Fight the monsters before 8 am

He half-knelt down facing Rukia, first helped Rukia up, holding one of her arms, then slowly turned his back to Rukia, grabbed the other arm, and let both of Rukia's arms rest on his shoulders.

When Rukia's weight was on their backs, Xing and Yue slowly stood up.

He looked back at the boulder to see if there was anything fallen, but all he saw was his coat.

He picked up the coat and put it on Rukia, then simply tied the sleeves in front of himself.

After making sure that nothing was left behind, Xing and Yue left.

Not long after Xing and Yue left, a woman lying on a bench sat up in an inconspicuous and remote location on the long lakeshore.

This woman was the one that Xing and Yue saw lying on the bed with their backs to where they were when they looked around to see if anyone was paying attention to where they were.

The woman had short black hair that looked slightly purple in the sunlight.

She is also a very heroic type, but different from Rukia. Rukia looks like a tomboy, but you can also see the playfulness and cuteness of a girl.

This woman is obviously very beautiful, but the strong temperament and tough yet calm expression she exudes make it easy to ignore her gender.

The clothes she wore were also somewhat unusual. On her upper body she wore a red motorcycle jacket that was popular in the 1980s and 1990s. This type of motorcycle jacket was relatively short at the top and bottom, but very wide, making the wearer's shoulders appear very broad, and the oversized sleeves also piled up on the arms.

The motorcycle jacket was covered with a black tight vest, and she wore black tight jeans on the lower body and a pair of black boots on her feet.

After sitting up on the bench, she began to take off her clothes.

Although the location where she was was very remote and no one would notice her, and it was also a blind spot for surveillance, it was too reckless to take off her clothes in public without any hesitation.

The woman took off her red motorcycle jacket and left it on the bench, then calmly took off her tight black vest.

You can vaguely see the muscles in her upper body, but the lines are soft and beautiful, as if it were the work of a great sculptor.

Just as she was about to take off her sports bra, a bell rang in her backpack beside her.

The ringtone was very much like the ringtone of an old-fashioned landline telephone. It echoed in the silent environment, sounding harsh and eerie.

The woman removed her hands from her underwear and reached into her backpack, pulling out her phone.

She glanced at the caller ID and answered the call: "It's me, what's the matter?"

Although the sun is now in the sky, the temperature has not yet risen to the highest point of the day, and this is by the lake, so the temperature is relatively low.

But the woman didn't seem to feel the cold. She was only wearing a sports bra, and her skin didn't show any reaction such as goose bumps due to the cold.

"There's a scene, right? I see. Send me the address and I'll rush over right away."

After hanging up the phone, the woman put her clothes back on, carried her backpack and left.

She walked all the way to the parking lot of Lakeside Park and found her motorcycle, a heavy motorcycle painted red.

This woman is larger than the average woman, and this motorcycle is a perfect match for her.

He put on his helmet, got on his motorcycle, took a look at the address his colleague had sent him, and memorized it.

Then she started her motorcycle.

With a roar, the motorcycle carrying the woman drove away.

After a while, the woman came to the scene of the incident. A cordon had been set up and many police officers gathered there.

The woman parked her motorcycle on the side of the road, took out her police ID from her backpack, showed it to the police standing outside the cordon, and then entered the cordoned area.

"How is it?" asked the woman in red.

At this time, there were many staff members at the scene taking photos and collecting evidence, in addition there was a female police officer.

Hearing the voice, the policewoman turned around and looked at the woman in red.

The policewoman has short hair and some baby fat on her face. She looks sweet and cute, but because the outer corners of her eyes are naturally pointed downward, this gives her temperament a hint of melancholy.

She was wearing a khaki trench coat with a black formal dress underneath.

"Thank you for your hard work," said the policewoman in a windbreaker, and then introduced the situation at the scene. "This morning we received a report from a sanitation worker who said that a body was found."

This morning, a sanitation worker found a hand in a pile of fallen leaves while cleaning his area.

The sudden appearance of the hand startled the sanitation worker, but when he looked closely, he found that the color and shape of this hand were different from those of ordinary people. The color looked like a mixture of green and brown, and the fingers were sharp, and there were things like scales and shells on the hand.

