S.C.I Mystery Series Volume 4 Chapter 80

Toothless Murderer 03 – Stab

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Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang came out for a walk, picked up another serial murder case and went back to work on it. Everyone drove separately, Qin Ou, Bai Chi and the others took Ran Shaoqi and went back to the SCI office first.

On the other hand, Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao took Gongsun, Ma Han and others to the second crime scene.

Of course, together with them were Bai Jintang and the twins.

Bai Jintang was very confused as to what was wrong, was it necessary for him to move his ancestral grave?

The place where the funeral was held was quite far from the scene of the crime, and who knows what happened today, but the road was quite congested and it was hard to drive, stopping and starting through the traffic all the time.

On the way, Bai Yutang's phone rang.

Zhan Zhao very smoothly helped the driving Bai Yutang fiddle with the phone. In any case, this smartphone, apart from answering and making calls, it was Zhan Zhao who used it.

The call was from Jiang Ping. They happened to be stuck at the intersection at this time, with a large screen in front of him. They didn't know what was being shown, but the other drivers who were stuck in the traffic on the road rolled down their windows and were looking at it curiously.

"Hello?" Zhan Zhao picked up the phone.

"It's amazing." Jiang Ping said, "Let me show you something."

Zhan Zhao blinked, and a video came through on his cell phone. Clicking on it, Zhan Zhao frowned slightly...

Jiang Ping's voice came through, "The internet is going crazy!"

Feeling confused, Zhan Zhao reached out and gently patted Bai Yutang, "Yutang, do you want to take a look..."

"I'm already looking at it."

Bai Yutang's voice came, and when Zhan Zhao raised his head, he saw the car window rolled down, Bai Yutang looking out, and Ma Han and Zhao Hu in the backseat both looking on with their mouths open. The doors of Bai Jintang's car in the front were open, and Gongsun stepped out of the car, propping up his glasses to look closely. Anyway, there was a traffic jam right now, and several people were getting out of their cars to look at it.

What was everyone looking at?

It turned out that the big screen was broadcasting the news, and the content of the news turned out to be Chang Yan's funeral. Zhan Zhao deduced that the process of SCI's capture of the murderer had been secretly filmed by someone.

The twins peered through the car window with their mouths wide open, "I @#@#! Where did the camera come from?!"

Bai Jintang frowned slightly.

"There's no way someone couldn't have noticed if they were filming up close." Da Ding frowned, "It's the staff that tampered with the cameras, probably using surveillance footage! The sound from the scene was also captured."

"But then again, it's obviously a secret shot." Xiao Ding called the company, "Find out who's hands and feet are unclean for me!"

At that moment, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang heard a roar from Bao Zheng on the other end of the phone, from Jiang Ping's office, "What's going on?"

"It looks like a secret recording..." Jiang Ping hadn't finished his sentence, but Bao Zheng continued to roar, "Delete them all for me!"

Jiang Ping hurried to think of a way, "The speed of the distribution is too fast, and it will take time for the department to finish deleting it."

"Hurry up!" Bao Zheng was agitated.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang glanced at each other.

In the back, Zhao Hu clicked on his cell phone to check online, and saw the amazing amount of comments. Many people have watched it, most of them were amazed at SCI's method of solving the case, and so many of them lamented that Zhan Zhao was worthy of being a world-class psychologist, and that this method of solving the case was too cool.

The comments multiplied quickly. In addition to lamenting about Zhan Zhao's intelligence, there was also lamenting about Zhan Zhao's handsomeness, and the section where Bai Yutang caught the thief was cut into clips and played repeatedly, with a group of crazy fans underneath.

Although there were no negative comments, mostly compliments, the situation seemed difficult to control.

Modern media has a keen sense of touch and spreads surprisingly fast. For a hot topic that people are concerned about, the media will never let it go.

Moreover, the media is very powerful. Somehow, they got a record of cases solved by SCI which were hard to distinguish between real and fake, and a radio station specially opened a programme to find various experts to explain the cases solved by SCI previously. The police station was even more lively, Lu Fang's phone was bursting, all kinds of radio stations were requesting to invite Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, or anyone from SCI, to appear on the programme.

The traffic jam lasted for almost an hour, and the entire world was in chaos.

It wasn't until the traffic cleared once more that Bai Yutang closed the window and continued driving.

Zhan Zhao stroked his chin and watched the video repeatedly.

"What do you think?" Bai Yutang asked.

After a long time, Zhan Zhao replied, "You're quite photogenic?"

The corner of Bai Yutang's mouth twitched, "It looks like it was secretly filmed."

"It's a secret shot, but it doesn't feel like it was taken very randomly..." Zhan Zhao muttered to himself.

