S.C.I.谜案集 (Special Criminal Investigation) Book 2

Case 1. An Innocent Murderer: Chapter 20. Murder Weapon

"Murder weapon?" Bai Yutang and Luo Tian were unable to understand what Zhan Zhao meant.

"Cat." Bia Yutang asked, "What murder weapon?"

Zhan Zhao slightly lifted his injured leg and placed it on top of his other leg. Then, he lightly massaged it and said, "There is one thing that I was always confused about in this case."

"What is it?"

"Do you remember how I wanted to give up writing many times?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"En." Bai Yutang nodded, "That time, Qian Mingyue asked someone to photograph you, and later the book was misused by the TV station...Of course, there are times when you were lazy and didn't want to write."

"Piss off..." Zhan Zhao glared at Bai Yutang and then said in a serious tone, "The reason why I don't want to write anymore is because someone is using what they have learned from my book to commit crimes!"

"En. And then?" Bai Yutang asked.

"You've all read my book, right?" Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang and Luo Tian.

"En." Both nodded.

Zhan Zhao asked Luo Tian, "How did you feel after reading it?"

Luo Tian did not understand why Zhan Zhao suddenly changed the subject. After thinking about it for a moment, he replied, "Well, to be honest, I can't really understand it. I only understood the meaning and the plot. It felt like I was reading a mystery novel. It was written really well."

After listening to this, Zhan Zhao nodded and asked, "After reading it, did you think psychology is magical?"

Luo Tian nodded, "Yes. Using it to solve cases is amazing."

"Then...After reading it, have you ever thought about using psychological methods I mentioned to commit a crime?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"Huh?" Luo Tian tilted his head for a long time then shook his head, "Now that I think about it, there weren't any special psychological methods...Moreover, it was mainly about solving cases. There was nothing about committing crimes."

"That's the point." Zhan Zhao interrupted Luo Tian and sneered, "Whether you are an expert or a noob, you can't learn anything skilful from my book, let alone wanting to commit a crime after reading it!"

"You mean...Although that pervert is a fan of your book, nothing was actually learned." Bai Yutang frowned, "It does make sense, but what does it mean? Did they learn it from somewhere else? Where? At school or in books?"

"Have you read all my textbooks?" Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang.

"Yes." Bai Yutang nodded.

"What have you learned?" Zhan Zhao asked with a smile.

"What can I learn?" Bai Yutang asked, "If you take the words apart then it is all Chinese characters. When you put them together, they form sentences that doesn't sound like Chinese...Ah, I see!"

When Zhan Zhao saw that Bai Yutang had finally understood him, he smiled. Luo Tian anxiously stood behind him and asked, "What did you realise? Why don't I understand anything?"

Bai Yutang said, "To put it bluntly, psychology is not something that can be learned. Noobs won't be able to understand it. But so far, all the perverts know that you are the best psychologist. That means they are a special expert in this area!"

"That's right." Zhan Zhao nodded, "They are very special. They only know how to use psychology to kill people, and they are all very interested in using psychology to harm people!"

"Cat, the murder weapon you are talking about..." Bai Yutang was surprised.

"Yes." Zhan Zhao became serious, "We have reason to suspect that there is something in the world that can teach people to use psychology and make them use it to kill people."

At this moment, the car had stopped in front of Yangyang's primary school. There was still 10 minutes left before school ended. The three of them chatted while waiting in the car.

Bai Yutang unfastened his seat belt, looked up and thought for a moment. Then, he said, "Cat, I thought of something."

"What is it?" Zhan Zhao looked at him with a smile.

"Do you still remember the Digital Killer? Professor Xu, Zhang Boyi, and Old Sun all mastered certain psychological skills, all of which originated from the research materials that Zhao Jue did not destroy. In addition, Zhao Jue himself was discovered because he burned the research materials...Is there some kind of connection?" Bai Yutang asked.

Zhan Zhao nodded with satisfaction, "Xiao Bai, you are drawing examples from other cases. So smart."

Although Luo Tian did not quite understand what kind of person this Zhao Jue was, however he understood their conversation and said with a frown, "Dr. Zhan...I know something. I don't know if it has something to do with...What you are talking about."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang turned their heads and looked at him at the same time, then asked, "What is it? Tell us about it."

"Allan Poe...um, forced me to create Yangyang. He did it because he read a few pages of materials." Luo Tian said.

"What?" Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao looked at Luo Tian with their eyes wide open, "What materials?"

Luo Tian shook his head. "I don't know the details...But all I know is that Allan Poe went crazy after reading it and he seemed to have realized something..."

Zhan Zhao looked back. His entire body tensed. Bai Yutang reached out to grab his hand and found that it was cold. He asked anxiously, "Cat, what's wrong? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

Zhan Zhao shook his head in a trance and said, "If that's the case...Then the implications of that matter might be very big..."

Bai Yutang and Luo Tian looked at each other. They did not understand what Zhan Zhao had thought of, but the expression on his face was very serious.

Just then, they heard a few knocks on the window. Everyone turned around and saw Yangyang standing outside the window, smiling at them with a schoolbag on his back. The smile was so big that the weird atmosphere in the car had disappeared instantly.

Luo Tian quickly opened the door and reached out to pull Yangyang in. Then, he helped Yangyang take off his schoolbag.