S.C.I Mystery Series Volume 2 Chapter 124

Love Murderer 30 – Love Ending (End of Case File)

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Zhang Ying described in detail the difficult process of her and Xu Tian chasing the murderer… That vampire was very cunning and fascinating. At that time, communication and media were not developed, so they inquired everywhere and intermittently looked for clues.

“You found him in the end?” Zhan Zhao thought for a while and asked, “But what happened with the museum theft before?”

“This is a long story,” Zhang Ying sighed. “it’s very complicated.”

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang nodded, waiting for Zhang Ying to continue.

“At that time, A Tian and I were studying vampire culture… Later, we discovered by coincidence that the other party was also studying vampire culture.” Zhang Ying said, “We followed this clue and followed the vines little by little. In the end, as you have learned, the vampire was killed and the case was settled.” (Angel: Follow the vines is a metaphor for following clues to track down somebody or something.)

“Then why are the abilities of you and Xu Tian different from ordinary people?” Zhan Zhao asked in a puzzled manner.

“That’s right,” Bai Yutang was also puzzled, “you don’t seem to feel pain.”

“Because when we were hunting down the vampire, there was another group of people pursuing them at the same time, and it happened to be that group of people who developed some tricks for A Tian and I.”

“Tricks?” Zhan Zhao frowned and asked, “Just… like in those videos sent by Zhao Jue?”

“En.” Zhang Ying thought for a while, seeming a little embarrassed, “What should I say? At that time, there was still a group chasing after the vampires, and as far as I know, the group of so-called vampires was just a group of failed experiments.”

“Failed experiments?” Bai Yutang frowned, “Another experiment?”

“En.” Zhang Ying nodded, “It is said that in addition to framing the Bathory family and robbing their property, the church was also very interested in the mystery of the Bathory family’s immortality. Therefore, an organization was secretly established to study the secrets of the Bathory family’s immortality.”

Zhan Zhao frowned slightly, “They mistakenly believed that the Bathory family really drank blood?”

“Heh…” Zhang Ying smiled disdainfully, “The people in power at the time were extremely decadent. In their opinion, the greatest medicine is witchcraft… Such ignorant groups, in addition to sucking blood, can they think of any other ways to make people stay young?”

“That’s true.” Zhan Zhao nodded, “They cultivated vampires?”

“En.” Zhang Ying took a sip of water then said, “They used the masks they invented, the masks used to frame the Bathory family, and began to murder people… They first used some adults to do experiments, but it was unsuccessful. Later, they found some of the descendants of the Bathory family and took them back to study.”

“What about the ones who were burned to death?” Bai Yutang wondered.

“Those were just scapegoats.” Zhang Ying said, “At that time, there was a disagreement with the church. One person, everyone called him Father Matthew, put forward some different points of view. The social situation was complicated at the time, and the war was about to break out, so… the power of the church was divided in half. Father Matthew was hunted down. He only took his own research materials and a few people with pure Bathory blood… and flew far away to America, far from the flames of war. The remaining organization continued to nurture their so-called vampires… Then the war broke out, but the organization still existed. They had been acting secretly, and they had begun to nurture their experiments starting from young children.”

“Children?” Zhan Zhao frowned. In their hearts, everyone understood that it was no wonder those vampires have adapted to surviving as vampires, it turns out that they started training in their early childhood.

“They began to suspect that blood and race also had a certain influence on these experiments,” Zhang Ying said, “because the only difference between the Bathory family and the other nobles in Europe was their love for Eastern civilization… and the blood of the Bathory family was mixed with blood from the East.”

“That’s why they came here to look for children for their experiments?” Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang understood. No wonder there were such children left in the mountains of Zhangxu Village… Maybe the research team happened to be in the middle of an experiment when the war broke out, causing the children in the experiments to be separated and hide in the mountains. Since they were used to eating raw meat, it is understandable why they would still eat people after being rescued by the people in the village.

“Because the researchers didn’t know much about the Bathory family, they did not dare to modify any traditions that the Bathory family retained, including our crest… They always thought that this crest had a certain magical effect, but it doesn’t.” Zhang Ying smiled, “It is just a code created by Count Bathory, and it is a message.”

“What message?” Zhan Zhao asked curiously.

“The cross represents the church, and the snake represents viciousness, cunningness, greed, and untrustworthiness.” Zhang Ying said, “What Count Bathory wanted to say is that when faith is mixed with the above things, then it is no longer pure faith. As a descendent of the Bathory family, we must always be vigilant.”

