S.C.I Mystery Series Volume 5 Chapter 32

Inheritor of the Three Murderers 01 – Eye Disease

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In the lounge of the SCI office, after bathing, cutting his hair, shaving his beard and other processes, the "eyewitness" who was rescued by Zhan Zhao and the others from the dump finally appeared in front of the crowd in a clean and tidy manner.

You couldn't tell how old this person was. According to his face, he should be around forty years old, but with his pale skin and thin body, he looks... how should I describe it? It's somewhat interesting!

He has a sharp face!

What kind of face is considered sharp? It's not that the chin or head is pointed, but rather sharp edges, without much face fat.

What's more interesting is that he was born blind, but he has a pair of unusually deep eyes, and if that pair of weird white eyes were replaced with normal eyes, this person would be described as a middle-aged man with a pair of sharp eyes.

The vagrant, who was called "A'Mo", seemed to be in a state of shock, and seemed very nervous as he sat on the sofa.

However, for a blind man, it was normal for him to be nervous when he was asked to leave his familiar surroundings and go to an unfamiliar environment.

Bai Chi poured him a cup of hot tea and caught his hand to hold it.

The SCI crowd gathered in the office to observe the "witness".

Wang Daping sat in a swivel chair, holding his chin and sighing.

Jiang Ping has some sympathy for him, after all, he had been in prison for ten years!

Zhan Zhao said, "If he was truly worthless there wouldn't be armed assassins going after him."

Wang Daping nodded, "I know, it's just that this all seems to be beyond the scope of what my intellect can comprehend."

After saying that, he spread his hands, "So that means I've still been working in vain for ten years."

Bai Yutang looked at A'Mo again and asked Zhan Zhao, "What about Zhao Jue and the others?"

Zhan Zhao spread his hands, he had been looking for them since earlier. Zhao Jue had disappeared for no reason. With his character, there was no way he wouldn't have followed along to catch the witnesses, in other words, he had something urgent to deal with.

At this time, Yang Fan and Hao Ling who received the call both came with medical kits.

The two brothers, Lan Qi and Lan Xi, also came. The two of them were dressed in formal attire and looked quite handsome.

Hao Ling's white coat was covering a nice evening gown, so Zhan Zhao asked the two brothers in some confusion, "Drinking wedding wine?"

Lan Qi and Lan Xi looked at the two speechlessly, "Isn't today the Bai Group's tenth-anniversary reception?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang froze and then drew a breath of cool air... The two of them came up with the bad idea of encouraging Bai Jintang to organise a big banquet, inviting guests and friends from all walks of life, so that they could observe that mysterious Yue Hai in the meantime. Who knew that in the end the two of them would forget about this matter!

Outside, Gongsun slipped in with a medical flashlight and asked, "Are you guys prepared to be beaten up by your brother if you don't go change?"

The crowd hurriedly ran to change their clothes.

Hao Ling and Yang Fan checked A'Mo's eyes.

Gongsun curiously asked, "Does he have cataracts? Why do his eyes appear white and cloudy?"

Hao Ling tilted her head and looked at A'Mo while rubbing her chin, "This is really rare! I've never seen this kind of case before."

Yang Fan pushed his glasses up and said, "He should have been born with an eye disease, I think I've seen this kind of case somewhere."

Bai Yutang was a bit puzzled and asked Zhan Zhao, who ran back after grabbing his suit jacket and changing his shirt, "If he can't see, then why did they send assassins to kill him?"

Zhan Zhao shook his head as he tied his tie, handing Bai Yutang's suit jacket to him in passing.

"Could it be that he heard something if he didn't see it?" Bai Chi asked.

Zhan Zhao, on the other hand, shook his head, "It feels like it shouldn't be that simple."

Bai Chi tried to talk to A'Mo for a bit, but in addition to being easily frightened, he indeed seemed to be a bit muddled, his speech was vague and he was unable to express his emotions. But to say that he was crazy, it didn't seem to be the case; he could understand what others said, and he understood when he was told to sit down, stand up, drink tea, and so on.

Zhan Zhao was obviously extremely interested in A'Mo, but it was too late to study him now because the banquet was about to start, and they would probably be beaten up if they stood Bai Jintang up at this time. Moreover, the opportunity was rare, and Yue Hai's mysterious identity was an important clue.

Just, how were they going to keep A'Mo safe?

Although the police station should be the safest place, the several previous cases that happened inside the police station made the crowd unable to relax.

"The safest way is to bring him with us." Zhan Zhao suddenly spoke.

Bai Yutang asked Zhan Zhao, "You mean, bring him to the banquet?"

Zhan Zhao nodded, "Bring him to the banquet, Yue Hai is also there, there might be an unexpected discovery. Since he's a witness, regardless of whether he can see or not, if he can meet the killer again, then he will definitely notice something. Even if he doesn't notice anything, someone who has an agenda against him shouldn't let go of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

Bai Yutang frowned slightly, seemingly thinking that Zhan Zhao's plan was feasible.

At this moment, a voice could be heard coming from outside the door, "Indeed a good method."

Everyone turned around, only to see that Zhao Jue and Bai Ye had returned.

Zhao Jue stroked his chin as he sized up A'Mo, staring at his nearly pure white muddy eyes, an unconcealable excitement on his face.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang glanced at each other and could tell that Zhao Jue knew something they didn't, something about A'Mo. But, with Zhao Jue's character, he shouldn't take the initiative to say it, and as for asking him if he would say it, that would depend on the situation.

Bai Ye walked over and said to Bai Yutang, "If we bring him to the banquet, it will be very effective, but there are certain risks."

Bai Yutang frowned, "You mean, risk from which side?"

"When you guys went looking for him, there were already assassins who arrived, right?" Bai Ye asked.

