S.C.I Mystery Series Volume 1 Chapter 96

Shadow Murderer 05 – Unexpected

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When Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang returned to SCI, all the people who had been sent out to investigate had already returned.

"Why so soon?" Bai Yutang looked at the group members who were hanging their heads in confusion.

Ma Han shrugged, "Except for Chen Jie in the Eastern District who was more cooperative, the other districts were all busy grabbing the position of the head of the group. None of them were willing to cooperate with the investigation, so we didn't find anything after half a day's work."

Bai Yutang nodded and took the map of the underground tunnels handed to him by Jiang Ping, spread it out on the conference room table and looked at it.

"The underground tunnels in that area are quite complicated." Zhan Zhao also came over and took a look.

"There are underground tunnels all around the place where those bosses were killed." After looking at it for a long time, Bai Yutang used a red pen to mark out the location of the crime.

"Xiao Bai, do you think the two cases are related?" Zhan Zhao asked, "Would it be a bit of a coincidence?"

At that moment, Gongsun walked in, "I checked that fingerprint and there's no record of it. As for the guns, they're old toy pistols, they look like they've been purchased a long time ago."

Bai Yutang reached out and handed the gun wrapped in a napkin over to Gongsun, "Take a look at this one."

Gongsun took out the gun and looked at it, surprised, "It's very similar."

"Could it be from the same place?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Gongsun stared down at the gun for a long time and nodded, "It should be from the same place."

"Really? How can you tell?" Bai Yutang came to life as soon as he heard that.

"I found a type of paint on that gun... There's also some on this one." Gongsun looked up at Bai Yutang, "Where did you get it from?"

"It was most likely picked up from a dump station." Bai Yutang looked on the map to find the area he and Zhan Zhao had just visited, and he indeed found a dump station.

"I'll go and do a detailed comparison." Gongsun took the gun and left.

Bai Yutang told Zhang Long and Wang Chao to check out the dump station and ask the people around if they knew a man with a big beard.

"A bearded man?" Zhao Hu was a bit puzzled, "Chief, you have a clue?"

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao looked at each other and gave a general account of the night they went to Qi Le’s concert, the Night Punisher and what just happened, and also pulled out the photo.

The crowd was a little dumbfounded. After a long time, Ma Han asked, "According to this, that person went to see Qi Le's concert that night?"

"It shouldn't be..." Zhan Zhao shook his head, "He was coming out when we entered the venue, so he was inside before the concert started."

"Staff?" The crowd thought at the same time.

Afterwards, Ma Han and Zhao Hu went to ask the concert staff and the people in charge of the stadium to see if anyone knew such a person. When the crowd had left, Bai Yutang turned back to see Zhan Zhao staring at the photo.

"What's wrong, Cat?"

"Well..." Zhan Zhao frowned slightly, then took the pen and paper on the table and started copying the words on the back of the photo.

After working for a long time, he raised his head and said, "Xiao Bai, the person who wrote this is a child."

"What?" Bai Yutang's face was full of surprise, "Are you sure?"

Zhan Zhao nodded and said, "The hand of the writer is very strong. Small, with very short arms... This size, it should be a child, and the handwriting is indeed very immature."

At this moment, the office doors were pushed open and two people walked in. Bao Zheng was in front, and behind him was the leader of the anti-gang unit – Lan Chenglin.

Zhan Zhao blinked at Bai Yutang - it seems that the case is about to be handed over.

Bai Yutang frowned and said nothing.

Bao Zheng walked up to the two of them and said, "You don't need to investigate the murders of the gang bosses, hand them over to the anti-gang unit."

Bai Yutang shrugged and said, "This is a serial murder case, not a gang firefight."

​​Lan Chenglin smiled slightly and said, "Captain Bai, I'm sorry, according to the evidence we have, this case is not that simple... Of course, I need to keep the details of the evidence confidential, I'm here to get the information, please hand it over as soon as possible."

This Lan Chenglin is less than thirty years old and he has led the anti-gang unit for many years. He is also a well-known police officer, full of pride. Bai Yutang is younger than him, but his statements and abilities are above him, so he was very unconvinced and did not speak politely.

