S.C.I Mystery vol 1 Chapter 49, The Magic Killer 04: Bloodline

S.C.I Mystery《S.C.I.谜案集》 Mi An Ji
S.C.I Mystery vol 1 Chapter 49, The Magic Killer 04: Bloodline

Ma Han's "Coming" succeeded in attracting the attention of the crowd, and gave Bai Chi behind him a jolt.


Ma Han pointed in the direction of the entrance of the construction site, Bai Chi looked in the direction he was pointing, but he saw a sneaky figure, panicking and walking towards the construction site, it was a woman with long hair, holding a white plastic bag in her hand.

"Captain, see?" Ma Han picked up the walkie-talkie and asked Bai Yutang.

"See!" Bai Yutang watched the woman's movements and said, "Everyone hold still and see what she's up to!"

"Yes!" The crowds were hidden in the dark, looking up.

Bai Yutang and Zhan Yao silently got out of the car and waited for the woman to enter the construction site, they followed suit.

The woman crossed the rubble-strewn construction site, crawled down the cement pipe to the magic array map, and kneeled down at the blood-painted pattern, which looked even eerier in the night.

Zhan Yao and Bai Yutang carefully climbed up the cement pipe and watched her movements.

It was then that they saw that it was a woman who looked to be in her mid-thirties, not very young, perhaps because of the very plain dress. She just knelt there, looking at the pattern on the floor for a moment, then pulled out what was in the plastic bag in her hand.

Just hearing the sound of a lighter flint crashing, the flames ignited... She lit a long strip of paper in her hand, and by the light of the fire, Bai Yutang and Zhan Yao saw that it was a piece of paper with an odd pattern drawn on it like a rune.

Bai Yutang, who had excellent eyesight, was amazed to see the spell with the words "evil spirit" written on it...

The woman waved the burning piece of paper in her hand, her mouth trembling, and chanted over and over again: "You have a debtor and a debtor ~~ Xu~~ If you want revenge, go to the God, don't harm the innocent. It's..."

Xu? Jiali?...... Zhan Yao and Bai Yutang exchanged a quick glance. The Magic Killer, the last victim of the serial killer case was named Xu Jiali... What's the connection here?

The woman nagged on and on, "I have a child, he's innocent, and I've had a bad few years..." and so on.

This "ritual thing" went on for almost twenty minutes, after which the woman gathered her things and got up to leave.

Bai Yutang turned to the intercom and was about to say, "Arrest her," when Ma Han called out softly, "Boss, there's someone else!"

What? What?... Bai Yutang and Zhan Yao were startled, turned their heads to look back, and saw in the distance, a silhouette in a black pullover walked to the entrance of the construction site, looked inward, saw Zhan Yao and Bai Yutang violently, turned around and ran.

Bai Yutang cursed in his mind, "Damn it," and picked up the walkie-talkie and said, "Move!" Then he jumped down the cement pipe and chased after the figure.

Zhan Yao followed close behind, and Wang Shao and Zhang Long had already rushed out and caught the frightened woman.

In a flash, the black figure ran into the alley, Bai Yutang and Zhan Yao took a few steps after him, and there was no way to find anyone and there was no trace...

Helpless to turn back, the woman was already being escorted to the car by Wang Shao and others.

"Let's pack up first." Bai Yutang ordered with a frown, and the crowd returned to the police station.

In the S.C.I. office.

Bai Yutang asked Zhan Yao: "Cat'er, how will this woman be tried?"

Zhan Yao pondered for a moment, "Did you hear what she just said?"

"You mean the Xu Jiali thing?"

"Hmm." Zhan Yao nodded, "It might really have something to do with the case that year... I think, we'd better get down to it from there."

"How's her mood?" Bai Yutang asked Wang Shao.




"Some anxiety." Wang Shao replied.



Zhan Yao mused for a moment and said, "She should be a mother by now, and there might be a child in the family."

The crowd nodded.

"Yes, it does feel that way." Bai Yutang said, "At her age, the child shouldn't be very old."

"Here's the deal." Zhan Yao said, "Don't ask her first, let her wait, we have the right to hold her for 48 hours, right?"

Bai Yutang nodded, "You mean, we have to make her anxious first?"

"Right!" Zhan Yao nodded, "But it's best to find out her identity and her relationship with Xu Jiali first so that our interrogation will be more proactive!"

Bai Yutang asked Wang Shao to check her identity first, and the rest, go home and rest first.

After the crowd had left separately, Zhan Yao and Bai Yutang walked over to Jiang Ping to look at the information he had put together about the magic pattern today.

Zhan Yao suddenly asked Bai Chi, who was nodding straight and sleepy, "Aren't you going back?"

Bai Chi blushed a little and said, "I'm... I'm not sleepy."

Bai Yutang stared at him for a moment and asked with a smile, "Are you too scared to go back alone?"

"No... no... No~~" Bai Chi's voice grew smaller and smaller.

