Chapter 31: Out-of-control supernatural creatures

"I...I don't have any clues. I just came here to find my pet." The girl said a little timidly.

"What pet?"

"It's just a little lizard..."

"Then why are you standing here?"

"I... I sense its magic power here..." The girl shrank her head as she spoke. "It's very well-behaved and obedient, officer. Believe me, it has absolutely nothing to do with the murder."

"Its magic? Your pet can cast spells?" Raven keenly noticed the key words in the girl's words.

"It... knows a little magic, but it definitely won't be able to commit murder, officer. I can guarantee that."

What's the use of guarantees? Guarantees can't be eaten. Raven thought to himself.

"Sister, you can lie to everyone, but don't lie to yourself. You were so indifferent to me before. I heard that there was a murder here, and you were so guilty. You told me that there is no connection. Would I believe you?" Raven taught him earnestly, "If you really have any clues, including the specific situation of your pet, you'd better tell us now. After we check, if it is really not related to it, we will naturally help you find it and return it to you."

After hearing Raven's advice, the girl seemed to feel a little relieved.

"Officer, listen to me. Our Kapa can perform magic, but... it is absolutely impossible to use it to kill people. Moreover, our Kapa has a good personality and is very friendly to people. He will never commit murder..."

Seeing that the girl had been talking for a long time without getting to the point, Raven reminded her, "Let's not talk about that for now. First, tell me about your lizard... called Kappa, right? When was it lost? How long have you been looking for it?"

The girl thought for a moment and replied, "It got lost this morning, and I found it now..."

"Since it can cast spells, it is not an ordinary animal, right? It must be a supernatural creature, right?" Raven asked.

"Yes, it is a colorful lizard, a low-level extraordinary creature, born with the ability to cast illusion-like spells." The girl nodded.

"That makes sense in terms of timing…" Raven lowered his head.

A supernatural creature that can cast spells got lost yesterday and came here. There was a murder case involving illusion spells here...

Connecting these pieces of information together, the conclusion we can draw is... the supernatural creatures are out of control?

Supernatural creatures generally refer to creatures that have reached the level of supernatural beings. In Weimar City, some families keep supernatural creatures as pets, combat partners, etc. Weimar City has relevant legal restrictions. For example, keeping supernatural creatures must obtain a license approved by the municipal government. Domestic supernatural creatures without a license, untrained, or that attack humans are uniformly classified as out-of-control supernatural creatures and should be killed.

When domesticated supernatural creatures attack humans, they are defined as out of control, and their owners are responsible for the losses. The current practice in Weimar City is to kill the supernatural creatures that committed the crime.

It was probably because the girl thought of this possibility that she was so eager to get rid of the suspicion of her pet.

"How could you, a healthy domesticated supernatural creature, suddenly go missing?" Raven decided to ask around first.

"I don't know either! Kappa was like crazy this morning, trying desperately to get out of the cage... The cage door was not locked, so he ran out. He disappeared in a flash, so I came out to look for him... He is usually very well behaved..." As the girl spoke, tears filled her eyes.

It sounds like he's out of control... Raven rubbed his temple.

"Forget it, I'll help you look for it. This is also a clue in this case. What's your name?"

"Really...really? No, no need, I can find it myself." The girl waved her hands repeatedly, as if she was afraid that Raven would find her pet and take it away without any investigation.

Raven saw her worry and tried to comfort her: "Don't worry, our Guards will not kill without evidence. Take me to the place where you last saw him. I have some experience in tracking. If we look for him together, it will definitely be much faster than if you look for him alone. Let me introduce myself. I am Raven Yasin, acting deputy chief of the Guards' East Fourth Detachment."

After Lei Wen's persuasion with both reason and emotion, the girl's attitude finally softened.

"Okay... Thank you, Officer Raven. I'm Kriska Moreira, a third-year student at Weimar School of Magic."

…

Krista took Raven to the place where Capa escaped yesterday, which was a manor in the villa area.

"Officer, this is my home. Capa jumped from my room on the second floor yesterday." Krista pointed to a window on the second floor, indicating that was her room.

Raven nodded and began to survey the scene.

If I were that lizard...