“En.” Bai Yutang nodded. He picked up the pendent and looked at it, “After being told that, it doesn’t feel so evil anymore.”

“What happened next?” Zhan Zhao asked, “Why did the red-lipped killer and the forest ranger of the old vampire cabin need to be killed… and what about the series of cases where two students were attacked?”

Zhang Ying was silent for a while, then said, “We were caught by someone from an organization when we were hunting down the vampire… The organization was formed by Father Matthew back them. As for their specific name, appearance, etc., we don’t know… I only know that they were also tracking down the whereabouts of the vampire.”

“What did they do to you?” Bai Yutang asked.

“I was given a series of injections, and some drugs of unknown nature were injected.” Zhang Ying frowned, “After discovering our identity, a strange woman said she would do an experiment with us. Then she injected us with those drugs… As a result, A Tian and I would not grow old anymore. I already looked very young, so there was little change, but A Tian experienced reverse growth… The woman told us to enjoy to our heart’s content for the next ten years, because after those ten years, A Tian would die of old age.”

“What kind of woman was she?” Zhan Zhao asked.

“She looked quite young, probably in her thirties. She wore a mask, but I think she should look pretty.” Zhang Ying said, “By the way, she has a catchphrase.”

“What is it?” Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang asked in unison.

“It’s the same man, why is the difference so big?” Zhang Ying said.

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao blinked, confused.

“She let us go and gave us the whereabouts of the vampire… A Tian and I went there, and then we discovered that we felt no pain and that our strength had greatly improved. Finally, A Tian found the vampire that attacked me that night… and killed him after fighting him.”

“Didn’t the vampire say anything?” Bai Yutang asked.

“We asked him, but he didn’t say anything.” Zhang Ying said, “Later, A Tian and I finally found a better life, but A Tian’s situation gradually became worse, so we started to look for the organization that injected us with the drugs… but in the process, we met Zhao Jue.”

“You mean Zhao Jue is also looking for that organization?” Zhan Zhao asked.

“That’s right.” Zhang Ying nodded, “Zhao Jue said that he had a way to help us, so we didn’t have to worry… We lived in peace under his protection for several years. While looking for the murderer, I gave birth to Xiaoxiao, thankfully the baby is safe.”

“Wait a minute… How old is Xiaoxiao this year?” Bai Yutang asked.

“Five years old.”

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang’s eyes widened. They looked at each other, then turned their heads and asked Zhang Ying, “You said that you gave birth to Xiaoxiao under the protection of Zhao Jue? That is to say, Zhao Jue met you five years ago? And he was already looking for that organization?”

“Yes, you can say that.” Zhang Ying nodded.

“That’s not right,” At the door, Bai Chi felt puzzled, “wasn’t Zhao Jue locked in the Special Disease Control Center for twenty years?” (Angel: The author uses, 特殊疾病控制中心, which translates to special disease control center)

“Heh…” Gongsun shrugged, “It looks like it’s just a good cover… As for whether it’s true or not, only Bao Sir knows.”

“Is there a problem with Zhao Jue?” Zhang Ying asked.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang shook their heads subconsciously and motioned for Zhang Ying to continue.

“In fact, there are many people who have encountered the same thing as us. We all live under the protection of Zhao Jue, and we help him collect information and clues. There seems to be people behind Zhao Jue, and they had a medical institution treat us. I heard that there is indeed a special ingredient in the blood of the Bathory family, which can slow down the person’s aging. In addition, the drug that makes people stop aging, against the people of the Bathory family as well as a few special races… there is no harm, but for most people, it will cause a bad situation like it did for A Tian.” Zhang Ying said. “The medical institute seems to have developed a drug that can cure it, but it is still in the experimental phase.”

“Then why did you say you wanted revenge?” Zhan Zhao asked Zhang Ying in confusion.

“I don’t know if Zhao Jue’s special drug is effective, but A Tian experienced a strange phenomenon.” Zhang Ying said, “The drug seems to have changed his body. A Tian’s ability suddenly deteriorated, moreover, he gets old and stagnant sometimes… it seems that there is some kind if resistance inside him.”

Zhan Zhao and Bia Yutang couldn’t help frowning, what kind of situation is this?

“That woman, installed some kind of observation device in both A Tian and I, she implanted it under our skin… Zhao Jue had known about it for along time, and he suggested that we bring those people out… and then everything went smoothly. Another vampire attack was discovered, as well as the red-lipped killer incident.” Zhang Ying’s voice lowered, “The real red-lipped killer… is not my apprentice, but that woman. In fact, it’s not that she pretends to be me, but I pretend to be her.”

