Chapter 2543: Rustling Down (Part 38)

"I just think the smell is very unpleasant." Shiler looked at the bag and shook his head, saying, "I'm not afraid of corpses. In Cat Getan, no one is afraid of corpses."

After Clay stared at him for a while, he seemed to accept this statement, then turned his head to look at Sivana and said, "Professor, these bags of corpses were found in your house, but we didn't find any footprints around your house..."

"That's your business!" Sivana appeared a bit angry and said, "Are you trying to say that I killed this person and stuffed him into a bag, then threw it in my backyard? Why would I do that? I came here to work, not to kill people!"

Clay wanted to ask more, but at this time, the older police officer pulled him and said, "Chief, although the dismemberment of the body is usually done in the evidence section, if most of the manpower cannot return now, then it can also be done here. Can you provide us with a plastic sheet?"

"There is a canopy in the warehouse." Sivana stood further away and said, "You can use that, but help me throw it away after you use it. It's too disgusting."

They quickly took out the plastic sheet. After laying it down, they started to lay the body parts flat on it. Some members of the evidence team started looking for clues such as fingerprints, while others were taking photos of the corpse. Everyone was busy around the corpse on the plastic sheet.

That old police officer kept staring at Shiler. Shiler walked up and took a look at the corpse, and then understood why this police officer kept staring at himself.

The head, fingers, hair, and genitals of the corpse were all missing.

Very good, the person who did it was as professional as he was. Shiler saw a police officer turn the chest of the other party over. Shiler's pupils shrank when he saw the half-tattoo pattern on the back.

Penitence Cartel.

This name appeared in his mind. Looking at the skin color of the other party, he understood that this might be another dark line, but it was killed at this time. Who did it?

"Bang!!"

"Ah!!!"

Successive sounds rang out from the front of the house. Shiler turned his head, and at this time, Clay had already rushed out like a swift lion.

He saw the mailbox of the house lying on the ground, and a young police officer stood at the door facing the mailbox with a look of horror. After Clay rushed over, he saw a human head in the mailbox.

The members of the evidence team also ran over and helped the mailbox up, and Shiler, who was the last to walk back, heard Clay curse.

After he walked over, he found that a human head was stuck straight in the mailbox. The people in the evidence section spent a lot of effort to take this head out.

Clay called the community police. After identification, they confirmed that this was also a resident of this community, living at the other end of this street, named Piero Flores, 32 years old this year, married two years ago, and his wife was transferred to work in the metropolis.

The police officer immediately started arranging for people to call his family, while others went to stop the reporters who had arrived at the scene one after another.

"God, don't let them in!" Sivana appeared very anxious and said, "We must maintain the reputation of Cat Getan University. I can't let anyone know that they found a corpse in the house of the president of Cat Getan University. I still have several project collaborations to talk about!"

"Officer Clay, you must immediately clear my suspicion, otherwise I have to seek help from the municipal government and the state legislature!"

Sivana emphasized his tone. Officer Clay obviously also felt the pressure, and Shiler also said, "I need to find my niece immediately. This kidnapping case needs to be filed separately. I have the right to supervise the progress of the case..."

At this time, Sivana glanced at Shiler. Shiler pretended not to notice his gaze, but he actually felt it.

Shiler suspected that Raven was taken away by Sivana while taking advantage of the chaos. All these cases were for Sivana to fish in troubled waters.

Shiler had discovered before that Sivana's target was very likely Raven. He needed the power in Raven's body, but if he stood in front of Raven, Sivana, who knew something about him, had no chance to make a move.

Shiler believed that the postman who suddenly came to the door with a knife might be controlled or instigated by Sivana.

As a resident of this community, Sivana had too many reasons and opportunities to contact the postman. It was very likely that he just said a few words to him on the way the postman got off work, which made him feel the panic of losing his job, or simply hypnotized and controlled him, letting him come to Shiler to make trouble.

Sivana knew that Shiler was not simple. The postman coming to the door would definitely lose his life, but he also knew that Shiler had to hold a housewarming banquet. After killing someone, besides having to deal with it, he also had to prepare various things for the banquet, so there would always be times when he was not at home.

And if he wanted to divert himself, besides having to do something like killing and dismembering a body, he also had to create a chaos and attract everyone's attention to other things, so that he could have enough time to commit the crime.

Then everything else was easy to explain. Sivana killed an unlucky guy, threw it in the backyard of his house, and called the police, lying that there was a terrible murderer killing and throwing the corpse, first attracting the police over.

When all the police's attention was on the person who was dismembered, he went to kidnap Raven.

The only problem now is the Penitence Cartel tattoo mark that appeared on both victims at the same time.

Is this organization related to Sivana? Shiler looked at Sivana calmly and recalled his background story silently in his mind.

But after thinking about it, he didn't find any connection between Sivana and the Mexican-American drug trafficking organization. The company his family had wasn't large, and the business had nothing to do with drugs. What reason could there be for a connection between the two of them?

If there is no connection, is it such a coincidence that the two dead people are just the nails buried in the community by the Penitence Cartel?

Shiler is familiar with the methods of these intelligence-gathering organizations. They usually don't bury only one nail in an area.

