As a player, can you be normal?

Chapter 73 Third rate detective
Li Nuo began to move his hands up and down the corpse. If outsiders saw this scene, they would definitely think of one word, necrophilia.

From the corpse's mouth to the lower body, I finally found a brown hair in the skin folds of the corpse's legs. It looked very similar to the vaginal hair. It was curly and as hard as a hyena's hair, but it was not a vaginal hair. .

Li Nuo observed the two hairs he found.

The air inside was turbid and a bit cold.

He could even feel a fishy-sweet smell rising in his throat.

Unclaimed corpses are basically placed in the sewers. If no one comes to identify them after a week at most, they are thrown into the depths of the sewers and let the mutated rats clean them up.

Except for the unburned candlesticks, only the mottled walls were swept by the whistling cold wind.

He looked around, and it was clear that there were more bodies than he thought.

"Why are there so many corpses?" he asked.

The forensic doctor came over and said with a hoarse voice inside the mask: "Too many people die in the garbage dump in Xiacheng District every day. Although they are garbage, they affect the appearance of the city. Sometimes we have to deal with them."

Li Nuo looked at the deceased who had been pressed into a mummy and asked, "Can you tell me about him?"

Forensic doctor: "Vika, an alcoholic who lives in downtown, died in the grass on the coconut tree path in downtown last night. You should go to the police for the rest. I'm just an autopsy examiner."

At this time, the door of the room was opened, and a woman wearing a sheriff's uniform walked in: "Mr. Darlock, be prepared, several more deceased people have appeared in the North District."

Forensic doctor Darroch greeted the visitor, opened his arms, and shrugged helplessly: "Oh, Ms. Rebecca, the murderer really went too far, but I obviously can't let him go here."

"You can throw the unclaimed bodies into the sewer. Maybe the homeless people will like it." When Rebecca saw Li Nuo and Marger, her green eyes were startled: "Who are you?"

She looked back at the security guards in steam armor and asked, "Who are they?"

The security guard raised his thick arm and touched his head: "I...have never seen them."

Rebecca asked: "Then how did they get in!"

The security guard looked at Li Nuo and the others and asked loudly: "How did you get in!"

Li Nuo asked, "If you didn't let us in, how did we get in?"

The security guard was stunned for a moment, then recalled, "But I didn't let you in..."

Li Nuo asked again: "Then how did we get in?"

The security guard was confused: "I...I don't know...Is that what I let in?"

Rebecca covered her forehead and sighed: "This fool..."

The gas lamp stretched everyone's shadows.

Marger lit a cigarette.

The security guard immediately shouted in a serious tone: "Put out the cigarette! This is a no-smoking area!"

"Will it explode if I light a cigarette, or destroy the body?" Marger asked.

Security guard: "Please follow the rules."

He said and looked towards his commander, Rebecca, for help.

In Novigrad in the Nilfgaardian Empire, you never know whether the dirty old guy sitting in the alley is the owner of a high-end villa. The residents here are very good at hiding their wealth.

The richer a port city is, the more it has to pretend to be stoic.

Based on the above principles, Rebecca shook her head at the security guards.

After Marger took two puffs, he said: "My father's name is 'Mihagar'. This guy who was squeezed out was my father's best friend during his lifetime. There is something important in my family hidden in him. But unfortunately, he died, so I hired a detective to help me investigate.”

"I know you, the son that Mr. Mihagel revealed before his death... was born carelessly in his early years." Rebecca's attitude softened a little: "The police have not started investigating yet, you can trust Nilfgaard Virtue’s security forces.”

Marger: "Beautiful lady, please tell me, when will the investigation begin?"

Rebecca shook her head: "There is a serial murder case that is more important recently. We can only wait until this matter is arranged, which could be tomorrow at the earliest."

[The side quest has been triggered]

【Blood Butcher】

[Task level: lv22]

[Mission details: A serial murder case that casts a shadow over Novigrad. Every deceased person had their blood drained out, and the deceased were all very good people]

[Task reward: 3200 experience points, 600 gold coins]

[Special mission completion reward: If you make a bet with this lady Rebecca, you may be able to get the support of some of the security forces of the Nilfgaard Empire in Novigrad, but if you fail the mission, you will be blacklisted. List]

The system task panel popped up in front of the two of them.