Bai Yutang didn't argue, but he glanced at Bao Zheng, and when he saw him nodding lightly, he asked Jiang Ping to fetch all the information and hand it over to Lan Chenglin.

After taking the materials, Lan Chenglin said goodbye and left.

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao looked at Bao Zheng and raised their eyebrows... in protest.

"It's useless for the two of you to stare at me!" Bao Zheng shook his head and sighed, "Last time, Taber ran away, but according to reliable information, he didn't get out of the situation. In addition, it is said that Leonard also sent someone here. All parties want to take advantage of this great opportunity to redefine their spheres of influence..."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other and said nothing.

"Hold it!" Bao Zheng stretched out his hand, took out a check, and handed it to Bai Yutang.

"Wow!" Bai Yutang was stunned, looking at the string of zeros, "Bao Sir? What is this? A settlement fee?"

"Nonsense, it’s not for you!" Bao Zheng glared at him, then turned to Zhan Zhao and said: "Lu Fang helped you raise money for your orphanage. You can take the money and give it to them now. As for this case, don't worry about it."

After turning around, he didn't forget to turn his head to warn the two before going out: "This time, the anti-gang unit is jointly investigating the case with Interpol. You must not cause trouble for me, especially you!" As he spoke, he gave Bai Yutang a vicious look, "Take care of your people!"

After Bao Zheng left, Bai Yutang looked back at Zhan Zhao, both of them were a little frustrated.

"Then... just stopped investigating?" Bai Chi, who had been looking at the map, couldn't help but ask.

"Investigate!" Zhan Zhao smiled, "Why wouldn’t we investigate?!"

"But Bao Sir just said..." Bai Chi couldn't react.

"The old man said that we weren’t allowed to investigate the gang cases." Bai Yutang patted Bai Chi on the head, "We aren’t investigating that, we are investigating the Night Punisher." After speaking, he handed the check to Zhan Zhao and walked away from the table. He picked up the car keys, "Let’s go Cat, go to the orphanage first to send the money... and on the way, we’ll go around and see if there are any clues."

Zhan Zhao  picked up the photo and hid it in his pocket, and turned to Bai Chi before going out, "Bai Chi, keep these maps in your mind! Maybe they will be useful in the future."

Watching the two leave, Jiang Ping gave Xiao Bai Chi a sympathetic look: "You’re going to remember all of those? How can you remember so many? Ah!"

"It’s possible." Bai Chi innocently said, "I already remembered it."

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Driving to the orphanage, Zhan Zhao suddenly asked, "Xiao Bai, you guess, do we know that Night Punisher?"

"Why do you say that?" Bai Yutang asked casually, looking at the rearview mirror.

"The coincidence is a little suspicious." Zhan Zhao tapped his chin lightly and said, "I keep feeling that there is some connection, and this photo..."

Halfway through the sentence, Zhan Zhao stopped because he found that Bai Yutang had been looking at the rearview mirror, "Xiao Bai, what's wrong?"

"The car behind is following us." After speaking, Bai Yutang moved the rearview mirror to show Zhan Zhao, "There are two cars, taking turns. It's a technique similar to tht of the police."

"Are you going to fly again?" Zhan Zhao quickly grabbed the seat belt.

"Heh..." Bai Yutang couldn't help but laugh, "I won't fly this time, let them follow, but I would like to see what they are singing." 

The car drove to the entrance of the orphanage, and the two got out and walked through the gate of the orphanage.

After a while, a car stopped beside Bai Yutang's car, and two people got out.

"See, Spyker C8, the market price is 400,000 US dollars. The global limited edition, which police officer can afford it?!" One of them glanced at the car and said to the person near him.

"Heh... it is said that he still has a plane. I don't know if it's true or not."

"It's true, but it's a civilian plane, not a fighter jet." A voice suddenly sounded behind the two of them.

Suddenly, they turned around and saw Bai Yutang standing behind them, and Zhan Zhao appeared at the gate of the orphanage.

"What's the matter with the two of you?" Bai Yutang looked at the two embarrassed faces in front of him.

"Nothing... I just thought the car looked good so I took a look." One of them quickly said, "Sorry, sorry." After speaking, he wanted to pull the person next him away.

