Chapter 3 Chapter 2 Mortuary Fire and Missing Corpse

Suddenly, my heart beat wildly. When I go out, I will definitely not have such a ring on my body, and although I have encountered many strange things outside, no one can put such a ring in my body. In the pocket, I can say that I have not approached anyone-except for a woman who died suddenly! After the woman hit the glass door and fell to the ground, the doctor and I reached her side at the same time and helped her up. After I helped her to the sofa, the doctor had already proved her death, but when I When she was first lifted up, she might not be dead yet! If she hadn't died at that time—naturally, that was just my guess—then it would be a breeze for her to put the ring in my coat pocket!

Just thinking of this made my heart beat wildly. The notebook next to the woman has my phone number. She is the one who asked me to meet and said that she has an important matter to tell me. There should be no doubt about it. And she was late, and when she was late, another man told me viciously: "The appointment is cancelled." Then, she appeared again, and ran in such a hurry. No matter how reckless a person acts, no matter how anxious his heart is, if he is so anxious that he can't even see the glass door in front of him, and bumps into it like a blind person, the possibility is extremely slim, unless she already knows that her life can be destroyed at any time. over, so she has to fight for every second.

Thinking about it layer by layer, when I thought of this, I took a deep breath. The matter is somewhat clear. If my reasoning is not too far from the truth, then this ring must have a great relationship with the important thing that woman wants to tell me. The woman didn't have time to tell me the important thing, so she had no choice but to put the ring in my pocket, so that after I found the ring, I could put it on the ring again. To discover the "big thing" she didn't get a chance to tell me about! I immediately came to the table, took out a piece of white paper, and placed the ring flat on the white paper. Then, I pulled down the desk lamp to focus the light on the ring, and then carefully examined the ring with a magnifying glass. pattern on.

The ring is only one inch in diameter, and the hole in the middle is the size of a pencil. The width of the ring is no more than three-eighths of an inch, but the pattern on it is very detailed. The fine lines are obviously irregular, sometimes swirling like a vortex of water, sometimes in a straight line, and sometimes presenting many irregular knots. I looked at it for a while, then turned the ring over and looked at it with a magnifying glass. The fine lines on the back were similar. I can be sure that if there is any secret on the ring, it must be in the fine lines on both sides of the ring, but I have no way of knowing what secrets are hidden in those fine lines.

I watched it for an hour, but I was still at a loss, so I used a camera to take pictures of both sides of the ring.The negative film I use can be enlarged many times, and the ring can be enlarged to a diameter of three feet, so that the detailed patterns on the ring can be further studied. I didn't develop the film right away because the night was so dark and I was very tired.I packed everything up, locked it in a drawer, and then went to the bedroom. I fall asleep shortly after laying down. It's one of my life habits. When I decide to rest, I rest. No matter how many strange problems bother me, I don't think about it. Such a habit is because I know that only after sufficient rest can I keep my mind clear and solve problems.

The next day, I was woken up by Bai Su, and when I opened my eyes, the room was already full of sunshine. As soon as I opened my eyes, Bai Su said: "Colonel Jack has called for the third time, it's almost noon, I am embarrassed to answer that you are still asleep!" As I spoke, I sat up, Bai Su picked up the phone by the bed, I answered it, and said "Hello", I immediately heard the voice of Colonel Jack, a senior police officer and director of the special studio, he Said: "Sleeping during the day, your living habits are really unflattering." I cleared my throat: "I'm sorry, I slept too late last night."

Jack paused for a moment: "Yesterday, you were involved in the mysterious death of a woman?" I paused a little too, because I didn't know what Jack meant by bringing this up to me. Ordinarily, Jack and I are old friends, but maybe because he and I are equally stubborn, have great confidence in our own ideas, so we can't always get along, it's not that there is a certain thing that makes We never talk on the phone if we have to talk. So, at this moment, I have to think about what he meant by asking me like that. Naturally, I thought about it for a very short time, and then said: "Yes, I have told the police everything about me!"

"Naturally, naturally," Jack said hastily, "but this matter, um...you know, there are a few doubts that the police have yet to clarify, so...so..." I couldn't help laughing when I heard Jack hemming and hawing on the phone like that, and I interrupted him: "Mr. One point, I have a good impression, why have you lost even this advantage?" Jack smiled wryly: "Wesley, you really offend many people and praise few people." I said, "That will help solve the problem. What difficulties do you have?" Jack paused for a while, and said, "Last night, the mortuary caught fire."

