It was past six o'clock in the evening when they were done checking all 16 crime scenes.
Lin Huang and Xia Hou went to a random ramen restaurant for dinner and returned to their respective hotels.
As soon as they returned to the hotel room, Lin Huang pulled Bloody along to look through the documents again.
With his identity as an investigation assistant, Lin Huang obtained a complete set of documents from the Coalition government. However, due to the lack of time, he only managed to look through them briefly. If not for Xia Hou urging him to check out the crime scenes, Lin Huang would have spent the entire day looking for clues in the documents.
The human and the monster only managed to look through all the documents when it was past 11 o'clock at night.
"There's still no useful clues. Before each crime, all the surveillance birds, surveillance mosquitoes, and other surveillance monsters near the crime scenes would be killed in less than two minutes. Even the Transmission Shell that can record sounds is no exception. The murderer didn't leave any video or audio information behind. It's flawless, "Lin Huang sighed helplessly. "Not only did the Coalition government retrieve the surveillance videos of the surveillance monsters around the crime scenes, but they also cross-compared the surveillance videos that were archived at the 16 crime scenes before the crime scenes. Nothing was found even after 30 days of video archiving."
"What I don't understand is, if the murderer didn't go to the crime scenes before the crime scenes, how did he know where the surveillance monsters were hiding and how did he kill all of them?" Lin Huang raised a new question after exclaiming. "Could it be that this guy has a Territory ability like me?"
Usually, one would need to achieve imperial-level combat strength and possess a Life Palace to possess a Territory ability. The murderer's combat strength was determined to be on immortal-level, so the probability of him possessing a Territory ability was low. That was why Lin Huang said that.
"Perhaps he has a camouflage ability where he looks completely different every time he appears. That's why we can't find the same person when we cross-compare the surveillance videos. Of course, it's also possible that he has a Territory ability that allows him to sense the number and exact location of the surveillance monsters within a certain range. "While Bloody agreed with Lin Huang, it suggested another possibility.
"If it's the former, then it'll be difficult." Lin Huang frowned.
As someone who had the ability to disguise himself, he knew very well how terrifying this type of ability was. His disguise skill was far from master-level, but he could fool almost everyone below imperial-level. If the murderer's disguise skill was better, even an imperial-level might not be able to see through his disguise. He could easily change into any identity and wander around the foothold where there were countless people chasing after him. He could even walk past them without being noticed.
"In less than half an hour, the seventeenth murder case will occur." Lin Huang looked at the time and continued, "But we don't know who the next victim will be, and we don't know where the crime scene will be. There's no way to stop it."
Bloody felt helpless. "We can only wait for the case to happen and rush to the scene as soon as possible. Let's see if we can find any clues this time."
Half an hour passed in a flash. Although it was already midnight, Lin Huang did not feel sleepy at all. He sat on the sofa in the living room, quietly waiting for the notification from the Coalition government to arrive.
When it was almost 10 past 12, his Emperor's Heart Ring vibrated. As soon as Lin Huang opened the communication page, a message popped up.
"All investigators and assistants, please rush to the Chenxing Building as soon as possible!"
Although the message was simple, Lin Huang immediately understood that the crime had already happened and the location was at the Chenxing Building.
The Coalition government attached a set of coordinates to the map function of the Emperor's Heart Ring when he clicked on it, and the route was immediately mapped out.
"The crime scene is at the center of the foothold. It's only about 100 kilometers away from here." Lin Huang turned off the communication page and walked to the balcony.
With a flash of blood, it turned into a purple afterimage and entered his left sleeve.
Lin Huang walked to the balcony in a few steps. He did not even bother to summon Thunder. He leaped and headed straight to the coordinates.
Soon, Lin Huang arrived at his destination, the Chenxing Building.
The building was huge, and the giant logo that was almost 30 meters long was made of tens of thousands of Sunstone light bulbs. When the lights were lit up at night, it could be seen clearly from thousands of meters away.
When Lin Huang landed, there were already more than ten people gathered at the entrance of the Chenxing Building.
Many of them looked at Lin Huang and looked away after sizing him up in confusion. A minority of them smirked in disdain. After all, Lin Huang's combat strength was only on purple flame-level while the rest of them were basically on immortal-level rank-4 and above.
Lin Huang glanced at the crowd and saw their expressions. Of course, he noticed that they were mocking him. He didn't pay any attention to them. His gaze swept over them indifferently before he withdrew his gaze.
In less than a minute, a couple of people arrived one after another. Finally, Xia Hou was here.
"How is it? Did you see the body? "Xia Hou asked as soon as he landed.
"No, I just arrived." Lin Huang shook his head and looked at the guards at the entrance of the building. "I guess the people from the Coalition government will only let us in when everyone is here."
At about 12.20 am, there were about 50 investigators and assistants gathered at the entrance of the building. Only two people walked out of the building.
One of them was wearing a gray coat and a gentleman's hat. He had a cigar in his mouth. The other one was wearing a suit and leather shoes. He had short hair and looked energetic. However, he did not look good.
Seeing the two of them, the people in front of the building looked at them. The noisy scene became quiet.
The man in the coat glanced at them and took out the cigar from his mouth with his right hand that was in the pocket of his coat. He did not say anything and put the cigar back into his mouth. He then squinted his eyes and looked at the man in the suit who was standing on his left.
After making eye contact with him, the man in the suit nodded slightly. He then took a step forward and spoke to Lin Huang and the rest.
"The victim's name is Li Jinbiao. He's 61 years old and he's the boss of the Jinchen Financial Group. Li Jinbiao's combat strength is immortal-level rank-3 while his two bodyguards are immortal-level rank-9. It seems like the two bodyguards were poisoned to death. We'll provide you with more detailed information before noon tomorrow. You may enter the crime scene now. It's on the 186th floor, room 001. We'll bring the body away for an autopsy at 1 am sharp. "
Seeing the people entering the building, Lin Huang frowned. He noticed that many of them had a slight change of expression when the man in the suit mentioned the name of the victim, including Xia Hou.
"Xia Hou, is the victim famous?" Lin Huang asked through voice transmission.
"You don't know Li Jinbiao?" Xia Hou asked in surprise. However, he realized something when he saw that Lin Huang was still confused. "Are you from Division 3?"
"Yes." Lin Huang nodded. However, that was the end of his answer. It was obvious that he did not plan to tell Xia Hou which division he was from.
Xia Hou waited for a while but did not hear what Xia Hou said. He then looked at Lin Huang and said, "Li Jinbiao's Jinchen Financial Group is the second largest financial group in Division 3. He's considered a legendary person. He was born in a grassroots family and his parents were ordinary people in a small foothold. However, it only took him more than 40 years to build a huge business empire from scratch. It's comparable to the Emperor Star Group that has hundreds of years of history. He's a business genius. His story has been recorded in the textbooks of the basic schools in Division 3 for more than 20 years. In Division 3, even kids who are six or seven years old know who he is. I really didn't expect that such a fellow would actually die in this ambush … "
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