Latent Syndrome

Chapter 63 63. The Hermit

One day later, the Los Angeles Police Department.

Due to the catfish effect caused by SCT, when the big fish disturbed the survival environment of the small fish, it also activated the survival ability of the small fish. SCT successfully inspired some organizations to become active and enter the market to compete, causing the crime rate in the entire Los Angeles City to soar.

The office was in full swing, and there were an endless stream of report calls. Many of them were related to the Testicular Cancer Mutual Aid Association. People from this organization would go to plastic surgery clinics to steal extracted human fat, or destroy the emblems of some high-end cars. Sneaking into an electrical appliance store at night, connecting all the appliances with plugboards, and soaking the circuits with water to burn out all the appliances are some extremely despicable sabotage activities.

However, the Los Angeles Police Department was overwhelmed. The number of these people spread like a plague. It was estimated that there were no more than 10,000 people. Among them, there were leaders who made detailed plans to achieve such unity every day.

Eugene scanned Heller's photo into the Liberty Alliance's information database to find if there were any related persons.

The biggest doubt about the Butcher now is that he has entered the bodies of many people in a spiritual way, or is he a terrible monster in his own right and split into many people, but these people all have telepathy like twins. Son, can realize that he is himself.

All in all very confusing.

Since the database data is quite large, the search will take a lot of time.

"What's your hint?"

Although Eugene didn't really want to talk to Liszt, for the sake of safety, it was better to know each other's abilities.

"Tarot cards...I don't agree with this theory."

“Given the fact that it has become a common occult knowledge among people suffering from abyssalism, I think disenchantment is necessary.”

"Based purely on statistics, there are too many contradictions. You should know that the twenty-two Major Arcana cards correspond to the twenty-two Olympian gods, and some of the visions of the infected are from Tarot cards. Some of the literal meanings correspond to gods in fantasy mythology.”

"For example, the hints of the sun are very simple and crude, and often correspond to some coke and lava-like phenomena. However, the tower corresponds to Poseidon, the god of the sea, which is some liquid phenomena. Many of them cannot be consistent with Tarot cards. Visions can only be categorized by force.”

"As for spiritual drive, this is even more nonsense. It is very different from some samples I have investigated."

"This theory does not classify according to rigorous logic at all. Inferential statistics, categorical variables, mean, and mode do not include these elements."

"It's just the work of some astrology experts. I have some preliminary guesses, but they still need to be improved."

"Richard Dawkins proposed a concept called 'memes'. Perhaps the source of visions does not come from individuals, but the regional symbolic concepts that lead to the formation of the imagination are the inducements."

"Just like the potential energy expansion of the singularity of the universe, the phenomenon is also due to..."

After Liszt spoke a lot without emotion, Eugene didn't want to listen at all and hurriedly interrupted.

"Stop talking, please, the astrology stick is pretty good."

Eugene looked at the electronic screen and continued to compare the information. He changed the topic and said: "I haven't found it after searching for so long. It should be the latter possibility. The butcher split himself or encountered some changes that led to so many. people, and nothing to do with real-world people.”

Liszt shook his head and said: "Just because it is not in the database does not mean anything. It does not rule out the possibility of illegal entry."

Eugene was speechless. It wasn't that there was anything wrong with this statement. He replied: "But how can there be such a coincidence? The probability is too low. There are indeed many people who enter the country illegally. It is impossible for the Immigration Bureau to do nothing. They can get away with it." Only a few are caught.”

This shocked Liszt. After observing for a while that Eugene's expression didn't look like he was joking, he didn't expect anyone to think so.

"The Immigration Bureau is just a management tool. After I drew up a general framework for the current mathematical economic model of the Free Alliance, I found a big loophole. A lot of dirty work was replaced by some ghosts. The base of these ghosts is larger than you think. It needs to be huge. There are many laundries, restaurants or textile factories. Some expenditure trends are also unknown. There are only a few citizens hanging around. They cannot support such a huge amount of work, let alone those wandering sex workers and drug addicts. I have expressed it enough. Is it clear?"

Liszt did not make his words completely clear.

The role of the Immigration Bureau is mainly to make these people "completely obedient".

"Are you really a professor of mathematics? Aren't teachers supposed to be... elegant and easy-going?"

Eugene was a little surprised that Liszt was talking about extremely dangerous things seriously.

“A colleague of mine would request the services of some female students for credit and papers.”

Liszt said calmly.

"Shit, can you say something...positive? Something a little lighter."

Eugene was driven crazy.

"Well...positive things do exist. You just need to think of some memories that make you happy. In this way, a new problem will be transformed into a solved problem."

Liszt said expressionlessly.

"Believe it or not, I will kill you..."

Eugene's eyelids were twitching wildly, he missed Colin so much.

"It seems that no suitable candidate can be found in the database."

He picked up a picture of Heller, named just because the previous butcher was named Heller.

"This is a photo taken from a surveillance camera."

Liszt knew that someone had lurked into the SCT, and he didn't know where he had climbed to now. He only communicated with Gray alone.

"Are you going to find someone without any clues?"

Liszt frowned. There were no breakthrough clues yet. The Los Angeles metropolitan area was so large and the population was so large that this was tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack.

"Do you have any friends whose abilities or visions are related to reconnaissance?"

He looked for other breakthroughs.

"Don't you believe in astrology?"

Eugene said angrily.

"..., there is no connection, it seems like there is no connection, so let's go to some infected taverns and spread the news that we have seen the butcher."

Liszt had no choice but to do this.

Because SCT has entered Los Angeles, the Testicular Cancer Mutual Aid Association, which has some connection with them, is using various means to destroy the symbolic world. The number of infected people is gradually increasing, and some infected people often gather in some taverns to exchange experiences and have fun.

"That's all I can do. I hope I can lure him into taking the bait. But I've never been to a place like that. What if some infected people go berserk and want to kill someone?"

Eugene asked.

"Actually, these infected people who have no self-control are not wild beasts. As long as they are not guided by some contradictory issues, as well as fright, weightlessness, threats, and tension, as long as their minds are stable, they can still speak easily."

Liszt drank coffee for free from the coffee machine in the police station. He had already refilled about twelve cups, but because he was a detective from the top, no one said anything.

"It's like you didn't say anything."

Eugene was speechless.

"Hmm... If I were not the top cadre of SCT, or an elite personnel, I think it would not be a big problem to meet the vast majority of infected people who have no camp affiliation. Strictly speaking, I am a quasi-S-level infected person."

“In popular tarot terms, the implication is the Hermit.”

"Pretty strong."