Anjo City.
A grand festival is going on in the city. This festival is called the Festival of Salvation, which commemorates the birth of the second generation saint Santito.
For on this very day, Santito saved the city from the troll plague caused by the mad King Samor.
It was also on this day that the great Insai took back the trolls of the royal family of blood, bestowed upon mortals the power of rituals and miracles, and brought happiness and redemption to mortal lives.
A Sai came here in a hurry and stood by the side of the street.
He held his head up, looking at this big city that was mentioned countless times by the people in the town. In their words, it was described as like a kingdom of heaven.
In Asai’s eyes, it was indeed the case.
He looked at the tall buildings and the commercial street with glass windows stretching the entire street, and as a country boy who had never seen the world, he looked at the land of heaven that the townspeople said.
“Boom boom boom.”
Drums and conch horns sounded, city people in gorgeous and trendy clothes stood on both sides of the street, and a procession came from afar.
The team came from a distance carrying a puppet. People on both sides of the street saluted one after another, and many even knelt down to pray.
A Sai also became one of the crowds on the street. He asked the people around him: “What is this doing?”
“Salvation Day?”
A Sai heard these two words, lowered his head and kept silently chanting the two words of salvation.
Finally, the team arrived in front of Asai.
He looked up.
The puppet supported by the cloth shell was lifted high, and against the light, Asai could only see a dazzling shadow, and there was endless light behind the dark figure.
“Heroes and saints.”
“The great Santito.”
A smile gradually appeared on Santito’s face, and his steps became lighter as he walked towards the city.
A Sai stayed in Anjo City. He became a low-level employee in charge of cleaning in the San An district security team, and occasionally helped with night patrols.
Night.
When he walked along the Rue de la Salvation in St. Ann’s, he always stopped to take a look at the statue of St. Stantito.
He suddenly felt a severe headache again, his eyes were dark, but another voice suddenly sounded in his ears.
The voice was extremely familiar, but A Sai felt that he had never heard it before.
“A truly powerful person never follows the rules and laws of this world.”
“Do whatever you want, make the rules.”
“It is truly powerful.”
Some strange words and memories often appear in Asai’s mind recently, and he thinks they are also part of his fantasy.
He cannot see who the speaker is, just as a person cannot see himself directly.
He can only perceive that the other party is standing on a high mountain surrounded by clouds, looking at a vast “sea”.
“Who is this?”
A Sai covered his head, and he recovered a little bit.
He doesn’t understand why he saw such a scene, but if he can’t figure it out for the time being, don’t bother him.
The next day, when he was sweeping the floor, a memory suddenly popped up in his mind.
He saw himself holding a scroll book and reading the text on it.
A Sai never went to school, he didn’t know many characters, but at this moment he suddenly recognized all the characters on this scroll.
The first line reads: “Mind reading.”
A Sai closed his eyes, and immediately felt his head buzzing, as if countless people were talking.
When I opened my eyes, the feeling disappeared immediately.
A Sai walked into the lobby of the Sheriff’s Office, staring at everyone in the lobby, closing and then opening his eyes.
It was only then that he confirmed that the voice in his head was the voice of everyone here.
His ability is like mind reading, but it is not the same.
Mind reading is aimed at a certain person, and he can hear what everyone nearby is thinking as long as he closes his eyes.
No difference.
Of course there are also disadvantages. Whenever he closes his eyes, he feels countless people making noise in his mind, which makes his head hurt.
In the evening.
Just as he was called by a member of the security team to accompany him on patrol at night, a theft broke out on the way.
It was a businessman’s house that was stolen, and many people gathered around the door to watch the fun.
A Sai covered his eyes with his hand, felt a circle among the crowd, and stopped suddenly.
He actually found the thief directly.
“That person stole something.”
As soon as Asai pointed, the person watching the scene with relish started to run away in fright.
People from the security team immediately caught him and found some of the stolen items from him.
“How do you know he’s a criminal?” The members of the security team who had always looked down on him in the past and treated A Sai as a hard-working fool were extremely surprised.
“I can feel the breath of the criminal.” Asai said.
The member of the security team shook his head: “You must have seen something.”
That being said, the other party still patted Asai on the shoulder.
“However.”
“Amazing!”
A few days later, another vicious homicide occurred in San An district.
The deceased was a well-known local woman with money and status, and a husband who was an official in the city lord’s mansion.
The members of the security team were very nervous, and the captain led the team towards the scene of the crime immediately.
A Sai immediately leaned forward: “I’ll go too!”
The captain frowned: “What are you going to do? Have you finished cleaning?”
