"The autopsy reports says the body was unrecognisable with half of the skin missing all over the body. The face was bashed and the lower jaw was missing. The body was glued to the floor with some compound of unknown composition, whose physical property was similar to that of Industrial-Grade Adhesives. Upon further inspection, it was found that the cause of death was head trauma and other wounds, including cuts all over the body and punctures in the muscles was for inflicting pain." Eluya spoke as she read the autopsy report. Then scrolling the images of the body provided in the report.

"This is even worse than the original description of the case file.. Dismemberment of all fingers and toes, the left eyeball plucked out of the eye socket.. Just what level of hatred did the culprit have for this guy?" Abel spoke with a hint of disgust in his voice as he looked at the pictures closely. Every time he looks back at the images, his confidence in the fact that this is done by a human strengthens.

According to Abel, the cause of death was Head Trauma so every other injury was either to torture him or to ravish his dead body. If it were truly some other species, then most would choose a better way for him to die than mere head injury.

"Eluya.. Make quick notes and let's recheck all of these new details with our notes. It says at the end, that the weapons were not found by the police so we truly are missing something." Abel spoke solemnly before he turned his gaze to Iliana, who looked uncomfortable by the description of the dead body and was pale yellow after looking at the photos.

"Sure.. But you should look after Iliana." Eluya spoke calmly, followed by a sigh. Then she walked back to the sofa leaving Iliana in Abel's care while she cross references all the clues from autopsy to the notes they have.

Abel nods at Eluya before walking up to Iliana and lightly patting her back. "Relax, Iliana. No need to look at things you can't bear to look at." Abel spoke with an empathetic tone.

Iliana turns her head to look at Abel before face planting herself onto his chest. "I'm alright now.." Iliana spoke calmly with hints of fear still audible. "Brush my hair." She demanded suddenly, looking up at Abel expecting him to do as she said.

Eluya nodded when she felt Abel's gaze. And Abel just sighed and nodded to Iliana after seeing Eluya's reaction. "Okay.. Take a seat." Abel said with a defeated sigh as he walks up to Iliana's desk and takes out a comb from her desk drawer before walking behind the sofa.

Then Abel starts combing out her hair, making sure to not pull too hard in case of entangled hair. "Your hair is still as silky as before." He said calmly while combing her long black hair, which was shining due to the lighting.

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"Thank you." Iliana said with a light chuckle, turning to look at Abel with a smile. Her gray eyes glowed, reflecting the light that fell on them, giving them a luminous, almost ethereal quality. The light intensified their silvery hue, making them shine like polished steel.

"Did you choose this seat for the good lighting?" Abel asked Iliana with a sarcastic tone. The answer to which he gets by a nod and a chuckle from Iliana.

"Good enough." Abel said calmly as he parted her hair into two equal sections, weaving them skillfully to make a single long Fishtail Braid, securing the end with thin Elastic bands. He tugs lightly on the side of the braid to make it look voluminous.

By the time, Abel was done dressing Iliana's hair, Eluya had completed the cross-checking. Her Jaw dropped when she saw Iliana with a Fishtail Braid from her nape to her waist. "H-huh?! How did you do that so fast?!" Eluya asked, looking shocked at the sight. "Abel, you are giving me a hairstyle as well." Eluya said, clearly envious of Iliana.

Then Eluya removed her hair band, letting her long hair flow before signalling Abel to get closer.

"Fine.." Abel said in a tired tone as he went behind Eluya's chair and started combing her hair before starting any styling. Meanwhile, Iliana was smiling and appreciating the new look in the mirror.

Abel, as he continued to braid Eluya's hair in the same Fishtail style as Iliana's, spoke with a stern voice. "Eluya, what did you find in the cross-checking?" His facial expressions were grim, clearly expecting bad news.

"The news isn't good. After cross-referencing the conclusions, I found a few things." Eluya said with a grave look on her face. "The weapon of murder is also missing, which I presume to be some solid blunt object like a Steel Pipe and I also noticed missing cutlery like spoons and toothpicks. I can only imagine what the killer had in mind with all of this." Eluya shivered a bit as she finished speaking.

"We should call Mr. Monzard tomorrow and get his permission to check the call logs of his daughter and Son-in-law." Eluya said calmly, with Abel nodding as he finishes her braid by tying up the end with thin plastic hair bands.

"Well.. We don't need to wait for tomorrow, Eluya. I can call Mr. Monzard and he'll be here in an hour." Iliana said with a calm expression, before she dialed Mr. Monzard's number and called him in.

"He'll be here in an hour. We should prepare the list of questions and the permissions we need." Iliana said calmly before looking at Abel and Eluya, who were surprised at the forwardness of Iliana.

"What? Mr. Monzard lives an hour away and he has a driver driving him. I'm not inconveniencing an old man." Iliana clarified before pouting.

"That's not what we were worried about." Eluya and Abel spoke in sync, with the same disappointed stare.

"I'll start writing the list of questions.. Eluya, prepare the list of permissions we need." Abel said calmly as he sat down on the sofa and began noting down the questions that needed to be asked. While Eluya and Iliana prepare a list of permissions required with a legal form attached to it.