Terra Hotline, crime simulator

"Come with me, Richard. Something big happened last night. I bought some breakfast on the way. You can have it in my car."

[Lavinia is so considerate. It seems that she knows your work and rest time quite well. ]

Just like that, before she could rinse her mouth, Richard was dragged out of the door by her.

Chapter 14 There is only one killer

"Yesterday at No. 104 Southwest Street, the territory of the Bellone family, many people died at Isido's birthday party, including Mr. Isido himself. It was simply a massacre."

Lavinia's eyes looked tired from anxiety and insomnia, and her face was pale and haggard. She must have been unable to sleep because of something last night.

"I received three threatening letters last night, as well as a letter of introduction. A family member was sentenced to death before I took office. Since I became the judge of the family, they think they have a new umbrella of protection and ask me to re- Let some cases go to trial, what do you think I should do, Richard?"

"This is the only way for the Syracuse judges. I have said before that the weight of that code will crush you. I have no advice for you to refer to, but remember one thing, sometimes if you want to uphold justice, You have to rely on the violence behind you.

And Nia, you look like you didn't sleep all night last night. Now lie down on the passenger seat and rest for a while, and I'll drive. "

Richard took her hand that was about to open the car door, kissed her gently on her forehead that was not covered by bangs, and then frowned and asked:

"Are you drinking? Driving while fatigued and drunk? Why, my little chancellor girl wants to test the law?"

"...I drank last night. I only drink when I'm upset. Also, don't be so casual next time. I'll remember your words."

Lavinia, whose face was red, glared at Richard and then sat in the passenger seat.

"Spaghetti? And ketchup? You really know me so well, Lavinia. It's a pity that I don't have time to eat it now. Why don't you feed it to me?"

Opening the car door, Richard smelled the smell of hollow noodles.

"Eat or not, I'm going to take a nap now. You should know the way there, right?"

Lavinia leaned against the car window, closed her eyes and said angrily, but she was still thinking about what Richard warned her.

She realized that she was standing at the junction of dawn and dusk in Syracuse, doing something stupid that in the eyes of other judges was tantamount to suicide.

........

The entire Southwest Avenue was blocked, and many private family cars were parked on the roadside. On the street in heavy rain, court staff were carrying out the bodies one by one on white stretchers despite the damn weather.

There were many reporters from newspapers on the periphery. They gathered outside the blue and white warning tape like sharks smelling blood in the water. Several family members waved short sticks at them like driving away flies.

After getting out of the car, Richard and Lavinia squeezed into Isidore's villa under the spotlight of the reporters, holding an umbrella together.

"Lavinia Falcone, Master Leon has been waiting for you at the scene for a long time."

A burly family member said to Lavinia in a slightly mean tone, calling her by name.

"Well, I understand, you didn't destroy the scene, right?

"

"Don't worry, we still understand how your judge handles things, but this is...? You should know that we can't let other family members enter the family territory. What happened yesterday is already a shame. ”

After saying that, he glanced at Richard again, the blue-eyed young man with an expressionless face who was holding Lavinia's umbrella.

"He is my personal clerk, Mr. Richard, and he is a trustworthy man."

The family members narrowed their eyes and nodded:

"I hope so."

He then took Richard and Lavinia to the ballroom.

"Lavinia, you are finally here. This must be Mr. Richard. I have often heard Lavinia mention you."

Leontuso's face looked terrible, and he didn't even look at Richard.

"Leon, have you counted the number of dead?"

Lavinia didn't pay attention to his rudeness, and instead began to investigate the crime scene and collect some evidence.

There is no police profession in Syracuse, so the judges who are the spokespersons of the Gray Hall law have to fill this position.

"Two more bodies were just found in the bushes in the garden, so 27 people died, a total of 27 people. The family branch on Southwest Street completely disappeared overnight."

Leon Tuso had a long face. He handed Richard a list of the dead. The Bellone family's control over Southwest Avenue was not high to begin with. Last night, more than some branch members died, as well as some core members. important member.

