Mystery: The Undead Don't Die from Linking the Fire

Chapter 43 Demon Ritual

243 New Year Road, Hillston.

At the entrance stood a young man with messy brown hair, his face clearly filled with gloom.

"team leader."

The moment he saw Simon and Ash, a glimmer of hope seemed to appear on his previously gloomy face.

"Rayleigh."

Simon's voice was still hoarse. "Open the door."

Rayleigh silently agreed, grabbed the doorknob, and opened the door for the group.

Before they even entered the house, Yu Jin and the others smelled a strong stench of blood.

Through the open door, they could see what was inside the house.

A woman dressed in a brightly colored long dress was lying on the living room floor.

Blood spread from her abdomen outwards, staining her long dress and the ground, creating a terrifying scene resembling hell.

That was Eve, Eve Fisher, the Extraordinary One from Simon's team.

Yu Jin remembered her.

He had met her at the detective agency not long ago; he remembered her as a girl with delicate features and a faint smile.

But now, the girl named Eve has become a stiff corpse.

Her delicate face was contorted with pain, clearly indicating that she had suffered immense torment before her death.

She had a huge, bloody wound on her abdomen, but the abdominal cavity inside was empty.

Fresh blood had flowed all over the ground, congealed and stuck to the ground, but the internal organs had vanished without a trace.

"Lolota".

Simon's voice was still hoarse, but his eyes held a deep-seated hatred as he gritted his teeth and said, "I hope you can communicate with Eve's spirit and find the murderer who harmed her!"

In order to protect the scene, they did not touch anything or even collect Eve's body when Lolota, the real psychic, arrived, hoping to find Eve's killer through psychic communication!

"It's impossible."

Lolota stood silently beside Eve's body for a long while, her face turning bitter. "Her spirit has disappeared. Or rather, all the spirits that were originally here have disappeared, and the new spirits know nothing."

After receiving the acting method from the embers, she has been actively acting ever since she returned to Backlund.

Working during the day and acting at night, with no time to rest, he finally succeeded in becoming a Sequence 7 psychic.

At this stage, the "corpse collector" path will undergo a qualitative change.

A spiritualist can master various mystical rituals related to spirits and can communicate directly with natural spirits and wandering spirits in the real world.

That's exactly why Simon asked her for help.

However, even a skilled cook cannot make a meal without rice.

Even psychics.

Without the help of a spirit, she was powerless.

"Has the spirit disappeared?"

Simon and Al's expressions both darkened.

Although a night has passed, most of the spirit will surely dissipate.

But the remaining part can still give them some basic information.

But now Lolota says that the spirit has completely disappeared, which means that someone interfered beforehand!

The murderer knew someone would come to investigate, so he cleaned up the scene beforehand.

"Then we can only use the most traditional method."

"Borgia spoke up."

Simon closed his eyes in anguish, but his extensive experience still allowed him to begin analyzing the case.

"Although fortune tellers aren't good at fighting, Eve is already a Sequence 8 Joker. Even if she only recently advanced, she shouldn't be completely defenseless. But there are almost no signs of a struggle at the scene, which means that the person who killed her was at least a Sequence 7 or even a Sequence 6 Extraordinary!"

"What's the reason?"

Rayleigh, another member of Simon's squad and an Extraordinary, clenched his fist. "Why did the killer want to kill Eve?"

"The most common reasons for murder are revenge killings and crimes of passion."

El frowned and offered his guess, "Could it be revenge from some wild extraordinary being that they're tracking down?"

As official Extraordinary Beings, they inevitably offend some unofficial Extraordinary Beings.

Especially for members of extreme cults like the Aurora Society, this seems like something they would do.

Unfortunately, there are too few clues to make any deductions.

"There's another clue."

Lolota spoke slowly, "Although the smell was faint, there were scents of cloves and currants in the air, and the fact that the murderer had ripped out Eve's internal organs made it seem more like some kind of ritual."

"If it's a ritual,"

El's expression turned serious, and he said in a deep voice, "That's either the Blood Worship Cult or the Rose School!"

Backlund has many extraordinary individuals from ancient organizations.

Among these organizations, there are relatively harmless ones like the Dawn of Elements and the Brotherhood of Pure Light, as well as extreme terrorists like the Aurora Society who believe in a "true creator."

As for rituals, there are only the Blood Worshippers who worship demons and the Rose School who like blood sacrifices.

The Blood Worship Cult controls the 'criminal' sequence pathway, while the Rose School controls the 'prisoner' sequence pathway.

Just from the names of the potions, one can guess how high the crime rate is among those with these two sequence pathways.

Although the killer's identity is still unknown.

But at least we can initially narrow down the scope, and it is highly likely that the Blood Worship Cult or the Rose School was behind it.

To narrow down the search further, we need to find out why they are targeting Eve.

The most likely reason for a wild Extraordinary being to kill an official Extraordinary is still revenge killing.

Simon

"It would be best to start with those wild extraordinary individuals you've been investigating recently," El said in a deep voice. "We'll also help with the investigation."

"it is good."

Simon responded hoarsely, but made no further move, simply standing blankly in front of the corpse without uttering a word.

El fell silent until Borgia pulled him aside and gave him a look.

In the end, the four members of Al's team and Rayleigh all left the living room, leaving Simon alone.

Do you smoke?

El pulled out a pack of cigarettes from somewhere, silently took out a match, lit it, and asked.

"Give me one."

Borgia, who never smoked, spoke in a low voice.

Without hesitation, El tossed the cigarette over.

Simon and Eve are a couple.

Lolota glanced at Ember beside her and explained softly, "They had originally planned to get married next month, but now..."

As she spoke, Lolota's eyes dimmed.

Although they are both extraordinary beings, she and Eve are not even on the same team.

But as women, they share a very deep friendship.

They went shopping together the day before yesterday to celebrate her becoming a psychic.

Who would have thought that in just two days, things would turn out like this?

Yu Jin remained silent and didn't say anything more.

He had gathered some intelligence on his way here.

Eve was assigned to Simon's squad when she first joined the Night Watchers two years ago.

The team consists of three people: Simon, Reilly, and Eve, which is considered the standard configuration for Backlund's night watchmen.

A squad typically consists of three to four people, usually including two Night Watchers who are extraordinary and one support-class extraordinary. The support-class extraordinary is usually a corpse collector or a diviner.

This was the standard configuration for the El Squad before the arrival of the Embers.

Eve was promoted to Rank 8 'The Joker' half a month ago and is about to get married to Simon.

What should have been a bright future with success in both career and love has now turned into a cold corpse.

"There's nothing I can do."

Lolota closed her eyes in pain.

(End of this chapter)