Please be my partner.

The Easley in the intelligence seems a bit similar.

Mellen then looked down...

Missing person, Valya.

Walia disappeared more than a month ago. Her family immediately reported the case to the police, but the case was dropped by her family not long after.

According to them, Valya was not missing, but she came home late because she was too playful, and she has been found by them.

The case naturally ended there.

However, during the screening, the police officers unexpectedly discovered that the girl named Valya had not been found and had been missing.

What is even more strange is that after Valya disappeared, her family, who had been living in poverty, suddenly became wealthy. Their neighbors even saw mysterious people wearing cloaks and dressing themselves up tightly, often entering and leaving their house.

Melen fell into deep thought. There were many strange things about this matter.

The minions of the Devouring Swamp are undoubtedly a massive organization. From this perspective, they cannot be ruled out as suspects in Valya's disappearance.

He looked at the third case...

This case is a mystery on the surface.

Nearly three months ago, the owner of a winery suddenly claimed that there was a large-scale disappearance of people in his winery.

In fact, the actual start of the winery staff disappearance incident was much earlier than when the winery owner reported the case.

However, the owner of the winery was afraid of suffering losses, so he suppressed the matter. It was not until the next few days when more and more people went missing and he saw that the matter could no longer be concealed that he chose to call the police.

Afterwards, the police and the Special Affairs Bureau sent people to investigate, but found nothing.

Just when the winery owner thought the incident was over and was preparing to resume work, people disappeared again in the winery, including this black-hearted boss.

After several more investigations without any results, the police were forced to seal off the entire winery.

This last case seems the least likely to be related to the Devouring Swamp.

In Mellen's impression, the actions of the "Polluters" were all hidden in the dark. Such a high-profile case of missing persons was obviously inconsistent with their style of doing things, and it didn't make much sense.

After putting away the intelligence in his hand, Mellen said with a smile: "Thank you very much, Sheriff Liman, you really helped me a lot."

Liman quickly said politely: "It is my honor to be able to help Master Mellen."

Melen nodded, looking thoughtful.

Liman asked tactfully, "Master Mellen, is there anything else you need me to do?"

Mellen said, "Indeed, does Sheriff Liman know where in Vero City there is a gathering place for extraordinary people?"

"A gathering place for extraordinary people?" Liman was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying, "Master Mellen, as far as I know, extraordinary people usually operate in small circles. If you don't enter their circle, it's difficult to find any trace of their activities."

Melen nodded. As a professional, he actually looked down upon those wild extraordinary people.

But considering that the world is so big, there will always be a few lucky people, so he wanted to try to contact them and see if he could find some good stuff.

Moreover, those who can become extraordinary professionals should not be simple. Maybe we can get information about the "Swallowing Swamp" from them.

At worst, you can try fishing!

However, looking at the current situation, it seems that Mellen has been stuck at the first step.

At this moment, Liman suddenly said: "In fact, it is not completely impossible for Master Mellen to get in touch with these small circles."

"Oh?" Mellen asked, "Tell me about it."

Liman smiled and said, "The Special Affairs Bureau handles a lot of extraordinary cases, so they should have corresponding channels. I happen to have some friends in the Special Affairs Bureau who I can introduce to Master Mellen."

Melen smiled and nodded, saying, "In that case, thank you very much."

Chapter 94 Black Beetle ( monthly tickets plus additional content from last month)

After sending Liman away, Mellen looked at the information again.

These three clues gave Melen the feeling of watching the classic three-choice scene in "The Death God's Elementary School Student".

It just so happened that he was planning to slow down the pace and take a break, so he could try to investigate these three clues tomorrow.

The next day, early morning.

Mellen went out early again, and he chose Easley as his first target.

After all, the characteristics displayed by the other party are somewhat similar to those of the infected "polluter".

When he arrived near Easley's house, he noticed something was wrong.

According to the intelligence, Isley is the manager of a textile factory and his working hours are quite fixed every day around nine o'clock in the morning.

It was not even eight o'clock yet, but there seemed to be no sound in the Isley household.

