S.C.I Mystery Series Volume 2 Chapter 90

Password Murderer 28 – Transfer and Possess

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Everyone turned to look at Zhan Zhao, “The real purpose?”

Zhan Zhao nodded, “In addition to the size that Gongsun mentioned, the password also has a number that is key!”

“What number?” Bai Yutang asked quickly.

Zhan Zhao smiled slightly, “Eleven!”

Everyone frowned, thinking ‘Eleven?’

“Remember the case of the courier that was killed eleven years ago?” Zhan Zhao asked.

The others nodded, “The one where the gas leak in the teachers’ dormitory killed the courier?!”

“It probably wasn’t an accident.” Zhan Zhao said lightly, “If we assume it’s the murderer, just imagine, why did he want Wu Qianliang and Xu Zhong to die?”

“Because they all participated in bullying Chen Jianxian?” Bai Yutang said.

Zhan Zhao nodded, “Then let’s set aside the confessions of Ye Ling and Zhang Hua first. Who did Hao Mo’s four roommates die for?”

“It’s mostly likely related to Hao Mo!” Gongsun said, “So, we have one more victim. The one who died instead of Hao Mo… Who is he? Who did he die for? Hao Mo, or someone else?”

Zhan Zhao nodded, “Why did the other four people die without pain? He alone died so miserably… It can be seen that the murderer really wanted to kill him!”

“It seems that there is only one insider of the whole incident.” Bai Yutang whispered.

Everyone glanced at each other — The mute uncle!

“Cat, if the mute uncle is not Chen Jianxian, then who is he?” Bai Yutang asked.

Zhan Zhao smiled slightly. He called Jiang Ping and ask him to check if there were any missing students or teachers at Normal University seven years ago.

Soon, Jiang Ping called back. There was indeed a missing teacher seven years ago, named He Kai.

Zhan Zhao nodded, “What about the courier who was killed? What was his name?”

“It’s Li Qin.”

Zhan Zhao asked Jiang Ping to investigate one more thing, “Call the office of the cemetery and ask them that if there is a tombstone with the name Li Qin next to the tombstones of Chen Jianxian and Liu Fang.”

After a while, Jiang Ping called back, “Yes, there is a tombstone. The person who purchased it was called Wang Yiming. The most coincidental thing is that dormitory where the explosion happened belongs to a teacher named Wang Yiming, and he resigned after the explosion.”

“Cat… What does this mean?” Bai Yutang asked, “The mute uncle is Wang Yiming?”

Zhan Zhao thought about it for a while, “Do you know how I thought of this?”

Everyone shook their heads.

“Do you remember Liu Fang’s unconcealed anger when we went to see him and I said he lied?” Zhan Zhao asked.

Bai Yutang and the others nodded.

“There is one fact that can explain Liu Fang’s emotions and reactions very well.” Zhan Zhao opened his mouth lightly and spit out a few words, “Chen Jianxian is really dead!”

Everyone was taken aback, and Bai Yutang frowned, “I understand… Fourteen years ago, Liu Fang and Chen Jianxian’s relationship may have been one of lovers. After being bullied, Chen Jianxian was seriously injured and died soon afterwards. Liu Fang buried him and would sweep his tomb as he does now. Three years later, or eleven years ago, another sad man came. The sad man was Wang Yiming, who was there to visit the buried Li Qin. As it was also because of an accident that he was killed… the two would inevitably talk. If it was only the bullying incident at Normal University, Liu Fang may have settled down after several years, however, Wang Yiming likely wanted revenge! That’s why he read so many books about revenge. Later, he asked Liu Fang about Chen Jianxian. Wang Yiming had burns on his body, indicating that he was at the scene when the bombing occurred. It was likely that he was with Li Qin when he was killed. He survived, changed his image, and became a gardener at the school… Because he used to be a teacher, there is a callus on the middle finger of his right hand. Because of the burns and makeup, his original appearance is difficult to recognize. Moreover, he threatened the principal while pretending to be Chen Jianxian so that the principal would definitely agree to let him stay at the school!”

