Chapter 644: MafiaКлючевые словаDice In The DarknessПоделитьсяКомментарии
After returning home, Liu Xing and the other two had finished their evening routines and were preparing to rest, as they had planned to continue exploring the tourist attractions in the London city center the next day, so they needed to go to bed early and wake up early.
Back in his own room, Liu Xing contacted KP Time to order a deluxe sleep package, but KP Time asked him to roll a dice, without explaining the specific content of the "Judgment".
Liu Xing, 64/???, ???.
Meow Meow Meow?
Liu Xing wanted to ask KP Time about the purpose of this "Judgment", but was shut down by KP Time’s response of "no comment".
Helpless, Liu Xing could only choose to continue sleeping, although he did not sleep soundly this time.
At some point, Liu Xing suddenly heard a gunshot.
Liu Xing immediately got out of bed and grabbed the handgun from the bedside table.
However, Liu Xing found nothing unusual in the room.
Then, another gunshot was heard, and Liu Xing realized the sound was coming from downstairs, more precisely from the intersection in front of the house.Liu Xing quickly went to the window and saw a man in a leather jacket sitting on the ground, holding a gun, and in front of him was a Ghoul!
In front of the Ghoul, there was a man lying in a pool of blood, who was likely already dead.
It was clear that these two men had been attacked by the Ghoul while out at night.
The important thing was that the Ghoul seemed to have been hit by the man’s gunshot, and the enraged Ghoul was not going to let the man who had injured it go.
Seeing this, Liu Xing frowned, unsure of what to do, as he knew the chances of him accurately hitting the Ghoul from this distance were not high, and he was worried about alerting the Ghoul to his position.
Just then, the armed man, realizing his dire situation, started firing at the Ghoul in a desperate attempt.
The Ghoul, anticipating this, easily dodged the bullets.
Liu Xing then noticed that the gunshots had woken up the surrounding residents, and several lights had been turned on in the opposite building, which was not a good sign, as it could lead to the Ghoul’s exposure.
However, the Ghoul seemed to have also realized the risk of being exposed, so it quickly killed the man, grabbed both bodies, and fled the scene.
Looking at the clock, Liu Xing saw it was 3:18 AM.
Liu Xing then heard footsteps in the living room and found Jill, also holding a handgun, who had been awakened by the gunshots.
Liu Xing informed Jill about what he had witnessed, and Jill suggested contacting their captain, Wesker.
Just then, Liu Xing’s phone rang, and Wesker was on the line, having already been informed about the incident. Wesker advised Liu Xing and the others to go back to sleep, as the police would handle the investigation, and there was nothing they could do to pursue the Ghoul at the moment.
After the call, Jill returned to her room, and Liu Xing was left to ponder the events of the night.
Regarding Leon, he should still be sleeping soundly right now.
After returning to his own room, Liu Xing took another look at the crime scene, where there was only a pool of blood and nothing else.
So Liu Xing chose to go back to bed and rest again.
The next morning, Liu Xing was woken up by Leon.
"Chris, you didn’t wake me up last night?" Leon said, a bit frustrated.
Liu Xing let out a yawn and said, "You were sleeping so soundly yesterday, so I didn’t want to disturb you. Besides, we didn’t need to go out yesterday."
Leon scratched the back of his head and said with a smile, "You know I’ve always had pretty good sleep quality, so it’s normal that I didn’t wake up yesterday. But by the way, I saw Sergei when I went downstairs to buy breakfast. He’s the one in charge of investigating the crime scene, and he also came to see his sister Elsa. So I got a lot of first-hand information from Sergei, like the fact that the Ghoul entered the sewer from there. But this information is useless to us, since we won’t go into the sewer to capture those Ghouls unless it’s absolutely necessary, as the Ghouls have the home field advantage in the sewer and their strength is doubled there."
Liu Xing nodded and asked with some confusion, "There was only a pool of blood at the crime scene, and no body. Why did Sergei come to the scene?"
Leon shrugged and said with a smile, "Normally, that would be the case. But you can’t forget that Sergei is a sister-complex. So this time, he’s actually come to see his sister Elsa under the pretext of the investigation. And because of the homicide that happened last night, Elsa’s boyfriend also came to pick her up for school today. You should have seen the look on Sergei’s face - if the forensic team didn’t need to be unarmed, he probably would have drawn his gun and shot his own brother-in-law."
Liu Xing could vividly imagine the scene.
Since there was so little left at the crime scene, the police officers had long since left, and the bloodstain on the ground had been washed away by the sanitation workers, as it served no purpose staying there.
Moreover, Wesker had sent a message informing Liu Xing and the others of the latest investigative progress, which was basically the same as what Sergei had just told Leon. So Wesker told Liu Xing’s team that they didn’t need to get involved in this case, and the Ghoul murder case had been publicly announced as a shooting incident.
So Liu Xing’s team continued with their planned itinerary, going to various tourist attractions in downtown London after having breakfast.
Along the way, Liu Xing overheard many passersby discussing the subway murder case and last night’s shooting incident.
During lunch, Jill suddenly said, "Oh, I just remembered something. My parents once took in a victim who had been attacked by a Ghoul. I even met that injured person at the time. He told me he was suddenly attacked from behind by some unknown creature. He thought he was going to die, but the Ghoul that attacked him suddenly left. And when the nurse was changing his bandages, I saw he had a tattoo on his back, which seemed to be the Elder Sign pattern we saw the other day. So should we get a tattoo of the same thing?"
An Elder Sign tattoo?
Liu Xing couldn’t help but think of a post he had seen on the forum, which was about "whether a character card with Elder Signs all over the body can be immune to attacks from mythical creatures." The post even had a player who had actually achieved this, and the Elder Sign tattoo did save him when he encountered a Deep One. But unfortunately, he was later killed when he encountered an Ancient Rugged Giant.
This was understandable, as humans with Elder Signs all over their bodies are seen as disgusting feces by mythical creatures. So many mythical creatures choose not to attack them, not wanting to dirty their hands. But some determined mythical creatures would still choose to directly kill this "moving feces" to avoid being disgusted by its presence.
So Liu Xing guessed that the injured person Jill had encountered before might have run into an Ghoul that was out hunting, and the Ghoul lost its appetite when it saw the Elder Sign tattoo on the person’s back, so it chose to let the person go.
However, Liu Xing felt that the injured person was quite remarkable, as the Elder Sign is not something ordinary people can come into contact with.
"Jill, your idea is quite good, but as police officers, we are not allowed to have tattoos, at least not on exposed areas like our arms. So the benefits of getting an Elder Sign tattoo on our backs are not that great. After all, we can’t guarantee the Ghouls will attack our backs, and the ’Investigator’s Handbook’ also says that the Elder Sign may not be 100% effective," Leon said, stroking his chin.
Jill nodded and sighed, "That’s true. If the Elder Sign was truly 100% effective against those non-human creatures, the higher-ups would have already organized a group of people with full-body Elder Sign tattoos to deal with the Ghouls. I was just thinking too much. But speaking of which, do you guys have any idea how much chance we have of winning in a formal battle against those Ghouls?"
Liu Xing shrugged and said confidently, "It depends on how many people we have on each side. Definitely, we can’t beat a Ghoul one-on-one. But if the three of us fight one Ghoul, I think we have a 50% chance of winning. However, one of us will definitely be injured. But considering our current situation, we should have a significant numerical advantage, so even if we can’t kill the Ghouls, we should be able to drive them back."
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