Age of Heroes, 10-game winning streak

"What's the weapon?"

"Gun, stick."

"...I understand." Zhou Liu suddenly realized that the hints of a few key words had already made her have relevant associations.

I had just asked them to conduct an investigation the night before, but a murder happened just one day later.

Should we say that his actions were too efficient, or that the other party had noticed and taken action long ago?

Thinking of this, Zhou Liu continued to ask: "Did he leave any other words?"

Bai Yu hooked his finger, motioning Zhou Liu to come closer. Then, close to his ear, he whispered, "Zhuang Sheng is Zhuang Dao's biological brother; they're twins... If you dig out clues from Zhuang Sheng, you should be able to find Zhuang Dao's flaws."

Zhou Liu looked at the corpse and narrowed his eyes slightly: "I see."

She got it.

At this time, the police officer in charge of the on-site investigation reported: "Based on the traces found at the scene, it seems that there must have been a conflict at the extraordinary level or above, but no third person's blood or dropped objects were collected."

Zhou Liu asked, "Has the body been examined?"

"After a cursory examination, we found…" The officer paused and said, "Signs of beating, stabbing, and interrogation. The cause of death was a puncture wound to the head."

"They're truly ruthless," Zhou Liu said with a headache. "And the deceased was a follower of Luohou... This black bow and arrows prove his identity. Does he have any other personal belongings?"

"We haven't found it yet." The clerk speculated, "Maybe the other party took it away?"

Bai Yu sat aside and drank a sip of mineral water to moisten his throat. Zhuang Sheng's information terminal had been swallowed and hidden by Di Ting, and its body was completely isolated from the signal.

After a few more words, the officer reported another body: "There's another body. Due to the severe demonic influence, it's difficult to discern its original appearance. I suspect it's..."

"I know who he is." Zhou Liu interrupted. She pressed her brows and said in a low voice, "No need to say more. Just write the report and submit it."

The cat ears on her head drooped down, almost turning into airplane ears, showing that she was in a very bad and depressed mood at the moment.

"Let's go see her together?" Bai Yu put down the mineral water and suggested, "I want to see her too."

Zhou Liu looked into the boy's clear eyes and nodded slightly: "Okay, let's go together... If I'm alone, I don't know how to face her."

……

Ruan Qingshan's body was placed in a transport vehicle with a low-temperature preservation function, and the air was slightly cold.

Ruan Qingxue sat beside the corpse, stretched out her hand, and carefully arranged her brother's remains.

Her eyes were red, but she didn't cry. She forced herself to reach out and slowly comb her hair.

The scene was quiet and no one dared to disturb it.

Zhou Liu watched this scene silently, his heart aching.

In her heart, she had always looked down on Ruan Qingshan's bad character, but over the years, she had changed her mind...

She offered to sponsor Ruan Qingxue to go to school and improve their living conditions more than once, but was rejected by Ruan Qingshan.

He stubbornly refused simply because he didn't want to be visited by debtors and affect Zhou Liu's career.

Even the two sides have to be cautious when meeting each other. They can only meet once or twice a month, and even then it has to be in remote places.

Zhou Liu thought this was unnecessary, but Ruan Qingshan and Ruan Qingxue were always stubborn and didn't want to drag Zhou Liu down. If a debt collector went to Changye Division to make trouble, she would be punished anyway.

This brother and sister have been disliked by everyone over the years. They support each other and keep each other warm. Zhou Liu tried her best to help, but there was too little she could do. They did not share the joys and sorrows, and most of the difficulties were still overcome by them together.

So much so that even now, facing Ruan Qingxue who is separated from her forever, she cannot utter a single word of comfort.

How can I say it?

She wanted to protect the brother and sister, but she was powerless... She thought of many extreme situations and even gave up her principles and asked a ranger for help, but the result was still the same, still so tragic.

Zhou Liu clenched his fists and couldn't help but turn his head back, in his heart scolding the absurdity of God. Why did he let suffering fall on this brother and sister again and again? Hadn't they suffered enough?

