Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 336

Their daughter was born with Asperger's syndrome, but they never complained. In fact, they went out of their way to encourage her talents and abilities, making sure she shone brightly in the areas where she excelled.

What did they do to deserve this?

Was their daughter's mistake being too brilliant? Did her brilliance make her a target?

Leaning against the wall, I stiffened, then turned and walked back to my room, looking at Robin. "The girl who jumped, Leo's daughter, what was her special talent?"

"They say she had an extraordinary knack for numbers, spatial visualization a hundred times better than the average person. She could overlook the city, count every manhole cover, and recreate the entire urban landscape and its underground infrastructure on paper with uncanny accuracy."

Like computer-generated...

"What about the person they caught this time? Did his child go missing too?" I asked Robin anxiously.

Robin nodded. "It's a boy, born with autism, but he's obsessed with all sorts of insects and poisonous plants. He seems to have an innate interest in them, a sort of biology prodigy. He once slipped a toxin extracted from a toad into the water bottle of a bully, causing them to hallucinate and strip down to urinate in front of the whole class..."

I massaged my temples. "Toads?"

from their skin. One is bufotenin, another is 5-MeO-DMT.

muttered under

savants with Asperger's syndrome. I suspect they're still alive... at least, until the value they possess is fully exploited. Could

clearly sharing

anything

"I've been looking into that contest. It was run by a group that vanished after just two events. They offered

behind that contest,"

power, his investigation was limited; he

my fingernail

the disappearance of these young geniuses, the murder and

look

paused for a long while before continuing.

the tragedy struck, the parents of the victims had sought a private tutor for their children. This tutor was Phoebe, the winner of the first Genius Contest," Robin took a deep breath. "I

was a case of mistaken identity, but

stood frozen, staring

too that the disappearance of the two