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Chapter 670: The Case Files of the Son (Long - , Asking for Monthly Tickets)

Chapter 670: Chapter 670: The Case Files of the Son (Long Chapter, Asking for Monthly Tickets)

The grey streets outside the window flew past, as He Ao sat in the driver’s seat, allowing Eve to control the vehicle, while he raised his bracelet, flipping through the documents on it.

These documents were a summary of the over one hundred files regarding the Evolution Acolytes left behind by the Scorpion Gang Boss.

They detailed all of the Scorpion Gang Boss’s speculations about the Evolution Acolytes and the transaction details between the Scorpion Gang and the Evolution Acolytes.

Overall, the strength of the Evolution Acolytes and Shadow Cutter was definitely stronger than that of the Scorpion Gang.

However, in their relationship with the Evolution Acolytes, the Scorpion Gang was not entirely at a disadvantage; the Scorpion Gang Boss cleverly used the power of the Kajet Group and, through the Kajet Group’s channels, fostered good relations with the Pollution Cleaning Department.

This gave him the capital to bluff and bluster, preventing the Evolution Acolytes from daring to easily launch an attack on him.

At the same time, he was also able to negotiate with the Evolution Acolytes, using the number of ’Sacrifices’ he traded with them as a bargaining chip to extract benefits.

It could be said that he navigated well between the two Transcendent organizations, the Evolution Acolytes and the Pollution Cleaning Department, using the balance between them to secure a vast amount of benefits for himself, even enough to support his rise to the limit of C-level, becoming a force that could not be ignored in Saint Joen City.

Meanwhile, he was also using these powers to investigate the Evolution Acolytes.

The Evolution Acolytes were an extremely secretive Transcendent organization, as could be seen by the fact that they never dealt with the Scorpion Gang at fixed locations or with fixed personnel.

Although the Scorpion Gang Boss knew very little, it was also not limited to what he had told He Ao.

Firstly, through the Scorpion Gang’s investigations, the Scorpion Gang Boss guessed that the Evolution Acolytes were not an organization exclusive to Saint Joen City; their reach should extend across multiple cities, and the Shadow Cutter was only the person in charge of the Evolution Acolytes in Saint Joen City.

Above the Shadow Cutter, there should be even stronger beings within the Evolution Acolytes.

The Scorpion Gang Boss speculated that it might be a presence close to B-level, or even having reached B-level, because the strength of the Shadow Cutter was evidently already beyond the limit of C-level. In an organization of powerful Transcendents like the Evolution Acolytes, the superiors of the Shadow Cutter should be stronger.

Secondly, there was the Scorpion Gang Boss’s investigation into the fundamental members of the Evolution Acolytes organization.

He noticed that although the members who traded with the Scorpion Gang always took stringent measures to conceal their identities, many of them had local accents of Saint Joen City; he even realized after one transaction that one of the members was a gang leader from South City whom he was familiar with.

According to his knowledge, this gang leader had absolutely no Transcendent background previously, so he deduced that the Evolution Acolytes had been developing ’new members’ in Saint Joen City all along.

Initially, the Evolution Acolytes probably didn’t have many people, just developing step by step, and the number of members grew progressively.

He had originally planned to start with this gang leader and further investigate the detailed intelligence on the Evolution Acolytes, only to find that the gang leader had already ’disappeared’ by the time he went looking.

Since then, he had never seen this gang leader again.

These two items were all the information about the Evolution Acolytes that the Scorpion Gang Boss had been able to investigate, and the rest of the document consisted of transaction data between the Scorpion Gang and the Evolution Acolytes over the years.

The earliest data started fifteen years ago, when the number of ’Sacrifices’ the Evolution Acolytes demanded was very few, only a few people each time and occurring only every few months.

But as things developed later on, the number of Sacrifices the Evolution Acolytes required became more and more substantial, and the frequency increased as well.

The most recent transaction between the Scorpion Gang and the Evolution Acolytes had already involved dozens of people.

This could also indirectly prove that over the years, the Evolution Acolytes were indeed rapidly ’evolving’.

However, on the other hand, as the Evolution Acolytes grew more voracious, the Scorpion Gang’s frequent creation of widespread ’disappearance cases’ had plunged the lower class of Green Olive Street into utter fear, eventually prompting the existence of an organization that involved a large number of the lower class residents in rebellion against the Scorpion Gang.

This organization should be the one that the man who helped He Ao belonged to, and it was also this organization that protected the shop owner at the entrance of Green Olive Street.

However, such an organization made up purely of the poor, without any supernatural power or armed support, was fundamentally unable to confront the Scorpion Gang openly, so they could only help each other in secret.

And the Scorpion Gang Boss was actually aware of the existence of this organization.

