S.C.I Mystery Series Volume 2 Chapter 51

Murderer vs Murderer 24 - Top Secret

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The helicopter slowly descended and landed on Leonard’s yacht. Luo Tian first escorted Benjamin down, then Zhao Zhen and Zhan Zhao helped Bai Yutang down. Although Bai Yutang wanted to walk on his own, it was difficult for him as he was still numb from the electric shocks. Gongsun and Zhan Zhao helped him and brought him back to his room.

Fortunately, Leonard had brought a private doctor with him and he checked Bai Yutang. The doctor said that the electric shocks caused burden on some of his organs, so it would be uncomfortable for a while. However, since Bai Yutang was in very good physical condition, a day or two of rest should be enough to heal.

When Bai Jintang heard that Bai Yutang had been electrocuted, his face paled with anger. He grabbed Benjamin and said that he was going to torture him to death. Everyone tried to persuade him not to as he was an important witness and couldn’t die. Looking at Benjamin again, his situation was already bad enough; Zhan Zhao’s dream hypnosis almost killed him and he was still muddled.

In fact, both the SCI members and the twins gritted their teeth with irritation. However, the case must be investigated, so they had to lock Benjamin in the room first and wait for the interrogation.

Leonard ordered the yacht to go back, and this time, they came back with good results. Although Bai Yutang was captured, he was able to figure out all of the ins and outs of this incident. WOLF’s stronghold was also discovered. The next step was to figure out how to clean up WOLF.

Leonard took a peek at Bai Jintang’s expression. Knowing that Benjamin had successfully ignited Bai Jintang’s anger this time, he might turn his anger against WOLF… It seems like a good show is coming.

Before the yacht docked, Zhan Zhao and the others took Bai Yutang and flew back to the villa. After the rest of SCI arrived at the dock, they escorted Benjamin back with the assistance of Ouyang Chun and Mason.

“Don’t move!” Zhan Zhao looked fiercely at Bai Yutang who was laying down on the bed. “The doctor said that you have to lie down for at least two days!”

Bai Yutang looked up at Zhan Zhao helplessly, “Cat, I’m fine.”

“This won’t do.” Zhan Zhao continued to stare at him, “I will bring you anything you want, so stay in bed!”

Bai Yutang couldn’t laugh or cry, “You will help me even when I need to go to the bathroom?”

Zhan Zhao viciously picked up a cup and poured hot water into Bai Yutang’s mouth, “The doctor said you need to drink lots of water!”

After he tossed and turned for a while, Bai Yutang finally fell asleep, so Zhan Zhao left the room. A group of SCI members stood eagerly waiting at the door. Seeing Zhan Zhao come out, they all asked “How is Captain?”

“He’s okay.” Zhan Zhao waved to them, “You can go back.”

Everyone knew that Bai Yutang has always been relatively strong and they are all accustomed to his superhuman existence. Only over this last day have they remembered that Bai Yutang was also a person made of flesh and blood. In other words, if the electric current was too strong or if they came too late, Bai Yutang may have died.

Thinking about that, everyone’s heart was still racing, especially Zhan Zhao’s. After sending everyone away, Zhan Zhao returned to Bai Yutang’s room. He quietly looked down at Bai Yutang’s sleeping face, thinking to himself ‘It seems that he has always been there, taking care of me. Since we were children, he has been there spoiling me.’

Lying on his bedside, Zhan Zhao stretched his hand out and gently traced the outline of Bai Yutang’s facial features. He suddenly thought, ‘Why is such a perfect person more accustomed to taking care of others rather than themselves?’

Thinking about it, Zhan Zhao was a little unwilling to get up. He lifted the quilt covering Bai Yutang, got in, and laid down with his head on his shoulder. After looking at him for a while, Zhan Zhao whispered “Xiao Bai, I will be better to you in the future.”

With his eyes closed, the corner of Bai Yutang’s mouth slightly turned up. Under the quilt, his hand reached out, holding the hand that Zhan Zhao had placed on his chest.

