Chapter 36 Field Work_4
So it wasn't until he heard what the customs official said that he realized the three and a half people lying inside were the four passengers from the Bandit Gull. It seemed none of the four had survived.
"...And then they were all killed on the dock," Lop said, failing to notice the young military officer opposite him had dilated pupils and quickened breath. "These four people, their names, places of origin, occupations are all mysteries. The murderer or murderers made off with the things they carried. Among the personal belongings left behind, not a single item could reveal their identities. As for the perpetrators, they fled the scene immediately and are now untraceable. They blew up one of our customs docks, and now we don't even know whom to ask for compensation."
Lop took another dossier from his adjutant and handed it to the lieutenant colonel: "This is the report written by the doctor in charge of the autopsies from our guard office."