S.C.I Mystery Series Volume 2 Chapter 58

Murderer vs. Murderer 31 - Action Plan

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Zhan Zhao’s idea was indeed a bit incomprehensible. He asked Leonard, Karula, and the police to stop the various channels that could supply drugs, anesthetics, sedatives, etc., from flowing to Wolf’s stronghold on Ustica Island.

"Cat, what is the use of prohibiting the inflow of these drugs?" Bai Yutang was a little puzzled.

"Wolf's control of people has not yet reached perfection, so he relies heavily on drugs. As long as he runs out of drugs, he will come out.” Zhan Zhao said.

"What will happen if the people inside don’t get the drugs?" Ouyang Chun was curious.

Zhan Zhao smiled slightly, "The point of taming beasts is that the beasts are harmless most of the time, and will only attack when you let them.”

"What if they are not controlled by the drugs?" Zhao Zhen asked.

"Then it's not a domestic animal, it's a wild animal." Zhao Jue said lightly, and leisurely drank his tea.

Bai Yutang thought for a while, then spoke to Mason, “Arrange enough police officers in the places where the medications are stored in major hospitals. Have them bring electric batons and nets to catch the people alive.”

Everyone couldn't help but want to laugh. Bai Yutang was taken away like that once and really has learned a trick from it.

"Oh, that's it!" Zhao Hu suddenly slapped his thigh and roared.

Everyone beside him was surprised. Ma Han glanced at him, "Hu Zi, what are you talking about?"

"Think about it!" Zhao Hu said, "If anyone wants to capture Captain, they just need to use net guns and stun batons!”

Before he finished speaking, he was kicked in the ass by the Wang Chao, "Who can catch Captain twice?!”

Zhao Hu touched his head and looked at Bai Yutang. Bai Yutang smiled at him, "Do you want to try?"

"Uh, forget it." Zhao Hu moved off to the side.

Mason went downstairs to make arrangements. Zhan Zhao thought about it for a while, then opened the file that Zhao Jue gave him last time, asking Zhao Jue, "You or me?"

Zhao Jue took the file and said, "Let's go together." After speaking, the two entered the study together. They asked Jiang Ping to prepare recording equipment and got busy.

The people outside the room looked at each other, not knowing what they were going to do.

Although Bai Yutang was curious, he knew it not good to bother them, so he and the rest of the team waited for the rest of the afternoon. When Zhan Zhao and Zhao Jue finally came out, they were holding a few CDs.

"Cat, are you done?" Bai Yutang asked Zhan Zhao curiously.

"En." Zhan Zhao nodded, "It's done."

"What is this?" Bai Yutang took one of the CDs.

"It's some recordings that help control emotions." Zhan Zhao rubbed his eyebrows and said, "Mason will probably catch a lot of people who are being controlled. Although taking drugs can help them recover from the mania, they are ultimately harmful for the body. These recordings can keep them calm for a while and they can be treated collectively. This way, they will recover faster, otherwise, even if they get cured, they won’t be able to stop taking drugs for a long time.”

Everyone nodded. Bai Yutang saw that Zhan Zhao looked tired, so he stretched his hand out to rub his neck and shoulders. Everyone smiled; it’s rare to see Bai Yutang like this.

Next to them, Zhao Jue glanced at Bai Yutang and whispered, "I am also very tired. I am older and more tired than he is."

Both Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao were taken aback and everyone was silent for a long time. Ouyang Chun suddenly looked at Zhao Jue, "Well, I can..."

Zhao Jue squinted his eyes and stared at him for a while, then he took a pillow and smashed it!

Three days later, Mason got shocking news: a total of ten werewolves were captured, and several of Wolf's small assault teams had come to steal medications.

People from Leonard and Karula’s sides also reported that Wolf tried to get the medicine through the various blocked channels, but he didn't succeed.

"It turns out that this is his weak spot." Karula shook his head repeatedly, watching Zhan Zhao, "It’s really great. This is what you Chinese call a soldier without blood, right? Wolf’s strength is almost at zero, with the exception of those few people he brought with him from TVA.” (Angel:  的兵不血刃 (bīng bù xuè rèn) “soldiers have no blood and blades” is an idiom that means that there was no blood on the weapon; an easy victory without much of a fight.)

Zhan Zhao smiled slightly and shook his head, "It's not almost, it's already zero."

Everyone stared at Zhan Zhao, "Why do you say that?"