Bai Yutang stepped sideways to block the two of them, and said to Zhan Zhao, "Cat, what do you think?" 

A ‘click’ was heard and the two turned around to see that Zhan Zhao was taking a picture of them with his cell phone.

"Let's take a group photo." Zhan Zhao smiled slightly, "It should be the first time Interpol has come to S City, should we take you around as your guides?"

After listening to Zhan Zhao's words, the two of them had ugly expressions and shut up. 

"Interpol is too lenient." Bai Yutang smiled coldly, "Or I'm your suspect?"

"I want to know who arranged your operation." Zhan Zhao took over from Bai Yutang, "In other words, I want to see your head!"

The two looked at each other and gestured helplessly in the distance.

At the same time, a black car parked not far away slowly drove over. The door opened and a burly middle-aged man walked over. He nodded to the two police officers, and they left quickly, leaving him standing face to face with Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao.

After looking at each other for a while, the man smiled and said, "It's a pleasure to meet you, I'm the chief in charge of this Interpol cooperative operation. My name is Ouyang Chun." As he said, he took out his documents.

Bai Yutang glanced at the documents and said lightly: "You are working with the anti-gang unit, why are you so free to follow us?"

"Please don't get me wrong... Because you are related to this case, we are in charge of your safety." Ouyang Chun explained with a smile.

Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows to look at Zhan Zhao, and Zhan Zhao laughed: "Can you be more specific? Who wants to harm us?"

Ouyang Chun nodded, then looked at Bai Yutang and said, "As far as I know... your older brother Bai Jintang has a lot to do with this case and is likely to be affected, so we have to send police to protect him and the people around him."

"What do you mean?!" Bai Yutang was also a police officer and understood what Ouyang Chun meant. This so-called protection is actually surveillance.

Seeing Bai Yutang's unpleasant expression, Ouyang Chun laughed and said in his heart, they are indeed brothers, his temperament is very similar, "The details are confidential and cannot be disclosed for the time being..."

Before he finished speaking, Bai Yutang's cell phone suddenly rang and he took it out. Looking at it, it was Bai Jintang who called.

A bit puzzled, he answered the phone and heard Bai Jintang's chuckle: "Yutang, is anyone bothering you?"

Bai Yutang glanced at Ouyang Chun and said, "Yes."

"Heh..." Bai Jintang smiled slightly, bowed his head and asked the two police officers who were disarmed by the twins and pressed to the side of the car, "Your boss is Ouyang Chun, right?" 

The two police officers nodded silently.

"Yutang, hand Ouyang Chun the phone."

Bai Yutang handed over his phone and Ouyang Chun answered it.

There was a slight silence on the phone, and Bai Jintang's voice came: "I have nothing to do with this matter, you can investigate if you want, but remember not to disturb my family."

… Ouyang Chun was silent after listening to this. After a while, he said, "I understand." After hanging up the phone, he returned the phone to Bai Yutang and said, "Sorry for the inconvenience, it seems that we made a mistake." After speaking, he was ready to take his men away.

"Why do you seem relieved?" Zhan Zhao asked him suddenly.

Ouyang Chun paused his footsteps, then turned his head and smiled, "Not having to be enemies with you naturally makes people happy." After that, he got into the car and drove away.

"Let's go." Zhan Zhao patted Bai Yutang, who had a grim face, "It seems that Brother has nothing to do with this matter, you should rest assured."

Bai Yutang nodded, followed Zhan Zhao into the orphanage, and handed over the money.  After a while, the dean was very enthusiastic to show the two of them around. Bai Yutang followed the dean out with great interest, and Zhan Zhao followed them. At this moment, his phone vibrated and it was a text message.

He took it out and saw that he didn't know the number. When he clicked on it, he saw a line of words: "I have something to discuss with you. I will go to the coffee shop across from your house alone at 6 o'clock tonight." He scrolled down, wanting to see if there was a signature... Sure enough, in the blank row below, a name jumped into his eyes. Zhan Zhao was so shocked that he was speechless. The signature was – Zhao Jue.

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Translator Notes

Translated: by Turtle

Edited: October 6, 2022 by Angel