Chapter 7 Tea brewer (7)

"Some were covered in blood, some had their heads cut off as if they were going to fall out of their necks, and one of them, Joel could see the few that had not had their uterus removed."

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In the car, silence enveloped both of them. Lance still did not know how to open his mouth to ask about what had just happened. He was pondering repeatedly whether Joel and her mother had shaken hands to trick him.

"Can I see how the owner of Salva is?" - Suddenly, Joel spoke up.

Lance nodded. Hours later, Lance led Joel to Dave's hospital door. Inside, Dave remained in critical condition, requiring constant monitoring. The black umbrella in Joel's hand shook again, as if what was inside wanted to fly out. Joel turned to Lance and whispered.

"Are your people watching closely here?"

"Sure"

Joel nodded, directing Lance to watch his next move. Joel unlatched his black umbrella and raised it above his head. The spirit of a young girl appeared next to him with a hateful gaze at Dave lying unconscious on a bed inside the recovery room. Her face was no longer pure and holy, but wrinkled and rotten to the point of fear. Her flesh was covered with bite marks. Joel knew this was the image before the last breath of the young girl. The true form of souls always reflected their pre-death state. Joel frowned, this bite looked man-made no matter what.

"It's him. He's the one who killed me." - The girl showed her hateful expression.

"Are you sure?"

"No matter how many years pass, I still recognize him. It was he who told my mother the secret between me and my stepfather. It was he who kidnapped me and made me never see my mother again." - The girl nodded. She wished she could fly in to kill him.

"Don't worry, I promised others that I will expose his crimes."

Lance looked at Joel talking to himself and got goosebumps. He looked up at the umbrella, maybe this umbrella was what assisted Joel connect with the spiritual world. Before his hand could touch the umbrella, Joel turned to glance at Lance.

"What are you thinking of doing?" - Joel asked.

Lance quickly withdrew his hand and smiled wryly.

"Oh, nothing. I'm a bit curious about that."

"I can give you one more hint. The girl in the rape case was the first victim. With his perverted mentality, there must have been more than six victims. There might be more clues if you investigate where he's been." Joel ignored Lance's bashful expression and said.

Lance nodded and took out his phone to call Dai. Before leaving, Lance turned to look at Joel with a questioning look. He chose to follow Joel's suggestion not because he believed in psychic abilities, but was more suspicious of Joel's suspicions.

Joel folded his black umbrella and pointed its nose at the ground. The reason why he had said those words to Lance just now was because in his eyes, around Dave's bed were the souls of girls clinging to him. Some were covered in blood, some had their heads cut off as if they were about to fall out of their necks, and one of them Joel could see that a few had not had their uterus removed. Hope this gave more evidence to convict Dave.

After taking Joel to the tea shop, Lance immediately returned to the area of the special team to investigate and prevent crime. Everyone was extremely busy with this murder. In the end, they investigated the locations, where Dave had moved to live, occurred numerous cases of teenage girls being murdered. Dave was once in the suspect form, but compared to his intelligence and no concrete evidence, he was released after only two days. All girls had moles near the corners of their eyes. However, the killer had washed everything related to him on the victim's body, so presently, they also had nothing to confront him.

While everyone was feeling a headache, a policeman from outside ran in and announced.

"Sir, someone said they saw the face of the person who was with Jenny that night."

This news was like a ray of light shining on Lance's party. Lance quickly went outside when he suddenly saw Joel with a man who seemed quite frightened. That man, after seeing Lance go out, immediately rushed to take Lance's hand and said in a trembling voice.

"I saw that man... I saw..."

Lance tried to pull his hand away from the man and patted him on the back.

"Calm. Now we will take your testimony. No problem. Here, you will be safe."

The man calmed down, but when he turned to look at Joel, he was shaking like a little rabbit. Patrick quickly brought the man inside to get information. Outside, Joel waved at Lance and received his glance in return.

"What are you doing?" - Lance asked.

"I looked for a witness to come to you, but you don't seem to welcome it at all." - Joel pouted.

Lance burst out laughing in anger.

"Everyone who looks at it thinks you're threatening him. But how did you find him?"

"I'm not looking. It's Jenny." - Joel grinned.

This sentence made Lance frown. He scolded a sentence before going inside:

"Talk nonsense again."

