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Chapter 195 I Want to Be an Ordinary Person

Hu Yingshao's death was discovered not long afterward.

Technology is now advanced.

Everyone who is put in a detention center or prison will wear a health watch.

Older people often wear a health sensor clipped to their ear.

The watch has heart rate detection and location tracking functions, and the suspect is prohibited from removing it without permission.

Health sensors on the ears of the elderly can monitor the wearer's heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature and other physical data in real time through the capillaries in the ear.

This is mainly because many of the older suspects suffer from age-related diseases such as high blood pressure.

In the event of an accident during detention, the police can provide timely medical assistance through real-time monitoring.

After all, many age-related diseases, such as cerebral hemorrhage, can be saved as long as the patient does not die on the spot.

Unfortunately.

Even if the police had noticed his abnormal heart rate immediately, there was no chance of saving Hu Yingshao, given his respiratory paralysis.

By the time the detention center staff arrived with paramedics, he was already dead.

12:00 AM.

Gao Bin, who had just returned from picking someone up at the airport, was planning to interrogate Hu Yingshao himself with Xia Qiyuan.

Before Xia Qiyuan could even receive the news, he received notification of Hu Yingshao's death.

By the time Gao Bin arrived at the detention center, Hu Yingshao's body had already been transported to the forensic office of the criminal police team.

Gao Bin only said that no one was allowed to touch Hu Yingshao while he was still alive, but he didn't say that he couldn't be touched even after he died. The body can't be kept in the detention center indefinitely, can it?

Shi Hongfang and Liu Yuan were released from the detention center.

They were discussing whether to dissect the body first or wait for Gao Bin to finish examining it.

However, their argument soon stopped.

Because the main character has arrived.

"Prosecutor General, I am very sorry."

The first thing Shi Hongfang did upon seeing Gao Bin was to apologize.

He had vowed that he would take good care of Hu Yingshao.

Just two days later, Hu Yingshao died in the detention center.

Xia Qiyuan walked past Gao Bin with a strange laugh and came to the two of them: "It doesn't matter, they're dead, as long as the body is still there."

Upon hearing such potentially controversial remarks, Shi Hongfang paused for a moment.

He stared intently at Xia Qiyuan's face; this way of speaking seemed somewhat familiar.

Liu Yuan couldn't figure out where Xia Qiyuan came from. He glanced at Xia Qiyuan but didn't speak rashly. Instead, he turned to look at Gao Bin first.

Liu Yuan asked hesitantly, "Prosecutor Gao, who is this?"

While they were talking, he secretly glanced at Xia Qiyuan from the corner of his eye.

Xia Qiyuan put his hands in his pockets and said, "My name is He Jun. I am Gao Bin's partner and also the head of this two-person patrol team."

Liu Yuan asked Gao Bin, but Xia Qiyuan didn't give Gao Bin a chance to speak and answered the question for him directly.

In a sense, this is a very impolite and low-EQ behavior.

But this also reflects, from another perspective, who is in a leadership position between the two.

Upon hearing this, Liu Yuan immediately put on a smile: "Oh, it's Prosecutor He. My apologies. My name is Liu Yuan, and I am the deputy captain of the Criminal Investigation Detachment of Qianhua City. This is our captain, Shi Hongfang."

Liu Yuan keenly sensed that Xia Qiyuan had no intention of putting his hand out of his pocket, so she quietly withdrew her right hand, which she had just raised.

To show respect, he clasped his hands together, held them flat in front of his chest, and rubbed them together repeatedly, making it seem as if he wanted to shake hands but was afraid of being refused.

Xia Qiyuan glanced at Liu Yuan out of the corner of his eye. Based on her performance just now, he had already formed a general impression of Liu Yuan in his mind.

This must be a smooth and worldly guy.

Xia Qiyuan didn't have much affection for this kind of person, so after giving a brief reply, he ignored him.

Where is Hu Yingshao's body?

Xia Qiyuan asked directly.

"The body has been sent to the forensic office of the criminal investigation team. We have notified the forensic doctor to come and conduct a preliminary examination."

Shi Hongfang noticed Liu Yuan's embarrassment and took the initiative to change the subject.

Xia Qiyuan frowned and glanced at Gao Bin: "The body is no longer here?"

From the moment Xia Qiyuan took the lead in the conversation, the latter completely suppressed the aloof aura he had previously been feigning.

He said with dead fish eyes, "Didn't you say you'd be back soon? So I didn't make any special requests. Who knew Hu Yingshao would die so quickly?"

Gao Bin's words are quite intriguing.

Died so quickly?
Did they already know that Hu Yingshao would die?
Shi Hongfang's gaze moved back and forth between the two of them.

Gao Bin, belatedly realizing his mistake, could only give Xia Qiyuan an embarrassed smile.

Xia Qiyuan gave him a look that said, "I'll deal with you later."

"Please take us to see the body first. The autopsy can be done tomorrow," Xia Qiyuan said in an unyielding tone.

Although the cause of Hu Yingshao's death can be found through autopsy, the investigation of the death scene is also an essential part of criminal investigation.

