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Chapter 258 - 181: The Origin of the Beheader, New Case (First Order Bonus 5, Asking for Monthly Tickets)_2

Chapter 258: Chapter 181: The Origin of the Beheader, New Case (First Order Bonus 5, Asking for Monthly Tickets)_2

The opponent was indeed a Mutant Beast that resembled a dog.

This allowed him to breathe a sigh of relief.

It meant that Mutant Beasts were not easily tamed unless they had an emotional foundation with their owner. Plus, with the dog being domesticated over many years and naturally close to humans, it was possible to form a one-to-one bond between a person and a Mutant Beast.

However, he couldn’t understand why the Greyhound had transformed into a poisonous dog with such a bizarre form.

In Brian’s previous life, the Greyhound was actually referred to as a ’Delicate Dog’—the type with a long snout and a tall, slender body with long legs.

These animals were hunters, known for their incredible speed and ability to dynamically spot prey originating from the Middle East with strong athletic abilities.

Normally, even if mutated, the beast should have transformed into something speed-based.

Unless its innermost desire was to digest flesh quickly... only then would it have turned into that disgusting monster under the radiance of the Blood Moon.

..

Nothing else was going on.

Brian straightforwardly began to search for key information about the hotel.

In the process, he found many tourism posts self-recommending "Franz and Blanco’s Home" hotel, especially praising the Greyhound named Blanco.

However, Brian noticed that similar posts stopped appearing around five years ago.

This meant that tourists hadn’t mentioned ’Franz and Blanco’s Home’ in the last five years.

Following the trail of comments,

Brian finally learned the reason from a netizen’s comment.

It turned out that the hotel ’Franz and Blanco’s Home,’ which had only been open for a year, changed hands after Franz tried to turn over a new leaf, fell in love, got married, and then his wife cheated on him and divorced him.

According to the court’s decision, the hotel ended up with his wife and her lover.

The hotel’s name was also changed.

This marriage devastated Franz.

It was a major blow both mentally and economically.

Since then, no one had seen Franz again.

Following this information, Brian found some details about Franz’s ex-wife in the database.

There were also two related police reports.

One was filed by Franz’s ex-wife, who claimed that after the divorce, Franz constantly appeared outside "her hotel" with the dog, glaring at her and her new lover as if he wanted to devour them.

The local patrol likely sympathized with Franz’s unfortunate situation and merely issued him a warning.

This was understandable.

It had been recorded that in this region, female-owned independent houses exceeded the number owned by males, mainly due to divorces.

For instance, Franz’s ex-wife’s ’hotel’ was actually Franz and the dog’s home.

Such phenomena were not rare and had been increasing over the years.

There were mostly sympathizers for such unlucky individuals.

The second police report concerned a missing person case.

Franz’s ex-wife and her lover had disappeared.

Local police had suspected Franz, but by then he had become a homeless person.

The police found some traces in Franz’s meager makeshift shelter, but they didn’t find the bodies of the missing duo, nor any conclusive evidence. Eventually, the case was dropped, and Franz was released without charges.

Looking at the second police report, an idea suddenly struck Brian: Could it be that Franz and his dog had eaten his ex-wife and her lover?

If that were true...

Many things would start to make sense.

It’s possible that afterwards, Franz might also have Awakened some weird ability, leading his dog astray as well.

Brian suspected that Franz might have been a Mutant, dying in such a pitiful way, his head blown apart by a gunshot before showing any signs of his powers.

...

At noon,

Brian went out for a meal with Susan and Shi San.

Returning to the office building,

Ivan and his team had just brought back a sneaky-looking guy.

Susan curiously asked, "Ivan, is this the criminal from your case?"

Previously, while Brian investigated a homicide case involving an online dating victim, Ivan had taken over a case where a family of five was annihilated in the suburbs.

The person who reported the crime was the mother of the female victim.

Ivan nodded, gesturing for Green and Glenn to bring the man into the interrogation room before speaking somewhat irritably:

"This guy is the husband’s brother, who likes gambling and even borrowed money from the mafia at high interest rates. To repay, this bastard planned to steal money from his brother’s house."

He had been unexpectedly discovered by his brother who suddenly returned.

During the argument, in a moment of impulse, he picked up a dinner knife and killed his unprepared brother. Afterwards, he simply waited in his brother’s house, killed his brother’s wife, and three children, and staged the scene as a robbery.

We identified him through an investigation of the deceased’s social connections and noticed unusual financial activities of the younger brother."

Creak!

Upon hearing Ivan’s description, Susan’s fists crackled.

She gritted her teeth and declared, "What an inhumane bastard!"

Having said that,

Susan clenched her fist and charged into the interrogation room.

The next moment,

the man’s screams and pleas echoed through the entire floor.

Ivan and Brian exchanged glances.

Ivan smiled, "Team Leader Susan certainly is straightforward."

Brian shrugged, "Susan indeed has a good temperament, mate. Just make sure to let that guy know what he should and should not say. Oh, and you can let Green handle it—he still needs some growth."

"Leave it to me!"

Ivan touched his ruggedly handsome beard, speaking confidently.

...

Past two in the afternoon,

Susan finally emerged from the interrogation room, satisfied. She snatched Shi San, who was playing a card game with Brian, and returned to her office.

Brian was infuriated by such blatant sexual harassment and repeated acts of corporate bullying under the guise of authority by a female superior.

But with no choice, as the superior out-ranked him and was also his partner,

Brian could only seek out Old Hardenn, "Buddy, got any new cases? I’m really free right now."

Old Hardenn, without looking up and skillfully typing on the keyboard, finally opened a familiar cheating interface and typed in a string of code.

After watching the video game characters automatically explode and attack enemy units, Old Hardenn satisfiedly picked up his coffee and looked at Brian, "Want a new case? No problem, I’ll just give a nod to the reporting center."

Brian scornfully watched Old Hardenn, "Playing games with cheats, tsk tsk tsk..."

Old Hardenn proudly responded, "Without cheats, how would those players being crushed know to improve? And if they don’t improve, how would they buy my cheats? This is business!"

"Pah!"

Brian spat in disgust at Old Hardenn and turned to leave.

He couldn’t stand Hardenn’s cheating approach.

Unlike him, he never cheated!

That was his integrity!

...

Past four in the afternoon, nearing the end of the day,

Old Hardenn finally received a new case.

He stretched lazily, put down the telephone handset, and walked up to Brian, "A new case just came in. A couple was shot dead in their own villa. The person who reported it was a newspaper boy. It sounds like the couple was quite prestigious."

"Finally, a new case."

Brian noted the address and knocked on Susan’s office door, "Team Leader, there’s a new case. I plan to take employee Shi San with me to investigate the scene."

"Shi San is not available!"

Susan didn’t even let Brian in, "I’ve noticed that employee Shi San is somewhat malnourished. I plan to take him back and nourish him well. You take Green to the scene."

Brian:..

So with Shi San around, they didn’t need him anymore.

...

Green was actually quite pleased.

He was really worried that after Susan came back, Boss Brian wouldn’t take him anymore.

After wiping the blood remains on his hands following a friendly interaction with a criminal, Green cheerfully drove the crime scene investigation vehicle with Brian to the crime scene.

Assistant Tom was still handling the rotten and dismembered bodies of a family of five from a massacre case and couldn’t spare the time.

Half an hour later,

the two arrived at the villa in the community mentioned in the address.

Standing outside the villa gate, Brian looked at the strange sculpture and made a strange expression.

He had been here a few years ago.