S.C.I Mystery vol 1 Chapter 58, The Magic Killer 13 Magic.

S.C.I Mystery《S.C.I.谜案集》 Mi An Ji
S.C.I Mystery vol 1 Chapter 58, The Magic Killer 13 Magic.

Leaving the walk, Bai Yutang whispered to Ma Han to get someone to keep an eye on the gallery and see what kind of people were coming in and out of here. Ma Han agreed and sent the inexplicable Chen Jiayi back to the casino before setting up surveillance.


Bai Yutang drove back to S.C.I. with Zhan Yao in his car, and the two remained silent along the way. Zhan Yao was silent, looking out the window at the view, and after the car drove out of the bustling downtown, Bai Yutang tuned up and headed up the road halfway up the hill.

"Where are you going?" Zhan Yao found that this was not the way back to the police station and asked Bai Yutang somewhat puzzled.

"Familiarizing myself with the terrain." Bai Yutang replied casually.

"What terrain?" Zhan Yao was even more puzzled.

"Spa Villa, Christmas is almost here."

"..." Zhan Yao didn't react at first, but when he heard the words "Christmas", his face turned red and he gritted his teeth: "White Mouse, what time is it, you're still in the mood to joke?

"Who's kidding?" Bai Yutang raised an eyebrow, "I'm counting the days, there aren't any days left!"

"Can’t you postpone it until this case is over!" Zhan Yao glared viciously!

"Then we'll have to try to get the case closed before Christmas!" Bai Yutang blinked, "For our ~goodluck~."

Zhan Yao was somewhat amused tearful, "Little Bai, don't have some idea!"

Bai Yutang pulled over, and Zhan Yao looked out the window and realized that it was halfway up the mountain, with large scattered exquisite cottages in the back and a night view of the entire city in front.

Getting out of the car, Bai Yutang leaned over to the door, looked at the traffic at the foot of the hill, the lights flashing at night in the city, and smiled, "I don't have any ideas, but I want to hear yours."

Zhan Yao walked up to him and laughed, "I do have an idea?"

"Cat'er, you seem very excited." Bai Yutang turned his face to snipe at Zhan Yao, "Tell me about it."

"What do you think, Zhao Jue, is the reason for appearing before us this time?"

Bai Yutang shook his head, "Can't guess."

Zhan Yao thought about it and whispered, "As for his true purpose, I can't quite see it, but as for this case... I did get some hints."

"What hint?"

"Games and toys!" Zhan Yao said slowly.

"You're saying this case is Zhao Jue's game, the people involved are toys?" Bai Yutang mused for a moment and asked.

"That's right... this long-dead case is the game Zhao Jue discovered... and the people involved in it, past and present, are the toys. And the people involved in the case, past and present, are the toys, including the victims, the informants, and the killers."

"And the killer is in his control?" Bai Yutang was slightly surprised.




"Exactly..." Zhan Yao nodded, "With Kong Liping's case, no one but Zhao Jue could have done it."

"Is he the one who killed Kong Liping?"

"No~~," Zhan Yao shook his head, "To be exact, it was Kong Liping herself who got herself killed."

"How so?"

"She treats her methods as if she was Magic Killer is dealing with prey." Zhan Yao looked at Bai Yutang, "What did you think of?"

"Why did he master this method?" Bai Yutang followed Zhan Yao's line of thought, "When I first arrived at the scene of the murder, I was very strange. The way Kong Liping was killed by The Magic Killer, but it was she herself who killed herself... In other words, she is The Magic Killer?"

Zhan Yao nodded, "Yes and no!"

"Cat'er, can you speak Chinese?" Bai Yutang frowned.

Zhan Yao laughed, Bai Yutang hadn't asked him to speak Chinese in a long time, "To be exact, it should be, she turned into The Magic Killer while killing herself."

...!... Bai Yutang was somewhat speechless.

Seeing his shocked face, Zhan Yao explained, "Think about it, the example of Chen Jiayi just now, Zhao Jue can implant another memory into her to confuse her original memory, so why can't he do it to Kong Liping?"

There was silence for a while before Bai Yutang nodded, "I see, Zhao Jue is giving hypnotic hints to Kong Liping to make her think that she is the Magic Killer at a specific time, and that specific time should be when she is sleeping."

"Hmm!" Zhan Yao rubbed Bai Yutang's hair approvingly, "Smart, what else you came up with then?"

