Offer a savior to the infinite world!

Finally, Director Rest bowed and apologized sincerely to Lin Yi and others. His attitude seemed a little too sincere, which made Tanjiro's expression a little strange.

Well, probably because of the identity of that “assistant”.

After all, last night, Lin Yi repeatedly considered the appearance of the three of them and finally came to a new conclusion about their identities. That is, Lin Yi himself is a private detective hired by a mysterious employer, who came to Black Lake Town to find out if there are any special circumstances, and Suzuran and Tanjiro are his two assistants and training objects. Using such an identity as a cover is also more suitable for them to move around in the town and learn more about the situation.

However, as for this fake "assistant" identity, after thinking about it for a moment, Suzuran was able to quickly get into the role and acted it out very well, but when it came to the turn of the young Tanjiro, she was completely unable to do it.

"Yes... I... I am Mr. Lin Yi's... detective... assistant..."

He stuttered, his cheeks were red, and his whole body looked like it was about to be distorted.

To be honest, this was the first time in Lin Yi's life that he saw someone showing such a colorful expression while lying.

"Well, it seems like you may not be able to do anything about this matter. Then leave the confirmation of the crime scene to me. Tanjiro, can I ask you to go back and protect old Mr. Bob and his granddaughter Lillian?"

Realizing that Tanjiro might cause some trouble in the action due to his overly honest character, Lin Yi had to communicate with him patiently and made a plan to disperse the action.

"I'm sorry, I'm probably not very good at this kind of thing..."

The young man showed a slightly depressed expression.

"It's nothing. Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses. In contrast, the important task of protecting the only two people who are on our side in this town now falls on your hands. You must protect them both."

Lin Yi just smiled and said this, while Tanjiro nodded very seriously in agreement. His serious look made Lin Yi sigh again at the boy's honesty.

For a boy like this, an ordinary life would be more suitable for him. According to him, joining the Demon Slayer Corps and fighting a life-and-death battle with a group of man-eating monsters does not seem suitable for such an honest boy.

Maybe it's because I experienced something in the past that is hard to talk about, something not so good.

"Then, can we go to the crime scene and take a look? Although I don't have any professional qualifications, I should be able to do something."

After arranging for Tanjiro and Old Bob's family to leave first, Lin Yi looked at Sheriff Rest and spoke seriously.

"Of course. To be honest, the police station in our town is actually made up of local people. They are not well-educated and don't know anything about criminal investigation. It would be great if you, a great detective, could figure it out."

Sheriff Rest smiled warmly as always, and then asked a police officer to take Lin Yi and Ling Lan to the direction of old Jack's house. As for him, he took Parson, who had an ugly expression, away quickly, and whispered a lesson to him as he walked.

At least that's how it should look.

"Case scene investigation? Oh, I'm afraid I'm not very good at this kind of thing. Mr. Lin Yi, can you do it?"

On the rainy street, Lily of the Valley, holding a small umbrella given by the police station, pressed her fluffy tail with her hand, and whispered to Lin Yi, who was holding another umbrella beside her.

"I don't know. I have no memory of this experience at all."

Lin Yi answered very honestly.

"Hey, Mr. Lin Yi, you just said so confidently that you can do it."

Blinking, Lily of the Valley looked at her companion in shock, as if she had not expected such a development at all.

"You have to give it a try to know. Maybe I am really talented."

However, Lin Yi himself just smiled nonchalantly and continued to move forward on the muddy streets of the small town, following the unknown police officer who was leading the way in front of him.

There are still too many things that are unclear.

Looking at the eyes in the surrounding houses that were spying on him and Lily of the Valley, Lin Yi gradually restrained the smile on his face and returned to his initial serious expression.

What kind of secrets are hidden in this quaint little town?

I don’t know if I can get anything from the next crime scene I visit.

Chapter 12: Hey~Restoration?

Old Jack's home is a two-story house located in Black Lake Town, close to the edge of Black Lake. In terms of decoration level, it is obviously much better than Old Bob's home. It can be seen that this family is quite wealthy.

