S.C.I Mystery Series Volume 5 Chapter 194

Special Files – Witches 41 – Mole

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At the most critical moment, just three floors away from the banquet hall, the Leapfrog Killer suddenly stopped and made a phone call.

Almost simultaneously, in the banquet hall where Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were, three people answered their phones... Coincidentally, all three were actors related to the production team: Tony, Lin Tian, and Su Feifei.

Both Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao frowned, and Zhao Jue also turned to look.

Lin Tian's call was a video call. Holding the phone, he made a V sign to his daughter and said, "Daddy is busy now. I'll play with you when I get home tonight."

Xu Lie, who was behind Lin Tian, also leaned over and waved at the little girl in the video, saying, "Zhen Zhen~"

Zhan Zhao then turned his gaze to Tony and Su Feifei.

Su Feifei seemed startled when she received the call. She quickly ran to a quieter place to answer it, looking quite respectful, as if speaking to an elder.

Tony yawned and lazily said he was at a press conference and would be busy all day.

While speaking, he looked around and noticed Zhan Zhao and the others watching him from the door. He turned around and continued his conversation.

"The Leapfrog Killer has gone down," Bai Yutang said to Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao also noticed in the video that the Leapfrog Killer, after hanging up the phone, suddenly started heading downstairs, looking quite anxious as if he was preparing to escape.

"Boss, what should we do?" Zhao Hu and Ma Han, who had been coming up the stairs, were now around the tenth floor.

Zhan Zhao nodded to Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang said to Zhao Hu and Ma Han, "Stop him!"

Ma Han and Zhao Hu immediately ran upstairs.

Bai Yutang also ran out and waited in the stairwell, preparing to attack the Leapfrog Killer from both sides.

At this moment, the Leapfrog Killer suddenly glanced at his phone again before leaving the stairwell at the fifteenth floor and running to the elevator.

Bai Yutang frowned – Was someone informing him about the pursuers?

Both Zhan Zhao and Zhao Jue were scanning the banquet hall, wondering if there was an informant inside... In modern society, almost everyone has a phone, and at least half the people are always looking at their screens.

Most people in the banquet hall were waiting for the press conference. Apart from a few engaged in conversations, most were scrolling through their phones.

Xu Lie was chatting with Chen Mi about Xiao Yumi.

Zhan Zhao realised that the person who accurately informed the Leapfrog Killer could only be in two places, either in the banquet hall or in the surveillance room.

The surveillance room was filled with police officers, making it unlikely that someone could tamper with it.

There had been no issues when capturing the other five suspects earlier, so why had the last one, the Leapfrog Killer, suddenly become uncontrollable?

By now, Bai Yutang had reached the elevator and pressed the button to go up.

However, the elevator stopped on the nineteenth floor, where the Leapfrog Killer rushed out and ran to the other side of the corridor.

Bai Yutang ran downstairs and coincidentally met Ma Han and Zhao Hu coming up. The three of them chased after the Leapfrog Killer together.

In the banquet hall, Bai Ye had returned. Seeing Bai Yutang absent, he asked, "Where is he?"

Zhan Zhao and Zhao Jue looked at him in confusion – They hadn't seen Bai Ye in the elevator or the stairwell earlier.

"Uncle Ye, how did you get up here?" Zhan Zhao wondered.

Bai Ye pointed to the twins coming in at the door, saying, "I took the elevator."

"Elevator?" Zhan Zhao grabbed Xiao Ding, who was passing by, and asked him, "Is there another elevator?"

Xiao Ding said, "There's an exclusive elevator the Big Brother uses..."

"Isn't that only for Brother?"

"We and Gongsun can use it too, but it only stops at specific floors, such as the floor the banquet hall is on..."

Zhan Zhao quickly notified Bai Yutang, but it was too late.

Bai Yutang discovered that the Leapfrog Killer had reached the end of the corridor and taken another stairwell to the twentieth floor.

The elevator stopped at the twentieth floor, and the Leapfrog Killer entered and closed the door, heading upwards.

Ma Han and Zhao Hu waited to see where the elevator would stop, while Bai Yutang shouted, "To the rooftop!"

Being Bai Jintang's younger brother, Bai Yutang knew that his older brother had a dedicated elevator in all Bai Group buildings. The elevator stopped at specific floors, such as the rooftop, ground floor, banquet hall, and conference rooms. Other floors required a fingerprint or password.

