Chapter 32

Chapter 32

“Are we sure he’s just an ordinary person?”

“We can basically confirm that.”

“Fang Zhi, male, 24 years old, a local from Yuanyang City. All his records from childhood to adulthood are here, nothing unusual. Moreover, he doesn’t know any of the people involved in this case, there’s no connection between them.”

“...According to his statement, he went out for a walk as usual after dinner last night, and then he doesn’t remember anything. The next thing he knew, he was a suspect. That is to say, from about eight o’clock last night to eight o’clock tonight, almost twenty-four hours, his memory is blank.”

“—He lost a day’s memory without knowing it. And just during this day, he committed a major crime that shocked the whole Yuanyang City?”

“Although this sounds like a clumsy lie, all the clues point to this. Several experienced old detectives can determine that he is not lying. There are also many experts in psychology who can testify for him.”

“There are many possibilities now. One, he is a criminal with superb acting skills and a master of psychology, deceiving everyone with his performance—this is not impossible. Two, he is not lying, but was hypnotized, his memory was modified by someone, and the modifier’s technique is extremely sophisticated, far beyond the general sense of hypnosis. Three, in the past twenty-four hours, the one controlling this body was not him, he was just an unlucky guy picked at random.”

“—There’s another possibility, he knows the person behind the scenes.”

“...Then continue the investigation according to these speculations.”

“Before we can fully confirm, he cannot be let go. If he is indeed innocent, this is also a form of protection.”

“—I will apply for a special arrest warrant from above.”

At the Yuanyang City Police Station, after an overnight interrogation, the people who were full of fatigue walked into the conference room, their faces solemn.

“We originally thought it was just an ordinary kidnapping case, even if the kidnapper was a bit vicious, we didn’t expect it to be linked to the serial murder case on the rainy night a while ago.”

Chu Xingrui and other members of the Special Case Investigation Team, who were eager to catch the serial killer on the rainy night and did not participate in the investigation of the kidnapping case, rushed back after receiving the news and met with Li Fufeng and others. Chu Xingrui immediately grabbed Li Fufeng who was passing by and asked eagerly, “I heard that the serial killer appeared, is it true?”

Li Fufeng nodded, “It’s true, there’s also video footage.”

During the conversation, all the personnel had already gathered, the door of the conference room was closed, and the video that Li Fufeng and others had watched several times was played on the projection screen in the conference room, and the first to appear was the kidnapper “Fang Zhi”.

However, at the moment, everyone’s attention was only partially focused on this person who was already staying obediently in the police station, and more thoughts were on the serial killer who had run away.

When that black umbrella suddenly appeared in the lens, the people in the conference room who were prepared couldn’t help but concentrate.

In the next moment, the blond man in a black trench coat officially entered the scene, appearing in front of everyone for the first time.

“Although it wasn’t captured in the video, but from that direction, we can guess that he should have entered from the window...” The member of the Special Case Investigation Team who was watching this video for the first time speculated.

Li Fufeng, who had been to the scene at the time, gave a definite answer, “That should be correct, and later he left by jumping directly out of the window.”

Speaking of this, Liu Ningshuang was full of regret.

“...I had guessed long ago that he was not an ordinary person, but I didn’t expect to let him escape in the end.”

Out of caution, the police who arrived at the scene were divided into two groups. Li Fufeng and his group entered the milk tea shop, while Liu Ningshuang, who was more agile, was left behind with another group of colleagues to block the surroundings to prevent the suspect from escaping.

In fact, their blockade was very tight. All possible escape routes, like the back door and windows, were within the blockade range. If anyone came out, they would be surrounded immediately.

But their target was not an ordinary person at all!

They clearly remembered that the moment the blond man jumped out of the window, they were ready to move forward, but in the blink of an eye, the person was gone.

“Can you imagine? A living person, a living person just disappeared under my eyelids!” Speaking of the scene at the time, Liu Ningshuang was still incredulous. She gestured dramatically with both hands, her tone filled with shock, “Really! It’s like seeing a ghost in broad daylight! He just came out of the window, and it was as if someone had erased him directly from mid-air with an eraser! If it hadn’t happened right in front of me, I would have doubted if I was dreaming.”