Zhan Yao smiled and said, "We will go later, let's walk you back."

"... Well..." Bai Chi nodded and blushed even more.

Jiang Ping rubbed his sore neck and said, "Captain, these diagrams are too hard to find, I've been looking for them all day and still can't find them all."

"Indeed, the patterns are a bit off, and neither understands what they mean." Zhan Yao nodded and said, "Who's better at these..."

"What do you have" The door was pushed open and Bao Zheng walked in.

"Chief?" Bai Yutang was astonished, "Still haven't gone back yet?"

"Huh, waiting for you guys, got an appointment with a friend that wants you guys to meet." Bao Zheng said.

"Friend?" Bai Yutang and Zhan Yao puzzled, "Let's meet?"

"We're all related, and... The cases you've been working on lately... He should be able to help."

...?...

Zhan Yao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, their eyes full of doubt.

"Bai Chi, you come too." Bao Zheng said suddenly.

"Me?" Bai Chi doesn't understand and is a bit nervous. This is the first time Bao Zheng has talked to him...

"Let's go." Bao Zheng didn't say much and greeted the crowd to leave together.

Driving, the four of them went to a villa area on the outskirts of S City and stopped in front of a somewhat oddly shaped cottage.

Bao Zheng rang the doorbell.

The man who came to open the door was a dry, thin old man who warmly welcomed Bao Zheng and the others inside, smiling and saying, "You are late."

"Huh, wait for a few little friends, where are the others?" Bao Zheng asked with a smile.

"Young master is in the studio." The old man led the crowd backward and up the second floor.

Bao Zheng was stunned by the sight of the large room surrounded by mirrors, a large number of boxes and pieces of cloth piled on the floor, and metal hangers full of clothes hanging around. What was most peculiar was that in the middle of the room, there lay a huge white lion, and from the way it looked up at the crowd and fluttered its head and tail, it was definitely a living white male... Instead of being caged, it was lying on the floor.

On the lion's body, leaning against a reclining figure, a wide white shirt, black slim trousers... He seemed to be asleep, lazily pillowed against the lion's soft belly.

Zhan Yao and Bai Yutang almost cried out when they saw the man, and looked at Bao Zheng in shock: Although he was young, the air of the man, the feeling that permeated his five features... He looked like Zhao Jue!

"Chief... Him?"

"Huh..." Bao Zheng smiled at the two and said, "He's Zhao Jue's only nephew."




.........

Zhan Yao and Bai Yutang exchanged a glance, no wonder Bao Zheng had to say that this man had a connection with them.

At this time, the old man had already gone up and gently pushed the man's shoulder, "Young Master, Young Master, Chief Bao is here."

"Hmm~~" the man faintly frowned and gradually woke up, opening his eyes and looking somewhat confusedly at the old man next to him.

When he opened his eyes, the deeper-than-average silhouette of the man made Bai Yutang and Zhan Yao feel a surge of familiarity... To be honest, apart from the fact that he looked and felt like Zhao Jue when he was asleep, he didn't actually look like him... He looked familiar because the person in front of him was Zhao Zhen who they met on the plane that day.

Zhao Zhen took a few seconds to wake up, turned his head, saw Bao Zheng, and immediately revealed a brilliant smile, "Uncle Bao."

Lightly, he rose from the ground and walked over to the crowd.

Bao Zheng introduced them, and while Zhao Zhen was friendly and easy-going, Zhan Yao and Bai Yutang somehow always saw a shadow of Zhao Jue in him, somewhat awkwardly. When introduced to Little Bai Chi, Zhao Zhen smiled even more cheerfully, Bai Chi really regretted why he had just come along.

At that moment, the white lion suddenly stood up and stretched out a lazy waist towards the crowd.

It seemed a little curious to smell Zhan Yao and smell Bai Yutang. It wasn't a good feeling to be sniffed by a carnivorous beast that big, Zhao Zhen said evenly, "Don't worry, it's grown up with people and won't hurt anyone."

"Really?" Zhan Yao looked at the giant feline with curiosity and a little interest.

The lion seemed to froze for a moment when he sniffed Bai Chi, sniffed again, and then rubbed his huge, furry head against Bai Chi.

Bai Chi stared at it for a moment, crouched down, looked at it again closely, suddenly wrapped his arms around it, and exclaimed, somewhat in surprise, "Lisbon? ～～Aren't you a cat? How did you grow so big?"

The lion, called "Lisbon", let out a few low roars of pleasure and rubbed them against Bai Chi's neck.

The crowd watched in amazement as this man and lion intimately rubbed against each other.

Zhao Zhen even opened his mouth wide in shock, “You... How do you know it's called Lisbon? You are..."

Bai Chi straddled the lion, turned his face, and gave Zhao Zhen a scathing glare, "Liar!"

... It took a long time before Zhao Zhen spoke, his face dazed: "I... I remember who you are..."



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