Extraordinary Pedigree.

Chapter 588 Flower of Blood and Bone·Trade Line.

13: 20 PM.
Island City·Isati.

The sky in Isati is clear and cloudless, and the blue sky is like a huge sapphire. The sunlight shines on the ground, making the whole town look particularly bright.

The surrounding scenery is beautiful and picturesque, with the vast Millennium Lake sparkling, the willow trees beside the lake swaying in the wind, the green of the forest and the blue of the lake complementing each other, creating a quiet and peaceful picture.

After Xia Xiu said goodbye to the old man Joseph, he came to the city center.

The purpose of his trip was to destroy the human body trade routes hidden in this island city.

He has successfully caught the tail of the consortium and is now following the clues to find people.

The people in the consortium had obviously noticed something was wrong, so Xia Xiu guessed that they had planned to abandon the car to save the commander, and the strong man had broken his wrist.

At least now it is certain that the four major families have been sold out by the consortium, because he has not seen any extreme reactions from the four major families until now.

In response, Xia Xiu has contacted the Administration and the Federal Government’s Internal Revenue Service to handle the investigation.

The Internal Revenue Service, an agency within the Edici Department of the Treasury, is responsible for collecting federal taxes, enforcing tax laws, and handling taxpayer issues.

The Internal Revenue Service has a legal armed force, the Criminal Investigation Division. Under Edici Law, Investigation Division agents have the authority to conduct criminal investigations and law enforcement, including the use of force to enforce tax laws and related regulations.

For [Hermes] and the Edici political elite - sex, violence, drugs, chaos corruption and other related harms are not as serious as not paying taxes.

Edici federal citizens are still more afraid of IRS agents than FBI agents.

Just because the four major families secretly hacked the Federation's beast-control rationing resources and used clever excuses to pay less taxes is enough for them to drink from it.

If you add in the human body trade, it goes without saying.

The cleanup of the Grant family, including my grandfather who was the bank president, was jointly enforced by special agents from the Administration and the Criminal Investigation Department.

Now the violent forces of the joint law enforcement forces are gathering towards the island city, intending to start a killing spree, but the four major families are unprepared for this.

From this point, it can be seen that they were indeed divided directly by the consortium.

Xia Xiu stood in the square in the city center, thinking about his next action plan.

"Now I'm becoming more and more curious about the people behind the Hermes Consortium. They act decisively and react decisively when they are caught. They probably also made a move at the Holy Lake Orphanage. Big cleanup. But time is still too tight for them, and the hands and tail are still partially connected. "

He thought of his previous counter-hacking into [Sirmi] and intercepted the feedback of the data flow.

If this action had not been effective in time, it is estimated that the consortium's termination and subsequent work would have been faster and more thorough.

Unfortunately, they were targeted by the fourth sword holder in heaven.

If the consortium was given a week, they might be able to sacrifice some of their interests and clean up most of their tails under Xia Xiu's tracking.

Unfortunately, there is no if in the world.

"The cleanup work at the Holy Lake Orphanage, even if it is done, it cannot be completely traceless. But the current situation is to start from pushing forward another trade line, so that the people from the Administration and the Internal Revenue Service can search the house. ”

Xia Xiu's mind was rapidly thinking about the next plan.

First of all, the body of Lister Ove was found. There was a complicated connection between this man's suicide and the Holy Lake Orphanage. His death was definitely related to the human body trade.

Now, Xia Xiu easily bypassed the security outside the county medical examiner's office and came to the medical examiner's office.

The interior decoration in the medical examiner's office looks simple and serious, with white tiles on the walls and gray non-slip flooring.

The air was filled with a mixed smell of disinfectant and formalin, which made people frown.

There are several metal dissecting tables placed in the room, and various dissecting tools and reagent bottles are neatly placed in the cabinets next to them.

Several bright shadowless lamps hung from the ceiling, illuminating the entire room.

Xia Xiu quickly walked through the equipment and came to the filing cabinet where files and reports were stored.

He easily picked the lock of the cabinet and found Lister Ove's dossier report and a list of all the responsible persons involved.

Opening the file, it contained detailed records of Lister's death, autopsy report, and various clues related to the Holy Lake Orphanage.

The file shows that Lister's cause of death was indeed suicide, but some strange injuries were found on his body, which seemed to indicate that he had suffered some kind of violence.

