Among the police officers responsible for investigating the case, a young police officer named Joseph recognized the cufflink found at the crime scene as likely belonging to Dio, because Joseph's girlfriend worked at the same company as Dio, and she was Dio's subordinate. So Joseph had known Dio for a long time and had a very deep impression of him.
After all, although Dio was already a middle-aged uncle at the time, he still looked very young and handsome, and Dio was nearly two meters tall, so Joseph almost mistook Dio for his romantic rival when he first saw him.
Back to the main topic, since Joseph's girlfriend was Dio's subordinate, Joseph also indirectly learned about some of Dio's situations, including that Dio always wore specially customized high-end suits to work, and the buttons on these suits were also specially customized in a unique style.
So Joseph was so sure that the cufflink found at the crime scene belonged to Dio, because he had only seen this style of cufflink on Dio's clothes.
However, to be on the safe side, the police still specially investigated the origin of that cufflink, and the final investigation result once again identified Dio as the suspect, because the police found the tailor who made suits for Dio.
At the same time, Joseph also saw Dio under the pretext of sending something to his girlfriend, and found that Dio had already changed into a new suit.
It should be known that Dio is a man with obsessive-compulsive disorder, and unless there is a special situation, Dio will change his entire outfit every three days.
According to the information provided by Joseph's girlfriend, Dio changed his outfit just yesterday, the day of the incident, and his clothes were not stained when he got off work, so Dio should not have changed his clothes today.
So the police decided to arrest Dio.
However, just as the police had completed the deployment around Dio's residence, the Joseph responsible for tracking Dio sent a message - Dio had disappeared!
Because Dio's financial company was located in the most prosperous area of London, the police decided to wait for Dio to get off work and go home before arresting him, so as to minimize the impact of the incident on innocent passers-by.
But to the police's surprise, Dio suddenly disappeared after getting off work.
Due to the relatively backward monitoring technology at the time, the police never saw Dio's figure again after that, but Dio was still committing crimes under the identity of the Blood Hand Print Killer, and what's more important is that since Dio already knew his identity was exposed, he became even more reckless in his crimes, sometimes leaving his own business card at the crime scene to provoke the police.
After reading the report in his hand, Liu Xing took out Dio's driver's license photo.
Sure enough, it was a handsome young man in his twenties with blond hair.
It's really Dio.
Liu Xing felt that he was already powerless to comment. He didn't expect the unscrupulous Cthulhu Role-Playing Game Hall to have put Dio in this module as well. But the plot of Dio's identity being discovered seems a bit off, why does it look more and more like a certain office worker who just wants to live a peaceful life?
As for that police officer Joseph, Liu Xing didn't need to look to know that he was from the Joestar family...
Now Liu Xing feels he has to consider a question, that is, if the Blood Hand Print Killer can stop time, then how should he fight...
In the end, Liu Xing came to a four-word conclusion in just three seconds - "Forget about it."
After all, I "Chris" am just an ordinary police officer, I don't have Hamon, and I don't have a Stand.
Jill, who was beside him, couldn't help but ask with concern, "Chris, are you okay?"
Liu Xing, who had regained his senses, forced a smile and said, "I'm fine, I just thought of some things."
Then Liu Xing couldn't help but contact KP Time, "KP, this module plot seems a bit off, will a NPC with a steak head suddenly appear from Island Nation High School, or a Dio illegitimate son who is in the Italian mafia?"
KP Time was silent for a moment, and said a little hesitantly, "Liu Xing, those two NPCs you just mentioned shouldn't be in this module..."
Liu Xing quickly caught the two words in KP Time's words - NPC, this.
That means the two people he just casually mentioned are real NPCs in this parallel world, they just won't appear in this module.
What kind of parallel world is this?
Liu Xing now can't help but recall a phrase used to summarize the Cthulhu RPG Game, which is the more you know, the more likely you are to go insane.
Liu Xing feels it's better not to think too much about it, just treat those familiar names as coincidences. After all, that Dio is at most just a Ghoul, it's impossible for it to have the high-end skill of time stop, after all, Great Old Ones like Cthulhu don't have that skill.
After calming down, Liu Xing began to review other investigation reports on Dio.
First, a latest investigation report from two months ago from the UK customs, which said that Dio may have boarded a ship to France under the alias of Joseph, because the Joseph whose identity was "borrowed" by Dio was the previous Joseph, and that Joseph had moved to the United States with his wife's job half a year ago.
And so far, there is no evidence that Dio has returned to the UK.
Seeing this, Liu Xing couldn't help but frown, because Dio is very likely not in the UK now, which means that the key to completing the second part of the main quest is when Dio will return to the UK.
Now Liu Xing really doesn't know where to find Dio, it seems he can only follow the plot of the module.
Picking up another report, Liu Xing found that this report was actually related to "his" parents, because "his" parents were the only victims of Dio's outdoor murder who were not had their hearts taken.
"Chris"'s parents, David and Jennifer, were ordinary police officers at the time who did not know Dio's true identity.
At that time, David and Jennifer were investigating a missing child case, and at the same time, less than a mile away, Dio had just killed a family of three and taken their hearts. Then, just as Dio was leaving the apartment, the elderly neighbor next door knocked on the door of that family of three, because the male head of the family had promised that old man the day before that he would come and help him repair the broken TV.
