A long time ago, there was a planet on the surface of which a real living Heart was beating. Each of its beat gave life to many wonderful creatures, and humans were no exception. Once, during a mountain collapse, they became afraid that something might happen to the Heart, and built a fence around it. And they started arguing about who is the worthiest defender of the Heart. The fence turned into a wall, and the city rose very quickly around it. Everything that people came up with was immediately brought to life by the love of the Heart. So, they created dolls to help themselves, which significantly accelerated the construction. In the time that was freed up, people took up the war. One day they closed the Heart completely, erecting a dome over it. Miracles stopped happening, and the dolls stopped coming to life. People blamed magical creatures for this and began hunting them. And in order not to stop the construction, they began to chip off pieces of the Heart and insert them into their mechanisms. The city continued to grow. Centuries have passed. The city has propped up the sky with towers. Only fragments of the Heart remained, saturating the black smoke with its breath. Factories that produce nightmarish monsters fed on it. With their help, people continue to wage war with each other for the title of the worthiest defender of the Heart. While it is dying. This is where our story begins...

This is a translation in process. So I am open for suggestions and comments on what to improve in the flow of the text.

【Handsome straight cop/Mixed-race metrosexual forensic pathologist】

They are working together to solve a series of strange cases!

Every serious case tells a story of life and death, laughter and tears,

all awaiting your investigation...

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🔗【VOL. 1 Top Secret】A pregnant prostitute is found dead in a sub-divided unit of Room 7C of Choi Fung Building. Why are there so many suspects?

🔗【VOL. 2 Twelve Old Men】Twelve old men living alone in the Eastern District commit suicide with a smile on their faces, but the forensic pathologist cannot find anything suspicious in their autopsies.

🔗【VOL. 3 A False Step】Five missing people die on the same day, all showing signs of frostbite. But early spring in Heticity is not that cold!

🔗【VOL. 4 Criminal Minds】The clinical psychologist in the police force seems to have a secret...

🔗【VOL. 5 Bog Body】A rare bog body is found in an old well, marking an important discovery of a mysterious case.

🔗【VOL. 6 The Silent Outcry】An internet celebrity died of throat slit in a hotel. The Serious Crimes Unit solves the case swiftly, but somehow there is something fishy about it.

🔗【VOL. 7 Buried Bones】Thirty years ago, there was not enough evidence to prosecute the suspect for murdering his pregnant wife. Is there any hope of solving the case now?

🔗【VOL. 8 The Goddess of Vengeance】Extra! A rare late autumn typhoon attacked Heticity together with a killer posing as the judge and the "Goddess of Vengeance".

🔗【VOL. 9 The Rainy Night Butcher】The door to the sealed memories gradually opens in a rainy night.

🔗【VOL. 10 Going "Potty"】A series of cases occur, all seemingly related to an odd work of art.

🔗【VOL. 11 The Phantom Rapist】A rapist escapes from a lift leaving no trace. Can he be brought to justice by forensic science?

🔗【VOL. 12 Broken But Fearless】The G.O.A.T. of "Kingdom of Fantasy" vanishes just before his final match before retirement. All that is left is a bloody, broken hand.

🔗【VOL. 13 The Shattered Corpses】The dismembered bodies of an old couple comes as a great shock. Yet it cannot be ascertained which suspect is responsible for the murder.

🔗【VOL. 14 A Lifelong Conviction】Broken body parts from different deceased bodies are sewn up as one. Lying behind are the dark secrets waiting to be spoken out by those silent witnesses.

* Translated from Chinese. For the work in the original language, please visit https://www.penana.com/story/91119/.

* Explore more in The Art of The Silent Witnesses (including fan arts)(Chinese version)

* Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual events or persons is entirely coincidental. Please do not commit crimes or imitate any dangerous acts in the story.

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Three friends went on a vacation while working on a painting assignment from their college art program in Scotland. As a student, Ren had to minimize expenses as much as possible. Therefore, through a pamphlet found online, Ren was lucky to find a recommendation for a beautiful vacation spot.

The asphalt road beside which there was a Villa. Located on the Perthshire highlands and close to the natural landscape of Tay Forest Park. With fauna that enlivens the quiet park such as deer.

Or if you look to the right, the ground slopes down, offering a stunning view of Loch Tay Lake. The breeze is gentle, and the fish are fresh and large.

The three friends had been worried before. This was because before Ren found the villa's location on the pamphlet, they had already visited 3 accommodations and declined to stay because they were expensive, wandering for three hours just looking at the forest stretches beside them.

However, their worries were alleviated after they found the Villa, owned by Lady De Polcester.

Yet...

It was during their stay at Lady De Polcester's Villa that their sense of worry began to grow again.

Day Update : Friday & Sunday

Time : 04:00 PM (UTC +7 or Jakarta Time)

The Faith Providence Highschool Ghost Hunters Club is tightening its belts for an expedition into the Pool Park Asylum. This building fell into disuse after serving as a treatment facility for individuals with mental health issues. The reasons behind its collapse are complex and varied, despite the apparent sparing of no expense in its construction. However, a myriad of scandals has imbued the building's history with an absurd and terrifying value, leading to its failure in the market and eventual abandonment.

Rumors abound of horrifying occurrences such as poltergeist activity, shadowy apparitions, whispers, and the screams of a woman. It is said, like a comet returning once in a century, there was once a patient whose outer beauty was inversely proportional to her tormented psyche. Ostracized from her family for bringing shame and deemed to have no future, she became prey to the predatory behavior masked as medical treatment, sealing her fate in darkness and despair.

Anyone daring to step foot in this place is assured a fatal outcome.

When it comes to morals, in the future, the limit will be invisible for a long time. A word for humans for a place that may have the potential to hang in the future, "Wide Hope", promising a bright future, for educated and uneducated people, that is Widehope School.