Bai Jintang, who wanted to enter the room to take a look at his younger brother, saw that the two were quietly nestled together in a deep sleep through the crack of the door. He sighed softly and slowly retreated back down the hallway. He saw Gongsun standing in the hallway, looking at him curiously, as if asking why he didn’t go in. Bai Jintang smiled slightly at him. He leaned over and kissed his forehead before slowly pulling him away.

In the living room, Zhao Jue was sitting on the sofa, his expression still not very good.

Bai Chi, who had just had his foot stepped on inexplicably, was thinking that he had offended Zhao Jue in some way and he looked at him innocently. Zhao Zhen pulled Bai Chi into their room to check his injury. Taking off his shoes, Zhao Zhen examined Bai Chi’s foot carefully. He squeezed and touched his foot, then told the blushing Bai Chi, “It looks okay.”

“Why do you think Benjamin treated Brother like this?” Bai Chi pulled his foot back and asked Zhao Zhen puzzledly. “Benjamin really liked him, but yet he used such a cruel method to hurt him. I really can’t figure it out.”

“Heh…” Zhao Zhen laughed and stretched his hand out to lightly squeeze Bai Chi’s check. “Everyone in this world can say that they like someone, but how many people do you really like? It’s like saying that everyone likes money, however, most people just want to have money, it’s not that they actually like the money itself.”

Bai Chi touched his chin, feeling that Zhao Zhen’s words seemed to make sense.

“Then… why did Zhao Jue say that he hates people with the surname Bai?” Bai Chi asked Zhao Zhen, “And why did he step on me?”

“Um… Probably because you are cute.” Zhao Zhen raised his eyebrows and leaned over to kiss Bai Chi.

“Ah!” Bai Chi was shocked, raising his hand to push Zhao Zhen back, “No kiss!”

Zhao Zhen held Bai Chi down and tried to take advantage of him, “When will you let me eat?”

Bai Chi flushed, “If you want to eat, I will cook for you! Don’t touch it!”

Zhao Zhen was so angry that he gritted his teeth, “Dead kid, are you really stupid or are you pretending to be stupid? How long will you make me wait?”

“Ya!” Bai Chi instinctively reached out. He retreated to the other side of the sofa, holding a pillow in front of him. Grabbing Lisbon to block Zhao Zhen, he glared at Zhao Zhen fiercely.

Zhao Zhen leaned back on the sofa, a little dejected, and gritted his teeth, ‘Why am I the only one that can only look and not eat?’. He was so anxious that it could kill him.

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Two days later.

Bai Yutang, who was about to start growing mushrooms in bed, was finally allowed to get out of bed. Of course, the doctor concluded that he had recovered. Naturally, the first thing he did after getting out of bed was to sort out the case. While he was locked in his room, he asked for information about WOLF, however, Benjamin had made a request. He said that he would confess everything, but Bai Yutang must interrogate him alone.

After hearing that, Zhan Zhao narrowed his eyes and a murderous aura started to come out. However, the investigation was still going on, so Zhan Zhao watched from outside while Bai Yutang entered the room and interrogated Benjamin alone.

In the spirit of humanitarianism, the SCI team found a doctor to give Benjamin basic treatment. Benjamin did not have serious physical trauma, but he had received a lot of mental stimulation. According to Bai Yutang’s understanding, dream hypnosis can be quite dangerous. If it had gone on for too long, Benjamin may never have woken up, meaning that he would have been trapped living in a nightmare. If that had happened, living would have been worse than death.

Bai Yutang felt a little helpless. The cat seemed to be really upset at that time, but he didn’t stop him because of Benjamin. Bai Yutang stopped Zhan Zhao mainly because he understood that with Zhan Zhao’s kind nature and excessive rationality, he would have fallen into a long period of self-blame after this matter ended. He would also feel a certain amount of self-loathing, which is what Bai Yutang was most reluctant to see.

Benjamin raised his head and saw Bai Yutang walk in. Bai Yutang had changed into a clean white shirt and was not showing any expression on his face at all, not even boredom; it was as if he was interrogating a regular prisoner.

