A policeman had found the body in a sewer. It was wrapped in a black waterproof plastic bag with a messy tangle of ropes tied around it. The ropes had been cut after the body was transferred to the morgue.

Since the knot was often important material evidence in murder investigations, it was left as is and the plastic bag was cut open instead. This was basic knowledge that every police officer should know.

When we got our first look at the body, both Xiaotao and I couldn’t help but gasp. In fact, Xiaotao even covered her mouth with her hand in shock!

The deceased had been shaved completely bald and hairless and was stripped naked down to the underpants. What was even more ghastly was the sight of the body’s flesh being cut off from the body. The muscle tissues from the chest, abdomen, and especially the limbs had been carved cleanly off of this body that you could only see the bare skeleton on most parts of the body. Strangely enough,...