S.C.I Mystery Series Volume 1 Chapter 102

Shadow Murderer 10 – Amazing Discovery

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Seeing Wei Yong's corpse on the ground, all three of them froze. Bai Yutang reached out and stuffed his gun back into his gun pouch, standing sideways behind the door. At that moment, they saw the door open slightly and a figure appeared outside the door. Before they could get a good look, Bai Yutang fiercely dashed out.

"Wow~~" The man outside the door seemed to be taken aback, but he obviously had good reach and quickly dodged to the side, raising his hand to block Bai Yutang's hand, but Bai Yutang turned back and kicked him. The man took a step back and was a little slow on his feet, and was kicked in the groin, sucking in cold air as he hissed in pain. They heard him say in an odd tone, "You want to kill me, handsome?"

Hearing this slightly familiar voice, Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao were both stunned to see that the man in front of them, rubbing his waist and wailing, was none other than Eugene.

"Why are you here?" Bai Yutang lowered his stance and looked at him somewhat warily.

"I came out to get some air!" Eugene shrugged with his hands in his pockets, "The air in there is not good, it's easy to get cranky if you smell it for too long."

Bai Yutang turned to look around, the alley was surprisingly quiet, and there was no one else… he looked back at Eugene, "Did you hear the gunshots just now?"

"I heard it in the stairwell." Eugene grinned, "So I came out to see what all the fuss was about."

“You didn't see who fired the shots?" Bai Yutang frowned, "Can you speak more quickly?"

“Hehe." Eugene grinned playfully and said in a low voice, "This way I can talk to you more."

Bai Yutang turned his face to look at him coldly, and Eugene took a step back and hid behind the wall, "I hate it, you're so mean."

Ignoring his antics, Bai Yutang looked back into the room and saw that Zhan Zhao was also puzzled, while Little Loach Luo Yang's eyes were wide open, staring dumbly at Wei Yong's corpse on the floor.

At that moment, noisy footsteps came from outside the room. Zhan Zhao nodded to Bai Yutang, put his business card into the book titled《Crime and Psychology》, turned around and put the book back on the shelf. Lowering his head, he whispered in Luo Yang's ear, "I think your father died in a strange way, and Uncle Wei Yong too... if you believe me, come and find me."

As soon as the words left his mouth, he heard shouting outside the door, and Chen Jie and her men all ran up.

The crowd froze at the sight of Wei Yong's corpse, then they all pulled out their guns and pointed them at Bai Yutang and Eugene.

Chen Jie glared at her men, "What are you doing? Put all the guns away."

The men obediently put away their guns, but their eyes were still bloodshot as they stared at Bai Yutang and Eugene, obviously furious at Wei Yong's death.

"This is a misunderstanding!" Eugene hurriedly waved his hand and hid behind Bai Yutang, "I just came out for air, and I don't have a gun."

Chen Jie asked Bai Yutang, "Captain Bai, what's going on?”

Bai Yutang stared at the crowd for a moment and said, "You might as well ask him, it's more credible." Saying that, he looked back at Luo Yang in the room.

"Yang Yang, tell me, how did Brother Yong die?!" One of the more impatient men yelled and rushed into the room.

After a long time, Luo Yang whispered, "They didn't kill him, I don't know who it was."

The crowd listened to Luo Yang's words and looked at each other, finally dropping their guard.

"Tell the brothers to search this alleyway for me!" Chen Jie ordered, and then, looking at Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao, "Yang Yang is in shock and is not fit to answer your questions. Also, I will look into this matter clearly, you two please return."

Bai Yutang did not say anything and looked back at Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao nodded and said to Chen Jie, "Excuse us, we will come back another time." After saying this, he gently patted Luo Yang on the shoulder and turned around to walk towards the door.

As the two of them exited, Chen Jie backhandedly closed the door for Luo Yang, but she heard Bai Yutang unhurriedly say, "Boss Chen has good ears, it's so noisy inside and you can still accurately distinguish the sound of gunshots here."

Chen Jie froze and raised her head, but she happened to meet the eyes of Zhan Zhao who was watching her. In an instant, the look could not be concealed in time, and Zhan Zhao clearly saw the hint of panic and embarrassment that flashed across Chen Jie's eyes.

Smiling in satisfaction, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang said goodbye together and left.

