S.C.I Mystery Vol. 1, Ch. 33

Killer Training Camp 05: Training Camp

Qi Le had brought the laptop, but she did not know the password. Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao decided to bring it back to their office to let Jiang Ping handle it.

They did not gain any important information from questioning the other members of the band. Unexpectedly, the relationships between the students were very deep. Their grief didn't seem to be fake.

Bai Yutang gave his phone number to Qi Le and the others so that they could contact him if they remembered anything else. Then he left M University with Zhan Zhao and drove back to the police station.

"The band members do not seem to be in good spirits." Zhan Zhao said in the car, frowning.

"They are all addicts. How could they possibly have good mentalities!" Bai Yutang was driving.

"They are only in their twenties, and they are all students. Which drugs could they be using?" Zhan Zhao asked puzzledly.

"Oh... it shouldn't be heroin or ice. It's probably cheap like ecstasy, or inhalants, or something. There are quite a few potential sources." Bai Yutang shook his head, "A waste of life."

"Generally speaking, people who have a specific hobby or specialty are less likely to use drugs." Zhan Zhao seemed a bit puzzled. "Even if Qi Lei used drugs because he was troubled by his illness, what about the other members of the band?"

"Maybe they feel empty..." Bai Yutang thought about it, "but this is a clue. Perhaps the source of the drugs will help the case."

"Should we ask officers from the drug division for help?"

Bai Yutang shook his head, "Let's have someone follow them first. We may find a clue from that!”

While they were talking, the two reached the police station.

Back at the S.C.I., the team members who had been sent to investigate had already returned. There were also two additional people in the office: the Ding family twins.

Bai Yutang pushed open the door and saw what the twins were distributing. They said, "This is the VIP Gold Card for the Catering Consumption branch of the Bai Group. You guys won’t have to spend any money to eat at the Bai restaurant chains around the world."

"What are you two doing?" Bai Yutang was angry.

"We’re helping the boss win people over!" The twins agreed.

"You two dare to come to the police station to bribe people. Are you looking for death?!" Bai Yutang glared at them and pointed at the door, "Get out!"

"Che, we are making personal contact. It isn’t against the law!" The twins both patted Zhao Hu’s shoulders at the same time, "Isn’t that right, brother?"

"Uh..." Zhao Hu hesitated, looking left and right at them before finally looking up at Bai Yutang. He was at a loss.

Bai Yutang stared at him fiercely.

"Uh... No~~~" Zhao Hu trembled.

"Ah? Aren't we good brothers?" The twins placed their hands over their hearts. "We’re so hurt~~~"

"Uh... yes~~~~" Zhao Hu quickly nodded.

"What?!" Bai Yutang glared at him fiercely.

"Uh... no... uh... that..." Zhao Hu looked at the twins next to him, and then looked at Bai Yutang in front of him, struggling for a while.

"Ya~~~~" Zhao Hu exclaimed and turned around and clung to Wang Chao behind him, "Why? Why? Why is it always me!!!"

...

After they had exhausted all their efforts, the Ding family's twins were finally sent way. Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang called everyone into the conference room.

"Jiang Ping, this is Qi Lei's computer, but we don’t have the password. Can you see if there is any way to get in?"

"No problem!" Jiang Ping took the computer and quickly turned it on. "Oh, it's just a simple user password. It can be entered in safe mode. I can be done in ten minutes!" Then, she got busy.

"What about the others?" Bai Yutang asked.

"I'll go first." Ma Han raised his hand, "I took the forensic team to the four crime scenes and found some problems." Then, he pulled out a set of photos and pointed at them.

"Regarding all four of these crimes, they should have only been done by a single person, namely Qi Lei."

"Why do you think that?" Everyone came together to look at the photos.

"The firing choices are all at about the same distance, 50 meters away," Ma Han said. "This is obviously a layman's approach!"

"A layman?" Everyone was puzzled.

Ma Han continued, "The Captain killed Qi Lei from 50 meters away that day, right?"

Bai Yutang nodded.

