S.C.I. Mystery Vol. 1, Ch. 40

Killer Training Camp 12: Fate

The two returned to the garden again, but found that Pang Yu, who had been standing there, was gone.

They looked at each other, and Zhan Zhao shrugged, "He got away."

Bai Yutang laughed foolishly. It seemed that in the eyes of this Cat, he was the most important.

Zhan Zhao rolled his eyes.

At that time, Professor Wilson walked to the center of the garden with a wine glass and said, "I'm glad everyone is here today. This experience made me fully realize how important the heart is to the psychiatrist. "

The humorous words attracted the laughter of the guests and friends present.

"Cheers! Let's have a toast! For health." Then, Wilson toasted.

Everyone raised their glasses and drank.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang didn't have glasses in their hands, so naturally they didn't need to drink... Thus, they saw something unusual.

They saw Dr. Wilson's wife, the dignified Mrs. Laura, suddenly and hurriedly walked towards Wilson.

A cold light flashed.

Bai Yutang shouted, "Watch out!"

Laura had raised her knife...

The knife pierced into Wilson's abdomen. Bai Yutang's "watch out" had made Wilson turn around, so he was stabbed the front rather than the side.

Laura yanked out her knife and raised her hand again.

At that point, Bai Yutang had flown over and flung her away. He grabbed her wrist, and the knife fell to the ground.

However, Laura, who had once been gentle and quiet, now seemed to be crazy. She was struggling fiercely, attempting to pounce on the knife on the ground.

Bai Yutang restrained her forcefully, and he felt that this old woman's strength was astonishing... Something was wrong. He looked up at the useless security guards standing to the side and shouted, "What are you doing? Come and help!"

The security guards started as though they had woken up from a dream and quickly walked over and held down the desperately resisting Laura.

Zhan Zhao had called both an ambulance and the police.

Dr. Wilson had covered his belly and fallen into a pool of blood, but he was still conscious. He looked at his screaming wife in disbelief, and said to the security guards with his remaining strength, "Don't hurt her..."

Ambulances and police cars arrived as soon as possible. Wilson was taken to the hospital and Laura was taken away by the police.

Bai Yutang patted off the dust and looked at Zhan Zhao who had come over to his side.

"Kitty, what do you think?"

Zhan Zhao frowned, "It's weird..."

"Right!" Bai Yutang nodded. "She was like a demon. I’ve never seen an old lady so aggressive."

"Like a demon?" Zhan Zhao muttered.

"She was like someone else!" Bai Yutang tidied up his clothes but suddenly hesitated. "Someone else?"

Zhan Zhao nodded, then glanced around, and said to Bai Yutang, "Pang Yu is gone."

Bai Yutang frowned. This matter was too strange. He took out his mobile phone and called the S.C.I.

"Hey~~~" The call was picked up immediately, and Bai Yutang was briefly surprised before realizing that it was Bai Chi who had answered the call.

"Bai Chi, are you alone in the office?"

"En... En." Bai Chi looked around. Jiang Ping was lying on the table, drooling. Zhao Hu had taken care of Qi Le for an entire day and was sleeping on the sofa.

"You're going to the city hospital right now," Bai Yutang said succinctly. "Wilson was stabbed by someone. You go there and wait and call me as soon as you know the situation."

"Uh..." Bai Chi just wanted to say something, but Bai Yutang had hung up.

Looking around, Jiang Ping and Zhao Hu were still snoring. Bai Chi scratched his head and then picked up his bag and flew out in a hurry.

In the office, Zhao Hu sat up while still snoring. He looked at Jiang Ping, who was also awake. "Does it matter if the little one goes alone?"

Jiang Ping wiped her saliva. "Let him exercise."

The garden of the villa was full of policemen, and the guests were a bit frightened. Jon King was slumped in his chair and staring straight ahead.

Bai Yutang looked at the scene with an ashen face. A police officer handed him a small handbag. It was Laura's.

After opening the handbag and looking in it, Bai Yutang's face became a little worse. Zhan Zhao quickly rushed up and saw Bai Yutang taking out a small medicine bottle from the handbag, which was half full of colored pills. There is also a card in the bag, exactly like the two in the white envelopes sent to Dr. Wilson: a black card, red writing, and a demon with a sickle.

