The mysterious black suitcase at the Bureau of Military Intelligence became the focus of the moment.
His father wanted Huang Rong to open the suitcase and check it, but Huang Rong refused because it was a military asset. Liang Fala, a senior investigator from the Special Task Force, was on Huang Rong's side.
"Dad, don't go too far. Not just anyone can check the assets of the military." Liang Fala licked his lips and said in an unfriendly tone.
Jerry's father laughed. "Since when did the Special Task Force become just anyone? Can you bear the responsibility of stopping the Special Task Force from investigating a case? "
Liang Fala was stunned. According to the laws of the Alliance, all cases involving superpowers were handled by the Special Task Force, including the military. If Jerry reported this matter, even the military would support his father's opinion. After all, the military did not want to be suspected by the Special Task Force.
Just as the two sides were in a stalemate, Huang Rong suddenly gave his men a look. Immediately, a soldier in civilian clothes took the suitcase from the corner and placed it in front of Jerry.
Huang Rong said, "We can search it, but there must be an explanation. What if we can't find any evidence?"
His father looked at Xia Fan. A mysterious smile appeared on Xia Fan's face and he said, "I can guarantee with my life that the evidence is in the suitcase."
Haha ~
Huang Rong smiled and waved his hand. "You can't bear this responsibility, Dad. What do you think?"
His father called Dunn, who was nicknamed the Black Suit, to his side and said to him with a serious face, "Go and see what's in the suitcase. If there's no evidence, I'll retire."
His colleagues in the Bureau were stunned. His father was betting on himself!
Qin Zimo looked at Xia Fan and seemed to be blaming him. After all, his father was doing this because of Xia Fan. If there was no evidence, Xia Fan would not be able to absolve himself from the blame.
Dunn frowned. He was a man of few words and always wore a black windbreaker. He did not change it, so everyone called him the Black Suit.
Xia Fan felt that Dunn was the most mysterious of all the investigators in the Special Task Force. He was always away from the bureau and no one knew what he was busy with. Chen Chen was Dunn's partner, but Dunn always left Chen Chen alone in the bureau.
The suitcase was opened. Dunn put on a pair of black gloves and took out the items one by one. The Special Task Force's faces grew darker and darker.
Phew ~
Dunn took one last look at the box and shook his head at his father, indicating that there was nothing stolen from the safe. He then glared at Xia Fan as if he wanted to skin Xia Fan alive.
Huang Rong laughed and said proudly, "Now you should give up, right? Dad, I'm a little busy today. Old Liang and I will treat you to a drink later. "
Elder Father's obese body swayed slightly and he closed his eyes reluctantly. He had never thought that his career would end just like that. The others, including Chu Yan, stared at Xia Fan with resentment.
Suddenly ~
Xia Fan smiled and said, "Hold on."
"What else do you want?!" Liang Fala said angrily, "There is nothing stolen from the safe in the box!"
Xia Fan said calmly, "I didn't expect to find the stolen item in the box. What I'm really looking for is this."
After saying that, Xia Fan walked out under everyone's shocked gazes. He took out a transparent glass bottle from the pile of items in the box. When he picked up the bottle, Huang Rong's expression changed and he clenched his fists.
Xia Fan came to a wall in the living room and pointed at it. He smiled and said, "The murderer left important information on the wall, but someone used a special chemical to erase the information before we arrived. If you don't believe me, you can test it."
"Erasing important evidence without permission. Just wait for the military court."
After saying that, Xia Fan took out a sealed bag from his pocket. He put the bottle of chemical away and handed it to Chu Yan.
They were fooled by Xia Fan!
Xia Fan did say that there was evidence in the box, but he did not say what kind of evidence it was.
What he was looking for was not the stolen item in the safe, but the bottle of chemical!
Liang Fala's eyes glazed over. Huang Rong's face turned from white to red and then to green.
"Good job, kid." Chen Chen came to Xia Fan excitedly and patted him on the back.
Although Xia Fan found the key chemical that proved that the military erased the evidence, Papa Gu's face was even more serious than before.
He stared at Huang Rong. "Why did you do this? What was on the wall? "
Huang Rong raised his eyelids and shrugged without saying a word. All the people in the military became mute like Huang Rong. No matter how Papa Gu asked, they did not say a word.
"If this goes on, you'll all be sent to the military court. Is it worth it?"
Papa Gu asked again, but they still remained silent. It seemed that they were determined to hide the truth.
Xia Fan said lightly, "Papa, besides them, there's also the maid who found the crime scene. She might have seen the thing on the wall. She's now at the local police station to make a statement."
Jerry nodded. "Qin Zimo, ask the police station to send the witness to the station."
Qin Zimo nodded, walked out of the living room, and called the police station in the hallway.
Not long after, he returned to the living room with a frown and whispered in Papa Gu's ear.
"Dead!?" Papa Gu was stunned when he heard this.
.....
Chu Yan was right. It was best if the Special Task Force had nothing to do. If there was, it would be a major incident.
Six people from the Military Intelligence were detained. They belonged to the military and needed to report to the headquarters and the military. These matters alone were enough to keep the Special Task Force busy.
As for Liang Fala, Papa Gu only reported his situation to the headquarters and restricted his personal freedom. He was not detained.
The investigation of the scene was handed over to Chen Chen and Dunn. Qin Zimo was responsible for escorting Huang Rong and the others back to the station. Xia Fan and Chu Yan were sent to investigate the scene where the maid was killed.
The maid was called Bai Dongmei. She was 47 years old and lived in a low-end community 3.7 kilometers away from Wu Jie's house. She was the mother of five children. Her husband worked in a construction company and did not have a high income. The family lived in poverty.
