Jimmy stopped his wild speculations in time; mulling over it would only make him feel more bombarded. He forced himself to continue reviewing the case files; he was only lacking two reports to wrap up the torture that the taxi driver case had been for over a month.

As he sorted through the material, Jimmy suddenly thought of something: Dave's apartment had been ransacked once—could it be related? He immediately called the forensics department to see if they had found anything.

The result was not good; although many places had been sampled, the fingerprints belonged only to Dave. The person who had rummaged through the room might have worn gloves or, like Dave, covered their hands in glue, leaving no usable fingerprints behind.

Feeling very disappointed, Jimmy noted that Dave's apartment had no surveillance, and the previous surveillance team had been following Dave along with Jimmy. After the arrest, they returned to the station and did not continue to monitor the apartment. Everything was so coincidental that the person who rifled through Dave's room slipped away.

Jimmy was now very troubled; even if the case were closed, he still had to reach a conclusion about Dave's death. Though the senior forensic doctor said he would consult others, Jimmy doubted it would help. The final conclusion might be akin to a sudden heart attack, as long as it was plausible enough to pass. Jimmy knew their methods too well; facing an unsolvable case, they would surely choose the most trouble-free conclusion to report, not wanting to conflict with the forensic doctors.

He left his seat to go to the sofa area, boiled water to make himself a cup of tea, and took a good rest before contemplating what he might have missed.

While sipping tea and pondering, Jimmy suddenly thought of a possible scenario: Was Dave really acting alone? If it was indeed a supernatural event, why was Dave so ineffective? Theoretically, he should have used his Evil Spirit powers to escape on the spot when he was captured, right?

Either the Evil Spirit's power couldn't be used, or the Evil Spirit wasn't under his control but rather controlling him. But if that was the case, it was also strange—why hadn't the Evil Spirit made an appearance earlier?

Dave had been in custody for a few days, and during the interrogation yesterday, he was very cooperative. Looking at the lawyer's behavior, their communication seemed to be normal, without any provocative content. The detention center also mentioned that everything was normal before the lights were turned off; there were no fights or brawls.

What could have triggered the Evil Spirit to come out in the early hours and kill Dave, its host, before leaving the detention center?

Jimmy found it hard to draw a conclusion; these deductions had no written basis and thinking in this direction only seemed to make things more confusing.

Jimmy put down his cup, leaned back on the sofa, and sighed. He hated cases that could potentially remain unfinished, a good case spoiling due to such chaos.

Wait, could it be that the Evil Spirit belonged to someone else? Jimmy immediately sat up, thinking that if the person who went to Dave's room were considered, what if that person was the master of the Evil Spirit? Was Dave just a vessel, and this person activated the Evil Spirit to leave after discovering something unusual in Dave's house?

Jimmy shuddered. Fuck! It was possible. If that was the case, then the trouble was significant. Following this line of thought, if he could transfer the Evil Spirit to Dave, then maybe others were also used as vessels for the Evil Spirit just like Dave. And if there was only one Evil Spirit, how could it have been transferred to others?

This also explained why Dave would kill—most likely as a sacrifice of souls to the Evil Spirit.

No, once this idea took root in his mind, it stayed lodged there. The more Jimmy thought about it, the more likely it seemed, and that meant the case would only get more complicated and potentially more dangerous.

Without hesitation, Jimmy took out his phone and called Nia, who wasn't off today and should be at the police station.

Jimmy, "Nia, are you at the station right now?"

Nia, "Yes, are you coming over?"

Jimmy, "No, I'm still at the station. I need you and Chuck to help with something urgent. Check the death lists in New York's five boroughs these past few days and the places of death. Exclude traffic accidents, failed surgeries at the hospital, and natural deaths of the elderly. It would be great if you could mark them on a map for me; I urgently need it."

Nia picked up on the urgency in Jimmy's voice and didn't pester him with questions. Instead, she straightforwardly agreed without asking why.

Jimmy's recent speculation led to a very unsettling premonition. If his guess was right, then the person behind it might have several Evil Spirits. If they needed soul sacrifices, there would naturally be some requirements. According to Jimmy's speculation, they wouldn't target the elderly; all the people who died at Dave's hands were middle-aged, including those homeless. If there were multiple Evil Spirits, by investigating the death cases, they may roughly deduce their range of action, enabling Jimmy to visit corresponding areas to try his luck.

That's what Jimmy wanted Nia and the others to search for: first, the death cases, and second, to rule out traffic accidents and natural deaths of the elderly, because traffic accidents were very uncontrollable. It didn't make sense for someone like Dave, who hadn't been free for a long time, to cause such accidents.

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