Chapter 588 Flower of Blood and Bone·Trade Line.
13:20PM.
Isate City·Isati.
The sky in Isati is clear and cloudless. The blue sky is like a huge sapphire. The sunlight shines on the ground, making the whole town look particularly bright.
The surrounding scenery is beautiful and picturesque, the vast Mille Lacs is sparkling, the willow trees by the lake are swaying in the wind, the green of the forest and the blue of the lake complement each other, creating a quiet and peaceful picture.
After Xia Xiu said goodbye to the old man Joseph, he came to the city center.
The purpose of his trip is to destroy the human body trade routes hidden in this island city.
He has successfully caught the tail of the consortium and is now following the clues to find people.
The people in the consortium had obviously noticed something was wrong, so Xia Xiu guessed that they had planned to abandon the car to save the commander, and the strong man had broken his wrist.
At least now it is certain that the four major families have been sold out by the consortium, because he has not seen any extreme reaction from the four major families until now.
In response, Xia Xiu has contacted the Administration and the Federal Government’s Internal Revenue Service to handle the investigation.
The Internal Revenue Service is an agency under the Department of the Treasury responsible for collecting federal taxes, enforcing tax laws, and handling taxpayer issues.
The Internal Revenue Service has a legal armed force - the Criminal Investigation Department. According to the Edici Law, the agents of the Investigation Department have the authority to conduct criminal investigations and law enforcement, including the use of force to enforce tax laws and related regulations.
For [Hermes] and the Edici political elite - sex, violence, drugs, chaos corruption and other related harms are not as serious as not paying taxes.
Compared to FBI agents, Edici federal citizens are still more afraid of IRS agents.
Just because the four major families secretly hacked the Federation's beast-control rationing resources and used clever excuses to pay less taxes is enough for them to drink from it.
If you add the human body trade, it goes without saying.
This cleanup of the Grant family, including my grandfather who was the president, was jointly enforced by special agents of the Administration and special agents of the Criminal Investigation Department.
Now the violent forces of joint law enforcement have gathered in the island city, intending to start a killing spree, but the four major families are unprepared for this.
From this point of view, it can be seen that they were indeed divided directly by the consortium.
Xia Xiu stood in the square in the city center, thinking about his next action plan.
"Now I am becoming more and more curious about the person behind the Hermes Consortium. He will act decisively when it comes to making decisions, and he will react quickly after being caught. The area at the Holy Lake Orphanage They also probably made a big cleanup, but time is still too tight for them, and the hands and tail are still partially connected."
He thought of hacking into [Hirmi] before and stopped. data flow feedback.
If this action had not been effective in time, it is estimated that the consortium's termination and subsequent work would have been faster and more thorough.
Unfortunately, they were targeted by the fourth sword holder in heaven.
If the consortium was given a week, they might be able to sacrifice some of their interests and clean up most of their tails under Xia Xiu's tracking.
Unfortunately, there is no if in the world.
"The cleanup work at the Holy Lake Orphanage, even if it is done, it cannot be completely traceless. But the current situation is to complete the advancement of another trade line so that the Management Bureau can Searching the house with the IRS."
Xia Xiu's mind was quickly thinking about the next plan.
The first thing is to find the body of Liszt Ove. There is a complicated connection between this man's suicide and the Holy Lake Orphanage. His death must be related to the human body trade.
Now, Xia Xiu easily bypassed the security outside the county medical examiner's office and came to the medical examiner's office.
The interior decoration in the forensic office looks simple and serious. The walls are white tiles and the floor is covered with gray non-slip flooring.
The air was filled with a mixed smell of disinfectant and formalin, which made people frown.
There are several metal dissection tables placed in the room, and various dissection tools and reagent bottles are neatly placed in the cabinets next to them.
Several bright shadowless lamps hang from the ceiling, illuminating the entire room.
Xia Xiu quickly walked through the equipment and came to the filing cabinet where files and reports were stored.
He easily picked the lock of the cabinet and found Lister Ove's dossier report and a list of all the responsible persons involved.
Opening the file, it contains detailed records of Lister’s death, autopsy report, and various clues related to the Holy Lake Orphanage.
The file shows that Lister’s cause of death was indeed suicide, but some strange injuries were found on his body, which seemed to indicate that he had suffered some kind of violence.
