A Core Ship From The Start Chapter 696

Chapter 696: Chapter 514: Field Investigation_1 Chapter 696: Chapter 514: Field Investigation_1 “What a brave young lady.”

Walking along the street, Lorena can't help expressing, and Duanmu Huai nods in agreement.

“Indeed, not everyone could do that.”

As Lorena had mentioned, that girl was indeed reckless. Of course, if it was her own pet cat, it would make sense to jump into the river to save it. However, seeing a cat fall into the water by chance and not hesitating to jump in to save it, is something not many people would do. Let alone, it's late autumn now and the river water is very cold. The water in Fog City is not very clean; just by looking at it, you can tell it's severely polluted.

Frankly speaking, even Duanmu Huai wouldn't casually get into the water, but that girl jumped in without any hesitation… She was indeed reckless.

Not just that, while pulling her up, Duanmu Huai also noticed, the girl was wearing a very gorgeous, exquisitely made black dress. Judging by her outfit she didn't seem like a commoner, but rather a noble. The fact that a noble miss had such courage was truly surprising.

However, for Duanmu Huai, there was only one thing he was truly concerned about.

“Did you see her right eye?”

“Huh?”

Upon hearing Duanmu Huai's question, Lorena was taken aback.

“…Ah, I remember it seemed to be gold?”

“Yes, a golden pupil. Never thought I'd get to see a real one… Lucky.”

Indeed, this was Duanmu Huai's main concern. When he pulled the girl ashore, the first thing he noticed was the girl's right eye — a golden iris, the pupil was vertical like a cat's, an eye that differed completely from the deep-blue left.

The Golden Pupil.

In the game, Duanmu Huai had seen the reward description in the exchange list. After the joint event ended, if the players have enough reward points, they can exchange them for — let's not kid ourselves, exchanging is impossible — but they can pull special blind boxes and randomly get a special ability of this world.

The Golden Pupil was one of the five-star, rarest abilities. The odds of getting it was only 0.0002%. Since it could only be obtained by accumulating points from the joint tasks at the end of the player's mission, and you couldn't buy it, it made it extremely rare.

In the game, the description of the Golden Pupil was as follows:
[Golden Pupil: Eyes that can see through the truth of everything in the world]
[Illusion Immunity]
[Magic Resistance +80%]
[Eye of Truth]
Just having “Illusion Immunity” and “Magic Resistance +80%” would drive most players crazy. After all, possessing this eye equates to having the most powerful weapon against Cunning Deception. Once the deceptive illusion is completely broke through and you have 80% magic resistance, you can counter most magic.

This is especially true for the most violent believers, who hate using their heads. With the Golden Pupil, they can directly charge in!

Unfortunately, the drop rate of the Golden Pupil is too low. Among the five-star powers, it has the lowest drop rate, and since it can't be purchased, it can only be obtained by spending points accumulated from the player's completed missions once the joint tasks are completely over. As a result, it seems… that… no player ever drew it till the end of the mission.

Duanmu Huai tried once as well, but his luck wasn't on his side at that moment, so he ultimately failed to draw it.

Who would have thought that the Golden Pupil, which drove players crazy in the game, would appear on a noble miss? Could she be the owner of the Golden Pupil?

Thinking about this, Duanmu Huai just shrugs.

Well, she was indeed quite reckless.

At this moment, the girl who was being discussed by Duanmu Huai and Lorena was currently sitting on a sofa in a room, holding a cup of hot tea.

“Really, Mary, you almost scared us to death!”

The one sitting next to the golden-eyed girl was a petite girl who looked like a middle schooler. She had black hair, wore a pink dress and was looking nervously at her friend.

“When I saw you sinking into the water, I almost passed out from fear!”

“I'm okay…”

“How can you be okay?”

At this moment, a blonde girl with green eyes sitting on the other side firmly held Mary's hand.

“It was so cold and that river was so dirty. You jumped right in… What if you get sick? I've already called a doctor. You mustn't decline a check-up.”

“Huh?”

Upon hearing this, Mary looked a little surprised.

“Uh, isn't that a bit unnecessary? It was just a minor incident…”

“Minor? You drenched yourself in freezing, filthy water. You even swallowed several mouthfuls… I can't help but worry. What if you get a severe disease, what shall we do?”

“Ahahaha…”

Hearing her friend's admonishment, Mary couldn't help but chuckle awkwardly. After that, she was quickly escorted home by her two friends, she bathed and changed her clothes. Even though she had done all that, as her friend pointed out, what if she had…”

“I should say thanks to the man who saved me. I didn't even get a chance to do so.”

Thinking this, Mary quickly changed the subject. She knew her friend's personality well; if she hadn't, her friend probably could have gone on for a whole day.

“Ah, speaking of which, the man who saved you was really impressive. He's so tall, too.”

The black-haired girl beside Mary seemed to recall the previous scene and hurriedly added.

“It was the first time I've seen such a tall person. He doesn't look like he's from around here.”

“Regardless, he did save my life. I must thank him.”

“Anyway, you should take care of your health first.”

Unfortunately, Mary's attempt to change the topic was predictably read by her blonde friend.

“That man is so tall and eye-catching; it should be easy to find him. A'Xie and I will try to look for him as well. If we find him, we will accompany you to thank him.”

“No, No, No, you don't have to trouble yourself. It's just a matter of saying thanks. I can do so alone…”

“Before that, you must obediently accept a medical examination.”

It seemed like there was no way to escape this check-up after all.

After staying in a hotel for a night, Duanmu Huai started his investigation officially, leaving the task of finding a residence to Lorena. Living in a hotel indefinitely was not ideal, not to mention the constant coming and going of people was quite irksome. Meanwhile, Duanmu Huai had taken the files and begun the on-the-ground investigation.

In other words, he was examining the crime scene.

Of course, the fact was that the crime scenes were all near the river – or rather, nearly all of the bodies were found in the river. Due to the flow of the river, it was almost impossible to locate the original points of the crimes within such a large city with millions of residents.

“The victims were all young girls from good families. There were no addictions or bad habits to note in their lives, and autopsies showed no drug use. These girls were purely ordinary people who were simply killed, their bodies gruesomely dismembered. Hmm…”

Standing in a shadow by the river, Duanmu Huai stared at the files in his hand while comparing them to the river before him. Logically, being such a conspicuous figure, he should have been noticed by others, yet the pedestrians on the street did not pay him any attention – this was quite normal considering he was using the stealth skills of the Shadow Crow Guard. Since he was in the midst of investigation and survey, naturally, he wouldn't wish to draw notice to himself.

The only common factor amongst the victims was that aside from being young and beautiful girls, they were all students of the Royal Academy.

Thinking this far, Duanmu Huai looked up at the map in his hand.

Although according to the police inquiry these victims belonged to different grades and departments, and did not know each other, yet as they were all students of the Royal Academy, there must be more connections between them.

With this in mind, he decided to go to the Royal Academy for further investigation.

Chapter end

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