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Chapter 8 Gifts from the Dead, Another Obsession

Brian didn't expect that after hearing that the little girl Ellie was safe, he would realize the obsession of the deceased in a daze.

It's so easy.

But what about the reward?

The moment this thought occurred to him.

The countless red light spots that had just integrated into Brian's body immediately turned into wisps of subtle warm currents, surging throughout his body, and finally gathered in the waist, sponge complex and other severely damaged parts.

It felt like being massaged by countless pairs of warm little hands, and Brian subconsciously narrowed his eyes in comfort.

Thom on the side looked at Brian who suddenly narrowed his eyes strangely.

I don’t know if it’s an illusion.

He felt that the current expression of his pretty-faced colleague was a bit... coquettish.

"Saucy?"

Thom looked at the tall Brian and couldn't help but shuddered and said uneasily: "Man, what's wrong with you?"

"Whoo~"

Brian opened his eyes again and exhaled a breath of aftertaste.

This look is very similar to the gesture of a man blowing out his first smoke after finishing his work.

The duplication check rate is 99%!
The way Thom looked at Brian was even weirder.

When Brian saw Thom staring at him with strange eyes, he reacted and said perfunctorily:
"nothing.

I was just thinking.

Why would the murderer brutally kill a mother but spare the child upstairs? "

"I don't know. The details need to be investigated, but these have nothing to do with us." Thom urged: "Okay, it's getting late, you should go back and rest early."

"Well, see you tomorrow."

Brian turned around and left the small room without being polite.

But he was in no hurry to go home directly.

Brian first returned to the morgue and pulled out several corpses from the freezer, trying to gain new obsessions from them.

pity.

There were more than twenty corpses, some fresh and some that had been parked for less than half a month.

No obsessive little balls were found in the sky above them.

Reminiscent of the smoke that was slowly escaping from the little red ball.

Brian guessed.

The obsession on the corpse may have a time limit.

specific time of existence.

It will be studied slowly in the future.

Leave the Medical Examiner's Office.

Brian was in no hurry to go back.

He parked the car on the side of the road, pulled off his shirt, and caressed his not-so-strong abdominal muscles with some nostalgia. The expression on his face gradually changed from joy to perversion.
came back!
It was three or four years later.

The abs that disappeared have returned to me again!
The gifts from the deceased are so awesome!

After fusing those bloody light spots, Brian found that not only was he full of energy, but his waist and sore cavernous body, which had been aching all the time, felt much more relaxed.

He guessed that this gift should be to strengthen his body.

How much strengthened.

He's not sure yet.

Brian could only be sure that the previous feeling of weakness that he was about to die suddenly at any moment had disappeared from his body.

Even if my body has not yet returned to full health, it has improved a lot!
This experience of completing his obsession also gave Brian a little understanding of his 'gold finger'.

Obsession with corpses.

It is most likely the thing that the owner of the corpse cared about most during his lifetime.

For example, Emmaline Keller, the corpse on the left, must have been worried about the safety of her daughter Ellie before she died, so her obsession was the same.

It is the certain principle of completion of obsession.

Brian wasn't sure yet.

It may be the rule-idealistic type.

It may also be through one's own vision to determine whether the obsession has really been completed.

After all, it is difficult for people to lie to themselves.

But Brian didn't want to delve deeper into this.

Ever since he suffered from mental problems, he has never consumed himself internally.

As for the gift of the corpse after completing the obsession.

This process lasts very short time.

Probably only a few seconds.

If you don't prepare yourself mentally in advance, it's easy to be in a trance when accepting gifts.

Normally fine.

In times of danger, a few seconds of loss of concentration can be fatal.

This must be noted.

"By the way, I still have an obsession to complete."

Brian remembered another of the corpse's obsessions: Kill Andres, that son of a bitch!
Andres was the husband of another deceased, Carolina.

If the previous guess is correct: the obsession on the corpse of the deceased is the most wanted thing to do before death.

So, Andres, who took the initiative to report the crime, is highly suspected of being the murderer.

If this is really the case.

