From the Abyss Invasion to the Blasting Star.

Chapter 203 Reasoning the Truth
"What do you mean? Not only do you want to arrest me, but you also want to arrest our captain. Are you crazy? Who do you think you are?" When Cui Chengye was brought to the monitoring room, he pointed at Lu Heng and cursed with an angry face.

Guard Captain You Zhanyu quickly grabbed him and advised, "Calm down, we are all investigating the case. Once we explain everything clearly, they will naturally let us go."

He calmed down his guards, walked up to Lu Heng, and asked, "Do you really doubt me? Whether you believe it or not, I still have to say that investigating me is a complete waste of time."

Instructor Liu was also confused and asked, "Comrade Lu Heng, we really don't have time to waste."

Lu Heng stood up, sorted out his thoughts, and said, "Then I'll make it short. I do suspect Captain You Zhanyu, and I even think the hard drive is on him."

"what!"

Hearing this, everyone present showed a look of astonishment.

You Zhanyu's eyes widened as he retorted, "Are you crazy? Come on, come on, check if I have a hard drive. Also, here are the keys to my duty room and the closet. Go check quickly."

"No need, I've checked, nothing."

When Lu Heng came back from the bathroom just now, he whispered a few words to Su Muyu, asking her to check the guard duty room and the cloakroom, and indeed the lost hard drive was not found.

Cui Chengye was both angry and amused, and said, "You are so funny. The hard drive was clearly taken away by Engineer Liu. It must have been taken away by a spy in the alley behind the Academy of Sciences. You actually think that the hard drive is with the captain. Your thinking is really ridiculous."

The researcher Liu Gong who was silenced was indeed silenced in an alley across the street after he left the Academy of Sciences.

According to normal thinking, the hard drive should have been taken away by the person who killed him.

Lu Heng nodded and said, "I thought so at first, but there is a problem. Mr. Liu actually committed suicide by swallowing a gun."

Cui Chengye continued, "Is there any problem with this? The other party has the ability to control his mind and control him to commit suicide. Is that not okay?"

Lu Heng continued, “Of course, but if the hard drive was handed over in person, why didn’t the mind controller just shoot or kill him with a knife instead of using mind control?

“Perhaps you don’t know that the skill [Mind Control] will gain some of the controlled person’s five senses, including vision, hearing, and touch.

"That is to say, if you use mental control to make a person commit suicide by swallowing a gun, the feeling is actually no different from swallowing a gun yourself, except that the pain is not obvious.

"There are obviously simpler ways, but they chose to use mind control to silence people. I think the mind controller never appeared in the alley, but silenced people from a distance.

"If they were trying to silence someone remotely, then where did the hard drive go? There is only one possibility: the hard drive was not taken out of the Academy of Sciences at all.

"Engineer Liu's movements in the Academy of Sciences were all monitored, except for one place where there was a one-second gap.

“In fact, this one-second gap is really short, so short that there is no need to doubt it.

"It wasn't until I went to the bathroom and walked around there that I realized the key to this."

Everyone was listening quietly, wanting to hear what Lu Heng had to say.

Because the current clues cannot support the inference made by Lu Heng.

Li Zhaofeng stared at the surveillance footage and couldn't see anything wrong.

Seeing that no one objected, Lu Heng continued:
"There is a cylindrical stainless steel trash can at the door of the bathroom. Everyone should know this."

Cui Chengye sneered, "Didn't the things in the trash can be given to Tiexue for testing? Is there anything wrong? If there was a problem, they would have arrested the person long ago. Why are we wasting time here?"

"Don't worry."

Lu Heng picked up the test report, showed a picture of a trash can on it, and then said:

“At first, I thought it was okay, until I saw the marks on the floor tiles under the trash can.

“Because the bathroom is quite humid, many of the tissues and cotton pads thrown into the trash are wet.

“Over time, a circular circle of rust formed just below the trash can.

“I was outside the bathroom and saw that part of the edge of the rust circle was sticking out of the trash can.

“At first, I was worried that when Ironblood was collecting evidence, he moved the trash can, causing the rust circle underneath the trash can to be exposed.

"Then, I came back and looked at the photos in the test report. The photos were taken before the evidence was collected. The photos clearly showed that there was a section of rust circle exposed.

"This means that someone moved the trash can in the fifteen minutes before the Iron Blood cordoned off the scene for evidence collection."

This reasoning seems to make sense, but it also seems to have flaws.

Cui Chengye immediately questioned: "What if the sanitation worker moved the trash can while cleaning?"

This question did not wait for Lu Heng to answer.

Li Zhaofeng spoke first: “No, I’ve seen the bottom of the trash can, and there’s only one rust circle.

"This shows that the sanitation staff are very careful and put the trash can back to its original position every time, accurately blocking the rust circle, so that there will be no overlapping rust circles.

“This is not difficult to verify. Just ask the health worker and it will be very clear, but I don’t think it’s necessary.

"Lu Heng's inference is correct. These clues can lead to the conclusion that the trash can has been moved."

Guard Captain You Zhanyu asked with a serious expression: "What does this prove? Are you trying to say that the hard drive was placed in the trash can? If so, the hard drive would have come into contact with the trash and tissues inside, and the test report would definitely show it."

Lu Heng replied: "No, the hard drive was not placed in the trash can, but outside the trash can."

You Zhanyu shook his head and laughed, "That's even more impossible. After the incident, Xiao Cui and I were not the first group to pass through the bathroom. There were guards passing by before us."