The murderer had committed a crime right before their eyes, and they were furious.

"Send it for identification." He passed the bottle over to the police officer.

Didididdididi～～～～～～ The phone rang.

Bai Yutang picked up.

"Hello? ... Brother..."

"Bai Chi? How is the professor?" Bai Yutang was anxious.

"No... nothing." Bai Chi said, "No fatal injuries..."

Bai Yutang breathed a sigh of relief. Zhan Zhao, who had been nervously watching his facial expressions, was also relieved.

"Brother..." Bai Chi seemed to have something to say, "When the professor was in a coma, he kept saying... 'Son of the Devil.'"

Bai Yutang frowned, "Son of the Devil?"

"En..." Bai Chi nodded. "He didn’t say anything else."

"Very good!" Bai Yutang said, "I have sent police officers to protect him. Be careful while you head home."

"Okay.”

After hanging up, Bai Chi walked around twice with a smile. Just now, his brother had said "good." Yay~~~ His superhuman brother had praised him.

He rushed out of the hospital cheerfully. After thinking about it, he decided to go back on the subway. Taxis were so expensive~~

Panting to the subway station, he caught the last train at the last second.

Bai Chi sat on the seat gasping. He was so tired, but so happy...

Today was the happiest day of his life. He leaned back in the seat and thought about the day’s good things: He had moved to the S.CI. in the morning and everyone was very kind, he had helped with their case analysis in the afternoon, his mission was successful in the evening (although it was not dangerous), he was praised by Bai Yutang, and, finally, he had successfully caught the last subway!!! Bai Chi's life seemed like it was going to be different from then on!

After breathing for a long time, he finally calmed down… only to find that he was the only one in the carriage... No, there was another person over there.

There was a man lying on a chair at the rear of the carriage.

The man was wearing a white sweater and white trousers, and he had short black hair. He was curled up in the chair, motionless.

Bai Chi drove away the inklings of haunted subways that rose in his mind~~~ Cheer up!!! I'm a policeman!!!

When he walked over boldly and looked down at the person’s face in front of him, hair was covering it, and Bai Chi could not make out his appearance.

"Sir... Sir?" Bai Chi tapped him... There was no response.

"Hey, are you okay?" Bai Chi took a deep breath and nudged him again. Still unresponsive??

Mentally preparing himself for a face with no features or someone who looked like Sadako (1), Bai Chi rallied his courage and helped the man up.

The black curtain of hair parted slightly, revealing the man’s face. Xiao Bai Chi covered his heart in relief. He had all five features and was not like Sadako!!! Alright~~~

Upon a closer examination, Bai Chi almost inadvertently said, "He looks good~~~"

The man was not very young, and was thin with a pale complexion... He clearly wasn’t young because he had faint lines running from his nose to the corners of his mouth. It was hard to explain, but those additional years had only had the man’s face look sexier... Bai Chi couldn't quite describe it. The man just had a handsome vibe..

"Are you okay?" When he shook him, the man's head tilted to one side with no response.

A bit of a terrible idea suddenly flashed into Bai Chi's mind. Could he already...

He stretched out his index finger tremblingly to feel the man's breath. The moment the finger touched his lips... the man suddenly opened his mouth and bit Bai Chi's fingers lightly.

"Yaaa~~~~~" Bai Chi was so frightened that his hair stood on end, and he took two steps backwards before sitting on the ground on his buttocks.

The man opened his eyes and tilted his head to look at Bai Chi sitting on the ground. Then, he covered his stomach and leaned to one side, his shoulders trembling with laughter.

He didn't utter a single laugh, but it was plain to see that he was very amused. Tears almost leaked out, and water shone in his graceful phoenix eyes (2)... Bai Chi felt a bit silly as he sat on the ground.

After the man had laughed for a while, he sat up straight and looked at Bai Chi. He blinked and stuck his tongue out to lick his upper lip.

Bai Chi's face turned red, and he stood up angrily. "So... So you decieved me!" He turned around and tried to leave but that person grabbed him and held him back.

"I'm so hungry~~" The man grabbed Bai Chi around the waist and buried his head into his side. Rubbing his head back and forth, he implored, "My stomach hurts~~~"

Bai Chi stood still, and the man’s voice echoed in his ears—So ethereal...

