“Wait, there's a problem...”
Hearing Xu Mo's words, everyone turned to look at him.
“What is it?” Chen Ke asked.
“The location of his phone hasn't changed at all,” Xu Mo said, pulling out his phone and opening the location interface that he had implanted from a computer into his own phone. “When I called to get his location earlier, he was at this spot. Now that we've rushed over here, the location of his phone is still the same.”
Han Fei immediately understood what Xu Mo meant. His eyes lit up with excitement.
“You mean... the guy is hiding nearby and hasn't left!?”
“It's possible, but there's also a chance he left his phone here on purpose to lure us here while he uses that time to get away,” Xu Mo nodded.
Then, he pulled out his phone and dialed a number from the call history.
No phone ringing sounded from the vicinity.
“The phone is on silent mode. Let's look around! The location shows it's within this area, with an error margin of no more than twenty meters.”
The group dispersed to search.
If the culprit was hiding here, the case could be solved directly.
Even if he wasn't, he must have left the phone here. Finding just the phone could still provide some clues for the investigation.
Within a twenty-meter radius, most of the area was open ground, with nothing to hide behind except for the abandoned factory.
The officers immediately flocked into the abandoned factory.
“Quick, there's another body here!” Chen Ke shouted, being the first to rush into the factory.
Another body? The other officers quickly followed.
Entering the interior of the abandoned factory and following Chen Ke's pointing direction, everyone saw a body leaning against the wall to the left of the factory gate.
This was another male corpse.
Among the officers present, only Xu Mo could perform an autopsy.
The others wisely stepped aside to give Xu Mo space.
Xu Mo stepped forward, crouched beside the male corpse, and carefully examined it.
“The deceased was tied up with rope, covered in injuries... He must have been tortured before his death. The time of death was about three to four hours ago, but these injuries weren't fatal. The real fatal wound is in the chest, just like the previous male corpse, killed by a knife piercing the heart, one strike to the kill. Judging from the wound shape and technique, the same killer is responsible for both murders.”
At this point, Xu Mo's eyebrows furrowed slightly.
“However... besides the torture, this body has a significant difference from the two bodies we found earlier.”
“How so?” Wang Dachuan asked instinctively.
Before Xu Mo could answer, Han Fei pointed at the body and spoke on Xu Mo's behalf.
The previous two bodies belonged to men who were dark and thin, with poor skin conditions, and thick calluses on their hands, caused by long hours of toil or labor. It's clear they lived in the lower strata of society. But this body is different...
The most significant difference between this body and the previous two was that the owner of this body was clearly a 'successful person'. His skin was fair, his skin condition was good, and he was slightly overweight, giving him a prosperous appearance.
Additionally, his clothing also indicated this. His attire was very refined, and although the brand wasn't immediately recognizable, it was clear that he wore high-end clothing. This man was wealthy, at the very least, a member of the middle class.
“So... ?” Wang Dachuan's face was filled with confusion. He still didn't quite understand what Han Fei and Xu Mo were getting at.
“He's not from the same group as the burglary gang, or rather, he's not a member of the burglary gang. He wouldn't go crawling through sewers for money,” Xu Mo explained, glancing at him.
“Then why is he here?” Wang Dachuan was even more puzzled.
If he wasn't part of the burglary gang, why would he be in the same place as them?
Xu Mo pondered for a moment.
“Maybe he was an accidental encounter on the escape route, and the burglary gang decided to rob him on the spot.”
To the right of the body was a wallet that had been opened, containing only items like an ID card, passport, and business card, but no bank card.
This was the basis for Xu Mo's conclusion that the body had been kidnapped and robbed by the burglary gang.
These audacious thieves had stolen valuables worth nearly a billion yuan, so it wouldn't be surprising if they also committed robberies on the run. After all, they were already committing a huge crime, so what was one more?
The next moment, Xu Mo shook his head and sighed.
“Speaking of which, these thieves are quite something. They stole so much and still weren't satisfied, even managing to get the idea of robbery while on the run. Don't they fear that the time wasted on kidnapping will allow us to catch up to them?”
As he spoke, Xu Mo picked up the wallet that had been carelessly discarded beside the body and took out the ID card, passport, and business card.
He didn't pay much attention to the ID card and passport, but the business card made Xu Mo pause.
The business card read: Chairman of Huadun Insurance Company, Zhang Quan.
The name on the ID card and passport was also Zhang Quan.
The deceased was the insurance company boss who had been missing all along!