The two were silent.

The time of silence until Li Nuo was over: "I understand, I will help you for free."

"Watch your words, third-rate detective." The security soldier pointed at him.

Marjie put the cigarette butt on the back of the security guard's outstretched hand. The other person hissed and stared at Marjie fiercely.

"Big man, shut your mouth, or I'll stuff shit into your mask." Marger has the advantage of being able to switch roles quickly. As long as he doesn't suffer from the second disease, he is a very good actor. For example, now, he I fantasize about being a domineering president.

"Okay, stop making trouble." Rebecca looked at Marger and said expressionlessly: "You are the heir, so you can do anything as long as it doesn't violate the law, but take care of your own affairs first. , besides, I must remind you.”

She walked over, faced Marjie and Li Nuo, and said word for word: "Vika's body was in a special state of death, so we won't accept any 'detectives' touching him until we can do nothing." It’s time to play the detective game again.”

"Well...you don't need to touch him." Li Nuo said, and then snapped his fingers at Marjie.

Before leaving, he pointed to the clothes and wallet next to the body and asked, "These are the only belongings of Mr. Vikar?"

Rebecca glanced at the forensic doctor Darroch, who nodded: "I don't have a habit of collecting belongings of the dead."

"Did you hear that, sir?" Rebecca said: "Let me ask, do you want to solve the case without investigating the body? By smelling it? Or by looking at it?"

"Maybe?"

"Do you know Dandelion?"

"The bard." Li Nuo responded, Dandelion - a friend of the original witcher Geralt.

Rebecca said: ""Half a Century of Poetry" records the story between him and the demon hunter. Maybe you have read that book, but don't regard the story in the book as reality, and don't imagine that you are a demon hunter. , that thing has long been extinct.”

"Okay~" Li Nuo agreed with a smile.

He and Marj left the house.

Forensic doctor Darroch asked: "Rebecca, are you here just to ask me to make room for the new body, or do you have something else to say?" "There are strange 'terrorists' making trouble nearby, I just stopped by." ." Rebecca said: "That Vika's body will be transported to the Public Security Management Team for autopsy tomorrow morning. You can guard the body today and don't leave. Also, I heard that there are suspicious people around you. If you have anything to do, just let him go. Flare cannon.”

Forensic doctor Darok laughed and said, "I thought you didn't want that Vika's body."

Rebecca said: "We only sent it to you because his body was too weird and we didn't want more people to see it."

……

After walking out of the room and onto the bridge, breathing in the fresh air, Marger couldn't help but ask: "Do you know who the murderer is?"

"He seemed to have been sucked dry, with only skin remaining in dry wrinkles all over his body, but his facial expression had an indescribable and strange happiness. If you look closely, you will find that the corners of the deceased's mouth were slightly upturned." Li Nuo paused and looked. Xiang Marjie asked: "You said you are a doctor, what way to die will make you smile?"

Marger rubbed his nose and frowned: "The corpse is placed in a confined space. The decay generates air pressure. The pressure increases and the corpse compresses. At this time, the corpse is taken out of the confined space. The corpse will gradually restore its appearance, which is reflected on the face as a smile. .”

"Yes, confined space and low temperature are the reasons why people keep smiling after death." Li Nuo took out the two hairs found on the dead body and said: "In a fantasy world view, if there is such a Biological energy can bring extreme dopamine stimulation to the human brain, causing rapid loss of consciousness during the pleasure process."

"How cool is it?" Marjie was stunned.

"To be precise, my body was sucked dry during the pleasure process." Li Nuo said, putting the two hairs in front of his nose and smelling them.

Marjie suppressed his awkward feeling and watched Li Nuo's behavior. If they hadn't known each other for a while, he would be sure that Li Nuo had a mental problem.

Li Nuo smelled it for a few seconds, then raised his eyes and said, "It's not a human smell, Marjie... he might be really happy."

"What's going on?" Marjie's face darkened.

