star hunter

When Jiang Qiyan saw Su Xian, he was teasing two dogs.

The dog was not small in size, but it was skinny and dirty, and the hair on its body was knotted. It looked like a stray dog ​​on the street.

Jiang Qiyan frowned, with disgust on his face: "Where did you get those two wild dogs?"

"It was caught near Lin Xue's residence." Su Xian probably failed to train the dog for the hundredth time. He was a little frustrated. He sighed, turned his head and glanced at Jiang Qiyan, and was immediately caught by a gray tabby lying on his shoulder. Cats attract attention.

That cat has a tiger head and a tiger brain, a pair of blue eyes, and its fur is also smooth and smooth, it is really cute.

"Hey, you're a nice cat!" Su Xian's eyes lit up, he stood up unconsciously, and moved close to him, reaching out to touch him.

Jiang Qiyan saw that this person had no self-consciousness at all, and wanted to touch his cat just after touching a stray dog, so he avoided it: "Go aside, and don't you want to see how many bacteria are on your hands?"

Su Xian was startled, looked down at his hands, then gave up, squatting back beside the two dogs: "Speaking of which, why did you suddenly get a cat?"

"Chu Chu's birthday is coming soon, this is my birthday present for her." Jiang Qiyan's voice softened a little, "She has always wanted a cat."

neat?Su Xian thought of the girl who was seriously ill and dying, and his heart sank. Zhang Jibai said that she wouldn't survive this year... Maybe it's her last birthday.

But of course he wouldn't tell Jiang Qiyan that, it's unnecessary to sprinkle salt on someone's wound.

"Well, someday, count me in."

Jiang Qiyan said with a smile: "No need, it's fine if you think about it."

"By the way, how is she doing recently?" He asked casually, "Speaking of which, I promised to see her, but I've been too busy recently..."

"It's okay." Jiang Qiyan gave a vague answer, and then comforted, "Work is important, and I hardly have time to go to the hospital recently."

Su Xian blinked: "When it's her birthday, I will go with you to help her."

Jiang Qiyan smiled faintly, glanced at the two whining and barking dogs, who were visibly disturbed, and asked curiously: "What are you doing? Suddenly want to keep a dog? But this is too..."

"No." Su Xian's tone became serious, "I'm doing an experiment."

Jiang Qiyan was confused: "Ah?"

He took a closer look and found that the two plastic bags in front of the two dogs were bulging inside, and he didn't know what was in them.

Su Xian seemed to see his doubts, and pointed to the two bags and explained: "This plastic bag contains 1.3 kilograms of things, and the other contains 1.6 kilograms."

These two numbers... seem a little familiar.

Seeing that the other party seemed to be enlightened, Su Xian smiled and said: "That's right, it happened to be the weight of the two bags of body parts when the deceased was found."

Jiang Qiyan was startled, and then changed color: "You, you want to say..."

"Lin Xue is a person with supernatural powers." He said in a low voice, "According to my observation, her supernatural powers should be able to communicate with animals and even manipulate them... I don't know about other things, at least cats and dogs are fine."

Jiang Qiyan still couldn't let go of his tongue.

"After knowing this, I thought of one thing—the issue of the murderer throwing the corpse that has troubled us for a long time." Su Xian frowned, "We all know that the throwing spots are very scattered, and there are always a few There are always a dozen places, almost all over the entire Dongcheng. And the number of corpses discarded in each place is not much, basically two or three catties, and the heaviest will not exceed four catties. Those who can throw these corpses It’s everywhere but there’s no clue left, how the murderer managed to hide it, I’ve always been puzzled.”

"Yes... We have asked hundreds of people these days, and most of them said that they have not seen any suspicious people." Jiang Qiyan also had a serious face, "A small number of people provided some information, but after careful investigation , but also full of oolongs."

"Because they only pay attention to people." Su Xian's eyes darkened, "Of course, so do we."

"But what if the throwing of the corpse was not artificial?"

"People will pay attention to anyone passing by on the street, but most people will not pay attention to the stray cats and dogs that can be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys." , "And this can also explain why the dumping sites are so scattered, and the weight of the corpses at each location is not too much."

