? A private investigation? Why?"

"Hmm...you might not believe it if I told you,"

Ishia smiled and slowly stirred her cup of coffee with the plastic spatula of the sugar packet. "I think there's more to this case than meets the eye."

"why?"

He asked again in a low voice.

"About three years ago,"

Ishia glanced down at the coffee swirling wildly in her cup.

“Nighthawk once went to Twilight City on official business, and I had a brief encounter with him. During that brief encounter, I gained a basic understanding of his personality,”

She paused slightly, seemingly lost in thought, "He was a very persistent person who harbored a deep hatred for the Pollution Monsters. He had been dedicated to eliminating all the Pollution Monsters. I could believe it if you said he defected, but it's hard for me to believe that he was raising Pollution Monsters."

"However, the investigation team also produced conclusive evidence. They found many living polluted monsters in the factory rented by Nighthawks, and also found a large number of belongings left by missing persons near the warehouse. They also found traces of Nighthawks 'kidnapping' homeless people in the South City and lone individuals."

"All clues point to the truth that Nighthawks kidnap ordinary people and secretly raise corrupted monsters."

“And Nighthawk himself,” Heo said softly, “didn’t he express anything about it?”

Regardless of whether that's the truth or not, the person involved should be able to explain their actions.

"No,"

Ishia shook her head.

"He has disappeared, he has been missing for about a month."

"According to the investigation team, they had known about Nighthawk's unauthorized breeding of polluting monsters for a long time, but just as they were trying to capture Nighthawk, Nighthawk discovered their intentions, injured members of the investigation team, and then fled to avoid punishment."

“From that time until the director killed him, he never appeared again, nor did he leave any words or clues.”

"Is this a one-sided conviction without any testimony from any 'suspect'?"

He concluded slowly.

"Yes,"

Ishia nodded. "And after Nighthawk 'fled', the investigation team sealed off his residence, burned all his personal belongings, and completely destroyed the warehouse where Nighthawk 'raised' the contaminated monster."

The investigation team justified these actions by saying that Nighthawk was conducting a wicked and highly polluting experiment and that everything he left behind had to be destroyed.

"In addition to a simple report explaining the ins and outs, most of the evidence related to the Nighthawk case has been completely sealed or destroyed."

"If he really is conducting an experiment involving higher existence,"

He Ao glanced at the dark street outside the window. "This approach is actually correct. After all, any leak of information or knowledge about those in high positions will have terrible consequences."

"Um,"

Ishia nodded slightly in agreement.

He Ao's words, "In fact, there are no logical flaws in the investigation report given by the investigation team, but..."

"However, this investigation report is missing an important part: the testimony from 'Nighthawk' himself,"

He Ao picked up where she left off, saying, "He neither confessed nor defended himself; it was as if he had remained silent all along, or perhaps someone needed him to 'remain silent.'"

"Yes!"

Isia looked at Heo, the old restaurant lights reflecting in her brown eyes, making them gleam.

"Moreover, I've always felt that Nighthawk wouldn't do something like raising a corrupted monster to perform an evil ritual; there must be more to this case."

"So you investigated this case privately?"

He looked at her.

"Um,"

The coffee that had been swirling in Ishia's cup gradually returned to its normal calm, and she sat up slightly.

"Although I cannot access the information related to the Nighthawk case, I can start from the periphery of the case. In the final investigation report, the investigation team indicated that some deliverymen were also killed by the Nighthawks."

"Although the report didn't specify which company's delivery driver it was, there aren't many delivery companies in St. John's. I'll start by looking around the warehouse area and investigate them one by one. I'm sure I can find some clues."

"What did you find?"

He Ao asked.

"I don't have much information at the moment, but I've found that there are actually very few cases of missing delivery drivers in St. John's. Based on the information I've gathered from several delivery companies, there were almost no missing delivery drivers in St. John's when Nighthawks were still in operation."

"And most of the new missing persons cases occurred after Nighthawk 'fled to escape punishment',"

Isia said slowly, "Fewer cases mean that the missing deliverymen cases related to Nighthawks mentioned in the investigation report are easier to solve. Then I visited the St. John City Police Department and got some information from the reports filed when Nighthawks were still in operation. However, before I could sort through that information, I encountered what happened last night."

"This proves that your investigation was on the right track; you chose the right path, which is why you brought about your death."