S.C.I Mystery Series Volume 4 Chapter 56

Ghost Ship Murderer 22 – Forgetfulness and Awakening

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Nguyen Van Gao was placed in the interrogation room where the lights were deliberately dimmed.

At the door, the SCI crowd gathered around, with the exception of Zhao Hu and Ma Han who were sending Lin Ruo to meet Han Wei.

Even Zhao Zhen and Bai Jintang had come to see what was going on with this legendary washed-up and ghost-possessed drug lord, Nguyen Van Gao.

This time, Bai Yutang did not go in and stood with the crowd behind the one-way mirror in the interrogation room.

Zhan Zhao and Zhao Jue were in the interrogation room.

Zhan Zhao was sitting at the table opposite Nguyen Van Gao, and Zhao Jue was curiously studying the camera on the wall.

Bai Yutang looked at the sky, and Zhan Zhao reached out and tugged at Zhao Jue's shirt, signalling to him – Behave properly.

Zhao Jue turned back, sat down and looked across the table at Nguyen Van Gao with his chin resting in his hand.

Nguyen Van Gao was in a similar state as he had been a while ago. Bai Yutang, watching from outside, was sure that he was still Emilia at this point, having a sinister aura that gave him a very eerie feeling.

Zhan Zhao was curious, "You're not running?"

Nguyen Van Gao smiled, "It's still early."

"Hmm." Zhao Jue stroked his chin with great interest.

Nguyen Van Gao suddenly looked at him very curiously, "Actually... you're not just as simple as a doctor in a psychiatric hospital, right?"

Zhao Jue continues to stroke his beard. Everyone in SCI felt a strange discomfort with his beard, and found it impossible to concentrate.

Bai Chi stroked his chin seriously, "It's quite manly to have a beard, isn't it?"

Zhao Zhen helplessly reached out and touched his head, "It wouldn't suit you, really."

......

"You have the same smell as me." Nguyen Van Gao narrowed his eyes at Zhao Jue, his eyes slightly ambiguous, and his voice slightly lower, "The smell of ghosts!"

Zhao Jue was still holding his chin, rubbing his chin and sizing him up, his narrow phoenix eyes were slightly narrowed, like a cat that was sizing up a mouse, there was that little bit of calculation, and a hint of ill-will.

Zhan Zhao looked at Zhao Jue, as if asking – What do you want?

The corners of Zhao Jue's mouth suddenly picked up and he moved closer to Zhan Zhao, "Have you ever experienced a nightmare?"

Zhan Zhao frowned and looked at Zhao Jue.

Zhao Jue winked and tapped his finger on his lips, "I like teaching those disobedient brats the most."

The corners of Zhan Zhao's mouth twitched, foolish, what's the point of pretending to be handsome, the beard doesn't look good!

Bai Yutang frowned and pressed the microphone, "What are you two playing at? What about the interrogation?"

Zhao Jue took off the headset, stood up and walked to the front of the one-way mirror.

Zhao Jue was on both sides of the mirror, while Zhao Jue was looking at himself, Bai Yutang was looking at Zhao Jue.

Zhao Jue suddenly reached out and grabbed the curtain with one hand.

Bai Yutang frowned.

But he saw Zhao Jue stretch out his hand, his slender index finger gently pressed against his lips, and he exhaled the familiar word 'hush'… Lowering his head, with a smile at the corners of his mouth, he raised his eyes, and they were more evil than ever.

Bai Yutang frowned – These eyes, Zhao Jue's expression, he had never seen them before.

The crowd instinctively froze, and with a 'clatter', Zhao Jue pulled the curtains closed.

"Cat." Bai Yutang was a little worried and asked Zhan Zhao.

"It's okay." Zhan Zhao said, turning off the microphone and camera.

Jiang Ping took off the headset and looked at Bai Yutang, "Captain, it's against the rules."

Bai Yutang frowned, and was debating whether to open the door and enter the room.

But then he heard a voice from behind him, "Let him do it."

The crowd turned around, only to see that Bao Zheng had arrived at some point, standing outside the interrogation room door, dressed in a grey suit, with one hand in his trouser pocket, muttering generally to himself, "Long time no see."

"See what?" Zhao Zhen, who was leaning against the wall of the doorway, was curious.