Mellen approached quietly, and just as he was about to break the door violently, he suddenly found that the door was not locked, so he opened it directly.

After taking a quick look and seeing that there was no one around, he slipped in.

At first glance, the room was extremely messy, as if it had been robbed. He lightly swiped his fingers across the table, leaving a thin layer of dust.

Considering the police officer's return visit mentioned in the intelligence, Mellen guessed that perhaps Easley left his home shortly after the police officer left that day and never returned.

Release Spike and explore the house.

After a moment, Spike responded that there was no smell of 'polluter' in the room, but there was a faint smell, like the smell of a rotting corpse.

Hearing this, Melen had an idea and released Little Red Lotus, asking the little guy to help check if there were any traces of blood in the room.

With the ability to control blood, the little guy quickly discovered something and took Mellen to the bathroom.

The ability was activated, and wisps of dark red mist floated out from the gaps between the bathroom wall tiles.

Obviously, someone committed a crime in this bathroom. Although the person flushed the bathroom afterwards, that only cleaned the surface. There were still some bloodstains left in the bathroom, which were difficult to find.

Moreover, judging from the traces of blood seepage, the murder did not happen recently, but must have happened some time ago.

My mind quickly restored the possible scenarios of the whole incident...

After Easley disappeared, he was replaced or controlled. His wife found something wrong and went to the police again. Although the police did not accept the case, Easley still found out about it. Then he killed his wife and cleaned up all traces. He thought he had done it quietly, but the police officer he met came back to visit him. Perhaps Easley discovered the police officer's suspicion of him, so he chose to run away overnight without saying a word.

Mellen glanced at the messy house and added in his mind... Before running away, Isley rummaged through the drawers and took away all the valuables in the house.

Shaking his head, no longer thinking about these trivial things, Melen asked: "Xiao Honglian, can you find the victim's body based on this blood?"

The little guy shook his head. Blood manipulation was not omnipotent. After such a long time, the traces left by the movement of blood had long disappeared. Unless the body of the deceased appeared within its sensing range, it would be difficult to find it.

At this time, Spike provided an idea.

The rotten smell in the room was extremely strong. It didn't seem like someone had accidentally picked up the smell and brought it in. Instead, it seemed more like someone was carrying the smell and had been moving around in the room for a long time.

So, what kind of being could produce such a rotten smell? Or, if such a being wanted to hide from sight, where would be the best place?

Following this line of thought, a place flashed through Mellen's mind...

Cemetery!

The city of Vero naturally has a public cemetery, located on the west side of the city near the suburbs.

The public cemetery covers a large area, but few people come here on weekdays, so it looks extremely desolate and lonely.

There are naturally gravekeepers here, but they usually live in their own huts and will not wander into the cemetery at will.

Mellen walked casually in the cemetery, wondering whether he should go directly to see the gravekeeper and ask him if there was anything unusual in the cemetery during this period.

At this moment, Xiao Honglian said that she actually detected the scent of the blood of the deceased in Easley's house.

Following the little guy's guidance, Mellen quickly came to an inconspicuous corner of the cemetery.

The land in front of him was not obviously different from other places, but according to Xiao Honglian, the body was buried underneath.

Mellen guessed that if nothing unexpected happened, the person buried here should be Easley's wife.

Just as he was thinking, a gust of evil wind suddenly blew from behind him. Spike, who was prepared, casually swung a claw and slapped the attacker away.

Melen turned around without surprise and compared the attacker's appearance with the description in his mind, and confirmed that it was Easley.

It's just that the other party looked a little... bad at this time.

His skin all over his body turned a strange blue-black color, and there were wounds in some places, but no blood flowed out. Instead, a thick, foul-smelling water flowed out.

He fell to the ground, still struggling and twitching, but his movements were completely unlike those of a human. He was like a moving... corpse.

Mellen's eyes turned cold. He tilted his head slightly and said, "Come out. Do you still want me to treat you?"

There was a rustling sound, and behind the tombstone in the direction Mellen was looking, a deformed, short, hunched figure walked out timidly.

