Chapter 506: The Other Side of the Ocean

Duanmuhuai now finally understands why the detectives in movies, video games and animations look like salted fish.

The reason is very simple, that is…………

Really idle ah ah ah ah ah! ! !

At this moment, Duanmuhuai is leaning on the chair, watching the horse racing on TV in front of him, drinking Coke—well, he feels that he has more and more potential to evolve into the direction of a confused detective who likes to button his hat randomly .

Why is this so?

Duanmuhuai couldn't figure it out, the reason why he changed the first floor into an antique shop was to attract customers. After all, if someone really needs to buy something to exorcise evil spirits, then they must have similar distress. At that time, as long as Lorena introduces it smoothly, won't the customer come to the door?

Wouldn't it be wonderful to kill two birds with one fish?

As a result... According to Lorena's report, although the business of the antique shop below is not booming, it can be considered in the past. Most of the customers who come here will buy some items for exorcising evil spirits or town houses, and even a few People bought weapons to slay demons, but why didn't anyone come to find them?

Obviously spent a lot of money to advertise on TV and newspapers, is this all in vain?

"...So that's it, is there anything you can do to pass the time?"

So there was no way, Duanmuhuai could only call Anthony in the end to see if there was any official case.

After hearing Duanmu Huai's complaints, Anthony was also speechless.

"So you're saying, you feel like you're free and want something to do?"

"That's right. Originally, I thought about opening a detective agency. There must be a lot of cases, but it turned out to be so idle... It's really boring. If there is anything you can't handle, why don't you just introduce it to me?" Sample?"

While stroking the black cat and white rabbit in his arms, Duanmuhuai complained.

"That's what I said, but I don't have so many cases here..."

Hearing Duanmuhuai's request, Anthony also rolled his eyes speechlessly. If this is an ordinary police job, various crimes will definitely be indispensable every day. But how can such U-level cases be so frequent? If there is one case every day, doesn't that mean that there are people who want to destroy the world every day?

This is not the time to go to the police, it is more reliable to go to Altman.

but……………

"There is a case that is indeed troublesome, but in other countries... have you heard of Jack the Ripper?"

"Oh? I've heard of it."

Hearing this, Duanmu Huai immediately cheered up.

"Actually, there are currently a series of serial murders in Wudu. It is initially judged to be a U-level case, but it is difficult to detect. I heard that several investigators there have died... Since you like it so much Looking for trouble, how about I give you a Kaifeng letter of introduction, where do you go?"

The U-level cases in this world basically belong to the global sharing of intelligence, similar to the Interpol in the movie. After all, this kind of case is not like ordinary arms smuggling and drug trafficking. If things like believers are successful, then basically the whole world will be unlucky.

So in this case, this kind of transnational action is easier.

After all, saving the world comes first.

Of course, ordinary players don't have this kind of capital, after all... Going abroad is very expensive. If you roll the dice badly at the beginning, you may still be thinking about where to beg for food at the moment. How could you be in the mood to go abroad to conduct research and search?

"No problem, leave it to me."

In the game, Duanmuhuai's dice were not bad at the beginning, which means he was at the level of the middle class, so he mainly ran in the country at that time, but it is different now, the master is a rich second generation, rich and willful! What's wrong with going abroad? Going abroad is also a joke! Hey, just play!

Moreover, I have more experience in missions abroad, maybe after this mission is completed, I can be promoted to C rank... Well, this is probably impossible.

Forget it, it depends.

Duanmuhuai wanted to act vigorously, and after getting the letter of introduction and a copy of the file from Anthony, he also immediately started to act.

Going to Fog City is not an easy task, after all, you must first go to the East Coast and then across the Atlantic Ocean. For ordinary people, this may not be a problem, but for Duanmu Huai, this is a big problem... The reason is very simple, with his body size, what kind of transportation is better?

But fortunately, the problems that can be solved with money these days are not problems. Soon, Duanmu Huai settled the matter of going to Wudu through his own channel.

First, he will take the "Pacific Railway" train from Arkham to the West Coast, and then take the airship "Full Moon and Stars" from there to the city of fog.

There is no other way to choose these two means of transportation. The space of the train is small, but fortunately there are VIP carriages. As long as Duanmuhuai pays enough money, he can enjoy a carriage all to himself. Although the speed of the train is not fast, the scenery for three days and four nights is still worth seeing.

And the reasons for choosing an airship over an airplane or a cruise ship are even more obvious.

The plane Duanmuhuai definitely can’t fit in, he can only sit in the cargo hold if he wants to sit, as for the cruise ship—just kidding, in a world with Cthulhu, you want to take a boat on the sea?