He also knew that such an organization couldn’t stir up any waves for now, but as he captured more and more people, it would inevitably lead to increased dissatisfaction, eventually causing the people of Green Olive Street to either rebel or flee, and the reign of the Scorpion Gang would ultimately collapse.

Therefore, in recent years, he had consciously been controlling the number of transactions with the Evolution Acolytes.

But the Evolution Acolytes’ appetite did not shrink despite the intensifying internal conflicts within the Scorpion Gang.

One couldn’t afford it, the other couldn’t be sated.

This was the direct cause of the escalating conflict between the Evolution Acolytes and the Scorpion Gang.

It also led the Evolution Acolytes to deliberately expose the area of Green Olive Street to YiXiya of the Pollution Cleaning Department, hoping to use the department’s hand to ’deal with’ or ’knock’ the Scorpion Gang leader a bit.

However, it was He Ao who ultimately came out of left field and disrupted the Evolution Acolytes’ original plot.

But there was a very serious ’problem’ with the Evolution Acolytes’ scheme to ’kill with a borrowed knife’.

And that was the fact that the Scorpion Gang leader would never just sit around waiting to die—if the Pollution Cleaning Department found him, he would definitely expose the Evolution Acolytes.

From previous information, it was evident that the Evolution Acolytes were greatly trying to conceal themselves and avoid exposure to the sun.

And the operation against the Scorpion Gang leader would greatly increase their chances of being exposed.

There were two possibilities in this situation: one was that the Evolution Acolytes were confident they could prevent the Scorpion Gang leader from exposing them, but given the leader’s strong "drag everyone down with me" mentality, this possibility didn’t seem likely.

That left only one other possibility—the Evolution Acolytes had already ’stopped minding’ being exposed to the Pollution Cleaning Department.

This could perhaps be confirmed by the recent spree of unguarded ’disappearance cases’.

So what made the Evolution Acolytes abandon their previously cautious attitude and start to act ’arrogantly’?

It was well known that the head of the Pollution Cleaning Department, that B-level powerhouse, was still in Saint Joen City.

He Ao exited the document viewer and switched his wristband to the chat app, looking at the message YiXiya had just sent him.

He asked YiXiya if she knew any information about the ’Evolution Acolytes’.

YiXiya’s answer was that she didn’t know; she had never heard of this organization.

An organization like the Pollution Cleaning Department that covered multiple cities and also possessed B-level Transcendent forces, but had always remained silent and hidden beneath the waves without the department’s notice.

At least, YiXiya, who was in a mid-level position, was unaware of the organization’s existence.

Yet this organization, which had never been ’discovered’ and had hidden itself so well, seemed to suddenly no longer care about maintaining its ’secrecy’.

What did this ’abnormal’ behavior signify?

Some things that appeared illogical on the surface must have some unknown hidden logic behind them.

He Ao rubbed his temples and set down his wristband.

The ’key’ to all this was probably with that ’defector’ Night Hawk.

From the information previously provided by YiXiya, the dividing line for the frequency of disappearance cases in Saint Joen City was Night Hawk’s ’flight due to guilt’.

While Night Hawk was still there, Saint Joen City had almost no notable disappearance cases.

Of course, in secret, the Evolution Acolytes still relied on those ’black gloves’ like the Scorpion Gang to devise ways to procure sacrifices, but at least, they weren’t so ’brazen.’

It seemed that the existence of Night Hawk had somewhat curbed the development of the Evolution Acolytes.

Looking at it this way, the Evolution Acolytes might have been the third party who ’reported’ Night Hawk.

Now, the logic circled back to ’Night Hawk’.

And Cito’s son Kavi also disappeared around the same time Night Hawk ’fled due to guilt’, with his time of death close to that of Night Hawk.

What is the relationship between these two?

Based on past experiences with the Copy World, the roles dispatched by the system mostly had some sort of connection with the mainline mission.

The place where Cito could currently see the mainline mission being related was with his son Kavi, who seemingly became involved in some incidents and died unexpectedly, and the incidents leading to Kavi’s death appeared to maybe be related to Night Hawk and the whirlpool surrounding Night Hawk.

Understanding what exactly happened in this whirlpool might clear up what this ’Winding Hill’ mentioned in the mainline mission is all about.

Hum----

While He Ao was contemplating, his bracelet vibrated.

It was a message from YiXiya, "The Saint Joen City Police Department got back to me. They’re reviewing the files related to the Kavi case, and they’ve only found the autopsy report so far, which I’m sending to you."

Soon after, a file named "Kavi Case Autopsy Report" was sent over.

He Ao received the file and promptly opened it.

The content of the report wasn’t extensive, spanning just a few pages, and it was mostly filled with some gruesome photos and brief descriptions.

However, the report included some details previously unknown to Cito.