Under Mellen's gaze, the figure trembled and knelt on the ground, stammering and begging: "Master... please... please spare my life... I... I..."

Melen interrupted the other person and asked, "Are you the gravekeeper here?"

The gravekeeper nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes... yes... yes... sir..."

Mellen asked coldly, "How did you control Isley's body?"

The gravekeeper lowered his head and said, "I say... I say... Sir... I can... control... control... him... because... because..."

His voice became lower and lower, which made Melen subconsciously concentrate his attention and listen.

At this moment, Isley, who was struggling on the ground with decreasing strength, suddenly jumped up and pounced towards Mellen.

Spike naturally wouldn't be fooled by such a trick, and slapped it with his claw again.

But what the dog didn't expect was that before it could touch Easley, the latter's head exploded first.

A thumb-sized object flashing with a black glow flew out and shot towards Mellen's head.

A hint of anger flashed in Spike's eyes, and he directly activated [Heavy Mountain]. A terrifying gravity field expanded out, and the black light suddenly slowed down greatly, with a tendency to be directly pressed to the ground.

The little red lotus, which always focused most of its attention on its master, also released blood-colored mist, which directly bounced the black light away. The blood-colored mist condensed in mid-air and turned into several blood-colored silk threads, which tightly bound the black light.

“Ah! No!” Seeing the black light being subdued by Mellen, the gravekeeper let out a heartbreaking roar: “This is… my… treasure… give it back to me… give it back to… me…”

The gravekeeper's eyes turned red and his face turned crazy. He shouted and rushed towards Mellen regardless of anything.

Spike slapped the ground with his claws, and a surge of shock force surged out and was transmitted to the gravekeeper, directly breaking the latter's leg bones.

However, the gravekeeper seemed to be unable to feel the pain. After falling to the ground, he was still climbing forward with both hands. He used such strong force that his nails were broken after only climbing a few meters, and his hands were covered in blood.

Mellen frowned at the other party's crazy attitude. He wanted to get some information from the other party, but now it seems that it is not going to work.

He turned his gaze to the black light caught by Xiao Honglian. It turned out to be a black beetle. The black beetle did not look like a living creature and had a metallic texture.

Although it was bound, it was still struggling, so Melen did not dare to touch it rashly, and had no way of judging what it was.

Judging from the currently known information, this should be an extraordinary item that can control corpses.

Mellen thought about it, and first asked Spike to knock the gravekeeper unconscious, and then walked towards the gravekeeper's hut.

After a brief exploration and finding that there was no danger, he went in and started searching.

There were many unexpected gains.

Leaving aside a pile of jewelry whose specific value could not be determined, the Kingdom Bank drafts and scattered gold coins alone totaled around 200+.

In addition, Mellen also found a gravekeeper's log, which is the gravekeeper's diary.

He nodded slightly, feeling that the gravekeeper was not a serious person. After all, who would write a diary?

The criticism flashed through his mind, and he opened the diary.

The first half of the diary is very monotonous and scattered. It is basically repetitive nonsense such as there is nothing unusual in the cemetery. Moreover, the recorded dates are not fixed. Sometimes they are three or five days apart, and sometimes they are ten days or half a month apart.

But starting half a year ago, the diary became detailed and... disgusting.

"...What is this? I found a strange insect in the cemetery. It's very beautiful and unique. If I can catch it, I might be able to sell it for a good price..."

"...Damn it, that bug bit me! It hurts! I'm so tired! Am I poisoned? Am I going to die?"

"...I dreamed that I turned into a bug and ate the brain of a corpse. It was a really strange feeling, but..."

“…It’s moving! The corpse is moving! I can actually control them through that bug?! This is really… this is really… wonderful!”

"...Haha! Miss Emily, my love! You really make me unable to stop, is this love? Oh! You are my only one!"

"...I'm sorry, Miss Emily. You can't blame me for falling in love with someone else. It's because you've become a little... um, I'd better bury you back."

"...I want more, all of this should be mine, as long as I have this treasure, as long as I have this treasure! Maybe, I should..."

"..."

Mellen closed the diary, feeling that his spirit had been polluted.