★★★【File number: PC-1591-0117】★★★
Case name: Liszt Ove’s suicide
Date of occurrence: January 1591, 1 in the Terran calendar

Location: Shenghu Orphanage, Isati City
Information about the deceased:
Name: Liszt Ove
Age: 40 years old

Occupation: Child Protective Services Worker

Birthplace: Edici Federation
Residence: Isati City (self-residence)
Event background:

Lister Ove is a child protection service worker in the Edici Federation and has been responsible for related work at the Holy Lake Orphanage for a long time. His relationship with his wife Marianne has become increasingly tense, especially since he adopted a little boy named Noah who was infected with strange hoof disease, and family conflicts have become more serious. On January 1591 and 1, 3, Liszt and Marianne had a fierce quarrel, and Marianne asked for a period of calm. On the evening of January 4, Lister transferred a large amount of money to Marianne and committed suicide near the Holy Lake Orphanage in the early morning of January 1.

Cause of death determined:

Preliminary judgment: suicide
死亡确认时间：泰拉历1591年1月17日凌晨4时43分

Time of body discovery: January 1591, 1 in the Terran calendar

Persons involved:

Marianne: The wife of the deceased, who had serious differences with Lister on the issue of adopting Noah.

Liszt's father: reached a financial compensation agreement with Marianne.

Sister Lister: Questioned Marianne's behavior and spread the incident widely in society.

Analysis of suicide types:

Egoism commits suicide.
({Archives - Note 1} Egoistic suicide refers to suicidal behavior caused by lack of social support and sense of belonging when the connection between an individual and society is weak or broken. The individual feels isolated and helpless and loses the purpose and meaning of life. It is used in Altruistic suicide is different in that it only looks at social link relationships.

{File-Note 2}: Altruistic suicide refers to an individual who is too closely connected with society and sacrifices himself for the interests or values ​​of the group. The individual believes that his or her own death is beneficial or necessary to the group. )
Social isolation:

Lister bears the dual pressures of work and family alone and lacks an effective social support network.

The breakdown of his relationship with Marianne caused him to feel profound emotional loss and isolation.

Emotional Isolation: Before committing suicide, Lister transferred a large amount of money to Marianne and left a message saying "We are over", indicating a complete despair of the relationship and a loss of his own value. Loss of self-worth: Liszt spent a lot of time, energy and emotion, but felt that his existence did not get the rewards he deserved, and he lost the goal and meaning of life.

Abandoned suicide.
Major life changes: From a long-term stable working environment, Lister faced tremendous psychological pressure and difficulties in adapting. The quarrel and breakup with Marianne caused a serious impact on the stability and direction of his life.

Economic instability: Lister repeatedly paid large expenses for the orphanage and family, including living expenses and medical expenses. The huge financial pressure and uncertainty made him feel that his life was out of control, further exacerbating his state of anomie.

File status: case closed

Case manager:
Host: Brown Harvey
Investigator: Johnson Grant
Psychologist: John Burton
Forensic Examiner: Lisa Kane

Archive date: January 1591, 1

(This file is organized by Isati NA District Branch)

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After Xia Xiu read the file, his eyes fell on the last few lines of names of relevant persons on the list.

Of the four people on the list, three were members of the four major families - members of the Grant, Harvey and Burton families were prominently listed.

"This suicide is too coincidental."

Xia Xiu couldn't help but sarcastically said in his heart. He knew that such coincidences often meant there was a deeper conspiracy behind them.

Xia Xiu highlighted the names of these people. Now he needs to see Liszt's body. If possible, he also wants to meet the forensic doctor on the file: Lisa Kane.

He understood that a complete human body trade line involves multiple steps and participants, including the illegal acquisition, storage, transportation, sale and use of human organs.

As long as there is a problem in any one of the links, the entire line will collapse, and there will be a risk of losing one's head and being executed - no Terran regime will tolerate the survival of the human body trade exposed to the sun.

The reason why the four major families dare to take risks is because the people from the Hermes Consortium gave them such courage.

They may have guessed that the financial capital behind the consortium may be supported by one or more of the giants of Terra Financial Trust.

This speculation leads them to believe that they can navigate the gray area of ​​the law and get away with it.

In every country on this earth, there are white areas, gray areas and black areas.

These three zones are intertwined and influence each other in the structure of the country.