A Sai immediately said: “It’s done, it’s done, I just want to go over and see how the adults solve the case, and learn by the way, so that I can brag to others in the future.”
The usual Asai couldn’t say such words, he became much more flexible.
A member of the security team suddenly talked about what A Sai pointed out to the thief before: “Take him, maybe it will be useful?”
Captain: “Remember to listen to the order and don’t move around.”
Came to the scene, a female clover is lying on the bed.
The opponent’s head was hit by a blunt object, and he was already dead.
A Saiben wanted to see if other people at the scene might be criminals, but he didn’t expect that when he touched the corpse, he saw the last scene before the corpse died.
The last picture that remained in the brain and reflected in the eyes suddenly flooded into Asai’s mind.
Seeing Ah Sai touching the corpse, the captain of the security immediately became furious.
“What are you doing?”
A Sai said directly: “The murderer is the lover of the deceased. He is about the same height as me, and also thin.”
“He had planned it long ago. He used the other party’s trust to enter the room and then killed the deceased.”
People in the security team were skeptical, and the captain even scoffed.
But it didn’t take long to really catch this person.
A man who had a close relationship with the deceased and was about the same height as Asai.
It was exactly the same as what A Sai said, and the other party confessed not long after the interrogation by the security team.
This made ordinary members of the public security team astonished by A Sai’s ability to solve crimes. They thought that A Sai might really have some special abilities.
After this incident, Asay became a consultant for the security team.
On the same day, the businessman involved in the theft also came to the security team.
He sent a gift to Asai, and thanked Asai in person for recovering their losses.
Many people applauded Asay.
A Sai clenched his fist tightly, his blood boiling with excitement.
But the mouth said: “Nothing.”
“I just did what was supposed to be done, a just man and a just thing.”
“Like everyone else, we are working hard for a just cause.”
—————
A Sai’s special abilities made him think that he had awakened his power.
Unfortunately.
He found a priest, who shook his head after a glance, saying that he did not see any signs of the awakening of power on Asai’s body.
There is no spiritual power in his brain, let alone undergo the baptism and transformation of power.
Although this made Asai a little bit disappointed, but after thinking about it, he seemed to feel that there was nothing wrong.
After people have really endured suffering and torture, they will always become extraordinarily strong.
In the next year.
A Sai’s reputation is getting bigger and bigger in St. Ann’s District, especially in the area of Salvation Street. He can know what the criminals are thinking just by looking at them.
He can accurately describe who the murderer is just by looking at the corpse.
Some priests can do the former, while the latter is completely incomprehensible to ordinary priests.
He put on the most fashionable cloak and wore a black cane, making him look like an upper-class nobleman.
It seems like this, no one pays attention to his limping legs, and it is even said that his limping legs have become some kind of fad.
A Sai came to the security station early in the morning and knocked on the captain’s door.
“Captain.”
“What I want to talk about is the last time.”
Although the consultant’s name is very prestigious, but that’s all, he is not an official member of the security team.
Asay wants to really join the security team.
Even, he wants to replace the captain’s position.
He thought that if he could become the captain, he would definitely be able to do better than the opponent.
But when Asai proposed to formally join, the security chief of Sheng’an District always sternly refused.
“Be good as your advisor.”
“We can catch the criminals.”
Asai closed his eyes, he could hear the voice of the captain.
“A **** who is blind in one eye also wants to be a member of the security team?”
“Are you kidding me?”
A Sai was a little depressed, he hated people mentioning his disability.
Suddenly an idea came to his mind, maybe he could use that special ability to deal with the security captain and pull him down from this position.
It was like the sentence that once came to his mind, the strong never obey the rules.
But deep down in his heart, he felt that it shouldn’t be like this.
Because what he wants is not only the position of security captain, but also some other things.
He wants to beat the captain and everyone with dignity.
I want to tell everyone that Asai is an upright person, a person with ability, bottom line and morality.
A Sai walked out of the security station and came to the ointment shop across the street.
Before he could speak, a voice came from the counter.
“I still want a sugar cube!”
“Yes!”
Inside the store is a little girl who buys things here every morning when Asai walks by.
A Sai nodded, but did not speak.
He put the money on the table and took the paper bag.
At this time, a person suddenly blocked Asai’s way.
The opponent is quite tall, but at a glance, he can tell that he is a young child, and he is still childish.
“Teacher A Sai.”
“I want to learn from you.”
“Teacher?” Asai laughed, it was the first time he heard someone call himself that.
But he didn’t know why, he felt that this name sounded so familiar.
A Sai: “What do you want to learn after following me?”
The boy is a little naive: “I want to follow you to learn to be a detective.”
