The operations personnel cautiously surrounded the heap of charred fragments. To avoid unintentionally damaging the scene, they drew a circle on the ground with chalk.

According to the "Handbook of Supernatural Disasters Operations," it’s never too cautious when dealing with anything related to the supernatural.

In this peculiar situation, it might just be that the old tour guide has mutated, and we need to figure out the cause of this situation as much as possible.

A team of operatives stayed near the charred fragments, while the others gradually expanded the search area to try to find more clues.

Although there have been no reports of the old tour guide appearing during the day according to the records on the "Mysterious List," the operatives still connected themselves with chains, just in case.

The clinking of chains dragged across the ground resonated intermittently, adding a touch of liveliness to the solemn atmosphere.

After a while, a person in a full protective suit approached the leading captain and reported in a muffled voice, "The samples have been taken back for investigation. We should have the test results soon."

The leading captain looked up at a nearby streetlamp and pointed to the surveillance camera on top of the lamp, "Check the surveillance again."

It’s known that most supernatural entities have a unique magnetic field that affects electronic devices, causing failures in surveillance cameras and phones, so the captain only routinely checks the surveillance, not holding out much hope.

While waiting for the test results, the walkie-talkie on the captain’s waist suddenly crackled with static noise.

Soon after, the voice of a middle-aged police officer came through the walkie-talkie, "Captain Mao, we’ve identified the owner of the electric scooter."

The scooter had a license plate, making it easy to trace.

Captain Mao pressed the talk button and grunted in acknowledgment, "Go on."

"Lv Bai, male, 18, local, both parents deceased, dropped out of high school, currently a flexible worker."

"And the address?"

"We haven’t found that out yet. Searching through illegal rentals would be a massive task."

After hearing this, Captain Mao thought for a moment and then said, "Forget it, we’ll wait for his relatives to report him missing." 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

In their eyes, Lv Bai was just another citizen who was murdered last night.

They’ve seen too many of such cases and there’s no need to go deep into the investigation.

Another operations personnel responsible for checking the surveillance ran over and shook his head, "Last night’s surveillance malfunctioned."

"I knew it." Captain Mao sighed, momentarily at a loss.

However, the malfunction at least meant that the old tour guide did indeed come out last night.

Beep beep beep~

Captain Mao’s satellite phone rang.

He immediately extended the antenna and pressed the answer button.

The voice on the other end of the phone sounded peculiar, "Captain Mao, the test results are out. Those charred materials don’t belong to any known human entities, nor are they part of the periodic table. The think tank suspects this might be... supernatural flesh."

"Supernatural? You mean one of them is dead? How is that possible?"

Captain Mao fired back a series of questions rapidly.

He then fell silent, furrowing his brows, unable to fathom the situation despite racking his brain.

In the two years since the supernatural arrived, there have been reports of them fighting amongst themselves, seemingly for territory and food.

But even if a supernatural entity dies, it doesn’t leave a body; it dissipates in a way humans cannot understand.

This current situation, with body remains, is unprecedented.

As he thought, Captain Mao gradually became excited.

"I’ll send someone to get more samples to you. We need to get to the bottom of this, and perhaps find a way to deal with the supernatural."

...

Li Hanbin had dreamed since childhood of becoming a respected police officer. After much effort, he graduated from the police academy and has been a police officer for nearly twenty years.

Due to his diligence and sense of responsibility.

Even without much background, he successfully advanced to the position of team leader in the criminal investigation division.

If everything had gone smoothly, he might have been promoted in a few years.

However, since the supernatural arrived two years ago, everything changed. The supernatural broke the peaceful lives people once knew.

The work of their criminal investigation division shifted from major homicide cases to events involving the supernatural.

Unlike his generally pessimistic and complacent colleagues, Li Hanbin fully embraced the principle of loving the work you do.

When the operational department arrived, other officers relaxed.

Only Li Hanbin remained tirelessly on the move, determined to find out exactly where the owner of the electric scooter lived, leaving no doubt in the case.

As he said, checking all rental properties in the city would indeed be an immense task.

So he took a clever approach, opting to visit delivery points to inquire about Lv Bai’s whereabouts.

The difficulty wasn’t great, just a bit meticulous.

By the time he figured out where Lv Bai lived, it was already afternoon.

Li Hanbin followed the path of the community, catching up with the landlord on their way to the basement-turned-rental apartment.

"Officer, what did that kid do?"

The landlord, an elder woman with a large bushy hairstyle, was wearing flip-flops that went pat-a-pat as they walked on the pebbled path.

Li Hanbin, in an official tone, deflected, "I can’t disclose that right now."

"I don’t know anything, honestly. I only lent him the basement out of pity, he insisted on paying me..."

The landlady worried about getting fined for illegally letting out her basement, explained along the way.

"Alright, don’t worry, I’m not here to check about renting the apartment, you..."

Getting a bit annoyed, Li Hanbin was just about to reassure the landlady when his eyes involuntarily moved toward an electric scooter at the door.

He recognized this scooter instantly, even having a photo of it on him.

But,

Why is the electric scooter here?

It was clearly stolen by a supernatural entity?

At the sight of the scooter, Li Hanbin came to a rigid stop.

To be honest, chills ran down his spine.

Could it be that the scooter-stealing supernatural entity is now around this community?

"Officer? Why aren’t you speaking?" The landlady stared at him in surprise.

Fine beads of sweat formed on Li Hanbin’s forehead as he swallowed hard.

Decisively, he called the operations department to report, "Found the electric scooter..."