Chapter 648: The Furious Waves of the Red Sea (Part 1) _1

"Honestly, you didn't fall in love with that female officer at first sight, did you?" Shiller leaned on the bar counter, holding a glass of wine, both he and Lucifer were watching Chloe, who was chatting with a male officer.

"What do you know? This is called love..." Lucifer said, also lifting his glass, his eyes fixed on Chloe he said, "As you humans often say, love is so intense when it strikes; it defies logic..."

Lucifer stood behind the bar, elbow on the counter, leaning forward, speaking in a soft voice. "If you help me get her, I'll cure your seasickness, deal?"

"No deal, suddenly I'm not seasick anymore." Shiller put down the glass, stood up, and turned to go, but Lucifer stopped him, saying, "Don't be like that - you ruined our first encounter just now, at least help me create another opportunity?"

Shiller glanced at Lucifer, who was still fixated on Chloe. Shiller flicked Lucifer's glass and Lucifer responded with a start. Shiller stated, seemingly helpless, "You're not actually mesmerized by her, are you? Constantine chased after a female officer, specifically summoning a demon, setting up an Array, putting on such a show..."

"Now, you're after another female officer, what's going on with the two of you?"

"You don't understand..." Lucifer took a sip of his drink, but his gaze never left Chloe. "A pure and noble female soul has a lethal attraction to those from hell."

"Such a holy and noble soul attracts us, but at the same time, it makes us yearn for destruction. Purity, nobility, kindness..."

Seeing the shimmering illusion of wings behind Lucifer, Shiller tapped his glass on the counter. Lucifer snapped out of his trance, shaking his head, he said, "Just like that, I fell in love with her."

Shiller rolled his eyes and said, "Well, then you should bravely pursue your true love. I'm leaving."

Completing his sentence, he put the wine glass down and turned to leave. Lucifer didn't stop him as his focus was still on Chloe. He stood behind the bar deep in thought, obviously pondering how to find another opportunity to involve himself in this case.

Just as Shiller was about to reach the side door of the bar, Chloe suddenly rushed after him. The female officer walked up to Shiller quickly and said, "Sorry, Professor, could I interrupt a bit of your time?"

Shiller pursed his lips, glanced back at Lucifer, who made a series of gestures at him and pulled a funny face. Shiller sighed and said, "Alright, Detective Chloe, what is it?"

At this point, Lucifer stepped forward and said, "Hey, stop chatting here, it's windy outside. Let's go in. My prepared food will go to waste as all the customers have left after that incident. Why don't we have a late meal together?"

Chloe did not refuse, instead she looked at Shiller, who nodded his head and said, "Alright, pour me another drink."

Immediately, Lucifer ran to mix a drink. After a while, Shiller, Lucifer, Chloe, and the male officer Dan sat down on a sofa. Chloe furrowed her eyebrows and said,

"This case isn't as straightforward as it seems on the surface. The murderer who attacked the victim wore an expensive watch that doesn't match his financial status. I think there must be an even darker transaction behind this."

"Watch?" Lucifer frowned, stroking his chin. He hadn't paid attention to the killer's appearance, after all, he didn't expect a female officer to be investigating, so he didn't notice that much detail.

"I think you're overthinking it," Dan interjected. "I think it's more likely a drug deal gone wrong, resulting in a murder by the dealer."

"That doesn't make sense, Dan. You should know, if all of this was just a coincidence and the victim happened to buy something from a drug dealer, then didn't pay, angering the drug dealer to the point of killing - then why was the dealer's car hit and he killed as well?" Chloe asked, running her hand through her hair. "The assassin's death wasn't an accident, it was likely a cover-up by the perpetrator."

Lucifer began to recall the events. After the gunshot, there was soon the sound of a car crash. When he rushed out, he found the killer's car had been smashed by a large truck.

When he went to inspect the killer's body, he found that the killer had died from impact with the steering wheel during the car accident.

Lucifer had mentioned before that he was a fan of detective stories. This hobby was cultivated by Shiller, so, almost instinctively, Lucifer started to analyze,

"The intersection in front of my bar isn't a crossroad. The large truck that killed the murderer came from the east and formed an obtuse angle with the street my bar is on."

"In other words, his sight should have been quite good on the way, ensuring that he saw any cars on this road. There wouldn't be any blind spots which could cause an accident."

"I've been running this bar here for many years and have never seen any accidents happen. It's a good proof that there aren't any safety issues with the road here. Therefore, the fact that an accident happened at this time is suspicious."