That night, Kai and Kelly still had a two-person world. After all, he had just arrived and many things had not yet fully unfolded, so for the time being, he could not do much. In addition to the agreement with Kelly, Kai went home early.

When Kai came to the police station refreshed the next day, what he saw was a spectacular scene. Most of the detectives in the police station were sleeping on their desks in various positions. Obviously, these guys had not gone home all night.

Stay at the police station all night.

"Ahem, everyone, if you don't want to be caught by Teresa in the office to greet your mother, you must get up and work quickly." Kai also knew that it was a bit too much to leave a group of colleagues to go home and live alone last night, so in the morning

When I came here, I found a good dessert shop and ordered dozens of coffees and donuts. Especially donuts, which are irresistible to Americans with a sweet tooth.

Compared with other snacks, most police officers will choose donuts as snacks. After all, they are high in calories, high in sugar, easy to use with one hand, and very cheap. More importantly, they are available in 24-hour stores all over the United States.

The most common thing. Policemen who need to work overtime in the middle of the night need this kind of thing most, and they have become loyal customers over time. Of course, Kai will not buy that kind of high-end products. The one he chooses is the sweet one from 'Charlie and Jerry'

The circle specialty store is an elite store with more than 75 years of experience. Their donuts are crispy on the outside, soft on the inside, rich in aroma, with a perfect golden ratio of sugar paint and flour, sweet but not greasy, and you can’t stop eating them. Among them

Everyone’s favorites are the vanilla bean donuts and maple bacon donuts.

Only 300 of these two classic donuts are made every day, so they are very difficult to buy. Of course, more importantly, their taste is as impressive as their price. A six-pack donut set costs $78.

!

This price is so limited that it’s crazy. But that’s the price for others, so I won’t buy it if I like it.

A group of people were initially full of resentment when they were woken up by Kai. After all, these people were either screwed into the interrogation room and scrutinized all night yesterday, or they were looking for clues everywhere. They had no time to rest. They finally waited until dawn and could take a short rest.

Being disturbed by Kai, it's strange that I don't have any resentment.

The aroma of the donuts immediately made them forget about complaining, and they all took the donuts and ate them with all their might.

That stuff is really delicious.

Kai handed a donut to Mike and Marcus and asked, "How's it going? Did you get anything?"

"Hardware? Does another murder count?"

"You found the guy who installed the ventilation ducts?"

"Well, we found his house last night. The person has been dead for three days. The body has decomposed." This is also thanks to the fact that the temperature in Chicago is not too high, otherwise the body that has been left for three days would definitely be enough for them to drink a pot.

"That guy was a gambler who owed a lot of debt. He was obviously bribed by that gang and then silenced."

When they found the guy, his throat had been slit, his blood had been drained, and a dagger was nailed to his arm. The dagger had been taken for testing, and they hoped to find something from it, but

Not much hope.

"anything else?"

"And..." Mike's mind was still groggy. After thinking for a while, he said: "I have arranged for people to inquire to see if there are any new faces who have spent a lot of money to have fun recently. In addition, I also found some people in the

Experts on the road, let’s see if we can find some information from them.”

Mike found an informant of his. He said he was an informant, but in fact he was almost the same as a lover. She was a girl. Her brother was caught by Mike himself, and then Mike allowed her to serve as an informant on the condition of reducing her brother's sentence.

People, collect some information.

The girl's name is Max, and she is familiar with many people from all walks of life. She has a wide network of contacts. More importantly, she is familiar with many old madams. It would be best for her to inquire about this kind of thing.

"I hope there is progress." Kai said, and then he asked: "Is there anything I need to do next?"

Marcus glanced at Kai and heard something behind his words. "What? You need help?"

"That's not true. I have something to do. If you don't need my help here, I want to deal with the matter here first." Kai received a call last night, from William. This old man works very efficiently.

Kaidu was not expecting it. According to him, he got some undisclosed information from an FBI friend and got some clues. So he immediately called Kai.

Kai planned to go to William's place today to find out what the 'darkness' Matthew was talking about was.

Marcus and Mike looked at each other. Although they didn't need Kai to help with anything, now that the bureau had such a big case, everyone was tense, but Kai still had to deal with it.

For personal matters, this is a bit too much. So even if they don't necessarily need Kai's help, they will still feel unhappy.

Seeing their looks, Kai felt the need to explain.

"It's Matthew. No matter what he does, he is still my partner. Now he suddenly quits. It's really embarrassing for me to be alone here. I want to go find him and see if I can get him."

Please come back."

"Okay, but I think that's difficult, that guy is a freak." Marcus said.

…

"Based on your information, I found the case that Matthew is investigating. I have to say that this guy is a real man. Look, this is the case that Matthew and his partner Martin handled back then."

"The case of corpse abuse by shoe cult?"

"Yap!" William said as he took off his glasses.

Kai took the dossier handed over by William. There was a big red seal printed on the dossier - Top Secret!

"Where did you get this thing? It's illegal." The red seal on it indicates that the confidentiality level of this file is very high, at least it is not accessible to people of Kai and William's level. But now William has put this thing

If they were taken out, that could only mean one thing: William did not obtain them by legal means.

