HIADDYTHIAMOCI Chapter 38

Inside the villa, Director Fang stared intently at the surveillance video he had obtained, showing Lin Yuan entering and exiting the residential area.

The butler standing behind him had already arranged for the hitman to go elsewhere. If he were truly caught, it wouldn’t implicate them and expose this address.

“Sir, Bai Qiushui has come to Haishi and is now at the police station.”

“Bai Qiushui? That kid in his teens?”

“Yes, he apparently came specifically to find Lin Yuan, hoping to compete with him.”

Director Fang knew that kid wouldn’t be a match for Lin Yuan, so he wasn’t worried about that. What he needed to know now was something else.

While he was thinking, a phone call came in.

In the lens, the masked man showed a bucket of instant noodles and several cigarette butts scattered on the ground. The only illuminated area was where he was sitting cross-legged.

“Director Fang.”

“What, I can’t get back into the police station? Information previously obtained from within the police station can only be handed over to my people there.”

His expression suddenly turned sharp from the relaxed state he was in just now, staring at the masked woman on the other end, clearly dissatisfied with this news.

“Everything was going smoothly last night, and I was prepared to resolve those cases, but the police station, for some reason, had someone come out and modify the firewall.”

In other words, the other side’s virtual power was even stronger than his.

Under such circumstances, besides that Lin Yuan, there couldn’t be anyone else.

Director Fang loosened his grip on the wine glass in his hand.

“I have a hypothesis.”

“What is it?”

The masked man knew that among them, Director Fang was the only one with power and brains; the others basically just listened to him.

Most of the time, their actions depended on him, so on this matter, he also wanted to see what exactly was going on.

“There wasn’t anyone else at the time, but isn’t it possible that someone reached that place before us, and then… learned those things earlier than us?”

The existence of this system was definitely not accidental.

They were also chosen, so Director Fang had reason to believe that perhaps the secret hidden within could only be known by one of them.

“I always thought I was the first to arrive, never imagining that maybe we were the ones being used as stepping stones.”

“Stepping stones? But the stars showed that there were definitely five so far.”

“Then there’s another possibility: we didn’t meet the other party’s expectations of us.”

“…”

The masked man understood the meaning.

In other words, the system didn’t appear to let them commit crimes. From the beginning, they had misinterpreted its meaning. Those skills were to better deal with criminals.

To deal with themselves.

The reward the system gave him was different from theirs.

“Those files?”

Director Fang rubbed his forehead with one hand; he had known this since the last time he entered.

“Regarding this, I have a guess: the more things here are exposed, the faster it disappears.”

“Or, the more Lin Yuan obtains, the faster it disappears.”

Both were possible.

Director Fang glanced at the masked man, not expecting his brain to actually be quite useful at this time.

“I will verify this point. Since he likes being with that group of police so much, then let’s give them another gift.”

If exposing things earlier could weaken Lin Yuan’s strength, then those of them who had obtained the system for a year would be enough to deal with him.

Director Fang’s eyes reflected several shadowy figures leaving the residential area. In the surveillance footage, someone’s face was unusually clear.

…

Two o’clock in the afternoon.

An email was sent to Lin Yuan’s mailbox. His contact information was still relatively private.

Lin Yuan had long stopped using email; he usually didn’t need it. However, watching the email keep popping up, he impulsively clicked on it.

Inside was a video showing several blurred figures with their faces pixelated.

Even without seeing their faces, one could tell from their behavior that they were guilty of something.

Most importantly, they didn’t come out from the security room, but climbed over the fence on the side.

“What are you looking at?”

Captain Zhang happened to have returned from a mission and leaned over when he saw the scene.

Based on his years of criminal investigation experience, he quickly saw something wrong with the actions of these people.

“Captain Zhang, don’t you think the things these people are carrying in their hands are a bit strange?”

Leaning back in his chair, he repeatedly played the video. The video wasn’t long, and Lin Yuan was able to see almost all the details.

Captain Zhang rarely felt like making a joke.

“It looks a bit like someone dismembering a body and packing the pieces to throw them away. It’s just that the suspects I’ve encountered before weren’t this nervous; they would at least be a little calmer.”

“…”

After he spoke, he didn’t receive the agreement he had imagined, but instead saw Lin Yuan looking thoughtful.

“Could it really be a dismemberment case?”

“…”

“I’ve been to this district before. We’ll know if we go over there today and take a look.”

Lin Yuan got up.

“Hey, hey, I haven’t solved Zhong Tiantian’s case yet, and now there’s another one. Could there be something targeting me?”

Captain Zhang keenly noticed something was wrong. Otherwise, how come he hadn’t seen this video, and it appeared on Lin Yuan’s computer first?

Lin Yuan had already half-walked out, and his voice faintly drifted over.

“It’s normal to target me. That shows they have brains.”

Captain Zhang was stunned, thinking that what he said wasn’t wrong either.

This time, Lin Yuan brought his police officer badge with him, making it easier to directly access the surveillance footage later.

The footage of those people leaving wasn’t fully captured, but the surveillance should still be working when they entered. When Lin Yuan arrived at the district, the security guard in the security room was still the same guy.

The security guard obviously also had an impression of Lin Yuan and immediately patted the seat next to him, thinking Lin Yuan wasn’t wearing his delivery uniform and wanted to chat or something.

“Brother, sit…”

Before he could finish speaking, he looked up and saw a dark badge.

He looked closely.

A police officer??!!

“Hello, Officer! Are you here undercover or what?”

Lin Yuan didn’t care about the issue of titles and said, “Don’t be nervous. I’m just here to look at the surveillance footage. Is yesterday’s surveillance still available?”

The security guard nodded vigorously.

“Yes, yes, Officer… ah, no, Comrade, please!”

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