DESTINY GAMES

The old man explained, "It doesn’t mean they killed each other, Rewind. It only means that the killer didn’t have direct skin contact with them."

The boy shrugged. "I’m just saying. I’ve heard things about Black Widow. Maybe she killed her girlfriend and felt regret. Then she killed herself."

The old man ignored him. Instead, he said to the technician, "How is the spirit scrying going?"

She paused her phone call to reply, "It is going to take a while, sir Count. The super needed to use the technique is still on the way. But we have everything ready for her."

The boy growled, but he didn’t say anything.

Count nodded at her and said, "Continue the good work."

Then he fell into thought, thinking about how much he was willing to do for the investigation.

He didn’t come to New London to investigate a murder. He came to help the heroes win the open war.

He and Rewind, two powerful Omega supers, were sent by his organization to win this war. This shows just how much his organization wants a victory. They didn’t send one Omega. They sent two.

But as soon as they arrived and were supposed to meet Black Widow, they encountered the murder case. Now he has to decide if he wants to employ more resources into this murder investigation or give it up.

He is thinking of future preparation because he expects the spirit scrying technique not to work or at least not be conclusive.

As a veteran of the foreign battlefield, he knows to expect the worst. As an experienced old man, he knows to prepare contingencies and at least have two different methods to confirm something as important as the identity of a murderer.

But if blood technique and spirit scrying don’t work, he is running out of better things to use. He will need to call on favors from very powerful people to help him.

Not there were a lot of people in the city he could call on for help. But two viable people appeared in his mind.

The first one was Thorin the Mind Fire. The second was Abel the First Curse. The two of them would be able to help him find the murderer with near certainty, barring special circumstances.

He considered which of the to call because they both have their pros and cons.

Thorin is a cocky but deadly person. His tracking skills are the least proficient thing he can do. So he will be slow in finding the murderer. He will eventually find who he is tracking, but he is more of a proficient killer and also a villain.

The distinction between villains and heroes doesn’t matter on the foreign battlefield as they are all soldiers and there is no audience to see their actions. So friendships, or at least acquaintances, have formed across the divide. With his relationship with Thorin, he can ask him for help.

Then there is Abel. Abel is a good tracker. He will be able to find the murderer in a few seconds. He is a neutral, independent entity that works for all sides, including the Corpos. He is very good at what he does, but he will charge a lot for his services. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

Count thought about it and decided to go with Abel. Even though Thorin would be cheaper to employ, Thorin is a villain, and he must not be seen working together with a villain in the middle of a secret and open war. He can’t take that risk in light of so many murders that have happened to the heroes recently.

Besides, Thorin’s cocky personality is a price to pay on its own for dealing with the guy. Count would rather pay someone a lot of money for quick, efficient service than deal with someone who would mock him or try to kill him for the fun of it.

He thought to himself, "It is a good price to pay for someone capable of killing both Black Widow and Stella. This kind of dangerous person cannot be allowed to go scot-free."

With his choice made, he made some calls while they were waiting for the spirit scrying to get ready. The two methods were prepared together, so there won’t be any delay in their deployment.

30 minutes later, the spirit scrying technique was prepared. It could only be used on Black Widow since her corpse was the only one still intact.

The super that used the technique touched her corpse and activated her ability on it. A white light enveloped the body, and the corpse opened its eyes immediately.

Count asked quickly, "Who killed you?"

The corpse opened its mouth to speak. It was difficult to do so. It was slurring its words even when it managed to speak.

It said only one word, though. And everyone could understand it, which was fortunate for the investigation.

It said, "Jerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry."

It took ten seconds for it to say that word. During that time, the corpse had shrunken visibly. The super was also sweating from the stress.

The corpse stopped shrinking after exerting itself, but the super was still sweating trying to keep the technique going. During that time, someone brought the image of Jerry loud mouth and presented it to the corpse.

The corpse became agitated immediately it saw the image. It raised its hands to claw at the image. It also tried to stand.

Unfortunately, it couldn’t stand. Its exertion was only causing its body to shrink faster.

Count said to the super, "That’s enough. Thank you for your work."

The super withdrew her ability immediately. It caused both hehe and both the corpses to slump. They had to carry her away for rest and care.

As she was carried away, she muttered, "I have to quit this job. No amount of money can make up for hours of headache anymore."

Count chuckled when he heard that. He can understand that what she did is stressful for her, as it isn’t what her ability was meant for.