Life Dungeon Game

The investigation team started with the warehouse where the Nighthawks kept the contaminated monsters, not with the missing persons cases.

The investigation team first located the warehouse where Nighthawks kept the polluted monsters, and then investigated cases such as missing deliverymen and homeless people.

This is not the normal procedure for investigating a case.

In a normal investigation, clues are usually discovered from small details, moving from the periphery to the whole, from the superficial to the profound.

Just like how Ishia first investigated the surface-level case of the missing food deliveryman, and then followed the clues to find the deeper-level case of Vittoria, who was raising a polluting monster.

This is a normal investigation process.

This case, from the very beginning, directly exposed the "truth" that the Nighthawks used to raise polluted monsters—a "warehouse" that, theoretically, should have been buried deep within the layers of reality.

Then, following this truth, we search for clues about how Night Hawk kidnapped ordinary people.

It's like knowing the answer first, and then following the answer to find the solution process.

There are only two possibilities for this to happen.

One possibility is that this 'warehouse' is just a prop. The warehouse itself does not belong to Nighthawk; it is merely a 'prop' created by the investigation team to fabricate charges against Nighthawk.

Another method is 'reporting'. The clue about this warehouse was not discovered by the investigation team. Someone went through the initial clue collection process for the investigation team, found this 'warehouse' that was raising polluted monsters, and then directly reported this 'warehouse' that should have been hidden in the deepest part to the investigation team.

He Ao personally leans more towards the latter possibility.

If the former possibility is true, then the entire investigation report is based on a completely fabricated case. In that case, there's no need to beat around the bush; just write it as if Nighthawk is guilty.

Of course, the latter does not necessarily mean it is completely true. The warehouse may be real, and there may be whistleblowers, but there may be some details that are not entirely true.

Sometimes, a small amount of 'not entirely true' information can lead to completely different outcomes.

Such documents are often more credible than fabricated ones.

He Ao chewed on the meatball, staring at the text on the report.

If there really is a 'whistleblower'.

This whistleblower was able to get under the Night Hawk's nose

If you find the Nighthawk's warehouse and then report the Nighthawk to a higher level in the Pollution Cleanup Department, then the whistleblower's influence in St. John City is probably not small.

It's unclear whether he's a subordinate of Night Hawk or part of some third-party force.

If it's a subordinate, then the reason for the report is most likely to be a desire to climb the ranks.

However, judging from the fact that the Pollution Cleanup Department dispatched a temporary person in charge from another city, no one was promoted because of the Night Hawk incident, so the whistleblower is very likely not Night Hawk's subordinate.

If it's a third-party force, then why would that third-party force report Night Hawk?

He Ao felt as if countless clues were tangled into a ball of yarn in his mind.

He calmed himself down and temporarily put those thoughts aside.

Usually, when you encounter such a chaotic situation, it's because you're missing a key clue.

Such crucial clues can only be found through further investigation.

Heo closed the report and opened other files that Ishia had uploaded.

These documents are actually not many, because the report reveals very little information that can be investigated, and most of them have already been burned by the investigation team.

Therefore, Ishia could only conduct secondary investigations on some of the missing homeless people, food delivery workers, and couriers mentioned in the reports.

At this moment, most of the materials uploaded by Ishia are information obtained from the second investigation.

The most crucial clue was the deliveryman that Ishia had mentioned.

The original investigation report mentioned that Night Hawk kidnapped three food delivery workers near the South District about three months ago to feed the contaminated monster.

Ishia went to great lengths to find the food delivery company that the three deliverymen worked for, and successfully obtained from the company the location where the three deliverymen disappeared, as well as the order information they were delivering at the time of their disappearance.

The three deliverymen were all delivering food on Winter Street in the South City when they went missing, and the deliveries happened to be to three adjacent locations.

They are 9, 12 and 13 Winter Street, respectively.

Ishia immediately went to Winter Street, but she did not get any clues from the three addresses. The owners and staff of the three addresses claimed that they had not ordered takeout at the time, and said that several groups of people who appeared to be from the investigation team had come to ask them before.

Shortly after arriving at Winter Street, Ishia learned of the missing deliveryman from St. John's Ninth Street and began her own investigation.

He already knew what happened after that.

He Ao scanned through the files and then opened the files in another folder.

In fact, in addition to the case of the missing deliveryman on St. John's Ninth Street, Isia also collected clues about several other disappearances that occurred after the Nighthawks 'defected'.

Based on the information from these missing persons cases, Ishia had actually investigated these cases to varying degrees, and even narrowed down the approximate area of ​​the incidents to a place called Green Olive Street.