She didn't dare to go over and didn't know how to face Ruan Qingxue.

Apologize?

Can an apology bring the dead back to life?

Zhou Liu retreated because she felt guilty and thought she had not done her best.

Bai Yu also felt guilty, but he stepped forward.

"Qingxue."

"..."

Ruan Qingxue lowered her hands, her eyes moving away from the corpse. She looked at the young man calmly and silently. She opened her mouth, her voice hoarse and the sound of her words made people feel a pang of pain: "Bai Yu, Sister Zhou... I, now... I'm sorry, I'm very sad, I don't know what to say."

She touched her eye sockets with her fingers, her expression numb: "My brother is gone... He won't talk to me anymore."

"I'm the only one left."

Her fingertips trembled, she closed her eyes, and two lines of tears flowed down her face. The great pain was drowned in silence.

None of Bai Yu's prepared lines were used.

He had originally planned to tell her Ruan Qingshan's last words.

But, it's useless to say anything.

The murderer died, the innocent died too, and the only one who was hurt and in pain was the one left behind.

Bai Yu raised his head and gazed at the white moonlight in the sky. The bright moon could not dispel the gloom in his heart.

Zhou Liu walked up and hugged Ruan Qingxue. After silently comforting her, she turned and left, unable to speak from beginning to end.

She walked into the range of the flashing police lights, and alternating red and blue lights flashed in her eyes, a mixture of cold and heat.

Liu Xinghan approached and lowered his voice, saying, "...Zhuang Dao is here."

Zhou Liu rolled up his sleeves, stood up his ears, narrowed his eyes, and turned his round pupils into vertical pupils, as if a feline was grinning, cruelly showing its fangs.

"It's good that you're here. Now that you're here, don't leave."

……

All the necessary clues have been given. Next, we will wait for Chang Ye Si to handle the matter.

Bai Yu looked at the girl who was as silent as a sculpture, not knowing how to comfort her. He could only pick up the white-haired little animal on the ground and hand it to her.

"Touch it, maybe you'll feel better."

He said something in a somewhat forced explanation.

Ruan Qingxue looked at the cute little white-haired animal, stretched out her stiff hands and hugged it softly.

She whispered, "Why are you here?"

"I chased it." Bai Yu poked the little white-haired beast. "Then I saw that scene...I threw my phone away in the heat of the moment."

He said self-deprecatingly, "I was a little overconfident and ended up not being able to save the person. It was your brother who saved my life."

Ruan Qingxue looked at Bai Yu and asked in a low voice: "Brother, did you say anything?"

Her eyes were like a frozen glacier, with no ripples or life in them even when a strong wind blew past.

After thinking for three seconds, Bai Yu decided to tell a lie.

"He said, I'm sorry."

"He also told me to live a good life."

Sometimes, lies can be medicine.

Bai Yu thought, even if it was made up, it was probably the remaining half of the sentence that the other party didn't finish.

The deceased does not want the living to be trapped by them. After all, the dead do not feel pain, it is the living who suffer.

The ice in Ruan Qingxue's eyes seemed to crack, and the corners of her lips lifted slightly, and she actually smiled.

This is not laughing through tears, but smiling with tears.

"Live well... This is what I first said to my brother."

"Let's live well together."

She looked at Ruan Qingshan, who was no longer talking, as if she had returned to a long, long time ago.

Ruan Qingxue exhaled heavily, then closed her eyes, and her tense spirit relaxed a little.

Her body tilted, she lost her balance and fell to the ground. Bai Yu immediately supported her shoulders. She felt dizzy and seemed to be about to faint.

The moment her mind relaxed, all the fatigue accumulated in her weak body burst out in one breath, almost causing her to lose consciousness.

"You need to rest." Bai Yu looked at her thigh, where there was an arrow wound piercing through it. "Close your eyes and have a good sleep."

