"Whether we need long-distance tracking or not is still uncertain. Everyone, prepare dry rations, just in case."
"Okay!"
The crowd responded, and then Ji Youzhi assigned tasks.
"Let’s split up and search. Constable Lin, take one team to other places to look for similar locations. Constable Wang, bring a team with me to the Land Temple."
"Yes!"
Ji Youzhi cradled Xiaosuisui, who shouted, "Uncle Ji Youzhi, Feifei!"
Ji Youzhi said, "Uncle won’t do Feifei. There are many people here. We have to move together."
Xiaosuisui pouted. "Okay!"
Constable Wang came closer. "Lord God Hunter, why don’t you ask about the results of our visits?"
Good heavens, they had been so excited when the Lord God Hunter had seconded them to investigate the case.
After completing their inquiries, everyone gathered, awaiting the arrival of the Lord God Hunter.
During this time, they had reviewed their inquiries extensively, fearing they wouldn’t be able to answer if the Lord God Hunter questioned them.
Unexpectedly, when the Lord God Hunter arrived, he asked nothing. Not only that, but he also immediately stated the next location for investigation.
But that wasn’t the main point; the key was he brought a baby with him!
Constable Wang couldn’t suppress his doubts any longer and asked directly.
"The information in the carrier pigeon message you sent me indicated that you were very thorough in your visits and made certain discoveries, so I made some deductions."
"Deductions? What did you deduce?" Constable Wang pressed eagerly.
"I suspect these culprits are likely committing their final act. Moreover, they were probably forced by some circumstances, which is why they recklessly abducted so many children overnight!"
"Their final act? Do you mean these culprits had abducted other children before? Where? By the way, how did you know these criminals would appear in Baiyun Town? And how did you manage to involve us in the investigation so quickly?"
Constable Wang fired off a barrage of questions.
"The fact that they managed to abduct so many children in one night indicates they aren’t operating alone, but as a group."
Constable Wang agreed with Ji Youzhi’s conclusion and promptly said,
"Yes, exactly, we think so too. We just can’t figure out how they managed to be so precise and fast, abducting people so stealthily."
Ji Youzhi had been puzzled by this question for a while but had already gotten the answer from Wu Yixiu.
"It’s drugs. In the information you gathered from your inquiries, you overlooked one critical detail concerning livestock."
Livestock overlooked?
Everyone present was stunned and stared wide-eyed at Ji Youzhi.
They saw Ji Youzhi using a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from the brow of the baby girl in his arms, while also plucking a leaf from the roadside to fan her.
Seeing the revered Lord God Hunter perform such actions, Constable Wang and the junior constables felt their eyes nearly pop out of their sockets.
"I spoke with one of the mothers of a missing child. She said she usually wakes up very early, but this morning, she only managed to get out of bed when the sun was high, nearing noon. She also felt extremely fatigued."
"And because of that, you believe the families of these abducted children were all drugged beforehand?"
Ji Youzhi nodded. "It’s not what I believe; it’s a fact. In the home of the Zhou family in Lower Ling Village, where a child went missing, I found traces of sedative smoke and located a small hole pierced in the window."
Everyone looked at their Lord God Hunter with admiration. However, when they saw the Lord God Hunter fanning the baby girl, a torrent of unspoken complaints filled their minds.
They also wanted to hold a baby while solving a case, didn’t they?
"Lord God Hunter, what did you mean earlier when you said we overlooked a critical detail about the livestock?"