Bastion of Light
Chapter 69

Black Hibiscus and the Great Capital

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Several more photos were handed over, all from the crime scenes.

Gu Shen took only one glance before hurriedly putting them away... The sight was truly horrifying, enough to cause a physical sense of nausea.

Every victim bore identical wounds, clean and precise yet cut to the bone. Their necks looked as though they had been slashed by a great blade, but with just enough force withheld to avoid severing them completely. Their heads and chests remained connected by only a thin layer of bloody skin.

That out-of-control person's methods were brutally vicious.

"This guy's style is extremely cruel... and he's incredibly cautious, appearing and disappearing without a trace. Deep Sea had never captured any footage of him until three days ago." Hu Danian lowered his voice. "For some reason, he actually went to the most crowded part of River Beach. But he was wrapped up tightly from head to toe, so we only caught a blurry image."

The final photo.

It was a screenshot from a bar's surveillance footage. The picture was packed with people, and a marker had circled the outline of a man hurrying past. He was indeed heavily covered up—a black cap, a black mask, his face completely hidden. Still, he was tall and thin, with a hunched back, looking sickly and frail.

On closer inspection, it was clear that he had something hidden in his arms.

"This is the out-of-control person carrying the Solemn-Eyed Stone Sculpture?" Gu Shen narrowed his eyes. "This was where... he came into contact with Jiang Wan."

"That's right... After that, he vanished again. Using Deep Sea Authority, we could precisely locate the victims affected by the Solemn-Eyed Stone Sculpture and determine his movements. He had been moving around Lipu Street and River Beach the whole time. But unfortunately, this method

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