Luhadcursedthe"BeautySyer"tenthousandtimesover.Societywasalreadyshortonresources,andthislunatichadgoneandwipedoutsomeofitsbrightest,mostbeautifulyoungwomen.Topstudents,goodfamilies,fwlessfaces—gone.Ifevehemhadbeenspared,Luwould''''vetakenherhomeaedherlikeagoddess.
Ifheevergothishandsonthatbastard,hewouldn''''tshowmercy.Hell,ifhehadthece,hewouldpullthetriggerontheexeself.
Butafterthat,the"BeautySyer"vanished.
Luandhisteamtriedeverything,evenbaitinghimwiththeirmoststrikingfemaleofficers,butthekillerneverresurfaced.Thevictims''''families,friends,andcolleagues,hemknewwhothegirls''''stpanionshadbeen.Theyhadsimplylefthomeforschoolorworkandurned.
Thecasewentcold.Tenyearsofdustgatheredoverthoseforty-ninenames.
Atleastnomoreyoungwomehatmonster''''shands.Still,whilethekillerhadstoppedstealingsociety''''sbest,Luhadn''''tfoundawomanworthsettlingdownwithhimself.
Theonlythingthe"BeautySyer"hadeverlefthimwasReya.
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Thatday,Luhadbeeothecrimese.
Therewasn''''tmuchlefttoiigate.Theseniordetectiveshadalreadydoheirwork.Thebodyjusthadn''''tbee,supposedlysohecould"gainexperience,""applyhisknowledge"and"tributetothecase."
Thetruthwaslessgmorous:theerwasstutraffic,sotheylefthimtheretobabysitthecorpse.
Thegroundwasamess,trampledwithfootprintsfromgawkingvilgers.EvenSherloeswould''''vebeenuselesshere.
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