"The effective range of a normal pistol is about 50 to 100 meters, so professional snipers will not shoot from within 100 meters. The effective range of a sniper rifle is 800 to 1000 meters. If you shoot at such a close range, the bullet may penetrate through your target and hurt others. "

"What does that mean?" Zhan Zhao suddenly understood why Bai Yutang asked him to "speak Chinese" every time he did a psychoanalysis.

"Well, for a student, Qi Lei had a relatively complete grasp of the knowledge required for sniping. From the angle of the shot to the calculation of the wind direction and accuracy, he was very professional. This indicates that he had a lot of practice opportunities and theoretical knowledge. But ..." Ma Han paused "He didn't use the correct range."

"Oh~~" Bai Yutang nodded, "I see, you mean that his practice had a limited range!"

Ma Han nodded.

"Did he practice in a shooting range?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"I believe that is the case!" Ma Han said, "The length of most shooting ranges is within 50 to 100 meters. So, I went to the shooting ranges in this city to investigate and found out that Qi Lei was a member of the 'Guanglong' shooting club! "

"Guanglong?" Bai Yutang frowned. "That sounds familiar."

"Captain, how on Earth do you train your muscles if you never go to fitness clubs?" Wang Chao laughed, "Most of the fitness venues and sports clubs in S City are under the brand ‘Guanglong.’"

"Ah~~" Bai Yutang remembered. It did give him that impression.

"'Guanglong' is under the Pang Group! The boss should be Pang Yu." Wang Chao pointed out.

"Pang Yu?" Zhan Zhao looked a bit distracted. Where had he heard that name before...

"Kitty, do you know him?" Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao with a little surprise.

"No, but the name sounds familiar." Zhan Zhao thought about it with his head tilted. At the door of Dr. Wilson's lecture hall that day, the person he had met seemed to have called himself "Pang Yu."

"Are there any photos of him?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"Yes," Ma Han took one out and put it in front of Zhan Zhao.

The man in the photo had a cool appearance and sharp vibe, "I have seen this person before!" Zhan Zhao pointed at the photo and said, "He went to listen to Dr. Wilson's psychology lecture!"

"Is that the person who was talking to you at the entrance of the auditorium that day?" Bai Yutang also seemed to remember him somewhat. "What did he say to you?"

Zhan Zhao shook his head, "Nothing special. He just said that he had been to one of my lectures."

"Does he enjoy listening to lectures?" Zhao Hu was puzzled. "Isn't he a businessman? Why did he go to such a professional psychology lecture?"

"And!" Ma Han added, "I also found this person in the club member's profiles!" She took out another photo, "Do you remember him?"

Everyone looked down and was taken aback, "Li Feifan?"

"That’s the student who was stalking Kitty!" Bai Yutang's face was serious, "There seems to be some sort of deeper meaning to this."

Everyone nodded.

"Ma Han, look into this shooting club!"

"Relax, Boss!" Ma Han took out a card and said, "I’ve already prepared my membership."

Bai Yutang laughed, "You joker, be careful!"

"What about the other victims?" Zhan Zhao asked the Wang Chao and Zhang Long. "Do they have anything in common?"

"Ai~~" both sighed. "If they must have something in common, it’s that they are all good people."

"Good people?"

Zhang Long nodded and opened three copies of the victim's profiles. "A university lecturer, a businessman, a famous philanthropist, and a veterinarian at a pet hospital."

"Plus Dr. Wilson, the psychologist, and that Jon King, the movie actor."

"They practically have no relationship." Zhao Hu scratched his head.

"What are the Doctor and Jon doing now?" Bai Yutang asked.

"The Doctor has to stay in the hospital for treatment because of his sudden heart attack."

"Jon is going to be doing some filming soon."

"The safety of their lives must be guaranteed." Bai Yutang ordered.

"Relax, Ai Hu and the others have sent a lot of police officers to protect them, and they are being cooperative." Wang Chao said, "We are going to investigate them further."

"In terms of firearms, Xu Qing is still investigating, but the gun seems to be smuggled." Zhao Hu added.

