Chapter 95 - 20. Witch Research Association_2
Mr. Fisher looked over the case file and quickly made his way to the crime scene on Karen Street.
Karen Street’s number three apartment directly faced the street outside. The window of a room above was completely shattered, exposing the ceiling inside. A section of the external electric rail was twisted and bent as if it were a twisted iron rod, clearly the result of Gravity Magic. Several transportation workers were busy dismantling the damaged section of rail for repair.
The entrance to the three apartments was cordoned off by the police, while the residents above protested why the Nali police force was disrupting their lives. Under Chief Leola’s lead, Fisher quickly reached the crime scene on the second floor; the door was open, revealing a very messy room inside.
Facing the balcony, there was a thick pool of blood on the sofa which had completely dried up after several days. The body had been removed by the police, but other items remained untouched.
"The victim didn’t have a job, but according to police intelligence, he had been working underground in Nali for a long time, providing intermediary and information selling services for various gangs and foreign forces... Mr. Fisher, the trace of the resonance is over here."
After magic is cast, the place where the emblem moves the World Resonance leaves a very clear Trace. Such traces are invisible to the naked eye and require special magic or instruments to be seen. They can generally last about half a month, and some High Ring magic can even last several months, indicating that the manipulation of the world’s rules by magic is substantial.
In the room, several spots on the floor had three metal rods emitting magical light stuck into them. This device was called a resonance detector, an instrument used by the police to confirm magical crimes. Under the illumination of brilliant light, it allowed the World Resonance to be made visible.
Many of these were traces left when the deceased tried to use magic in defense, identified by scholars from the Magic Association. The only one they couldn’t identify was the one near the windowsill. Fisher crouched down, looking at the three rods in the center displaying ripples like folded space, from which a hint of purple light faintly emerged, and within that purple light, a trace of white was faintly visible.