S.C.I Mystery Series Volume 3 Chapter 102

Lucky Murderer 30 – Deadly Enemies on Board

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The three days of preparation passed in a flash, and when it was time to board the ship, the SCI crowd was ready to move.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang boarded a yacht, where Jiang Ping had already transformed the interior of the court into a surveillance room.

"Cool." Zhan Zhao looked around and couldn't help but tsk twice and asked Bao Zheng “Bao Sir has spent a lot of money this time, renting a yacht is quite a lot of money, right?"

"Cough cough." Bai Yutang reached out, pointing to the glass wine rack and the horrible display of items that were in disarray.

Zhan Zhao froze, wondering "Whose yacht is this?"

Gongsun was pouring wine behind the bar and replied, "Jintang's."

The crowd laughed dryly and turned to look at Bao Zheng - How embarrassing! Borrowing from someone else again.

Bao Zheng's dark face did not show whether he was blushing or not, he just coughed awkwardly.

"By the way, where is Brother?" Zhan Zhao asked Gongsun.

"Still up there." Gongsun smiled and went up to find Bai Jintang with his glass of wine. Bao Zheng shook his head, "So many idle people who came for a proper operation, making it look like a holiday."

"We can't help it, we are short-handed." Zhan Zhao on the side had Bai Chi mix him a cocktail, sneering rather cooly.

......

Preparations began in the evening and continued until midnight, when finally, it was time to board the ship.

The scouts from the front came back with a message - the cruise ship had entered the harbour and docked, and the guests were boarding the ship.

Zhan Zhao took out his binoculars and looked, "Wow! What a big cruise ship, if we knew it was that big we would have gotten on board."

"Look at the top floor, that’s probably where the big trouble will happen!" Bao Zheng looked at his watch, "In a moment, so many people will be kidnapped, and the ones who are going up there will definitely be a large number of bandits with strong firepower."

Bai Chi clenched his fist nervously as he looked at the monitor, distracted and worried for Zhao Zhen.

"They're getting ready to get on board."

At this time, Jiang Ping looked at the information coming back from the miniature cameras worn by Zhao Jue and Zhao Zhen and alerted the crowd.

"Head, there are small boats approaching!" At this time, the message came back from Ma Han who was watching from high above.

"What?" The crowd was stunned.

Jiang Ping pulled up the radar detection image of the water, only to see that there were six small dots approaching the cruise ship quickly.

"So fast, they should be speedboats, right?" Bai Yutang asked Ma Han, "Can you see them clearly?"

"Yes, there are at least ten people on each boat." Ma Han held up his binoculars as he looked and replied to Bai Yutang, "Black clothes, they look like they are ready to carry out a mission."

"So impatient, huh?” Bao Zheng frowned, "Trying to act right offshore, so the main base camp might be in S City."

"The other side is in a hurry and has been exposed prematurely." Bao Zheng said, "It's also evident that we bet right on the Wei Ziqiang thing, acting in such a way that didn't arouse their suspicion."

The crowd nodded.

At this time, there was a change in the video feed from the ship that Zhao Zhen and Zhao Jue were sending back, and it seemed that the two had managed to get through the security check and into the interior of the cruise ship.

"Is it just a normal cruise ship?" Jiang Ping used a joystick to manipulate the angle of the camera for an almost panoramic and unobstructed shot.

"This thing can be operated with a joystick, huh?" Bai Chi came over to look.

“En, it's mounted on a button, so you can't find it no matter how you shake it, and there are also cuffs and buttons on the back of your clothes... In short, buttons are omnipotent!" Jiang Ping said with slight amusement.

"Security isn't very strict." Zhan Zhao sat on a swivel chair to the side, straddling the back of the chair and watching the monitor, "Did they get on the wrong ship?"

"I don't think so." Bai Yutang pointed to a middle-aged man who was walking towards Zhao Zhen, "Doesn't he look a bit familiar?"

"He's in charge of the top deck of this cruise ship." Jiang Ping pulled up the man's information, "There's no mistaking it."