Bai Yutang nodded, "Everyone continue to follow up! Zhao Hu, you go to M University and watch the members of ‘Boiling Point,’ especially Qi Le."

"Yes!"

"Here is my autopsy report." Gongsun submitted the post-mortem report on Qi Lei. "He has very serious evidence of self-harm, and he takes drugs!"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other. Sure enough...

"Boss! Come and see!" Jiang Ping, who was playing with the computer, suddenly shouted.

Everyone rushed over.

"There is a strange email. This was received on November 27, the day the sniping occurred." Jiang Ping opened the email:

"Time is up, wake up the demon! From now on, you are no longer you!"

Everyone was stunned.

"There are still more!" Jiang Ping opened several other emails and said, "There are four emails in total with the same content, and the dates of the other three emails are the days of the other three sniping cases."

"Who is the one who sent them?" Bai Yutang asked.

"The signature is... Killer Training Camp." Jiang Ping selected the sender's name box for everyone to see.

"...Killer Training Camp..." Zhan Zhao looked at the name in amazement. "Killer Training Camp?"

"Boss, look at the desktop of his computer." Jiang Ping navigated to the desktop display, and it was a black screen with a devil...

"Kitty, what does this mean?" Bai Yutang asked Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao was silent for a while, then said, "Someone was controlling Qi Lei to kill. Perhaps this Killer Training Camp is an assassination organization!"

"Hoo~~~" Bai Yutang sighed, "This case seems to be even more complicated than we expected! Jiang Ping, check on the sender."

"Yes! But it will be difficult! These identities are often fake."

Zhan Zhao hesitated a moment, and said, "We need to do it as soon as possible! There might be more victims."

Then, everyone’s expressions became serious at the same time.

Zhan Zhao followed Bai Yutang into his office. "Yutang, I'm a little worried."

"What's wrong?" Bai Yutang noticed Zhan Zhao's uneasiness.

"According to the description Qi Le and the others gave us, Qi Lei's condition was not serious at the beginning. It has deteriorated sharply recently."

"So what?" Bai Yutang was puzzled.

"I think it could be that the deterioration in his condition was caused by psychological induction! Moreover, the guide is malicious!" Zhan Zhao said, "This is a very difficult psychological task and it is quite dangerous!"

Bai Yutang was silent.

"I don't know when this started. Psychology can be used as a murder weapon." Zhan Zhao reluctantly said, "Sometimes it seems to be more effective than a gun."

Bai Yutang patted him on the shoulder and wanted to say a few words of comfort...

Dididdididdid～～～～

His cellphone rang and Bai Yutang pulled it out. As soon as the screen turned on, his face turned white. "Kitty!" He raised his hand and threw the phone to Zhan Zhao, "First-level alert!"

Zhan Zhao grabbed the mobile phone instinctively. He glanced at the screen—Mom.

He quickly threw the phone back, "You pick it up!"

"Help me! Just say I'm not here!" Bai Yutang threw it again.

"I won't! I won't lie! You do this every time!"

The phone continued to ring, and after a few round trips in the air, Bai Yutang caught it. He pressed the call button and threw it to Zhan Zhao again.

"Hey! You!" Zhan Zhao wanted to throw it back again, but the person on the other end of the phone had heard his voice.

"Hey? Hello? Isn't Xiao Zhao?"

Having no choice but to give Bai Yutang an angry look, Zhan Zhao answered the phone, "Hey, Aunt."

"Xiao Zhao, is Yutang next to you?" Mrs. Bai's voice was as gentle and loving as ever.

"Ah... Yutang~~" Zhan Zhao looked up at Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang quickly waved.

"Oh~~ He's not here."

"He’s not there? Then I will just tell you. You two remember to come eat at our house for dinner tonight."

"Dinner?" Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang again.

Bai Yutang waved his hand harder, indicating that he should refuse!!!

"Auntie, we already have something else to do tonight..." Zhan Zhao said.

"Hmm~" Mrs. Bai was silent on the other side of the phone for a while, then she said, "Xiao Zhao, turn the phone on speakerphone and put the person who is gesturing to you on."

