"You want to see the body yourself?" Wen Qimo asked with some surprise and hesitation. "The body in this case has been taken to the processing department and is undergoing further autopsy. The results are not yet available... If you want to see it, you'll have to wait until tomorrow."
"However, the bodies of the first three victims were handled by the police. After the autopsies were completed, they were placed in the morgue. If you want to see them, we have the authority to do so now."
Lin Qiye nodded. "Okay, I'll go check on those three corpses now. I wonder if I can find anything."
"I need to go back and organize the information on this 'mysterious' creature and apply for database verification. You can go and see for yourself; just show your identification."
Wen Qimo drove away first, while Lin Qiye's destination wasn't far from here, so he chose to walk there.
He had just stepped out of the tavern when he paused slightly and turned to look to his right.
In the corner of the tavern, a small gray mouse was huddled up. It seemed to have noticed Lin Qiye's gaze, and then it disappeared in a flash.
"A rat..." Lin Qiye frowned. He suddenly felt that this scene seemed somewhat familiar...
But he couldn't remember.
He shook his head, not taking it to heart, and walked away into the distance.
The police station where the body was stored was not far from where Lin Qiye was. After walking for about ten minutes, Lin Qiye arrived at the door.
After showing his identification, a police officer quickly stood up and led Lin Qiye into the elevator.
Of course, Lin Qiye did not present the Night Watchman's identification. In fact, the Night Watchmen themselves do not have identification; their emblems are the symbol of their identity. Each of their information is kept in the highest-level confidentiality project of the Great Xia Dynasty, and no paper proof is kept for each person.
What he presented was a certificate similar to that of a "special envoy" given by the Night Watch to coordinate local police forces. After all, not all police officers knew of the Night Watch's existence. If he encountered the police while chasing the mysterious figure and was mistaken for the murderer, and they couldn't find his identity information, then things would get very complicated.
The morgue where the bodies were stored was on the top floor of the police station. Lin Qiye followed the police officer and walked straight through a long corridor.
Just then, across the corridor, a caregiver wearing a mask pushed a hearse towards them. The body was completely encased in a white sealed bag, with nothing exposed.For some reason, Lin Qiye felt a vague sense of familiarity as he looked at the caregiver pushing the corpse.
Unfortunately, he was more than a hundred meters away from Lin Qiye, so he couldn't use his mental power to sense the other's appearance. However, judging from the situation, the two would soon meet.
The caregiver pushing the cart narrowed his eyes, and just as he was about to enter Lin Qiye's perception range, he slowly turned into the right fork, his movements incredibly natural, as if he had always intended to turn this way.
Upon seeing this, Lin Qiye frowned in surprise, a hint of doubt appearing in his eyes.
After hesitating for a moment, he asked the officer next to him:
"Are corpses frequently transported out of your area?"
The officer paused, then said, "It's not that often... because usually, only in cases involving murder are bodies sent to the morgue for autopsy. Cangnan isn't a big place, and it's generally quite peaceful, so murders don't happen often..."
Upon hearing this, Lin Qiye felt a sense of foreboding and immediately quickened his pace.
The two pushed open the door to the morgue. Lin Qiye walked up to the on-duty forensic doctor, took out his identification, and said seriously, "I need to see the three bodies from the severed finger case. Where are they?"
The forensic doctor's eyes were filled with confusion and a hint of blankness. "They...weren't they just transferred away?"
Lin Qiye's heart skipped a beat, and he turned to look at the police officer.
The officer shook his head. "Old Jia, are you out of your mind? There's never been an order to move a body. Who could move a body?"
"However, someone did show identification and said they wanted to transfer these three bodies to a medical institution in Huaihai City for further autopsy..." The blank look in the forensic doctor's eyes gradually faded, and he said with some anxiety.
"When did this happen?" Lin Qiye asked, frowning.
"Just now, before you came in."
A glint flashed in Lin Qiye's eyes. He quickly ran to the bedside and looked down.At the back door, the caregiver I'd seen before was putting a sealed bag into the trunk of a black van, then glanced up at us before getting in and slowly driving away...
Oh no!
That caregiver definitely had a problem!
Without saying a word, Lin Qiye turned around, pushed open the door of the morgue, and ran towards the rooftop!
Pushing open the rooftop door, Lin Qiye quickly determined the direction and ran towards the direction the car had gone to the edge of the rooftop. Without the slightest hesitation, he jumped off!
His figure floated through the air as lightly as a leaf, with the ground beneath him six stories high. Looking down, he could see cars driving on the road below.
In front of him was a five-story building.
With this leap, Lin Qiye jumped nearly a hundred meters, floating from the top of the six-story police station to the rooftop of this five-story building.
With the blessing of [Starry Night Dancer], his physique appears to be no different from that of a superhuman in the eyes of ordinary people.
Lin Qiye landed on the rooftop and, without pausing, continued running forward along the direction the road extended.
His figure leaped amidst the myriad neon lights.
At the same time, he picked up his phone and dialed a number.
"Qiye?" Wu Xiangnan's voice came from the phone.
"Deputy, I've located a suspected 'secret thief,' and I need to inspect a vehicle!"
Wu Xiangnan paused, then spoke seriously, "Okay, go ahead."
"A black van left the police station a minute ago. The license plate number is XXXXXX. It headed east." Lin Qiye said confidently as soon as he saw the license plate number.
"I understand. I'll call you right away once I find out." Wu Xiangnan hesitated for a moment, then added, "If things don't look good, don't be reckless; survival is the most important thing."
"Um."
Lin Qiye hung up the phone.
Lin Qiye's figure leaped between numerous buildings, following the direction the car had left in his memory, carefully identifying each vehicle in an attempt to find his trail.
...
In the narrow alleyway.
A black van with its lights off drove quietly through the crowd.
In the driver's seat, the caregiver pulled off his mask, revealing a clean and fair-skinned young face. He took a pair of glasses from the passenger seat and put them on, exuding the air of a scholar.
His gaze swept across the window, a slight smile playing on his lips.
"Lin Qiye, if you want to catch me... let's see if you have the ability."