“—We were all dumbfounded on the spot!”

“How could we possibly catch a person with such abilities?”

The atmosphere in the conference room had become somewhat depressed, and everyone fell silent.

Even among them, there were experienced old detectives who had been fighting wits and courage with criminals for many years. At this time, they couldn’t help but feel a faint sense of powerlessness. After all, this time, they were not facing ordinary people, but truly extraordinary beings.

[He decided to include this person under his command and strengthen the council.]

......

“Then, it’s the guidance mentioned by K, and the test mentioned by the president of the Shadow Council.”

Yin Xubai added, “If I’m not guessing wrong, K, the serial killer on the rainy night, killing the so-called people who fit his aesthetics, should give him some benefits, perhaps related to his supernatural powers.”

“...So, the president of the Shadow Council secretly used some means to guide him, allowing him, who had just arrived in Yuanyang City and was unfamiliar with life, to quickly find the target that fits his aesthetics.”

“...And in fact, these people are probably already on the president of the Shadow Council’s list. Just like Gong Fang.”

“In this way, the president of the Shadow Council completed the test of K, and by the way, solved the people he wanted to solve.”

[As the former uncrowned king of Dawn City, the Puppet Master understands K’s abilities, such as his extraordinary equipment.]

[When the black umbrella transforms into a gun, its bullets are condensed from the turbid soul energy. The more turbid the soul of each person who dies under K’s hand, the stronger the extraordinary bullet condensed.]

[So, the Puppet Master guided K to find the garbage that should be on his cleaning list, cleaned it up, and completed the test of K by the way, which can be described as a win-win.]

.....

“As for K, he probably didn’t notice at first, but later he probably found something wrong, so he suddenly started killing wildly—we thought this was because of your provocation, King Chu, this is his provocation to us.”

The named Chu Xingrui smiled embarrassingly, and listened to others continue to analyze, “But now it seems that he probably provoked both sides at the same time, we are just incidental. Maybe our carpet-style search and city-wide martial law is exactly what K wants, he might want to force the person behind the scenes to show up.”

[...The Puppet Master accurately received K’s provocation, he realized that the other party had discovered the artificial guidance, which made the Puppet Master happy. It’s worthy of being a member he values, the smart IQ in his head occupies the high ground.]

[So, the Puppet Master decided to give his own response.]

.....

“Then, there was the kidnapping incident. This should be the response given by the president of the Shadow Council. He committed the kidnapping case under the name of K, causing a worldwide sensation, probably wanting K to come to him actively?”

[The Puppet Master actively hooked K in a high-profile manner.]

.....

“Finally, it’s what we saw in the video. The only thing the president of the Shadow Council probably didn’t expect was that K not only did not agree to the recruitment, but even deliberately exposed the existence of the Shadow Council at the expense of others?”

Inside the police station, everyone closed all the clues and finally formed a logical chain that seemed to have no loopholes.

“—But, did he really not expect it?”

The atmosphere in the conference room stagnated for a moment, and everyone took a long breath, “Anyway, at least we are no longer in the dark now.”

“If I’m not guessing wrong, this time is mostly just a tentative fight between the two of them, and they didn’t even take it seriously—knowing that the milk tea shop has been exposed, they definitely can’t stay there for long, let alone expose their hole cards in front of us.”

“...K found the person behind him who was using him, and the president of the Shadow Council also conveyed the intention of recruitment, and both sides achieved their goals.” Yin Xubai, the smartest person, guessed, “Maybe now we are studying their identities here, these two people have already started a deeper confrontation in a place we don’t know.”

The others suddenly felt that he made a lot of sense, “Yeah, maybe they’re fighting now.”

They all showed a solemn expression on their faces.

On the second floor of the apartment in the old city area, the Puppet Master’s diary had already been included in the Shadow Council interface, and the light in the bedroom went out with a snap.

Bai Yi got into bed, yawning sleepily.

While Yin Xubai and others were still staying up late and going bald, the Puppet Master and the man behind K, who were said to be in a fierce fight, had already fallen asleep peacefully :).

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