"Wolf's behavior is very careful, is he usually cautious and low-key? He doesn’t have any close confidants, right?” Zhan Zhao asked Karula.

"That's right." Karula nodded with a cigar in his mouth. "That kid doesn't trust anyone. He doesn't have a written plan before doing anything. He doesn't notify anyone. Everything is hidden in his mind."

"Cat, you mean that almost everyone on that island has been more or less transformed by Wolf?" Bai Yutang asked.

Zhan Zhao nodded, "Those who have betrayed are most afraid of being betrayed."

"In other words, now Wolf is a polished commander?" Karula became interested, "Get me a speedboat and some weapons, I will go and fight him.”

"Wait." Zhan Zhao stopped the excited Karula, "The most important issue right now is actually not arresting people, but saving people."

"Saving people?" Everyone looked at Zhan Zhao in confusion.

"According to Wolf's character, it is indeed possible for him to let all the people on the island die to be buried with him." Bai Yutang sighed lightly, "We have to go to the island to rescue them."

"Well... if you want to rescue, you must pay attention to certain skills." Zhan Zhao said, "Otherwise the consequences will be very serious."

"How serious will it be?" Ouyang Chun asked.

"People like Wolf are very talented." Zhao Jue, who had been sitting by and listening, put down his teacup and spoke lightly, "In other words, he feels that most people, especially those who can be easily transformed by him, are inferior to him. That kind of person should be buried for him, and at best could be seen as the cheapest of funerary objects. Even if such a person died 11 million times, he would still feel that they aren’t worthy of such status.”

Everyone looked at Zhao Jue helplessly – ‘Why did those words sound like a confession?’

Zhao Jue looked at the expressions of the people. He smiled unclearly and stayed silent.

“He used those human lives, as well as the entire island, as a trap, hoping that they would die with the person who goes to catch him. Of course, that person must be someone who meets his standards.” Zhan Zhao said while looking at Karula.

"Me?" Karula smiled, "This is indeed in line with his character."

"Then, what shall we do?" Gongsun asked Zhan Zhao, "Do you have an idea?"

"Yes." Zhan Zhao nodded and smiled.

Everyone raised their eyebrows — ‘Sure enough, he has an idea.’

"How are you going to do it?" Bai Jintang had rarely participated since the case started, but this was the first time he has seen how Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao are when they work, so he was intrigued and interjected.

"We’ll let Wolf know that we do not plan to go to the island personally, but instead will prepare a large-scale armed force to go up." Zhan Zhao said, "So, if you are Wolf, what would you do?" He looked at Karula as he spoke.

"Hahaha..." Karula shook his head and pointed his fingers at Zhan Zhao. "You really are cunning. If I were Wolf, I would set up traps on the island to kill the armed personnel and all rescued people, then sneak away myself... Then I would take revenge on the person I hate the most and die with him.”

"Then who is the person he hates most?" Zhan Zhao asked Karula.

"I..." Karula thought for a while, nodded, "Maybe it's you? Leonard?"

When Zhan Zhao heard this, he smiled slightly, "There are two people he hates most."

Karula frowned slightly, "Which two?"

"You, Wolf, and Leonard... actually all have similar personality traits. There are two types of people you hate most in this world." Zhan Zhao said.

"Oh?" Karula smiled with interest. "Tell me about it."

"One is someone you can never surpass, and the other is someone who betrays you." Zhan Zhao said, "You are someone that Wolf can't surpass, and there is another person who has betrayed him severely. "After that, looked at Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang frowned slightly, "Ben?"

Zhan Zhao nodded.

"Wolf has patience." Zhan Zhao said, "He will wait, find a chance to clean up Ben, and then fight with you.”

"If we bring Wolf off the island, it would be very dangerous." Ouyang Chun said.

"So, we need an opportunity for Karula and Ben to appear together..." Zhao Zhen thought of this and looked at Zhan Zhao, "What is the opportunity?"

Zhan Zhao smiled, "In addition to betraying Wolf, Ben also framed Karula, so Karula has every reason to find someone to take Ben away... and then use TVA's punishment to execute him."

"Heh..." Karula smiled, "I am really interested in using that kid to feed my wolves!"

"He will be brought to Karula's execution ground..." Bai Yutang said, "That place is a secret to others, but Wolf knows it?"

Karula nodded. "He knows."

"What about saving the people?" Ouyang Chun was more concerned about the issue of avoiding casualties. "If traps are set up on the island, how can we rescue all of the people?"