Originally, the sanitation worker treated this thing as a prank toy and was about to sweep the hand into the garbage bag, but he found that blood was flowing out of the broken part of the hand, and there was a strong smell of blood.

Out of fear and caution, the sanitation worker called the police.

"It's very strange. This hand is obviously not from a human being. It is the remains of some real creature, not a prank toy." A criminal investigation technician in charge of forensics said to the woman in red.

Chapter 39 So what race is it?

"It's some unknown creature..."

The female police officer in red pondered for a while, her expression remained calm, as if nothing could affect her.

When she looked up, she suddenly noticed that her colleague, the female police officer in a khaki windbreaker, was frowning and her expression was a little too serious.

"What's wrong?" asked the female police officer in red.

Her voice was so cold that it was hard to tell that she cared.

"Nothing." The baby-faced female police officer in a khaki windbreaker shook her head and said.

"Can you find out what species it is?" the female police officer in the khaki windbreaker asked the technician.

"We definitely can't tell right now. We have to go back to the lab for further testing," said the technician.

The police who had previously conducted a search in the vicinity also returned here at this time, reporting to the female police officer in khaki windbreaker and the female police officer in red motorcycle uniform.

Judging from the situation, these two very young female police officers are of high rank.

"The night clerk at the nearby 24-hour convenience store said that he didn't see any suspicious individuals last night, but heard an explosion in the early hours of the morning. The convenience store's surveillance video has been copied and sent back," said a police officer.

"Explosion?" asked the female police officer in khaki windbreaker.

"Ah."

The police officer pulled out a notebook from his pocket, which contained the information the convenience store clerk had said.

"Last night... no, it should have happened early this morning. According to the clerk, the explosion was quite violent and the windows were shaking. I also visited other nearby businesses, but since many of them were not open at night, no suspicious individuals were seen. However, some people said they heard an explosion. The exact time of the explosion will have to wait until we finish analyzing the surveillance video."

"Could it be that it was blown here by the explosion?" said the female police officer in khaki windbreaker.

At first, the police thought that someone had cut up the body of the unidentified creature and discarded it in different places, so they expanded the search range to see if there were other discarded body parts nearby.

No other body parts have been discovered so far.

There were many police officers at the scene who had been in the police force for more than ten years or even decades, but this was the first time they had encountered such a bizarre case.

The appearance of a dismembered corpse was already a very bad situation, but now the corpse might actually be an unknown humanoid species different from humans.

After staying at the scene for a while, the female police officer in red motorcycle uniform and the female police officer in khaki windbreaker left the scene.

"It seems like you care a lot?" the female police officer in red motorcycle uniform suddenly asked.

"After all, it's a case. This is our job, so we have to be serious about it." The female police officer in khaki windbreaker replied.

"It's different. I feel something is different." The policewoman in the red motorcycle uniform turned to look at her colleague. Her face was still expressionless, but it gave people a lot of pressure. "Do you know what species this is?"

The female police officer in the khaki windbreaker smiled and did not answer. She gave her colleague a thumbs up.

"I'm going back to the bureau first."

With that, she got back into her car.

After entering the car, she did not start the car directly, but leaned back on the backrest of the driver's seat and let out a long breath.

She covered her face with her hands and said in a voice that only she could hear: "I'm really not good at playing dumb."

After she put down her hands, her chubby face was full of worry. She said, "I didn't expect these things to come. I don't have the confidence to protect everyone. I'm afraid someone will die because I can't protect them properly. Mr. Ichijo, Mr. Godai, please teach me what to do."

The female police officer in the red motorcycle uniform watched her colleague drive away, and a trace of fluctuation suddenly appeared on her expressionless face.

Precisely because she had no expression on her face, this slight hint of expression was particularly noticeable.

There was a hint of playful smile in the corners of her eyes and mouth, and she said softly: "This city is really interesting... I don't know how many more interesting things I can see here. I hope I can get the answers I want here."

When the female police officer in khaki windbreaker returned to the station, she met a young woman who came to report a case.

According to the young woman, she was on her way home from work early this morning when she suddenly encountered a person dressed as a monster.

The woman was so frightened that she fell down, but then a man wearing strange armor appeared.

The woman didn't have time to look more and fled in a hurry. Because of this, she didn't see the appearance of the two people clearly.

