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These people are masters of tracking using extraordinary methods.

Sylvia got out of the car, placed the dress on the ground, pressed her fingers on the dress, and placed an easel beside her.

She held that position for a good three minutes, her forehead beaded with sweat even in the dead of winter, before suddenly grabbing a paintbrush and starting to scribble on the paper…

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Chapter 165 The Other Side of the Murderer

Winston drew a fan shape on the map: "Based on my calculations, the distance a person could normally travel in that time period is roughly within this range, assuming everything is normal. It's possible that the girl took a detour while in a state of confusion."

"Based on the information in Sylvia's drawing, we can roughly tell that the girl must have escaped from a building like an inn. The decor is local, nothing special. However, there probably aren't many inns in this area..."

"There was soil under the girl's shoes in the police station, the kind of fertile potting soil, so the hotel probably has a back garden. The girl had glass cuts on her arm, which were probably left when she broke the glass and jumped from the second floor."

"So, our target is a hotel with a back garden, a second-floor window that is either broken or has been replaced, which may be quite large and has a basement."

After making several copies of the prophetic paintings, the group split into pairs to explore the surrounding inns. Zhao Hao naturally took Elena with him.

Winston calculated that there were more than thirty hotels of various sizes within the fan-shaped area, and everyone chose to conduct a carpet search from the nearest to the farthest.

If they don't find it within this range, it means there's some crucial intelligence they haven't grasped, and they'll need to reconsider.

Zhao Hao and Elena's task was very simple, because Zhao Hao didn't need to seriously investigate the inn or question the owner about any problems. He only needed to use his aura observation, demon-hunting senses, and fate's hints to determine whether there was a problem.

So they made a quick trip and soon arrived at the fourth hotel.

Elena brought up the incident on the way, "So, that girl encountered something terrible, right?"

Zhao Hao nodded. "Probably. At least I can't imagine what else you could do with girls if you imprisoned them. You can't expect them to study hard and get into university, can you?"

Elena's face showed a hint of anger. "Is this what people who gain superpowers do?"

Zhao Hao waved his hands repeatedly, "Oh, of course not. There are many abnormal people among ordinary people who are not superhumans."

"At least this girl survived. You know, in most supernatural events, the victims, or those affected, usually die or go insane... That's why I didn't want you to have any contact with this world before. No contact means no danger."

Elena understands Zhao Hao's good intentions, but she may not be able to tolerate being outside of Zhao Hao's world.

She retorted, "So what? Did this girl also have contact with that world before?"

Zhao Hao was stumped!

Yes!

Normally, ordinary people would not come into contact with the extraordinary.

Could it be the work of a perverted superhuman? Eighty or ninety of them! How could he possibly handle that?!

However, compared to strange creatures or the like, this is a pretty good situation.

Just then, they arrived at the fourth hotel, but there was no one at the door, and the door was closed with a sign that said it was closed for business.

This is a remote corner of the street, but the hotel is well-decorated and doesn't look dilapidated; the exterior of the hotel is also quite cozy.

Zhao Hao looked up from the three-story white building, then walked to a nearby beverage shop, ordered two soft drinks, handed them to Elena, and asked the clerk for advice.

"Hey buddy, why did that hotel over there close down? We came all this way because we heard so much about it!"

The young man in his early twenties kept glancing at Elena, and when Zhao Hao asked him, he quickly replied, "That hotel looks nice, but business has always been lukewarm; it's only been open for less than six months. The owner is a nice guy, always greeting people with a smile..."

Zhao Hao learned from the shop assistant that the hotel owner had closed the shop yesterday and left with his suitcase. Apparently, there was a family emergency, and he had to temporarily close. He didn't say when he would return.

That should be it.

The result of observing the qi was that the chaotic qi clouds began to dissipate, indicating that there were many people there before, but they have all left now.

Fate tells us that this is a renovated century-old house, but it has been abandoned once again.

Zhao Hao also discovered a garden behind the inn, and even saw some naked footprints and bloodstains with his demon-hunting senses.

Looks like this is it, no doubt about it.

Zhao Hao walked to a corner and used the mobile phone assigned to him by the Mysterious Bureau to make calls to other people.

There are no "big brother" mobile phones on the market yet, but mobile phones were invented several years ago.

However, the technology is not yet perfect and mature enough to be put into the market.

Based on this, the technicians of the Mystic Bureau developed a psionic mobile phone for internal use only.

Soon the group of friends gathered together.

"Based on my findings, this should be the place. However, I heard that the owner ran away yesterday. He probably moved there after discovering that the girl had escaped."

The fat man said, "Let's go in and see if there are any clues left behind. Everyone be careful."

As soon as Zhao Hao reached out, Xiao Ruan extended her "sticky hand" from her sleeve, and the door lock was devoured in the next second.

Zhao Hao opened the door and threw in a handful of paper scraps. After landing, they transformed into paper soldiers and darted around everywhere. Only when he felt safe did he lead his friends into the house.

They searched everywhere but found nothing. However, Gou Quan found the entrance to the basement.

Surprisingly, it's quite well hidden. This building probably wasn't used for anything good a hundred years ago, otherwise why build such a concealed basement? I wonder how Gou Quan discovered it so quickly.

Upon entering the basement, Zhao Hao smelled a strange odor. He quickly waved for everyone to retreat. Only after confirming that it was just an odd smell and harmless did he go down into the basement.

