Revenge After Death

Chapter 336

It turned out that both of the deceased were related to missing persons cases.

The man who had jumped off the building was related to the missing 18–year–old girl and the murdered victims.

“No. 37 Bridgeway Route…” I murmured softly to myself, feeling dizzy all of a sudden.

No. 37 Bridgeway Route was one of the last standing slums in Huma.

It was inhabited by either migrant workers from out of town or homeless nomads with no money. These people were considered the rock bottom of society.

The man who had jumped off the building was called George Zucker. He was a primary school teacher. His wife was a nurse at the county hospital.

They were a diligent and hardworking couple. They weren’t wealthy, but they lived a comfortable and happy life.

Their daughter was born with Asperger’s syndrome, yet they had never complained. The couple had even actively encouraged and nurtured her talents and strengths to help her integrate into society better. She shone in her areas of expertise.

They weren’t at fault for doing that.

It wasn’t their fault that their daughter was so outstanding. Perhaps she had become so outstanding that she had caught someone’s unwanted attention.

I leaned against the wall and stiffened suddenly. I turned back to the room and looked at

Zion.

“In what area was George Zucker’s daughter exceptionally gifted?” I asked.

“I heard she’s particularly gifted in areas related to numbers. She has a hundred times more spatial imagination than the average human being.

of wells a city has just by overlooking it. She can even vividly depict

accuracy could rival computer–generated information.

about the person we caught this time? Did his child go

son is missing. He was born autistic, but he’s obsessed with various

interest in such things,

he had extracted from toads into the water bottles of some classmates who bullied him. It

my forehead. “A toxin from toads?”

quietly, “Yeah, from Bufonidae. Bufonidae can secrete mucus or release toxins through their skin. One type

induce strong hallucinogenic effects in people and cause significant harm to the human

gift, that’s for sure,”

breath.

they will be until their value to the kidnapper gets exhausted.

someone. Maybe even…” I trailed

clearly considered that a possibility as

what else do these two teenagers have in common?” I

at Zion.

The

missing five years ago. They also participated in a

looked at me with

investigated the competition before. It was organized informally by an unknown association. Two competitions with generous prizes were held, so it was well- known at the time. But after the disappearance of the two teenagers, the

looking into this association and the

this moment, his ability to investigate was

my finger.

happened. Something connected the disappearance of these gifted teenagers, the parents

rest now. You’re getting terribly pale,”