"That hush?" Bai Chi asked.

"That look." Bao Zheng lit a cigarette, "It looks like he's very excited, it's been a long time since anyone has made him that happy."

Bai Yutang frowned and looked back at him, "Are you sure he's happy?"

Bao Zheng smiled, "Compared to Zhao Jue, your Dr. Zhan is still a bit young."

Everyone looked at Bao Zheng.

Bai Yutang frowned, expressing that it didn't sound very pleasant to his ears.

Bao Zheng smiled and shrugged, "It's good to let him see it, he's so smart, he can learn a little, but he mustn't learn anything bad." After saying that, he turned around and walked away.

The crowd was frozen in place wondering what Bao Zheng meant by that statement.

At that moment, Bai Jintang lifted his hand to look at his watch and said, "Five minutes, two minutes left."

Gongsun was puzzled, "What do you mean?"

"Seven minutes." Bai Jintang said, "Zhao Jue said, seven golden minutes, give him seven minutes and he can completely change a person, from the inside out, making him even forget his last name."

Gongsun frowned and instructed him, "You stay away from him from now on!"

Bai Jintang raised his eyebrows slightly and reached out to gently touch Gongsun behind the ear, smiling.

Everyone turned away in silence – There was nothing left to see.

Ma Xin counted down, "Thirty seconds to seven minutes..."

Before she finished her sentence, there was a crash and the curtains were pulled open.

At that moment, the door to the interrogation room opened and Zhan Zhao walked out, shaking his head, unable to laugh or cry.

Bai Yutang did not understand what was going on inside, but through the glass, he saw Zhao Jue with his hands on his chin, looking at Nguyen Van Gao across from him with a smile.

And at this moment, Nguyen Van Gao was in an interesting state. He was sitting stiffly in his chair, with a frightened expression on his face, yet he was conversing with Zhao Jue.

"What's the situation?" Bai Yutang asked Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao looked at the sky, "I've never seen such a boring person in my life." After saying that, he went back into the interrogation room.

The crowd looked at each other in disbelief.

Seeing that Zhan Zhao had finally turned on the microphone, the crowd hurriedly listened.

They saw that Nguyen Van Gao was stiff in his chair, his facial expression was incomparably painful, and his voice had become very sharp and thin, somewhat like a woman's, "What are you doing? Let me out! Let me out!"

Zhao Jue held both cheeks, smiling with arched eyebrows, while he asked, "Can I lock you up for life?"

"Help, you're crazy, let me out!"

Qin Ou's eyebrows furrowed, "Why can't I understand."

Luo Tian also shook his head in confusion.

Everyone looked at Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang sighed, turned on the microphone and asked, "Which one of you will explain this to me?"

Zhan Zhao finally spoke, "He put Emilia in a cage and threw it into the water."

Everyone looked at Bai Yutang, as if to say – Can you translate it into Chinese and say it again?

Bai Yutang was silent for a long time, "I guess that's literally what it means."

Zhan Zhao looked at Zhao Jue who was having fun beside him, "Enough is enough, don't play to death."

Zhao Jue shrugged indifferently, "She can't say anything anyway, so why not ask the other one."

Zhan Zhao frowned, "The other one?"

As he spoke, Zhao Jue suddenly reached out and snapped his fingers in front of Nguyen Van Gao's eyes.

A crisp 'pa' sound followed.

They saw the man opposite them suddenly shake and sit up straight, look at his hands, which were handcuffed to the chair, and then up at Zhan Zhao and Zhao Jue.

Outside the window, Bai Yutang was surprised, "He changed into a man."

Bai Jintang stroked his chin, "It's kind of interesting, his eyes have changed."

Zhao Zhen leaned against the wall, raised his head and looked at him quite intently, "It works like this?"

Zhan Zhao turned his face and looked at Zhao Jue.

Zhao Jue smiled and glanced at him, "You're still young, be a good boy and learn."

Bai Yutang then felt as if he should go in and hold Zhan Zhao, so that he wouldn't jump up and punch Zhao Jue.

At the entrance of the interrogation room, everyone was also looking at each other, guessing that they were about to turn on each other and that Zhao Jue was intentionally provoking.