Jiang Qiyan was dumbfounded by his guess, and asked after a long time: "Then... is there any evidence?"

Su Xian didn't answer him, he pushed the plastic bag in front of the dog, and ordered: "As long as you pick it up, I will reward you with meat."

The two of them didn't know whether they were terrified by him or understood his kindness, but they actually stood up and picked up the plastic bag.

Su Xian was very excited: "Take a few steps! Take a few steps!"

Startled by his voice, the dog ran away, the plastic bag in its mouth was still secure.

"Have you seen that a dog of this size can carry two or three catties in its mouth?" Su Xian suddenly got up, and looked at Jiang Qiyan who was full of disbelief, "My guess is that it is still possible. Right?"

It took Jiang Qiyan a while to barely digest the explosive information, and nodded: "It's a little bit possible...if Lin Xue is really a supernatural being."

Su Xian sighed sadly: "Oh, it's a pity that she was allowed to run away in the end."

"Anyway, at least Sun Yali was rescued, and the method of throwing the body was introduced...Although it's a bit unimaginable, it's not a waste of time."

Su Xian shook his head and smiled wryly: "Don't talk about it, Sun Yali was blindfolded from the beginning to the end, and she was scared to death... After opening her eyes, she almost couldn't even recognize her parents, and she couldn't provide any information."

"However, Lin Xue is brave enough to return to Sajin Street in a grand manner." A cold light flashed in his eyes, "Hmph, I really need to clean up the nest of snakes and rats in Sajin Street when I have time."

The cat petter paused for a moment, then laughed: "Sajin Street? I'm quite familiar with this street."

Su Xian also laughed: "So, you are quite familiar with that boss, right?"

"You forgot, I've only been in office for a short time, and I haven't dealt with that guy much." The picket leader shrugged, "Sajin Street is notorious, but it hasn't been taken over by one person after so many years. Because it is equivalent to an 'isolated island' A sanctuary for those rotten people, as long as there is no big disturbance, we will not interfere with them."

"Oh?" Su Xian raised half of his eyebrows, "Is there a 'gentleman's agreement' between the pickets and Sajin Street?"

Jiang Qiyan said in a calm voice, "It's better to have one thing less than one thing more."

Su Xian smiled and made no comment.

"Speaking of which, those people in Sajin Street still practice the old-fashioned way of stealing." It didn't take long before he stopped smiling and sat down solemnly, "The righteousness including the 'Law of Silence' is so important to Yuntian. One set, and it is precisely because of this that Lin Xue was able to take advantage of the loophole and sneak back to Sajin Street unscrupulously. At first, those people didn't want to tell me the truth. "

"You don't hurt people and you can't talk anymore, right?"

"Look at what you said, I'm obviously praising you." Su Xian said nonsense with his eyes open, and then changed the subject, "They regard Lin Xue as one of their own, and they have repeatedly defended her whereabouts. It's also secretive... Lin Xue's target with Sun Yali is not small, and more than one person saw it, but out of hostility to the Management Bureau, those people did not report in time. Otherwise, Lin Xue would not be able to escape."

"So, those people just can't get on the stage." Jiang Qiyan smiled contemptuously, "Their defense of that woman is also based on the premise that they don't know her identity as a supernatural person? As far as I know, Those snakes, rats and ants have always hated you supernatural beings."

"I think they should be more hostile to your picket team?" Su Xian replied with a smile, then sighed again, "We must find Lin Xue's whereabouts as soon as possible."

While they were talking, they walked into Jiang Qiyan's office. Su Xian was very tired, so he pulled a chair and sat down.

"A city-wide arrest warrant has been issued for Lin Xue. But that woman can really hide, she has completely disappeared." Jiang Qiyan grabbed a small handful of cat food and put it on the corner of the table, and his tabby cat nimbly jumped onto his bed Desk, chew slowly and gracefully.

Su Xian leaned on the back of the chair, staring intently at the cat who was concentrating on eating: "Have you forgotten? She has accomplices."

