harleyscars Chapter 211 Raphael's Art of Murder
Chapter 211 Raphael's Art of Murder
Chapter 211 Raphael's Art of Murder
The "scapegoat" was almost brought to the crime scene with the police, and the villa of grain tycoon Ed Dean was quickly sealed off by the police.
Originally, only one "Punisher" team came, but after a brief inspection of the scene, Hami, the captain of the "Punisher" team, sent someone to invite his superior.
Soon, Wilton, the "Punisher's" butler, arrived at the scene. He first glanced at the painting on the wall.
The painting was rather simple. The background depicted a demon whose face was obscured, while two people with greedy expressions held sacks, tearing flesh and blood from the people around them and stuffing it into their sacks.
Although the facial descriptions of these two people are very simple, it is easy to tell at a glance that they are two big grain merchants who died in this room.
Below the painting, a short phrase was written: "The devil took away two 'greedy' souls."
Wilton, with his thick eyebrows, frowned and glanced at the two corpses again. The corpses had been "manipulated" and had so many cuts in their hearts; it was impossible for them to still have such a calm expression and posture.
Hami, the captain of the "Punishers" standing to the side, said, "Deacon, the letters on their hearts spell out the word 'greed'."
"According to our inquiries, an extraordinary bodyguard named Nicolo seemed to have sensed something and knocked on the door. The bodyguards in the hallway can confirm that he only knocked on the door. After learning that everything was normal inside, Nicolo waited at the door for a while, but then he suddenly kicked the door open, stood there stunned for a moment, and then left."
He paused, then emphasized, "And this extraordinary bodyguard was a 'schemer.'"
In other words, the scene was set up with a Sequence 6 guarding the entrance.
This is why a deacon was invited, as it was beyond the capabilities of a captain.
Nicolo frowned. "There's a chance the killer is a demon—well, even a Sequence 5 of this pathway—but why would he arrange the scene like this?"
He looked at the painting on the wall again. His intuition told him that the painting must have a deeper meaning, but he couldn't quite figure out what it meant.
next morning.
Xiu left early and took a carriage to "MI9" in the northern district.
She officially started working at MI9 yesterday, and today is her first day at work.
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Upon arriving at the public carriage station, the newsboy, as usual, was hawking newspapers: "Breaking News! Breaking News! Two major grain merchants in Backlund have been brutally murdered in their homes."
Hugh paused slightly, took out a penny from his pocket and bought a newspaper. The front page headline described a murder case.
The report described many details of the scene and even included some simple illustrations. Among them were elements of "greed" and "devil".
Hugh frowned. Newspapers rarely provide such detailed descriptions, and from the words, especially the painting on the wall, it was clear that this was no ordinary case.
How exactly did the news get to the newspaper?
Hugh, who was reading a newspaper in the carriage, noticed that people in the carriage were already discussing the case.
Some people think the murderer was too cruel and should be brought to justice as soon as possible.
Some people felt that the two men deserved to die because, with grain prices so high, they had so much grain that they didn't sell it, and they died because of greed.
Hugh simply listened attentively without offering any opinions.
She soon arrived at the office, and when she saw the newspapers provided, she regretted that she had been too impulsive and had bought the newspapers too early.
Nicolo, the butler of "The Punisher," never expected that the newspaper would obtain such detailed information.
He quickly sent someone to investigate and found out that someone had placed all the details of the case on the editor-in-chief's desk in the form of a letter.
The original front page had already been finalized and was about to be printed overnight, but this news quickly took over the front page headlines.
This result left Nicolo even more confused about what the killer was trying to do. Extraordinary individuals who commit crimes through the "criminal" route usually try to hide their tracks, and many victims are not discovered until years later.
Who would have thought that the murderer seemed to want everyone to know about the case!
Backland West.
Raphael was in the villa, looking at the description in the newspaper with satisfaction.
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The detailed description of the scene was, of course, placed on the newspaper editor-in-chief's desk.
This garnered a lot of attention for the case from the very beginning.
However, Raphael didn't digest much of the potion because this wasn't a serial murder case yet. The reason he was able to digest the potion was because Raphael was a very good killer.
However, Raphael's intuition already confirmed that if a similar murder were to occur again, the potion would be significantly depleted.
He had already chosen his other two targets. Since the four major grain merchants of Backlund all lived there, he would target another grain merchant. The demon from yesterday was very fond of such sacrifices.
However, two more sacrifices are needed to summon the phantom of that demon.
This isn't difficult. Raphael recently plans to boost his "performance" as soon as possible. He's openly pursuing the grain merchant's case, which has caused quite a stir, in order to sell off the magic potions.
The orders from "The Mechanic Company" also need to be arranged discreetly, to satisfy my killer instincts while providing sacrifices for high-level demons.
In the last few days, "Mechanic Company" has had three orders backlogged, but because the intelligence network has not yet been fully established and Raphael is still gathering the information he needs, the orders are being processed rather slowly.
However, at most by tomorrow night, we can complete another order.
Just then, the butler knocked on the door and told Mr. Raphael Wagner that he wanted to see him.
Raphael put down his newspaper and had the butler bring Wagner into the study.
As soon as the tall and imposing Wagner entered, Raphael knew something was wrong. His expression was a mixture of anger and confusion, clearly indicating that he had encountered a problem he couldn't solve himself.
After sitting down and talking, just as Raphael had predicted, Aurora discovered that one of the "Mystic People" had died. A note was found on the body, inviting Mr. A to a banquet at the Backlund Hotel in three days.
The note was signed with a symbol, the main body of which was a straight sword with a ring of flames around it and a cross on the hilt.
Raphael recalled, "That's the insignia of the Iron Cross."
It was an organization mostly composed of extraordinary individuals who had passed the "Hunter" pathway.
Wagner nodded: "That's right."
"This organization shares the same faith as us, so why are they killing our people?" Raphael asked, frowning.
Moreover, not only did they kill people, they also set up a "Hongmen Banquet".
This was also what Wagner couldn't understand. He said, "We've helped the Iron Cross many times in the past two years," and he never expected this to be their way of repaying us.
Beyonders on the "Hunter" path are easily mistaken for spies in Backlund, and Aurora has provided them with cover on numerous occasions.
Raphael suddenly remembered his conversation with Sharon and chuckled, "They're trying to ride roughshod over the Aurora Society!"
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