Raven thought about this, and if he jumped down from the second floor, he would land on the ground...

Raven walked lightly in the manor, deducing the escape route of the colorful lizard.

Huh? Raven walked past a blade of grass and noticed a little red mark on it.

"Ms. Kriska, was your lizard injured before it escaped?" Raven squatted down and carefully examined the remaining red marks on it.

"No, officer, I took good care of it..." Krista shook her head.

"Is your lizard's blood red?"

"This... seems to be..."

"Is it possible that someone else came here and left blood?"

"That won't happen. No one from our family will come here today."

"Okay, then this blood is most likely left by the lizard when it escaped..." Raven stood up and looked around carefully.

It was much easier to deal with the situation with traces. Not long after, Raven found the second pool of blood at the edge of the wall.

The bloodstain was inconspicuous and hidden between the textures of the stone wall itself, making it difficult to notice unless you looked for it specifically.

Raven climbed over the wall with a skillful move.

If we climb over this wall, we will be only two blocks away from the murder scene... Raven narrowed his eyes slightly. The suspicion of the lizard was growing.

Kriska came out of the gate and saw Raven standing there thinking. She walked up to him and asked, "Officer Raven? Any clues?"

Raven nodded slowly. "We can follow the direction of the blood dripping to determine the direction your lizard escaped. It must have been injured this morning and is bleeding. It may have been scratched by a branch or thorn in your house."

If only Ellie were here... let her smell the scent, and then she could "intuitively" find the lizard's current location...

Putting aside the thought of disrespect to his superior, Raven took Kriska and slowly searched in the direction of the blood dripping.

According to the trace examination method recorded by the Guard Army, if the blood has a horizontal speed when dripping, then its trace will change accordingly. The dripping bloodstains when walking will be elliptical, and will be star-shaped on one side of the walking direction.

With this knowledge, Raven walked the streets and alleys, looking for the lost lizard.

"Here... and then I went over here..."

Raven stopped near the murder scene.

"Officer?" Krista called Raven cautiously.

"Oh, Krista." Raven stared at the three drops of dark red blood on the ground, "Do you feel it?"

"What?" Krista shook her head in confusion.

"Your pets are having a minor conflict here." Raven crouched down and used one hand to imitate the movements of a lizard.

"There must have been a person at the time who took a step like this..." Raven used himself and his hands to vividly act out a scene of a lizard being captured.

"Officer, how do you know it so clearly, as if you saw it at the scene." Krista's eyes were a little puzzled, as if she was asking how Raven could deduce such a specific scene based on so little information.

"I'm just guessing." Raven shook his head. "The traces at the scene were too badly damaged. I can only add a little imagination to make up for the lack of clues, but this is roughly what happened."

"The point is not here, but that your pet was captured." Raven reminded.

"Ah! How could... someone attack Kappa?" Krista rubbed the hem of her skirt worriedly.

"And, from this position, if it was forced to cast spells, the victims this morning might have been accidentally injured by it." Raven stood in the same place, from where he could just see the watermelon stall at the scene.

"How could it be...could the murder really be caused by Kappa?" Krista became even more worried. "Officer, believe me, Kappa definitely didn't do it on purpose. It must have been threatened by danger and had no choice but to do it. It is a very gentle child and has never hurt humans."

"It's useless for you to tell me so much. You had taken good care of it in the first place, so there wasn't so much trouble. Now that one of the people he harmed has died, you still want to emphasize to me that he has a gentle personality! He has never hurt anyone. Everyone has a first time!" Raven was annoyed by what Krista said, and he retorted a few times.

After hearing what Raven said, Krista was so aggrieved that she almost cried.

Seeing that what he said seemed to be a bit too much, Raven calmed down a bit and turned to comfort Kriska: "Okay, okay, I did say too much. The situation is not clear yet. Let me help you find your pet first. We will do it after we have identified it."

Krista nodded with tears in her eyes, and the two continued to search on the spot.

The sun was setting and it was getting dark.

"Officer! Here!" Krista seemed to have discovered something and called Raven to come over and check.

Raven walked over and saw Krista pointing at a small piece of black substance. "Officer Raven! This is Kappa's excrement! I won't make a mistake! Kappa must have been brought here!"