A.N. Hello everyone, this is Chapter is an interlude, but I do hope everyone enjoys it regardless. The next Chapter will be posted on Friday next week as I am going to be doing some travelling that weekend and will be unable to post on Saturday.
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Glynda Goodwitch arrived at the site of the crime more than a little wary. The number of times the police force called in a huntsmen were few and far between, as funding was split between the two for the kingdom's self defense budget. If they were willing to call Ozpin and ask for her, then something was incredibly wrong. With this on her mind, she marched into the field tent.
"Alright, what is the situation here? I assume since you have called me in this isn't just a hit and run." She stated to the group gathered under the tent.
One of the people turned, revealing themselves to be a detective. "Ah, you must be the Huntress Oz sent. And yeah, you are damn right this isn't even close to normal. We have 46 casualties, of which there is 23 current fatalities. All of which are White Fang"
Glynda's eyes widened at the number. How did so many get involved and not end up causing a minor grimm attack? The amount of anger would have at least incensed the grimm present in the Emerald forest to attack. Her thoughts were interrupted when the detective continued.
"And that even the worst bit, it looks most of them were hit by a damn ship cannon. Don't know who these Fangers pissed off, but apparently they were packing some major heat."
"A ship cannon? You are positive?"
"Look, that's why you are here, I'll take you down to the actual crime scene."
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The crime scene, if one could even call it that, more closely resembled a butchery floor with the amount of gore and viscera present with a large amount of structural damage around. Despite the large amount of blood, there was few body bags. Looking around, Glynda could see why the police thought it was ship cannon fire.
The detective moved his arm as if to showcase the carnage. "So, look like this place was plastered with artillery fire or what?"
Glynda sighed at the man's tone, clearly none too enthused to be working with a huntress. "Clearly. And I can't see any clear signs this was semblance usage, but the thing is that if there was a ship capable of causing this kind of destruction we would have noticed."
"Oh, and what makes you say that. Every ship has cannons, have to if you want to make it across the ocean in one piece."
"Because, if you examine the scorch marks, this wasn't that would fit on a civilian boat. Look at the impact crater." She points to the nearest one. "The normal civilian ship has 2 12-inch cannons to deal with sea based grimm. This kind of crater was caused by an 18-inch cannon."
The detective scoffed at this "That doesn't sound that big. Plus, what kind of difference would that even make?"
Glynda pinched the bridge of her nose at the detective's idiocy. "What it means, detective, is that the only thing that could have held that kind of fire power would have been a heavy battleship. Which, in case you don't know, are typically just under a thousand feet in length. It would be like if someone put the Beacon CCT Tower in the water."
The detective paled at this, now sufficiently informed.
Glynda continued "The problem here is, not only would we have seen it, the whole city should have heard it. But we heard nothing, I didn't even know this had happened until I was contacted. But no one heard anything or saw anything." Glynda rose up before walking around, examining the scene further. "The other thing is, the marks are originating from the same point over by those crates. I would normally say this is a semblance at use, but few semblances are capable of this, all of which belong to registered Huntsmen."
The Detective thought at this a moment before saying "But can't anyone end up with any kind of semblance if they have their aura unlocked? Could it be a crime lord that got his Aura unlocked?"
Glynda shook her head "The problem with that, is that semblances with this kind of destructive capability are closely monitored by the kingdoms. If someone were to get a semblance like this and be found using it for anything criminal, they would get a kill order after them. And even then, as I am to be aware there are still large tells showing it was a semblance, such as heat warping."
The detective then shot back "But could this have been discovering their semblance?"
With this idea in mind, Glynda then got up preparing to leave and inquire with registry when she heard a yell go out.
"Medic! We found someone else! And get the Huntress over here!"
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Glynda rushed to voice and what she saw when she arrived was horrific. Beneath the medic, who was attempting to look for vitals, was a body missing its entire lower half. The detective, who had followed after Glynda, immediately began retching as he arrived. It wasn't just that the body was bisected, but that it had appeared to have been eaten to the waist. She moved down, investigating the wound. The wounds were not caused by any of the species of grimm found in Vale. As she continued to look, she felt a sudden grab and pull on her wrist. Shocked, Glynda looked to the source of this to discover it was the not so dead body.
The man pulled Glynda closer before hoarsely whispering "What did this to me was no Grimm. It was no man. It was a demon. When you find it, kill it for all of our sakes." With this, the man let go of her before he was hoisted upon a stretcher.
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Glynda was in the Bullhead, flying back to Beacon when she called Ozpin.
"Hello, Glynda. What is it?"
"Ozpin, get everyone we have in Vale together, I have something major to report."
Startled by this, Ozpin reiterated "Glynda, what did you find at the crime scene?"
"Ozpin, I think we may be dealing with something from the Black Queen."
"Alright, I'll see you when you get back. Head to the Chamber. I'll call Ironwood and Qrow."
Glynda hung up, hoping against hope that Salem wasn't unleashing a new trick from her bag.
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Post Script.
Alright, so a bit shorter than most of the other chapters, but I hope this cleared up some stuff for all of you. Any reviews or comments would be wonderfully appreciated.
