That Primeval Blood

**That Primeval Blood** is the fourteenth case of Criminal Case: Mystery in the Americas. It is the eighty fourth case overall. The third case in Caribbean. It is situated in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

* Previous Case: Envy To Nowhere
* Next Case: Death Comes At Gold
* Partner: Manuel Belanger

## Plot

In the city of Montego Bay, a plague like disease had spread just like it had in 1846 in most of South America, making us think it was the time for unveiling of cobra creature and the mysterious treasure. At the station, Manuel still could not recover from the fact that his sister was mysteriously taken away by that Cobra creature, and it’s so hard to process it. Though he managed to get himself out of that, and we decide to explore the city, while being there, as usual a body was found laying around the dark forest, it was mostly abandoned and some fisherman found the body of seemingly young man, so we go there, and discover a body of a man shot in the chest. While we investigating the crime scene, a sudden light submerged from the dark forest, we decided to follow it, but in a second the forest disappeared, Manuel says "Did the last night with Alejandra made me that drunk", though we proceed with the investigation. We find out the the victim's phone, and few other clues. We decode his phone and the victim was Ashton Drummond, though we don’t know what his profession was. We also found the last person who contacted him was a woman named Philomena Larson, so we interrogate Philomena about Ashton. She tells us that Ashton was her friend from school, and a emerging and very talented financial analyst, despite being only twenty one, she says that it's quite sad because all of his life was filled with sorrow. After the general chat with Philomena, Mary Ann approaches us, she says that Raymond Smith was still here, and surprisingly he had some connection with the victim, already suspicious on Raymond, we interrogate him. Raymond tells us that Ashton was non existent, Manuel then says him to shut up, but Raymond goes onto say that there is no record of Ashton's existence, whether we check it or not, he later says that the treasure and the cobra figure is a hoax and there is more to the mystery we cannot decode.

After we talk to Raymond, we just ignore his conversation, though Floramaria calls us in our office, she breaks us the same news Raymond told us saying Ashton has no records of existence, Manuel says we all might be hooked over the Cobra figure hoax, though Antonella, tells us to the open the news, and there we see a reporter reporting that mysterious creature has been sighted in outskirts of Montego Bay, almost near the crime scene, there we see Pavati giving interview to the reporter telling us that her career is already making her nuts but after hearing that the old seemingly mythical creature is around, she is scared. Few time later, we investigate the lake, where we find some more clues, and some old certificate. We deciphered the name on the business card and it was some Austrian businessman named Rüdiger Schneider, who knew the victim considering their profession. We talk to Rüdiger, he says that recently the two companies had done a million dollar deal, saying that despite being twenty one and inexperienced, Ashton was very talented, and he feels very sad on his demise. When we decode the certificate, our jaw dropped, because it said that Ashton Drummond was born in 1898, and it even had his photo, how it would be possible for a modern man to have same face of someone born 132 years ago, though we didn’t think further, we debunked that as a doppelgänger situation. At the precinct, we were discussing details, Froy comes to us saying that he read something related to the victim.

Mid-investigation, Froy tells us that he found out victim's name in history books, according to legend Ashton Drummond was a 21 year old locksmith in 1919, but he disappeared with a trace, it was said that he was took away by some Cobra creature and that treasure, now we were concerned as Ashton we know as the victim was twenty one too, but we don’t know if it was true or not. After talking to Froy, we proceed further with clues, there were we find a strange looking device from the old times and we send it to Braxton, in hopes of getting better result. Later, we figure out that Maurice contacted Ashton about a reunion, Manuel was now suspicious saying how exactly they would have met if Ashton didn’t exist before this year. So we debrief him about it, Maurice debunks our theory saying it’s a lie because Ashton was also taken as child victim by Cobras Azuis and he grew up with them from 2020 to 2022, but was kicked out, though this makes us think that if Maurice said the truth who was the Ashton we knew about, Manuel says he is going crazy with this. Amaya and Lovisa were doing together, though we continue further. We visit Braxton in his lab to get the results and he breaks us some interesting, he tells us that this device belonged from what we know as Time Machine, and there was this date "3 November 1919" written on it, and it was the day when Ashton disappeared from existence, what's more interesting was that there were fingerprints of Guillermo all over it so, so as usual we interrogate him. He reveals us that Ashton was part of that Cobra creature and treasure prophecy, saying time travel is possible and he was taken here from 1919 to 2030, to give Cobras Azuis the power they wanted, but now we were puzzled out since every suspect knew about him.