When Lin Yi and Linglan arrived at this house in the rain, they could see that a small awning had been erected in front of the house. On the trestles in the awning, a figure covered with a white cloth was lying on it. Judging from the red bloodstains seeping from the white cloth, Lin Yi estimated that this person should be the target he needed to investigate.

"these people……"

Lily of the Valley, who was following Lin Yi, blinked and looked at the crying old woman and a young woman surrounding the corpse covered with white cloth, as well as the baby in the young woman's arms who was biting his fingers ignorantly. Her face couldn't help but look sad.

"Martin is a good kid. He helps his father, Jack, take care of the farm, feed the horses, and go fishing with his wife and son every day."

Sheriff Lester lit a cigarette and handed another to Lin Yi, but the latter waved his hand to refuse.

"Our town has always been very remote, and coupled with some... not-so-good rumors, people from outside don't want to come in, and... well, how should I put it, we who live here usually don't leave, so we just stay like this in isolation."

"Parson is an impatient child. It's understandable that he thinks you are suspicious for appearing in the town at this time. If possible, I hope you won't be too concerned about his mistakes. But then again, Mr. Lin Yi, I can see that you are not an ordinary person. If you can really help, I, Sheriff Rest, am willing to hire you and pay you. We really need someone professional enough to solve the difficulties we are facing."

As he walked towards the family in front, Rest said this, and his expression towards Lin Yi was full of determination and sincerity.

"If I can help, I will do my best, so without further ado, I want to take a look at the body first, is that ok?"

Lin Yi nodded slightly in response, then turned to look at the silent man leading the way in front, who was the father of the deceased, a dark and thin man called Old Jack.

This man was called away from the child's body by Parsons at the beginning on the pretext that "the murderer had been found". However, Lin Yi and others were ruled out as suspects in the police station. Therefore, he looked numb and dazed at this moment, as if he didn't know where he was or what he was doing.

However, it is normal to have such a reaction when faced with the tragic reality of the death of a loved one.

"Is that him? The one who killed my child?"

A sharp female voice suddenly rang out.

Lin Yi looked forward and saw the old woman who had been huddled beside the white cloth and crying just now. She walked towards him with red eyes and looked at him with hatred in her eyes.

"Ms. Marison, calm down. This gentleman is a detective and is here to help. He is not a bad person."

Rest quickly stepped forward, stood between the woman and Lin Yi, and tried to persuade the other party in a gentle voice.

Lin Yi himself paid no attention to the noises around him, but walked directly to the awning and to the body covered by the white cloth. Ling Lan beside him trotted to keep up with Lin Yi, hesitating as if she wanted to persuade the emotional family members. However, before the girl could do anything, Lin Yi reached out and grabbed the white cloth covering the bunk bed, lifted it, and revealed the figure underneath.

"Woo..."

Caught off guard, Lily of the Valley clenched the scepter in her hand with a small cry.

“This is more serious than I expected.”

Lin Yi's brows also frowned.

The family members were a little agitated by Lin Yi's rough action of lifting the white cloth, but thanks to the maintenance of Sheriff Rest and the police officers, the scene did not get noisy. In the midst of the heavy rain and noise, Lin Yi lowered his head and looked seriously at the corpse in front of him... which was already horrible.

"The left arm is broken...was it torn off directly?"

"The chest cavity was cut open from the middle. There was a very sharp object. A blade? Or a claw?"

"Half of the skull collapsed completely. This force cannot be underestimated..."

"Then... my internal organs are missing... my legs are also damaged to varying degrees..."

"The mutilations on the abdomen and right arm, are they bite marks?"

Lin Yi's eyes scanned every detail on the body bit by bit.

This was a young man in his twenties, doing farm work, very strong and sturdy. It was impossible for an ordinary person to quickly subdue such a person without the help of weapons. But now he was lying on this stretcher, half of his head had collapsed into a meat paste, white and red things were mixed together, his eyeballs were directly crushed, and the shattered pulp was still stuck to the half of his face.

The skin of his lips was almost completely torn, exposing his white teeth. His tongue was torn out, as if it had been forcibly pulled out of his neck along with his entire throat.

A huge cavity was torn open in the middle of the chest. Lin Yi looked inside and confirmed that at least two-thirds of the lungs and the entire heart were gone. In addition, there was a big hole in the guy's abdomen. The intestines and feces inside were all crushed and mixed together. It looked like... well, like green fried rice?