Bai Chi was at a loss as to whether he should cry or laugh, looking at the crying man. However, the obviously older man seemed to be pitiful and seemed to be really hungry. Bai Chi sat helplessly beside him, took a piece of chocolate out of his bag, and passed it over, "Eat it...okay?"

The man looked at the chocolate and then looked at Bai Chi. He tilted his head up, opened his mouth and said, "Ah~~"

It took Bai Chi a moment to realize that the man wanted him to feed him... For the sake of his good mood today, Bai Chi peeled off the plastic packaging and carefully put the chocolate in the man's mouth.

After eating the piece, the man leaned on Bai Chi's shoulder again and said, "More."

"You... how did you know that I... I still have one?" Bai Chi looked at him strangely.

The man didn't answer but leaned closer. "I want more~~"

……………………

Bai Chi stuffed the four pieces of Dove chocolate in the bag into the man's mouth. The man smacked his lips and leaned contentedly on Bai Chi's shoulder to rest.

"You just, why... why be scary?" Bai Chi asked angrily.

The man ignored him but got closer to Bai Chi, sniffed him, and said, "Hospital."

He was startled, "You... how did you know that I went to the hospital?"

He looked smug.

Bai Chi was suddenly interested in him. This man looked a little crazy, but he didn’t actually seem to be crazy~~~

"My name is Bai Chi." He decided to try to communicate with him.

The man glanced back at him, then bent over again and laughed.

Bai Chi blushed, "Yes... Bai Chi! Chi like in galloping (3)!!!"

The man stopped laughing, stared at Bai Chi, and said, "Your surname is Bai?"

"En!" Bai Chi nodded. "What about your name?"

The man leaned into his ear and said, "I won't tell you."

………………

Bai Chi decided not to talk with him anymore!

"What's bothering you?" The man said, "You fed me, so I’ll help you solve a problem." He stretched out a finger and waved it. “You’re welcome.”

Bai Chi looked at him dumbfoundedly, feeling like the person in front of him looked a bit like Zhan Zhao. Both of them seemed to see straight through the heart, but the two were completely different in temperament.

"That... the Son of the Devil..." He blurted out the phrase that had been bothering him the entire time. Bai Chi didn't know why, but he thought that the person in front of him might give him the answer, "Do you know what it is?"

The man stared at Bai Chi for a moment and smiled, "If you don't become a Son of a God, you have to become the Son of the Devil." Then he meaningfully tapped Bai Chi's forehead. "Because they have something that humans don't."

Bai Chi stared blankly at the person in front of him. The subway stopped slowly. The man stood up and rubbed Bai Chi's hair. He leaned into his ear and said, "Don't worry, you can choose." Then, he kissed his hair as well, "See you next time."

When Bai Chi suddenly jolted to his senses, the man had already left the subway.

He quickly jumped up and rushed towards the door, but it was already closed. Plastering himself to the door, Bai Chi shouted at the man, "What's your name~~~"

The subway began to move forward, and Bai Chi ran backwards. He felt as if he was close to the answer to the mystery. He just needed one more step.

The man's figure drifted away. Before disappearing, he raised his hand, pressed his index finger on his lips, and smiled at Bai...



Just before dawn, Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao returned to the police station from Professor Wilson's villa.

As soon as they got out of the elevator, they saw Zhao Hu rushing forward.

"What are you doing?" Bai Yutang looked at Zhao Hu, who seemed to be very alarmed.

"Ah! Boss, you’re back? I'm leaving!" Zhao Hu replied shortly, rushing into the elevator.

"Where are you going?"

"I’m going to watch Qi Le." The elevator door closed.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other in puzzlement and continued to walk in.

The moment the door was opened, the two understood.

They saw Bai Jintang, with a gloomy face, sitting in the S.C.I.'s office.

The air pressure was so heavy~~~

The two walked in wordlessly, "Brother, why are you here?"

Bai Jintang looked up at the two of them and then lowered his head to continue exuding his dark atmosphere.

Zhan Zhao looked at Jiang Ping, who was hiding far away.

Jiang Ping tremblingly pointed to the forensic room next door.

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao nodded immediately, prepared to slip away.

At that moment, the forensic room door opened, and Gongsun came in with a folder.