After that, when we find other clues, we find out that Philomena had been deceived by Ashton, in the message Philomena said that his secret was exposed, so we talk to her about it, she says that all her life the friend she knew was a liar who didn’t even exist, but she says that she knew the same Ashton from childhood, who had same face but now it’s hard to believe that he is from 1919. Manuel later says he will go crazy by the fact that we don’t even know who was the victim and if there are two Ashtons. Later Braxton says he will show them the life story of Ashton, and we take his head and set it under the device, and while it started, the date of 3 November appeared, there we see someone dressed in Cobra like costume following Ashton, the scene changes while we hear someone embracing him and telling him "Do our work or you'll end up like those people", we notice that some portal opened in the dark sky and the Cobra figure and Ashton disappeared in there. Now we knew that Ashton was indeed from 1919, though the strange thing we notice was someone was in modern mask alongside the Cobra creature but it was hard so decipher who it was. At the precinct, we were discussing details, Floramaria approaches us saying time travel is now possible

Mid-investigation, Floramaria tells us that time travel is possible, saying that one agency has said time travel is possible, but she says that someone illegally stole their Time Machine to travel into 1919. Since we know that the Cobra creature had smuggled Ashton from 1919, and gave him new identity, they would be the one who did that, no we wanted to see who really was the person all behind it. Froy later approaches us saying that he found another interesting thing that the real Ashton Drummond disappeared on 3 November 1919, but he was found murdered on 7 November, and what's more interesting is that the method and location were same too, Manuel then looks at Froy and says "Bro did you and Melanie had such a blast last night that you are not sober of the pleasure", Froy smirks and says "Oh it was hot night, I forgot about Elaine, but I am not lying, it’s true" Manuel then literally holds his head, Amaya passes by and he tells her to take his place, but she says "Ugh no, Felix's coming, I gotta dress up for that muffin". Though we proceed with clues, and there we find out that Maurice had filed "non-existent person" case against Ashton, so we debrief Maurice about this, he says he couldn’t believe the Ashton he knew was non existent but he was more shocked when he broke into his house and stole his money, so he had filed this case against him. With all the situation of this case, Manuel was driven crazy by the plot twists, saying if Ashton was murdered, then how did he end up here, so we talk to Braxton cuz apparently he knew about this phenomenon, he tells us that whether we try to change the timeline, but one thing has bound to happen, whether the case with Ashton, so we proceed to find more clues

In the end, we had enough evidence to incriminate Rüdiger Schneider for the murder. Upon admitting, he confesses to the murder saying that he was the one who worked alongside Cobra creature and brought Ashton with them, because apparently his family knew about the hidden treasure's place, and since he was the last surviving member of the family, they had to smuggle him into today so they can attain world power from that, so they stole the agency's Time Machine and travelled back to 1919, to get Ashton, and brought him to 2030, they groomed him for disguising himself as financial analyst and brainwashed him so he could obey them, he said that Cobra Azuis was planning for a long time, and used those teenagers for drug dealing so we would be busy their so the real plan won’t be found, he further tells us that the treasure has given Cobra Azuis unlimited power, and that's why Ashton was needed for this work, as they managed to trick him into revealing their location, both the Cobra creature and him made a plan to murder him like the same way he was murdered in November 1919, but their main aim was to get rid of him when the work was done, since the treasure had been buried in 1846 somewhere, it became harder for them to figure out, however few days ago, they unearthed the treasure and attained powers from it, he mentions that it was light of the treasure we saw while investigating the crime scene, while we were glad that Rüdiger was foolish enough to reveal everything, while we try to handcuff him, he disappeared in the thin air, leaving us visibly shocked.