"How is Dmitri? I heard that he is still lying in the intensive care unit of the hospital..."

Lavinia picked up a bullet casing from the ground, frowned, and said uncertainly:

"He was wounded by a musket? Was the killer a Lateran?"

Wait, Dmitri is not dead?

[You were careless, Richard. You should have made more shots. It seems that you need to find an opportunity to go to the hospital to make up for this mistake. ]

Richard held the list of the dead in his hand tightly, but his expression remained so calm.

"I'm not sure. There are no Laterans in Volsini. Maybe they are smuggled weapons. A killer who can use a gun must have a family behind him."

Speaking of this, Leon Tuso's expression showed a hint of anger.

"I promised Dmitri on his bedside that the murderer and the people behind him would pay a corresponding price."

Lavinia collected the bullet casings and put them in a sealed bag and handed them to Richard:

"Richard, I remember that you took the introductory structure of guns and etched bullets when you were in college. Look, this is the legacy of that type of gun."

The latter observed it carefully and said thoughtfully:

"Lavinia, these are not blunderbuss bullets."

"What did you say?" x2

Both Lavinia and Leontuso subconsciously thought that they had heard wrongly.

"Look, there are no Origin Stone patterns on this bullet shell. The so-called gun is just a variation of the staff."

Richard shook the copper bullet casing in his hand and casually made up:

"This is a crossbow similar to a gun. I have seen this mysteriously similar weapon in an old book before. It is the product of a private laboratory in Colombia."

"Colombia...Columbia...Texas Family...Ha!"

All thoughts were put aside, Leontuso kept pacing back and forth, mumbling:

"I knew it was so! Our family has just taken over Volsini, and someone will definitely find trouble. If there is any family more powerful than the Bellone family, it is the Colombian families led by Salvatore. "

His expression looked like realization.

"Wait a minute, Leon, your idea is a bit too arbitrary. Not long ago, three people in the Rossetti family were killed by unknown killers. I think the two cases are connected."

Lavinia thought for a moment and said.

"No, no, the death methods of the three members of the Rossetti family are different from those here. Besides, only three people died there, while a total of 27 people died here! This must be some kind of team crime."

"Not necessarily, look at the footprints on the ground."

Richard ruthlessly interrupted Leon's reasoning:

"There are a series of muddy shoe prints on the ground. Although it has become very blurry, we can infer that the killer came from the courtyard outside. He was alone."

Richard patted Leon Tuso on the shoulder and whispered:

"He killed these 27 people by himself, so be careful lately, the eldest son of the Bellone family."

"Okay, Richard, don't scare him. Let's go to the court after taking notes."

Lavinia saw Leontuso's face turning a little green, so she changed the topic:

"How does your father view this?"

"Ah... well, he is calling other family leaders for a meeting to discuss this matter. You know, the impact of this matter is very bad. If the killer does not belong to any family, this is simply a declaration of war on Gray Hall. .”

Chapter 15 meeting

"The killer is most likely a Colombian of unknown ethnicity. He has extremely high killing skills and is extremely talented in the use of muskets. He is also calm-minded and has a certain sense of counter-detection. At the same time, he has Bellone's

Information from the Northwest Division...

Is this the information we analyzed all morning?Oh my gosh, doesn't this mean it was someone from the Texas family who did it? "

Richard looked at the case intelligence analysis in his hand and raised his brows. This time the umbrella was held by Lavinia. Because the judge was shorter, she had to get as close to Richard as possible to ensure that the The person will not be caught in the rain.

"Richard, I always feel that things are not that simple. A hundred doubts cannot constitute one piece of evidence. If you insist on thinking this way, you may really have fallen into the murderer's trap."

After escaping the questioning of the annoying reporters again, Lavinia simply took Richard's arm, but it was not the intimate nature between lovers. Her arm was very strong, which made Richard feel a little bit uncomfortable. pain.

"...it hurts a bit, please be gentle. Do you think it's possible that the murderer was just a simple lunatic who wanted to take revenge on society?"