"What do you mean?" Ma Han and Zhao Hu asked together, "Did someone do it on purpose?"

Zhan Zhao turned off the phone, stuffed it into Bai Yutang's pocket, and quietly said, "All sorts of subtlety."

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The car stopped at the entrance of a factory-like location.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were a little confused and asked the twins leading the way, "Here?"

The twins nodded, "This is the country's best dance practice venue and dance studio, the top artists all rehearse here, there is also a dance school and artist training centre."

Zhan Zhao narrowed his eyes slightly, "It looks like an abandoned factory."

The twins looked at the two with contempt, "This is called art, you know? Designed by top Spanish designers!"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked around again and slowly said, "No wonder there are so many unemployed people."

Ignoring the furious twins, Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao walked together towards a certain "warehouse" with a yellow cordon in front of them.

The crime scene was on the second floor.

When Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang went upstairs, they saw a few junior police officers looking at their phones. The scene should have been cordoned off for some time, but because of the traffic jam, everyone was waiting for SCI to come over, and there were also quite a few dancers.

As soon as Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang walked in, a few police officers hurriedly hid their cell phones and stood at attention, acting like they had just finished watching the video and hadn't calmed down yet. Bai Yutang ignored this and walked towards the body.

Next to him, a few dancers chattered and whispered.

"Even more handsome than on camera!"

"Zhan Zhao is so thin, how does he maintain this body?"

"Their skin is good!"

Zhan Zhao felt a little awkward – It was so weird!

It wasn't until Bai Jintang walked in with one hand in his pocket that the staff hurriedly shut up, after all, when the big boss was here, it wasn't good to gossip about his brother.

Gongsun walked over to the corpse and squatted down to briefly examine it before looking up and telling Bai Yutang, "It's the same."

Bai Yutang frowned and asked Zhan Zhao, "Do you still have magic?"

Zhan Zhao spread his hands, "It's been so long, it's difficult."

A female dancer who had just witnessed the process was called over by Bai Yutang.

The female dancer was clearly a bit nervous, her ears reddened and she didn't even dare to raise her head to look at Bai Yutang.

Zhan Zhao stroked his chin and observed from the side – Bai Yutang had this temperament since he was studying; his charm was infinite but he didn't have enough knowledge of his own charm, and he often made a lot of his admirers feel snubbed by keeping his mouth shut, so there were a lot of secret admirers, and those who wanted to express their love were discouraged. From the time he studied until now, there were not many women who dared to raise their heads and directly meet his eyes, and the ones who had the courage to confess their love were even fewer! Zhan Zhao thought that this was also a topic worth studying, for example, Bai Yutang recruited secret admirers, Gongsun recruited...

The eyewitness accounts were similar.

The choreographer was thirty years old, had no Chinese name, was called Ryan by everyone, and was Italian.

Xiao Ding told Bai Yutang, "He's been working here for quite a long time, he's the best choreographer and works with a few famous artists, he's rich and famous."

Bai Yutang frowned, there wasn't much to this case.

"Does he take any medication?" Gongsun asked the others.

"Take medication?" One of the dancers nodded, "He takes a lot of medication every day."

Bai Yutang was puzzled, "Why does he take so many pills?"

"Well, there are diet pills, emetic pills, appetite control pills, antidepressants, and probably painkillers for injuries..."

Gongsun's mouth twitched, "Suicide?"

"Where does he keep all his medication?" Bai Yutang asked.

A staff member took him to the locker room and opened Ryan's locker.

Zhan Zhao found a small box and opened it... Inside, there was a grid full of various capsules and pills.

Bai Yutang didn't know whether to laugh or cry, this poisoning was too convenient.

Seeing that there weren't many people around, Bai Yutang asked Zhan Zhao, "Cat, is it possible that the murderer is here just like before?"

Zhan Zhao frowned and spread his hands, "Can't say, there are too few clues."

Bai Yutang was about to say something else when the phone rang.

"Hello?" Bai Yutang answered the phone, and Bai Chi's voice came from the other side, "Brother, Pan Jie is dead!"

Bai Yutang froze for a moment before remembering that Pan Jie was the martial arts instructor who had poisoned Xu Hong whom they had arrested earlier.

"How did he die?" Bai Yutang asked even though he had a vague premonition in his heart.

"When he arrived at the police station, he said he was thirsty and wanted to drink water, we didn't think much of it and gave him some water, then..." Bai Chi sulked.

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao, who was listening close to his ear. He raised his eyebrows and looked at Bai Yutang, "Why don't you have everyone outside try drinking water? Maybe the murderer's teeth will fall out."