Zhao Zhen and the person in charge of the cruise ship roughly talked about the details of the magic show tonight. The other party was curious about where Zhao Zhen's performance team was, and Zhao Zhen said that they would board the ship later, and that they had their own ship and plane, so in any case, the arrangements were made and the other party didn't have to worry. The man in charge didn't ask too many questions, considering the secrecy of the magic. He didn't know that Zhao Zhen's so-called team was actually the police... and of course, for the happy guests on this cruise ship, this ‘team' was there to save their lives!

Once on board, Zhao Zhen entered the luxury suite with Zhao Jue to rest, and Zhao Jue quickly stood at the window, looking down. The miniature cameras recorded the people boarding the ship well, and Jiang Ping used scanning technology to check the identities of those who had boarded.

"Quite a few with status!" Jiang Ping exclaimed.

"Don't say it, they're all earners of ill-gotten gains, not many cops would probably be willing to save them if they were kidnapped." Bai Jintang leaned over the table and watched them from afar; he knew most of them.

"You weren't invited?" Gongsun asked him from the side.

Bai Jintang picked up the corner of his mouth and cupped his chin, "I've told you I'm a serious businessman, why don't you believe me?"

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"Look at this man!" Jiang Ping suddenly pointed to a person captured on the screen and said, "No results from the scan, but he seems to be quite dignified."

"His face is covered in makeup!" Gongsun pointed at the man's cheeks and brow bones and said, "That's a very high-end make-up technique, not plastic surgery, which shouldn't be able to achieve this effect."

“Ai." As he spoke, the voice of Zhao Jue suddenly came over the intercom, "Did you see that?"

The crowd looked at each other in disbelief, not understanding who Zhao Jue was asking. When they looked around, they found that Bao Zheng had already walked over, his face, which had not been very expressive just now, was unusually agitated at this moment. After careful identification, "Is it him?"

"Of course it's him." Zhao Jue held his chin in one hand and smiled, "When he sees me later, he will probably have the same expression as you do now."

"You are not mistaken?" Bao Zheng confirmed again.

"I'd recognise him even if he turned into dust." Zhao Jue said indifferently.

"Who is it?" Zhan Zhao asked Bao Zheng in confusion.

"The person who must be caught." Bao Zheng said, tapping Bai Yutang, "Remember this man! Catch him later, no matter what, and definitely don't let him get away!"

Bai Yutang nodded and gave Zhan Zhao another look, it was rare to see Bao Sir so serious.

Bao Zheng stepped aside and took a deep breath, muttering to himself, "At last, we haven't fought this battle in vain, those old misfits are still alive."

Jiang Ping dismantled the man's facial structure, and with the help of Gongsun, removed the camouflaged parts and restored the original face. The face of an old foreign man appeared in front of the crowd, probably in his fifties.

Jiang Ping searched the database... but after searching for a long time, it was surprising that there was no such person.

"Black household?" Bai Yutang frowned, "Impossible!” (Angel: A black household refers to people who do not have residence or ID cards.)

Bao Zheng opened his mouth, "Go look in the list of dead people!"

The crowd was stunned, the list of dead people?

Jiang Ping then began to search among the list of those who had died, and soon, the search yielded results.

"Singh Carlos." Gongsun heard the name and felt some familiarity, and went over to look, "South American biologist, born in 1925, died in 1988."

"Ah... I've heard of this person." Zhan Zhao and Bai Chi recalled this person with their superb memory.

"How can someone who is already dead appear here?" Bai Yutang asked Bao Zheng.

"Hey hey." At the same time, the search results were still pouring in from Jiang Ping's side, with three more different identities pouring in: doctor, businessman, war reporter... and so on.

“They were all born in 1925, and passed away in 1988." Jiang Ping pulled up the various profiles, "Look, the photos are all the same."

