"Well, damn, this really is..."
Li Wei stared at the female lawyer's corpse, at a loss for words.
He had anticipated that something might happen here. In fact, he had made preparations, sending the Black Cat Doll to follow the two detectives while hiding a bird Doll in the corridor outside his room. He had ordered them to notify him immediately if anything unexpected happened.
But unexpectedly, the first person to meet with disaster had been neither the two detectives nor himself, but the lawyer...
"Was this a curse?"
"Probably not."
The tall, thin detective shook his head.
"The cause of death was clearly homicide. Look here... Hmm..."
"I'm not so sure."
The short, stout detective frowned.
"If this was murder, I seriously question the killer's mental state."
Li Wei understood exactly why they said that. The corpse was truly a gruesome sight. The most obvious wound was the victim's lower abdomen, which had burst open completely, spilling her internal organs all over the floor.
Not only that, but even more disturbing was the fact that the lawyer's face had been peeled off.
Nothing remained of her face but bloody muscle, with both eyes bulging from their sockets. She looked like one of the anatomical models kept in modern school biology labs.
Clearly, her death had been agonizing.
"The body was found at the main entrance?"
"That's right, but it must have been thrown down from above."
"I see..."
Li Wei looked the body over once more, nodded, and stepped back. The tall, thin detective moved forward and covered the lawyer's corpse with a sheet.
"I never imagined she would be the first victim."
"Neither did I... Come to think of it, why was she the first to die?"
None of them could make sense of it. The lawyer had