Bai Yutang looked at the sky, walked outside, and called for a few police officers.

The few officers looked at each other in disbelief.

Bai Yutang had everyone present line up and asked the three officers to sniff them one by one, pointing out anyone who had bad breath, the kind that smelled strange.

The officers frowned as they sniffed one by one, and finally, all three of them stopped in front of a female dancer and looked at her.

The female dancer looked to be in her early twenties and was very skinny. At this moment, her face was pale and she seemed to be not feeling well.

Gongsun quickly walked over, "Stick your tongue out and let me take a look!"

The female dancer suddenly reached out, pushed him and ran away.

Unfortunately, just as she reached the door, she was grabbed by the twins who were guarding the door.

The woman started to struggle, but Gongsun stopped her, "Take it easy, the blood circulation will speed up your gastrointestinal movements and the toxins will be absorbed into the bloodstream.

As he said, he asked Da Ding to hold her to the side. Gongsun pressed on her tongue with a piece of bamboo in an unknown place, and the female dancer threw up, leaving a large puddle of yellowish-green liquid on the ground, which smelled pungent with the odour of chemical agents. Gongsun took a small sample of the liquid, opened a bottle of mineral water, and sprinkled those drugs in...

There was a loud clatter.

The other dancers and a few of the junior police officers jumped up in shock... They saw that the liquid had combusted as soon as it touched the water, and there was a crackling sound that seemed to be an explosion.

Although the female dancer vomited up most of the drug, her body was obviously still uncomfortable, and she was still yelling that she was thirsty.

Bai Yutang ordered someone to rush her to the hospital.

Ma Han and Zhao Hu sent her to the hospital first, and Gongsun followed to help facilitate the resuscitation.

Bai Jintang felt that dinner would be skipped, so he went to find a place where flowers bloomed for a while, and the twins left as well.

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao waited for the people from the forensics department to do the scene investigation and evidence collection before finally leaving.

At this time, it was already near dusk.

The two of them walked out of the "warehouse", and the factory looked very empty in the twilight.

Zhan Zhao had one hand in his pocket, and with the other hand, he held Bai Yutang's cell phone and surfed the internet. At this time, the videos had already been deleted from pretty much everywhere, and most of them could not be played, but the comments and other things were still there.

There were a variety of reactions online. Many people felt it wasn't good to spread this, and many were still forwarding it enthusiastically. A large number of SCI fans had surged online, and many people were saying that all the stars and celebrities are weak, and that people like Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao are the only ones who are handsome.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were not the only ones who were harassed by this video, Ma Han and Zhao Hu were also affected.

The angle at which the video was shot was high up, and the camera captured not only Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, but also the others.

When Ma Han walked over, Chen Jiayi hung on his arm as always, and the way Qi Le handed Zhao Hu a glass of water was too intimate... Thus, the police sweethearts of the two big stars were exposed. Although the netizens unanimously praised the two for having good eyes, Zhao Hu and Ma Han were not spared from having their identities investigated.

Fortunately, Jiang Ping's tactics were brilliant, and the situation was basically under control. In short, SCI was well and truly on fire today, and it's not clear whether it's a blessing or a curse, but in the short term, both of them had a feeling that they would encounter quite a lot of trouble.

As he was walking out, Bai Yutang suddenly slowed his pace and looked back.

Zhan Zhao was watching the video, and when he realised that Bai Yutang seemed to be lagging behind beside him, he stopped.

"Yutang?" Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang, "What's wrong?"

Bai Yutang pointed to the car up ahead, "Cat, get in and wait for me."

Zhan Zhao froze, but didn't say much and quickly ran towards the car.

Bai Yutang's car started automatically, Zhan Zhao had a sensor on him and when he arrived in front of it, the car automatically unlocked. Zhan Zhao got into the car, closed the door and pushed the lock button, then looked at Bai Yutang in the empty space outside the factory.

Bai Yutang saw that Zhan Zhao had already entered the car, so he turned back to look... At this time, two dots of light appeared in the distance.

Zhan Zhao frowned slightly... Those two dots of light in the twilight, looked like a train travelling far away. But Zhan Zhao knew... that it was impossible for a train to enter the factory building.

Sure enough, he saw that from the dark corner of the factory, two black motorcycles drove out side by side.

The two black-clothed, black-helmeted riders on the motorcycles were holding the handlebars in one hand and a long stun baton in the other.

Zhan Zhao was nervous, and blue spots of light appeared intermittently on the stun batons... It could be seen that they were in an electrified state.

Bai Yutang had heard the sound of the engines starting earlier, and looking at the situation in front of him, he understood.

