S.C.I Mystery Series Volume 2 Chapter 52

Murderer vs Murderer 25 - Demon

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Seeing that Benjamin still smiled arrogantly, Bai Yutang frowned slightly. He stared at him for a while, before standing up and preparing to go out.

"It's best to make a decision quickly." Benjamin said to Bai Yutang, "You only have a little time left."

Bai Yutang stood there. He did not continue to walk outside, but instead stared at Benjamin.

"Xiao Bai is angry." Zhan Zhao, who stood at the door, whispered with excitement, "Beat him, Xiao Bai! We have tolerated him long enough!"

Everyone at SCI looked at Zhan Zhao weakly, but they all felt that he was right; Benjamin deserved it.

Benjamin could also feel that Bai Yutang seemed a little angry. He looked up at him, smiling, "Are you angry?"

Bai Yutang looked at him for a while and sneered, "Ben, have you ever thought about how Wolf would treat you if he knew that you betrayed him?"

Benjamin was taken aback for a moment, and said nothing.

"Leonard, Karula, and Wolf." Bai Yutang said lightly, "No matter which of these three catch you, they will make your life worse than death."

Benjamin's face was slightly pale. He looked at Bai Yutang, "Will you hand me over to them?"

Bai Yutang smiled coldly and asked, "Why can't I hand you over?"

"Wolf's case, you don't want to investigate it?" Benjamin was a little agitated.

"I can easily give you over to Leonard or Karula. If you want to avoid that, I need to hear what I want to know from you.” Bai Yutang said coldly, "Needless to say, I believe they would be very interested in you."

Benjamin looked at Bai Yutang and appeared as if he was thinking about something.

"If you want to live well, the only way out is to cooperate with the police." Bai Yutang put away the items on the table and left after telling Benjamin one last thing, "I'll give you half an hour to think about it. After half an hour, if you don't want to cooperate, I will notify Leonard." After speaking, he turned and left the interrogation room.

When he reached the door, he saw Zhan Zhao standing there aggressively.

"What is it Cat?" Bai Yutang asked him.

Zhan Zhao curled his lips and looked unwilling, "He’s getting off too easily!"

Bai Yutang looked back at Benjamin, who was in a daze, and left the monitoring room with Zhan Zhao.

"What do you think?" Bai Yutang asked Zhan Zhao.

"Well, he should agree to cooperate." Zhan Zhao said, "If he is not too stupid, that is."

"What about what he just said?" Bai Yutang asked, "What does it have to do with the police academy?"

Zhan Zhao frowned slightly, “The principal of the police academy felt very bad. There were also those few students… The scene of Li Fei’s death was made to look like he was punished for doing bad things. It seems as though his death was a warning.”

Bai Yutang nodded, and the other SCI members looked at each other.

"Does it... have something to do with the senior management of the police academy?" Gongsun asked.

"Wow... Isn't that case over?" Zhao Hu opened his mouth wide, “If the principal is controlled by WOLF and they send graduates that are part of WOLF to all of the different police agencies… Wouldn’t it be too easy for them to infiltrate the police force?”

Ma Han glanced at him, "Don't say it, it’s too scary."

"Then what I said is the truth." Zhao Hu looked at Bai Yutang, "Captain, what do you think?"

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao, and saw that he was also looking stern.

"There is indeed such a possibility." Zhan Zhao said, "Then...what happened to the three missing students? Were they also part of WOLF?"

"Cat..." Bai Yutang asked suddenly, "If there were no clues from the police academy that emphasized this, and if you simply investigating WOLF cases, even if you find members of WOLF in the police academy in the future, would you doubt the school?"

"No." Zhan Zhao shook his head, "I would suspect that the three missing students were doing propaganda work...but I would never doubt the school."

"Captain." Wang Chao came out of the monitoring room and said, "Benjamin said he has something to tell you."

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao looked at each other, then turned and entered the monitoring room together.

Walking into the interrogation room, Bai Yutang looked at Benjamin. He saw that the spirit he had earlier was gone, and he was looking at the ground somewhat dejectedly.

"Did you think about it?" Bai Yutang walked to Benjamin and sat down.

"Yeah." Ben nodded, "I'll work with you."

Bai Yutang looked at him for a while, "Then tell me."

"Before telling you, I want to chat for a while." Benjamin suddenly said.

Bai Yutang was taken aback. Zhan Zhao frowned and gritted his teeth outside the window, "He’s still in the mood for a chat?"

"Speak." Bai Yutang closed the documents and looked at Benjamin.

"I used to want to be a good policeman." Benjamin said indifferently, "I have no background and I relied on my own hard work. Originally, I was in the military, but later I thought that it was better to be a policeman... So I left the military and became a sergeant."

Bai Yutang listened quietly without interrupting.

