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

Case 1. An Innocent Murderer: Chapter 22. Suspects

When Zhan Zhao, Bai Yutang and Luo Tian returned to SCI, the first thing they saw was Zhao Zhen and Li Siben occupying the entire sofa. Zhao Zhen was holding a plate of cantaloupe, yawning while eating it.

"What are you doing here?" Bai Yutang was a little surprised.

Zhao Zhen pointed to Bai Chi, who was busy with something not far away, and said, "Chichi said, from now on, he will keep an eye on me for 24 hours. But he keeps thinking about the case, so I come here when I'm not practicing."

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao looked at each other--this boy is very considerate.

"Captain!" On the table in front of Jiang Ping were two display screens. She called Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao over, "Take a look at this."

While holding Zhan Zhao, who had become accustomed to being carried, Bai Yutang walked up behind Jiang Ping. Bai Chi generously moved a stool so that Zhan Zhao could sit down.

"What is it?" Zhan Zhao asked Jiang Ping.

"These are the surveillance videos of Entertainment City, the parking lot downstairs, and the police station." Jiang Ping said while pointing to the three videos on a display screen. There was someone in each of the videos. They had their heads lowered, cleverly avoiding the cameras. The one at Entertainment City wore a black suite and was holding a wine glass. The one at the parking lot was sitting inside a car that was parked in a spot where the license plate just happened to be off camera. This person was wearing a white shirt and looked very thin. From the video, it was possible to tell that it's a man. The third person at the police station wore a patrol uniform...Jiang Ping deliberately blurred out the number on the shoulder...It was the police number belonging to the dead Wang Liyong.

"These three people..." Zhan Zhao suddenly frowned.

"What is it?" Bai Yutang asked him.

Jiang Ping smiled, "We didn't notice this either. It was all because of Bai Chi's sudden memory that we were able to see this. Dr. Zhan, you have discovered it too, right?"

Zhan Zhao nodded and said, "Although these three people are all dressed differently, they are actually the same person."

"The same person?" Bai Yutang leaned over and stared at the screens for a long time. "How can you tell?"

Jiang Ping said, "At first we thought they were different people as well." As she spoke, she pulled up a three-dimensional line graph of the three people to compare, "However, by selecting certain features and comparing them, they are really the same person. Also, looking at their movements, you can tell that they are the same person."

Bai Yutang nodded and said, "He is wearing the little policeman's uniform, which means he is the one who killed Wang Liyong. It is very likely that he had delivered the package as well...But that could also be Yan Jiajia."

"However, he is the most suspicious." Zhan Zhao asked Jiang Ping, "Is there anything else?"

Jiang Ping smiled and said, "That is not the main point. The main point is here!" As she said that, she pulled up the surveillance video outside An Lingli's room where she was killed, which had captured the man wearing the robot cat mask, "Captain, look!" She compared the man wearing the robot cat mask and a black hoodie with the other three men using the three-dimensional graph.

"The same person?!" Both Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao were surprised.

"He killed An Lingli and Pang Xiaoqin...Plus, he's appeared at different crime scenes." Zhan Zhao leaned against the back of his chair and said, "He's by far the most suspicious!"

"Then was he the one who also placed that 'justice for heaven' card on my car?" Bai Yutang asked Jiang Ping.

Jiang Ping smiled and said, "About that, it's even more bizarre!" Jiang Ping pulled up another video and said, "Look!"

Everyone stared at the screen and saw that it had displayed Bai Yutang's sports car. A man appeared in the video, as he put a piece of paper on the window of the car and left.

But looking at the picture of this person, everyone as shocked. This person wore a black hoodie with a robot cat mask.

"It's him?" Bai Yutang frowned and shook his head, "But it doesn't feel like it..."

Jiang Ping pulled up a picture for comparison and said, "No, this person's body is relatively small. Also, as a man, that guy in the other surveillance videos is considered skinny. This person is even skinnier...I think it's a woman."

Zhan Zhao nodded, "Indeed...A woman..."

Bai Yutang saw that Zhan Zhao seemed to be confused about something, so he said, "Cat, what do you see?"

Zhan Zhao shook his head. "Um...There's something, but I'm not sure what."

"Captain, there's more..." When Jiang Ping said that, Bai Yutang was surprised, "There's more?" With that, he patted Jiang Ping twice and said, "Not bad kid. You were able to find so many things in these short videos!"

"There's not many videos. Also, the others worked on it as well." As Jiang Ping spoke, she pointed to the screens and said, "These are the videos of the banquet and of An Lingli being killed...They've been tampered with!"