"The filing system wasn't that developed back then, these are all later additions." Bao Zheng said, "His surname has always changed, only the name Singh has not changed, so we all call him Singh. This man has had a lot of experience, has been through war, and is very knowledgeable, it's just a pity he didn't use it in the right place."

"Bao Sir, what exactly does he do?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"He is mainly good at biology. He was one of the first initiators and important experimenters of that series of experiments on Luo Tian and the others." On the other end, Zhao Jue helpfully said, "A big fish, but seeing as he'll be here, it means he's also a dying outcast. The old immortal finally has its day."

Zhan Zhao blinked at Bai Yutang, whenever Zhao Jue talked about those people back then, he liked to call people old and immortal, but these people were indeed old and immortal!

"Born in 1925, he's now in his 80s, but this man looks to be middle aged and very normal!" Bai Yutang looked at the man's gait and found it incomprehensible. When it came to not ageing, he could accept the situation of looking in his thirties at forty or fifty like Zhao Jue and Zhan Qitian, people could say that they were showing their youth, but to be ageless like this was really a bit disgusting.

"None of the people around him are not to be messed with, ah." Jiang Ping continued to analyse the identities, "They're all dangerous people, several of them are on record."

"Hmph."

On the other end of the intercom, there was a sudden chuckle from Zhao Jue.

The crowd glanced at each other and continued to look at the display, when they saw that there was another person on the camera intending to come aboard.

"Lian Qianzhong!" Bai Chi was sharp-eyed and immediately recognised him.

"Isn't he waiting to go into the Song Tomb to dig for treasures." Bai Yutang asked the police officers who were lying in ambush near the Song tomb, wanting to see if there was any movement.

The police officer there replied back that the betting shop always kept its lights on, with people going in and out seemingly busy, and that the Song Tomb had opened earlier, but no one had made any tangible moves so far!

"Sure enough, the Song Tomb is a cover." Zhan Zhao reached out and rubbed his chin, wondering, "How did these two groups of people get mixed up together?"

“People are always improving, aren't they?" Zhao Jue snorted, seemingly finding it amusing, "It's like when you were a kid and thought that Liaozhai was scary, and now you think that Grudge is boring."

The crowd couldn't help but glance at each other when they heard this, as it was true that their interests were on par with Zhan Zhao's.

"Are you saying that the other party's research direction has evolved from the physical to something else? Instead of researching on making people immortal, why not develop the brain?" Zhan Zhao said a string of words, which caused Zhao Jue on the other end to laugh out loud, "Right, the new lunatics have started breeding new breeds, for the sake of survival. After all, it's not like back then, it's not the days when you could just throw a few or even dozens of people around without anyone noticing, and there's no war to take advantage of to experiment! Besides, what's the point of having immortality if you don't have money or power?"

The crowd frowned, was this a new insanity?

"There are indeed signs that the group of old men from before have been out and about in recent times, as if they were dying.” Bao Zheng leaned against the bar with his hands in his pockets, "So what if the dinosaurs are powerful, by the time they come out, they'll all be dead."

"And the so-called physiological experiment." Gongsun also shook his head, "I've studied Luo Tian's blood and cell situation before, not ageing is just a superficial phenomenon, it has no effect on the real life expectancy at all. The increase in strength is only due to the paralysis of nerves and lack of pain, it's not so-called evolution at all. You should still die when you're old and damned!"

Bao Zheng smiled, “Exactly."

As he was talking, Zhao Jue patted Zhao Zhen on the other end, "Let's go, I'll take you to meet some elders."

Zhan Zhao frowned slightly upon hearing this and asked Zhao Jue, "You want to make a move?"

Bai Chi also came over nervously, "Zhen is not a professional in this area, don't take him to do something that is dangerous."

Zhao Jue laughed, "It's just a big pot of dead fish on the boat today, there is no danger.” Saying that, he teased Zhan Zhao as he did so, “Do you want to come up, Kitty? It's fun! Aren't those the people you've always dreamed of meeting? You might be able to ask for many clues about the past, you really want to, don't you? Wouldn't you like to? I won't let you come up!"

