"And do I dream again? For now I find…"

Part 3: The Newspaper Headline

Police received a phone call late last night from a man who had claimed to have found a body washed up from the Dirty River, which passes through Ratchet district. When police arrived on the scene, they discovered the man crouched in the fetal position, the body lying next to him. He was covered in blood, and he was crying. After several minutes, police were finally able to understand through his hysterics that after he had gotten off the phone, he discovered this body to belong to none other than his father, who had gone missing not more than a week previous. He had attempted to resuscitate the man, but had been unsuccessful.

A preliminary autopsy suggests that the time of death was three days ago. The dead man had a large gash crossing from his left eye to the back of his head, his skull completely split open at this point, the insides clearly visible, the brain missing a large chunk. The doctor suggested that the only thing that could have caused this was a bladed weapon, specifically an axe.

The younger man was taken in for questioning, but he could reveal little about his father that could be deemed important to this investigation. Also, his alibi is airtight, so it is certain that he had no hand in his father's murder.

Is this the work of the notorious Axe-Killer? Or perhaps the work of a clever imitator, copying his hero's handiwork? And, will the Axe-Killer be caught? Should we ask Asmodeus to do it? More questions than answers coming from this writer today.

Erick set down the paper. He was determined to find this Axe-Killer himself, punish him for his sins against his fellow man, kill him even if he had the opportunity to pass down such judgment. The Axe-Killer desired nothing less than that for his heinous crimes.