"There is a relatively simple solution." Zhan Zhao said.

"What solution?" Ouyang Chun sat down and listen patiently.

"We will use a time difference." Zhan Zhao also sat down as he spoke to everyone, "Wolf is an extreme perfectionist. He will not let those people die first, because if they die too early, he won’t achieve the effect of them being buried for him."

Everyone glanced at each other and nodded.

"Therefore, he will let all of those people die on the same day that he wipes out Karula and Ben." Zhan Zhao said, "Since Wolf is no longer using others, he has to do everything on his own. There are only two quick and effective ways to kill people on a large scale."

"Poisoning and explosions." Bai Yutang answered, "The only thing that can be remotely controlled is an explosion. In addition, the impact of the explosion is very large, and you can quickly learn about it from the news!"

"That's right." Zhan Zhao nodded, "According to Wolf's suspicious character, he needs to confirm that his plan has been implemented perfectly before proceeding to the next step. For example, if he got news that Karula captured Ben on the first day, and knew that the armed men would attack on the second, then he would take advantage of the gap between the first and second day to confirm that Karula really got Ben. Then he would confirm whether or not the armed men were on the island. If they were, he would detonate the bomb and cause a riot… After he confirms the explosion, he would have no future troubles and will devote himself to seeking revenge on Karula.”

"Hmm..." Everyone nodded, "What we want to do is to use the period of time that Wolf had determined to move in and rescue the people!”

"Correct." Zhan Zhao nodded, and everyone heaved a sigh of relief. "We will give Wolf the wrong time period so we can avoid any casualties and unpredictable consequences that could result from a head-on confrontation.”

"But... the time for us to enter the island to rescue people is very short." Ouyang Chun asked Zhan Zhao, "Wolf's fortress is very big...  How can we find out where those people are locked up if it’s our first time there?"

Zhan Zhao was silent for a while before he said, "For Wolf, these people are not people... They are guinea pigs, rubbish, and toys." At this point, he turned to look at Luo Tian and asked in a low voice, "Luo Tian, can you go to the island with the SWAT team?"

Luo Tian was taken aback for a moment, then nodded, "I understand."

Seeing that Zhan Zhao was apologetic, Luo Tian smiled and said, "Everyone who conducts experiments are proud of their experiments. In the end, they have fun with them. Do you remember the underground warehouse that we found in S City? He hid his test products there… This time too, he will let them die or kill each other in the environment that they hate and fear the most. This way, those people will fear him even if they die. I should be able to find a place like that. All human experiments are the same, even if they appear different on the outside.”

Everyone was speechless. Luo Tian had a point, they indeed needed to rely on him this time, but at the same time, it also hurt him.

"Luo Tian, ​​I'll go with you!" Bai Chi said, and Zhao Zhen beside him nodded.

After that, everyone divided the work. Zhan Zhao estimated that the day after tomorrow was the best time to act, and everyone got ready.

Bai Jintang approached Bai Yutang and patted him, saying in a low voice, "Yutang, you are a good captain. You have Xiao Zhao who can come with ideas, but then again, Xiao Zhao’s brain is better than yours.”

After hearing this, Bai Yutang was not annoyed, but was happy. He smiled, "Exactly… So all I do is physical work~” (Angel: it was originally written as 体~力~活~, with emphasis placed after all three characters of ‘physical work’)

Bai Jintang nodded in understanding. When Zhan Zhao heard Bai Yutang emphasize the two words ‘physical work’, he glared from the other side of the room, shooting daggers at him. Bai Yutang hurriedly ran away.

Seeing that there was nothing left for him to do, Karula got ready to go back to make his arrangements. Before he left, he suddenly turned around and spoke to Zhan Zhao, “Right, genius, there is actually one thing that you got wrong.”

Zhan Zhao looked up at him.

Karula looked at his face for a while, then smiled, “Leonard and I are actually not the same as Wolf. We still have another kind of person that we hate the most.”

After hearing this, Zhan Zhao was taken aback. He smiled slightly and nodded, “I understand, those who hurt your loved ones.”

Karula raised his eyebrows and turned away with satisfaction, muttering, "Well...A genius is a genius."

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Translator Notes

I love Bai Yutang’s reaction to the praise Bai Jintang gave Zhan Zhao; he really loves Zhan Zhao a lot ❤❤

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

Translated: April 13/14, 2021