The world has turned into Hell's Game, why should I stay human? Chapter 1014 653: Liu Zheng: I'll Catch Whoever the Security

The Ace introduced.

"Sounds impressive."

"It is impressive; otherwise, the Criminal Investigation Bureau wouldn't have been unable to catch him. But though he's strong, his strength is limited. According to the security personnel involved in the capture attempt, Nahuo's spiritual energy is crippled, only capable of certain fixed uses, mainly for escape or defense."

"Those victims weren't killed by his spiritual energy but were tortured to death with various tools in his house after being guided into a dream by him."

"A scholar once studied the Kuanyang race, believing their spiritual energy isn't derived from innate talent or learning. Instead, it's acquired from deities or other races, so they can only use what they've obtained and can't learn other uses of spiritual energy, no matter how hard they try, unless they can break the source's shackles."

"Of course, since there are too few Kuanyang people in the tropolis, that scholar only proposed this hypothesis without sufficient evidence."

The Ace said.

"You know so much, Brother Pai, impressive!"

Liu Zheng looked at him with fresh eyes.

"Hehe, actually, I've always wanted to create my own board ga, with a massive worldview, an abundance of races, a complete range of professions, and an incredibly open storyline. So when I have nothing to do, I study wanted posters. Those on the wanted posters all have so deadly skills, perfect for stitching into a board ga."

The Ace said proudly and with embarrassnt.

"Your description sounds like DND."

Liu Zheng said thoughtfully.

"What's DND?"

The Ace asked curiously.

"Dungeons and Dragons, a large-scale tabletop role-playing ga. It's quite rich in content, and I'll tell you more about it when I have ti."

He said.

In fact, he wasn't very familiar with DND, but he knew the general frawork, which was just right for the Ace to improvise and create a tropolis version.

"Sounds great, can't wait!"

The Ace said happily.

"Do you have any clues about Nahuo?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"I've carefully chosen this one, so of course, I have clues. Soone saw him appear in the black market and then never again. So, the Criminal Investigation Bureau strongly suspects he's hiding inside the black market. They've sent several teams in to investigate, but all returned empty-handed."

"However, their investigations must be covert, careful not to attract the attention of the black market people, hence they're restricted."

"But you are different; you can act openly, which is much more convenient than the people from the Criminal Investigation Bureau."

The Ace said.

"Hmm..."

He wasn't as optimistic as the Ace.

Not to ntion whether finding soone in the black market is that easy, he didn't even know if the black market was open today.

If the black market opened only in a few days, by the ti Liu Zheng caught Nahuo to trade with the Criminal Investigation Bureau, it'd be the Sphinx's corpse instead of the Sphinx.

He should ask Niu Ma when the black market will open again.

"What about the remaining wanted posters?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"Hold on, I'll send it to you right away."

Soon, the Ace sent over a second wanted poster.

The fugitive on this poster was a peculiar-looking creature with a chubby, inverted triangular face, large and round yellow-green eyes, a nose as wide and long as a finger, and pig-like ears.

It had dozens of short, thin, sparse hairs on its head, nothing else in terms of fur.

Its body was slim and timid, appearing pitiful, but its sharp teeth gave it a sowhat fierce look.

Its cri was betraying and murdering its owner's entire family before setting their villa on fire.

"This guy's na is Wangcai, a house elf. Do you know what a house elf is?"

The Ace asked.

"I've heard of it. It's a race that serves as servants to wizards, right? They look so similar to goblins that you can't tell them apart."

Liu Zheng thought for a mont and said.

"There's actually quite a difference. First, in terms of appearance, goblin ears point upwards with larger ear flaps, whereas house elf ears droop, with much smaller ear flaps. Secondly, in terms of temperant, goblins are irritable and arrogant, while house elves are gentle and humble."

"Of course, I'm talking about the Three-Island Goblins from the sa place as house elves; other branches of goblins differ. For example..."

"Look, Brother Pai, let's get back to Wangcai. We can talk about those racial things when we're discussing the board ga."

He hurriedly interrupted the Ace.

"Okay. Let continue with Wangcai."

"Originally, house elves only served wizard families, but after selective breeding, they can sign contracts with any spellcaster family."

"These contracts are intangible and vague, unlike ordinary slave contracts that are rigidly defined, but they are more powerful."

"So slaves, after acquiring great power, can and almost invariably try to escape the comfort of a contract, but house elves, even if many tis stronger than their owners, willingly accept their owners' commands and even mistreatnt."

"Almost all house elves, regardless of the level of family they work for, don't own a single complete piece of clothing. They often wear pillowcases, large rags, or even their owner's discarded underpants as covering."

"Once given a complete piece of clothing, it signifies the contract has ended, and they are granted freedom."

"But house elves don't like freedom. If their master grants them freedom, they feel humiliated and may even threaten suicide to force their master to rescind the decision."

The Ace continued to explain.

"That's quite pathetic of them."

Liu Zheng comnted.

"Different races have very different values, so I won't comnt on that. In any case, house elves are very loyal to their owners. Forget about harming their master; disobeying their owner's commands is extrely rare, which is why Wangcai's case had such a terrible impact. Many spellcasters who keep house elves jointly demanded the Security Departnt solve the case quickly and find the true reason for Wangcai's heinous cris."

"I see Wangcai is wearing normal clothes in the photo, though."

He questioned.

On the wanted poster, Wangcai was wearing a black single-breasted woolen coat, underneath was a brown vest, and beneath that, a crisp shirt with a gold collar pin, better dressed than Liu Zheng.

"That's the front; the back is a moldy floor mat."

The Ace explained.

"Uh... okay. Looking at it this way, Wangcai's owner seed pretty decent to it."

Liu Zheng thought for a mont and said.

"Why do you say that?"

"The moldy floor mat couldn't have been on the coat from the start; it must have been sewn on deliberately to prevent triggering the ceremony for its freedom."

"You ntioned that almost all house elves wear ragged clothing, so it's unlikely its owner forced it into such clothes for the sake of dignity. Moreover, there's no dignity in wearing such clothes."

"So, in conclusion, it should be that Wangcai's owner wanted it to dress well but also considered that it didn't want to gain freedom, so they specially made a set of bug-exploiting clothes like this."

He concluded his analysis.

"Impressive, impressive; it's a pity you're not with us in the Security Departnt."

The Ace praised.

"With your deduction skills, the position of head of the Heavy Case Team in the Criminal Investigation Bureau is yours sooner or later."

"That's overblown, overblown. So, what's the truth?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"Based on inquiries with the family's relatives and friends, they were indeed kind to Wangcai, and it even had its own room. They were shocked by Wangcai's betrayal and suspected soone might have used mind control or so such ability to manipulate Wangcai. Alternatively, the real perpetrator might be soone else who frad Wangcai."

The Ace said.

"It's really complex."

He said heartfeltly.

The case's complexity was already enough, adding extraordinary abilities only exponentially increased the complexity.