After returning home, the woman was still shocked, but fortunately nothing happened, so she took a shower and went to bed.

By this day, the woman felt something was wrong and felt angry and scared, so she went to the police station to report the case.

But by this point, she still mistook the two men for people wearing monster suits and strange armor.

After taking the statement, the woman left the police station with the receipt.

The female police officer in the khaki windbreaker returned to her desk and sat down, rubbing her brow.

The two cases she encountered seemed to have nothing to do with each other, but in her mind she had merged the two cases into one.

With obsession in her heart, she felt more and more that the monster that attacked pedestrians in the middle of the night was the race she had in mind.

But who can stop the monster?

"Officer Xia, new body tissue has been discovered."

A police officer stood at the door and said to the female officer in the khaki windbreaker.

"Well, I'll come right away."

She stood up from her desk and left the office.

The police officers searching outside also sent back news that they had found more body tissues, but of varying sizes. The largest one was the severed hand, and the smallest was only the size of a fingernail.

As more and more discovery sites are marked on the map, the overall situation becomes dispersed, scattering from the center to the surrounding areas.

Combined with the testimony about the sound of the explosion, the theory that the body was cut up and discarded randomly was rejected, and it was replaced by the theory that it exploded in the air.

Moreover, we still haven't figured out what this humanoid creature is. As more and more body tissues are recovered, this problem becomes more and more difficult to explain. For now, it can only be called an unknown humanoid creature.

Officer Xia looked at the photos of body tissues, some of which had a tattoo on them.

When Officer Xia saw this photo, her heart skipped a beat. Her bad premonition was confirmed. It was indeed the race she remembered.

Chapter 40: Who will be the first to reveal his identity?

As more and more information came back to the police station from the outside world, Officer Xia, who was wearing a khaki windbreaker, became more and more uneasy.

In her memory, every time this race appeared in the public eye, it was accompanied by the casualties of a large number of innocent citizens.

Officer Xia was in a state of fear and anxiety throughout the whole day.

Every once in a while, she would go to her colleagues to ask if there were any new casualties. She asked so frequently that her colleagues felt a little strange.

Fortunately, there have been no new casualties, but Officer Xia has always felt very uneasy.

It's like there's a sword hanging over your head. If the sword falls, it will cause a large number of casualties. If it doesn't fall, it will serve as a hidden danger and threaten everyone.

In the evening, all the police officers who handled the incident, including Officer Xia and the female officer in the red motorcycle uniform, were gathered together for a meeting led by the bureau's leaders.

The incident that happened today was eerie from the inside out. It was a vicious incident in itself, but the "victim" of the incident was an unknown humanoid creature.

Technical identification personnel have also been working overtime to study and identify the recovered body tissues. What can be determined now is that the blood composition is extremely similar to that of humans.

Due to the special nature of the "victim" itself, this case is no longer something that their municipal bureau can handle on its own, and it has been reported to the provincial department.

Before the provincial department's instructions come down, they have to continue their investigation, but confidentiality must also be maintained. Everyone needs to go back and memorize the confidentiality regulations again.

"I heard that you didn't have lunch. Do you want to go out for a bite to eat together?" The female police officer in the red motorcycle uniform asked Officer Xia. She was obviously concerned about him, but the bland expression on her face and the calm tone of her voice made people feel that she was just being perfunctory.

Officer Xia's heart was now filled with anxiety and worry, and he didn't care how the female officer in the red motorcycle uniform knew that he had not eaten lunch.

"I'll forget it." Officer Xia put his hand on his stomach and said to his concerned colleague, "I don't have much appetite. I'll go back to the dormitory first."

Just as she was about to leave, the female police officer in the red motorcycle uniform grabbed her arm.

"You can't go without food, so please walk with me."

Before Officer Xia could refuse, the female officer in the red motorcycle uniform pulled Officer Xia away with her.

..........

The time was 10:40 in the evening. On a relatively remote street, two figures were walking.

"Ah~~~ I'm so sleepy, let's go back to sleep." A young man in a blue baseball jacket who looked like a bad boy said as he stretched.

He played all night last night and didn't rest this morning. He accompanied his partner to run around. Even he felt very sleepy now.