"You mean the abductor that Sun Yali witnessed?" The long-lost sunlight came in through the gap in the blinds and fell on Jiang Qiyan's handsome face, making his pupils glow brightly. "It seems that this incident There are two culprits in this case...Speaking of which, it is not common for two supernatural beings to conspire to murder someone."

"There may not be only two prisoners, maybe there will be a third or a fourth at some point, and everything is uncertain now." Su Xian corrected, then shook his head, "I've been thinking, Lin Xue And her accomplices, why did they attack Zou Huisheng? Lin Xue and Zou Huisheng have a good relationship, because Zou Huisheng's grades are quite excellent, and her personality is quiet and introverted. It can be said that she is the type of student most popular with teachers. Lin Xue usually takes care of her Youjia, no one can figure out why she did this."

Jiang Qiyan guessed: "Could it be that Lin Xue has some grievances with her parents?"

"Her parents have also learned about it. Both of them said that they have not met Lin Xue several times. There are only three times. The first two times were to attend the daughter's parent meeting at school, and the third time was after Zou Huisheng disappeared. They went to the school to inquire about the situation." Su Xian told him, "Zou's family lived in poverty, and the social relationship between Zou's father and Zou's mother is not complicated. The couple both work in the mine, the husband quarries every day, and the wife is a cook. Both work very hard, get up early and stay late every day, and have no time to make enemies... let alone offend people with supernatural powers. So I think this murder is not a vendetta, not a murder of love, nor is it for money."

Jiang Qiyan pinched the cat's ears, and the tabby cat gave him a dissatisfied look, turned its back, and pointed its butt at him.Jiang Qiyan laughed: "Then you have ruled out 90.00% of the murder motives."

Su Xian leaned back, closed his eyes and sighed deeply: "I think so too... The rest of the motives either have ulterior motives, or are purely perverted... But this is not random You can guess it casually."

"Now we have too few clues and evidence, and we haven't even found the body of the deceased. It was hard to find a suspect and let her escape...even the only witness was abducted."

Jiang Qiyan tilted his head and looked at Su Xian, who was frowning, and seemed to find it interesting that he was so gloomy: "So, this case has turned into a dead end? What are you going to do next?"

"Captain Jiang, bring back the people who are investigating witnesses. Half of them are going to search for Lin Xue, and the other half are continuing to investigate those three types of special practitioners." Su Xian suddenly sat down seriously, "As for me, I will let me People continue to search for other parts of Zou Huisheng's body... and the whereabouts of another superhuman."

Jiang Qiyan raised his eyebrows: "Then what about yourself?"

Su Xian looked hopeless: "I'm planning to go to Qingshan Middle School in the afternoon, and to the training camp in the evening. Let's find out about Lin Xue's background first... The information on her employee file is too general, I don't know Is it true or false?"

"Tsk, what a hard worker. Come on, I don't dare to be lazy." Jiang Qiyan patted the cat on his shoulder after falling into trouble. The tabby cat leaped swiftly and landed on the ground without a sound. Its owner turned around and went out again. Turn around and warn someone who is about to move: "Don't touch it with your dirty hands!"

"Got it, got it!" Su Xian waved his hand at him, "Hurry up and go."

As soon as Jiang Qiyan walked out of the office, he immediately tiptoed towards the tabby cat curled up to bask in the sun, just as he was about to grab it by surprise and run away, but he never thought that when his fingertips were almost within reach, the cat in the office suddenly was pushed away.

The tabby cat was startled, and ran away without a trace. Su Xian, who was only one step away, turned his head annoyed, "Who is so rude?" office.

"Boss! Something happened again!" The person who came was Xiao Zhang, who was out of breath. Su Xian's scalp became numb when he heard the word "accident", and he didn't have the heart to tease the cat anymore. , eyes sinking like water: "What happened again?"

Xiao Zhang hurriedly reported: "An incident of 'patient' wounding occurred in the south of the city! A 45-year-old 'patient' broke out without warning, biting people everywhere like a mad dog, and has already bitten three neighbors!"

This is certainly not good news, but it is still better than Su Xian imagined... But the mood is naturally not much better: "Have you got it under control?"