Only when the two had left did Chen Jie breathe a sigh of relief. She opened the door again and walked into the room, finding Luo Yang still standing frozen in the same way he had just been. Sighing, Chen Jie moved over and hugged him gently, "Yang Yang, remember, black and white are not two sides of the same coin, don't dabble in black and don't believe in white!"

After a moment of silence, Luo Yang nodded and lifted his face to look at Chen Jie, “En, I understand, I didn't say anything to those two police officers, I hate police officers the most."

Nodding, Chen Jie pulled him over to the bed and made him lie down, covered him with the blanket, turned off the light and left.

It was only after a long time, until the sound of footsteps and talking outside the door had disappeared, that Luo Yang gingerly got off the bed, walked quickly to the bookshelf to take down the book, got back under the covers, pulled out Zhan Zhao's business card and clutched it tightly in his hand.

Leaving the Dark Night Kingdom, the two of them got into the car. Bai Yutang fastened his seatbelt and sat on the seat with a long breath, his expression was a rare grim one.

"What's wrong Xiao Bai?" Zhan Zhao blinked at him, "You were merely teased by Eugene earlier, where are you still holding a grudge now?"

Bai Yutang was stunned by the comment, then looked at Zhan Zhao a little powerlessly, "Cat, you don't know how to eat vinegar like this, do you?"

"I didn't have the chance just now, but I won't spare him next time!" Zhan Zhao said with a look of refusal to give in.

"Hehe... I was thinking about Chen Jie and Luo Yang." Bai Yutang shook his head, "Luo Yang should know something."

Zhan Zhao nodded, "Chen Jie clearly doesn't want us to ask... Also Wei Yong died way too coincidentally, but it looks like the technique is..."

"No, it feels different." Bai Yutang shook his head repeatedly before Zhan Zhao could finish, "It doesn't have that weird feeling."

"What weird feeling?" Zhan Zhao laughed, "You mean there was a weird feeling coming from that Night Punisher?"

"I've had that feeling from the few scenes we've seen before." Bai Yutang was a little confused, "But this time there was no feeling at all, moreover, Wei Yong was shot in the head, which means the killer shot from one side of the alley..."

"There is no place to hide in that alley, if the killer came from either side, Wei Yong would have been able to spot them, but no sound came out at all." Zhan Zhao followed Bai Yutang's words, "That means Wei Yong probably knew this person."

Bai Yutang nodded and asked again, "Cat, Luo Yang there..."

"Don't worry, that kid is smart, he'll find a way to come to us on his own." Zhan Zhao said, "If we had asked in that situation, not only would we not be able to ask anything, but we might also bring danger to Luo Yang."

"At least someone would rather kill Wei Yong than Luo Yang... This point is worth speculating." Bai Yutang started the car, "Cat, what's next?"

"Go and retrieve the information on Luo Wen." Zhan Zhao rubbed his chin, "Today's incident shows that Luo Wen's death won't be as simple as just a gang fight."

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Back at the police station, the two men approached Jiang Ping to pull up Luo Wen's information, and the result turned out to be – an encrypted file.

"Heh..." Bai Yutang sneered, "He's just an ordinary gangster and his information is encrypted?!"

"This file belongs to the anti-gang unit." Jiang Ping tapped the keyboard a few times and shrugged somewhat feebly to Bai Yutang, "This is an encrypted file within the police department, I can't hack it."

Bai Yutang frowned when Zhan Zhao suddenly pulled him and whispered in his ear, "Having a plane and cannon, you forgot about the small rifle?"

"Ah!" Bai Yutang's eyes lit up, "We can go to the archives to look for them." On second thought, he shook his head again, "They're all in the encrypted archive room, you'll need a note signed by Bao Sir to access them, and you'll need certification from the anti-gang unit to get them out!”

Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows: "Isn't it just Bao Sir's signature?"

"Cat... you want to forge it?" Bai Yutang looked at him.

"Don't you think it's strange?” Zhan Zhao grabbed the corner of Bai Yutang's coat: "This case is weird."

Bai Yutang thought about it and nodded, asking Jiang Ping to print out a note for accessing confidential documents. Zhan Zhao casually fetched a document that Bao Zheng had signed, looked at it for a while, and after a few strokes of his pen, an identical signature appeared on the slip.

Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows, "Cat, if Bao Zheng finds out about this, it will be enough reason to make us clean the toilet for half a year."

