The heavy rain was like a string of beads torn by God, hitting the survey vehicle of the Nancheng Bureau's Technical Section. The splashing water mixed with the halo of the street lights and created a blur of strange lights on the car windows. Weimar Zaha was sitting in the passenger seat, his fingertips unconsciously rubbing the scalpel scabbard in the pocket of his white coat - it was given by his old section chief when he joined the job. It was made of titanium alloy and polished to a warm luster. There was a line of small words engraved on the inside of the scabbard: "The Corpse Whisperer shall bear the responsibility of heaven and earth."
"Brother Wei, the scene is a little weird this time." The driver was Lin Shutong, a trace examiner who had just been transferred for half a year. The girl's hands tightened on the steering wheel, and the wipers swung wildly, but they still couldn't keep up with the pouring rain. "The police station in the area called and said that the deceased died in a demolished building in the old city. The doors and windows were locked from the inside, and there were no external injuries on the body. But the forensic doctor's preliminary examination showed that... Something was taken away?"
Weimar Zaha did not speak, but raised his hand to press the gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose. He is thirty-five years old and is the chief forensic physician of the Technical Section of the Nancheng City Bureau. He is only one step away from the position of "Chief of the Technical Section" - if this case can be solved, the promotion review at the end of the year will be basically stable. Having been engaged in the forensic field for thirteen years, he has seen many bizarre cases: some were dissolved into skeletons by strong acid but still remained standing, some died of "drowning" in a confined space, but this was the first time he heard the description of "things being taken away".
The survey vehicle stopped in front of the demolished building. The cordon had been raised. Several policemen in raincoats were guarding the door. When they saw Weimarza