Bai Yutang nodded.

Bai Ye raised an eyebrow, "This should be the first wave."

"That means that there will be subsequent waves of assassins arriving?" Zhan Zhao asked, "There are a lot of people at the banquet venue, so something might go wrong?"

"With the venue that the twins have arranged, security shouldn't be a big problem, let them know in advance and it won't be a big mess." Bai Ye was quite confident in the twins, "But... it's the same as telling the world that the witness is here."

"Are there a lot of people looking for the witness?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Bai Ye smiled, "He's the only one after all, and you know how many people have gathered in S City recently."

"Didn't those killers come to find G?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"Everyone is looking for G for the same purpose." Zhao Jue circled A'Mo with his hands behind his back, then reached out and poked A'Mo's neck, as if to sense the feeling.

A'Mo turned his face to look at Zhao Jue based on the feeling.

"An enemy of an enemy can be a partner, if not a friend." Bai Ye said, "It might take a little more effort for some communication."

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao both frowned, how could they work together? People like Eleven were among the top professional killers, and they couldn't be controlled, it was too difficult to cooperate.

Here, Zhao Jue suddenly snapped his fingers at Ma Han, beckoning as he did so, as if he was asking for something. 

Ma Han fished out a lighter and threw it to him.

Everyone blinked - Ma Han actually knew what Zhao Jue wanted from him.

Zhao Hu's arm touched Ma Han, which meant - Is this the effect of him hypnotising you last time?

Ma Han was also a bit confused, did he judge through Zhao Jue's gestures that he wanted a lighter, or was he really controlled by him? Just now, after seeing him move, he instinctively thought of a lighter, it was definitely an instinctive reaction!

Zhan Zhao glanced at Zhao Jue and didn't say much.

Zhao Jue flicked on the lighter, and the moment the fire sprang up, A'Mo's head turned around, those white eyes staring at the fire.

As Zhao Jue slowly moved the fire, A'Mo's head slowly turned along with it.

Yang Fan and Hao Ling on the side were curious, "Light-sensitive?"

"If they're light-sensitive, why aren't they reacting to the flashlight?" Ma Xin wondered.

"It's not light-sensitive." Gongsun suddenly spoke, "It's heat-sensitive..."

"What do you mean?" Everyone's eyes widened.

Xiatian asked, "Is it the same as a snake's eyes?!"

With a pop, Zhao Jue closed the lighter, and the look on his face could be described as jumping for joy as he stared at A'Mo and said, "Inheritor!"

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao in disbelief - Inheritor? Some kind of specialised term?

Zhan Zhao also frowned, there was no such term as "inheritor" in any discipline of psychology, besides, who in this world is not an inheritor?

Thinking of this, Zhan Zhao suddenly seemed to understand something, he slightly opened his mouth and looked towards A'Mo.

Bai Yutang keenly noticed this dawning realisation expression on Zhan Zhao's face and looked right at him.

Zhao Jue slightly raised the corner of his mouth, expressing satisfaction at Zhan Zhao's epiphany.

Seeing Bai Yutang looking at him, Zhan Zhao alerted, "He's not blind!"

Gongsun also nodded, "He probably really isn't blind, he just has a rare genetic disease in his eyes that allows him to see temperatures..."

Bai Yutang thought for a moment and also understood, asking Zhan Zhao, "That means that if he was a witness, what he saw was not that person's face, but that person's temperature or heat?"

Zhan Zhao said, "How about a test!"

Saying this, Zhan Zhao asked A'Mo, "Would you like another cup of tea?"

The cup in A'Mo's hand was already empty, he clearly understood and nodded.

Zhan Zhao said, "The person who just poured you tea... give them the cup."

A'Mo slowly turned his head and handed the cup accurately to Bai Chi, who was standing not far behind him.

The crowd was surprised.

Zhan Zhao then asked, "Who poked you in the neck just now?"

A'Mo turned his head again, his face facing in Zhao Jue's direction.

Zhao Hu's mouth opened wide in surprise, "Is he blind or not then?"

"Blind!" Zhan Zhao said, "He can't see what we can all see, but he can see what none of us can see!"

"What things?" Zhao Hu began to keep his mouth wide open again.

"Temperature!" Zhan Zhao said.

The two medical staff, Yang Fan and Hao Ling, stared at A'Mo's eyes with great interest.

Gongsun said, "It's indeed magical!"

"Can you explain it specifically?" Ma Han asked.

"Although the people in the world are the same species, people are fundamentally different from each other, and there are no two people in the world that are exactly the same! Each person has information that belongs to him or her, and there are more and more pieces of information known to be used to discern people, fingerprints, DNA, pupil membranes, voices, and so on. But in addition to the known things, there are also unknown things! For example, each person's temperature, odour, brain waves, electromagnetic fields, and so on." Zhan Zhao said, "In addition to our appearance, we actually have countless, unique barcodes affixed to our bodies, it's just that our naked eyes can't read them at all."

Everyone understood.

Bai Chi poured another cup of tea for A'Mo and handed it to him, saying, "It's true that he can't see anything, but he can somehow see everyone's temperature, this unique barcode, right?"

"It's impossible to be camouflaged!" Zhan Zhao was a bit excited, "We can't figure out what exactly he is using to identify people, so it's possible that he can see more messages that we simply can't see! It's impossible for a person to disguise traits that they are unaware of and can't control! Who can control the heat they emit? Who can control the magnetic field around them? Even the most clever disguise would have nothing to hide from him!"

Everyone turned their faces to look at A'Mo.

Bai Yutang nodded, "Even those whose faces won't be remembered can't escape his eyes, he's a unique witness!"

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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: January 29, 2024 by Angel

Edited: April 29, 2024 by Angel