“You said that woman gave you drugs?” Zhan Zhao was surprised.

“Yes… She apparently created a serial murder case specifically designed to kill the guilty man, but in fact, those who were killed by him were their guinea pigs. In her words, they were recovering their experimental products…”

“You and Xu Tian can be regarded as guinea pigs.” Bai Yutang said, “Later, she also went against you?”

“She chased us and tried to kill us. She was very interested in the changes in A Tian’s body, and wanted to catch him alive.” Zhang Ying said, “When A Tian and I were visiting the art exhibition, we accidentally discovered Li Hao. Through Zhao Jue’s investigation, we learned that he was Li Yuanhao, who should have died. That person was the person Zhao Jue had investigated for many years.”

“Zhao Jue has been investigating him for many years?” Zhan Zhao asked, a little confused, “He is only in his twenties.”

“Dr. Zhan, how old do you think I am?” Zhang Ying asked with a smile.

“He is also a guinea pig?” Bai Yutang was surprised.

“Yes… it seems that he is part of the backbone of the organization. In short, we found the relics of the Bathory family in Li Hao’s collection and we began to doubt him. A Tian and I secretly snuck into Li Hao’s office. I got the list that I gave you and A Tian kept a lookout… Then he stole the exhibits about vampires that were in Li Hao’s exhibition, as he wanted to investigate whether they were related to the case from that year.” Zhang Ying shook her head and sighed, “But after we left the gallery, there was an accident. That woman suddenly appeared and chased us. A Tian was caught in order to protect me. I didn’t feel good about it, so I looked for them everywhere.”

“Did you find a clue?” Zhan Zhao asked.

“No,” Zhang Ying shook her head, “but Zhao Jue gave me an idea. I pretended to be the red-lipped killer and caught your attention, and then that woman immediately found me, saying that I was troublesome, and she wanted to kill me. I was injured that day and it seemed that I was going to die. When I called Zhao Jue, Zhao Jue asked me to find you… It is strange that when my car arrived in the parking lot of your apartment building, the group of people chasing me stopped.”

“What?” Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao both felt surprised, “Why is that?”

“I don’t know.” Zhang Ying shook her head, “Originally, Zhao Jue asked me to follow your arrangements, but I really couldn’t rest assured about A Tian… After all, if it weren’t for me, A Tian might have been married to someone now, and their house might be full of children and grandchildren… And he is aging fast these days, if he dies, I won’t be able to live… So I ran away, looking for the whereabouts of him and that woman.”

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang nodded. It turns out that this case is very complicated. But what is the origin of the mysterious organization Li Yuanhao belongs to, and… who was the mysterious man who killed the forest ranger and cut the boy’s throat at the wooden cabin?

They asked Zhang Ying, and Zhang Ying thought about it, and said, “Right now, there are three forces. One side is the remnant party of the church from back them, that is, the power of vampires. The second side is Li Hao and his group, that is, the mysterious organization that that woman belongs to. They seem to be organized by Father Matthew… And the last side is Zhao Jue and the others, and the forces behind Zhao Jue seem to be very powerful.”

Bai Yutang nodded. Everything became clear, but it was still just the tip of the iceberg. In Bai Yunwen’s words, how many secrets were hidden in the rather tragic past?

“Then what are your plans for the future?” Zhan Zhao asked her.

“Zhao Jue said… as long as we give him a week, he will be able to save A Tian. Although it doesn’t mean that he can be completely cured, it can at least make him look the same as me and he will not grow old soon… but his lifespan will decrease.”

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang nodded. If that is the case, it would be the best-case scenario.

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That night, the members of SCI gathered all of the information overnight, then verified all of the clues provided by Zhang Ying, and found that, as she said, the dead who were killed by the red-lipped killer all had some special features… but checking again, those clues were already broken.

Li Hao and the others disappeared without a trace. Some of the others on the list were missing, and some suffered accidents. In short, when Li Hao was discovered, all of the clues were completely broken.

Three days later, a corpse was delivered to the gate of the police station. There was a card on it with only a small line of words written on it – ‘The murderer of the forest ranger and the one that cut the college student’s throat.’ On the back of the card, there was a lip print; everyone frowned.

The tissue that Gongsun extracted from the corpse was the same as the tissue found on the forest ranger’s corpse, as well as from the mask and clothing that he abandoned in the woods that day… This person is indeed the murderer. Gongsun performed a very careful autopsy on him, which proved that this man was also a ‘vampire’.

With the case in front of them, all of the clues had been broken… even the slightest hope of investigating was extinguished.

