S.C.I. Mystery Vol. 1, Ch. 41

Killer Training Camp 13: Clues

"Kitty... Kitty..."

It seemed like someone was calling him. Zhan Zhao frowned slightly, turned and hid his head in the blanket, and ignored it.

"Kitty~~~"

The soft calling continued, "Kitty, wake up."

"Um~~" Zhan Zhao wrapped himself in the blanket, "Dammed Mouse~~" he grumbled.

"I’ll kiss you if you don’t get up."

A damp, hot touch lingered on the back of his neck~~~ It gradually moved up to his ears...

"Ya~~" Zhan Zhao immediately woke up and covered his ears, blushing. He leapt up from the sofa and stared angrily at the Mouse who was smiling brightly before his eyes.

Bai Yutang pecked him on the mouth and said, "Good morning."

... ! ...

Zhan Zhao was stunned and batted a paw at Bai Yutang in front of him. He gritted his teeth and said, "You mad Mouse, this is the office!!"

Bai Yutang smiled and shrugged. "It doesn't matter, the door is closed."

Zhan Zhao rubbed his sore neck. "Why am I here?"

"You fell asleep last night, and Gongsun was in your office. So, I brought you here."

"What about you? I slept on your sofa, where did you sleep?" He accepted coffee from Bai Yutang~~ He was still sleepy.

"I slept here last night. It was really crowded for two people to sleep on a sofa," Bai Yutang said lightly.

"Pff~~~~" Zhan Zhao sprayed coffee from his mouth.

"Dammed Cat! You’ll wash the carpet for me!!!"

"Smelly Mouse! No wonder I'm hurting all over! I must not hzve slept well last night!!!"

"I lent you my sofa to sleep, and you still complain?"

"You should have slept on the ground!"

"I would catch a cold!"

"You can't catch a cold of this variety!"

"What variety?"

"Have you heard of bacteria that can catch a cold?"

"Your demoting me again?!"

"Hmm~~ I'll have omelet for breakfast! Go buy it!"

"Dammed cat! I must have owed you in my last life!"

"Put hot sauce on it!"

………………

Fifteen minutes later, Zhan Zhao was sitting in his own office, drinking milk and eating an omelet.

"What about Gongsun?" Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang when he saw the empty couch.

"Oh, he fell asleep after taking medicine last night, and then my brother came to pick him up."

"Did Gongsun willingly follow him?" Zhan Zhao asked carefully.

"He was groggy at the time. I don't think he was conscious, but anyways, he didn't resist." Bai Yutang replied while drinking the remaining half cup of coffee that Zhan Zhao had left.

"Hmm~~~~" Zhan Zhao turned his eyes thoughtfully as he ate.

"Dammed Cat, what are you thinking?" Bai Yutang was amused.

"Hmm~~" Zhan Zhao pondered and concluded, "It's very subtle~~ Very subtle."

"Boss~~" The other team members came to the office one after another.

Xu Qing ran in and said, "I have important information!"

"Have everyone gather in the meeting room!" Bai Yutang said.



In the meeting room…

"Jon King?" Everyone looked at Xu Qing with disbelief. "Are you sure the gun was bought by Jon King?"

"That's right!" Xu Qing nodded. "The news is from Han Zhang. It should not be wrong."

"But... Qi Lei wanted to kill him with the gun he gave him?!" Wang Chao was puzzled.

"No, it should be Professor Wilson that Qi Lei really wants to kill." Zhan Zhao said, "The attempt on Jon was likely a guise."

"Yes, so no one would doubt him." Bai Yutang groaned.

"Also, I checked Jon King's information yesterday." Xu Qing continued, "He used to be a medical student at Columbia University. After graduation, he worked as a hospital anesthesiologist for two years. Then he suddenly switched to being an actor.”

"Anesthesiologist?" Bai Yutang was startled. "He’s familiar with the characteristics of drugs like narcotics?"

"From Lara's examination last night, it was indeed an overdose of drugs that cause hallucinations." Zhang Long looked at the transcript from the night before and said, "According to her, those drugs were sedatives and she takes them all the time. Jon King mixes them for her. "

"Ha! The evidence is conclusive!" Zhan Zhao seemed to be gloating. "Can we catch that pervert this time?"

"Pervert?" The people around them seemed puzzled.

