Ke-style law enforcement officers

Chapter 448 The Black Goat of the Forest

Grasso's body remains in the morgue.

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Rick had already compiled the autopsy report a long time ago.

Rebecca doesn't need to go into the details.

In the basement, a group of people surrounded a corpse wrapped in a white sheet, creating an eerie atmosphere.

...

"His reproductive organs were removed?"

Milo looked at the report in his hand, his brows furrowed.

Rebecca and Rick stood silently to the side.

And before anyone knew it, Marty had also sneaked in.

A little boy, not even ten years old, showed no fear whatsoever when faced with a room full of autopsy tools and a cold corpse covered with a white sheet. Instead, he was filled with curiosity and secretly reached out to lift the white sheet off the corpse.

After Rebecca gave him a warning look, he sneaked into the next-door studio and quietly rummaged through drawers and cabinets, taking out quite a few of Rick's kitchen utensils...

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"I have a question……"

After hesitating for a long time, Rebecca finally decided to voice her question:

"Why not bury her and then peer into her memories? Wouldn't that reveal all the details?"

She always had a feeling that Milo was deliberately avoiding Grasso's body.

After all, Rebecca wouldn't have found it if he hadn't left Grasso's body exposed in the ruins of the opera house.

...

Milo's response to this was also very concise:
"I know who the murderer is."

“But the information obtained by direct observation is more comprehensive, isn’t it?” Rebecca asked.

This time, Milo simply shrugged, not denying Rebecca's point: "You're right."

“Shall I help you contact the funeral home?” Rebecca suggested. “I can handle the other formalities quickly.”

“I know funeral directors myself,” Milo shook his head.

“Besides this, there’s this too.” Rebecca pointed to a ram’s horn totem on the second page of the report: “This pattern was carved into the skin of the deceased’s neck.”

"Black Goat."

Milo blurted it out.

Monquia had previously mentioned this detail, stating that he had already fought the vampire spirit seer once and confirmed that the opponent's spells involved the Black Goat Totem.

"What is that?" Rebecca asked, puzzled.

In the folk culture of this world, goats are not generally regarded as the image of demons as they are on Earth. In fact, in the northern regions of this country, although goats are also considered a symbol of death, they are not associated with evil. Instead, they are worshipped as a deity who manages the order of death and rebirth. This deity even had its own independent sects and cults.

Although conceptually it is the Grim Reaper, it represents a deeper meaning of conception and life, and people do not call it the Grim Reaper directly, but use another title—the Spirit of the Sheep.

Before the Great Plague, the image of the sheep spirit was widely circulated in Nanwei City, perhaps because the Nanwei people's definition of death coincided with its concept.

But this is merely the image of a goat in folk culture.

In fact, the black goat is recorded more clearly in many mysterious books.

There are related records in many books, including The Ghoul Order and The Book of the Revelation.

Milo obtained information about the Black Goat from the memories of the Great Old One, Glagi, stored in his own mind.

Its full name should be "The Black Goat of the Forest" - Sabu Nicholas.

It belongs to the Outer God sequence.

It also has various other titles, such as "Supreme Mother Goddess" and "Goddess of Dark Abundance".

Symbolizing concepts such as life, fertility, and reproduction, there is a legend that almost all the Great Old Ones were born from it, and that all living species are connected to it to some extent. All techniques of restoration, repair, and gestation are related to it.

It reproduces constantly; the purpose of its existence is to propagate life.

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In short, this is a deity that does not exist in the present world, and belongs to the Outer Gods faction.

Monquia must have learned this information from the aforementioned books, which is how he recognized the magical totem used by the vampire spirit seer.

This is one of the reasons why this psychic is said to have a chaotic and mixed belief system. It is highly likely that he simultaneously worships Engel Korath and Black Goat Sabu Nicholas.

Although it sounds absurd, there seems to be no rule in the world that prohibits one from worshipping two external gods at the same time.

As a follower of this Outer God who claims to be the creator of all things, the Vampire Spirit Visioner's purpose in taking the genitals of the dead Grasso is quite intriguing.

