Mr. Victor was very angry. This morning, as usual, he went to the lakeside as he always had a small bag of corn kernels and was preparing to feed wild ducks, and found the body floating by the lake.

More than a dozen brown wild ducks floated on the lake, their bodies were incomplete. At this time, the weather had turned hot, and a large group of mosquitoes buzzed anxiously around the corpses in the water.

Mr. Victor was out of anger. Since his retirement, he has come to Lake Constance to feed wild ducks every day. These little things are the spiritual sustenance of the lonely old man. Several of them were just born this spring.

After receiving a report from Mr. Victor, the police attached great importance to it. They immediately came to the scene, but when they saw that the victims were just a group of mallard ducks that were very common in Europe, they immediately lost interest.

Since refugees arrived in Germany, the police have become very busy. The police force has been expanding year by year, but still cannot catch up with the rising crime rate.

"What, it's just a group of ducks." The police muttered reluctantly.

The local police also had seventeen sexual assault cases, forty-eight robberies, one hundred and thirty-two thefts, and a religious conflict that attacked the Catholic church.

Faced with the complex and difficult situation, the police were already in a state of great anxiety and were not interested in investigating a group of dead ducks.

"Do you know who did it?" the policeman asked Mr. Victor.

"I don't know, but I fed them yesterday," said Mr. Victor.

Although the police were reluctant, they still took out the body of the wild duck from the river. When the tragic wound appeared in everyone's sight, everyone was shocked.

"It's just biting the neck, can it be dried crocodile?"

"Don't talk nonsense, there are no crocodiles in the lake."

"Who did that? A fox or a wild wolf?"

"The fox goes into the water to eat ducks, you can think of it."

"You see, these wounds are deep and small. The attack is under the wild ducks, and it seems to be dried fish."

"A fish that can bite the wild duck's thighs in one bite? Are there such fierce fish in the world?"

Everyone expressed their doubts that the way these wild ducks died was really cruel, and their bodies were almost torn to pieces.

After discussion, the police decided to collect the bodies and send them to an animal protection agency.

......

Munich, Germany.

Investigative reporter Anna drove a Volkswagen Beetle car and left Munich City and drove along Highway 96 to the Lake Constance area.

Anna works in Le Monde Munich. Although her name contains the word world, she is an absolute gossip tabloid, mainly reporting on strange stories around the world. She is still quite a few readers in Germany.

Readers of Le Monde in Munich usually believe that vampires really exist, that Atlantis did not perish, but instead transformed the entire continent into a spacecraft, that the entire tribe left the earth, that there was Bigfoot living in the Alps, and that Bigfoot was a close relative of the Himalayan snowman.

In short, Le Monde Munich is prepared for these people with excessive curiosity.

Recently, the editorial department received a call from readers, revealing all kinds of strange things that happened in the Lake Constance area, murdered wild ducks, old women whose fingers were bitten by strange fish, mysterious ships that hang on the lake, etc.

The editor-in-chief felt that someone should be sent to investigate, so this glorious task fell on the young Anna.

After several hours of driving, Anna finally arrived at the Lake Constance area. Although it is a well-known travel destination and the lake is beautiful, Anna has no time to enjoy the scenery here and directly finds the first witness on the trip.

It was a couple working in a nearby rubber factory. They had no children and their husbands were keen on fishing. He showed Anna the strange fish he caught from the lake.

This strange fish has a silver flat body, sharp teeth, huge dark eyes, and developed muscles.

"It's so weird," said the rubber factory worker. "I've lived by Lake Constance all my life and started fishing in the lake since I was six years old. I've never seen such a strange fish. Believe me, it shouldn't be a species here."

"There are many rumors by the lake recently. There is a retired old lady in the town next to her. She was bitten by a strange fish and continued to go north. Near the nature reserve, the local wild ducks are disappearing quickly..."

The rubber worker said a lot of strange things that have happened recently. He linked the strange things with strange fish and came to a terrible conclusion.

"It must be the conspiracy of the authorities!" said the rubber worker in a low voice. "The authorities are conducting biochemical experiments nearby, and the waste is discharged into the lake, which has caused all the fish in the lake to mutate!"