Wu Jie and his wife were soldiers and were in good health. They did not need anyone to take care of them. However, because their children were too busy with work and sent their three grandchildren to live with them, they hired Bai Dongmei to help them cook and take care of the children.
The police took her to the station to make a statement. When they passed through a tunnel, the car suddenly lost control and crashed into a large truck. The police car caught fire due to the impact. Two policemen and Bai Dongmei died at the scene. The driver of the large truck was also seriously injured and was sent to the local hospital. He was still in a coma.
When Xia Fan and Chu Yan returned to the Special Task Force after investigating the scene, it was already one o 'clock in the afternoon. Jerry's father decided to immediately hold a meeting to summarize all aspects of the situation.
There were only six investigators in the Brittany Special Task Force, including Jerry's father. Therefore, even if they were all gathered in the conference room, it still seemed a little deserted.
Papa Gu sat in the middle of the conference table and frowned. "Dunn, you go first."
Dunn, who was wearing a black trench coat, nodded. He gently pressed his finger on the remote control and played the high-resolution photos taken at the scene.
"Very tragic." Dunn pinched his fingers and said, "Two elderly people and three children. As Xia Fan deduced, they were all executed. There are bruises on the children's knees. Obviously, the murderer made them kneel in the living room for at least 30 minutes before killing them.
"There are traces of tears in the bloodstains on the floor. They were shed by the three children. They were obviously scared to tears by the murderer.
"Then, the murderer held a knife in his left hand and slit their necks one by one, starting from the youngest child and ending with Wu Jie. In other words, Wu Jie was executed after watching his grandson and wife being killed. I guess the murderer felt that just killing Wu Jie was not satisfying enough, so he tortured him psychologically.
"To be able to easily control Wu Jie, who is at the mid-level Star Level, it shows that the murderer's level is very high and his combat power is very strong. However, there is one thing I don't quite understand. This murderer is so cruel and has a deep hatred for Wu Jie. Why did he only slit the necks of Wu Jie's family and not humiliate the corpses?
"If there was a deep hatred, wouldn't it be more fitting for the murderer to dismember Wu Jie into a million pieces?"
The conference room fell silent. Xia Fan said lightly, "If the murderer is a soldier, then it makes sense."
"Why?" Dunn asked, puzzled. Everyone looked at Xia Fan.
Xia Fan said, "I read it in a book. The third volume of the Alliance's Military Culture Study, Marshal Ricardo's Memoirs of the Fourth Intergalactic War. Since the first intergalactic war, the armies of the three major alliances have formed the habit of exchanging corpses.
"During the war, the soldiers would regularly exchange corpses so that the soldiers who died in battle could be sent back to their hometown and buried. Humiliating corpses was strictly forbidden. It was seen as a cowardly act by the soldiers. This habit has been maintained to this day."
"So, the murderer is a soldier?" Chen Chen asked, scratching his blonde curls.
Xia Fan was noncommittal. "Wu Jie joined the army when he was seventeen. He worked in the army all his life. His social connections and friends were all in the army."
"Dunn said that the murderer made the five members of the Wu family kneel on the ground for half an hour. During that time, the children were scared out of their wits. However, the murderer did not show the slightest bit of sympathy, nor did he panic. This kind of cruelty and calmness is not something an ordinary criminal could achieve."
Xia Fan's father did not speak for a long time. When he was done thinking, he asked Xia Fan, "What clues did you find with the maid of the Wu family?"
Xia Fan said, "The corpses had been burned to ashes. Chu Yan and I found a pair of black diamond earrings in the charred hover car. After checking, we found that it was worn by Wu Jie's wife. It was a token of their engagement. The price at the time was 286,800 Alliance dollars. The transaction records can be found in the archives of the Jewelry Merchants Alliance.
"If I'm not mistaken, the maid with the surname Bai is not a good person. She came to the Wu family early in the morning and found that all five members of the family were dead. So, she mustered up the courage and stole the expensive earrings from the old lady.
"Therefore, Liang Fala's deduction is that robbery and murder are impossible. Instead of stealing the expensive jewelry from the corpses, she went to the safe? That's strange. "
"What's even more bizarre is that all vehicles nowadays have accident prevention systems. The police car had all the safety measures disabled and it sped toward the oncoming truck. It's hard not to be suspicious."
"What do you mean?" Chu Yan asked anxiously.
Xia Fan said helplessly, "It's obvious that there's a force that's been stopping us from getting closer to the truth. If I'm not mistaken, even if this force isn't from the military, it must be related to the military."
"I suggest that we use the truth-telling serum and interrogate Huang Rong overnight. He must know something."
Truth-Telling serum!?
Everyone was stunned. The truth-telling serum was a powerful chemical. Once consumed, the brain would lose control, and no matter what questions were asked, the user would tell them everything they knew.
However, while the truth-telling serum was powerful, it also had a huge side effect. It could cause the user to be in a trance. In serious cases, it could even cause mental illness and endanger one's life.
Although Huang Rong was now in the custody of the Special Task Force, he was still from the military. Using the truth-telling serum on him would probably cause the military to be very unhappy.
At that moment, Jerry's father suddenly slammed the table and said in a determined tone, "It's decided. Dunn, go to the warehouse to get the truth-telling serum. Qin Zimo, Xia Fan, follow me to the interrogation room. If Huang Rong still refuses to confess, inject him with it."
"Yes."
"Understood."
Everyone stood up. At that moment, the door of the conference room suddenly opened. Liang Fala walked in with a gloomy face. He looked around at everyone and then placed a fax with the logo of the Special Task Force in front of Jerry's father.
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