Secret: The undead do not die in the fire

Chapter 54 She Must Make a Choice
"so."

On the return carriage, Borgia was silent for a long time and asked, "Are we going to investigate this Capin next?"

"Investigate it."

Al nodded, but soon shook his head, "It's just that even if we investigate, we probably won't find any clues."

Kapin is undoubtedly a scumbag.

If these victims were trafficked, Kapin would undoubtedly be the most likely suspect.

But the serial murder case they dealt with this time was clearly in the style of Blood Cult or the School of the Rose.

An investigation is definitely necessary, but the possibility of finding any clues is very small.

"Since we know he's a criminal, can't we arrest him?"

Ember suddenly asked.

"As much as I want to bring this scumbag to justice, unfortunately I can't."

Al's face darkened, and he said slowly, "Even if we are night watchers, we must act according to the law. Even if we arrest people, we can only arrest criminal suspects. But unfortunately, even if everyone knows that Kapin is a criminal, you can never arrest him as long as you don't have evidence."

"Even if you arrest him, he can easily get away with it with the help of a lawyer."

Kapin was undoubtedly a rather clever criminal.

The reason why no one has been able to catch him for such a long time is because Kapin acted carefully and cautiously enough.

Backlund has a population of five million, and 30% of them are concentrated in the East District.

It was the most chaotic place in all of Backlund, and also the place where the police force was the most lax.

This also resulted in more than 90% of the crimes in Backlund coming from the East District.

Most of these crimes are ordinary crimes and have nothing to do with extraordinary powers.

Official Beyonders have no law enforcement power for cases like these; these are all handled by the Police Department.

Although in theory, the police are supposed to fight crime, in reality Backlund's police rarely enforce the law in the East District.

In the East District, there have even been cases where someone killed someone in front of the police and the police pretended to turn a blind eye.

Because for them, it is the disorder and chaos in the East District that creates the "order" in other districts.

Capin's cleverness lies in the fact that he only commits crimes in the East District.

In this way, even if others know that he is a criminal, they can't do anything to him.

Firstly, there was no evidence, and secondly, the police were unwilling to offend this wealthy man who had connections with the higher-ups.

"No need to guess."

Simon's hoarse voice rang in the ears of several people, "I think I probably know what they have in common."

"what?"

Al was stunned and asked subconsciously.

"Eve used to be just like Cathy."

"What's the same?"

Al was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted.

The investigation just now was not without results.

At least they had learned that Cathy had indeed had to sell her body to make a living.

And as Simon said...

"in the end……"

Al wanted to find out what was going on.

But when he saw Simon's gloomy face, he finally chose to remain silent.

"Feel sorry."

"You don't need to apologize." Simon took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "It's not shameful. Before becoming a Nighthawk, Eve's life was very difficult. Her father abandoned his wife and children to go to Bailang when she was still young. Her mother raised the four siblings."

"After her mother died of illness due to overwork, her family lost all their sources of income. In order to fill her stomach and to support her younger sister and two brothers, she had no choice but to go out to work."

"So, she went to work as a maid in a baron's house."

"But the meager salary is still not enough to support the four siblings."

"Her sister was the first to die of starvation, followed by her youngest brother."

"Of the three younger siblings, only one survived."

Simon raised his head, revealing red eyes.

"But in order not to lose this job and to prevent her last brother from starving to death, she had no choice but to endure it."

"But that damn guy, he actually claimed that Eve seduced him!"

"The blind baron kicked Eve out and even complained to the Servants' Association. As a result, she was kicked out and no one would hire her again. She would no longer receive the salary that was meager but enough to support her and her brother."

"In order to survive, she had no choice but to sell her body after being fired."

"You know what? Eve even thought that if she had not been a maid in the beginning, but had directly sold herself, perhaps her brothers and sisters would not have to die. Isn't it ridiculous?"

Simon's smile turned a little cold, and he gritted his teeth and said, "But she has clearly cut off all ties with the past, and she clearly has a bright future! But why, why at this time! Bang!"

Simon punched the wall of the carriage, punching it through and startling passers-by.

However, the atmosphere in the carriage seemed a little heavy. Luo Luota covered her chest lightly, feeling an inexplicable pain in her heart.

Eve is only 19 years old this year!

Kololota and Eve have always had a close relationship. Eve once said that her mother died when she was ten years old.

What did she go through in the past five years?
"If so, can we use this to identify the victim in advance?"

Seeing that the atmosphere was getting a little tense, Yu Jin changed the subject.

"It's hard."

Al lowered his head in silence, but Borgia whispered.

"why?"

Ember was puzzled.

"Do you know how many people there are in Backlund?"

Al asked back, and before Ember could answer, he took the initiative to say, "A full five million."

"Nearly half of the five million people are women, that's two and a half million."

"And in Backlund, at least one-sixth of the women have worked in this kind of profession."

"That is to say, the murderer's potential targets are at least 400,000 people!"

“Is this a bit…”

This was the first time that Luo Luota heard such an argument. She opened her mouth but no sound came out.

"exaggerate?"

Simon laughed at himself. His smile was pale and cold, and contained a hint of disgust for this world. "But this is reality. This is the capital of the Kingdom of Loen, Backlund."

"As one writer said, if a woman lost her job as a maid, she had to choose between selling her body or starving to death."

The atmosphere in the car fell into silence and stillness again.

The only thing they know now is that the victims once had to sell their bodies in order to survive, but now they all have legitimate jobs, and they are all quite decent jobs.

This can indeed narrow the scope of suspects a little, but it only reduces it from 400,000 to 100,000.

It is easy to imagine how difficult it is to find the victims among these 100,000 people.

There is no doubt that the case has reached a stalemate again.

(End of this chapter)