Anna is not surprised at all. Most readers of Le Monde in Munich hold conspiracy theories. Anna herself firmly believes that aliens are around us, disguised as humans.

Anna took a photo of the fish and then passed it to her classmate who was teaching in the biology department at the University of Munich, asking him to help check the literature and determine the species of the strange fish.

Then, Anna said goodbye to the rubber workers, drove along Lake Constance all the way north, and spent two days visiting several other witnesses, and finally came to Mr. Victor's home.

It suddenly started raining outside. Mr. Victor enthusiastically invited Anna into the house. The 72-year-old man who lived alone made coffee by himself, brought cream and sugar cubes, plus a piece of potato pie given to him by his neighbor.

The hot coffee with butter quickly warmed Anna's body. She put down her cup, picked up the recorder, and began to investigate Victor's experience.

"That's really terrifying." Victor rubbed his hands and said with fear. Then, from the corner of his eyes, he looked at the Mauser double-tube hunting hanging above the fireplace.

When he was young, he used that hunting hand to capture many wild ducks. Maybe it was a discovery of conscience. After retirement, Vivictor transformed into a well-known animal protectionist.

"All the ducks died. I called the police, but the police were unwilling to investigate the cause of death. So I walked into the reserve alone with my hunting back and went to find the murderer," said Victor.

To the north of Lake Constance, there is a large forest, inhabited by wild ducks, foxes, rabbits, etc., which are usually prohibited from entering.

"Have you found the murderer?" Anna asked curiously.

Victor's hands trembled slightly, and then said in a hoarse voice, "To be honest, I'm not sure what I saw."

"You can't be sure what you're seeing?" Anna immediately became interested. She heard the danger smell from Victor's words.

Victor nodded, "Shortly after I entered the reserve, I heard the hound roaring. Mr. Enrique next door raised a mixed-race sheepdog named Samurai. I was familiar with the sarcasm, but that day, the sarcasm's voice was obviously not right, as if it was a huge panic."

"I thought the warrior had encountered a wild wolf living in the woods, so I hurriedly picked up the hunting, but when I got closer, I found that there were no wild wolf around. The warrior was screaming at the lake, and it seemed that he had found a big fish."

"The warrior is a very smart dog. He is not only good at swimming, but also good at catching fish. If he sees fish, he can rush up and catch it and have a good meal."

"But the warrior on that day had no intention of rushing into the lake at all. He stared at the lake with alertness and fear, as if he had seen something evil."

"I shouted to it, Samurai, what did you see? Why don't you catch it? Are you still afraid of a fish?"

"When the warrior heard my voice, he turned his head, as if he had finally come to a savior, and shouted at me twice, as if he wanted me to go over."

"But at this moment, the calmness of the lake was broken, and a silver thing suddenly jumped out of the lake and bit the samurai's throat."

"The poor shepherd dog was tilting his head to look at me, and he didn't notice the attack from the lake at all. Blood immediately splashed out. The warrior's eyes turned black and he screamed. He fell into the shallows. Then water splashed in the shallows, as if a group of water snakes were squirming quickly."

"I was shocked by the sudden situation. I was stunned for a minute before I came to my senses. I desperately ran to the place where the warrior fell, but when I ran to that shoal..."

Speaking of this, Victor suddenly choked and his whole body began to twitch.

Anna hurriedly asked, "What did you see? What did you see?"

Victor raised his head, bloodshot in his eyes, and his voice hoarsely said: "Blood, the warrior's blood stained the shallow red."

"It's dead!" Anna covered her mouth and showed a look of horror.

Victor shook his head gently, "No, I don't know, because we searched all over the shallows and could not find the corpse of the warrior. It disappeared like that, completely disappeared in front of me, not even a bone or a piece of residue."

Anna felt her heart beating wildly, and she leaned back and her breathing became rapid.

Suddenly, Anna remembered the strange fish caught by the rubber worker from the lake, so she hurriedly took out her cell phone and opened the photos in the album.

"That's right! It's this cruel thing!"
Chapter completed!