451 Breaking Dawn (2/2)
As it turned out, even more things had happened outside of Jin City. There had been murders at Jiang Zhou City, Tian He, and Hai Zhou city as well.
The bodies of Baldy Liu and Lord Wu were also discovered at Jiang Bei.
Nearly all the victims were controversial men and women who were not afraid of risking a run-in with the law from time to time to get things done. Their unscrupulous methods and tremendous influence made their deaths carry even more weight than the deaths of an average Joe.
Many elites of the society were woken up by phone calls early in the morning.
The police officers in many cities dispatched their units to the crime scenes. After seeing the aftermath of the slaughter, they looked at each other in trepidation.
”These are all murder cases, and the perpetrator is the same person. He had used a sharp weapon, likely a sword or whatnot and decapitated these victims' heads. Director, did you see how sleek and smooth the wound was? The perpetrator must be a skilled swordmaster, worse, he could be an internal force user. These men and women seemed to have died simultaneously, meaning, the perpetrator must have killed multiple people in one attack.”
A veteran detective reported to his director.
The Director said nothing, his dark face was an anvil.
These victims were infamous tycoons of the city, adding in the possible involvement of Internal Force users, these cases were well above the local sheriff's pay grade. He wagered that he would even soon see faces from the higher-level governments in his office to take over these hot cases.
Even as the director ordered his men to cordon off the scene, he got a phone call from his colleague in the neighboring city.
”What? the same crime happened at the City of Clear Water? Baldy Liu is decapitated?”
”Xu Long was killed at Hai Zhou city?”
”Zhou Tianhao was found dead in his house at Chu Zhou City?”
The series of news had shocked everyone.
”Boss, how should we handle this?”
The voice of even the most seasoned detective started to become shaky. This was one of the most serious cases of violence in China. The death toll had reached five hundred, yet, the perpetrator was only one person.
In the detective's mind's eye, he saw a white robbed sword master who flew past many cities where heads rolled and blood were spilled.
He had killed these men and women with otherworldly methods that had left no trace of evidence behind. He then walked away from the bloody scene guilt-free as if these men and women hardly deserved to live in the first place, leaving the world to solve the impossible riddle.
He acted exactly like the sword-hero in poems and ballads.
Hands shaking, the Director ordered: ”Close off the area and return to your office. This is beyond our pay grade. I will report to the federal government and request the involvement of the Special Case Department.”
”Yes, sir. ”
Everyone nodded in relief.
They knew that this case was too big and too dangerous for them to take on.
More than five hundred people were either dead or injured in Jiang Bei. The news took the entire Jiang Nan Province by storm.
Many tycoons of Jiang Nan Province had to spend the following few nights constantly waking up by nightmares.
During the day, they tried all they could to get as many details about the incidents as they could.
Wu Zhou City, Su Family Residence…
Su Yanghao grunted after he was woken up by the phone. He picked up the phone and heard the voice of his son Su Zhengde on the other end.
”Dad, are you safe? The Song Family of Jin City were all killed last night, killed by fire and none of them survived. The family lords of the Hua Family, Ren Family, Gong Family, and sixteen other families were all killed around the same time.”
”What?”
The news awakened Su Yanghao as his eyes lit up with surprise and shock.
”The same thing happened across Jiang Bei. Over five hundred men and women were killed by now. Everyone is talking about the return of HIM.”
The last word rang like thunder in Su Yanghao's ears. His son kept on talking on the other end, but he could no longer hear anything as a name reverberated repeatedly in his mind.
”..HIM… HIM….”
”Chen Fan was back!”