Cui Chengye pointed at the surveillance footage on the screen and argued:
"Look for yourself. There are six guards, divided into three groups, passing through the bathroom one after another. We are the second group. No matter how suspicious they are, they can't suspect us.

"If the hard drive was really placed outside the trash can, wouldn't the guard passing by see it?" The screen had been playing the surveillance footage of the bathroom door just now, and no one pressed the stop button, so it kept playing in a loop.

Lu Heng nodded and said, “Yes, they can’t see it.”

The other four guards who were passing by the bathroom door were also called over. One of them interrupted and said, "We are not blind. How could we not see such a large object placed outside the trash can?"

Lu Heng corrected him, "To be precise, the hard drive was placed behind the trash can. That's why we moved the trash can. We wanted to hide the hard drive behind the trash can. The hard drive is not very thick, less than two centimeters. If you don't look carefully, you won't be able to find it if you hide it behind the trash can."

As soon as these words came out.

The guards who expressed doubts looked at each other and did not refute.

If the hard drive is hidden behind a trash can, it is easy to overlook it when running past.

Lu Heng continued, "Engineer Liu was out of surveillance for only one second at the bathroom door, so he definitely didn't have time to go into the bathroom, but it was still easy to stuff the hard drive behind the trash can."

Guard Captain You Zhanyu then questioned: "Okay, even if your inference is true, where is the hard drive now? Who took it? Me? I didn't have the chance to take it."

Cui Chengye chimed in: "Yes, I was passing by the bathroom with the captain at that time. If he went to get the hard drive, how could I not know?"

You Zhanyu took over the conversation, pointed at the surveillance footage and said, "The footage should have been repeated dozens of times, right? Do you think I can hide a hard drive on my body?"

The guards' clothes were tight fitting and were tucked into their trousers, so there was no part of their bodies that could hide a hard drive.

If a hard drive is hidden on the person, it can be clearly seen after the surveillance footage is enlarged.

Just now, Li Zhaofeng had been watching the enlarged surveillance footage. Not only did You Zhanyu not have a hard drive hidden on his body, but the six guards who passed by the bathroom door also had no place to hide a hard drive on their bodies.

Lu Heng nodded and said, "I was also suspicious at first, because there was really no place on your body to hide the hard drive, until I thought of another possibility..."

"Which possibility?" Everyone present was very curious.

Lu Heng did not answer. A smile appeared on his face. He slowly raised his right hand, then flipped his palm and a pistol appeared in his hand. He spun it around, then flipped his palm again and the pistol disappeared.

Seeing this, everyone present understood what it meant.

The psychic has an inventory, where they can store weapons and equipment.

However, not all items can be stored.

If you want to store items on Blue Star into your inventory, you need to assimilate the items with basic rules.

Lu Heng smiled and said, "Do you understand? Captain You really has no place to hide the hard drive, but you can put the hard drive into the inventory, and it only costs a sum of divine energy.

"For such a dangerous espionage operation, it is worthwhile to spend a little divine energy to ensure the success of the operation."

You Zhanyu frowned. "Even if that's the case, it doesn't prove it was me. Any psychic could be the one, and most of the guards are psychics."

Lu Heng nodded and said, "Yes, I was wondering who it would be at the beginning. But your action made you my suspect.

"When I first said I was going to check at the bathroom door, you took the initiative to follow me over to supervise.

“As a guard captain, you can just send two guards to follow. There’s no need to follow in person.

"When I checked the trash can, you seemed to be standing aside unintentionally, but you were looking at me intentionally or unintentionally.

"Afterwards, I came back and reviewed the surveillance video, and sure enough, I found that you were among the guards passing by the bathroom door during that time."

After this reasoning, You Zhanyu's suspicion is indeed beginning to grow.

Cui Chengye frowned and asked in confusion: "That's not right. I left with the captain at that time. If he took the hard drive, how could I not know?"

Lu Heng reminded: "You forgot one thing. He has the ability to control your mind. It's very easy for him to control you for a second."

Cui Chengye immediately retorted: "No, the captain does not have the ability to control the mind."

He pointed at the guards' information and continued to argue for his captain: "Didn't you read the guards' information? The captain doesn't have any mind control skills. The three skill slots are full. Can't you check it yourself?"

Lu Heng had indeed read the information of all the guards and could not see any problems.

Guard Captain You Zhanyu does have three skill slots, and it is true that none of his three skills are spiritual.

However, skills can change.

As long as you complete the world quest of the Abyss Battlefield, you will have the opportunity to change your skills.

Whether deleting a skill, adding a skill slot, or extracting a skill to replace the original skill, you can change the original skills.

Lu Heng did not explain, looked at You Zhanyu with a smile, and asked: "Do you have it?"

You Zhanyu fell silent.

Lu Heng continued, "It's no use for you to deny it. Find a higher-level psychiatric interrogator. You can't hide anything."

In the Age of Abyss, the emergence of supernatural powers gave those with special powers more ways to commit crimes, but it also gave investigators more means to investigate crimes.

Li Zhaofeng smiled and said, "No need to ask a mental interrogator, I can do it. Captain You Zhanyu, please answer me, do you have the ability to control your mind?"

at this point.

In fact, it was no use to quibble. You Zhanyu smiled bitterly, lowered his head helplessly, and admitted: "It was me."

(End of this chapter)