You know what, it really does look a bit like them. It seems like the last meal this person had before he died was white rice.

"Mr. Lin Yi, I don't think there's any need to use food to describe this situation, let alone say it directly."

Linglan, who was standing behind Lin Yi, hesitated for a moment before speaking and trying to persuade him tactfully.

"Well, sorry, it seems to be a bit of a personal habit."

Lin Yi waved his hand casually and reached directly into the abdominal cavity of the corpse.

A sticky, foul-smelling mixture of viscera, flesh, and digestive matter was stirred slightly by Lin Yi's fingers.

Lin Yi became extremely focused at this moment, and seemed to be completely unaware that he was putting his hand into something. He also didn't care about the various reactions of the police officers and the families of the deceased behind him when they were watching him.

agitation.

Stir again.

His eyes wandered, looking at various parts of the corpse.

Torn arms, broken legs, arms that looked like they were bitten off.

The nails curl up and the skin and flesh are consumed by friction.

agitation.

The mouth opened and surged outwards.

agitation.

The eyes were crushed and the entire eye area opened wide.

agitation.

Stir again.

It keeps stirring until death actually comes.

Close your eyes.

It seems as if I can really see that scene.

Then open your eyes and look back.

"He was chopped up alive."

Lin Yi looked at Rest, whose face was a little pale, and spoke with certainty.

"I may not be sure about other things, but I have roughly figured out the circumstances of this person's death."

"His legs were cut off, one of his arms was torn off, and he was pinned to the ground. Something was thrown into his stomach, completely crushing his abdomen into a pile of rotten meat. Then, while he was screaming, his eyes and tongue were dug out, and half of his face was completely crushed."

"The chest wound and the bitten hand may have been inflicted after death, or at the same time. No, it should be after that. The direct cause of this guy's death should still be the wound on his stomach."

Lin Yi's tone became inexplicably cold. He pulled his fingers, which were stained with visceral fragments and excrement, out of the corpse's abdominal cavity. Looking at the red and yellow mucus flowing between his fingers, his expression became a little dazed.

"The thing that killed him was to watch him get mashed alive and die in pain."

"That thing would do this just to see this man die in such agony."

"So, that's how he must have died."

Chapter Thirteen: Hey~Thinking?

squeak-

As I pushed open the door, the strong and pungent smell of blood quickly enveloped me, covering my senses.

Lin Yi was holding a kerosene lamp. He first stretched out his hand holding the lamp to let the light shine into the dim room. Then he walked in, avoiding the bloodstains splattered on the ground, and slowly stepped into the room.

crunch--

The wooden floor made a screaming sound with Lin Yi's footsteps.

“Has the entire floor aged?”

Talking quietly to himself, Lin Yi stepped into the house and raised his head to look around.

This is the kitchen of old Jack's house.

It was the first scene where Jack's son Martin died.

Although it is called the first scene, it has actually been severely damaged. The bodies have been removed and the house has obviously been cleaned up. However, there is nothing that can be done about it. It is obviously unrealistic to expect a group of uneducated farmers to realize the importance of protecting the scene.

"Mr. Lin Yi, do you need help?"

Lily of the Valley's little head also poked in, and its pair of big fox ears twitched a few times.

Obviously, the little girl smelled the strong smell in the room and showed a slight reaction for a moment, but she quickly restrained herself.

"To be honest, I thought you were going to spit it out."

Lin Yi raised his eyebrows and looked at several police officers outside the house who started vomiting just after listening to Lin Yi's analysis of the death process of the deceased. Then he looked at Linglan, whose face looked a little pale but whose mental temperament was not affected at all, and couldn't help feeling a little surprised.

"I have seen similar things before, but not to this extent..."

Lily of the Valley shook her head slightly, perhaps she was thinking about something that happened in the past, and the expression on her face did not look very good.

"I can see it's not a good experience, but I don't need your help here for now. Just help me watch outside and don't let anyone disturb me."

Lin Yi said this as he took a step forward, holding the oil lamp and continued walking forward in the room.

crunch--