The school, which is also a boarding school, is one of the most magnificent in the Yorkshire area, in Darley to be exact. How come? On the front alone, the building model is a bit futuristic, spacious, just directly interpreting to our eyes that "I am the number one place."

However....

As it is no secret anymore, when there is white, there is black. The back side of the building, accommodates several students who are considered unlucky.

Widehope School building behind, you have to walk past the laboratory first.

An appropriate slogan for this place, 'Throw out the trash in its proper place' is what I feel for this place. A legal place, where you can throw disgrace, in the name of justice.

For example? Not all nobles have the desired offspring as their heirs. The problem is sending one life to hell has to deal with the law.

The future embraces practicality, where moral boundaries are somewhat forgotten, perhaps as a hopeless arbiter of justice.

The playground evokes memories when the Ferris Wheel took them to their annual rendezvous. The four individuals met for the first time in the opening of a beautiful story in the next chapter. Although no one knew what would happen, the tale they unfolded made them yearn to return to that time. Passing through friendship to love.

Unconsciously, sometimes life's metaphors do not always revolve around beauty; even a child knows that the merry-go-round turns its axis, placing the gondola in an unstable position.

Similarly, that's how the story chapter concluded. That's usually how cases are formed. Passing through friendship to love as well.

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘴𝘦𝘹𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴, 𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘴, 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺

𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴!

𝐼 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑, "𝑂ℎ, 𝑤𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡, 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛?" 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑, "𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑟, 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝐷𝑖𝑐𝑘."  𝘐 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑, 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡, 𝑚𝑦 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑅𝑖𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑.

𝑃𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑘 𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑟.

𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦.

Delve into the heart of 'Belinsky Files: The Broken Principle,' a captivating noir-mystery set in the shadowy streets of the pre-revolutionary alternate universe city of Snigograd. Accompany Detective Adrian Belinsky as he untangles a web of murder, intrigue, and conspiracy following the perplexing death of Lady Juliana Zorkin. In a world cloaked in secrecy, Belinsky becomes ensnared, grappling with hidden truths and shifting allegiances.

Aided by his steadfast partner Julian, Belinsky exposes a sinister underbelly while confronting a city teetering on the brink of chaos. Amidst lurking danger, he must navigate through a labyrinth of motives, converging on a jarring revelation. Can Belinsky assemble the fragments before the darkness swallows the metropolis? Immerse yourself in this pulse-pounding adventure, where every choice shapes the narrative, unveiling the concealed verities beneath the surface.

Guy Dangerous is just your average explorer, or at least he was. He stumbled on a book written by Montana Smith, the world's second-greatest explorer, depicting an island that holds a great treasure unlike anything else found anywhere, while the book is believed by many to be fictional, Guy believes otherwise and so like the average explorer he is, he sets off to find the island, however, he'll need some help and who better to help than the author himself. Monsters, Traps, and Curses await Guy and anyone daring enough to tag along on his journey as they set off on the expedition of the century.

Temple Run is a 3D endless running video game developed and published by Imangi Studiosyou've probably heard of. Its concept intrigued me so I decided to create a story for the characters and world whilst remaining faithful to the source material.

Lisa é uma sobrevivente da Primeira Guerra Mundial, e depois do final do conflito, ela se mudou para Londres, onde trabalha como detetive particular. Porém, essa não era sua principal atividade. Ela sempre se interessou em artefatos, relíquias, joias e obras de arte antigas, e sua paixão aumentou ainda mais quando ela percebeu o quanto que ela poderia ganhar vendendo essas coisas. Apesar de viver essa vida dupla, suas duas carreiras prosperaram... pelo menos até agora, quando um lunático mata seu parceiro em um tipo de ritual e os jornais descobrem algo que pode destruir sua carreira. Agora Lisa se vê obrigada a colocar todos seus esforços na tentativa de pegar o assassino antes que ele faça outra vitima.

It was time for me to check the mailbox at the back door. I actually don't want to believe the cool-ass guy, the fact is his mailbox is full of letters, though not necessarily a fan like he says.

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After I brought it in front of him, the man who was just sitting around drinking tea immediately told me to read one by one. What a disgusting man.

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One by one I read it was only a vague promotional offer message, Mr. Cake says it's usually spam. But furthermore, there was a black gift measuring 15 cm x 15 cm with a white ribbon.

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When opened the contents are a bit absurd.

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Sunday, March 6

Joke or real?

"Please tell people at home that I won't be going home because of business. Tell Serena to send the package to the address listed below and open no one's door except Mr. Cake. Mom and Dad waiting at____

16 Millfield, Portpatrick

I have given you chocolate

Joke or real?

Sender: Gibson Jeph

3 Westfield, Blean

Canterbury CT2 9ER

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Mr. Cake said it was just for fun, well, indeed in this world there are more and more people, a lot of time, a lot of unemployment. I wanted to say that, but the Gibson Jeph sounded familiar.

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This morning I watched the news about the mysterious crash of an Air France plane last Saturday.. Gibson Jeph, including the list of names that did not survive.

A tiring night, after dealing with guests who want to book a place at certain hours. Mr. Cake, almost like a robot because it doesn't look tired at all. Even his brain is still ready to catch and open to read the newspaper he bought in the morning.

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"The man responsible for the deaths of three people is free after three years in prison. One life for one year!" Mr. Cake said aloud reading the headline.

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Not long after that, there was a loud knock on our front door. For a moment he did ask for help. We had no choice but to open up.

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The door opened....

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"Kyaaaaah!!" my loud and shrill screams.

Unprepared, my skin jumps. I spontaneously pushed myself back. A person covered in thick red liquid, right hand holding a sharp knife dripped the same liquid.

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The problem is that the person's face is similar to the man in the newspaper's title.