Name: A Corrupted Heart
Author: Wenzhong Is Happy as Long as He's Happy

Synopsis

Deep inside the Luocheng Police Department, a metal filing cabinet labeled “Bloodstained Files” holds dozens of long-unsolved, grisly cases. Each one once shocked the nation with its bizarre deaths, but limited forensic technology at the time meant they were ultimately filed away as “unsolved.” In 2025, advances in forensic science prompted the department to launch the “Bloodstained Files Resolution Project.” The first case to be reopened was the most controversial of them all: the “Terrifying Paper Effigy Murders.”

The victims were a paper effigy maker and his family of three. Dozens of paper figures were scattered throughout the house, some with blood on their hands matching the victims’. There was no sign of forced entry. The bizarre clues had brought the investigation to a standstill, and rumors gradually spread that the family had offended a deity of the underworld and been claimed by the paper figures. Even now, the story sends a chill down the spines of longtime Luocheng residents.

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