After what had happened, we were visibly confused and tell Floramaria what happened, she says "How is that possible, it’s not a fictional world", but seeing how Rüdiger disappeared made us realise we were not in real world or something. Amaya says that she is shocked to learn that Rüdiger disappeared without any trace and no one knows where he is hiding, though at least we know the Cobra creature has got the treasure. On the news, the plague suddenly vanished, suggesting that Cobra creature may have went from here. We decide to debrief Guillermo since he possibly knew what would happen next. We debrief him, he says that in history, after the treasure was buried in 1846, the Cobra creature was seen again in 1882, but when he appeared there was extreme snowstorms, but legend has it that during that time the residents turned into snow monsters, Manuel says he can’t have it saying that Cobras Azuis is supernatural or mythical. We later proceed to find some clues related to it, when we do there was a whole death sentence document, with Cobras Azuis's emblem engraved into it, it was from 1925, and "Jonathan Larson" was sentenced to death for spying on them, and they even cursed the descendants of him for a miserable life, we thought Philomena might be, so we debrief her. She says that Cobras Azuis curse really worked on them, saying there is income inequality, loveless life, and sickness in her family ever since that curse was casted, she says she will eliminate Cobras Azuis with her bare hands, after talking to her, Manuel says that Cobras Azuis is more powerful and dangerous than the legendary The Italian Mafia and Hell's Gate, saying their crimes are nothing in front than that of Cobras Azuis.

After that, we go to Braxton, there we see Rafael travelling to 2016, to meet his mother and also his father, but Braxton says that it’s not possible saying that there is only one Time Machine, and Cobras Azuis possess that, but he also says that meeting his parents would alter the timeline and maybe even change their lives, though Braxton pats Rafael saying his father's life was heroic and he should be proud of him. After that Floramaria calls us in her office, she says that she recently opened old cases from 1990s, saying that she stumbled upon a case where apparently million worth gold was found in Trinidad and Tobago, saying it possessed some supernatural power that when it was unearthed, natural disasters occurred there, though we were puzzled if it was Cobras Azuis' doing. Later, we hear Felix and Amaya giggling, Manuel says "Lovebirds go in the room not there", to which Felix replies "Well Manu, I heard life is good with Alejandra", Maurice then comes and as usual says "My bro's a hoe, I remember once I busted into his room, and oops my ex and him were having it", Amaya cackles up and says "You really having hoes of bros", Manuel blushes. After that, Froy tells us that there has been worldwide news that someone is constantly using the Time Machine to travel into the years when Cobra creature was seen, meaning that history is gonna he changed, simultaneously Melanie approaches us in scared expression, she says some fucking creep calls her and breaths heavily, and hangs, we manage to check where the call was made from Trinidad and Tobago, it was also interesting because reserves of golds had been found there, so it might the where the cobra creature would strike next

## Suspects

Philomena Larson

Sociologist

Suspect's Profile:

* The Suspect is insomniac
* The Suspect eats churros
* The Suspect knows morse code

Raymond Smith

Businessman

Suspect's Profile:

* The Suspect eats churros
* The Suspect knows morse code

Rüdiger Schneider

Financial Analyst

Suspect's Profile:

* The Suspect is insomniac
* The Suspect eats churros
* The Suspect knows morse code

Maurice Boucher

Songwriter

Suspect's Profile:

* The Suspect is insomniac
* The Suspect eats churros

Guillermo Federico

Theorist

Suspect's Profile:

* The Suspect is insomniac
* The Suspect eats churros
* The Suspect knows morse code

## Killer's Profile

* The Killer is insomniac
* The Killer eats churros
* The Killer knows morse code
* The Killer is under 40
* The Killer is male