★★★【File number: PC-1591-0117】★★★
Case name: Liszt Ove's suicide
Occurrence date: January 17, 1591 in the Terra calendar
Occurrence location: Holy Lake Orphanage in Isati City
Information of the deceased:
Name: Liszt Ove
Age: 40 years old
Occupation: Child Protective Services worker
Hometown: Edici Federation
Residence: Isati City (home)
Event background:
Lister Ove is a child protection service worker in the Edici Federation and has been responsible for related work at the Holy Lake Orphanage for a long time. His relationship with his wife Marianne has become increasingly tense, especially since he adopted a little boy named Noah who was infected with strange hoof disease. Family conflicts have become more serious. On January 3 and 4, 1591, Liszt and Marianne had a fierce quarrel, and Marianne asked for a period of calm. On the evening of January 16, Lister transferred a large amount of money to Marianne and committed suicide near the Holy Lake Orphanage in the early morning of January 17.
Cause of death determined:
Preliminary judgment: suicide
Confirmed time of death: 4:43 a.m. on January 17, 1591 in the Terra Calendar
Corpse Discovery time: January 23, 1591 in the Terran calendar
Persons involved in the case:
Marian: The wife of the deceased, and Liszt had serious differences on the issue of adopting Noah.
Liszt’s father: reached a financial compensation agreement with Marianne.
Sister Lister: Questioned Marianne’s behavior and spread the incident widely in society.
Analysis of suicide types:
Egoistic suicide.
({Archives - Note 1} Egoistic suicide refers to a suicidal behavior caused by a lack of social support and a sense of belonging when the individual's connection with society is weak or broken. The individual feels isolated and helpless , losing the purpose and meaning of life. It is different from altruistic suicide, which only looks at social links.
{Archives-Note 2}: Altruistic suicide means that the individual is too closely connected to society for the sake of the group. The individual believes that his death is beneficial or necessary for the group)
Social isolation:
Liszt bears the dual pressure of work and family alone and lacks effective support. Social support network.
The breakdown of his relationship with Marianne caused him to feel profound emotional loss and isolation.
Emotional isolation: Before committing suicide, Lister transferred a large amount of money to Marianne and left a message saying "We are over", indicating complete despair of the relationship and loss of his own value. Loss of self-worth: Liszt spent a lot of time, energy and emotion, but felt that his existence did not get the rewards he deserved, and he lost the goal and meaning of life.
Anomic suicide.
Major life changes: From a long-term stable working environment, Lister faced tremendous psychological pressure and difficulties in adapting. The quarrel and breakup with Marianne caused a serious impact on the stability and direction of his life.
Economic instability: Lister repeatedly paid large expenses for the orphanage and family, including living expenses and medical expenses. The huge financial pressure and uncertainty made him feel that his life was out of control, further exacerbating his state of anomie.
File Status: Case Closed
Case Manager:
Host: Brown Harvey
Investigator: Johnson Grant
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Counselor: John Burton
Forensic Examiner: Lisa Kane
Archive Date: January 23, 1591
(This archive is provided by Isati Compiled by NA District Bureau)
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After Xia Xiu read the file, his eyes fell on the last few lines of names of relevant persons on the list.
Among the four people on the list, three are members of the four major families - members of the Grant, Harvey and Burton families are prominently listed.
"This suicide is too coincidental."
Xia Xiu couldn't help but sarcastically said in his heart. He knew that such coincidences often meant there was a deeper conspiracy behind them.
Xia Xiu highlighted the names of these people. Now he needs to see Lister's body. If possible, he also wants to meet the forensic doctor on the file: Lisa Kane.
He understood that a complete human body trade line involves multiple steps and participants, including the illegal acquisition, storage, transportation, sale and use of human organs.
As long as there is a problem in any one of the links, the entire line will collapse, and there will be a risk of losing your head and being executed - no Terran regime will tolerate the human body trade exposed to the sun Survive.
The reason why the four major families dare to take risks is because the people from the Hermes Consortium gave them such courage.
They may have guessed that the financial capital behind the consortium may be supported by one or more of the giants of Terra Financial Trust.
This speculation leads them to believe that they can wander in the gray area of the law and get away with it.
In every country on this earth, there are white areas, gray areas and black areas.
These three zones are intertwined and influence each other in the structure of the country.