"...Can you hold my hand?" Ruan Qingxue asked in a low voice. Her lips were pale and her body was trembling. "I feel a little cold."

Bai Yu couldn't refuse this request, so he held Ruan Qingxue's hand. Her palm was slender and slightly rough, unlike the hands of a girl of her age. She must have secretly gone out to work to supplement the family income, so there were rough marks on her palm.

Completely different from Su Ruoli's hands.

Listening to the other person's even breathing, Di Ting stayed motionless in her arms, Qin Xuezhao said: "She fell asleep."

"Well, let's do this for now."

Bai Yu sat down and relaxed: "I'm a little tired too, let's take a rest."

He sat down and was about to close his eyes when he suddenly noticed a pop-up window in the lower left corner of his vision.

[Event in progress]

【Demon Exorcist】

【Progress: 1/2】

He opened his eyes and rubbed his eyebrows... It's not over yet, there is still one demon left.

Chapter 97 Before Dawn

Long Night Division, interrogation room.

Zhuang Dao sat on the chair with an expressionless face.

"I'm not going to say anything until my lawyer gets here."

He repeated this sentence only once and remained expressionless no matter what questions he was asked.

The door to the interrogation room was pushed open.

Zhou Liu walked in with a stack of documents in his hands and said to the interrogator who was leaving, "There's something wrong with the surveillance video. Remember to deal with it."

The two of them exchanged positions. Zhou Liu sat opposite Zhuang Dao, under the table, with his legs crossed. He opened the document and threw it on the table.

"have a look."

"Fresh autopsy report."

Zhou Liu said expressionlessly, "Zhuang Sheng, he died tragically. He had at least ten wounds on his body."

Zhuang Dao's expression changed for the first time. He raised his eyes and noticed a red light spot indicating a malfunction appeared on the camera in the interrogation room.

He immediately leaned back in his chair and asked in a low voice, "Who did it?"

Zhou Liu asked back, "You really want to know? Does this have anything to do with you?"

"I just want to know who killed my brother." Zhuang Dao gritted his teeth and said solemnly, "As the victim's family member, I deserve to know."

"Family of the victim?" Zhou Liu couldn't help laughing. She turned her head to the side with a mischievous expression, then glanced at Zhuang Sheng and said, "His intent to murder ordinary citizens is solid evidence... The arrow that shot Ruan Qingxue's thigh is irrefutable proof, and it's stained with Zhuang Sheng's fingerprints. He's a criminal, Mr. Zhuang. Your brother was shot dead. He simply received the verdict he deserved. But what I want to know now is why he killed this poor brother and sister. Was it you who instructed him to do so?"

Zhuang Dao snorted with a forced smile and made no reply.

Zhou Liu continued, "It's okay if you don't tell me. I'll investigate... You will be detained in the Changye Division and go through various procedures. The maximum detention time is forty-eight hours. Before that, I don't believe you will have cleared all traces. I have applied for a search warrant to investigate and collect evidence of your most recent residence, and to conduct a comprehensive and thorough search of your home."

"Mr. Zhuang, you'd better hope your house is clean enough. Otherwise, if I find even a single hair belonging to Zhuang Sheng on your sofa, I can use it as physical evidence to accuse you and your brothers of colluding to murder a Daxia citizen!"

She stood up by pressing the table, leaving behind a coercive remark that wasn't much of an exhortation: "If you voluntarily surrender yourself now and confess, you might even be able to get a small reduction in your sentence. Would you like to give it a try?"

Zhuang Dao's obese body trembled slightly. His fists on the table were clenched tightly. He lowered his head and said nothing. His eyes rolled up, and the fat on his face trembled with the tense muscles. He stared at Zhou Liu with resentful eyes, wishing to cut him into pieces.

This reaction is the best answer.

It seems that he did leave some traces.

Zhou Liu thought to himself, I will never let you go this time!

But at this moment, the door of the interrogation room was pushed open.