Li Nuo said: "Judging from the brown short hair and the satisfaction on the faces of these deceased people, the murderer may be a female night demon."

"Night Demon!" Marjie bit her lower lip and said unwillingly: "So...so envious..."

The Night Stalker is often mistaken for a higher vampire, a creature created after the celestial spheres converged.

But they are different from other monsters. They don't kill people, don't want to drink human blood, and usually have no malicious intent.

At the same time, they have the appearance of beautiful women, and they take care of their appearance. Makeup or perfume are very popular things for them, but there is one thing that is different from humans. Their feet are hooves instead of legs.

This creature has a very strong physical desire, and there is this description in the Witcher book:
"Again!? No, I'm dying..."

——Leicester of Smallton, a few days before taking a lifelong vow of abstinence

However, even if they have no killing intent, they can still inadvertently cause bitter consequences.

Although the Night Stalker has hooves and mane, the half-animal appearance has no meaning to the young people who are seduced by it. They still regard the Night Stalker as the perfect beauties.

Those seduced by the Night Stalker lose their minds, believing it to be a real woman, and the beast accepts all the advances, leading the young to corruption and absorbing their vitality.

……

They decided to go to the crime scene.

Marger hired a carriage and the two of them sat in the back seat.

Listening to the roar of mechanical gears outside the car window, Li Nuo slowly cast his gaze into the night.

A huge propaganda poster of the Eternal Fire hangs on the steel cable leading to the Upper Town Bridge. This organization that tortured sorceresses hundreds of years ago has now become one of the more than a dozen official churches of the Nilfgaardian Empire.

They are no longer as important as in "The Witcher 3". Hundreds of years of changes have made great changes. Just like now at the beginning of the industrial age, many of the stars in the night sky have disappeared due to the light of the city.

But Li Nuo knows very well that the nature of the world has not changed, and because of the invasion of "Bloodborne", the dangers may be more unpredictable than a hundred years ago.

"Actually, you can go directly to Kevir." Marger said suddenly.

"No... Since Mirror Master has proposed the challenge of Novigrad, I must participate." Li Nuo took off his sunglasses, put on [Emil's Mask], and then said: "Since I have decided to regard Mirror Master as my queen, You have to do things according to his rules."

"He's a demon."

"But the devil will definitely give you good things, but you have to abandon the bad things in his rules." Li Nuo paused and said, "He wants to see what I can do in Novigrad before he will consider whether to help. I, therefore, will obey him first.”

Half an hour later, after passing through several paths shrouded in steam from manhole covers, the carriage finally arrived at Coconut Tree Street.

This is a very inconspicuous street. Compared to the main roads in the urban area, it is really clean, at least except for the garbage bins that have never been cleared, the gas street lamps that have never been repaired, and things that are stolen everywhere. Outside of homeless orphans, there is almost no congestion and no whine of leaky pipes.

The crime scene was in a weed pile in the middle of the street.

The place has been cordoned off by the police.

Li Nuo stood in a dark corner not far away and took off his mask.

He put the two hairs to his nose again and smelled.

Then hold your breath and remember the smell.

A gust of wind blows.

Red, thin smoke emerged from the eyes, lingering around the crime scene, leading to a path on the north side of the road.

He walked over.

Look at the ground.

Under the steam spurting from the manhole cover, footprints emerged.

Lots and lots of red footprints.

It was a trace that only the witcher could see.

Li Nuo: "No... there are too many, I can't tell them apart."

Marger walked behind, whispering: "Close your eyes, concentrate, recall the smell, and try again."

"I'll try." Li Nuo closed his eyes.

As he recalled the smell, his brain seemed to have turned on a program and automatically started searching for things related to the smell.

At the same time, a voice seemed to appear in his mind.

——Wolves sleep in the forest.

——The bat flutters in the wind.

——Only he is not tired and restless.

- Watch out for ghouls, witches and ghosts.

When he opened his eyes again, his amber snake eyes saw only one kind of footprints like horse hoofs, glowing faintly red, starting from the crime scene and leading deep into the path.

(End of this chapter)