Has this Prosecutor He never had any contact with the public security authorities?

This time it was Liu Yuan's turn to be puzzled.

He couldn't help but ask, "Don't we need to see the scene of the death?"

"I'll have to trouble Captain Liu to handle the scene of the death."

Xia Qiyuan gave a perfunctory reply, and then had Shi Hongfang drive him and Gao Bin back to the team.

All that remained was Liu Yuan, alone and disheveled in the hot night air.

………………

In Xia Qiyuan's eyes, Hu Yingshao's death was an inevitable outcome.

As a mask, once imprisoned by the authorities, there is a 70% chance that it will be disposed of.

Most masks are similar to the most basic enhancement materials in a game; you can grab a handful and throw them away after use.

Anyway, there are plenty of humans, so there's no need to worry about resource depletion.

We arrived at the autopsy room of the criminal investigation team.

Xia Qiyuan made up an excuse to send Shi Hongfang away, and together with Gao Bin, they began to examine Hu Yingshao's body.

"Facial swelling and cyanosis, subconjunctival hemorrhage, jugular vein thrombosis... It should be death by asphyxiation."

Xia Qiyuan conducted a brief examination of Hu Yingshao's body and drew a preliminary conclusion.

He looked at Hu Yingshao's body and sighed: "These people are always trying to make things difficult for the forensic doctors."

When a person dies, the cause of death can be determined through an autopsy.

But the causes of death for these masks are all sorts of strange ones.

You know how he died, but you can't provide any evidence to support your point of view.

For example, someone might suddenly suffer brain death, become a vegetable, or lose their memory.

However, in reality, his spirit and will were destroyed and his personality erased by the Thousand-Faced Man.

To allow people to investigate metaphysics through modern medicine?
Isn't this Billy hugging Ah Wei, or a strongman locking up a man?

"The cause of death has been found."

Gao Bin exited the psychic mode: "As you said, it was death by suffocation. In the psychic footage, Hu Yingshao could not breathe and his body could not move."

"What's the reason?" Xia Qiyuan asked.

Gao Bin reverted to his true nature, straddling the chair and resting his chin on the back: "How would I know? I only saw a black liquid about the size of a thumb sticking to Hu Yingshao's neck for a while."

After saying all that, he recounted the details he had seen through his extrasensory perception to Xia Qiyuan in their entirety.

"neck?"

Xia Qiyuan turned Hu Yingshao's body to its side and, sure enough, found a tiny red spot on his neck.

It looks like scratch marks from scratching an itch.

"The disciple seems to have a good understanding of medical knowledge, or perhaps he/she has frequent contact with hospitals? No, it's also possible that the medical knowledge was downloaded directly from the mask..."

Xia Qiyuan muttered to himself.

For ordinary criminals, their occupations can be determined based on their personal habits and methods of committing the crime.

But it's different when apostles and masks kill.

Wearing a mask, an illiterate person can instantly become a medical expert to poison others, and an eighty-year-old can become a martial arts master to kill with hidden strength.

There's simply no way to determine the cause of death.

"What does this have to do with medical knowledge?"

Gao Bin expressed his bewilderment, as if he were illiterate.

"The phrenic nerve is distributed in the neck. It is a very important mixed nerve and the main nerve that innervates the diaphragm."

Once this nerve is paralyzed, the diaphragm will stop working, leading to paralysis of the respiratory system and causing suffocation.

When I think of the neck and suffocation, this is the first thing that comes to mind.

While taking notes on his phone, Xia Qiyuan explained, "It's just unclear what method the disciple used to paralyze this nerve; it could be electric current or poison."

"Has the disciple changed his ways? He wants to be scientific about killing people now? Just cut off Hu Yingshao's head like before, and that would be the end of it."

Gao Bin couldn't help but complain.

"Based on his conversation with Hu Yingshao, this apostle is very likely making some kind of plan in Qianhua City, which is why he used a way of dying that can be detected by a normal forensic doctor."

After Xia Qiyuan finished taking notes, he looked at Gao Bin and asked, "Are you ready?"

"Phew... This guy is too old, it's difficult for him to use his extrasensory perception, and nobody knows whether he has even seen the disciple."

Gao Bin took a deep breath and slowly squeezed the ring on his left hand: "If only Jin Ping'an were a disciple."

"The possibility is very small. Although the apostle is very bold, he is not bold enough to dare to jump in front of you knowing that you are a member of the Countermeasures Bureau."

Xia Qiyuan directly denied Gao Bin's speculation.

Gao Bin said indignantly, "Tsk, I was just saying. It's one thing to not let me rest, but you even interfere with my daydreaming?"

He didn't give Xia Qiyuan a chance to lecture him, and directly turned the ring to enter the super senses.

Facing Hu Yingshao's vast memory palace, Gao Bin closed his eyes in anguish: "Sigh, let's take it slow..."

…………

In the blink of an eye, three hours had passed, and it was four in the morning.

After consuming nearly half a bottle of gummies, Gao Bin finally managed to get a general overview of Hu Yingshao's memories.

