"Who are you?"
This time, the one shouting was Stanna.
The tall figure stepped into the deceased professor's office, glaring at the several additional silhouettes inside.
Invaders!
Anyone who wasn't blind could tell that the bunch rummaging through the professor's office were definitely not police officers, nor did they resemble university staff.
This was a serial murder scene, Stanna immediately pulled out her internal intercom, without giving the group any time to react, she began calling for police reinforcement.
The group stopped in their tracks, attempting to stop the female police chief, but were intimidated by the black police handgun, staying put, daring not to move; only one who appeared to be the leader, a young man, kept calling out, urging Stanna to calm down.
They were here to help.
At this moment, Tang Qi found the opportunity to take a good look at the group.
A total of six people, four men and two women.
The leading blond youth was tall and ruggedly handsome with short, spirited hair, dressed in cowboy style,
The other three men, one an unkempt old man with a messy beard, one a muscular youth, and one a skinny nerd.
The two women were somewhat more normal in appearance, one a buxom lady, and the other a sweet-looking brown-haired girl who seemed to come from a well-to-do family.
"A sizable team!"
Tang Qi noted the somewhat chaotic office to himself.
This group was clearly not police, but they were all armed, bulges at their waists indicating they each carried a handgun, and the old man even had a large-caliber hunting shotgun slung over his shoulder, while the buxom lady carried a shotgun.
If it weren't for their lack of a fierce aura, Tang Qi might have thought they were about to rob a bank.
Perhaps this was also the reason for Stanna's tension, after all, she only had a police handgun on her.
Fortunately, these people didn't seem to intend to clash with the police; even with Stanna pointing a gun at them, they were just constantly trying to explain themselves.
Soon, other officers from the school hurried over, and the spacious office immediately became crowded.
In the chaos, Tang Qi "wished" to meet the chief of Messer Police Station.
For ordinary cases, of course, it wasn't necessary to bother the chief.
Even during the "Skinning Case" at Saint Thorny High School, the chief did not appear.
But this serial murder case inside Messer University was obviously different. Concerned about her own position, this sharp-looking African-American woman, the chief of Messer Police Station, made her appearance here.
She naturally took over command from Stanna and confiscated the weapons from the group.
It seemed they were about to be escorted back to the station for a preliminary investigation when the cowboy youth couldn't help it any longer, and shouted directly at the African-American female chief: "Don't misunderstand, we are not the killers, we are just a Bounty Hunters team."
"We're here for the reward, and I already know what the killer is."
Once the cowboy youth shouted out, the reactions of the crowd varied.
"Reward?"
This was the African-American female chief.
"Thing?"
That was Stanna, and Tang Qi.
"What do you mean by reward? Where does this reward come from?"
Using the opportunity, the cowboy youth quickly explained.
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Their party was actually a team of Bounty Hunters, who rushed over to investigate upon seeing the reward posted jointly by several trustees of Messer University.
Although they were very dissatisfied with the reward posting, it was a clear sign that those so-called trustees did not trust the capabilities of the Police Department.
But as the Police Chief, the black woman still forcefully restrained the impulse to throw these so-called Bounty Hunters into jail, and asked solemnly, "You just said, you know who the killer is?"
As soon as the Chief finished speaking, the cowboy youth immediately corrected, "Not who. The killer should be some kind of... Demon."
"Hiss~"
The moment the cowboy youth finished speaking, the room fell silent all at once.
Most of the police officers looked at the cowboy youth and his party as if they were looking at a group of lunatics.
But the facial expressions of several people, including the female Chief, changed abruptly.
With the return of the Spiritual Tide, the resurgence of the Mysterious Side, along with various Extraordinary Powers, came the Abnormalities of various Mysterious Domains.
However, ordinary people at the bottom of society, unless they have some special chance or unfortunate luck, cannot see another world at this juncture.
Most of the police officers present were of this sort.
But Stanna and the female Chief were not.
Stanna was lucky yet unlucky, accidentally or rather deliberately pulled into the Mysterious World by Tang Qi.
The female Chief, on the other hand, had received some hints from above because of her special position.
Both had some understanding of the Mysterious Side.
But this situation would not last long; soon, ordinary people would also faintly become aware of the existence of the Mysterious Side. After all, the number of Extraordinary People is actually far fewer than those Abnormalities, once the Spiritual Tide peaks, those Abnormalities can no longer be concealed.
By then, the world will undergo massive changes.
Of course, all this is still far off, what needs to be resolved now is an extremely tricky murder case.
The female Chief waved her hand, ordering the officers to release the restraints on the party, and had most officers evacuate, making the office spacious once again.
The black woman, whose face usually seemed to be full of affinity, was now extremely serious, focusing on the so-called Bounty Hunter Team leader, the cowboy youth, with a look of waiting for an explanation.
Stanna, behind her, seeing this sudden turn of events, seemed to want to step forward and say something, but at this moment, Tang Qi held her back, shook his head, signaling her not to elevate him yet, and just listen to what the cowboy youth had to say.
Given the chance to explain, the cowboy youth did not disappoint. He knew that people with high enough status could already know some things about the Mysterious Side.
Therefore, with no obstacles, he quickly took out a thick, worn atlas from his backpack.
Holding it with one hand, he quickly flipped through it with the other.
At the same time, he didn't stop talking, speaking at an extremely fast pace.
"We are Bounty Hunters, but our team only takes on rewards related to the Mysterious Domain, just like this one. Initially, we didn't know what had happened here, and naturally, we couldn't be sure it was something we could handle."
"It wasn't until I saw a photo from the crime scene, the manner of death of the dead, that State, which completely matched the characteristics of the Demon I knew."
"Wham~snap"
In the midst of speaking, the cowboy youth suddenly slapped his palm onto a page in the atlas.
Everyone looked over, only to see that the page displayed an incredibly ugly, ferocious looking Monster.
It was a Spider Monster, covered in black hair, with a plump abdomen and an upper body very similar to that of a human's, showing very distinct female characteristics, a Blood Bowl of a mouth, with a sunken nose above it, and three Ruby-like eyes.
As everyone was slightly shocked, the cowboy youth's accompanying explanation also rang out.
"The Demon Spider Witch is a vicious and special type of Monster that enjoys the taste of human flesh, but will not eat all of it. Instead, it swallows humans into its stomach and then regurgitates them at midnight, exposing the half-eaten human body to spread Fear, which they can smell, and they adore this scent."
"My ancestors once killed a Banshee, so I know the method, and that bounty is mine."
The handsome, charming blond youth, who was also the leader of the Bounty Hunter Team, pointed at the Spider Beldam in the atlas, asserting firmly.
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