Courage is commendable, courage is commendable.

In this way, the airship is a good choice.

Its speed is slower than an airplane, but faster than a ship, and it has a relatively large space, allowing Duanmuhuai to roll comfortably in it. The important thing is that the airship is a toy for the rich, which also ensures that there will not be too many guests, and it is relatively clean and comfortable.

Of course, the most important point is that the plane does not allow pets, while the airship can...

So after taking care of everything, Duanmu Huai took Lorena, Ling Nu and Tutu on the train to the west coast, and he left the maid to take care of the house and take care of the business of the antique shop—after all, she was sold. All that goes is money, and all that comes back is soul, not one of them is missing.

It has to be said that having money is good. Although he paid several times more money than ordinary sleepers, Duanmu Huai got a separate luxurious compartment, which was divided into two compartments, the guest compartment was located near the door, and the rest The lower part was all given to the master bedroom -- well, although the space is not big, it is enough for Duanmuhuai to roll around.

In addition, the service in the car itself is naturally the best. They can call to order food directly, and the waiter will personally deliver their meals to the car. This is also a point that Duanmuhuai likes very much, otherwise, if he has to squeeze the dining car with his body, it will really kill him.

After the train departed, Duanmuhuai lay on the bed, then opened the copy of the case file faxed by Anthony, and read it carefully.

Fog.

The history of this world is similar to Duanmuhuai's world, but there are also differences. For example, although this world is relatively advanced in science, it has a bit of steampunk-like fun. The same is true for the Fog City. He once saw players describe the scene there on the forum. According to those players, due to the large-scale industrial development, the entire island country was shrouded in smog. They can't even see the real color of the sky. In that country, if you look up, you will always see dark gray clouds. Only a few times, people can occasionally peek into a ray of sunshine and sky from the gaps in the dark clouds.

That's definitely not healthy from a quality of life standpoint. But if it is to experience the atmosphere, there is no better place than there.

After all, the classic plot of a detective movie is that a detective wearing a trench coat walks on a dark cloud-covered street, experiencing the fun of Sherlock Holmes under the mist...

Ok, off topic, back on track.

The Jack the Ripper mentioned by Anthony is naturally impossible to be Jack the Ripper. He just used this name to name the case. Of course, this name was not chosen randomly. According to the report in the case file, since Since the beginning of the previous year, homicides have occurred continuously in the fog city, and the time of occurrence is basically in the middle of the night. The dead were all young girls. According to the forensic examination, these people were all killed on the spot by some kind of sharp steel weapon.

At first, the police dispatched a large number of police forces to search, but there were no clues. Then several investigators and detectives volunteered to investigate, but the result was basically that no one was alive or dead.

Obviously, this case has gone beyond the scope of the Wudu police, so they also sent a message to the brother agencies in other countries, asking them to help themselves --- after all, this is not an ordinary criminal case, and it is not shameful to lose .

Or if you really lose, then everyone will die together if you die.

Generally speaking, such transnational cases are not easy to handle. If Duanmuhuai hadn't called Anthony to express that he was bored, Anthony would not have thought of it.

"Um…………………"

Duanmu Huai opened the file and looked at the photos and information on it. Indeed, it is no wonder that it is called Jack the Ripper, because the victims are all women, and they are all disemboweled.

It's just that unlike the Jack the Ripper in history, almost all the victims this time were very ordinary girls, not the kind of street girls. And according to forensic identification, they were not harmed during their lifetime...

But... why?

Looking at the photos of the murder scene, Duanmuhuai also looked puzzled. If it was done by cultists, then there should be some evil circles or spells nearby, but there is nothing here, which does not seem to be cultists, or are these people killing girls, Is it to obtain some kind of spell-casting material from their bodies?

Hehe, could it be the evil cultivator who stole the girl's Yin Yuan?

This style of painting is not right......

Forget it, we will know the situation when the time comes.

Thinking of this, Duanmu Huai yawned, packed up the documents, and then fell asleep slowly on the soft bed listening to the "cracking" sound of the train.

Soon, the night passed.

"Boom boom boom, boom boom boom."

After an unknown amount of time, there was a knock on the door, interrupting Duanmuhuai's dream. He frowned and turned on the desk lamp next to him.

"come in."

"Sorry to interrupt, Mr. Knight."

Hearing Duanmu Huai's words, Lorena also walked in.

"What's the matter? What happened? It's only... three o'clock."

Duanmu Huai glanced at his watch, it was still early.

"It's like this. The policeman on the train came just now and wanted to ask us something."

"Ask? Ask what? What's the matter?"

"It seems... I heard that someone was killed on the train."

“……………………???”