When everyone was nervous, they noticed that Zhan Zhao was not only not angry, but also very calm. He looked at Zhao Jue for a while, then suddenly leaned on the table with his chin in his hand and tapped his long middle finger on the table twice, then reached out and snapped in front of Nguyen Van Gao's eyes

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Looking at Nguyen Van Gao again, he was stiff and motionless.

Bai Yutang frowned, "They've turned into women again..."

At the same time, Nguyen Van Gao screamed, "Let me out, I can't breathe! Help!"

Before he could finish his words, Zhan Zhao reached out and snapped his fingers again. Nguyen Van Gao shook again just like he did earlier and went quiet, with a dazed look on his face.

Bai Yutang frowned, "Male..."

The corners of Bai Jintang's mouth twitched, "Will this method cause someone to die from being toyed with?"

Gongsun also nodded, "Yeah, it's even more perverted than me, changing over and over, changing from male to female."

Zhao Jue squinted at Zhan Zhao, but the smile on his face was gone, and after a long time, he raised his eyebrows, "Okay."

Zhan Zhao looked the same as usual, "I'm a quick learner."

The corners of Zhao Jue's mouth curled up, "Little brat..."

"Are you two done?"

Bai Yutang pressed the microphone and lowered his voice.

Zhan Zhao blinked – Oops, his voice didn't sound too happy.

Zhao Jue held his chin and winked at Zhan Zhao – Jealous!

Zhan Zhao glanced in the direction of the window.

Bai Yutang said, "Ask him about that year, while he's still a man."

Zhan Zhao put away his playfulness and asked Nguyen Van Gao, "Nguyen Van Gao?"

At this moment, Nguyen Van Gao had his head down and seemed to have something on his mind, and was looking very tired.

"Why am I here?" After a long time, Nguyen Van Gao spoke up and asked, "Who are you guys?"

Zhan Zhao frowned slightly, and Zhao Jue flattened his mouth while holding his chin, seemingly finding it a little troublesome.

Zhao Zhen was curious, "Did he go crazy from being toyed with?"

Bai Chi was also worried, "It can't be..."

As he spoke, they saw Zhan Zhao and Zhao Jue suddenly stand up at the same time, move over and stare at Nguyen Van Gao's eyes, before the two looked at each other again, with a look of surprise on their faces.

"What's the situation?" Bai Yutang wondered.

Both Zhan Zhao and Zhao Jue left their seats and walked out of the interrogation room.

"There's something wrong with this man's memory." Zhao Jue said, gesturing to Gongsun, "I suggest you do a detailed brain scan on him to see if there is any brain damage."

Gongsun frowned slightly, "There was no mention of brain injury in his file."

Zhao Jue spread his hands, "It may have been concealed. He didn't lie, he wasn't hypnotised, no one sealed his memory, but he doesn't remember anything."

Gongsun looked at Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao nodded, agreeing with what Zhao Jue had said.

"Then bring back the woman and ask." Bai Yutang said.

Zhao Jue smiled lightly, "The one inside isn't the real Emilia."

Zhan Zhao nodded.

"What does that mean?" Bai Jintang didn't understand.

"Which means that Nguyen Van Gao is just a pawn, not the real instigator." Zhan Zhao explained, "Also, take a look at his arm, I saw it just now."

Bai Yutang looked carefully through the glass window, and saw that Nguyen Van Gao's sleeve had retracted to the elbow because of the struggle, and right on the small of his arm, there was a round blue seal with a faintly visible design of a knife on the inside.

"After he kills Lin Ruo, he will use the knife to kill himself, right?" Bai Yutang asked Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao nodded, "The Emilia personality that survived in his brain is incomplete."

"What does incomplete mean?" Bai Chi wondered.

"It means it's the same as the one Jiang Nan saw before, a figure created out of fiction." Zhan Zhao smiled, "It just so happens that Nguyen Van Gao has no memories of anything. A personality without memories is usually in extreme turmoil and vulnerable, so it was easy to capture him using Emilia's personality, and after taking over his consciousness, the personality that Nguyen Van Gao originally had was hidden."

"It's useless to awaken them." Zhao Jue said lightly, "If it's really cranial damage, it's impossible for him to ever remember."

Gongsun arranged for someone to examine Nguyen Van Gao.

