Lord of Mysteries: Taiyi

Chapter 149 The Rat in the Belly

Bridge District, Kerner Mediation Office, 47 Truffle Street.

Kurt and Hans learned about the situation and said that they had determined the murderer was somewhere in the dock area, but the perpetrator had certain countermeasures, making it impossible to pinpoint the exact location. Therefore, Leah and Kurt needed to go and investigate, and in the process, apprehend the murderer.

It's worth mentioning that the rabid dog has been caught. It was indeed drugged; a special drug caused the dog to mutate and become aggressive towards people. Its teeth contained toxins that could also infect humans with the disease, and it was contagious.

The initial assessment is that the other party's purpose is to create an epidemic.

Because the situation could escalate to a serious degree, the Night Watchers and members of the other three major churches will carefully examine these morbid dogs, while the task of dealing with their owners will be left to Kurt.

The night watchmen were indeed very efficient; they had already uncovered so much in just over a day.

Moreover, the area has been narrowed down to the dock area, which makes Kurt's job much easier. With the profiling skill and the passive ability to detect anomalies, Kurt can easily find and reconstruct the traces of those dogs, thus tracing the source.

Finally, Kurt asked for some of the sick dog's fur, then took Leah and left the bridge area, heading directly to the nearby dock area.

Since Kurt often passed through this area when collecting materials, he was quite familiar with it.

Leah obediently followed Kurt, and only after they officially entered the dock area did she ask, "Kurt, what should we do?"

"I can just use the Source Castle's divination function to find his residence, then kill him or capture him," Kurt thought to himself, but asked aloud, "What do you think?"

Leah subconsciously touched the gun holster under her arm and said, "If this is the source, there will definitely be some clues left behind. The Lawyer's Potion has enhanced my ability to find these clues. They can also be considered a kind of disorder—for example, similar hair, toxic saliva, etc. Then, relying on your extraordinary abilities, we can trace back to find the murderer."

"Then, depending on the situation, request reinforcements or make a direct arrest. If the target resists, they can be executed on the spot—wait, Kurt, is there something wrong with what I said? Why are you closing your eyes?"

Kurt then slowly opened his eyes and smiled, "I'm analyzing where to begin your plan."

He had found the man's residence and concluded that the trip was not too dangerous. With some doubts, Leah headed to the nearest alley and began to investigate.

Having determined the general area where the killer was, Kurt deliberately chose several alleys. Just an hour later, he discovered some unusual chunks of meat piled up in a corner of an alley. Kurt walked over to the suspicious pile of meat.

They were covered in many fleshy bumps, much like the lumps that grow on the mouths of sick dogs—Kut used a direct description here, closing his eyes and channeling his spiritual energy to "see" that the sick dog had passed by here two hours earlier, then, as if it were itchy, rubbed its mouth against the wall, making its mouth unrecognizable, and then these fleshy bumps fell off—

The direction they were heading was different from the direction the killer lived in—it was likely newly created. Kurt frowned slightly, pulled out a card, which instantly softened into the nature of cloth. He gently collected a fleshy lump, wrapped it up, and said to Leah, "The owner of these fragments passed through here two hours ago. Let's follow them and see what happens, but don't let it harm civilians."

Leah nodded nervously and followed behind Kurt, who was using a divination staff to find his way.

Following the direction indicated by the staff, Kurt led Lydia through a maze of turns, and after about two hours they came to a warehouse. There, they saw a hole in the wall, and the staff had pointed them to this warehouse.

Looking at the damaged opening, Leah hesitated and asked, "Kut, should we go in?"

Kut nodded, then pondered how to get in. Just as he was about to use an invisibility potion, Leah added, "I have an inspector's rank and a police ID, so I have the authority to search. They should let us in."

Seeing the ID card that Leah took out, Kurt took it, examined it, and then suddenly a similar one appeared in his hand. It was a fake police ID card made by adding details and changing the light, and it looked no different from the real one.

Leah looked it over and, after confirming there were no problems, said, "It looks just like the real thing. What an amazing ability! That should be fine now! Let's go."

Kut nodded, and as he walked, he used his sterling silver pendant to assess the risk. After confirming that there was no risk, he went directly to the entrance of the warehouse, which was guarded by only two people.

The ships carrying these goods probably hadn't arrived at the port yet, so there weren't many dockworkers around. Therefore, Kurt and Lydia's approach was quite noticeable. The guards, seeing their fine attire, became more serious than before, setting aside their defensive batons. A burly, bearded man asked with some suspicion, "Gentlemen, is there something you need? If not, please don't come any closer. I'm very sorry."

He tried very hard to act like a gentleman, but he clearly failed and looked a little ridiculous.

Of course, Kurt didn't care and went straight to the point, producing a fake police ID. Before the other person could react, he said, "There are dogs carrying dangerous diseases in the warehouse. Please cooperate with the investigation."

Leah also took out her police ID at the right time, but the person on the other end seemed not to be able to read.

Seeing his companion approach, the bearded man forced himself to ask, "Are these documents fake—"

His question abruptly ended as he saw Leah draw her sidearm—

He then changed his tune, saying, "Okay, we'll open the door right away. Inside are just some cheap fish being transported from Backlund to northern Loen, and Will is inside counting the goods. You can go find him—"

Leah asked with some concern, "How long has he been inside?"

As the bearded man and another young man opened the warehouse door, they said, "It's been about half an hour. There's a lot of goods—"

Kurt remained silent until the warehouse door opened, then said directly to Leah, "You stay here and keep watch, I'll go in and take a look."

Clenching his cane, Kurt walked straight into the dark warehouse, where a faint smell of human blood mingled with the fishy odor, barely perceptible to the average person.

He quickly followed the scent to its source: a man's mangled corpse! The hunting dog was attached to the body, its head buried in the open esophagus, its chest forming a bizarre bulge.

The man's belly was almost glued to the dog's belly, and his entire abdominal cavity was throbbing slightly as if it were pregnant with something.

Kurt could see countless eyes through the dog's rather transparent belly! It was a swarm of rats!

This is definitely different from the previous hound, which only had rabies and toxins!