There were several iron cages of various sizes. However, they certainly couldn't hold eighty or ninety people, though they could hold eight or nine.

Because we left in such a hurry, we didn't even have time to pack up the cage.

Zhao Hao discovered from the remaining traces that there had been some people imprisoned here, about six or seven.

They also found some chemical experiment supplies, such as beakers, in one of the hotel's bedrooms!

"Could it be a crime committed by an ordinary pervert, not by someone with superhuman abilities?" Zhao Hao couldn't help but wonder.

It's possible that he was just an ordinary psychopath who used chemical drugs to drug and imprison these women; he wasn't a superhuman at all.

"Looks like even those people in the IT department can make mistakes. Alright, call the police, this has nothing to do with us," Gou Quan said.

But the fat man pointed to the solid wood table opposite the chemistry lab bench, "He probably really is a superhuman, or at least a potential superhuman..."

There was a six-pointed star drawn on the table.

Zhao Hao and the others recognized it; it was a symbol of the Satanic cult, and a very professional one at that, not some random gimmick.

However, when it comes to hell and Satanism, the knowledge points are accumulated over thousands of years, and only specialized experts can derive specific information from a single emblem.

Soon, experts from the Bureau of Mysteries arrived and recognized the emblem as belonging to Asmodeus, the Lustful Lord, one of the seven Lords of Hell.

Furthermore, the Bureau of Mysteries staff detected unusual components in the air in the basement.

An old detective said it might be the scent left by a sheep-man.

Zhao Hao was taken aback: A foreigner?! No wonder there was a strong muttony smell!

Of course, it's not that incurable foreigner, but rather the sheep-man among the subhumans.

There are too many types of demi-humans to list, and they can even be classified into categories such as winged races, scaled races, and reptile races.

After all, "demi-human" is a general term, and there are always some mysterious gods or other unknown powerful beings who create some races to include in it.

Even now, scholars in the Otherworld are still fiercely debating the classification and affiliation of demi-humans.

Don't think this is a pointless argument. If the name is not correct, the words will not be proper, and it will gradually affect the changes in the psychic energy sea.

In the extraordinary world, this could be related to the fate of a branch of a race.

The goat-people also don't have a good reputation among demi-humans. This is because they were once believed to be related to the demons in hell, and to be creations of the ruler of hell.

Because it involves Satanism, it is no longer a trivial matter.

Soon, a black-clad agent reported that the suspect in the implied sheep-man incident had likely escaped back to the underworld. It seemed he had some mysterious channel connecting the two worlds.

Generally speaking, once the Bureau of Mysteries reaches this point, they will put the case aside. Unless the goat-man commits another crime in the surface world and gets caught, they will not go to the underworld to arrest people.

The problem is that the goat-man may have taken the remaining imprisoned women with him.

If they give up like this, I'm afraid...

After discussing it, Zhao Hao and his group decided: Go after them!

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Chapter 165 Local Tyrant Brother Wali

The Goat People were a group that caused quite a bit of trouble in Europe a few hundred years ago, around the Middle Ages.

That was the period when Hell's infiltration into the surface world was most severe. Many sheep people became involved with the devils of Hell, thereby gaining the ability to move around in the surface world and causing a lot of trouble.

So much so that in many people's lives, goats are considered symbols of the devil. The idea that goats represent lust has spread far and wide. They are indeed very lustful. It's just unknown what the situation is like with female goat people…

Like other demi-humans, the sheep-people are also divided into different races.

Many scholars in the underworld now believe that the birth of the goat-like demi-humans is likely related to the devils of hell, and that they are the devil's creations.

Because they were so close and so compatible.

You should know that even if you wanted to side with the devil, he might not even pay attention to you. Even if he did pay attention to you, it would be extremely difficult for him to cause trouble through you or grant you any abilities.

But these difficulties don't exist for the Goat People; it's as if they were born to serve the devil, as if a backdoor was specially left for the devil from the very beginning.

Many of the demons' incarnations in the inner and outer worlds are formed by possessing the bodies of goat people.

Other races also exist, but they are very rare and require a great deal of effort to plan.

For example, a contract might be signed, and after the person fulfills the conditions and dies, the demon would devour their soul, take over their body, and then transform them into an incarnation—a process that could take decades or even centuries. Low-ranking demons generally don't have that kind of ability.

This is why many people in the underworld look down on goat people, especially goat people. They are traitors who have sided with Hell!

……

Zhao Hao and his companions decided to continue their investigation of the goat-man to see if the kidnapped women were still alive. If they were, they would try to rescue them. If they had died as sacrifices or for some other reason, they would avenge them.

However, there are risks involved in hunting down a goat-man in the underworld who is connected to the Demon King of Hell.

Characters like Sylvia, Gou Quan, and Winston, who didn't have much fighting ability, stayed in the surface world.

Zhao Hao, Fatty, and Nanaya Saki, each with their own gear, took the Mysterious Bureau's subway train and arrived at the Free City Market in the Otherworld.

A fully-fledged, modern platform has been built here. The Bureau of Mysteries has dispatched at least thirty or forty agents in black, along with several other superhumans, to guard this place.

In other words, the mysterious bureau, backed by the entire Amei, was able to mobilize such a large amount of energy in a short period of time and quickly establish a base in the inner world.