I said: "Yes, the fire started when I was about to leave, but I don't know the result." "The mortuary suddenly caught fire and burned many corpses. Now, what is incredible is that the fire was extinguished within a few minutes, but the woman's body disappeared." I stayed for a while, feeling a chill. Jack continued: "A few minutes of fire is not enough to completely incinerate a corpse, and at that time, the woman's corpse was on the autopsy table, and the white cloth on the autopsy table was only slightly burnt, so the body is missing. of." "Stolen?" I asked.

"There is no such possibility." "What was the cause of the fire?" Jack said: "We have already investigated, the reason is a leakage of electricity, and the fire became very violent all of a sudden." I took a breath: "So, what do you need me to do?" Jack said "Well" for a while, and he could hear that he continued to speak after making up his mind, he said: "Wesley, we have worked together to solve many mysterious incidents, and I think this matter also needs our help." Cooperation, you'd better come to my office once, I have some very weird photos for you, about that woman!"

Colonel Jack's words were very sincere, since he invited me to cooperate, I immediately said: "Okay, I will arrive within half an hour, and I have something special to show you, which may also be related to that woman. " I put down the phone, hurriedly dressed and washed, and then, I took the ring, took out the roll of negatives, went downstairs, and drove straight to the police station. I am a very punctual person. I promised Jack that I will arrive within half an hour. My time and budget are very sufficient, so I will not be late. But, I'm late! As soon as my car turned the corner, a man suddenly ran over from the opposite road in a daze. That man was definitely not in a hurry to cross the road, I can be sure of this, because he literally rushed towards my car, I don't know what the man's purpose is to die, but he is looking for death, There is no doubt about it. Seeing that something was wrong, I immediately turned the front of the car to avoid the guy's approach. My car rushed straight onto the sidewalk, crashed into a utility pole with a loud bang. The man rushing towards me was still rubbed by my car. He fell to the ground and rolled over, then jumped up again. I immediately opened the car door and walked out. As soon as the man got out of the car, he rushed towards me viciously, which was really beyond my expectation. When he rushed towards me, I dodged. Fortunately, I dodged in time, because as soon as the guy jumped in front of me, he punched me in the chest. If I hadn't dodged, I would have been hit by him. As he passed by, he gave him a palm on the back of his neck. At that time, many passers-by gathered around, almost all of them accused that guy of his faults. After being hit by my palm, the guy didn't faint. He just fell on the ground, jumped up immediately, and ran forward. At this time, two police officers also rushed over. Stop him!" The two police officers were stunned for a moment, but they didn't immediately go after him. I saw the man push away the crowd and was about to run away, so I ran after him while screaming.The man was running very fast, and I was only six or seven yards behind him, and we galloped down the street, drawing the attention of passers-by. I only pay attention to catching up with that person, because I am sure that the appearance of that guy is not accidental, there must be some kind of conspiracy, because I am too engrossed in that person, so I did not notice a big truck, what is it? time to drive out. The big truck stopped suddenly. It was a big truck with a huge sealed compartment. As soon as it stopped, the door of the compartment opened. The man just ran to the compartment at this moment, jumped up, and got into the car. And as soon as the guy got in, the truck drove away! Naturally I couldn't catch up to the truck, so I gasped and stopped, but I still had time, and took note of the truck's license plate number. Not long after I stopped, the two police officers also arrived. One of them, as if he was afraid that I would escape, reached out and grabbed my arm as soon as he got in front of me. I hurriedly said: "Don't get me wrong, someone might want to kill me, and I'm chasing that person!" A policeman said dubiously: "Who are you chasing?" I said: "You should have seen that when I chased here, there was a big truck waiting for that man, he jumped into the truck, and the truck drove away!" Another police officer said: "We didn't see it, we only saw your car crashed, and you are running away!" I was angry and funny, but being angry at someone who doesn't understand the truth is the most meaningless, and I didn't try to defend myself, I said: "Then, what do you mean—" The policeman said, "Let's go to the police station." I immediately said: "Very good, but I hope to go to the headquarters, because I have an appointment with Colonel Jack, he is waiting for me, I am afraid I will be late!" The two policemen were stunned for a while, and at this moment, a patrol car had already driven over and stopped beside us. I jumped into the car and said loudly, "Go to the headquarters, thank you!" The two police officers said a few words to the driver, got into the car as well, and the car drove straight to the main office. By the time I walked into Colonel Jack's office, it was a full twenty minutes late. Jack was already impatient, and he said loudly, "You've been late for a long time, don't you know?" I spread my hands: "There is no way, I was in a traffic accident, these two can prove it." The two police officers saluted together