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao wanted to say hello, but they were stunned—Gongsun looked weak, no, he looked terrible.

His face was pale and it appeared as though a breath of wind would knock him over.

"Gongsun..." Zhan Zhao really wanted to step forward and help him. Why was he like that? What had happened??

Gongsun ignored them and handed the documents to Bai Yutang, saying, "Jia Zhengyan's autopsy report, and the drug analyses."

...! ...

The two were startled. He finished it so soon?!!

"Jia Zhengyan was killed by cyanide poisoning."

"Cyanide?" Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were astonished. "You mean those pills are cyanide?"

Gongsun nodded and said, "The components of these colored drugs are different. The ones from Jia Zhengyan's body have a high dose of cyanide. Zhao Hu brought back a mixture of narcotics and anesthetics, which really can relieve pain. The ones you just sent in contain a mixture of high-efficiency hallucinogenic agents such as ketamine. "

"A hallucinogen?" Bai Yutang frowned. "A drug that makes people hallucinate?"

Gongsun nodded, "A very powerful one."

"That is to say, Jia Zhengyan was murdered, and Laura attacked Dr. Wilson because she had taken psychedelic drugs." Zhan Zhao looked grim.

"Any other findings?" Bai Yutang asked Gongsun.

"That's it for now." After that, Gongsun turned to leave, but he suddenly wobbled and instinctively grabbed the table next to him for support.

Bai Jintang, who had been watching his every move, stood up suddenly to try to help him. But before his fingers touched Gongsun's arm, he was waved away.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at the actions of the two of them in confusion.

Gongsun eased the dizzy feeling by pressing on the table. Bai Jintang's hand hung in the air, afraid to approach, but unwilling to withdraw.

Zhan Zhao stepped forward to support Gongsun and said, "I’ll take you to get some rest." Then, he helped Gongsun to his office and let him lean on the sofa.

Bai Jintang outside the door watched all of this quietly. Bai Yutang suddenly asked, "Brother, what's wrong with Gongsun?"

Seeing that Bai Jintang didn't say a word, Bai Yutang thought for a moment, took a breath, and whispered, "Last night, you wouldn’t have been hard..."

Bai Jintang looked up at him and sighed, "Help send him back later. I won’t visit his place for a while. He should stay at home." After that, he walked out.

Zhan Zhao stepped out of the office and came up to Bai Yutang. "Brother is gone?"

He nodded, "How about Gongsun?"

"He has a fever. I want to send him to the hospital, but he’s refusing."

Bai Yutang was amused at how dumb this Cat could be. How could he go to the hospital? "Go to the infirmary and get some anti-inflammatories and antipyretics."

"En." Zhan Zhao nodded and went out.

Bai Yutang paced for a bit, then slowly walked into Zhan Zhao's office and leaned on his desk. He looked at Gongsun lying on the sofa.

Gongsun had his eyes closed. Bai Yutang knew he was not asleep, but that he didn't want to face him.

"Right..." He scratched his head, as if organizing his thoughts, "Well, I'll disturb you for a few minutes, all right?"

Gongsun slowly opened his eyes. It was so rare to see Bai Yutang looking so helpless.

Sighing, Bai Yutang said, "I may not know what to say like that Cat, but..." He said, rolling up his sleeves to show Gongsun, "Here."

Gongsun looked at Bai Yutang's arm. There were a few traces of slightly lighter skin, as if he was being held by a hand. He looked at him in puzzlement.

"Big brother had an accident when I was very young. You probably know that?"

Gongsun nodded.

Bai Yutang was thankful that Gongsun was being quite cooperative, and said, "Afterwards, he spent two years getting treatment, and when he returned, he didn't remember anything. He seemed like a completely different person."

"When he returned, he was always with me and the Cat. I remember one time, I told him that Cat and I were going to run away from home. He caught us and locked us in a room. He was afraid we were really going to leave. "

"I got this injury when I was seven. I quarreled with him and said I didn't want to be his brother. He grabbed me and said he would never let go... Later, it was my dad who pulled his hand away from my wrist. These injuries were caused by his hand being torn off because he absolutely refused to let go."

"Because we could be in danger if we were with him, the family sent him abroad... We didn't communicate with each other until we were adults." Bai Yutang seemed a little apologetic. "Kitty and I really like him very much. It’s only that when I was young, I was a little scared to see him."