Zhan Zhao glared at him, "I'm responsible for signing, you're responsible for stealing the note back, when the time comes, there will be no proof!" After saying that, he dragged Bai Yutang and rushed outside.

It was already early in the morning when the two of them arrived in front of the archive room, and Bai Yutang pretended to be on a call as he walked in behind Zhan Zhao.

The police officer on duty climbed up sleepily, "Captain Bai, you SCI are hardworking enough, you're still busy at this late hour, huh?!"

Zhan Zhao casually handed him the note and whispered, "We're operating undercover, don't tell anyone that you've seen us!"

"Understood! Understood!" The police officer on duty nodded repeatedly, took the note and put it into the handwriting recognition device, and the computer showed that it was indeed Bao Zheng's handwriting.

After putting the note in the drawer, the police officer on duty took the key and went to open the door. Since there was no signal in the special room, Bai Yutang stood back with the phone and said under his breath, "Cat, you go in first, I'll be done in a minute."

As soon as the police officer  on duty turned around, Bai Yutang quickly opened the drawer, pulled out the slip of paper and closed the drawer.

Instantly finished recovering the incriminating evidence, Bai Yutang walked over to Zhan Zhao like nothing was wrong, closed the phone, and the two walked into the archives together.

"Well?" Zhan Zhao asked in a whisper after entering the room.

Bai Yutang took the slip of paper out of his pocket and shook it, and the two looked at each other with a smile as they began to look through the records.

It hadn't been that long since Luo Wen's case had happened, so the two quickly found the thin file.

After just one glance, they were stunned.

“Luo Wen was an undercover cop?!" Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao with wide eyes, "Five years undercover!"

Zhan Zhao also found it unbelievable, "Undercover for that long, what kind of case was he investigating?!"

After rummaging back and forth, the two men were even more puzzled when they didn't find out exactly what case he was investigating.

"Xiao Bai, look at what's written here!" Zhan Zhao pointed to the seal of the file and said, "The one who sealed and encrypted this file was Lan Chenglin!"

"And in this file, there is no mention of Luo Wen having a son!" Bai Yutang frowned, “Luo Yang looks at least six or seven years old, which means he was born before he went undercover, would anyone take their son with them when they went undercover?"

Zhan Zhao looked at Luo Wen's photo for a long time and shook his head, "Have you noticed that the two don't look anything alike..."

Looking at the pair, was it possible – that Luo Yang is not Luo Wen's son?

Zhan Zhao looked like he was a little confused, "But why..."

Before he could finish his words, he heard a rattling sound and the door to the outer room opened. The two looked at each other – how come there were people coming at this time of day?

Bai Yutang closed the information and stuffed it back into the file shelf, pulling Zhan Zhao to hide behind another row of bookshelves.

They heard the police officer on duty at the door say, "The files can only be taken away once they are registered."

"Got it, didn't I give you proof?!" A voice replied slightly nonchalantly, and then someone entered the confidential archive room.

From the sound of footsteps, there should be two people coming in. Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were afraid of being exposed, so they couldn't afford to poke around and look. Bai Yutang stretched out his fingers to pluck away a stack of documents and looked through the gap to see that the people who came in were two plain-clothed police officers, both of whom he knew and were from the anti-gang unit.

One of them said, "What's wrong with the captain? Calling us in the middle of the night to get the documents?"

The other yawned and said, "Who knows, just take them and go, it's strangely cold."

The two men searched for a while, pulled out a document and left, muttering.

When the two signed out and walked away, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang returned to the bookshelf, and upon looking through it, they found that Luo Wen's documents were missing.

"What a coincidence, we just went to Luo Yang and Lan Chenglin had someone take away Luo Wen's information?" Zhan Zhao raised an eyebrow at Bai Yutang, "It seems that someone gave him a message."

"In other words, Lan Chenglin doesn't want us to know about Luo Wen being an undercover agent." Bai Yutang tapped his chin, thought for a moment, and asked with some concern, "Cat, will Luo Yang be in danger?"

Zhan Zhao smiled slightly, “Say... why would Eugene appear there?"

Bai Yutang was taken aback for a moment, then laughed and shook his head, "Cat, you're really something."

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Translator Notes

Translated: November 11, 2022 by Angel

Edited: November 22, 2022 by Angel