Wednesday, 11:15 AM, Special Investigation Team, Office Area.
Mona was sitting at her workstation, typing seriously on the keyboard.
With the pitter-patter of keyboard clicks, Luo An held a teacup and intently studied the photos and information of the four victims on the whiteboard.
Generally, the act of cutting out tongues is a punishment for informants, signifying that they spoke of things they shouldn't have.
The identities of the four victims are currently a Speaker, a Priest, a Navy Officer, and a Tannery Worker.
The first three victims hold higher status and could possibly be related, but the Tannery Worker is simply not from the same world as the other three.
Given the rigidly stratified federal social structure of the country, it's unlikely that the Tannery Worker would ever be connected to the others unless unexpectedly.
Next is the manner of death for each of the four victims.