Chapter 451 The Witch's Forbidden Spell

We couldn't see the house, so the crime investigation team and I put on the diving suits that were already prepared on the beds. We dove into the water, searching for the house based on our general memory.

Quite a few members of the special police force had also descended. Everyone was searching the water. I was the first to discover the building that belonged to the Luo family. Following my memory, I swam towards the entrance. We swam inside one after another. Amidst a pile of debris, Luo Yi's body, completely submerged by the flood, was nestled among those Lolita dresses, as if she had merely been one of them. Her skin hadn't been in the water for long. Based on the timeline, the flood had occurred about 30 minutes ago. She was still wearing a yellow Lolita dress, her eyes tightly shut, her body sprawled out, suspended in the living room of the house amidst the murky floodwaters.

We carefully supported her and pulled her up. At the same time, Xiahou and Xiao Yuande discovered Lu Yuanjia's body. We simultaneously pulled them up and left the low-lying building, returning them to the life rafts. Since the bodies were quite heavy, we used two separate life rafts to quickly transport them out of the flooded area to the Shaihai Town Police Station. Fortunately, there was no more water flow here. After the bodies were arranged, Xie Chuchu and Zhang Keying went to perform the autopsies. I took Liu Yuning and others to inspect the mountain. Gao Mingqiang, unable to move conveniently, was not brought along this time.

With the assistance of Li Fan and others, we arrived at the mountain. We wouldn't have known if we hadn't inspected. Upon inspection, we discovered that the original embankment here had marks of being smashed open. Just as we suspected, given the current season, floods were most likely to occur. If someone had tampered with it, it was not difficult to explain the sudden rush of floodwaters. Looking down from the mountain, the first place that caught my eye was Miss Luo Yi's house.

Li Fan said, "A truly cunning fellow, to think of using such a method to kill. Now half of Shaihai Town has been submerged."

"If I had thought of this earlier, perhaps Luo Yi and the others wouldn't have died."

"No one could have predicted this. But now that Luo Yi is dead, isn't it only Collins left?"

I understood Li Fan's meaning. He was suggesting that the killer could only be Collins, the final beneficiary of the will.

However, there was still one more person here, Director Gan.

In fact, in Guangming City, I had kept Xiao Dong and others monitoring him. However, their reports recently stated that Director Gan had not left his home. Ever since his daughter died, he had stopped going to the academy.

Furthermore, how could he have killed his own daughter? And in such a conspicuous place as the academy? If he had truly intended to harm Gan Qianlu, he could have done so at any time in a secluded area outside. Going to the academy would have been impossible. This logic was somewhat similar to that of the previous concert or that case; I couldn't recall the exact details, but that was the so-called experience.

In fact, there was one more point that I still hadn't figured out. Why did the killer target his daughter instead of Director Gan? According to the will, if Director Gan were gone, his daughter would inherit the estate. Could it be that Director Gan had some illness? Was he nearing his end?

Putting this thought aside for now, the surveillance on Director Gan would continue. Our attention, almost entirely, was focused on Collins. If the killer truly was him, how awkward it would be. Many of his fans, and even some police officers, were still protecting him. As I entered the association, I saw Collins so frightened that he dropped his teacup. A girl next to him quickly helped him pick it up, while several other girls beside them tried to comfort him.

However, I felt his actions were somewhat theatrical. I approached him and said, "Mr. Collins, I presume you've heard about Miss Luo Yi's incident?"

"Yes, Officer He! Save me! Now even Luo Yi has been murdered. The next one will be me! It'll be me! Wuwu! I told you it was the witch's forbidden curse, no one can escape. Mr. Tachibana was right, we are all bound by the witch's forbidden curse. Wuwu, I'm going to die, I'm going to die. You must protect me! Don't let that witch's claws reach me!"

"Mr. Collins, do you really believe in the witch's forbidden curse?"

"It must be true." As he spoke, Collins' gaze, for some unknown reason, suddenly shifted to a corner not far from me. I turned around and saw Tachibana Chūmei approach us. "The witch will definitely take away those who have harmed her. Because she was once the daughter of old Madam Dragula. I don't know what happened back then, but the witch began her revenge. Officer He, I think you should investigate Miss Dumas. This information should be available at the Shaihai Town Central Library. Many old newspapers from that time are still preserved there."

"Thank you for the reminder, I'll keep it in mind!"

I had originally intended to have Liu Yuning accompany me to the central library, but Zhang Keying suddenly arrived. She held a report in her hand. "Brother He Sheng, the results are out. They both have ether components in their bodies, but it was introduced through gas. If I'm not mistaken, they could have escaped at any time, but because they were anesthetized, they were submerged by the flood! Moreover, they were conscious at the time, meaning they watched themselves being covered by the flood!!"

"So that's how it is. That technique is somewhat similar to the previous one. This guy seems skilled at concocting drugs. Keying, if you have time, accompany us to the central library. We need to investigate someone's information!"

"Uh, then ask He Xin to help too!"

"He Xin, use the computer to search as well. We'll cooperate!"

"Okay!"

With the tasks assigned, we left the association and headed towards the library. I had previously instructed Xiahou, Gao Mingqiang, and Xiao Yuande to protect Collins for 24 hours. If even these three formidable individuals couldn't protect him, then I could only resign myself to fate.

After some time, we found the library. When we showed our credentials and stated our purpose, mentioning Dumas, a librarian told us, "The information is at the police station, but you can find some old newspapers here."

"Oh, thank you. Please print them out first!"

I said, and the librarian nodded. She then retrieved a stack of newspapers and began searching. Once she confirmed they were the correct ones, she put them into the printer and started working. We didn't stand idle either. We went to the library's bookshelves and began to successively search for books related to witches.