"Why didn't Calum have a head? Was it caused by the Contained Object's effects?"
"No. His head was slowly chopped off with a blade."
"Oh? The victim died at seven in the morning. At the time, he was only with his daughter, an eight-year-old girl."
The Darwin Squad's investigation was extremely swift. Hua Yin and the others quickly zeroed in on Aura and obtained Aura's information.
"That's wrong. These are fake records—a false identity created by a local gang not long ago. Aura was actually abducted by Calum. They weren't father and daughter."
"For now, we can conclude that Aura used the Contained Object to kill Calum. A neighbor saw Aura leave the house alone after Calum's time of death, and she still hasn't returned."
"She was wearing a white dress and carrying a blue schoolbag. The victim's head still hasn't been found... We have reason to believe that the head... was taken away."
After the members of the Darwin Squad put the pieces together, they found the implications horrifying.
"Find her. No matter what, we have to find that girl."
"She's been out there alone for ten hours. There's no way she hasn't done anything."
The Blue White Society was highly efficient. With such obvious target characteristics—their appearance, build, and clothing were all known—finding one person was far too easy.
In just a few minutes, they had obtained Aura's movements that morning.
"After killing Calum, she calmly left the white neighborhood alone. Later, we found bloodstains in a courtyard two blocks away. According to our investigation, that courtyard belonged to the Mass Gang. We questioned one of their insiders, who said that Kru, who lived there, was the gang member responsible for contacting Calum. He was also responsible for intimidating and 'conditioning' Aura."
"Hua Yin, there were only four