"Do you believe this? What kind of madman is so powerful that he collects intelligence by himself, checks out locations by himself, and finally kills 27 people all by himself and then walks away?

In the end, do you want to say that this madman is not even a human being, but is six feet tall, has sharp claws and strong teeth, and then screams up into the sky at night? "

Lavinia rolled her eyes and quickened her pace. In order to avoid getting wet from the rain, Richard had to keep up with her pace.

The judge's mood was as bad as the weather, and her plan to find the missing persons had to be delayed. After all, she had encountered such a major criminal case just after taking office, and the pressure was put on herself.

Lavinia's painted car was particularly eye-catching, but what was even more eye-catching at this moment was a man standing next to the car.

Wearing a white coat and a wide hat to protect from the rain, he was playing with a jumping knife in his hand.

"Justice Lavinia and...the Chancellor's rumored boyfriend, Anton from the Saluzzo family, send you my regards."

Anton took off his hat and saluted them, elegantly but with a hint of danger.

"Saluzzo? Saluzzo, who never bets easily, what can I do for you? By the way, the person who wants to bribe me in court has made an appointment for next week."

Lavinia let go of Richard's arm, her tone slightly unkind.

"This is really a bad joke, Miss Judge. I am here to invite you two to our home on the order of the head of the family."

"Sit down? I'm afraid it's not a good time today..."

Just when Lavinia was about to refuse, Richard next to her pulled the hem of her clothes, and Lavinia immediately understood what he meant.

"Okay, I hope you Saluzzo know something about hospitality."

........

"Your Excellency Agniel, thank you for arranging this meeting for me."

In a luxurious conference room, Bernardo, the head of the Bellone family, looked around at the other family leaders and said to the old man Rutland wearing an eyepatch next to him.

Bernardo's voice was low and obscure, but everyone present looked at Volsini's overlord with respect.Skirt six "玖④⑨三'⑥一③五

“There were also four other great families from Syracuse and Colombia who had strongholds in Volsini.

Joanna Rossetti in the New City District, Alberto Saluzzo in the South City District, Los Chali in the Suburban District, Upton Cetarsi in the Prison District, and other elite heads of the Twelve Families Guys, thank you for coming. "

Bernardo poured himself a glass of brandy, swirled the glass, and continued:

“I think you should be more or less aware of the recent bloodshed in Volsini, but how exactly it came to be like this, I don’t know.

It is so unfortunate and unnecessary. A total of 27 senior members of the Bellone family died, including three government officials. My son's best brother is still lying in the intensive care unit. "

Bernardo took a sip of brandy and signaled to the representatives of other families that they could speak.

"Jovana, your family used to be all-powerful in Colombia, even on an equal footing with the Texas family. However, after returning to Syracuse, it has been suppressed by the other eleven major families. Are you dissatisfied with us?"

Alberto lit a cigar and directed his words directly at Giovanna, who was sitting next to him.

"Alberto, what do you mean?"

Joanna frowned, with a hint of displeasure in her tone:

"Not long ago, a corner boss and two elite members of our family died tragically in the club on Third Street. After that, I heard some information from the Columbia family. The Saluzzo family did not treat guests well, resulting in three people. The Colombians did not return home safely, do you have any clue?"

"Tsk..."

Alberto took a puff of his cigar out of boredom and said no more.

"Okay, gentlemen and ladies."

Bernardo knocked the table with his wine glass, drawing the attention of others to himself.

“You don’t want to offend the Sicilian lady herself, do you?

Without the support of other families, outsiders would be unable to do anything in Volsini, and that terrible killer is very familiar with the address information of some of our member branches.

So, I think there is a traitor among us. "

When Bernardo said this

, representatives of other families subconsciously avoided his deep eyes.

"I have a selfish request. I dispatched all the Shadow Destroyers within the family to find this traitor. All because of this matter. I must ensure the safety of my relatives, and I am a superstitious person. If my son Or the family judge, if they unfortunately have an accident, or are hit by a car, or struck by lightning, or die from a natural disaster, then I blame everyone in this room, and at that time, I will no longer be polite. "