A Sai shook his head: “I’m not a detective, I’m a member of the security team.”
“What I pursue is not money, but the cause of maintaining stability and justice.”
After listening to the boy, he said quickly: “This is what I want to say.”
A Sai ignored him and walked along the road.
The young man followed him quickly, and kept saying, “Teacher A Sai, just accept me!”
“You can ask me to do anything, I am not afraid of hardship.”
A Sai still ignored him, but it seemed that something happened in front of him at this moment, which caused a huge commotion.
Accompanied by screams, there are still crowds surrounding the past.
“What happened?”
A Sai reflexively felt that something terrible must have happened, and he immediately rushed over with a cane.
He pushed through the crowd, and many people on the street recognized him, and immediately moved out of the way.
In an alley in the early morning, a dead body lay.
It was an extremely terrifying corpse, the chest and abdomen were completely cut open, and all the internal organs were pulled out.
Those organs were thrown on the road, with bite marks on them.
When the people present saw this scene, they either screamed in fright, or turned their heads to vomit.
“It’s an ogre!”
“How did this thing come to our city?”
“The dead person looks like a child, I don’t know whose family it is.”
A Sai didn’t know what an ogre was, and it was the first time he saw such a tragic and evil scene.
Resisting the feeling of vomiting, he stepped forward and touched the corpse.
Fortunately.
The brain and eyes were not damaged, and Asai saw the scene that the deceased saw before he died.
It’s a pity that the other party is wearing a dark cloak, covering himself tightly.
He only heard one sentence: “Fresh flesh, child’s blood.”
Then the screen disappears.
A Sai found the person beside him and asked him about it.
“What is the ogre you just said?”
The other party immediately said: “Haven’t you heard of it?”
“It is a monster that eats people, but this monster is transformed by ordinary people.”
“They have the appearance of three leaf people, but they are extremely evil. They like to eat people and drink blood.”
“Because God once punished the monster family, all monsters cannot exist in the town, but this kind of monster escaped God’s punishment.”
“However, I heard that God’s punishment is still effective. They cannot reveal their identities in the city. Once they are discovered or use evil power, they will be wiped out in an instant.”
A Sai frowned, it was actually related to monsters.
A Sai: “So, this kind of monster can pretend to be an ordinary person and hide in the city?”
The other party nodded: “The City of Gods Descended caught many such monsters back then, and all of them are famous people in the city.”
A Sai: “According to your statement, as long as you find this kind of monster and expose them, they will die?”
The other party slapped: “Of course, how can these evil monsters resist the will of God.”
“When exposed to the sun, it’s time for their doom.”
A Sai didn’t know if the rumor was true, and he didn’t know if the criminal was really this kind of monster.
But it’s better to have clues and traces than to be at a loss.
And Asai immediately thought that this case would not be the same as the previous ones.
It will definitely cause a sensation in the entire Anjo City and many people.
The emergence of such a case related to the ogre will definitely make the whole city panic.
If he can solve this case and find out the identity of the real murderer behind the scenes, his reputation will spread throughout Anjo City.
He could push out the crappy St. Ann District Sheriff’s Captain who pushed him aside, and take his place himself.
Maybe.
He’s about to become the chief of security.
Even the position of sheriff is not impossible in the future.
A Sai saw the boy who had just been chasing him to recognize him as a teacher. The boy was retching in the corner of the street at the moment, and his eyes revealed panic.
It seemed that he was too frightened by the cruel and **** scene.
A Sai knew that these children were just like him before. They didn’t know the heights of the heavens and the earth without seeing the real horror and despair.
With a lot of courage and fantasy, I thought I was omnipotent.
“How?”
“Frightened?”
The boy immediately stood up straight: “No.”
Just finished speaking, and bent down again.
“Ouch.”
A Sai patted him on the shoulder: “Then you do one thing for me, if you do well, I will let you be my student.”
The boy looked at A Sai excitedly: “Really?”
A Sai: “Really.”
A Sai said to the boy: “Do you know any children around here?”
The boy nodded: “I know quite a few.”
A Sai said: “Help me find out the origin of this child, is it from Redemption Street and St. Ann District.”
“If yes, find out who his friends are and where he likes to go on weekdays”
The boy memorized them one by one, then turned and left excitedly.
Following the orders of the well-known Asai on Salvation Street, participating in such a big case and arresting an extremely evil criminal made the young man feel as if he had shouldered some kind of mission.
A Sai suddenly remembered something and asked.
“What’s your name?”
The boy said: “My name is Colin.”
At this time, the security team also rushed over.
The moment they arrived at the scene, many members of the security team also vomited one by one.