"He had a severe seizure and was extremely aggressive. I was the only one who dealt with it at the scene. In the end, I had no choice but to shoot him dead on the spot." Xiao Zhangxin curled his lips, "After examining the body, it was found that his irises had changed color. His body also began to fester and secrete venom... No wonder he always hides at home these days and dare not go out, probably because he is afraid of being discovered."

"Discoloration" refers to the iris turning from blue to red, which is the same as the ulceration of the whole body. It is a sign that the infected person has entered the advanced stage. It seems that this person is completely hopeless.

Su Xian sighed: "Has the bitten person been sent to the hospital for injection of blocking agents?"

"Of course, I don't dare to neglect. But even with the blocking agent, those people may not be able to survive... They still have to be isolated in the hospital for a period of time. If there is any emergency, they will be dealt with immediately."

People are always getting older, and in different age groups, the symptoms of people infected with the "Lost Paradise" virus will also change accordingly. The medical community of "Isolated Island" will divide it into three stages: early, middle and late. No matter in terms of age or symptoms, the "onset patient" has entered the advanced stage, and has even become a "heterogeneous".

The virus content in the "alien species" is not at the same level as that of ordinary infected people who have not yet become ill. Each "alien species" is a walking pathogen, and the objects bitten by the "alien species" will also deteriorate rapidly and become degenerated in a short period of time. For "The Walking Dead."

The medical community on the "isolated island" has never given up their efforts, including Su Xian's friend Zhang Jibai, who have been working hard to conquer this terrible virus.

But the difficulty of this project can be imagined, so they settled for the next best thing. Medical scientists have successively researched "blockers" and "inhibitors". The former is used for patients bitten by "alien species" , the latter applies to infected persons who have not yet entered the "onset period".

Of course, it will be effective to some extent, but it is only a temporary solution, not the root cause, and for some infected people, there is a certain chance that these drugs will not work due to physical fitness or other reasons, which is what Xiao Zhang said. situation".What's more, even if it works, it is accompanied by obvious side effects.

However, driven by the desire to survive, people are still flocking to these drugs. In addition to eating and drinking, the largest expenditure for ordinary people is to spend on inhibitors.Just like Zhang Jibai's clinic, people often come to ask for medicine. Sometimes he has developed a new medicine and will test it on some volunteers.

As for the consequences, it is up to the volunteers themselves, and the doctor himself is not responsible.

Su Xian waved his hand: "Since it's been settled on the spot, then this matter is almost settled, right?"

"It's like this..." His subordinate suddenly stammered, "That 'pathological person' is the middle-aged man you told me to keep an eye on a while ago..."

Su Xian didn't remember it for a while, and it took him a while to get the impression: "Oh...the man who received medicine at Zhang Jibai's clinic last time?"

His tone suddenly became severe: "Since I let you stare at me, why did I let him hurt someone?"

Xiao Zhang was so stared at him that he couldn't lift his head up, and his voice was as low as a mosquito screeching: "Aren't we busy investigating Zou Huisheng's case recently... I have been running around with you, and the one who is following you is... …Oversight."

After hearing the subordinate's explanation, Su Xian also felt helpless. He was silent for a while, and then asked again: "By the way, is that person single?"

"Have a 16-year-old daughter."

"How about his daughter? Was she attacked too?"

Xiao Zhang shook his head: "No, the girl said that she locked herself in the room at that time, and when her father was mad, he ran out to bite others without kicking the door open. She doesn't look unusual, it should be fine."

Su Xian breathed a sigh of relief: "Then she's quite clever. By the way, does she have any other relatives?"

"No, my mother died early, and after my father died, she was left alone." Xiao Zhang sighed, "Later, we sent her to the shelter according to the regulations, and let her stay there."

Su Xian nodded, this matter is considered to be over, Xiao Zhang's follow-up processing is also quite satisfactory, and since he is all focused on the case of dismembering the corpse, he doesn't take this matter to heart.