Earlier, Gongsun had also taken this elevator to go straight to Bai Jintang's office on the top floor.

While running upstairs, Bai Yutang called his older brother.

At this moment, Bai Jintang had just changed into a new suit, and Gongsun was helping him with his tie... Gongsun, not particularly skilled at tying ties, had wrapped it around three times and felt it wasn't right. After undoing it and trying twice more, he became a bit frustrated.

Bai Jintang loved seeing Gongsun frustrated, standing with his hands in his pockets, watching him fiddle with the tie.

When the phone rang, he saw it was Bai Yutang calling and answered, "Hello..."

"Brother!" Bai Yutang shouted, "A serial killer is heading to the rooftop, lock the door!"

Bai Yutang's voice was loud enough for Gongsun to hear.

Bai Jintang walked to the door and said, "Why lock the door? I'll help you catch him..."

"No, it might be dangerous!" Bai Yutang was already near the top floor office.

Bai Jintang opened the door and saw the elevator door open not far away... The Leapfrog Killer came out, saw Bai Yutang and Bai Jintang, turned, and ran in the opposite direction.

Bai Yutang was a bit speechless. How many elevators and staircases were there in this building?

Ma Han and Zhao Hu went up the stairs to block him, but the Leapfrog Killer didn't go downstairs, instead, he ran upstairs.

Bai Jintang said, "He might be heading to the rooftop..."

Bai Yutang rushed to the rooftop and was startled upon opening the door... He had expected the rooftop to be empty, but there was a stage with a bunch of chairs in front of it, a table on the stage, and a champagne tower on the table.

The Leapfrog Killer ran up and saw Bai Yutang chasing after him. He tried to run further but tripped over a chair and fell onto the stage... He stumbled, knocking over the table and breaking hundreds of glasses.

In the office, Bai Jintang and Gongsun heard a loud crash from the rooftop.

Bai Jintang held his forehead.

Gongsun asked, "What's wrong?"

Bai Jintang replied helplessly, "We were supposed to announce at midnight that Qi Le's band would be holding a concert on the rooftop..."

Gongsun blinked and asked, "This rooftop?"

Bai Jintang shook his head, "Of course, this rooftop."

......

The Leapfrog Killer scrambled onto the stage.

Bai Yutang caught up, but the Leapfrog Killer jumped off the other side of the stage, ran around to the back, tripped over something and fell again.

When Bai Yutang, Zhao Hu, and Ma Han reached the back of the stage... they were speechless. The other half of the rooftop looked like a balcony room with a huge sofa and an empty champagne bottle on the ground... The Leapfrog Killer had tripped over the bottle.

Zhao Hu was curious, "Isn't the sofa going to get wet if left outside?"

Ma Han smirked – Maybe it's more fun if it's wet...

Zhao Hu glanced at Ma Han, surprised – Xiao Ma Ge, are you making a dirty joke? I didn't expect you to be like this, Xiao Ma Ge.

Ma Han waved his hand speechlessly, signalling him to focus on catching the Leapfrog Killer.

The Leapfrog Killer stepped on the coffee table, leapt over the sofa and climbed to the edge of the high-rise.

Bai Yutang was a bit speechless. Even though he wasn't afraid of heights, this was the thirtieth floor. Couldn't the Leapfrog Killer cause trouble somewhere lower? The wind was strong and unsettling.

There were thick white railings all around the rooftop, high enough to reach above one's chest. The Leapfrog Killer, however, jumped over and stood outside the railing, holding onto it with both hands.

Bai Yutang raised his hand to signal to him – Don't be impulsive.

Ma Han and Zhao Hu were puzzled – This kid could have run downstairs, so why go to the rooftop? Was he planning to die?

At this moment, Zhan Zhao and Zhao Jue also arrived.

Seeing the mess on the stage, they went around to the back.

Zhao Jue was drawn to the large sofa and couldn't help but spit out, "Some people are so busy they can't even watch a movie, while others play all day and still succeed. The differences in the adult world are stark."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang glared at him.

Zhao Jue looked at the Leapfrog Killer hanging outside the building. Seeing his manic and excited expression, Zhao Jue frowned – It didn't look good.