Although they can be considered to be battle-tested, they have never seen such a perverted scene.
The security chief of Sheng’an District has a very ugly face. Such a vicious case has actually appeared in Sheng’an District and Redemption Street.
To know that there is even a statue of Saint Santito not far away, which can be said to be a blasphemy and insult to the saint.
He is under a lot of pressure. If he can’t solve the case immediately, he will probably be in big trouble.
He asked Asai: “Do you know any clues?”
A Sai shook his head: “The other party is very cautious and premeditated for a long time.”
“And it happened late last night, and no one saw what happened at the scene.”
—————-
In the small building of the public security station.
The security team had already found out the child’s identity that day. The child’s parents were workers in a nearby weaving workshop, and their family lived in Sheng’an District.
Asay sat on the table and put his cane aside.
He attended the meeting as an advisor and contributed his thoughts.
“It can be confirmed that the place we found is the first scene, but the other party did not commit the crime randomly. The target of this ogre is the child.”
“And children rarely appear on the street in the middle of the night. There must be a reason for this person to stare at this child.”
The captain of the security team expressed a different opinion: “Why do you think so, maybe the other party committed the crime randomly, but the one who happened to pass by that day was a child.”
“If it was a premeditated crime, why not choose a more hidden place?”
“Instead of choosing to be at such a scene where it is likely to be discovered?”
A Sai: “Then how do you explain that the other party has a special scalpel?”
“There was a kid who wasn’t supposed to be there, and a guy with a scalpel just happened to be waiting there.”
“Tell me, what is not premeditated?”
Security Captain: “We can’t draw conclusions yet.”
A Sai did not say anything: “Okay, then we will investigate separately, and if we have news and results, we will share with each other.”
This is the best way.
Although the security captain did not deal with A Sai, and A Sai felt that the other party was not capable enough, but in terms of work attitude, A Sai felt that the other party was still serious.
A Sai left the security station, and the members of the entire security team were busy, and no one dared to be empty.
At the corner of the street, a teenager waved at Asai.
A Sai walked over with a cane, and the other party immediately handed over a piece of paper: “I wrote this down, and everything you want is on it.”
Colin found detailed information about the deceased from the children’s mouths, the other’s living habits, and the other’s social circle.
A Sai looked at it little by little, and immediately saw the abnormal point he wanted.
“What is this?”
“The Conjuring Game?”
Colin immediately said: “It’s a very popular game among children recently. If you perform this ritual in the middle of the night, you can communicate with the world of the dead and attract ghosts.”
“You can ask ghosts questions, and you can get answers to any questions.”
“The game must be played alone, and it must be in a place where no one will pass by, otherwise it will disturb the ghosts and cause disaster.”
“This game is very popular in the children’s circle, and the successful ones will be praised by the children as the most courageous.”
A Sai’s head turned quickly: “This may be the way the prisoner lures the child out, as well as the channel to select the target.”
He felt he had to act now.
A Sai believes that since the other party commits a crime once, there will definitely be a second time.
If the other party is not caught as soon as possible, then a second person will be killed soon.
Colin doesn’t understand: “But how do we catch each other?”
A Sai believes in his ability, the ability to see through everyone’s heart: “The other party is deliberately spreading games about summoning souls, and he will definitely pay attention to which children will play summoning games.”
“You also go to some nearby children’s groups to spread the news, saying that there is a child who is planning to perform a soul-calling ceremony on Morning Street at twelve o’clock in the evening three days later. It can be said that the other party wants to ask about his dead grandparents things.”
“Make the story more realistic and decent.”
Colin nodded, then spoke again.
“However.”
“If we really meet that ogre, are we his opponent?”
A Sai asked the priest. The so-called ogre is a bone demon. This kind of thing cannot use extraordinary power in the city, just like ordinary people.
Although Colin is young, he is tall and strong.
With the addition of the two of us, it shouldn’t be a big problem to deal with each other.
“I will ask the law and order department for weapons, and the two of us will wait for work at a leisurely time, so it will not be a big problem.”
“The most important thing is that as long as I can get within 20 or 30 meters of the other party, I can discover the other party’s true identity. Whether or not I can catch him will be the second priority.”
A Sai said lightly: “As long as he dares to show his head, he will not be able to escape.”
Colin looked at A Sai adoringly: “This is the special ability in the legend!”
A Sai did not admit it, but just smiled.
Colin took a deep breath, cheered himself up and left.
After walking a few steps, he said to Asai.
“Don’t worry!”
“Teacher A Sai, I will definitely do well.”
A Sai waved his hand: “I am waiting for your good news.”
—————
Three days later.
