"Good evening, Lord Merlin."
Lin Qiye sat on the chair opposite Merlin. The Rubik's Cube on the table flickered slightly and automatically moved towards Lin Qiye, like a child who had been wronged.
Lin Qiye simply ignored its actions and went straight to the point:
"Merlin, I came here to ask you something... Have you heard of the Ame-no-Kume sword?"
Merlin frowned and thought for a moment, then shook his head. "I'm sorry, I haven't heard of it."
Lin Qiye sighed secretly in his heart, but this was not unexpected. As Merlin was an ancient British god, he naturally had not heard of Japanese mythology.
"It is a weapon that exists in mythology... In short, anyone who is slashed by it will not be able to recover from any physical injuries, and will be hurt in the soul. Even if they are resurrected from the dead, they will not be healed." Lin Qiye briefly introduced it to Merlin based on Instructor Hong's description.
"I want to know, is there any good way to treat the wounds left by this kind of artifact?"
"Leaving an eternal soul wound..." Merlin pondered, "Although I don't know about this kind of artifact, from your description, it should have two attached attributes, 'eternity' and 'soul'. Any weapon involving 'eternity' is very difficult to handle."
Lin Qiye frowned, "Is there no cure?"
"Not that there is no way." Merlin pondered for a moment and held up two fingers. "From what I can guess, there are probably two ways to heal this kind of wound...
The first method is the simplest and most brutal. You only need to destroy the body of the Ame-no-Kume sword, and the attributes attached to it will naturally disappear, and the injury will be healed. "
The corner of Lin Qiye's mouth twitched. You call this "simple"
Go to Takama-ga-hara in person, kill Susanoo, and then break the sword of Ame-no-Musukomo... If he can do this, he must be one of the top gods.
To him now, it is nothing but a foolish dream.
"What about the second one?"
"The second way is to find another artifact that has the attribute of 'eternity' and can heal injuries." Merlin said calmly.
"Um... like what?"
"I don't know either."
Lin Qiye: …
Well, these two solutions are less reliable than each other.
"Is there no other way?" Lin Qiye couldn't help but ask.
"I can't think of any." Merlin shook his head. "If I have to say there is a third way, it's to pray for a 'miracle' to happen."
Lin Qiye sighed and stood up from his seat.
"I see. Sorry for bothering you."
Lin Qiye walked out of the study and looked at the caregivers who were in chaos in the yard. He stopped for a moment and shook his head helplessly.
It seems that helping Wu Xiangnan heal the injury on his hand... is difficult.
…
the next day.
A black van stopped at the door of the tavern. Wen Qimo and Lin Qiye got out of the van and walked towards the tavern which had been blocked by the police.
This pub is not big, but the decoration is quite exquisite. The combination of retro style and neon atmosphere gives it a unique flavor. It can also be regarded as a celebrity check-in spot on this street.
However, this was once a bustling and bourgeois pub, but now it is empty and desolate.
Lin Qiye and the other person crossed the yellow blockade and walked straight into the tavern.
"Is there no one guarding this crime scene?" Lin Qiye looked around and didn't see even a policeman. He couldn't help but ask curiously.
"This case involves a mystery, so ordinary police officers cannot intervene. Guarding the scene, searching for clues, and performing autopsies... these matters are all handled by our special handling department. Although it seems that there is no one guarding the scene, there are actually people squatting in hidden places outside 24 hours a day. If a suspicious person comes over, he can be caught immediately."
Lin Qiye nodded, and at this moment, a young man in a black coat walked in from outside the door.
"Brother Wen, are you here to look for clues again today?" The young man saw Lin Qiye next to Wen Qimo and asked in surprise: "Who is this..."
"New member, Lin Qiye, Qiye, this is the person from the professional processing department I told you about, Xiao Hei. You two should get to know each other better, and you will often cooperate in future operations." Wen Qimo said with a smile.
Different from the temporary team members before, Lin Qiye is now a formal night watchman. He will officially take over the job of the night watchman and truly integrate into this organization.
"Hello, Brother Lin." Xiao Hei smiled and stretched out his hand.
"Hello." Lin Qiye held his hand.
"Xiao Hei, please give Qiye a brief introduction of the situation." Wen Qi Mo said.
"Okay." Xiao Hei's expression became serious. "It happened yesterday, at 10:45 am on August 26. The owner of the pub opened the door and found a strong smell of blood in the store. After walking into the backyard, he found that the waiter Sun Xiao had died tragically there."
Having said that, he led the two of them towards the backyard.
"It opens at around ten in the morning?" Lin Qiye seemed a little surprised.
"This kind of tavern does business at night. Starting after ten o'clock is considered diligent." Wen Qimo explained on the side.
Lin Qiye nodded, and soon the three of them walked to the door of the backyard.
On the ground in the backyard, there are numbered number plates, and next to each number plate is a corresponding photo of the scene. On the wall, a human figure is outlined with white chalk, floating in the air in the shape of a "cross".
"The deceased, Sun Xiao, male, 28 years old, came to this pub as a waiter two years ago. Before that, he had been working in a restaurant. In fact, it is rare for a waiter to work in a pub for so long. He was able to do it for two years because, firstly, the pub owner treated him very well and the salary was good, and secondly, he had two elderly people at home to support and was in urgent need of money."
Xiao Hei looked down at the information in his hand and continued, "According to the autopsy report, the time of death was between 3 and 4 in the morning of the same day. There were a total of five nail marks on the deceased's body, four of which were distributed on the limbs. They were all penetrating wounds, corresponding to the four red spots on the wall."
Lin Qiye squinted his eyes and saw that there were indeed four deep chisel marks on the hands and feet of the white human figure on the wall. There was also blood residue in the chisel marks. It was these four nails that nailed the deceased to the wall.
"The fatal wound to the deceased was the nail that pierced his heart, a fatal blow."
Xiao Hei pointed to the wall. At the position of the heart of the human figure, a small red dot was marked, representing the location where the nail pierced the heart.
"In addition, the deceased's ten fingers were all cut off, and the cuts were very smooth. There was no knife found in this tavern that could cause such damage."