Chapter 497: Museum Mystery

To be honest, this is also a coincidence. After all, after Anthony finished talking with Duanmu Huai, he confirmed that the process was completed, and then called his department to inform him. Then he happened to learn that there was a suspected U-level case that needed to be investigated and handled.

At this time, either the police will find an investigator, or the police will do it themselves.

And Anthony himself suddenly had an idea.

That is... He wanted to see how Duanmu Huai investigated?

If it were another investigator, Anthony might not have this idea, but the deterrence brought by Duanmu Huai's appearance was so great that Anthony really had to think about it.

It's like someone accidentally fell into the lion and tiger mountain in the zoo. If an ordinary person fell in, he would definitely be beaten to death by the tiger and lion. But Duanmu Huai fell in, and other people wanted to see who would beat the tiger and lion and Duanmu Huai... Now Anthony is a bit like a spectator.

It can be said to be luck once, but you won twice in a row... You can't say that Innsmouth was also luck.

What's more, judging from the archives, the first time was probably not luck.

In fact, when Anthony invited him, he didn't expect Duanmu Huai to agree immediately. After all, he had just crawled out of Innsmouth not long ago. Although he was tall and strong, he couldn't hide the delicate heart of a girl in his strong body. As a policeman, Anthony was not uncommon when handling cases. He had seen men with four abdominal muscles and sissy.

What Anthony didn't expect was that Duanmu Huai agreed to his invitation immediately, very straightforwardly.

It's a waste not to go if you don't entrust yourself to go!

To be honest, Duanmu Huai was so straightforward that it scared Anthony. Does this person really have no psychological shadow?

Of course, Anthony is not a dithering person. Since he agreed, let's go together!

That's what he said, but when he arrived at the parking lot, looking at his old and broken second-hand car, Anthony was also in trouble.

This car can fit an ordinary person, but to fit him...

Anthony looked at his car and then at Duanmu Huai. On the contrary, the latter did not embarrass him.

"Don't worry, Sheriff Anthony, the car to pick me up will be here soon."

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Anthony's eyes suddenly lit up and he became interested. He had read Duanmu Huai's file and knew that this rich second-generation was also well-known in Arkham. Of course, it didn't matter whether he was rich or not. As a policeman, he had seen a lot of rich people. Anthony was more curious about what kind of car Duanmu Huai took with his body size! ?

Lengthened Lincoln? No way, although the car is long, Duanmu Huai has to lie down to get in, so wouldn't it become a hearse?

Or a convertible, such as a BMW?

That's not right. With his wide body, he would have to take up several seats when he went out to take a plane. What kind of convertible can fit him?

"Oh, here it comes."

Just when Sheriff Anthony was curious and fantasizing, Duanmu Huai's voice sounded, which also made Anthony come back to his senses in a hurry, and then looked at the entrance of the parking lot.

Then——he saw a huge heavy truck towing a carriage, slowly approaching.

"…………………………"

Seeing this scene, Anthony's eyes were as big as balls.

He was not shocked by the heavy truck, after all, heavy trucks are running on the road every day, and this one is not a big deal, but the appearance of this heavy truck is really... shocking!

Yes, shocking!

I saw that a very scary warhammer and skull logo was installed on the front air intake grille of the heavy truck. Of course, if it was just like this, it would be fine, after all, there are many similar modified cars. There are more HIGH ones than this. But the paint of this car really made Anthony's eyes black.

The whole heavy truck is pure white, and the front of the car with a skull is painted in the shape of a pink bunny. The two headlights are like the big eyes of a bunny, and a front tooth is painted in front, which looks naive, just like a kindergarten school bus!

That's fine, the problem is that there are a lot of cartoon girls painted on the body of this car? !

"???????"

At this moment, Anthony looked at Duanmu Huai with a group of question marks.

You are a 2.5 meter tall strong man, you like this?

Of course, it's not that you can't like it, but with your appearance, status, and wealth... don't you have any self-respect? So unruly?

Didn't you see that the parking lot guard's eyes were straight?

To be honest, even if you put a few bikini beauties on the car, it would be better than this!

Duanmu Huai didn't care about Anthony's gaze.

What do people want when they drive? They want to be the center of attention!

No matter good or bad, as long as it can attract the highest rate of turning heads, black and red are also red!

And he doesn't believe that his modification is so cool, isn't the rate of turning heads on the street 100%?

Maserati can't compare to it, I tell you!

Cadillac has to call me younger brother in front of me!

Anyway, the car is driven out to show off and attract the rate of turning heads, so the more people look at it, doesn't it mean that you are more successful?

As for what others think when they see it... they must think that the paint on their car is extraordinary, high-end and classy, ​​and different from ordinary mortals.

What else can they think?

If you don’t believe me, just look at the streets. There are Mercedes-Benz, Maserati, Rolls-Royce, and Cadillac. Can any of them have such a cool paint job as mine?

No? Doesn’t that explain the problem? I am still ashamed to associate with these common people.

Besides, even if it’s a painting, how big an area can a sports car have and how many two-dimensional paintings can it draw? No matter how heavy a truck is, the top one, the left one, the right one, and the back one can all be directly pasted with posters. Isn't it much better than that stingy little car with all the scratches on it?

At this time, Duanmuhuai had already opened the door of the rear carriage and made a gesture to Anthony.

"Chief Anthony, get in the car and chat?"