Reaching out, Bai Yutang took off his coat, and held the short white jacket in his hand, but he didn't draw his gun.

With the engine sounds getting louder and louder, it was obvious that those two motorcycles were fully prepared. Suddenly accelerating, the two black-clothed men on the motorcycles waved the stun batons in their hands and rushed towards Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang stood still.

Zhan Zhao knew that Bai Yutang was waiting for the right moment and was a little nervous.

Just as the vehicles were four or five metres away from Bai Yutang, Bai Yutang suddenly dodged.

This dodging movement was extremely fast, and Zhan Zhao raised an eyebrow... It started!

Bai Yutang dashed towards a side wall.

The two drivers braced one foot on the ground, turned around and rushed straight over. It was obvious that their driving skills were good, and the one close to Bai Yutang's side arrived first.

But Bai Yutang didn't stop, instead he directly rushed up the wall.

Zhan Zhao helplessly lamented about Bai Yutang's amazing explosive power. He saw him step on the wall and run to almost the second floor, then stepped on the wall and jumped. At this moment, both riders tilted their faces up and watched as Bai Yutang jumped over them.

Bai Yutang directly jumped over the first motorcycle that arrived, and the second one couldn't brake sharply enough and also passed directly under Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang grabbed the two sleeves of his jacket with both hands, and wrapped it around the neck of the motorcyclist underneath him...

Boom.

As the motorcycle flew out and smashed into the wall, the rider was yanked off the motorcycle and into the air.

Bai Yutang's entire body somersaulted in the air. Crossing his arms, his jacket strangled the rider. Bai Yutang tilted his head to avoid his swinging stun baton, and after landing firmly on his feet, he threw him over his shoulder...

That rider swung round in the air... and fell directly to the ground.

Zhan Zhao grimaced, estimating that the rider's internal organs were shifted by the shock.

Bai Yutang pulled one sleeve of the jacket with one hand, and the whole person was jerked up like a firecracker. After turning three hundred and sixty degrees in the air, he fell heavily on his back. Bai Yutang did not slow down as he put on his jacket. Stepping on that driver's shoulder, he took the stun baton in his hand and raised his hand to throw it at the other driver in front of him who had just turned his motorcycle around...

The stun baton was not biassed, hitting him precisely on the front of his helmet.

Zhan Zhao tsked and shook his head, and through the car window, he heard a loud and clear thud.

That person's helmet was thrown away along with his entire body, and the stun baton was smashed to smithereens on the spot.

Bai Yutang slammed his foot down, and the man he had just stepped on screamed miserably... His shoulder was dislocated, and he could no longer get up.

Bai Yutang walked straight towards the black-clothed rider who had fallen to the ground. His helmet and stun baton had all flown out of reach, and he had climbed up with his bare hands and was ready to charge at him.

When the man arrived in front of him, Bai Yutang suddenly tilted his head. The man didn't understand what was going on, his feet tripped and he fell headlong in front of him. His left wrist ached, and when he looked back, a pair of handcuffs had been cuffed to his left hand.

Bai Yutang had already arrived behind him, raised his foot and kicked his back...

That rider fell directly next to the rider who was lying on his back from earlier. The other one hadn't understood what was going on yet, but felt his shoulder being grabbed by Bai Yutang again. He screamed miserably once again in severe pain, and at the same time, Bai Yutang grabbed his shoulder and shook it as if he was shaking his clothes.

With a click, his shoulder was relocated, but when he realised it, the handcuffs clicked around his right wrist.

He was shocked. Bai Yutang pressed the back of his head, and the back of the other's head was also pressed... The two riders came face to face with a thud, and the impact of the two made them dizzy. The two fell to the ground, face to face, with twisted arms. Their other arms were twisted strangely once again and were handcuffed with another pair of handcuffs.

The situation at this moment was awkward, the two big men hugged each other and rolled on the ground. Their arms were twisted several times before they were handcuffed, and they were wrapped tightly around each other and couldn't move.

After Bai Yutang threw them to the ground, the sound of clapping came from upstairs.

Zhan Zhao closed the car door and ran over with his phone, the whole process was no more than thirty seconds.

Bai Yutang took the phone and prepared to call someone while tilting his face up to look.

He saw that the commotion below had attracted a lot of onlookers upstairs. Many people were filming with their cell phones, and there were also people whistling.

Zhan Zhao squatted down to look at the two strangers who attacked Bai Yutang for no reason, then pinched his nose and stood up, "These two should also be sent directly to the hospital, or else all their teeth will be gone in a while."

Bai Yutang frowned – There was no end to it!

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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: August 12, 2023 by Angel

Edited: August 18, 2023 by Angel