"Hum hmm~~" Bai Yutang coughed twice. "Zhang Long, Wang Chao, go and bring Jon King here. Ask him to cooperate with the investigation."

"Boss, shouldn’t we apply to arrest him? We have enough. The evidence is solid." Wang Chao proposed.

"No, it's too early to arrest him." Zhan Zhao said, "And he is also a celebrity. It will attract too much attention, which is not conducive to our investigation."

"No, I think if we ask him to cooperate with the investigation, he is likely to refuse to come." Zhang Long was a little embarrassed.

"Oh~~" Zhan Zhao glanced at Bai Yutang with a smile, and said, "It's okay. If you tell him Captain Bai wants him to come, I think he'll follow you here quite eagerly."

Zhang Long and Wang Chao left with confusion, and Bai Yutang stared at him, "Kitty! So sour~~"

"Really?" Zhan Zhao turned, walked towards the door, and said, "I’m going back to sleep, and then I will have a wonderful interrogation with that golden-haired pervert!"

Bai Yutang shook his head and laughed. This Cat was still sore about the incident...

"Boss..." Xu Qing on the side seemed to be a little bit hesitant.

"What's wrong? Just say it." Bai Yutang sat at the conference table and looked at him.

"That... your, your brother’s two subordinates..."

"What's wrong with them?" Bai Yutang asked.

"Uh... Han Chang told me that this time they identified the source of the gun, and the method was a little... unorthodox."

"Oh..." Bai Yutang was amused by the fragile Xu Qing. He reached out and patted him on the shoulder, "Relax. Here, they won't do anything unusual."

After he finished speaking, he got up, went out of the office and thought to himself, "Brother, brother, please don't mess around~~~"


Gongsun got up from the bed and pushed away the heavy quilt. He took a deep breath. The quilt had nearly crushed him to death.

He felt quite refreshed, and his head didn't hurt. Although there was still a bit of fatigue, it was not as uncomfortable as yesterday.

He got off the bed, staggered into the bathroom, and turned on the shower...

Dressed in a robe with dripping hair, Gongsun came out of the bathroom and walked into the living room. His stomach seemed a little hungry, as though he had never eaten.

"Are you hungry?"

The sudden sound behind him surprised Gongsun. When he looked back, he saw Bai Jintang standing five or six steps behind him, watching him.

Gongsun said nothing and turned his face to wipe his hair.

"I told you I wouldn’t come, but I'm worried about you. Are you better?" Bai Jintang didn't care if Gongsun ignored him and went on talking.

Gongsun still said nothing and stood there in a daze.

"I want to talk to you." Bai Jintang kept trying.

Gongsun went to the door, opened it, and stood to the side.

With a heavy sigh, Bai Jintang reluctantly walked to the door. Before going out, he whispered to Gongsun, "Breakfast is on the table. After eating, remember to take medicine and take a good rest." Then, he turned and left.

Gongsun closed the door, stood in front of it for a while. He heard the elevator open and close, and then the door opened again. Bai Jintang stood outside, slightly embarrassed, "... Blow your hair dry."

Gongsun looked up at him.

Bai Jintang was a little excited. Fortunately, he was willing to look at him.

"Uh... I'm leaving." Reaching out to help him close the door, Bai Jintang reluctantly walked into the elevator.

Gongsun stood for a while and then went to find a hair dryer in the room and leaned on the sofa to blow his hair. From a distance, he saw the curtains for the office of the president of the Bai Group roll up.

He hesitated for a moment, and finally chose to not close the curtains in the living room.

Gongsun, with dry hair, stood up and walked to the table where a light, refreshing, and hot Chinese breakfast was placed.

He sat down and ate breakfast quietly. Then, he sat on the sofa and read the newspaper for a while before getting up to take some medicine.

When he entered the bedroom, the curtains in there were also open. Instead of paying attention to them, he climbed onto the bed and pulled on a quilt to sleep.

In the distance, Bai Jintang had been standing in front of the window and watching, staring blankly and forgetting to move. The coffee in his hand slowly cooled, and his heart gradually softened. Gongsun was really gentle and soft-hearted.



In the police interrogation room, Jon King sat calmly without a lawyer.

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao walked into the interrogation room, prompting Jon King to smile.

They sat face to face.