"At the very beginning, I was satisfied. During those three years, I spent all of my enthusiasm on my work and I performed very well in the police station. Because of my outstanding performance, I was transferred to the anti-terrorist force... I was engaging in work that contributed more to public safety."

Bai Yutang recalled that he had read Benjamin's relevant records before. When he was a police officer, his performance was indeed very good.

"But after I was transferred to the anti-terrorist force, I felt that everything had changed." Benjamin looked at Bai Yutang, "Karula is a bad guy. He set up a killer organization to commit crimes... Leonard is also a bad guy. He is a mafia leader... What's wrong with me catching them?"

Bai Yutang frowned slightly; Ben's situation was indeed very complicated.

"Because I chased Karula too closely, the anti-terrorist forces isolated me. I was in a dilemma. It was impossible for me to advance to a higher level, but I also couldn't go back. I went back to visit my original police station and they were solving cases without me. In their eyes, I was still the same as before.”

"It was at this time that Wolf found me, saying he wanted to cooperate and telling me about his plan." Benjamin shrugged. "Actually, his plan is good. Everything was good, but I wasn’t interested."

"Then why did you cooperate with him?" Bai Yutang asked.

"I wanted to prove one thing." Benjamin said lightly, "If I succeed, I will be able to walk on those who walked on me and get everything that I want!"

"Then why betray them in the end?" Bai Yutang asked, "Isn't it enough to continue Wolf's plan?"

"I'm just a pawn." Benjamin smiled bitterly. "For both the anti-terrorism force and for WOLF, I can easily be discarded.”

Everyone outside listened to Benjamin's narration and glanced at each other; they were all speechless. Zhao Hu frowned and tilted his head for a long time, before asking, "What is he talking about?"

Ma Han stretched his hand out and patted him on the shoulder, "Don't think about it, these things will not bother you in this lifetime."

"Why?" Zhao Hu puzzled.

"Because you don't want much." Zhan Zhao smiled, "People who want too much often work harder. If they don’t get what they want, their mentality will be unstable.”

"People are actually like this." Zhao Zhen said.

Zhan Zhao nodded, “This is related to one’s situation and mentality. When one thought becomes a Buddha, the other thought becomes a devil.”

After Benjamin finished speaking, he sighed lightly and said to Bai Yutang, “After this, my life won’t be good. Wolf and Karula will never let me go.”

Bai Yutang thought for a while and said, "You used to be a policeman and a member of the anti-terrorism force, and you are assisting in solving the case this time. Your safety should still be guaranteed. I’ll negotiate with your superiors.”

Benjamin smiled bitterly, "I still hope that you can comfort me."

Bai Yutang raised an eyebrow, opened the document, and asked, "Can you tell me now?"

Benjamin nodded and said, "You basically know Wolf's plan, right? Through his special abilities, he can get a higher status than Leonard and Karula."

"The special ability that you speak of..." Bai Yutang was a little puzzled.

"Wolf's abilities, I suggest you ask Karula about them." Benjamin frowned slightly, "Be careful when you deal with him, Bai. I know that you are very powerful, and your kitten also has special abilities, but Wolf is an extremely scary person."

"What about the police academy?" Bai Yutang continued to ask.

"In fact, it's not just that police academy. All schools are his targets." Benjamin earnestly said, "The S City Police Academy is his first experimental base, because the principal there...has a friendship with him."

"This is the big secret you mentioned?" Bai Yutang asked.

"The scope of those involved in this case is very wide." Benjamin said, "This is why he wants Zhao Jue."

"What does it have to do with Zhao Jue?" Bai Yutang asked.

“In Wolf’s eyes, apart from himself, only Zhao Jue is at the same level as him. Zhao Jue’s research on suggestion and hypnosis really interest him… It’s just that…” Benjamin paused and looked at the door where Zhan Zhao stood outside, “Wolf doesn’t know about the abilities of your kitten. If he knew, I think he would be most interested in him…”

Bai Yutang frowned and asked, "You said that the scope of those involved is very wide, so who else is involved?"

Benjamin smiled unclearly, "Do you really think that I could hide from everyone in anti-terrorism and Interpol on my own?”

"He means that there are high-level officials involved?" Ouyang Chun, who had been listening outside, had a cold expression. "No wonder that after investigating, we always felt that Wolf was one step ahead of us. That's how he does it."

After hearing this, Bai Yutang looked at the door where Zhan Zhao and the others were listening. The situation is basically clear now. Unfortunately, it is one of the worst kinds of situations. They can’t do anything about it on their own. The most urgent task now is to unite the forces of all of the parties involved to eliminate WOLF’s stronghold, and then deal with the WOLF members that have infiltrated all walks of life one by one.

Closing the file, Bai Yutang stood up and prepared to go out. Suddenly, he heard Benjamin whisper, "Do you know why I told you that time is running out?"