"……………………"

In all conscience, Anthony really didn’t want to get in this car.

But there is no other way. We still have to explain the case. We can’t talk about it until we get to the place. So Anthony had no choice but to ask his subordinates to drive and lead the way, and he bit the bullet and got into Duanmuhuai's car...

Fortunately, the interior of the Duanmuhuai carriage is not as weird as the outside. In fact, Duanmu Huai didn't really intend to transform his car into a RV. After all, ordinary RVs require a complete kitchen and bathroom, and if you add a bed, the small space will be filled up. At the beginning, the modification company had the same intention, but Duanmuhuai rejected it.

Just kidding, with his size, he can just turn around in the container. Are you trying to stuff me with so many things because you think my space is too big?

Therefore, the interior of Duanmuhuai's carriage is more like a large living room, mainly composed of sofas, cabinets, a TV, and a small refrigerator. The decoration is also grand and stable. At least it feels very comfortable to sit in it, and there is nothing particularly weird about it.

The premise is not to think about the exterior painting.

So Anthony also sat on the sofa and talked to Duanmu Huai.

This time the case was at the Newburyport Museum. This place mainly collects some works of art. Of course, the value itself is not too high, just average. The museum in Newburyport was having an exhibition recently, and then...a guest disappeared.

Well, that's right. On the surface, this is just a disappearance case of a museum visitor who went missing. At first glance, it doesn't sound like anything special.

So at the beginning, the police investigated it as a normal disappearance case, and of course there were no clues.

However, they did get some information. It seemed that in this museum, people disappeared every now and then, including not only guests, but also museum staff. At this time, the police felt that something was wrong, and they were originally thinking about reporting this matter to the police, but in the end - something happened.

Just yesterday evening, a security guard who was supposed to be in charge of staying at the museum "missed" again, so he had no choice but to report the matter to Anthony. After all, he was in Newburyport right now and could investigate and deal with the natural disasters along the way. better. So Anthony transferred the file from the Newburyport Police Station and hurried on the road with Duanmuhuai.

At present, the number of missing people recorded in the Newburyport police station alone is as high as fifteen, and the time span is within five years - this is easy to understand, after all, it is a museum, and It's not a strange place, how could someone be missing all day long, right?

According to the case file, the first person to disappear from the museum at that time was also a night shift security guard. When I came to take over the shift the next day, I found that the other person was missing, so I reported the incident. Later, the police investigation yielded no results, so it was left behind.

The second disappearance happened two months later, but this time it was a painter who disappeared. The museum was being renovated at the time, and the workers worked overtime. Then one of them was responsible for the wall maintenance of an exhibition hall. The result was just a few minutes. By the time his co-workers came to find him, he had already disappeared.

At that time, everyone thought he was lazy and went back to rest. Later, he didn't come to work for several days. The company reported the case. Then the police investigated and investigated, and finally found out that the last time everyone saw him was at a museum exhibition. Hall, never seen again after that.

Of course, the police also applied for a search warrant and searched the entire museum, but found nothing.

Next, there were several disappearances in the museum, including museum guests, and even a missing child. According to the file, his mother took him to the museum, and the child was playful and curious. I went to an exhibition hall and didn't come back. Then when my mother went to look for it, she disappeared.

Naturally, my mother made a big fuss in the museum, and the museum knew it was wrong and finally settled the matter by paying my mother a sum of money. As for the little child, he was also alive and dead but his body was not seen.

To put it simply, after looking through a circle of files, Duanmu Huai can be regarded as summarizing the pattern of this case.

The location is within the museum, but the time and location are not fixed. For example, after the painter disappeared, the museum closed the exhibition hall where he disappeared. But later the child disappeared in another exhibition hall, which means it was not the exhibition hall's problem. As for the time, the same goes for it. Leaving aside the night shift security guards and maintenance workers, it is definitely impossible for a mother to bring her children to the museum to choose the closing time.

Well, there is something very strange about this matter, and there is indeed something wrong with it.

"So, the police are now asking you for assistance. Are you willing to accept it?"

After figuring out the entire case, Anthony stared at Duanmuhuai and asked, and Duanmuhuai naturally nodded.

"Of course, I am willing to assist in handling the case."

Although this may seem like nonsense, it still needs to be said.

As I said before, investigators will definitely use some illegal means when conducting investigations. This is actually normal. According to Anthony's experience, if there are several U-level cases in this museum, then the top management of the museum may be some kind of cultist, and those missing people are He was captured by them to do some ritual.

Of course, Anthony would not be able to apply for a search warrant from the court for this kind of thing. It would be strange for any judge to nod when he has nothing to do.

But it's different when investigators go to investigate.

As mentioned before, if a thief goes to someone else's house to steal drugs, and then surrenders due to conscience, then you can't say that the thief's evidence is illegal...

After a conversation, they also arrived at the entrance of the museum. Anthony and his partner first went to the museum for routine inquiries, while Duanmuhuai asked the maid to park the car on the other side - at least not until the investigation of the case was completed. It would be better if he was seen with the police.

However, just when Duanmuhuai was about to wander around and wait for Anthony's investigation results, an unfamiliar and unfamiliar voice sounded.

"How will you be here?"

"Um?"

Hearing this voice, Duanmu Huai looked around in surprise, and when he finally saw the man standing not far away, he was also stunned.

"It's you??"

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