The Understated Dragon Lord

Chapter 241 A Dirty Cop

"Heh!" Ava first let out a cold laugh, then spoke sharply. "I thought you had some magical method, but what you suggested is a standard procedure in criminal investigation. We would have done it even if you hadn’t mentioned anything. You wait here; until the case is clear, you’re not to leave! If you try, I’ll arrest you and detain you for 72 hours!"

After schooling Daniel, Ava ordered her team, "Get moving and collect handwriting samples from all hotel employees. We need to find the person who wrote this suicide note tonight."

Half an hour later, the team indeed found a matching handwriting sample. The note was written by a cleaning staff member at the hotel, Mia Taylor, who was off duty at the time. Ava immediately led a few team members to Mia's apartment. By the time they arrived, however, the place was eerily empty, and Mia wasn't answering her phone. Had Mia vanished?

In the apartment, the team found two dolls punctured with needles. Each doll was labeled with a name: one was Handsome, the other Jennflower.

"Search! Keep searching! Don't miss any corner; overlook no piece of evidence."

Even after discovering the dolls, they knew punctured dolls couldn't be submitted as evidence. After all, no one would believe such objects could commit murder.

Daniel picked up one of the dolls, examining it carefully. Seeing this, Shitstrong sensed an opportunity to accost him: "Scumbag, what do you think you're doing? That's evidence, and you're not part of our team; you can’t just handle it! You better put it down! If you've left fingerprints, you’re a suspect!"

"Shitstrong, what are you doing? Are you a dirty cop? You seem rather experienced in this!" said Daniel, handing the dolls over to Shitstrong with a chuckle. "Since you won’t let me touch them, how about you examine them? Let's see if you know what these are and if you can crack the case."This belongs to NôvelDrama.Org.

"They're just two small dolls, big deal; they don’t mean anything."

"These dolls hold Mia's holy soul. If we track her holy soul, we can find her unholy soul. A holy soul can exist outside the body, but an unholy soul cannot. If we can locate Mia's unholy soul, we can find her person and arrest her!"

"What? Holy soul? Unholy soul? Are you a priest or something? We’re conducting an investigation here, not praying in church!"

"Shitstrong, how about you explain how Handsome got into room 1313 and hanged himself when the seal on the door was intact? Are you suggesting your theory is that Mia conducted some mystical ritual, binding an evil spirit to him, and that’s why he went there to hang himself?"

Shitstrong didn’t believe in the existence of evil spirits, so his questions were meant to mock Daniel.

What he didn't expect was Daniel to actually nod in agreement after hearing him out, "Shitstrong, the only correct thing you've said tonight is that. Handsome was indeed possessed by an evil spirit, which led to his suicide. As for the murderer, I think it should be Mia!"

Just then, a team member approached.

"Sarge, we’ve found out who Mia is -- she’s Jennflower’s mother."