In the Edici Federation, the gap between the rich and the poor is increasing day by day, and the people are complaining. Sometimes the anger of the society will be vented by attacking the black areas, killing gangsters to help the poor, hating the rich and jealous of officials, in order to vent their bad breath.

And when corruption among officials becomes common and society's credibility gradually collapses, the world, which is accustomed to seeing it, will use black to fight against black. People cannot govern and the rule of law has no faith.

This is especially true in the murky world of the human body trade.

The white zone symbolizes the realm of law and order, the gray zone is those areas that wander on the edge of the law, blurred, and the black zone is complete illegality and corruption.

The Hermes Consortium wanders in gray and black areas and obtains huge profits through illegal means.

They use institutions such as orphanages to trade human bodies, hiding themselves on the fringes of society.

Because of greed and corruption, some officials of the Edici federal government colluded with criminal elements in the black zone, resulting in the failure of the island city's laws and the lack of justice.

This kind of corruption and greed has not only eroded the foundation of the country, but also has the vague risk of losing control. That's why the top leaders of the federation are willing to cooperate with Xia Xiu to jointly suppress the increasingly expanding and collapsing ambitions of careerists and certain financial capital.

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The forensic office was filled with the strong smell of disinfectant and formalin.

The white tiled walls and gray non-slip floors make the entire environment look cold and serious.

In the center of the room were several metal dissecting tables, with multiple corpses lying on them, exuding a cold aura.

Various dissection tools and reagent bottles are neatly arranged in the cabinet, and several bright shadowless lamps hang from the ceiling, illuminating the entire room.

Lisa Kane stood in front of one of the autopsy tables, working diligently on her work.

She is a woman of medium height, with blond hair neatly tied back. She is wearing a clean white forensic overalls, with her name written on the name tag on her chest.

Her face was calm and focused, and there was a professional coldness in her eyes.

Lisa carefully removed the heart, lungs, liver and kidneys of the corpse and placed them on the culture medium.

The culture medium is a transparent glass dish filled with light yellow liquid. The organs are soaked in it, as if they are frozen in time.

The heart still maintains its original shape, and its surface is covered with fine blood vessels; the lungs look soft and fragile, the liver appears dark red, thick and solid, and the kidneys are brown and compact.

She holds a sharp scalpel and moves skillfully and accurately, carefully observing the condition of each organ.

"Weighs nearly two hundred pounds, has brown hair, blue eyes, and full set of teeth. The provider's thyroid gland delivers appropriate amounts of hormones to the arteries and veins throughout the body, totaling twelve pints of blood.

He's six foot two, so he has long femurs and tibias, as well as strong connective tissue.

Both kidneys were functioning normally, and the heart was beating steadily at a rate of eighty-seven beats per minute. Calculated from the above indicators, it is worth approximately 250,000 to 300,000 US dollars. "

She paused and continued:

“The provider’s blood can be separated into plasma, red blood cells, platelets and clotting factors to save a patient’s life on the operating table or to stop the uncontrolled flow of blood in a hemophiliac;

The ligaments that connect joints can be scraped from bones and transplanted into injured knees of athletes; the hair on the head can be made into wigs, or reduced to amino acids and used as leavening agents for baked goods; bones can be used as the most popular materials in biology classes. A compelling presence.

The provider's major organs, such as the heart, liver, kidneys, etc., can prolong the lives of patients with organ failure; his corneas can be cut off to restore sight to blind people. And even after a complicated death, the pathologist can remove his sperm to help the woman conceive, and the baby the woman gives birth to is also valuable. "

Lisa looked at the other party and continued:

“Doctors and brokers in any country who transport my dissected body parts through the market can make a lot of money just by providing such services, and the amount of money they pocket is far more than me as the seller.

Whether in the organ market or other commodity markets, the global law of supply and demand is an unbreakable truth. "

Lisa Kane looked at the pale client in front of her. His face showed obvious paleness, as if all the blood had been drained.

His eyes were wide open, full of fear and anxiety, and some red bloodshot eyes were faintly visible in the whites of his eyes. His lips trembled slightly and looked bloodless, and his cheeks were tight because of nervousness.

His eyes were wandering, sometimes staring at Lisa, sometimes glancing at the organs on the table, his eyes full of helplessness and fear.

Lisa Kane took off her mask and said in a cold tone
"Desire is the measure of all things, do not be bound by the reins of morality; do what you wish, and treat those whom you wish."

(End of this chapter)