Bai Yutang sighed, empty of joy.

"Actually, it's not necessarily true." Zhan Zhao seemed to have read Bai Yutang's mind, "Lin Ruo should know more than Nguyen Van Gao... and that Han Wei."

Bai Yutang thought about it and turned around, "Let's go, go to the hospital."

Zhan Zhao smiled and nodded, ready to follow. Zhao Jue also wanted to follow, and when he reached the elevator, Zhan Zhao kicked him, "Why are you following us? It has nothing to do with you."

Zhao Jue's eyes narrowed as he forced himself onto the elevator and locked eyes with Zhan Zhao.

Although Zhan Zhao did not get the upper hand in this round, he continued to tussle with Zhao Jue, but his heart was still slightly apprehensive. If he had not been resourceful just now, he would have been caught by Zhao Jue, this man is indeed a veritable genius.

When Zhan Zhao raised his head, he saw Bai Yutang looking at him.

Zhan Zhao turned his face to look aside.

Bai Yutang shook his head.

Zhan Zhao crossed his arms, thinking that Bai Yutang was even more of an unsolved mystery than Zhao Jue. This man had no common sense in psychology, but his mind reading skills were better than anyone else's!

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At this moment, in the hospital, Zhao Hu and Ma Han were standing at the entrance of the ward.

They had rushed here with Lin Ruo just now and saw that Han Wei had completely woken up with the help of He Ying and other doctors and nurses, and the doctors were now busy doing various tests on him.

Han Wei seemed to be conscious and his memory was normal, but for the time being, he could not speak or move, after all, all his functions had to be re-tuned after lying in bed for so many years.

When Lin Ruo entered the ward, Han Wei saw him, and his eyes seemed brighter and he was a little more energetic.

Lin Ruo was still wet, and his hair was a mess. It was probably the first time in his life that this nobleman was in such a mess, but as he sat on the sofa beside the bed, watching Han Wei being examined, the smile on Lin Ruo's face was one of heartfelt happiness, and inexplicably carried a faint sadness, it was an expression that no one could understand.

Zhao Hu gently nudged Ma Han with his elbow, "What do you think?"

"What do you mean?" Ma Han asked.

"Are the two of them compatible?" Zhao Hu asked in a gossipy manner.

Ma Han gave him a blank look, "Are you bored?"

"I'm asking a serious question." Zhao Hu was serious, "Do you think they are compatible? I didn't say anything about analysing it from a lover's perspective."

Ma Han frowned and looked back... How to say it, even if Lin Ruo is now like a chicken that fell into the soup, it is still hard to hide his superior innate qualities and the nobility in his bones. But Han Wei... Should it be said that he is too ordinary or too mediocre? The two existences from different worlds, there is no such comparison as worthy or unworthy.

"True affection or false affection? Hiding something or being frank?" For the first time in his life, Zhao Hu used so many four-letter idioms in his speech.

Ma Han was silent for a moment, "I saw Nguyen Van Gao as a woman, you'd better not ask my opinion."

"Huh..." Zhao Hu bared his teeth, "Xiao Ma Ge, it's called the intuition of a beast."

Seeing his playful smile and not wanting to play games with him, Ma Han leaned against the doorway and continued to watch the exchange of looks between the two men in the room, frowning slightly.

"Hey, what's the problem?" Zhao Hu keenly sensed that Ma Han seemed to have found something and immediately asked him.

Ma Han thought for a moment and shook his head, "I can't tell."

"Xiao Ma Ge, you can't do this!" Zhao Hu suddenly put on a stern face, "You already have a facial expression disorder, you can't add a speech disorder to it..."

Before he finished his sentence, Ma Han kicked him.

Zhao Hu moved away a little to avoid that kick.

At this time, however, both of them settled down.

After glancing at each other, both of them frowned and continued to look inside.

Zhao Hu asked Ma Han in a low voice, "What are you thinking?"

"Probably more or less what you're thinking." Ma Han looked at Han Wei and then at Lin Ruo, "Which one do you think is the problem?"

Zhao Hu rubbed his chin and spoke, "Han Wei."

Ma Han understood, "Sure enough..."

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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: May 21, 2023 by Angel

Edited: June 22, 2023 by Angel