"His relationship with the family is very bad." Bai Yutang said with a smile, "I’ve heard that out there he is a big boss. A gang leader, or a mafia? I don't know too much. In short, it doesn't require any human feelings. He just needs people to be afraid of him and he can work. "

"While I was studying, he came to see us once. Fortunately, Kitty is more attentive than I am. I heard that he had been writing to his elder brother, and he told him about our recent situation. In his technical terms, Elder Brother is ‘mentally deficient." Bai Yutang smiled bitterly. "As long as he likes something, he will express it in the most direct way. Maybe he’s lost too much, so he is the most afraid of losing things. The more he likes it, the more he is afraid... He may use even more extreme ways to keep those he likes the most. "

In the distance, Zhan Zhao had fetched the medicine and exited the elevator. Bai Yutang stood up and walked to the office door. He turned to Gongsun and said, "I originally thought my brother would not like anyone anymore... Gongsun, you’re the first person to dare to fly at him with a scalpel. Don't give up on him. "

Zhan Zhao walked into the office and saw Bai Yutang coming out with his sleeve rolled up to his elbow. When he saw the familiar scars, Zhan Zhao smiled.

He poured some hot water and walked in. After he fed Gongsun the medicine and covered him with a blanket, he walked out again. As soon as he reached the corridor, he was yanked.

"What are you doing?" Zhan Zhao looked at him and hugged his Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang smiled without saying a word, then bowed his head and kissed Zhan Zhao. He asked, "Kitty, what would I do if you left?"

Zhan Zhao froze slightly, then stroked Bai Yutang’s head, "Stupid Mouse!!"

On the sofa, Gongsun buried his head in the furry blanket. God~~~~



In the outskirts of S city, a heartbreaking scream came from an abandoned factory building.

A person fell to the concrete floor, begging for mercy, "I can tell you~~ I can tell you~~"

He was a young man in his early twenties, with blond hair. Most of the arms trading business in S City was built by him. He desperately shouted a name and said, "It was him! It was him who bought the gun!"

Two identical figures emerged from the darkness and said slightly mischievously, "I told you to just go ahead and say it. What a pain~~"

Then the twins looked up and spoke to someone who had been hiding in a corner of the factory building for a long time, "Did you hear that? Police!?"

The man was horrified, and his nervous palms were slick with sweat.

The twins walked out with matching smiles and said, "This name should work for you, right?"

After the figures of the two disappeared into the darkness, everything was quiet for a long time~~the man slumped to the ground, sweating.

The other man took out a phone and pressed a number.

"Hello? Is this Xu Qing?"

"Yes, I am Han Zhang. You asked me to check the source of the gun earlier. I found out. The person who bought the gun was—Jon King."

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Their breast they each one clawing tore; themselves

Smote with their palms, and such shrill clamour rais'd,

We unoppos'd

There enter'd; and my mind eager to learn

What state a fortress like to that might hold,

I soon as enter'd throw mine eye around,

And see on every part wide-stretching space

Replete with bitter pain and torment ill.



As where Rhone stagnates on the plains of Arles,

Or as at Pola, near Quarnaro's gulf,

That closes Italy and laves her bounds,

The place is all thick spread with sepulchres;

So was it here, save what in horror here

Excell'd: for 'midst the graves were scattered flames,

Wherewith intensely all throughout they burn'd,

That iron for no craft there hotter needs.



Their lids all hung suspended, and beneath

From them forth issu'd lamentable moans,

Such as the sad and tortur'd well might raise.

——————— "Divine Comedy" ---The Sixth Floor of Hell



The colored pills in his hand spilled. He watched them jump and roll like living things, as if those lives were bound to fate, struggling and tumbling.

"Why are you the only one who can’t be happy? Why are you alone?"



Translation notes:

(1) Yamamura Sadako is a villain from a Japanese horror franchise:

(2) Phoenix eyes is an eye shape that is slightly tilted and the outer corner swoops up and the inner corner tilts down. Very similar to peach blossom eyes, but peach blossom eyes are rounder and wider and phoenix eyes tend to be thinner.


(3) The Kanji of “Chi” in Bai Chi is the Kanji for “galloping.” He’s stressing that his name isn’t “idiot,” as it sounds.

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