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Xiaotao stepped on a high stool and tremblingly reached the top of the medicine cabinet. She was a little afraid of heights, her legs were weak, and her palms were sweating. She simply closed her eyes, and after a few seconds, she waited. After the panic passed, he opened his eyes again.

"Antibiotics...why are they placed so high?" She finally found the target, and couldn't help complaining in a low voice. Then she carefully got off the stool, and let out a long sigh of relief after landing. Smiling softly at the anxious patient: "Is this what you need?"

After the other party took the medicine box and looked it over and over several times, he nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, this is the same one that the doctor prescribed to me before."

Fortunately, there is no mistake!Xiaotao was very happy. After sending the patient away, she started cleaning as usual every day.

Dr. Zhang received a temporary notice from the public security office two days ago, and hurried out of the house without telling when she would be back, and only asked her to watch the clinic carefully.

Xiaotao has always been grateful for his care, so she naturally responded with trepidation.

Zhang Jibai has a great reputation, and there are many people who seek medical treatment and medicine every day. With his departure, there will be no one available for consultation in the clinic. Naturally, those who seek medical treatment can only return disappointed.

As for those who asked for medicine, they were lucky, and there was Xiaotao around. She followed Zhang Jibai all these days, so she must have had no time to learn medicine.

She knows nothing about medicine, and the only thing she can rely on is the clumsy method of rote memorization. Fortunately, she worked hard enough, and after a month, she finally memorized all the medicines that are always in the clinic and put them on display. The position is also very familiar.

That's why the clinic was not completely closed down, and it was able to cope with the group of patients who came purely to buy medicine.

In fact, Zhang Jibai was on the loose with her. Even though he had said more than once that he wanted to study her, he never put it into action, and usually would not issue orders to her. She felt sorry for herself and offered to help.

But since she wanted to help, he didn't refuse, she could do whatever she wanted, and when she didn't understand, he would put down what she was doing to answer her questions.

Dr. Zhang is a good person at all. Although he has some weird hobbies, he is still a good person.

This is Xiaotao's impression of this famous strange doctor.

She was very happy in this clinic, probably the happiest and most relaxing period of her life.

Until a snow-white kitten walked into the clinic.

At that time, Xiao Tao was cleaning the floor with a mop, when she suddenly caught a glimpse of a fluffy reflection on the shiny tiles.

She subconsciously saw a snowball-like kitten squatting at her feet, with its head held high, its amber eyes wide open, staring at her quietly, its appearance was truly cute.

Xiaotao couldn't help smiling. She put down the mop and was about to say hello to this uninvited guest, but unexpectedly found a small card in its mouth.

The cat seemed to be spiritual, and meowed at her, and the card fell on the floor tiles, Xiaotao hesitated for a moment, then reached out to pick it up.

There was only a simple line of words on the card, but she just glanced at it, and the blood on her face faded away.

The girl just glanced at it, and the blood on her face faded away in an instant.

She stared blankly at the beautiful white cat, who also looked at her patiently.

Not long after, she put the card in her body pocket, put the mop back in place, tidied up the white desk briefly, put a bookmark in the book he had read halfway, and closed the book meticulously. , placed squarely in the center of the table.

The white cat was still in place, and its glass-like pupils moved slightly with her.

She walked up to the white cat, her lips moved, and she hesitated to speak.

The white cat stood up suddenly, and walked gracefully towards the door.

Xiaotao's eyes darkened, and she followed.

The rolling shutter door slowly fell, and the objects in the room that she spent day and night gradually disappeared from her vision.

"Goodbye." She said goodbye to the clinic silently, as well as Zhang Jibai, Zhong Yuncong, Su Xian and others who were not by her side.

Maybe forever.

Tears couldn't stop falling down her eyes, Xiaotao wiped her face with the back of her hand, followed the leading white cat and left without looking back.

The white cat took her through several streets and alleys with ease, and finally turned into a remote alley.

It barked softly, then nimbly jumped up the low wall beside the alley, and ran away soundlessly.

Before Xiaotao could react, she suddenly heard a voice behind her.

"Long time no see, you've grown a lot taller."

She turned around anxiously, and couldn't help shaking after seeing the person coming.

"……It's you?"