Dark Light Chaser.

Chapter 440 Failed Retrospection

Ai Liang didn't have time to interfere with Mu Si's escape plan; he had more important things to do right now—buying groceries.

Ai Liang ignored Mu Si's subsequent compliments, blocked the imprinted mental link again, and continued to leisurely stroll through the fresh food market.

Regarding the cooperation with the Countermeasures Bureau...

When Mus said "be prepared," he meant that the operation was still a long way off.

Judging from his performance, there is at least another week or more.

Don't assume that Mu Si's inquiry about the Countermeasures Bureau's actions means he knows nothing about it.

The ability to read between the lines is a fundamental skill for any intelligence broker.

Infer the urgency of a matter based on another person's tone of voice, facial expressions, and emotional state while speaking.

Muslims do possess this ability.

When a Muslim begins with phrases like "Something terrible has happened" or "We're in trouble," it signifies that formal preparations should be made; everything else can be ignored.

Those urging words like "we should get ready" and "we'd better hurry up" can be seen as Mus reminding you how much rest time you have left.

Just like someone who sets five or six alarms to wake up early the next day, they're only willing to get out of bed when the last or second-to-last alarm goes off.

As Ai Liang walked, she pondered what to have for dinner these past two days: "Tonight we'll have seafood fried rice and fried chicken legs. If I want to do something different tomorrow... I'll make a pot of sausage congee. Luckily, I can use the dill I bought from Nevada..."

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As night fell, Tian Hao took his recording equipment and prepared to head to the garage.

Jiang Kaiji, who was holding a cup of bitter tea, saw this and greeted him, "Are you going to the hospital or the funeral home?"

"The detention center, there's a big guy there."

Tian Hao stepped forward, snatched Jiang Kaiji's cup, and took a sip of tea.

Jiang Kaiji took the cup and complained, "Why go to the detention center now? We still have dozens of autopsy reports to review!"

"I already told you, everyone's here."

Tian Hao rubbed his temples: "Most of these people died in the same way. If we want to find clues from the corpses, we don't know how long we'll have to wait. We can get a lot more information from the living than from the dead."

Jiang Kaiji's hand trembled with excitement: "The field team caught someone?! How come I didn't know?"

If they catch the suspects, they won't have to work overtime analyzing the autopsy reports of those dead scumbags.

After all, few people in the criminal investigation team would be happy to find the murderer for a group of heinous criminals.

If it weren't for their duty, they wouldn't even bother to glance at it.

Tian Hao sighed: "I just received the notification not long ago, but it wasn't because they caught him, but because someone came to turn themselves in."

"Another surrender?" Jiang Kaiji frowned subconsciously.

Influenced by Hu Yingshao, he is now showing signs of PTSD regarding the word "surrender".

"Who is the person from the capital?" Jiang Kaiji asked.

“Zhang Feng,” Tian Hao replied.

Jiang Kaiji stroked his chin thoughtfully and said, "Zhang Feng? That name sounds familiar... Who is it again?"

"People in the underworld call him Turkey, the one who manages the Qianhua gambling business," Tian Hao reminded him.

“I remember now! But what does this have to do with him, a casino owner? Does he know the cause of these people’s deaths?” Jiang Kaiji pressed.

Tian Hao retorted irritably, "If I had known, would I be wasting my breath talking to you here, or going to the detention center for interrogation?"

After scolding Jiang Kaiji, Tian Hao continued, "No matter what, this is a new breakthrough. At the very least, it's better than staying in the team and constantly looking at autopsy reports."

Jiang Kaiji put the cup on the table: "Can I come with you?"

Tian Hao raised an eyebrow: "You?"

"Old Tian, ​​I know the team is short-handed right now, but I'm from the management department! I can't even distinguish the different types of wounds caused by sharp objects, so asking me to look at autopsy reports would be a waste of my time!"

Jiang Kaiji began to complain bitterly: "What bladed, bladeless, single-edged, double-edged, multi-edged, stabbing wound, cutting wound, stabbing and cutting... damn it!"

While reading these reports, I felt like a donkey tending a millstone, all I could do was go around in circles reading them!

Tian Hao patted Jiang Kaiji on the shoulder: "Be confident, donkeys don't make annotations at the end."

"You bastard." Jiang Kaiji shook off Tian Hao's hand.

Tian Hao flicked his car keys: "Alright, if you don't want to read the report, grab your gear and come with me. I have a ton of things to do."

"That's exactly what I was waiting for." Jiang Kaiji returned to his desk, quickly packed his equipment, and got into the car.

On the way to the detention center, Jiang Kaiji looked at the report and asked, "Where did Ping An go? You didn't just let him investigate on his own, did you?"

Tian Hao, steering the wheel, said, "I sent him away. He won't be of much help with this case."

"Not much help? That doesn't sound like something you would say."

Jiang Kaiji looked up in surprise: "In the past, as long as you and Ping An worked together, the case could be closed in less than three days."

Upon hearing this, Tian Hao, looking irritated, lit a cigarette and said, "You said it yourself, that was in the past. Those cases are nothing compared to this one. We've been investigating for over a week and haven't found a single clue."

As early as when the first batch of bodies were discovered, Tian Hao recalled Jin Ping'an, who was preparing to take the joint entrance examination.

However, the usually successful backtracking team suffered a major setback this time.

According to Jin Ping'an's recollection of the crime scene, all he could see was a man completely covered up, dragging the body off a small truck that was also covered in black cloth.

Tian Hao and Jin Ping'an didn't pay much attention at first. Since they had killed so many people, concealing their physical appearance and means of transportation were just the most basic protective measures.

In modern cities with ubiquitous surveillance, there are no large blind spots; there should always be cameras that can capture trucks.

However, when the two checked the public surveillance footage, they found that they could not find any trace of the van.

In Jin Ping'an's recollection, he clearly saw the small truck driving through a certain street.

However, the public surveillance footage showed nothing, and the two realized that the public surveillance footage was likely all overwritten by surveillance footage from a certain period of time.

Whether someone helped or the perpetrator hacked into the public surveillance system using their own skills, it's possible.

From any perspective, it is an extremely terrifying thing.

Tian Hao and Jin Ping'an did not make a fuss, but chose to investigate quietly.

Anyway, with the backtracking feature, we'll find the key clues sooner or later.

Then reality slapped them hard in the face.

Jin Ping'an was able to locate the small truck used to transport the body by tracing back the timeline.

However, the car was stolen by the murderer from the garage of a fruit shop, and the murderer's background remains unknown.

Jin Ping'an continued to trace the path the murderer took before stealing the car and found the motorcycle he was riding.

But the motorcycle was just stolen from the roadside!
There's simply no way to find the killer based on the vehicle.

(End of this chapter)