...

In his initial speculation, Milo believed that this guy was just a henchman summoned by Imnar, a minor character who came to cause trouble simply because of Imnar's curse before he left.

But in reality, it's not that simple.

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When Rebecca asked him about it, Milo didn't reveal all this information at once; he simply shook his head.
"I'll tell you slowly after I've fully figured it out."

Even for those with psychic abilities, there is still a possibility of their sanity collapsing, and their capacity to accept these things also has its limits, even for those in the Milo sequence.

Therefore, Milo would not expose Rebecca to too much information in a short period of time, especially content related to the Outer Gods, otherwise she might fall into complete madness at some point without realizing it.

But Rebecca didn't think that way; her thinking was still stuck in the simple stage of investigation and crime-solving: "Then what do I need to do?"

“Learning too many strange things at once won’t do you any good. You’ve received enough information today and need time to digest it. Right now, you need to protect yourself first. Oh, and him too… wait, where is he?” Milo turned his head and found that the young psychic Marty had disappeared.

After calling out twice, he finally poked his head out from outside the dissection room, holding a small glass jar in his hand, and asked with a puzzled look, "What is it?"

"Black pepper salt?" Rebecca recognized the kitchen glass jar in Marty's hand and asked in confusion, "Why would there be something like this in the basement?"

She turned to look at Rick.

Rick stammered for a long time.

Milo calmly glanced at the guilty Rick, then said to Rebecca, "This is what I meant by all that nonsense."

It's unrealistic to explain everything that happened around the law enforcement office over the past two years to Rebecca in one go, and Milo doesn't have the time or energy for that either. These hidden truths can only be discovered by Rebecca herself.

Now Rick is the one who's a bit confused.

From the conversation between her two superiors, it seemed that Rebecca knew about things like psychics, vengeful spirits, and heretical cults, and from her tone, it sounded like she had become like Milo...

It seems that the day when I can openly enjoy egg dishes in the cafeteria is not far off.

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"Let me put it this way, there are all sorts of strange people in this house now, so I don't need to hide anything anymore. You and that brat are both potential targets of the murderer. My advice is not to do anything rash for now. Keeping your own lives safe is the most important thing, because I don't have time to keep an eye on you."

Milo muttered:

"For safety's sake, I'll arrange some more manpower for you. Although it may not be of much use, it's better than nothing."

He pointed to the wall behind Rebecca and said, "Say hello to your friends."

Rebecca turned her head in confusion and saw several figures on the wall.

At first, she subconsciously thought they were the shadows of Milo, Rick, and the others, but the next second she realized that the shadows were waving at her.

Rebecca instantly gripped the handle of her musket at her waist.

But Milo patted her on the shoulder and said:

“Eric, Henry, Jones… they’re all on our side, you know them.”

"It's... those who went missing from the criminal investigation team? What exactly is this...?" Rebecca was stunned for a while before she reacted.

"Uh—that's a complicated story. Let them tell you when you can read sign language. Just know that they are still your subordinates."

Milo thought for a moment, then simply took off the brass ring on his hand and put it on Rebecca's finger.

As he took off the ring, the shadow on the wall suddenly became blurry.

The outline of the Exiled Shadow only became clear again when the ring was slipped back onto Rebecca's finger.

"Hmm, it seems that all the psychics can control this little thing... Remember, this ring is the medium for the seven of them. Don't take it off easily. As the chief enforcer, it's more appropriate for you to keep it safe."

Moreover, for Milo at this stage, the seven-person group can't provide much help anymore; on the contrary, Rebecca really needs this strength.

Rebecca looked at the ring on her hand with surprise, then at the group of seven lounging on the wall.

"So they were still alive all along..."

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Rick couldn't see the shadow of the exile; he could only see Marty, overflowing with curiosity, standing on tiptoe and scratching at the wall.

Marshall, however, paid no attention to what was happening on the other side of the wall. It just stared at Milo putting the ring on Rebecca's finger with a disgusted expression, and no one knew what it was thinking.

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(End of this chapter)