In the Edici Federation, the gap between the rich and the poor is increasing day by day, and the people are complaining. Sometimes the anger of the society will be vented by attacking the black areas, killing the gangsters to help the poor, hating the rich and jealous of the officials, in order to vent their bad breath. .
When official corruption becomes common and society's credibility gradually collapses, the unfazed world begins to beat black people with evil. People cannot govern and the rule of law has no faith.
This situation is particularly evident in the murky world of human body trade.
The white zone symbolizes the realm of law and order, the gray zone is those areas that wander on the edge of the law, blurred, and the black zone is complete illegality and corruption.
The Hermes Foundation is wandering in gray and black areas, obtaining huge profits through illegal means.
They use institutions such as orphanages to trade human bodies and hide themselves on the fringes of society.
Because of greed and corruption, some officials of the Edici federal government colluded with criminal elements in the black zone, resulting in the failure of the island city's laws and the lack of justice.
This kind of corruption and greed not only erodes the foundation of the country, but also has a vague risk of losing control. That's why the top leaders of the federation are willing to cooperate with Xia Xiu to jointly suppress careerists and the increasing expansion and collapse of certain financial capital. Bad ambition.
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The forensic office was filled with the strong smell of disinfectant and formalin.
The white tiled walls and gray non-slip floors make the entire environment look cold and serious.
In the center of the room were several metal dissecting tables, with multiple corpses lying on them, exuding a cold aura.
A variety of dissection tools and reagent bottles are neatly arranged in the cabinet, and several bright shadowless lamps hang from the ceiling, illuminating the entire room in detail.
Lisa Kane stood in front of one of the autopsy tables, working diligently on her work.
She is a woman of medium build, with blond hair neatly tied back. She is wearing a white forensic overalls, with her name written on the name tag on her chest.
Her face is calm and focused, and her eyes reveal a professional coldness.
Lisa carefully removed the heart, lungs, liver and kidneys of the corpse and placed them on the culture medium.
The culture medium is a transparent glass dish filled with light yellow liquid, in which the organs are soaked, as if they were frozen in time.
The heart still maintains its original shape, and its surface is covered with fine blood vessels; the lungs look soft and fragile, the liver appears dark red, thick and solid, and the kidneys are brown and dense in texture.
She holds a sharp scalpel with skillful and precise movements, carefully observing the condition of each organ.
"Weighs nearly two hundred pounds, has brown hair, blue eyes, and full teeth. The provider's thyroid gland delivers appropriate amounts of hormones to the arteries and veins throughout the body, totaling twelve pints of blood.
Six feet two, so long femurs and tibias, and strong connective tissue.
Both kidneys are functioning normally, and the heart is beating at a steady rate of eighty-seven beats per minute. According to the indicators, it is worth about 250,000 to 300,000 US dollars.”
She paused and continued:
"The provider's blood can be separated into plasma, red blood cells, platelets, and clotting factors to save the life of a patient on the operating table, or to prevent the blood of a hemophiliac from failing. Controlled outflow;
Those ligaments that connect joints can be scraped from bones and transplanted into injured knees of athletes; hair from the head can be made into wigs, or reduced to amino acids and used as ingredients in baked goods The use of fermentation; the skeleton can be used as the most eye-catching presence in the biology classroom
The provider's main organs, such as the heart, liver, kidneys, etc., can prolong the lives of patients with organ failure; his cornea can be cut. Next, the blind man can regain his sight. Even after a complicated death, the pathologist can remove his sperm and help the woman to conceive, and the baby she gives birth to is also valuable. ”
Lisa. He looked at the other party and continued:
“Doctors and brokers in any country who transport my dissected body parts through the market can make a lot of money just by providing such services, and the amount of money they pocket is far more than me as the seller.
Whether it is in the organ market or in other commodity markets, the global law of supply and demand is an unbreakable truth.”
Lisa Kane looked at the pale man in front of her. The client's face was obviously pale, as if all the blood had been drained.
His eyes were wide open, full of fear and uneasiness, and some red bloodshot eyes were faintly visible in the whites of his eyes. His lips trembled slightly, appearing bloodless, and his cheeks were tight because of nervousness.
His eyes were wandering, sometimes staring at Lisa, sometimes glancing at the organs on the table, his eyes full of helplessness and fear.
Lisa Kane took off her mask and said in a cold tone
"Desire is the measure of all things, don't be bound by the reins of morality; do what you want, do to the people you want."
(End of this chapter)