Zhan Zhao also sensed that this was the moment the Leapfrog Killer had been waiting for, and estimated that talking him down would be futile.

Sure enough, the Leapfrog Killer stood at the high point, spread his arms, and shouted, "I will live forever!"

Under everyone's speechless and confused gazes, the Leapfrog Killer fell backwards.

Everyone frowned.

Bai Yutang ran to the railing. Below the Bai Group's hotel was a bustling downtown area. If someone fell, Bai Yutang foresaw that his older brother would be on the front page again tomorrow.

Strangely, there were no screams from pedestrians below.

Bai Yutang climbed the railing and looked down... no one... pedestrians were walking normally below.

Bai Yutang was stunned – Where had the Leapfrog Killer gone? He quickly turned around and ran downstairs.

Everyone else followed him down.

After leaving the rooftop, Bai Yutang ran into Bai Jintang's office and saw Bai Jintang standing on the windowsill, closing the window.

Gongsun was at the desk, searching for how to tie a tie on his phone.

On the office floor lay the Leapfrog Killer, dizzy and dazed from his fall.

It turned out that the rooftop sofa was located directly above Bai Jintang's office, and there was a staircase in the hidden room of his office leading up to it.

Bai Jintang had heard the commotion above but couldn't make it out clearly. When he heard someone shout "I will live forever," he opened the window.

Since it was a high-rise, the window opened upwards.

Just as Bai Jintang opened the window, the Leapfrog Killer fell, and his belt got caught on the window handle.

Brother Bai, caught off guard, pulled him inside.

The window was small, just for ventilation, and quite high. Bai Jintang pulled him in with ease, but the Leapfrog Killer's limbs and head got banged up by the window.

Bai Jintang, holding the Leapfrog Killer by the leg and pulling him in headfirst, asked Gongsun, "Who is this?"

Gongsun glanced at him and said, "A serial killer."

Bai Jintang, slightly disgusted, let go, dropping the Leapfrog Killer to the floor.

After dusting off his hands, Bai Jintang closed the window, thinking – Just narrowly avoided another headline. Couldn't these people cause trouble somewhere else instead of my Bai Group...

Zhao Hu and Ma Han were relieved, thankful that Bai Jintang was born with supernatural strength, otherwise, the Leapfrog Killer falling from that height might have hit someone below.

The Leapfrog Killer, failing at his suicide attempt, was furious, screaming and struggling.

Ma Han and Zhao Hu handcuffed him and took him back to the SCI office. Despite some chaos, all six were captured... 666!

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao gathered to figure out who had been helping the Leapfrog Killer from the inside.

Bai Yutang called Jiang Ping, who said the issue likely wasn't from the surveillance room.

Zhan Zhao seemed to have a suspect in mind and beckoned Bai Yutang over.

Bai Yutang leaned in as Zhan Zhao whispered a few words.

Bai Yutang looked surprised and asked, "Cat, are you sure?"

Zhan Zhao nodded.

Nearby, Gongsun finally succeeded in tying Bai Jintang's tie after watching a video, though the tie was now wrinkled.

Bai Jintang thought the tie's pattern was too flashy...

Gongsun patted him – Warding off evil!

Bai Jintang nodded – Thoughtful!

Zhao Jue came over and poked Bai Jintang.

Bai Jintang looked at him.

Zhao Jue pointed upwards, saying, "I want that sofa too!"

Big Brother Bai told him to ask the twins. Zhao Jue picked up the phone and asked Bai Ye for the dimensions of their rooftop.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang glanced over.

Bai Jintang asked them, "Do you two want one?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang turned away, saying, "What's the use of a sofa, we just ordered a hot tub!"

With that, they headed downstairs.

Bai Jintang stroked his chin – Hot tub? That sounded nice for winter!

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang returned to the banquet hall.

Since the fall hadn't happened and there was no commotion, the people in the hall were unaware of what had transpired.

At this time, several key personnel were already seated on the stage, being interviewed by the host while a trailer was playing on the big screen behind them.

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao walked in together.

Bai Yutang stared at someone, pondering what Zhan Zhao had said earlier.

Zhan Zhao took out his phone and snapped a photo of that person.

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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: July 1, 2024 by Angel

Edited: December 24, 2024 by Soojin