"I don’t dare, young master. I see the weather doesn’t look good; it seems like a storm is coming." The butler said respectfully with his head lowered.
Indeed, the sky that had been sunny just monts ago had already turned overcast, with signs indicating a storm was approaching.
Christian looked out the window, then glanced at the butler, "Do you know what the most important thing about going out to play is?"
The butler raised his head sowhat bewildered.
"It’s going out!" Christian said coldly, "Imdiately, prepare the carriage!"
Feeling Christian’s displeasure, the butler bent even lower, "Young master, please wait, I’ll prepare it right away."
Outside, the rain poured down, a luxurious carriage drawn by six fine horses arrived at the door, all pure white, identical and majestic. The carriage was adorned with dragon and phoenix carvings as if made of pure gold. The butler got out, opened an umbrella, and jogged over to Christian, "Young master, where would you like to go?"
Christian’s expression slightly changed, where to go?
That Gemini guy didn’t even leave an address, not a bit of sincerity!
"Just go out, find a decent coffee house." Christian said calmly.
The sky flashed brightly, a bolt of lightning struck a tree in the yard, setting it instantly on fire, followed closely by rolling thunder. Christian glanced at it, "It’ll be out soon, let’s go."
The butler hesitated to speak but had no choice but to hold up the umbrella to escort Christian onto the carriage, then closed the umbrella and drove the carriage, "Young master, what kind of coffee would you like?"
"Go, just go out first!" ca Christian’s slightly impatient voice from inside the carriage, but still very determined. All sorts of obstacles made him quite displeased.
Helplessly, the butler shook the reins in his hands, and the six fine horses moved in unison toward the estate’s gates. The rain poured down, lightning cracked, the carriage... had no wheels, underneath was a mass of black aura.
As the carriage reached the estate’s gate, the gate opened, outside was endless darkness. A strange sense of unease arose in Christian, the carriage seed to slow down, but this could not stop Christian, he wanted to go out to find a decent coffee house, Gemini didn’t seem to be soone with taste.
The carriage drove into the darkness...
In the next second, the carriage erged from the darkness again, the carriage body covered in mud, returned to the villa door of the estate, a wretched looking butler quickly got out, raised the umbrella, Christian glanced at the increasingly exaggerated torrential wind and rain outside, raised his head and got off the carriage, "Next ti they call , just refuse."
"Yes, young master." The butler kept his head down to hide his expression, holding the umbrella high...
Li Xin, who got up early, finished the breakfast Aunt Fei prepared, Aunt Fei was diligent and had gone to work already. From the richness and exquisiteness of the breakfast, it seed Aunt Fei was still in high spirits, after all, after all these years, Aunt Fei’s mood could be directly assessed from the food.
After changing clothes, tidying his hair in the mirror, dabbed a bit of water and patted the hair tips, collars lifted, revealing the badge of the Night Patrol, twisting his neck, wow, could not be more perfect.
Li Xin hailed a carriage to the Shadow Owl base of the Night Patrol, alright, seeing ng Po at peace by the entrance, his energy was halved.
"Sister ng, morning, is the captain in?"
"The captain is not in, but Tang Yinxiao is here." ng Po smiled and pointed inside, then quietly said, "It seems Tang Yinxiao is not in a good mood either, be mindful."
Li Xin nodded, he wasn’t new to the workplace, he’d seen worse. Despite Tang Yinxiao’s coolness, she was actually decent, people with such personalities are often less likely to backstab others.
A few Copper Owls were nowhere in sight, unsure if they were on a mission or playing hooky, it seed that as deputy captain he didn’t carry much presence, felt unreliable to collect salary like this, maybe the Night Patrol was testing him, or maybe he should just find a case from the backlog.
Li Xin, heading towards the records room, ran into Tang Yinxiao approaching. Tang Yinxiao at this mont was no longer the pitiful figure lying in bed but a cold as ice, though cold, yet still a stunning girl, with clear, clean almond eyes that naturally invoked a sense of innocence and charm, the coldness rely a ans to avoid trouble.
"Morning, Tang Yinxiao, I am your colleague..." Li Xin wanted a formal introduction to close the distance.
"Morning." Tang Chendan glanced at Li Xin, before the sound faded, she had already passed by.
Li Xin touched his nose, shook his head, and walked to the records room. The foremost row as ng Po said was for recent resolutions, Li Xin pulled out a file, actually, it’s best to inform Jiang Wu, as per ng Po, specific responsible cases were all allocated by the captain, otherwise eting repetition with soone might be troubleso, definitely seen as provocations in the new unit, just wanted a word with Tang Yinxiao earlier.
With nothing else to do, Li Xin looked through the files, all districts’ cases were included, as small as missing cats... damn, did such trivial matters also fall to the Night Patrol? So idle?
Alright, Count’s Spirit Cat ssenger, with a photo, looked like it lived better, was more expensive than humans, Li Xin put the file back, then pulled out a thicker looking one.
At the top were several photos, victims appeared very gaunt, so even showed skeletal states, the cases’ locations included the Underground City, South and North cities, over a dozen cases in total, originally handled by different district Night Patrols, due to similarities were combined for Shadow Owl to deal.
Li Xin began to read the case files, the case in the Underground City was reported by relatives, Night Patrol conducted so investigations but without clear leads, left aside, South and North cities had reports from victim families, also employers of victims, so even by roadside beggars.
The victims of these cases had a common trait, their bodies were like dried corpses, as if sothing drained their blood, flesh, and soul, yet didn’t quite seem like the ans of the Fallen.
Li Xin continued poring over the files, nearing noon unknowingly, his stomach grumbled, Li Xin closed the files, pondered a bit, decided to eat first. Upon stepping out, he saw the captain’s office door open too, Jiang Wu was watering the flowers on the balcony, seeing Li Xin he smiled, "These few black mandalas are very delicate, stay mostly in the dark, only bask in the sun slightly at noon, their bloom is extraordinarily beautiful, very matching with our Shadow Owls’ temperant."
Jiang Wu admired while explaining to Li Xin, scrutinizing his work imnsely satisfied.
"Brother Jiang, I just saw a case in the records room, numbered F785, has anyone taken charge of that case?" Li Xin asked.
"Oh, 785 eh, no one has, why, are you interested?" Jiang Wu asked.
"If possible, I would like to take on the investigation of this case." Li Xin nodded.
"Brother, don’t say I didn’t warn you, such cases often unappreciated efforts, the higher-ups wouldn’t care, the lower not necessarily grateful, may even bring trouble." Jiang Wu said.
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