Catastrophe Containment Facility
Chapter 614 - 603: The Initial Investigation

Chapter 614: Chapter 603: The Initial Investigation

Tao Qingqing followed Wen Wen into the guest room and then, under Wen Wen’s direction, like a maid, she cleaned the entire room all over again.

Wen Wen was used to staying in hotels and didn’t have a particular obsession with cleanliness, but with the availability of Tao Qingqing as free labor, why not use it?

After Tao Qingqing had finally finished cleaning, just as she was about to sit on the sofa for a while, Wen Wen said to her, "There’s something not right about the family holding the funeral outside. Go check it out and see if there’s any strange thing causing trouble."

"Why do I have to go?" Tao Qingqing, who had just been busy, said somewhat resistantly.

"Nonsense, have you forgotten what you came out here for? Is it not you going, then me?" Wen Wen scolded.

Tao Qingqing still gave in and asked before leaving, "Alright... Wasn’t Third Master Tian’s death a suicide? Does a suicide also fall within the Demon Hunter’s jurisdiction?"

"If a Demon Hunter could ignore their duty for some reason, their job would be too easy." Wen Wen turned on the television and stared at the screen as he spoke to Tao Qingqing.

Helpless, Tao Qingqing could only jump out of the window and head to Third Master Tian’s home.

She was actually somewhat reluctant to operate solo, as she feared unknowingly revealing her vampire nature and then being locked up in the Sanctuary by Wen Wen.

Though she didn’t feel a bloodthirsty urge when looking at ordinary people now, she still remembered the exhilarating feeling of drinking blood, and she could hardly guarantee that she would remain calm at the sight of a bleeding human.

However, she dared not defy Wen Wen’s orders and had to quietly make her way to Third Master Tian’s home.

At first, Tao Qingqing wanted to look for abnormalities on the corpse, but Third Master Tian’s body had already been sent for cremation.

They said that Third Master Tian fell onto a layer of sharp glass shards beneath the utility pole, which mutilated his body beyond recognition, leaving no clue to be found on the body anymore.

However, even without a body, Tao Qingqing was still able to gather the information she wanted. As a Disaster Level vampire, Tao Qingqing had her own set of skills.

That is to say, scent investigation, hypnotic questioning, and bat searching.

She walked around the vicinity several times, carefully distinguishing the scents here, determining that this place was no different from other parts of the small town.

The blood left on the ground near the utility pole from Third Master Tian did not show signs of contamination from Supernatural Power either.

But after fully engaging her sense of smell, she could scent the blood and hear the sound of it flowing in the veins, which made her very uncomfortable.

Despite the fact that her body no longer needed blood as it once did, she still wanted to lie down on someone’s neck and suck their blood greedily.

Next, she used her Hypnotic Ability to question Third Master Tian’s wife and daughter, as well as the witnesses to the suicide, confirming that the motel’s old lady had not lied.

Before leaving, Third Master Tian’s wife and daughter had quarreled with him, but had not expected him to commit such a brutal suicide.

In the end, she used bats to search the surrounding area and found no traces left by superpower users or monsters. So she shrugged her shoulders and muttered to herself, "That guy’s just playing detective, but there’s really nothing here..."

"Not exactly nothing."

Wen Wen’s voice sounded from behind Tao Qingqing, startling her into a shiver.

"Weren’t you watching TV in the motel?" Tao Qingqing, as if frightened, said while patting her chest.

Wen Wen said as a matter of course, "This is the first time I’ve assigned you an investigation task. How could I rest easy letting you conduct the investigation alone?"

"Moreover, it’s proven that you missed some details. You’re still using the demon hunter mindset during investigations. You need much more practice if you want to be my assistant,"

"I checked thoroughly, there’s nothing here..." Tao Qingqing said to Wen Wen somewhat unconvinced.

Wen Wen shook his head and asked, "Have you seen a photo of Third Master Tian?"

Tao Qingqing was taken aback, then shook her head, not knowing what this had to do with the suicide case.

Wen Wen’s mouth curled up as he educated Tao Qingqing, "I have seen it, and I also looked into his life. Third Master Tian was a big fat man, and he had an injury on his left foot. Although it didn’t affect his normal movement, it’s clear he couldn’t have climbed a twelve-meter-high electrical pole without tools."

"Besides, no matter how desperate a person is, most still seek a swift end when choosing suicide. So why would they deliberately spread broken glass under the electrical pole to intentionally increase their pain?"

Following that, Wen Wen walked over to the tree in front of Third Master Tian’s house, handed Tao Qingqing a shovel, and said, "There should be an animal corpse buried here. Dig it up for me."

"Why does it have to be me..." Tao Qingqing made a disgusted face but then seeing the unpleasant expression on Wen Wen’s face, she could only helplessly say, "Fine, I’ll dig."

Wen Wen said with satisfaction, "Very good. You need to straighten your attitude. You are my assistant, and I’ll assign all the dirty and tiring work to you."

The corpse was dug up from the roots of the tree, and Wen Wen frowned upon checking it:

"This dog died before Third Master Tian committed suicide, and its mouth has been excessively pried open, with traces left by a sucker inside the throat..."

Seeing that Wen Wen had investigated many things in a short time that she hadn’t noticed, Tao Qingqing somewhat admired him and then asked puzzled, "It seems Third Master Tian really was killed by something, but the scent and qi residue here..."

Wen Wen nodded and said, "That’s also a point I’m puzzled about. Even though I know all this is abnormal, there’s not a trace of supernatural powers residue. This makes it very difficult for me to continue the investigation."

"What shall we do next then?" Tao Qingqing asked, standing beside Wen Wen.

Wen Wen dug his nose and said, "What do you mean ’we’? It’s you, yourself. I’ve pointed out so many clues to you, do you still expect me to help you catch the culprit?"

"I came here to enjoy that miraculous staircase, not to solve a case. You have to solve this yourself. I hope that you can take care of the culprit before I leave this small town."

After saying that, Wen Wen snapped his fingers and teleported back to the hotel.

Tao Qingqing was somewhat speechless, realizing that Wen Wen was clearly being lazy, trying to shove all the work onto her.

"But this isn’t bad either. If everything he says comes to fruition, then all of it is worth it."

For Tao Qingqing, who had been forcibly turned into a cursed monster, an opportunity to lift the curse and return to good without losing her strength was incredibly rare.

Now that she had this chance, she wouldn’t give up easily.

"Who are you! Why would you do this to Huahua! Mom, Mom, someone dug up Huahua, wuu wuu..."

A little girl around twelve or thirteen years old stood at the door, staring dumbfounded at Tao Qingqing, and then started bawling.

For a little girl who had just lost her father and then saw her pet dog’s corpse desecrated, the blow was indeed too much.

"Uh, listen to my explanation, I didn’t want to dig up the corpse..."

Tao Qingqing looked at the shovel in her hand, feeling her words were not very convincing.