Not just Xu Mo, but the other officers also froze upon seeing the business card.
“They not only stole from the insurance company but also kidnapped the insurance company's boss!?” Chen Ke exclaimed in surprise.
Kidnapping, theft, murder—they had done it all!
Xu Mo's eyelids twitched.
This man was the boss of the insurance company, and the time of death was about three to four hours ago. I called about an hour ago... So the person who answered the phone back then wasn't the boss of the insurance company; in fact, Zhang Quan was already dead when I called. The person who answered the phone wasn't him!
The reason the phone's location hadn't changed was now clear to Xu Mo.
The person who answered the phone wasn't the owner but the killer. He certainly wouldn't take the dead man's phone with him. Most likely, he had answered the call and then casually discarded the phone somewhere before leaving on his own.
This explained why Zhang Quan hadn't gone to the company to check the situation. He had been kidnapped; how could he have had the chance to go to the company?
It seemed the mastermind behind this wasn't him.
At that moment, an officer's words drew the attention of everyone present.
“Captain Han, Captain Xu, we found the phone!” the officer shouted, holding up a phone.
He brought the phone over to Han Fei and Xu Mo.
Coincidentally, as the phone was handed to Xu Mo, it vibrated.
It was a notification from a ticket-booking app, and the content was a boarding reminder...
ts me of treason?" "Correct. The host must return to the capital and gradually build up influence." "Wait—I have half a million soldiers, and you want me to go back to the capital to 'build influence'?" "Host, you are currently the Northern Garrison General, loyal to the Great Xia Dynasty." "Of course I am loyal to Great Xia! Absolutely loyal!" "But you keep referring to yourself as 'We'..." "Never mind the details! Summon all the regional commanders and military officers! We suspect treacherous officials are manipulating the court! They shall march with Us to the capital and purge the corrupt!" "......"
m back to his original world. In the end, he realized he had overthought things. [Hey, why is Shen Manni, the female lead, acting strange? Shouldn't she be fawning over the male lead at this point?] [Zhou Qiaoqiao, are you sick? Weren't you supposed to break off your engagement today?] [Damn it! An Youyi, please do your job as an undercover agent and sell my information to the protagonist, you idiot!] ... At this moment, Xu Mo himself didn't know that these female leads had already heard his inner thoughts. Then they decided not to play by the rules. Xu Mo: Please respect my profession as the big villain!
] This is a dark fantasy-themed dating simulation game. The main gameplay involves containing various monster girls and investigating the truth of a world shrouded in mist alongside your companions. However, due to his love for the dark and bizarre atmosphere, Luo Wei ended up turning a dating game into a detective mystery game. Women? Women only slow down his quickdraw! To Luo Wei, the female leads in the game are more like tools to perfectly clear levels and squeeze out rewards. For Luo Wei, flirting with every girl he meets and then discarding them is standard procedure. Worried about characters losing affection points? No need. With his maxed-out charm stat, Luo Wei is practically a "human incubus." A little psychological manipulation and those points come right back. It's a bit scummy, but the paper cutout heroines in the game won't actually come at him with real cleavers. However... Luo Wei has transmigrated. He's accidentally entered the second playthrough of this game. His past actions have caused all the girls to transform into terrifying yanderes. Due to the game's setting, most of the heroines he once contained are "troubled girls." Obsessive, twisted, mentally unstable, all aggressive yanderes... The type who will kill you if they can't have you... Luo Wei wants to cry but has no tears left. "I really just want to survive..." In short, this is a story of battling wits and engaging in a love-hate relationship with yanderes.
Heart] Chen Yi traversed the cultivation world for eight hundred years, charging his way to the Tribulation Transcendence stage. Just as he was outwitting his 81st Heavenly Tribulation to ascend to immortality, he was suddenly pulled into a chat group called the "Multiverse Transmigrators Support Group." To his surprise, the group was filled with nothing but fresh-faced newbies who had just transmigrated. [Help! I transmigrated into a disgraced concubine in the cold palace, and the tyrant emperor is about to execute me!] [I ended up as a cannon-fodder villain, and the protagonist is still chasing me—WTF!] [I woke up as the protagonist’s father, but I’m about to be sacrificed in a ritual! What do I do? Urgent!!!] Chen Yi stared at the chaotic flood of desperate pleas in the group and fell into deep thought. "Seriously? You drag me into a newbie transmigrator chat group… only after I’m one step away from becoming an immortal?"