"Is there any result?"

Xia Qiyuan asked casually.

He never expected to catch his disciple red-handed by looking at a mask.

But this mask is the only clue they've found so far, and even if there are no results, they have to grit their teeth and continue investigating.

Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to explain myself to my superiors.

"Yes, and it could be a very bad outcome."

Gao Bin looked like a ribbonfish that had been drained of all its moisture by salt, slumped against the back of the chair with a haggard expression.

He said in a half-dead voice, "The higher-ups misjudged the disciple. He only appeared for the first time ten years ago and is not an old member of the Apostles."

Xia Qiyuan immediately perked up. He picked up the private jet, opened the memo app, and gestured for Gao Bin to continue.

Gao Bin tossed a gummy candy into his mouth: "The disciple first appeared in Qianhua City about ten years ago and gave Hu Yingshao a mask to represent himself."

At that time, the disciples were not yet very familiar with the permissions granted by the masks, so Hu Yingshao could not use them freely.

"This does not prove that the disciples appeared ten years ago."

Xia Qiyuan pointed out the correct path.

“I know that this information is not the key. The key is what he said when he possessed the Blackwater Body and gave Hu Yingshao the mask.”

Gao Bin pinched another gummy candy: "He was muttering to himself, 'I wonder when I'll be able to have my own Blackwater.'"

Blackwater bodies are standard equipment for every apostle in the Apostles, a consensus shared by all international organizations.

Only new members who have recently joined the Apostles will not have the Black Water Sub-body.

Because the core of each Blackwater Sub-body is custom-made by the Thousand-Faced Man.

Each apostle's Blackwater Body has a different style; some are more combat-oriented, some more supportive, and some more secretive.

For example, the Black Water of the Thousand-Faced Man is more spiritual in nature and can carry the manifestation of his own consciousness at any time.

The disciples' approach leans more towards mimicry.

Mimicry is an ability possessed by every Blackwater Sub-Entity, but the Disciples have greatly enhanced this ability, making the characteristics of mimicry particularly prominent.

His black body can even perfectly disguise itself as a normal person; even if you directly read his brain memories, you can't see any problems.

This is actually one of the reasons why the disciples were listed as a key focus of attention after only a few years of their existence.

Another, more important reason is related to his abilities.

The disciples enjoy using the Blackwater Sub-body's mimicry ability to devour and replace those with special skills, thereby expanding the Mask's skill set.

That's right, the masks used by Hu Yingshao, Wang Dafu, and the others were actually part of the Blackwater.

The so-called indoctrination of skills involves using a mask forged from black water to erode and modify the user's body, enabling the user to master those special skills from memory to body.

Instead of simply stuffing knowledge into your brain.

Xia Qiyuan carefully noted down the information: "Hmm, this is indeed a very important clue. Are there any others?"

"Hey, do you think I'm a robot?"

Hearing Xia Qiyuan's words, Gao Bin rolled his eyes: "Hu Yingshao has too many memories. I just tried to watch the time periods when the mask appeared. If you want to understand the whole process, it's basically impossible without ten days or so."

"Then freeze the body and take it back to examine it at our leisure."

Xia Qiyuan spoke in the voice of a capitalist: "Starting at nine in the morning and ending at nine at night, Hu Yingshao's memories are not all information about the mask. Skip over all the irrelevant memories."

That way, I can finish reviewing all the content in a week at most, just in time for the next report submission deadline.

"How much do you want me to die..."

Xia Qiyuan, like a slave owner on a plantation, relentlessly whipped Gao Bin, this good-for-nothing.

"Humans aren't monsters, and besides, they have medication to support them, so the impact on their bodies isn't significant. Only you can do this kind of thing; ordinary people simply can't break through the mask's memory protection mechanism."

“In the days you were gone, I was dragged to all sorts of meetings by local leaders every day. I’m already exhausted, okay? Can’t you let me rest for a couple of days…”

"I can't believe it," Gao Bin said in despair.

Xia Qiyuan scoffed at this: "Don't give me that crap. Do you think I don't know you've been staying in a luxury villa and eating the finest delicacies these past few days?"

It seemed as if they were worried that criticizing him too harshly might provoke Gao Bin's rebellious mentality.

Xia Qiyuan added, "With great power comes great responsibility. In the Countermeasures Bureau, only you have the ability to bypass the protective mechanism established by the Thousand Faces. The safety of the entire Asian Union rests on your shoulders."

After hearing this, Gao Bin slowly closed his eyes and remained silent for a long time.

When he opened his eyes again, all that remained in them was a deep sense of helplessness.

He leaned back in his chair, unusually omitting his usual lazy tone.

"I never wanted to be a hero in the eyes of the world, or a butcher in the eyes of my enemies. I just wanted to be an ordinary person, an ordinary person without any special abilities, and then live an ordinary life with a mortal body."

This has always been Gao Bin's wish.

This ordinary wish, which almost everyone can fulfill, was something he, who grew up in a laboratory, couldn't quite grasp.

They are as unattainable as the stars in the sky.

(End of this chapter)