"I have a friend who happens to be in charge of these files. Don't worry, this is a copy. There will be no problem. My friend is a professional." As a police legend in Chicago for 45 years, Old William's connections cannot be underestimated, and

People like him are not stupid enough to believe that formal procedures can solve all problems. He has many channels at his disposal, and if he lives long enough, he will naturally know many people with different identities and backgrounds.

Kay opened the file, and William also summarized it for him.

"Back then, they discovered a shoe cult from a corpse abuse case, a shoe cult organization that believed in the 'King in Yellow'. I won't talk about the rest. You have the files. They found the murderer of the first case.

They killed them and rescued two underage girls and a little boy. The little boy died, and the other little girl could not be rescued because she was injected with an overdose of hallucinogens. The case ended like this. But

I found a suspicious point, the 'King in Yellow', 'Kakosa' and a 'Scarfaced Man' mentioned these three words many times in the documents they described, but there was no mention of this later.

Progress. Also, the murderer in this case, Ledoux, is considered a serial murderer and is related to at least two murders. And he is also a shoe cult."

As William spoke, he took out some other case files.

"I thought it was not that simple, so I searched again in the archives to see if I could find anything else. Unexpectedly, I found something wrong in the missing persons file."

Kai immediately took over the files and found that they were all missing cases of women and children. At first glance, there was no connection between these missing cases. Most of them disappeared in different places and at different times. Except for the fact that they were women and children, they were the same.

Beyond the points, there are no intersections.

"Do you still remember that you told me that Matthew harassed the archbishop of the Diocese of Chicago? I checked and found that this bishop once hosted a public welfare project called the Siyuan Project. The original intention of the project was to help those who cannot afford to read

Children who read books can study with the support of the church. But... this plan was hit hard at the beginning. Their first school was quickly closed because it involved child abuse, but this did not affect the entire plan.

Expand. The archbishop’s schools are opening more and more, but that’s not the point. The point is, when I combined the locations of the schools Siyuan planned to open with the locations of the disappearances, I found that those disappearances all occurred within the school!”

"It seems that your new partner has caused big trouble!" William put down his glasses and said slightly depressed: "If my guess is correct, there will definitely not be just one bishop involved in this matter. There are so many

The disappearance cases have never been reported in the society, and there are no law enforcement agencies to investigate. Even the local police have not paid more attention to them. They just report them as ordinary disappearance cases and then let them go. This is not normal. If the number of missing people

If there are too many, someone will definitely notice it, but now no one cares or even knows about these things. This is not something that a bishop can do. There are many people involved behind this case!"

William held the coffee cup, as if hoping to warm his heart with the heat of the coffee. "What's wrong with this world? It's so crazy that I almost don't recognize it. I'm even beginning to miss the old times now, even the Ku Klux Klan.

None of these people would be so crazy."

Kai silently looked through all the case files, and then put them away. "I don't know what's going on in this world, but I know that this matter will never end like this. I will get it done, and you don't want to be involved in this case anymore.

, and don’t talk about this case to others. Leave it to me.”

William opened his mouth, seemingly reluctant.

"Hey, old man, your old bones can't withstand such a storm. It's time for young people to dominate the world. You should just hide behind and be a backup!" After saying that, he left calmly.

…

On the interstate leaving Chicago, Matthew drove his red pickup truck with a dull expression.

Matthew has been in a bad state recently. He feels like someone is watching him wherever he goes. This feeling has been tormenting him. But he knows that it is not an illusion, and someone is indeed watching him.

And he also knows why. Because of the case he is investigating.

Ever since the case that made him and Martin famous, Matthew has been wondering about what happened that year.

He had heard the terms 'King in Yellow', 'Kakosa' and 'Scarfaced Man' from more than one person. But the problem was that after they found Ledoux, due to Martin's impulse, he shot

With Ledoux dead, the clues were cut off.

What happened in LeDoux's lair was completely different from the version they told others, and they lied.

They told others that they had a fierce gun battle with Ledoux and Ledoux's accomplices, and finally killed them. But the fact is that their arrest was very smooth. It was not smooth as hell. They captured Ledoux and Ledoux.

His accomplices.

But after Martin saw the tragic situation of the children kidnapped by Ledoux and the others, Martin exploded and shot and killed Ledoux. In order to help Martin cover up the truth, Matthew had to kill Ledoux's accomplices and bring them to justice.

The scene was arranged like a scene after a gunfight.

Although this made them successful, Matthew always knew that they had not completed the case. He still had no idea what the 'King in Yellow', 'Kakosa' and 'Scarfaced Man' meant.

.

Until three years ago, when he was interrogating a robbery case, he undoubtedly heard the words "King in Yellow" and "Kakosa" again, which made Matthew realize that he still had unfinished business! So he started again

He conducted an investigation, but in the middle of the investigation, he was suppressed by senior officials, and surveillance has been with him since then.

During the past three years, he had tried many methods, but still made no progress. This made Matthew understand that everything about him was under the eyes of others, and he had to make changes. If he wanted to recover for the people who were murdered back then,

To be fair, he must be free from all surveillance.
To be continued...