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.

count the number of wells a city has just by overlooking it. She can

accuracy could rival computer–generated

about the person we caught this time? Did his child go missing too?” I asked anxiously while looking at

He was born autistic, but he’s obsessed

seems to have a natural interest in such things, and he’s a genius

into the water bottles of some classmates who bullied him. It caused them to hallucinate, urinate, and defecate in

forehead. “A toxin from toads?” I

can secrete mucus or release toxins through their skin. One type of toxin is called bufotenine, and the other

substances combined can induce strong hallucinogenic effects in people and

a gift, that’s for sure,” I muttered under my

breath.

and talented teenagers with autism and Asperger’s syndrome. I suspect they’re still alive, at least they will be until their value to the kidnapper gets exhausted. Is it

be trafficking and selling them to someone. Maybe even…” I trailed off. There might be an even more

had clearly considered that

else do these two teenagers have in

at Zion.

The

they both went missing five years ago. They also participated in a genius competition

then looked at me

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

this association and the genius competition

this moment, his ability to investigate

bit my finger.

there had to be a larger conspiracy behind everything that happened. Something connected the disappearance of

now. You’re getting terribly pale,” Rachel

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