"..." Helpless, Zhan Zhao had to press the speakerphone button and pointed the phone at Bai Yutang.

They heard a cough on the other side of the phone, and then the gentle and sweet voice disappeared. It was replaced by a fierce roar, "Bai Yutang! You two, come home for dinner tonight! Otherwise, I will print photos of both of you wearing women's clothing and post them on the entrance to your police station!!! "

"Bang~~" The phone hung up.

Shocked, they shook their heads to clear their ringing ears and sighed.

Finally, Bai Yutang yelled at the spectators crowded at the door, "What are you looking at?! Go to out and investigate the case!"

Covering their laughter, they fled in all directions~~

That night, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang obediently returned to the Bai's home in the urban area. Unsurprisingly, Mrs. Zhan was cooking in the kitchen with Mrs. Bai. In the living room, Bai Yunwen and Zhan Qitian were drinking tea and chatting. There was also a somewhat rotund middle-aged man sitting with them.

"Dad, Uncle," The two children obediently greeted them.

The middle-aged man looked at the two with a smile, "This is Yutang and Xiao Zhao? They’ve gotten so big. The police elite! Hahaha~~" He was very straightforward and gave Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang a moment of confusion.

"He is your Third Uncle," Bai Yunwen laughed. "He’s my cousin, Bai Feng. You've all met him when you were young."

"Third Uncle." They obediently greeted him.

"Yutang, the child of your Third Uncle's family—that is, your cousin—graduated from the police academy this year and was just assigned to S City Bureau. You must take care of him!" Bai Yunwen instructed.

"Bai Chi! Your cousin is here, come out and greet him." Bai Feng called in the direction of the kitchen.

When Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang heard this name, they appeared momentarily dazed.

Then, a nervous-looking young man followed Mrs. Bai out from the kitchen. After taking off his police uniform and changing to casual clothes, he looked younger. Someone who didn’t know him would think he was a college student... It was the man from the night before—the little policeman from the roof.

Bai Chi smiled awkwardly at Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, "Team... Team ... Leader Bai."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang glanced at each other, surprised and a bit amused.

"Haha~~" Bai Yunwen laughed. "What Team Leader Bai? This is at home! Call him Brother! Both of them are your brothers."

…………

Bai Chi lowered his head, blushed, and opened his mouth to speak. He only said “Brother” after a long pause.

Zhan Zhao blinked at Bai Yutang, meaning, "This is rare. You have a person such as this in the Bai family?"

Bai Yutang also blinked, "Don't you think that he doesn't look like he’s from the Bai family? He must have been adopted."

Zhan Zhao stared, "You are not kind, White Mouse!"

Bai Yutang shrugged. "I’ll be in trouble later."

Bai Chi made eye contact with his two brothers, and his face became red again. "What should I do. They saw me in such a humiliating situation yesterday... they will surely look down on me." He ducked his head down again for a few more minutes...



Large hail, discolour'd water, sleety flaw

Through the dun midnight air stream'd down amain:

Stank all the land whereon that tempest fell.



Cerberus, cruel monster, fierce and strange,

Through his wide threefold throat barks as a dog

Over the multitude immers'd beneath.

His eyes glare crimson, black his unctuous beard,

His belly large, and claw'd the hands, with which

He tears the spirits, flays them, and their limbs

Piecemeal disparts. Howling there spread, as curs,

Under the rainy deluge, with one side

The other screening, oft they roll them round,

A wretched, godless crew. When that great worm

Descried us, savage Cerberus, he op'd

His jaws, and the fangs show'd us; not a limb

Of him but trembled. Then my guide, his palms

Expanding on the ground, thence filled with earth

Rais'd them, and cast it in his ravenous maw.

——"Divine Comedy"—From the third layer of Hell



Di~~~ The email appeared again on the screen.

"Only you can rescue them!"
With a bang, the screen was shattered by a falling stool. The figure sat in the corner, holding his head. Hoarse screams rang through the room.

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