Apostle of Cthulhu

Bell confirmed the address and walked to the door of the townhouse.

Although someone committed suicide in the apartment yesterday, no one cared about these things. Murders are happening on the streets every day, and residents are getting close to the level of not being surprised.

The apartment manager was still the old woman Norris and Beverly had met before, and she let Bell in after showing his identification.

The deceased, Hall Robbs, lived at the end of the townhouse, which led to the fact that he was not discovered by the administrator until the day after he committed suicide.

According to the administrator, she found Robes dead when she went to collect rent payments. The door to Rob's room was unlocked at that time, so the old woman walked into his living room with ease. In the living room, there was only a pool of blood and Robs with a damaged head.

The evidence collectors only had time to collect some necessary information before leaving in a hurry and rushing to the next location. They didn't even have time to record the testimony of the witnesses. This made Bell's favorability towards the Manburg Police Department decrease again. Quite a few.

Judging from the photos in the archives and the preservation of the scene, Robles did not experience a fight before his death, and no one seemed to have entered his room in the recent past.

In that case, the possibility of Robust committing suicide is very high. Robs was originally an unemployed vagrant. He seemed to have been a tomb robber a few years ago, but since the city of Manburg was sealed off, there were no good tombs worth digging for him.

The pressure of life oppressed him, the gloomy atmosphere of Manburg City crushed him, and coupled with the environment where tomb robbers were often exposed, Robus' suicide can be said to be reasonable.

By the time Ben got here, Bell could have closed the case, submitted a report to the Commissioner, and his job was over. But Bell's serious attitude controlled him to ask some questions to the administrator.

"Hello, dear lady, I have some questions."

Robs' death did not affect the administrator's mood, he was just frightened at first. "If there's anything I can do to help you, please ask."

Bell took out a notebook and a signature pen, and was about to start recording the administrator's testimony, "When you discovered Hall Robbs' body, did you confirm that you did not damage the scene?"

In fact, Bell also wanted to close this case as soon as possible. After all, he had more important things to do now instead of being entangled in an ordinary suicide case.

This is why he would ask such an extremely subjective question, not even caring whether the other party would conceal his behavior.

The administrator nodded seriously, "I confirm, Mr. Police Officer. I happened to see the blood stains in the crack of the door from the corridor at that time, and immediately chose to call the police. I did not enter Mr. Robles' living room, or even any Nothing has been touched!”

After briefly jotting down some things, Bell continued to ask: "Is there anything unusual in Mr. Hall Robbs' behavior recently?"

"Yes!" The administrator replied decisively and began to mobilize his memory. The wrinkles on her face seemed to be crowded together, which was enough to show how difficult it was for her to mobilize her memory. "Mr. Robles hasn't been feeling very well recently, and he didn't get any response when talking to him. And he also likes someone. People go to sit in the central garden and don’t do anything, they just sit there in a daze.”

Hearing this, Bell raised his eyebrows, obviously hearing something from the administrator's words.

Poor mental state...suicide...could he have been affected by an "unknown" before committing suicide?

Although Jia had told Si Wei before that there would only be three consequences after witnessing the "unknown", there was still an extremely special situation that Jia did not elaborate on with Si Wei.

That is... not really witnessing the "unknown", just that the inspiration is about to reach a certain level, but when it is lingering on the threshold. Such people will be disturbed by some kind of "unknown". For example, they often hear some weird sounds, and things that are beyond human imagination appear in their field of vision from time to time.

These things can easily affect their mental state. If they can persist until inspiration breaks through the threshold, they can witness the "unknown". If they cannot persist, they can only end their lives in pain like Robes.

"Really... Thank you very much for your testimony." Bell has confirmed that Robus's death may have some relationship with "unknown". In this case, Robus's death will also be included in his investigation list.

At this time, the administrator suddenly added: "Mr. Police Officer, please wait a moment!"

Bell, who was just about to turn around and leave, suddenly stopped in his tracks, turned back and asked, "Is there anything you want to add? Madam."

The administrator nodded, "A few days ago...a man came looking for Mr. Robles."

Seeing the clues coming to his door, Bell would not give up this opportunity and quickly asked: "Can you remember what that guy looks like?"

The administrator recalled Si Wei's appearance, "Uh...he is taller, a bit fair, and very polite...uh..."

These words are simply not mentioned. There are too many permanent residents in Manburg City who meet these conditions!

Bell did not urge the administrator to give an answer. It is normal for people to have blurry memories as they get older.

"Well...he said he was a friend of Mr. Robles!"

Rob's friend? Bell raised his eyebrows, a friend who was so crazy that he committed suicide?

Bell couldn't believe it. Arnold induced him to meet Gunrick, and then Gunrick asked him to leave Beihai. Now a friend of Robs appeared? He couldn't arbitrarily judge that there was no connection between these things!

So, who was this friend of Robs? Why did Robs shoot himself after he left?

Robs was not a member of the Pantheist Church. Bell came to this conclusion after observing his room. The believers of the Pantheist Church would not have such a normal interior. In other words, the one who found him should not be a member of the Pantheist Church.

The police station and the guard team had no reason to trouble Robs, so... could it be the missionary who fled to Manburg and killed innocent people?

All kinds of confusions entangled in Bell's mind, making him a little irritable. Bell breathed a long sigh of relief and prepared to investigate Robs's dating network first, and then make some conclusions.

But what he didn't expect was... it would be better if he didn't investigate. Once he investigated... he found that the person who had close contact with Robs was Norris Anderson.

The grave robber who denied his faith!