when Colonel Jack looked towards them, and said to each other, "Colonel, this gentleman—" Colonel Jack's temper is so badass. Before the two police officers could finish their sentence, he had already yelled: "No matter what happened to him, get out quickly, don't delay my time!" The two police officers immediately agreed, turned around and walked out. I was a little sorry, and hurriedly said: "You two, after I finish discussing our matter with the colonel, I will definitely assist you in investigating my accident!" The two police officers nodded and said, "Thank you!" They walked out, Jack walked away from his desk, closed the door, pressed the intercom, and ordered: "I'm doing something very important, no matter who it is or what it is, don't bother me! " His hand left the intercom, and I frowned: "Is it that serious?" Jack looked at me and smiled wryly: "It can be said to be serious, or it can be said to be weird. After the fire in the mortuary, the woman's body disappeared!" I nodded and said, "Yes, according to what you told me on the phone, the woman's body was not burnt to ashes, then it must have been stolen in the chaos!" Jack said loudly, "I told you, that's impossible!" I was not afraid of Jack's loud voice, and I still said, "If it wasn't stolen, where did the body go? In the chaos, it is not difficult for someone to pretend to be a policeman or a firefighter to remove a body!" Jack stared at me: "Why don't you learn to trust other people's words, I tell you it's impossible, it's impossible!" I was not angry, because Jack himself is that kind of person, and I immediately responded: "You need to record these two sentences and play them to yourself from time to time!" Jack blushed, and he waved his hand suddenly: "Okay, I didn't call you here to quarrel, now, come and see this!" He pointed to a drawing on his office, I approached, and he said: "This is the floor plan of the mortuary, there is only one passage, when the fire is on, all the staff in the mortuary rushed out, and they gathered In this corridor, there are ten or twenty police officers who came after hearing the news, who can leave here with a dead body without being noticed?" Looking at the floor plan, I had to admit that Jack's words were correct, so I said: "Well, it seems that it is indeed impossible!" Jack snorted, "You should have believed this a long time ago. When someone told you that two plus two equals four, you should have believed it!" I raised my head and said, "Colonel, if people have no doubts about everything, I'm afraid that human beings are still drinking blood!" Jack waved his hands with an impatient look: "Okay, I won't study this with you, you come and see this!" He took a folder and opened it. In that folder were several photos enlarged to 12 inches. The first one was the head of a dead person. I recognized it at a glance. It was the woman who died suddenly outside the hotel.For a person who dies suddenly and whose identity is unknown, the police must routinely take photos and keep them in the files. I looked up at him, and he said, "Here, it was shot at the entrance of the hotel, and you can see the sofa in the background." I nodded and said, "It's this woman, it's nothing special." Jack said in an orderly tone: "Look." I removed the photo, and the one below was a full body, lying on the mortuary bed, covered with a white cloth, it was still the same woman, her arms and calves were outside the white cloth. This photograph, probably taken before preparations for dissection, still appears to be undisturbed. I looked up and Jack asked me, "What did you find?" I said, "Nothing!" Jack said, "Look at her arm." I looked down at the picture again, and did as Jack said, paying attention to the woman's arm. This time, I saw some problems. On the woman's arm, there were many round spots. Each spot was about one centimeter in diameter. There were many spots all over her arm. I frowned, I saw those spots, but I still didn't think there was anything special, I said: "This woman has bad skin, it's probably a lot of large freckles." Jack said: "If you think like that, then you may not be able to find any problems. I am different. I saw those spots, and I felt suspicious. I enlarged the negative, and you look at it. The photo below is one of them. a spot of the I removed the photo again, and on the 12-inch photo below, there is a large round black thing, which looks a bit like the sun taken with a special lens. On that big black circle, there are many oddly shaped curves, irregular, some circled, some very long, some very short, they all look like a smooth plane, never like a a person's skin. I took a breath, and removed the photo again, and the next few photos were all enlarged round spots, which looked similar. After I finished looking at the photos, I raised my head, and Jack said, "Don't you think it's weird?" I really don't know how to say it, indeed, it's queer, very queer, and perhaps because it's so queer, I don't know how to express my opinion. I stayed for a moment before I said, "In your opinion, what is that?" Jack said: "I don't know, but according to the doctor who presided over the autopsy at that time, he said that those round spots, like the scales on the fish, he had touched, it was a kind of extremely thin horny thing, he Just as I was about to ask others to come and see it, it caught fire!" I stayed for a while longer before I said, "What do you mean, a woman has many scales on her arms?" I couldn't help laughing when I said that.Jack could see that I wanted to laugh but tried my best to hold back, and he immediately said, "Don't laugh, it's the truth!" I felt a little sorry, and quickly said