Zhan Zhao nodded, “Then, he deliberately participated in the club activities to find murderers, and let Zhang Hua burn He Kai and the others to death. At that time, maybe the other students were already dead, and He Kai was just unconscious, so he woke up in pain and began to struggle!”

“This also explains why the mute uncle was not in the security room that day!” Gongsun nodded “But there is one more thing I don’t understand. Why did the mute uncle want to kill several other people?”

Zhan Zhao thought for a moment, “At this point, I made some speculations. Do you remember what Zhang Jianqi said, that Zhang Hua went crazy before?”

“Oh…” Bai Yutang pointed his finger at Zhan Zhao, “I understand. The case repeated itself after seven years. Hao Mo and Zhang Hua were not ordinary friends at all. Zhang Hua burned his beloved one to death by himself. It’s not surprising that he went crazy… He got better recently, because he discovered that Hao Mo is still alive. He was hesitant to speak because if all the facts are told, then it may harm Hao Mo… And the reason why Hao Mo suddenly disappeared back then may also have something to do with the mute uncle.”

“Liu Mei’s death can also be explained!” Gongsun sighed, “Today, seven years later, history repeats itself again. The love between Lu Qi and Yang Fan was discovered by the mute uncle, and Liu Mei threatened them. The mute uncle was deeply irritated, so he killed Liu Mei and took back the photos… He was guarding the isolated homosexual people on campus!”

Bai Yutang immediately asked Luo Tian and the others to take some people and arrest the mute uncle, then he looked at Zhan Zhao, “Cat, this matter still seems to not be fully explained.”

Zhan Zhao nodded, “I know you still have questions, such as why Ye Ling went crazy, and why she had a male phobia. Also, how did Wu Qianliang and the others die, and why did Qiao Weiming want to take Liu Fang, right?”

Bai Yutang nodded, “That’s right!”

Zhan Zhao frowned and pondered it for a while, “Qiao Weiming’s real purpose can actually be seen in his books.”

“Books?” Everyone looked at Zhan Zhao in confusion.

“Think about it, Qiao Weiming personally took over the autopsy report, and also personally participated in the game of finding the murderer. In other words, wouldn’t he naturally know that the mute uncle was the murderer of the case at that time?” Zhan Zhao asked.

“That’s right!” Gongsun nodded, “He deliberately concealed the mute uncle, as he probably knew about Liu Fang because of the mute uncle… So he went to see Liu Fang near the cemetery, and became deeply infatuated with him.”

“Then why did he want to catch Liu Fang in such a desperate way?” Bai Yutang frowned, “To die together?”

Zhan Zhao waved his hand gently, “Do you remember what I told you about locking up a person… Where is the best place to do so?”

“You said it was in themselves.” Bai Yutang replied.

“If you want to pester someone for the rest of their life, is there any method that they can’t escape from?” Zhan Zhao then asked.

Everyone looked at each other, then frowned at Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao smiled, “Enter the person’s mind, split into another personality of that person, and have two people share one body!”

Everyone took a deep breath and imagined the situation. If someone you hate the most enters your mind and shares a body with you, he can fully occupy your conscious… That is really disgusting!

“Is this possible?” Gongsun asked, “Split personalities is indeed a psychological phenomenon that has been proven to exist, but personality transfer…”

“Personality transfer does exist!” Zhan Zhao said, “But there are prerequisites!”

“It requires you to know the other person very well, and to have extreme feelings of longing for them!” Zhan Zhao explained, “There are many such cases, such as one about two brothers. One of them died in an accident, and the personality of the other brother split into two. It was as if the deceased brother was reborn! There is another emotion that can promote this kind of personality split — a sense of guilt!”

“Let’s think about it again… When the mute uncle talked about the four people, he was very angry. Wang Mingli also said that they were scumbags, right? And when the mute uncle talked about Ye Ling, why was he so indifferent? Why was he so cruel to Liu Mei?”

“Is Ye Ling another Liu Mei?” Gongsun frowned.