Waiting for Lance to disappear inside, Joel dared to pout. At this moment, a policeman stepped over and sat down next to him. Joel turned to look. It was the police officer who had informed him when he was detained.

"Are you here again? Don't blame Mr. Lance. He is also in such a hurry for the sake of everyone's safety." - The policeman softly said.

"I can understand."

The two exchanged a few more sentences, then Lance came out. Lance frowned again and said.

"You're talking to yourself again. No one here knows that you have the ability to talk to ghosts or something. If you stay like that, they'll think you're mentally ill. Until then, I cannot save you."

"I don't need your help. Finished taking his testimony?" - Joel ignored Lance's teasing and asked about the situation inside.

Lance showed a picture taken from the man. That man turned out to be a pervert who took pictures of young girls. In his camera, there were countless vulgar photos of girls. Luckily, that night, he snapped while Dave was with Jenny.

Joel looked at the enlarged photo. A few hours ago, Joel was resting after traveling all day with Lance. Before he could regain his composure, a man burst into the tea shop with a reckless look. He begged Joel to help him get rid of Jenny's threat. It turned out that Jenny felt a connection to the picture of her and Dave, so she appeared in this perverted man's house.

After seeing a picture of herself and the other girls, Jenny caused the objects around the man to change position and shake violently. She entered his dreams with a rotting face, one eye falling out, making it impossible for him to sleep. Finally, threaten and force the man to testify for her, otherwise, she would haunt him for the rest of his life.

At this time, a piece of news was announced to the headquarters. Dave had regained consciousness and was able to accept questioning from the police. Lance and Dai immediately went to the hospital to testify, but Joel who sitting on the side still did not understand why he had to go too. Dave had just gone through the moment of death, so he looked pale and lifeless. He greeted Lance's team.

"How can I help the police?"

"Mr. Waite, we're not here to ask about the car accident, but about the recent murder of five girls. We investigated and discovered that you were accompanied by five of the victims at the time of the murder. Do you have something to tell us?"

Lance showed up with snaps of Dave with Jenny on that fateful night. Dave kept his face calm and said.

"She is a guest of my tea shop. We had an appointment but then I left early because I had to prepare for the opening of the tea shop the next day."

"Does anyone testify for you?"

"I was alone at that time."

Joel outside looked at Lance while he was taking Dave's statement. Those spirits were still clinging to Dave's shoulders, head, and body. There was a dark aura around them that made Joel lick his lips. Joel's bright eyes made Dave chill, but he still smiled back. Lance looked at the two of them exchanging glances, then slammed the notebook shut.

"Right now, we will keep you here for 48 hours."

Lance went out and dragged Joel into the car despite his confusion. Dai followed and sympathized with Joel. Boss Lance was always angry for no reason.

"What are we going to do next?" - Joel asks Lance a question.

Seconds later, Joel arrived at Dave's house with Lance's party. Everyone looked at him curiously, but because boss Lance said this was the investigative consultant in this case, they did not dare to reveal anything, and only left suspicions. Joel looked around the house, this Dave seemed to live quite clean and tidy. In his house, there was nothing as strange as other people's ordinary houses.

While everyone was glancing around, Joel stood still. Lance approached and said.

"What do you see? This man is pretty neat."

"It's just in your eyes." - Joel replied to Lance. He went straight to Dave's tea cellar, and Lance had to follow for fear he would cause trouble. Joel stopped in front of the east wall of the basement. On it hung a picture of ancient letters. Joel grabbed the drawing and pulled it out. Inside was a series of electronic codes. Lance immediately sent someone to ask the technical team to decode.

While everyone was waiting for the technical team, Joel stood on one side looking at the picture that had just been taken down and then sneered. He pressed his black umbrella firmly down on the picture. The next scene surprised everyone, the painting was flaming, but did not harm Joel. When the picture was burned, the code was also broken, and the wall was opened. Cold air rushed out with a stench.

Lance's party immediately descended and had a gun in hand. Lance stepped in front of Joel to protect him. Until the last step down the stairs, the scene before them was so terrifying that everyone had to shiver. At this time, Jenny and the young girl in the rape case appeared next to Joel with a terrible state of decay. Their eyes were filled with satisfaction.