Benjamin frowned slightly; this kind of alienation and complete indifference was the most annoying part of Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang sat down at the table and looked up at Benjamin. He saw that his eyes were bloodshot and his body was covered in bandages. He was a bit surprised; Benjamin’s injuries were more serious than he expected.

Bai Yutang subconsciously turned his face and glanced at the door. Zhan Zhao, who was watching the interrogation from the monitoring room, curled his lips and said in his heart — ‘He was let off easy.’

“Can you tell me?” Bai Yutang asked Benjamin, “About WOLF.”

Benjamin stared at Bai Yutang for a while, then nodded, “You can ask.”

Bai Yutang stretched his hand out to open the folder in front of him. He took the sketch that Benjamin had previously identified as Karula and asked him “Who is this person?”

Benjamin glanced at the sketch and said “That’s Wolf.”

Bai Yutang frowned slightly and asked “Why was he in S City?”

“Ah…” Outside the room, Zhan Zhao nodded slightly. “I understand. In fact, TVA and WOLF were planning to fight in S City at first, but after testing the water, they realized that SCI was not weak. On one hand, Wolf told Karula about the new location they would fight in. On the other hand, he used the cooperation with S City to provoke a conflict between ZJ and the police. He also transferred the blame onto TVA while successfully splitting from TVA.”

“But when they tested the waters, the snipers that were killed were indeed from TVA.” Zhao Hu commented puzzledly.

“That’s not surprising.” Zhan Zhao said, “WOLF split from TVA. Those snipers should have been some of Wolf’s men.”

“Those human bones and the TVA execution ritual… Indeed.” Gongsun nodded. “It is the best way to confuse the audience. That Wolf has a very scheming mind. This time, he not only used his own chess pieces, but also Leonard’s ZJ and the police force to achieve his goals.”

“His purpose should be more than just wanting to split from TVA.” Zhan Zhao frowned slightly and continued to listen to the interrogation.

Benjamin’s answers were similar to the analysis that Zhan Zhao made. Bai Yutang frowned and asked Benjamin “What is Wolf’s real purpose? And…” He took out a photo from the folder. It was a picture of the messy line drawing that they found in the room with the wolf, “Do you have any impression of this picture?”

Benjamin looked down and suddenly smiled slightly.

Bai Yutang looked at Benjamin’s expression and felt that it was bad. He heard him speak in a low voice, “Did you… Have you found a wolf?”

Bai Yutang nodded, “You know about them?”

“There were more than wolves, right?” Benjamin continued to laugh, “There were students as well, right?”

Bai Yutang was taken aback and looked at Benjamin.

“It’s the first time you have looked at me like this.” Benjamin seemed to be a little intoxicated. “Sure enough, I have to do some shocking things to get your attention."

Bai Yutang frowned and asked “Wolves appeared in the rented house of several police academy students and a separate student died. Why does this ordinary police academy have something to do with Wolf?”

Benjamin thought for a while and lowered his voice, “Bai… There is a great secret in his actions. They are also Wolf’s first step to cannibalize the world.”

“What?” Bai Yutang looked at Benjamin in confusion.

“His terrible plan has already begun.” Benjamin took a breath and continued, “I know his whole plan very well. I can tell you, but…”

“But what?” Bai Yutang looked at him.

“I want to negotiate with you for my confession.” Benjamin spoke lightly, “Assure me that I don’t have to go to jail and I will tell you all about his plan.”

“His thoughts are too optimistic.” Zhao Hu gritted his teeth outside the door, “How could his freedom be so cheap?”

Bai Yutang shook his head, “I’m afraid that will be difficult, the things you did were too ridiculous.”

“Hahaha…” Benjamin suddenly laughed arrogantly, “It would be worthwhile… I can guarantee that if I die, this secret will no longer be known by anyone outside of WOLF. I’m afraid you will regret it.”

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Translator Notes

Poor Zhao Zhen, hopefully Bai Chi lets him eat soon (*/ω＼*)

Please feel free to comment any mistakes I made so I can improve and do better as I go through the book.

Translated: April 9, 2021