Bai Yutang was taken aback for a moment, then turned to look at Benjamin, "Why?"

Benjamin smiled faintly, and slowly said, "The only person that I have ever loved is you...but you love others. Then guess who I hate the most?"

Bai Yutang frowned and asked Benjamin in a cold voice, "What do you want to do?"

Benjamin grinned grimly, "You should be asking me about what I have done."

Bai Yutang had a bad premonition. Benjamin suddenly laughed and spoke in a low voice, “I have sorted out all of the relevant information about Zhan Zhao and the analysis of his ability and sent it to WOLF and other organizations that would be interested… In addition, there is a camera in the living room of the villa. As long as the camera is on, the footage will be transmitted to Wolf every two hours… If you can’t take down WOLF, Wolf will try to catch Zhan Zhao with all of his strength! However, even if you destroy WOLF, Zhan Zhao’s life will never be peaceful again!”

As soon as Benjamin finished speaking, Bai Yutang's expression instantly became cold.

Outside the interrogation room, Zhan Zhao quickly pushed Zhao Zhen next to him, "Go and stop Xiao Bai!"

Zhao Zhen was taken aback, but the others who were familiar with Bai Yutang’s character pushed the door open and rushed in. The furious Bai Yutang had already grabbed Benjamin, lifted him up, and threw him at the wall. Benjamin hit the wall so violently that he felt suffocated and he felt severe pain in his neck and ribs. Bai Yutang was pulled back by Zhao Zhen and Bai Jintang as Zhan Zhao walked over.

Benjamin saw Zhan Zhao, then he looked over at Bai Yutang who was next to him. He laughed loudly, “You will never have peace!”

The SCI members turned pale with anger. Zhao Hu wanted to kick Benjamin but was held back by someone. In the chaos, they suddenly heard Zhao Jue, who was watching the excitement from the door, let out a low laugh.

Hearing his laugh amidst the tension, everyone felt a little strange. When they turned around to look at him, Zhao Jue looked back at the twins.

The twins glanced at each other and scratched their heads. Da Ding spoke to the group, “About that… Don’t worry about the video transmission. It’s absolutely impossible that it was sent. Before we went in, the first thing we did was destroy the security room.”

Everyone was taken aback and looked at the twins with surprise.

The twins couldn't laugh or cry, "This is common sense when it comes to sneaking in, okay?"

The anxiety and confusion felt by the group fell away and was replaced by relief.

Bai Jintang assured the group, “As for Zhan Zhao’s information, it’s not like it was a secret in the first place. Because it was disclosed by a double agent that was related to WOLF, no one should pay much attention to it.”

“Communication between terrorist organizations generally happen on certain channels.” Ouyang Chun, who entered with Mason, added, “We will find a way to stop the information from spreading, don’t worry.”

"Alright." Gongsun saw that the crowd was still raging, so he patted Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, "Don't worry, it's not that serious."

Zhan Zhao also nodded. He pulled Bai Yutang and said, "It's really not that serious."

Bai Yutang turned to look at Zhao Zhen and Bai Jintang who were pulling him, and they immediately let go. He walked over to Benjamin, who was being escorted by Ma Han and Zhao Hu, and coldly said to him “Don’t force me to throw you in jail with the scums that you have previously put there! Your life really would be worse than death there.”

After he spoke, Bai Yutang nodded to Ma Han and Zhao Hu. They left with Benjamin, who shouted as he was being dragged away, “Don’t think that this is the end! Zhan Zhao, you are the real devil…”

“Shut up!” Zhao Hu gave him a hard kick. Ma Han and Zhou Hu locked Benjamin in the room, and Zhao Hu taped his mouth to prevent him from saying those irritating things again.

Everyone left the interrogation room. Zhan Zhao wanted to leave as well, but Bai Yutang pulled him back, “Cat…”

Zhan Zhao smiled indifferently, saying, "Why are you so nervous? Didn't the twins say that there was no video transmission? Everything will be okay."

Bai Yutang pulled him into his arms and hugged him tightly, "Don't listen to his nonsense, he..."

"You mean when he said that I was the real devil?" Zhan Zhao smiled and raised his hand to hold Bai Yutang's chin. "If it’s for something important, I will be a devil once in a while, I don't care..."

Bai Yutang stared at him for a while and laughed, "You must remember that what I told you is the truth!”

"What?" Zhan Zhao tilted his head to look at him.

"You are definitely not a devil!" Bai Yutang said seriously, "Absolutely not!"

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Translator Notes

How dare Benjamin try to ruin my precious Zhan Zhao's life like this… I though I couldn’t hate him anymore than I did when he electrocuted Bai Yutang but I guess I was wrong. (ꐦ ಠ皿ಠ )

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

Translated: April 9/10, 2021