seriously: "Then, have you researched with dermatologists, what kind of skin disease will cause scales to grow on people's body?" Jack said: "There is no need to study, there is no such skin disease." I looked at Jack, and Jack also looked at me. After a while, I said: "So, there is no conclusion to this matter?" Jack said: "Yes, there is no conclusion. If her body is still there, further research can be done, but since her body is gone, there is no conclusion." I said in a deep voice, "So, first of all, we need to find the corpse." Jack paced back and forth: "We're doing our best, but we don't have a clue yet. That's right, you said you have something to show me, what is it?" I reached into my pocket and took out the ring: "This is the thing. After I got home, I found it in my pocket. I guess she put it in my pocket." Jack looked at the ring over and over again: "Stay here with me, let me hand it over to the laboratory to study it?" "Of course, but I want to know the results of the research." "Okay." Jack readily agreed, and then said: "Don't you want to go to the mortuary to take a look?" I shook my head and said: "No need, the body is not a needle, it cannot be hidden, I think the accident I encountered just now was not accidental, I wrote down the number of a truck, please look it up. " I said the license plate number of the truck, and while Jack was writing it down, he pressed the intercom and asked someone to track down the number. After he finished his instructions, he sighed: "Wesley, do you have any doubts?" But the woman might—could—" He even talked about two "possibility", but did not go on.I know what he wants to say. Because I have that kind of thought myself, but I just thought that way and never said it. At this time, I saw Jack's expression that was very hard to say, so I immediately picked up: "Maybe it's another kind of person?" Jack nodded quickly and said, "Yes, another kind of person, that's exactly what I mean." After he said that, both of us fell silent. We all know what each other means by "another kind of person", that is, we are all suspecting that the woman who suddenly died suddenly and her body disappeared mysteriously is not from the earth, but from other planets . At that time, both Jack and I had extremely strange expressions on our faces. When anyone thinks of the creatures on other planets coming to the earth, they will inevitably have an extremely indescribable sense of mystery and terror in their hearts. Because everyone on the earth knows that the earth is actually an "undefended planet", if any living things on any other planet reach the earth, the human beings on the earth will have no power to resist. That is to say, the end of mankind has arrived. Jack and I were silent for three to five minutes, and I laughed first: "Jack, maybe our imaginations are too rich, but that's not the case." Jack's spirit also became much more relaxed. He said: "You are right, I think so because of your influence. You always like to imagine aliens!" Hearing Jack say that, I glared at him immediately: "Don't forget, you were the one who brought it up first!" Jack is such a person, and it is never a pleasant thing to be with him, because he has his own faults, either relying on others, or understating what he said "don't talk about it". However, when others make mistakes, he will never relax and attack them. I am familiar with Jack's temper, and I know that there will be no results if I continue to argue with him, so I just smiled lightly and said: "The woman called to ask me out, saying that she came to me with something very important." Discuss, if she is an alien, why would she ask me for help?" Jack nodded and said, "It makes sense." At this time, someone knocked on the door outside the office, Jack answered, and a police officer pushed the door and walked in, saying: "Colonel, the truck number you want to check, a year ago, because the truck crashed, the owner canceled it. " Jack said angrily: "Good guy, someone is using a canceled license plate to commit crimes, and quickly order that truck to be arrested." The police officer agreed and walked out immediately. In my heart, I immediately had a question: "It's strange, it's not easy for ordinary people to know which license plate has been cancelled." Jack replied immediately, "It's different if you want to commit a crime. He can find out—" When Jack talked about this, he suddenly stopped: "Wesley, what do you suspect?" I shook my head. At that time, my mind was still very confused, and I couldn't figure out any clues, so I had no choice but to say: "Nothing, I just asked casually. It seems that there is no progress in this matter. easy." Jack said: "Yes, at least find that truck, or find something in that ring." I said: "Yes, these two clues, if you find anything, please let me know." Jack said: "You have been attacked once, you have to be careful, things are a bit weird." As I walked towards the door, I said, "Thank you for your concern. At that time, that person rushed towards my car, as if he was about to commit suicide. At that time, if I hadn't controlled it properly, he would have killed him already." Jack smiled wryly: "Strange things, in short, everything is weird." I opened the door, and Jack called again, "I'll be in touch with you anytime." I agreed, and walked out, Jack escorted me to the door, I walked not far, the two police officers came to me, I said: "My traffic accident, do you want to record a statement?" The two police officers hurriedly said: "No need, we have sent someone to drag your car to the garage. It was just a small accident and no one was injured. Forget it!" I nodded and left the police station.