"I didn't do anything yesterday," Jon said innocently. "Are you arresting me?"

"We asked you to cooperate with the investigation. Do you think you’ve done something worthy of arrest?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Bai Yutang waved a small white flag of surrender in his heart. It was incredible. The Cat opened fire as soon as he arrived. This foreigner was going to be a cannon fodder today.

"Hehe~~" Jon looked at Zhan Zhao with a smile, "You are hostile to me? That’s not the tone of someone asking for cooperation."

Zhan Zhao also smiled, "Then don't cooperate with the investigation. Your situation can be directly converted into an interrogation."

"Oh?" Jon seemed to be intrigued, "I’m not sure what I did to qualify for that?"

Bai Yutang took a pill bottle out of an evidence bag and said, "This is the medicine you gave to Mrs. Laura?"

Jon glanced at it and nodded. "Yes."

"It's illegal to make psychedelic drugs."

"Not in our country." Jon looked very apologetic, "I don't know your country's legal system..." Then, he blinked meaningfully at Bai Yutang, "If you are free, you can teach me."

Bai Yutang felt that the atmosphere around him get a bit heavier and prayed for the doomed Jon in his heart, "May God save you!"

"Have you ever bought a Barrett M82A1 sniper rifle?"

"I’ve bought one," Jon answered quickly.

"Did you just admit to the illegal possession of firearms?" Bai Yutang looked at him.

Jon looked at him very happily, "Oh, it's not illegal to hold firearms in our country~~ Besides, I’ve lost that gun. Again, if you are interested, you can teach me the laws in your country."

Bai Yutang frowned and looked at the happily smiling Jon in front of him. He really wanted to punch him. At that moment, Zhan Zhao next to him tapped him and signaled—I’m coming!!!

He took out the pictures of Jia Zhengyan's body and the bottle of pills and put them in front of Jon. Zhan Zhao sneered and asked, "Is it illegal to kill in your country?"

Jon looked at the corpse photos and turned a little green.

Zhan Zhao went on to say, "We now have solid evidence to charge you in connection with a murder case. Would you like to call your lawyer?"

Jon's face became ugly for a moment, but Zhan Zhao was unwilling to give him a chance to relax and continued to press him, "I'll tell you another bit of good news. This murder is part of a serial murder... In your country, it seems that the punishment for serial murderers is very diverse. Guess what is yours will be? Hanging? Or the electric chair?"

Wearily reaching up to rub his face, Jon collapsed on his chair. Bai Yutang raised an eyebrow. "It seems that you don't have much time to study foreign law. But you should study your own country's law. In your case, you will be sentenced for life—at least two hundred years. Or you will be sentenced to death."

"Okay~~" Jon gave up, spreading his hands. "You won. I’ll talk, I’ll talk."

Then, Jon took out the wallet from his pocket, opened it, and pointed a photo out to Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao.

When they looked at it, they saw a young man with a bright smile in the photo.

The moment Zhan Zhao saw the photo, he realized why Jon would be interested in Bai Yutang... Although the man in the photo was a blonde foreigner with blue eyes, he and Bai Yutang were quite alike.

"His name is Angel, the love of my life." Jon looked at the photo as if he was remembering the past. "When he was 20 years old, he had a car accident and suffered a certain degree of brain damage. He often hallucinated. He used to be very cheerful, but he became depressed and unhappy. I took him to see the best psychologist in the United States at the time, Professor Wilson. I expected him to cure him, but I didn’t expect—I didn’t expect that he would commit suicide after receiving a period of treatment." Jon seemed a little emotional. "We loved each other so much, but he committed suicide. I was lonely and couldn't live or work normally. Later I went on to show business. That noisy environment wouldn’t allow me to be lonely. This job allowed me to meet many people, and I frantically looked for someone like him, but the more I looked, the more I realized he was unique... Until that day that I saw you at the party. "

Jon sighed and said, "You and Angel are really alike, but you are much stronger than him... he was too vulnerable."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang glanced at each other, "So you hate Professor Wilson?"

"Of course, I hate him! He's just a hypocrite who fooled me. He killed my favorite person! Did you know that I later learned that the medications and treatments he gave to Angel were never useful? On top of that, he was experimenting with my beloved in order to prove that shit theory that would make him famous in the future!"