Then, the elderly man, who smelled the pungent bloody scent, decisively chose to call the police. At that time, the London police officer who did not know that Dio was the perpetrator notified the nearby police officers to go and check the situation.
So, David and Jennifer, who had just returned the missing child to the parents, went to the apartment, and ended up passing by Dio at an intersection.
Because Dio was wearing a trench coat, sunglasses, and a mask at the time, David and Jennifer noticed Dio immediately and realized that Dio might have a problem.
Then, when David and Jennifer passed by Dio, they could smell a faint bloody scent on Dio.
Therefore, the well-coordinated David and Jennifer immediately decided to act separately, with David starting to follow Dio, while Jennifer continued to the apartment to find eyewitnesses to confirm whether Dio had just come out of that apartment.
Ten minutes later, Jennifer learned from the doorman that Dio had entered the apartment an hour ago and left 15 minutes ago.
After confirming the timeline, Jennifer decisively requested backup from the headquarters and went to meet up with David to continue tracking Dio.
After another half an hour, David sent the final report to the headquarters - the suspect had returned to his home, the address being XX Street, Number XX.
Then, David and Jennifer, along with two patrolling officers they encountered, prepared to arrest Dio.
However, at that moment, Chief House, who was already a special police officer, arrived at the crime scene and immediately confirmed that Dio was the murderer. Chief House then tried to contact David and Jennifer to abandon the arrest operation, but by that time, David and the others had already been killed by Dio in the stairwell.
When Chief House and other special police officers arrived at the address reported by David, in addition to finding the deceased David and others, they also found a strange photograph. The background of the photograph seemed to be a somewhat dilapidated cemetery, and in addition to the 11- or 12-year-old Dio, there were two boys of the same age as Dio.
Most importantly, Dio was holding a blood-colored Ghoul statue in his hand!
The London police then began to thoroughly investigate this photograph, and eventually found that the other two boys in the photograph were Locke and Tim, who were Dio's childhood friends, and they had a very good relationship, often playing together.
However, Tim had passed away a few years earlier due to a car accident, and the so-called "Dio's home" reported by David was actually Tim's house.
So the London police could only question Locke for information.
Since Locke had immigrated to France after graduating from university, the London police had to put in a lot of effort to find Locke, and according to Locke's recollection, Liu Xing finally learned why Dio had become a Ghoul.
It was on the third day after Dio's elementary school graduation. Because they had just watched a horror movie, Dio and his three friends decided to go to a nearby cemetery to test their bravery.
When Dio and his friends arrived at the cemetery gate, they saw a Chinese man of about 20 years old pacing back and forth.
After some questioning, Dio and his friends learned that the man's name was Ithaqua, and he had immigrated from China to England a month earlier to inherit his grandfather's property. Today, he was planning to visit his grandfather's grave, but the translator he had arranged could not come, and Ithaqua, whose English was not good, was hesitating whether to come back another day to pay his respects.
Naturally, the enthusiastic Dio and his friends volunteered to help Ithaqua find his grandfather's grave, as they were there to test their bravery anyway.
So, Dio and his friends led Ithaqua around the cemetery, and finally found Ithaqua's grandfather's grave in a corner of the cemetery.
At the same time, Ithaqua also learned about the purpose of Dio and his friends' visit.
After completing the rites, Ithaqua, as a way of thanking Dio and his friends, gave them a Ghoul statue, a gold-plated pen, and 100 pounds.
In the end, Dio chose the Ghoul statue, Locke took the gold-plated pen, and Tim received the 100 pounds.
After the three friends divided the items, Ithaqua also took a Polaroid photograph of Dio and the others, and this photograph belonged to Tim, as he was going to study in another city for middle school.
Seeing this, Liu Xing finally understood the connection between this module and Ithaqua, the Yis People. It turns out that Dio became the Blood Hand Print Killer because of Ithaqua, the Yis People.
But the most important thing is that Ithaqua, the Yis People, should have met the young Dio under the identity of "Liu Xing".
However, the future Chris did not have any hostility towards "Liu Xing", which means that at this point in time, Ithaqua, the Yis People, should not have met with Chris.
This also means that this module actually has two intersecting plot lines, and the intersection point should be Dio.
So the plot line that Liu Xing is currently in should be the "fake" plot line, and he can only enter the "true" plot line by investigating Dio, and then have the opportunity to deal with Ithaqua, the Yis People!
It seems that this module is really interesting.
Liu Xing picked up the last report on Dio, and found that it was actually about Dio's family's medical history.
It turned out that Dio's parents' family had a very serious hereditary history of heart disease, so many of Dio's relatives had died of various heart diseases. Dio had originally planned to study medicine in university, but due to the death of his mother from heart disease during the exam period, which affected Dio's state, Dio was unable to enter the medical school. Moreover, during his university years, Dio's father also passed away from heart disease.
Therefore, according to the information provided by several of Dio's ex-girlfriends, Dio had accumulated a large amount of medication related to heart disease at home, even though Dio himself had not been diagnosed with heart disease at the time, and Dio would constantly take the medication.
This might be the reason why Dio would take or even eat the victims' hearts.