According to the plan, Asai and Colin ambush in an abandoned building on Morning Street in the middle of the night.
This place is well chosen. There are still all kinds of weird rumors in the children’s circle. Although it is scary, the more it is, the more children will like it.
It has to be said that it is a good place to play summoning games.
Colin huddled together, and the night wind passing through the hall was indeed a bit cold: “Why hasn’t there been any movement yet?”
A Sai: “Don’t talk.”
He pays close attention to everything around him, as long as any figure appears, he will immediately find it.
As long as the other party has a little thought to come over and take a look, he will definitely be caught by him. A Sai is very confident.
But after midnight, Asai also felt a little tired.
“Is it because the story you made up is not good, and no one believes it at all?”
Colin shook his head: “How is it possible, I made it up really well.”
“The name of the daughter of the pastry shop I used has been spread among several children in the neighborhood, and her grandparents just passed away not long ago. My story is seamless.”
“I also went to the cream store to buy three times, in exchange for her not to expose me.”
A Sai suddenly changed his face, he looked at Colin.
“The name of the daughter of the face paste shop? Is it the one opposite the public security station?”
Colin nodded: “Yes!”
As soon as Colin finished speaking, Asai immediately stood up and rushed out.
Although his limping steps were slow, it could be seen that Asai was running fast with all his strength.
Colin didn’t understand why Asai was so excited all of a sudden: “The man hasn’t come yet? Will our previous efforts be wasted if we run out now?”
After Ah Sai ran out, he immediately said: “What are you squatting on?
“Go to the pasta shop and see if the daughter of the pasta shop is there.”
It was only then that Colin realized what was going on. A sudden chill shook his body, making him tremble continuously.
He rushed towards Salvation Street immediately, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
When Asai arrived, the entire Salvation Street was already lit up.
A Sai followed the sound and came to an old building.
The name is engraved next to the gate of the house, which is the surname of the owner of the pasta shop. This is their family’s old house, but there should be few people living there.
A Sai walked in and took a look, then closed his eyes.
Every time he passed by the pastry cream shop, the little shopkeeper girl who would always ask her a question has already fallen into a pool of blood, dying in a horrible and miserable state.
Asay stepped out.
He looked around for Colin, and finally saw him in the corner of the yard.
The other party shivered and curled up together, leaning against the pillar and trembling constantly, he stuffed his head into his knees, as if he was afraid that others would see him.
A Sai stepped forward leaning on crutches, and came to Colin.
He yelled at Colin furiously: “I asked you to make up a name, who asked you to write your real name.”
“I asked you to make up a story, who asked you to write her name.”
Asay uses his cane as if trying to lash Colin.
But he let it go slowly, he knew that Colin couldn’t be blamed for it all.
Asai was very annoyed, he was very angry.
He was angry with Colin, and angry with himself.
“Why didn’t you say it in advance? Why didn’t I ask you in advance.”
“Damn it!”
“Damn it!”
Colin, who was paralyzed on the ground, was like a corpse, unable to utter a single word in the face of A Sai’s words of blaming him and himself.
A Sai sighed, and he didn’t say anything more.
He returned to the scene of the crime and searched for every clue with the security team.
A Sai didn’t say a word, but he was screaming crazily in his heart, his eyes turned red.
“Catch him.”
“I must catch him.”
—————–
After a busy night, Asai didn’t stop until early in the morning.
He found that Colin was missing, and he asked around before he knew that Colin had gone back. He was a little worried about Colin’s condition.
After asking all the way, he found Colin’s home.
“You said Colin! His house is at the end of the alley.”
“This child is also pitiful. He has always lived alone and has never had any friends.”
It was then that Asay knew that Colin was an orphan whose parents disappeared in an accident.
It’s just that he never believed that his parents were dead, and he hoped to find his parents.
Maybe.
That’s why he wants to be a detective, and why he considers Asai a teacher.
“Boom boom boom!”
When A Sai knocked on the door, he found that the door was not closed at all.
He pushed open the door, walked in with a cane, and shouted at the same time.
“Colin!”
“Colin.”
Crossing the aisle, Asai looked towards the rooms on both sides.
Suddenly.
Asay stopped.
He saw a figure hanging in a room, and the thing was swinging heavily in the shadows, making creaking noises.
A Sai took two steps back involuntarily, and it took him a long time to slowly walk inside.
Colin committed suicide.
He left a letter with only three words on it.
“Sorry.”
A Sai held the letter and stood under Colin’s body without any movement.
Suddenly, he beat himself continuously with his cane, making a wild beast-like sound from his mouth.
“Ah!”
“Ah!”