SCI, which has always been able to solve any case given to them, had to accept the fact that the red-lipped killer case would be left pending, and the members were very frustrated.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang reported the case to Bao Zheng.

After listening, Bao Zheng nodded and threw them a document, “This case has come to an end for the time being. Next, you will start investigating this case. There have been a lot of cases recently, so don’t distract yourself by investigation other things.”

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang exchanged glances with each other – Old Bao refused to let them investigate it.

A little frustrated, they left the office. Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang, “What should we do?”

Bai Yutang shrugged, “What else can we do, even though Old Bao said we don’t need to investigate it, we can still investigate it secretly.”

“That’s true.” Zhan Zhao nodded, and patted Bai Yutang’s shoulder, “Go, let’s go to the cafeteria to eat, I was so angry that I got hungry.”

“You are kind of weird, Cat.” Bai Yutang followed behind him, putting one hand on Zhan Zhao’s shoulder, “People are generally full of anger, but you are hungry…”

While they were talking, the two arrived at the second floor. Just about to turn into the cafeteria, they saw a large group of people gathered around the window outside the cafeteria, looking down – they were all from SCI.

“What are you doing?” Bai Yutang walked over, “Can’t solve the case and you have no face to eat, so you are going to jump out of the building?”

“Not at all.” Bai Chi said as he pointed downstairs, “Zhang Ying just received a call from Zhao Jue, and he told her to wait downstairs.”

“Really?” Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked out the window and saw Zhang Ying wearing a red dress, standing beautifully underneath them, waiting anxiously.

“Do you think that Xu Tian can recover?” Bai Chi asked.

“He should be almost the same.” Zhan Zhao said, “This principle seems to be the same as that of the little lion.”

“By the way, where is the little lion?” Jiang Ping asked puzzledly, “Didn’t you bring it this morning? Why did it disappear?”

Zhan Zhao narrowed his eyes, “Bao Sir said he would keep him to play with, and he would return him to me after lunch.”

“He’s here!” Bai Yutang saw the Bentley slowly approaching in the distance, and everyone looked out.

Not long after, the Bentley stopped not far from Zhang Ying. As soon as the door opened, a man got out holding a little girl dressed in red in his arms.

The voice of the little girl could be heard clearly by the people on the second floor, and Zhang Ying naturally ran over happily… The family was reunited.

“It seems to be very effective.” Ma Xin touched her chin, “Xu Tian seems to be a lot younger.”

“Does he?” All the men around looked at her, “It doesn’t seem like he has changed!”

Ma Xin looked at the crowd with disdain, “Whether a man is young or old, it’s up to the woman.” After speaking, she reached out and picked up Luoyang, who was looking out the window on his tiptoes, “Let’s go Yang Yang, what do you want to eat for lunch?”

Luoyang smiled and was carried away by Ma Xin, and started to study the problem of what to have for lunch with her.

Zhao Hu, Ma Han, and the others collectively looked at Luo Tian. Luo Tian was a little weak, “What are you looking at me for?”

“Hey,” Zhan Zhao poked Bai Yutang, who was still looking out the window, “I heard that Zhang Ying and the others will go to a safe place and live an ordinary life.”

“That’s not bad.” Bai Yutang leaned against the window. He saw Zhang Ying and the others looking up and waving at them before getting into the car… and the car drove away.

“Anyways, the ending is pretty good.” Zhan Zhao said, “Well… it’s not without pain.”

Bai Yutang turned his head and saw the group of SCI members walking into the cafeteria with Luo Tian while joking.

“These guys haven’t solved the case yet they are in a good mood.” Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows.

“Captain Bai, take it easy.” Zhan Zhao stretched his hand out and put it on Bai Yutang’s shoulder, “There are many things we can do besides solving the case, right?”

“En.” Bai Yutang stood up straight, reached out his hand that wore the ring, gently wrapping it around Zhan Zhao’s waist, then leaned into his ear, and whispered, “So, Cat, shall we go back and discuss this issue in bed tonight?”

Zhan Zhao glanced at him, patted his hand, and walked forward, “Forget it, your life is only for solving cases.”

“Cat… don’t be stingy.” Bai Yutang laughed. Chasing after him, they went into the cafeteria together.

‿︵‿︵ʚ˚̣̣̣͙ɞ・❉・ ʚ˚̣̣̣͙ɞ‿︵‿︵

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Translator Notes

And volume 2 is done! As for volume 3, I will start posting it next week! 😊

That is the woman who pulled up next to Bai Jintang, she said the same thing after pulling away! 

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

Translated: June 13/14, 2021