On the one hand, if there is only one, then if the line is broken, the whole area will lose control. On the other hand, they are also worried about people jumping back, needing two or more people to supervise each other.

The identities of two or more nails must be different, and the hierarchy is best to be different, but they can communicate in some ways. The postman and the resident are a good choice.

People living here are rich or expensive. Being able to afford a house here shows your class. This resident named Piero is very likely disguised as a rich businessman or an elite with a stable job.

And the postman walks the streets and alleys, which is most conducive to collecting information, and can contact residents in the name of sending letters, so the person who died in Shiler's hands is the postman.

The action logic of the Penitence Cartel is there, but Shiler can't understand how he, Raven, and Sivana are connected to the two drug dealers of the Penitence Cartel.

Shiler did offend the Penitence Cartel, or it can't be said to be an offense. When he was on the Great West Continent, he killed many people of the Penitence Cartel, but at that time he was wearing a mask, and the whole ship had no survivors except for the super-powered people, so no one should know that he did it.

Shiler's connection with Oliver was also mostly underground. They might know that someone was frequently communicating with Oliver, but they didn't know who this person was, so coming to Shiler for Oliver was also not established.

It is also possible that this community is basically the only community with vacancies built last, so the Penitence Cartel who wanted to bury nails here and Shiler who wanted to move just happened to bump into each other.

But Shiler didn't think there would be such a coincidence. Something must have gone wrong in a link. Which link would it be?

Countless information flowed through Shiler's mind.

Suddenly, he found the only intersection.

Shiler understood. He pursed his lips and said, "I must go find my niece. I cannot allow her to be in danger."

After saying that, he walked outside the cordon. Several police officers immediately stopped him. He turned back to look at Clay. Sivana also walked over and said, "Don't be like this, Shiler. I know you are very worried about your niece. Without clues, finding her may not be possible, and it may also put yourself in danger."

"Sorry, Professor Shiler. In order to catch the suspect and also for the safety of the community residents, the cordon can only be entered and not exited. I think the police officer outside has already made it clear to you."

"You suspect me." Shiler used a declarative sentence.

Clay lowered his eyes slightly and said, "The level of social status and occupation are not necessary conditions for me to exclude the murderer. You must answer a few questions for me."

Seeing their reaction, Shiler knew that his guess in his heart was already inseparable, so he said, "Then let's go to my house. You can ask whatever you want."

After saying that, Shiler turned and left. Sivana also persuaded Clay, "We should indeed sit down and talk, but the smell in my house is too strong, and neither of us can accept it. I think you don't want us to be disturbed by other factors, right?"

Clay had to nod and followed them to Shiler's house.

The first floor was a bit messy. Shiler wanted them to go to the living room on the second floor, but he also knew that with both sides regarding himself as a threat, it was difficult to invite them to a place far from the exit.

So he could only endure the mess in the living room and sit on the sofa. Clay sat opposite him, and Sivana sat on the single chair next to him, looking at the layout in the room while sitting.

"What did you do last night?" Clay asked directly, as if he was sure that Shiler must have gone out last night.

"I heard movement in the backyard, so I went to check and found that someone had drawn a mark on my wall. In Cat Getan, this usually means your house is going to be robbed. I erased the mark."

Clay asked him to point out the location of the mark, and Shiler led people over to see it. There were indeed traces of graffiti, and the cleaning fluid Shiler used made the wall bricks change color slightly.

Then they returned to the room. Clay asked, "Then what about your niece? Did she sleep in the room last night? Did she know you went out?"

"She didn't know, but she didn't sleep in the room either. I don't know what she was doing in the living room. Maybe she was hungry in the middle of the night and wanted to eat something."

This is when Sivana raised his hand and said, "Oh, I saw her. I came home from work in the middle of the night yesterday and saw her standing in the kitchen alone. I was afraid she would take dangerous items, so I went up and asked. She is a very polite little girl."

"Do you know each other?" Clay frowned and looked at Sivana and asked.

"Met once at the night market." Shiler said, "I was looking for a school for Rachel, and Principal Sivana said he could help, but Rachel had made a few friends before, who were the adopted sons of the Wei En family. She wanted to go to the same school as them, so I have already contacted the high school on Lilac Street."

Hearing "adopted sons of the Wei En family," Clay's face changed slightly, and then he heard Shiler add, "They made an appointment to eat together tonight. If Rachel doesn't show up, those boys will definitely find their way here."

"I will send someone to find her as soon as possible." Clay said.

He looked at the record in his hand and said, "My subordinate told me that you just drove back. May I ask where you went?"

"Post office, I went to collect the receipts for the invitations." Shiler briefly introduced the process of his housewarming banquet.

"So you have dealt with the postman?"

Shiler took a deep breath. He really couldn't help it, but the ordinary life he had been living recently had welded that layer of human skin tightly onto his body.

After reciting "ordinary people don't use psychoanalysis" and "ordinary people should be easygoing" ten thousand times in his heart, he gritted his teeth and nodded, saying:

"Yes, Officer. I said, I have allergen inquiry letters and invitations to mail. How, could, I, not have, contacted, the postman?"

"Then he is missing, why didn't you call the police?"

These words were like a sharp arrow stabbing into Shiler's human skin—he couldn't act like an ordinary person for even a second longer. ===== CHAPTER 2544 =====