In the eting room, Li Xin, ng Po, Lu Shuimo, and others were extrely furious. The brutal nature of the killer had aroused their murderous intent, but it was suppressed by the tropolitan. Each of them seed like a powder keg about to explode.
"Li Yinxiao, what does the tropolitan say? Does he know sothing?"
"How is the boss’s family doing, and why were we driven out?"
"Isn’t this causing delays? What if sothing happens at this mont?"
Li Xin raised his hand, signaling everyone to be quiet first, "A piece of bad news, Captain Jiang’s family also encountered a tragedy."
Bang~~~
Snake Skin slamd a heavy fist onto the table, "Damn it, this bastard killer, even if we have to dig three feet deep, we must drag the killer out!"
"That’s a must, we Shadow Owls have a grudge with him, either he dies, or we Shadow Owls are wiped out!"
ng Po and Old Tuo were relatively calm among the Copper Owls, "Li Yinxiao, does the tropolitan have any instructions?"
"For now, I will temporarily act as the captain," Li Xin paused, making up his mind to tell everyone, otherwise things would really get ssy, "The task of pursuing Captain Jiang’s killer has been handed over to the Church Court’s Judicial Court; the tropolitan ordered us not to interfere," Li Xin said.
"Oh, acting captain, and then what, you just agreed to whatever he said without even a peep?" the drunkard whispered with a face full of sarcasm.
"Drunkard, you’ve had too much to drink, what nonsense are you spouting!" ng Po tugged at the drunkard.
"ng Po, what the drunkard said isn’t wrong, Li Yinxiao did help with the Tang cake incident, we appreciate it, but one thing is one thing, and another is another; the captain died terribly, and he, as the acting captain, didn’t even bother, how can that be!" Snake Skin said, "What do you say, Broken Gong, anyway, I won’t let this go."
Broken Gong looked at Li Xin, "I think you’ve misunderstood Li Yinxiao; he will definitely lead us to find the killer!"
Everyone looked at Li Xin, who could feel their urgent hope.
"Everyone, I understand your inner pain and anger, I’ve also experienced the sa," Li Xin said slowly, "The tropolitan not letting us intervene may have other considerations, the killer’s strength is beyond imagination, could it be we might alert the enemy and disrupt the Judicial Court’s plan?"
"So, you don’t plan to care?"
"Caring isn’t about shouting slogans, nor should you act rashly like a fool; having beco a Night Patrol ans you are prepared to die, you are all seniors, more experienced than I am, this simple truth doesn’t need my explanation," Li Xin said with an unmoved face, his voice carrying a bit of Spiritual Burst. Although not loud, it was incredibly impactful, calming everyone down sowhat.
"Did the captain have any special last instructions?" Li Xin asked when everyone seed calr.
After all, although Li Xin is the acting captain, he and Jiang Wu only reached an agreent this morning. Jiang Wu’s death may be closely linked to the worm; even when facing the tropolitan, he doesn’t know who is friend or foe. Jiang Wu ntioned before that he was given the task by the forr chief, who bypassed the tropolitan to directly find Jiang Wu.
If he talked about it, he might be the next target.
Also, the killer might be soone within the Church Court or Night Patrol.
The feeling of not knowing who the enemy is really is awful.
A silence settled in the eting room, everyone shook their heads one by one, but when Li Xin noticed, Old Tuo opened his mouth slightly then closed it again, the action minute, but his expression a bit unnatural when Li Xin focused on him.
"Everyone, return to your posts; if you rember anything, you can find anyti, even if you think it’s not that important, it could still be a crucial clue to finding the killer." Li Xin continued.
Everyone nodded, leaving dejectedly, and soon only ng Po was left in the eting room, looking at Li Xin hesitantly.
"ng Po, did you rember anything?" Li Xin asked, ng Po was always among Shadow Owls, surely she enjoyed Jiang Wu’s trust as well.
"Li Yin... Li Captain, "
"Just call Li Xin, or Li Yinxiao is fine." Li Xin waved his hand.
"Does the Lord tropolitan know sothing?" ng Po asked.
Li Xin was silent for a mont, "I don’t know, but even if the tropolitan has grasped sothing unknown to us, we can’t obtain it."
Within the strictly hierarchical Church Court, one cannot just speak out, Lei Qinglu not letting them seize and investigate must an he knows so clues about the killer.
"In the secret path, who could easily kill a Four Lives Knight, the other party is likely an Angel, and an extraordinary one at that." Li Xin said.
Hearing ’Angel,’ despair was written on ng Po’s face. They, a group of Copper Owls, could handle ordinary cases, but when it cos to Angels, it’s like an ant trying to shake a tree; boasting and making threats is useless.
"ng Po, has Captain Jiang shown any unusual behavior lately?" Li Xin asked.
ng Po also gradually cald down, carefully recalling, "Nothing special; he usually just ca to the base to deal with so files, then watered so plants, and most of the ti was spent outside."
That Datura plant, and that footprint.
"Li Yinxiao, that footprint, it seems to be the captain’s own." ng Po said.
Li Xin looked at ng Po, and ng Po thought for a mont, "It’s the kind of shoe print our Night Patrol shoes can leave. I’m responsible for the equipnt of our mbers, I wouldn’t get the captain’s shoe size wrong."
Li Xin was taken aback, "Are you sure?"
ng Po nodded, "I’m sure!"
Li Xin and ng Po returned to Jiang Wu’s room. The footprint had been copied, slightly faded, and the surrounding bloodstains had long dried.
Li Xin looked at the footprint. Although it was only half, that’s because only half stepped in blood, and it seed firmly planted.
Did Jiang Wu stand up after death?
If it was just a twitch, it wouldn’t leave such a firm footprint...
Suddenly, Li Xin and ng Po exchanged a glance, both feeling a chill, as if there was so evil spirit in the room.
Li Xin and ng Po went to the captain’s house, but the scene had been sealed off by the Church Court people, and Li Xin and ng Po were blocked outside, not allowed to enter.
Only after ng Po gave them a fee, were Li Xin and ng Po allowed in, but they could only look around the periter and not touch anything.
The house had been ransacked, it seed the killer hadn’t found what they were looking for, and it was said the family’s souls were extracted by the killer, but clearly, they didn’t know what the killer wanted.
Li Xin and ng Po didn’t stay long; the Church Court people were impatient, and they couldn’t obtain any more useful information before being driven away.
Li Xin could sense the arrogance and conceit in the bones of the Church Court personnel, completely disregarding the Night Patrol.
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