Zhan Zhao's face turned blue with anger. He should have known that he should have gone up with him, but he had no choice but to direct the action.

On the other side of the room, Bai Yutang had long seen the way Zhan Zhao's eyes were shining, and reached out to pat him on the shoulder as a sign of comfort, "Don't be anxious, Cat, we'll capture the live ones and take our time to interrogate them."

Zhan Zhao frowned and nodded, Zhao Jue had already had the opportunity to anger him.

"This Singh," Bao Zheng told Bai Yutang, “although he can barely hold on, solely because of the influence of drugs, an old man in his nineties who can hold on also has a limit. Therefore he is likely to already be an abandoned son, and once the mission fails, maybe he will not have the value of living! So be careful later to silence the other side and bring him back intact!"

"I understand." Bai Yutang nodded, and the crowd geared up, just waiting for the action to begin in a moment.

At this time, more and more people were arriving on the cruise ship, and Zhao Jue and Zhao Zhen were guided by the attendant to the luxurious casino on the top floor.

"Oh no!" Zhan Zhao suddenly said.

"What's wrong?" Bai Yutang's heart trembled. He was afraid that something would go wrong with such a big operation, and then he would have to apologise to all departments one by one for losing all their previous work.

Zhan Zhao picked up the walkie-talkie and asked Zhao Jue, "You're not itching to gamble, are you?"

Zhao Jue shrugged gently and put his arm around the shoulder of Zhao Zhen who was looking around, "Zhen, let's go do some card magic."

"Card magic?" Zhao Zhen did not understand.

The crowd was also puzzled, while Zhao Jue had managed to find out where Singh was and whispered to Zhao Zhen, "He's a gambler and carries a lot of cards on him specifically to cheat. Can you help me gamble with him so that he loses his trousers?

Bai Chi got chills hearing this and shouted from this end, "Don't teach him to cheat!"

Zhan Zhao pulled the cranky Bai Chi aside and asked Zhao Jue, "Can't you just go play cards yourself?"

"The premise of winning at cards with memory and intelligence is that everyone must compete fairly, if the other player has a fast hand and cheats then I can't do anything about it." Zhao Jue smiled faintly, "Not to mention I have more important things to do."

Zhao Zhen, who had only been watching and not saying anything, finally spoke up as well, "It's okay, it's not too difficult."

Zhan Zhao saw Bai Yutang holding his forehead on the side, he probably had a stomach ache at this moment. This Zhao Jue can indeed do the job, but the most damaging point is that he is not easy to control and can easily make a mess!

The crowd had no choice but to all look at Bao Zheng behind them.

Bao Zheng looked up to the sky and thought about it, saying, "Let's leave the command over here to you guys, when the back-up arrives on shore, I'll go and organise it."

As a result, Bao Zheng shrugged off his responsibility and stayed back.

Zhan Zhao asked Zhao Jue, "Tell me about your plan!"

"What's the plan?" Zhao Jue replied casually, "You are in command, I am following orders, what is the task now? Sheriff Black Cat?"

"Not yet! How can we give you a mission before the other side starts acting? You should just behave yourself!” Zhan Zhao ground his teeth.

"Oh... then that means I'm free to move around." Zhao Jue smiled and pulled Zhao Zhen, "Come on, let's go gambling in peace."

Zhan Zhao was also cranky, and Bai Chi was even more disturbed. Singh was surrounded by A-class wanted criminals, professional killers and what not, it was risky for Zhao Zhen.

Bai Yutang waved his hand to the two, indicating that there is no need to be so nervous, Zhao Jue should have a sense of proportion, after all, Zhao Zhen is his only nephew, and Zhao Zhen is resourceful, he will not be at a disadvantage.

Zhan Zhao had to stand quietly and watch, while at the same time... in the corner of the camera, a silhouette flashed by, which Zhan Zhao saw clearly – He was secretly surprised, how was he also there?

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Translator Notes

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

Translated: July 22, 2022 by Angel