However, that neighborhood is located at the junction of the South City and the East City, and is one of the largest neighborhoods in the entire St. John City. The population is complex, and the investigation is much more difficult than St. John Ninth Street. Therefore, Ishia did not investigate this neighborhood first, but instead went to investigate the easier St. John Ninth Street.

After reviewing all the materials, He Ao handed over the information on these missing persons cases to Eve for summarization, and then exited the private cloud software.

By this time, Jiaxi had finished eating the three meatball cheese breads in front of her.

The little girl stared at He Ao with wide, obedient eyes.

He Ao glanced at her small stature, then at the takeout boxes on the table, each one bigger than her head.

Does this girl have a dimensional pocket inside her stomach?

"Are you full?"

He Ao looked at her with a smile.

He finished the bread and meatballs in front of him while he was looking at the documents.

"Uh-huh!"

Jiaxi nodded quickly, then asked with some confusion, "Grandpa, shall we go home now?"

"No, let's go somewhere first."

He Ao shook his head and stood up.

The two tidied up the table and left the convenience store.

Shortly after He Ao walked to the roadside and booked a driverless taxi, his bracelet vibrated; it was a message from Ishia.

Ishia: [Sir, your son's documents may not arrive until tomorrow. They haven't received them yet. Also, I just uploaded some documents to the cloud drive software. Please remember to check it.]

He Ao: [Okay, I've already seen it.]

There was a pause on the other end, as if they were thinking, before a message came through after a while.

Ishia: [So where are you going to start your investigation now? Winter Street?]

He Ao: [No, let's start with the Green Olive Street.]

Chapter 662 Take Me to See Your Boss (Two-in-One Super Long Chapter, Requesting)

Green Olive Street

Inside a small cold drink shop at the entrance of the street.

"Sir, what's going on?"

The middle-aged shop owner, wearing an old-fashioned floral dress and with fine wrinkles on her face, brought over the freshly made iced orange juice and placed it on the table in front of He Ao.

At this moment, He Ao was sitting on the sofa behind the table, while Jia Qian was standing in front of the table, half-squatting with her knees slightly bent, slowly raising her hands, her small eyes slightly narrowed, as if sensing something.

“Teach children some fitness techniques,”

He Ao said with a smile.

"This little guy is already learning all this at such a young age?"

The shop owner glanced at Jiaxi with some surprise, then seemed to remember something and sighed, "But in this day and age, it's good to learn some of these things."

Then she looked back at He Ao, handed him the orange juice, and asked with some doubt, "Sir, are you planning to go into the Green Olive Street area?"

“I’m looking for someone inside,” Heo said, taking the orange juice from her and placing it on the table. “Thank you.”

Do you have friends living here?

The shop owner glanced at He Ao's impeccably tailored suit, then looked back at the almost completely dark road outside the shop, and the dilapidated buildings on both sides of the road that shimmered with faint lights.

He Ao and Jiaxi's attire was completely out of place in this dilapidated and chaotic place.

"No, I just came here to find someone."

He Ao shook his head.

"Old sir,"

The shop owner glanced at He Ao, hesitated for a moment, and continued,

"Don't blame me for being nosy, but everyone in St. John knows that Green Olive Street is the most chaotic and poorest area, basically a slum. Our shops at the entrance are a little better off, at least we're doing business, but that doesn't represent the whole area."

She paused for a moment. "Your suit looks expensive. Once you go in, you're bound to run into some extra trouble. Judging from your accent, you're probably from here. You should know that this is the only area in the entire city of St. John where the street cleaners come twice a day."

She glanced back at the dark, deep street, which resembled a crouching black beast, before turning back to He Ao. "Unless it's something extremely urgent, I suggest you turn back and not go any further."

Have there been many missing persons in the neighborhood recently?

He Ao asked with some curiosity.

“Many people go missing every day in the Green Olive neighborhood,”

The shop owner glanced at He Ao, knowing he wasn't so easily persuaded. She sighed, "Different places have different rules. If you really want to go in, don't be surprised if something happens. It's best to withdraw some cash from the bank outside before going in."

"If a gang asks you for protection money, just give it to them. They might ask for an exorbitant amount, but the usual first time is 120 Federal Dollars."

“If you pay this price, they will know that you know the rules and will not make things difficult for you. If you get through this smoothly, then you are probably safe in the neighborhood.”

Are there many people in this neighborhood who earn more than 120 federal dollars a week?

He asked softly.

The shop owner didn't seem to think

When asked this question, He Aohui shook her head, "Apart from gang members, there are almost none."

She sighed, "This is a slum, where most people have trouble even getting enough to eat."

At this point, she glanced at He Ao again, "Sir, the clothes you're wearing are still a bit too 'glamorous'."