Doesn't it mean that when he solves a case in the future, he can obtain important clues through obsession and even directly identify the murderer?
Think of this.

Brian lit a cigarette, eyes slightly closed. When he was reading the information earlier, he deliberately wrote down the address of Andres' home.

If Andres is the murderer.

In order to obtain the gift of corpses.

Then he must take action first from the police detective bureau.

Although Los Angeles has the death penalty, it is more formalistic.

Once Andres was captured by detectives from the Detective Bureau.

It is very difficult for me to have the opportunity to fulfill this obsession.

Finished a cigarette.

Brian followed his uncle's habit and stubbed out the cigarette with his fingers, then put the cigarette butt into his pocket, restarted the car, and disappeared into the night.

Is there a perfect crime in the world?

Brian doesn't know.

But more than two years of working experience in the Forensic Medical Bureau has exceeded the autopsy of thousands of corpses.

Brian could do it, stabbing a person eighteen times in a row, but the other person could only identify the effects of minor injuries, and he also knew how to do it so as not to leave any traces at the scene that would allow police detectives to pinpoint his identity.

Autopsy work.

His business ability may be average.

But if he wants to commit a crime.

Sorry.

Brian, who has been hearing and seeing for more than two years, is well-informed.

When I first entered the industry, I already had a deep professional background.

Half an hour later.

Brian parked the car, put on his clothes inside out, put on shoe covers, headgear and mask. After taking a good look at his surroundings, he walked in the middle of the street, avoiding the conspicuous road surveillance cameras. He crossed three streets in a row and finally stopped. In front of a two-story house surrounded by a police cordon.

This is a typical single-family house in an American community, with a small yard and a fence that separates it from the surrounding neighbors.

There is a lawn in front of the door, which is neatly manicured.

This shows that this community has property management and is not an independent house.

Some public places in the community are likely to have surveillance equipment.

A dim street lamp not far away cast a small light and shadow, becoming the only source of light in the surroundings.

Brian glanced next door and saw the same cordon.

The address is correct.

This is where Brian Target Andres lives.

Brian didn't come here to see Andres.

Because Andres is definitely not here now.

This kind of home invasion homicide.

The police usually cordon off the murder scene and arrange for officers to guard it, either openly or covertly.

In addition to preventing someone from sneaking in and destroying the crime scene.

To a certain extent, it can be regarded as a kind of waiting for the rabbit.

Although as far as the eye can see.

Brian didn't see the police officer watching.

But being familiar with police work procedures, he could be sure that there must be police officers hiding somewhere.

This is the confidence that professionalism brings him.

If there are other people living in the house, the police will temporarily arrange to live in a hotel or a specially cooperated reception house until the police lift the blockade.

In order to avoid things like letters not being received in time.

Before the owner of the house leaves, he usually leaves a note on the mailbox outside the house.

This is Brian's true purpose.

Brian didn't look around.

Taking advantage of the dimness of the surrounding environment, he determined his route, pretended to be a passerby returning home late, and walked from the community. Then when he passed by the door of Andres' house, he quickly glanced at the mail box on the roadside.

Sure enough, there was a sticky note left on it.

Brian quickly scanned the content above: "If you have any letters, please forward them to Room 304 of the Little Sparrow Hotel."

Write down the hotel name.

Brian didn't stop and disappeared at the end of the street.

Back in the car.

Brian breathed a sigh of relief.

He was lucky that a police officer didn't suddenly jump out and stop him and ask for his identity.

Otherwise, he will most likely choose to give up on completing this obsession.

Generally, the reception centers arranged by the police are cooperative apartments, not hotels.

Therefore, the Little Sparrow Hotel should be the target of Andres's own choice.

This made Brian a little excited.

It's almost three o'clock in the morning.

In general, the front desk of a small hotel is also asleep.

As for monitoring.

Very easy to handle.

Brian had helped out at the scene before and had seen how criminals dealt with this kind of thing.

"Good morning, good morning!"

Brian thought for a moment and decided to finish this obsession tonight!
　One more chapter later.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)