Going upstairs again, I arrived at the room on the third floor.
This place is much cleaner than the second floor, although it still has a strong smell, it is not as bad as the second floor.
Pushing open the innermost room on the second floor, in the relatively tidy four-person room, a tenant was sleeping soundly.
I have to say, Gray is a competent lackey.
Seeing the tenant sleeping soundly, he took out his baton and fiercely knocked on the rusty iron bed.
Bang, bang, bang!
The man was startled and sat up from the bed. Just as he was about to curse angrily, he saw Gray's uniform and large hat.
"Don't sleep, I have something to ask you. Did Robert Cairns, who lives in the bed under yours, come back today?" Gray shook his baton and asked in an interrogating tone.
"He came back in a hurry and then left."
The man looked a bit listless and said with sleepy eyes.
Sorl asked, "Did he have any unusual behavior? I mean, what did he do when he came back?"
"I didn't pay attention. I'm usually tired from working the night shift, so I almost fall asleep as soon as I lie down. The guy on the bed opposite mine rarely comes back. I only remember that he seems a bit neurotic and likes to mutter to himself."
Neurotic and likes to mutter?
Su Li couldn't grasp any specific clues from this vague description, so he asked again, "Did you hear what he said?"
"No, the voice was too low, like whispering. Oh! Right, it seems that every time he comes in, he holds a small bottle, a black small bottle, and he holds it tightly."
Taking some kind of medicine?
Or reciting some kind of spell?
There was no way to confirm whether this person was the murderer based on this description.
"What color is his hair?" Sorl asked.
This question was not difficult to answer. The man sleeping on the upper bunk thought for a moment and immediately said, "Brown, with some white hair."
Sorl approached and opened Robert Cairns' bed. In the sheets and near the pillow, he found a brown curl of average length. It could be confirmed that it was a man's short hair.
"You all go out for a moment." Sorl said briefly.
Gray immediately nodded and took the tenant out of the room.
Seeing the door close with a bang, Su Li immediately set up the Spirit Wall.
Sorl nodded in satisfaction and smiled, "You are becoming more and more skilled. Your growth and progress are very fast!"
Su Li couldn't help but laugh and cry. This was not a compliment. If possible, he didn't want to stay in this kind of environment every day to handle cases.
When the blue Spirit Wall appeared in the room, Su Li asked, "What should we do?"
Sorl explained, "It's simple. The organization I belong to is called the Security Bureau, and one of our extraordinary abilities is tracking."
"Hold my arm, I'm going to activate the shared vision."
As he spoke, Sorl took out a small box from his pocket and took out the necessary ingredients one by one - horseshoe grass powder, ashes, essential oil. He quickly drew a circular formation in his palm and placed the hair in the center of the formation.
Sorl closed his eyes and silently said, "Robert Cairns' location."
...
As Su Li followed Sorl's example and closed his eyes, he seemed to enter a dark red vision.
This kind of scene was different from Lilith's black and white perspective.
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The dark red world, like a demon's vision.
As the scene quickly jumped and left afterimages, it felt like entering a dream.
The figure moved extremely fast, like a hunting dog following the scent of its prey, swiftly shuttling through the scene.
Their gazes descended the stairs, squeezed into the crowded crowd, and the speed of the images increased again...
Muddy alleys, bustling food markets, chaotic and dirty red-light districts, foul-smelling public toilets...
The route turned again, the light and shadows changed, the doorbell rang, a simple coffee shop, passing through another door, the figure entered a noisy adventurer's bar and stopped at the bar!
It was a man wearing blue worker clothes with short brown curly hair. He was holding a glass of rough black rye beer, looking around as if waiting for someone.
Sorl suddenly opened his eyes and shouted, "The target is in the adventurer's bar. This is a place for underground black market transactions, not where an ordinary person like him should go."
He stood up abruptly, grabbed the hair, and stuffed it into the box used for the tracking ritual.
"Let's go, to the adventurer's bar."
Su Li removed the Spirit Wall and quickly followed.
The two of them moved at a fast pace, leaving Gray and the tenant dumbfounded after they opened the door.
"Captain! Where are you going?"
"I found the suspect. You take care of the body and then you can go back to the bureau." Sorl said without looking back.
After leaving the Rodvia Inn, the two of them headed straight to the adventurer's bar.
While Su Li followed Sorl's fast pace, he asked, "How do we confirm that he is the suspect?"
"He went to several other crime scenes. Although the tracking effect cannot show what he specifically did, one thing can be confirmed: this Robert Cairns is definitely related to several murder cases!"
Sorl understood Su Li's speed, so as soon as they left the inn, he started running.
It was now 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and the lightless Plinsk Street was already completely dark.
Su Li was blessed with the protection of the night, and his speed was much faster than Sorl's.
While running, Sorl transmitted his voice,"Blood, hair, keratin, all can serve as clues for tracking. As long as it's within a certain range, the ritual just now would be effective."
Su Li knew that Sorl was teaching him about mysticism. As he nodded, he said directly:
"Let's catch the suspect first."
The two of them ran quickly, crossing the muddy alley. Su Li and Sorl took shortcuts straight to the Adventurer's Bar.
Upon arriving near the bar, even before entering, Su Li could hear the noisy music and lively cheers.
It was a rather large bar. The two security guards outside were strong and tall, both around 1.9 meters. They held double-barreled shotguns in their hands and revolvers at their waists, exuding a strong deterrent force.
Slowing down, Sorl took the lead. The security guard in charge of maintaining order immediately stepped forward, revealing a respectful smile and said:
"Mr. Sorl, what brings you here?"
Holding his ID in his hand, Sorl looked at the giant man who was half a head taller than himself and said impatiently:
"Onis, I'm not here to check on things today, don't delay my case."
Hearing Sorl's words, the giant man's face instantly relaxed and he obsequiously said:
"Please, go ahead."
Sorl turned his head and whispered to Su Li:
"If anything goes wrong, you're allowed to shoot as long as you can hold the suspect."
The two entered the bar, a wave of heat hit them, accompanied by a strong smell of smoke and alcohol. Su Li heard the noisy music.
Inside the bar, there were heavy wooden tables, many of which were laden with guns and various weapons.
Amid the clinking of glasses, Su Li saw many people wearing various armors, and even some dressed in black robes. They gathered together, either playing drinking games or eating and drinking, creating a lively scene.
Among these people, there were many extraordinary individuals who were not officially registered.
But they were not the focus. Sorl entered the bar and headed straight for the bar counter. There was the suspect who had detained a large number of souls, Robert Cairns!