Bai Yutang took out the Son of the Devil card and asked, "What is this?"

Jon took a look at the card, then took a breath and smiled. He said, “That's all I want to say. For anything else, I'll wait for my lawyer to come. "

He remained silent afterwards.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang came out of the interrogation room with looks of annoyance. Both Jon and Yang Feng were in a similar state. They didn't seem to shy away from their crimes, but when they were asked about the "killer training", they said nothing as if they were harboring a deep secret... It was puzzling.

"Don't think too much about it. Your head’s going to explode, Kitty. Let’s go to the cafeteria to eat something." Bai Yutang pulled Zhan Zhao away and left.

In the cafeteria of the police station, Bai Yutang ordered food. Zhan Zhao, who was standing next to him with a tray, saw that not far away, Bai Chi was playing rock-paper-scissors with a child.

The child looked familiar. After Bai Yutang bought the food, he followed Zhan Zhao’s blank gaze to where he was looking, "Oh~~ Isn't this Lu Fang's son?"

"Ah!" Zhan Zhao also remembered. The child was the little Lu Zhen from the last case.

Lu Zhen seemed to be losing, with a face full of disbelief. Bai Chi was giggling.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang thought irresponsibly, "The two seem to be of a similar psychological age." They glanced at each other. They had found their entertainment. The two smirking brothers walked towards the two younger brothers with their food...

"Ah! Uncle Zhan, Uncle Bai!" Lu Zhen greeted them affectionately.

The two sat down with them at the same table, and Bai Yutang asked, "What are you playing?"

"Oh!" Lu Zhen said admiringly, "He is so good! He always wins!"

"So good?" Bai Yutang asked curiously.

"Huh!" Lu Zhen nodded. "He lost a few times at first, but later he said he would never lose, and sure enough, he didn’t!"

Zhan Zhao asked Bai Chi clearly, "It's your advanced mathematics again?"

Bai Chi smiled embarrassingly.

Zhan Zhao hugged Xiao Lu Zhen and whispered in his ear, then Lu Zhen asked curiously, "Really?"

"If you don’t believe me, try it!" Zhan Zhao took a bite of the sandwich and said with a smile.

"Alright!" Lu Zhen rolled up his sleeves and said to Bai Chi, "Let’s play again!"

This time, Xiao Lu Zhen kept staring at Bai Chi's eyes and won each time. Bai Yutang watched with enjoyment. After Xiao Bai Chi lost more than 20 times in a row, he finally raised his hands and surrendered, "I give up! I admit defeat!”

Lu Zhen cheered and ran away. Bai Chi curiously asked Zhan Zhao, "Why…Why did that happen?"

Bai Yutang laughed, "Don't engage in any gambling activities with this Cat! You will definitely lose!"

Zhan Zhao gave him a glance and said to Bai Chi, "It's actually very simple. Everyone has some subconscious habits. I just observed yours. When you use scissors, your eyes unconsciously look at the lower right, when you use paper, you blink, and when you use rock, your eyes tilt to the upper left."

"Oh, you really seem like~~" Bai Chi foolishly nibbled on some bread.

"Like? Like what?" Zhan Zhao asked with a laugh.

"Like a person I met yesterday. You can see through the heart." Bai Chi said with a look of wonder.

"Really?" Bai Yutang was incredulous. "There is more than one of these monsters?"

Zhan Zhao stepped on him fiercely, and Bai Yutang was almost choked by the sandwich and hammered his chest hard.

"Humph!" Zhan Zhao handed him a glass of water, and then asked Bai Chi, "What did he see through?"

"That's not it." Bai Chi blinked for a moment and thought, "But he said something very interesting, I have been wondering about it."

"Oh? What did he say?"

“He said, ‘If you don't become the Son of God, you have to be the Son of the Devil’. Because they have something that humans don't."

"Kuangdang..." With a sound, the spoon that had been held in Zhan Zhao's hand fell into the soup bowl.

To the side, Bai Yutang and Bai Chi looked up at Zhan Zhao with puzzlement.

"Kitty?" Bai Yutang tapped Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao suddenly said to himself, "I understand, I understand!" After speaking, he stood up and rushed out.

"Kitty?!" Bai Yutang dropped the sandwich and ran after him.

Xiao Bai Chi hesitated, at a loss, then ran with his bread to keep up.

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