"I have no interest in being a night watchman." An Qingyu said calmly, "I just want to dissect the 'mystery' to my heart's content and learn more about the truest side of this world. What I pursue is the truth!
If I join the Night's Watch, I will be bound by various rules. They will not let me dissect the corpses of these monsters like a mad scientist, and spend a lot of time on meaningless things. "
After hearing what An Qingyu said, Lin Qiye was speechless.
Mad scientist... You have a clear idea of your position.
It is undeniable that what An Qingyu said was right. If he joined the Night's Watch, his teammates would certainly not allow him to do those obviously evil experiments, unless they were also a group of lunatics.
This was undoubtedly a fatal blow to An Qingyu, who was pursuing the truth.
When he had just solved the case of the Nanda snake demon, he wanted to ask Lin Qiye for help and arrange him into the Night Watch. But at that time, he didn't know what kind of organization the Night Watch was, and he hadn't awakened the Forbidden Ruins. If he wanted to get closer to the mystery, this was the only way available to him.
But now it’s different, he has the most ideal environment perfectly, so why should he settle for the second best and become the Night Watchman
Lin Qiye looked at An Qingyu in front of him and sighed.
Now the question is, should he hand An Qingyu over to the Night Watchman
An Qingyu once worked with him to solve the Nanda snake demon case. Although they had not been in contact for a long time, he knew that An Qingyu was not a bad person by nature, but what he pursued was different from that of normal people.
Moreover, in the past year, he had not done anything that endangered social security. Even the equipment in his underground laboratory was picked up and discarded. Even when he sneaked away a few "mysterious" corpses, he was very ethical and left half of them for the night watchman.
Lin Qiye hesitated for a moment and spoke again: "I have another question. Was it you who sent me the message during the Chinese New Year?"
"It's me." An Qingyu nodded, "but it's just a simple favor."
"For me, this is not as simple as 'a piece of cake'." Lin Qiye took a deep breath, "I did owe you a favor for that incident, and this time, I should pay it back."
"You mean..."
"I won't hand you in, but if you do anything that endangers social security, I will find you no matter how hard you try to hide." Lin Qiye said with narrowed eyes.
The corners of An Qingyu's mouth rose slightly, and a sincere smile appeared on his shy face.
"Okay." He nodded, then seemed to remember something and turned to walk towards the lab table, "Come with me, I'll show you something."
Lin Qiye followed him to the experimental table, looked at the three bodies lying on it, and raised his brows slightly.
"You went to the morgue to see these bodies?" An Qingyu asked.
"That's right."
"No need to look. Their manner of death is exactly the same as the autopsy report given by the forensic doctor." An Qingyu put on his white coat and said calmly, "The fatal wound is in the chest. An iron nail pierced the heart. There are no traces of drug residues, nor signs of fighting. Apart from the wounds from the four iron nails used to fix the body and the ten broken fingers, there are no other wounds."
"In other words, there is nothing abnormal about these three bodies?" Lin Qiye frowned slightly.
"From what you said, you think there is something wrong with the body in the tavern?" An Qingyu's eyes lit up.
"As soon as the body was found, it was sent to the department of the night watch that specializes in such cases. I was not able to see it with my own eyes, nor was I able to perform an autopsy myself..."
"No, I haven't seen the body either." Lin Qiye shook his head. "I can't go to see it until tomorrow, but from the photos of the scene, I found something strange."
"Strange things?" An Qingyu narrowed his eyes slightly, "For example... the amount of bleeding?"
Lin Qiye was stunned, "You found it too?"
With An Qingyu's skills, it was not difficult for him to enter the tavern without being discovered by Xiao Hei, so Lin Qiye had no doubt that he had seen the scene with his own eyes and might even have watched the video.
An Qingyu looked at him meaningfully, turned around and walked to the other side, "Follow me."
Lin Qiye followed him to an open space. On one side of the open space was a wall with a human figure drawn on the wall with white chalk. The position was almost exactly the same as the scene.
And on the wall, where the ten fingers of the human figure were, there was a scarlet bloodstain.
"I also found that the bloodstains at the scene seemed to be a little less, so I simulated the scene at the time of the crime. The cup in my left hand is the amount of bleeding I simulated, and the cup in my right hand is the amount of bleeding I restored from the bloodstains in the photo."
An Qingyu picked up two beakers from the table next to him. The liquid level in the left beaker was obviously much higher than that in the right beaker, and the total amount of liquid was almost three times more.
"Wait a minute." Lin Qiye interrupted An Qingyu, "You simulated the amount of bleeding at the time of the crime? How did you simulate it?"
An Qingyu looked into Lin Qiye's eyes and smiled without saying anything.
"You... cut off your own fingers?" Lin Qiye asked with a frown.
"I have the super-speed regeneration of a lizard. As long as I want, it is not difficult to regenerate a severed finger." An Qingyu said calmly.
Lin Qiye: …
Sure enough, the young man in front of me is a madman!
"It turns out that the amount of bleeding in that corpse was much less than that of a normal person."
Lin Qiye lowered his head and thought for a moment, "So, what does this mean? Wasn't that the first scene of the crime? Impossible, the video has clearly recorded the whole process. Could it be that the 'mysterious' has a bloodthirsty habit? Or... the tool it used to cut off the finger has the effect of blocking blood flow?"
"We can't draw any conclusions based on this alone." An Qingyu shook his head and said seriously, "I must take a look at the body in the tavern."
"You can't get in."
"You can take me in."
When Lin Qiye heard this, his brows slightly furrowed. After confirming that An Qingyu's expression was not joking, he shook his head and said, "It's good that I didn't catch you. I won't take you in."
"Consider it one more favor I owe you."
"… What's the use of your favor?"
"I don't know, but it will be useful." An Qingyu said confidently, "Besides, with my help, you can solve this case faster. Although you are also very smart, you are still a little bit behind me."
Lin Qiye turned his head stiffly and looked into An Qingyu's eyes.
An Qingyu coughed twice and said, "I mean, I'm better than you at dealing with corpses."
"Why are you so determined to solve this case?" Lin Qiye asked.
"I can feel that the 'thing' that did this series of events is very smart." An Qingyu licked his lips. "The more complicated the mystery, the more I want to solve it. The last time I had such a strong urge to solve the mystery was when I faced the Nanda snake demon...
After dissecting corpses in the dark underground for too long, I want to change my taste."
Lin Qiye rolled his eyes silently, "Pervert."