The conclusion of the report aligned with what Cito knew: the ultimate cause of Kavi and his wife’s deaths was a horrific traffic accident.

But in the analysis section of the report, it mentioned another matter: sometime before their deaths, the couple had undergone some kind of ’extended torture or abuse’, leaving their bodies with numerous wounds and the scabs of healed injuries.

However, the injuries from the torture or abuse were not in themselves fatal.

Seeing this analysis, He Ao’s movements stiffened for a moment. He looked up at the rearview mirror—Jia Xi was sprawled on the back seat, sound asleep.

He Ao lowered his head, scanning the report in his hands once more.

This report suggested that the ’sudden disappearance’ of his son and daughter-in-law was probably because someone or some organization had taken them and subjected them to interrogation.

Combined with the words written in the books in Kavi’s bedroom, it seemed that indeed, Kavi knew some things he ’shouldn’t’ have known.

And that ’knowledge’ had brought about his untimely end.

While reviewing the report, He Ao’s bracelet vibrated once more.

He exited the report, entering back into the chat interface.

YiXiya had sent him a compressed file named simply, "Kavi."

He chose to accept it, and simultaneously, YiXiya’s new message came in,

"Sir, all the materials from the scene and some basic analysis files of the case are in this compressed file."

He Ao quickly responded with a "Thank you."

As He Ao’s message sent, the other side paused momentarily, displaying ’typing...’.

After quite a while, a reply came through, "No problem, that’s what I should do. My condolences."

"I’m much better now."

He Ao replied with that message, then sent over the Evolution Acolytes file he had just finished viewing.

"Just in time, I’ve collected all the files related to the Evolution Acolytes here. They’re very likely behind the deployment of Polluted Monsters to assassinate your organization. You might want to see if you can investigate this organization."

The other side quickly received the file, "Okay."

He Ao, considering her response, sent another message, "Try to keep the investigation discreet and stay safe."

Since the Evolution Acolytes had somehow managed to ’report’ Night Hawk to the Pollution Cleaning Department headquarters, it’s possible that they weren’t entirely unaffiliated with the Pollution Cleaning Department.

"Got it!"

YiXiya sent over an emoticon that signified ’message received.’

He Ao smiled and turned off his bracelet.

Then he opened the compressed file YiXiya had sent him.

Inside the compressed file was a single document and several photographs.

The photos seemed to have been taken in an alley, showing the gruesomely disfigured bodies of Kavi and his wife.

One of the photos focused on the ground, where in front of each body, there were several indecipherable bloodstained numbers.

In front of Kavi were four numbers, and in front of his wife were five.

These numbers were arranged haphazardly, some above others, but roughly followed a left to right sequence, which, strung together, happened to be Kavi’s Social Security number.

He Ao reviewed all the photos, then opened the document—the contents were a basic overview and analysis of the entire case.

The first half of the document introduced the case, including details about the discovery of the bodies.

The bodies of Kavi and his wife were found by a Scavenger, collecting corpses in that alley, who saw the mangled pair and also noticed the Social Security numbers they left behind, then reported it to the police.

Because unnamed bodies were processed at the expense of municipal finances, the municipality, to save money, encouraged Scavengers to find the relatives of the bodies when possible. If they did, the Scavenger would receive a bonus.

Thus, when clues were relatively clear, Scavengers would help by calling the police, aiding in locating the relatives of the deceased.

Those without any information left behind, however, would eventually be taken away by the municipal corpse collection vehicle.

The couple had no documents on them that could prove their identities; had they not left their Social Security numbers, they too would have been taken away by the corpse collection vehicle.

He Ao quickly went through the introduction and then his gaze landed on the case analysis at the end of the document.

The person handling this case largely agreed with He Ao’s initial assumption: Kavi and his wife had probably been abducted by some people, severely tortured for some time, and then the traffic accident occurred.

He analyzed that the scene of the accident was most likely not the alley where the bodies were found, but elsewhere, and the bodies were deliberately discarded here.

There were traces of being run over by a vehicle several times on the couple, confirming the act was intentional homicide.

However, it seemed the murderer did not anticipate Kavi and his wife’s strong vitality that allowed them to leave behind information at the end.

With that, the contents of the document ended.

While this case was brutal, there were many such cruel cases in Saint Joen City.

Just as the officer who had received Cito initially said, this case was almost impossible to solve, hence Cito was told to find solace.

He Ao put down his bracelet and looked out the window.

The SUV had now reached its destination—a decrepit and dirty road.

In the area He Ao could see, there were densely packed dirty tents set up everywhere or worn-out mattresses laid out on the roadside.

Disheveled vagrants sat under the shadow of towering skyscrapers, either dozing off or looking up at the sky in a daze.

Close to where He Ao was, a vagrant squatted in a corner, holding a bottle of water and munching on a brand-new loaf of bread.