"Cutting fingers..." Lin Qiye fell into thought.
Many Mysteries had perverse hobbies. For example, the Ghost-faced Man from before would always gnaw a victim's face beyond recognition after killing them, then eat the rest of the body.
A creature that liked cutting off people's fingers... he had truly never heard of one.
"What about the bloodstains at the scene?" Lin Qiye asked after pondering for a moment.
"There wasn't much blood left at the scene. Most of it was from the bleeding caused by the ten severed fingers. The blood ran from the wall to the floor, and those photos documented it."
Little Black bent down, picked up two photos beside the evidence marker, and handed them to Lin Qiye.
Lin Qiye examined them carefully for a while, his brows gradually furrowing. "Strange..."
"What is it?"
"Don't you think there's a little too little blood?" Lin Qiye pointed at the bloodstains in the photo. There was only a small pool on the wall and beneath the victim.
"There aren't that many blood vessels connected to a person's fingers. Even if they're severed, it won't cause the kind of massive arterial bleeding you'd see from a major wound. It's understandable that there wasn't much blood," Little Black said.
Lin Qiye narrowed his eyes but said nothing.
"Anyway, let's look at that camcorder first. It might be the only clue we have to finding that Mystery." Wen Qimo led Lin Qiye into the tavern while Little Black took the camcorder from an evidence bag and handed it to them.
They turned on the camcorder, and the video began to play.
The first thing they saw was a greasy, balding man. He curiously fiddled with the camcorder, his cheeks flushed as though he had drunk too much.
"That's the Tavern Owner. They were