Zhan Zhao waved his hand gently, “Didn’t we all doubt it before… Why did the principal just let the four students go and not expel them?”

“Ah…” Everyone understood.

“Ye Ling approached Hao Mo, and may have obtained evidence that he was in love with Zhang Hua. The evidence could be used to threaten the principal unscrupulously, including the rampage of the four students and Ye Ling’s excellent grades! Let me ask you, a girl who runs a club and plays horror games every day… why does she have such good grades?”

“Ye Ling pretended to be crazy?” Bai Yutang asked.

Zhan Zhao smiled slightly, “Ye Ling is indeed crazy, because she is tortured by multiple personalities in her body!”

Everyone took a breath, “Multiple personalities?”

Zhan Zhao nodded, “Why does she have androphobia? If a girl realizes that there are men living in her body… she will probably develop that kind of fear!”

Everyone nodded, but Bai Yutang stopped Zhan Zhao, “Cat, can you explain something for me… What you mean is that Ye Ling was greatly frightened because of the case that year, and because of guilt, she developed multiple personalities in her body, so she went crazy… Then, how many personalities does she have in her body?”

Zhan Zhao shrugged, “When I was in interacting with her, I found at least six!”

“Six?” Everyone was shocked, “Who are the six?”

“The four boys, Ye Ling’s original personality, and Hao Mo!” Zhan Zhao said, “If Ye Ling thought that Hao Mo was dead, and she had feelings towards Hao Mo, then she would definitely regret it very much. She will miss Hao Mo extremely, and hate herself… Hate is an emption that is easy to transfer. She transferred her hatred to the four boys, and created a heavy emotion…”

“She and Hao Mo were in love, but because of the obstruction of the four, she manifested it?” Bai Yutang sighed, “Then she had Hao Mo’s personality in her body?”

“Do you remember the ghost of the dormitory that Yang Yang saw?” Zhan Zhao asked.

Bai Yutang nodded, “From the physical description… it’s true that the thin and small description fits Ye Ling very well. The issue is we only caught a glance.”

“She wandered around in the dormitory building because the murderer was in the building!” Zhan Zhao smiled, “But the several personalities in Ye Ling were very afraid of the mute uncle… On the other hand, when Ye Ling saw Zhang Hua, she wanted to kill him… slashing his neck… because they had their necks cut when they died… Zhang Hua is the one that lit the fire, and it is right that they hate him!”

At that time, Luo Tian called, saying that the mute uncle was waiting for them in the old dormitory and he confessed that only one of his ears was deaf, but that the other could hear. He didn’t speak and pretended to be mute because his voice was so hoarse from an injury he received during the explosion.

After asking Luo Tian to bring the mute uncle back to the police station, Bai Yutang looked up at Zhan Zhao, “Cat… Ye Ling having this issue, is it related to Qiao Weiming?”

Zhan Zhao nodded, “Carefully associate all of Qiao Weiming’s books. He is completing an evolution and all of his activities seem to be an experiment!”

“Evolution and experiment?” Bai Yutang was puzzled.

“The psychology of the perverted killers he wrote is almost the same as the perverted killers in real life. Didn’t you say that he often went to the prison?” Zhan Zhao reminded him.

“He often transfers personalities to himself for experiments? That’s why his facial muscles are out of balance? He is just a subject for his own experiments!” Bai Yutang shook his head.

“He also has a good description of death.” Zhan Zhao said, “The reason why he suddenly ran away is because his research and experiments have been completed. He called it enlargement of the heart because as long as the personality is alive, it doesn’t matter if the body is or not, you can still do a lot of things! He wants to throw away his body if he can successfully transfer his personality to Liu Fang.”

Everyone took a breath, “Then Liu Fang can’t escape Qiao Weiming’s control for the rest of his life… It’s terrible to carry such a pervert in your body!”

“We must find him before he completes the personality transfer!” Gongsun said, “This is too crazy, but we don’t know where he is!”

“Oh!” Bai Yutang suddenly said, “I might know!”

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Translator Notes

Qiao Weiming truly is crazy!

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

Translated: May 12, 2021