“Zhao Jue has been imprisoned at the research center for 20 years, and The Magic Killer's crimes were just stopped 10 years ago, which means that Zhao Jue is not the Magic Killer himself, so how did he know about The Magic Killer's memories?" With a glance at Zhan Yao, Bai Yutang understood, "Unless, of course, he knew the real The Magic Killer and read his memories."

Zhan Yao nodded with satisfaction, "According to the information we have now, this case is a case within a case, with at least two killers, the real The Magic Killer, and the one who killed Xu Jiali."

"Exactly!" Bai Yutang agrees, "The case of The Magic Killer back in the day was one paragraph, and the case of Xu Jiali was another. The only people who really knew the truth back then were actually Shen Ling, Kong Liping and Zhang Zhenzhen. Zhang Zhenzhen died, leaving aside that magic array, the purpose of killing is more like simply killing to silence her!"

"Now, Kong Liping is also dead." Zhan Yao continued, "That is to say, the knowing lover leaves only Shen Ling."

"If Shen Ling is okay..." Bai Yutang said, "That proves that the case that year, it was done by her, or someone close to her, who did it."

"Very true, and besides, we have two lines left!" Zhan Yao said, "One is Wei Yong's case and the other, Sun Qian."

"Wei Yong wanted to kill Li Xu... Originally, I thought maybe it had something to do with that fortune teller too, but..." Bai Yutang paused, "There's nothing purposeful about this, and it's not done very well, so it is not in Zhao Jue's style."

"Oh... beautiful... Beautiful～" Zhan Yao laughed, "It's said that the devil has no integrity and no principles, what is there is only aesthetic～ Indeed, something so lacking in 'beauty' is definitely not in Zhao Jue's style."

"Who could that be?" Bai Yutang was puzzled.

"This is something I haven't figured out so far, but it's good that Wei Yong is in our hands now, so...” The trial back should have a breakthrough... I'm more concerned about Sun Qian's case." Zhan Yao frowned and his face froze, "It felt like some kind of initiation ceremony."

"Do you still think that Sun Qian had nothing to do with this string of cases and that it was The Magic Killer who committed another murder back in the day?" Bai Yutang looked to Zhan Yao, "Would you say this is a link in the Zhao Jue game?"

Zhan Yao shook his head, “Still that sentence, I don't think it's beautiful enough... I've read Zhao Jue's previous information, what did he posed about their death... They all deserved it, although the methods were extreme, but he didn't kill any children."

"He shot my brother in the head, and he was a kid then!" Bai Yutang seems to have some opinions.

Zhan Yao laughed, "Back in the day you say, why didn't he run?"




... Bai Yutang was stunned, indeed, he heard that Zhao Jue not only did not run away, but also called someone and went to the data room to burn some of the case records, and was arrested for that... “Cat’er, I don't think so, that year..."

Zhan Yao shrugged, "This one I'm also guessing, it just feels a bit fishy, on Zhao Jue's palm you also saw, this kind of large-area fingerprint firing technique, it's not like it was done recently."

"Phew~~" Bai Yutang let out a long sigh, "I don't know what really happened back then, those old men were mysterious when they talked about things back then."

"Uh-huh-" Zhan Yao responded, lowering his head as if he was thinking about something.

"Cat'er, what comes to mind?" Bai Yutang was familiar with this look on Zhan Yao's face, mostly when he was on to something.

"There are not many people who qualify as the Magic Killer." Zhan Yao chanted.

"Indeed."

"We could probably use something a little dumber."

"..." Bai Yutang thought about it and nodded, “Cat'er, you mean, make a list, rule out all impossibilities, and leave the real culprit?"

"Hmm!" Zhan Yao nodded.

"Then there has to be a range, right?" Bai Yutang rubbed his chin, "Give a ballpark range."

"A change in ten years, say, leaving the country, illness... Professionals who have access to a magic pattern... Age ranges between 35 and 50... Male, single." Zhan Yao exemplified slowly, "And finally... someone who knows Zhao Jue."

"That's a bold guess." Bai Yutang smiled and opened the car door, "But since it's an expert opinion... We'll just have to do the same."

The two got into the car and Bai Yutang restarted the car, suddenly saying, "By the way, Cat'er, I'm all set for Christmas."

"Ready?" Zhan Yao faintly froze, "What preparation?"

Bai Yutang pointed to a delicate little box in his hand, "Look... Be prepared!"

Doubtingly, Zhan Yao opened the box, and at first glance... Frozen, then a feverish redness began to rise on his face and smoke almost rose from his head.

“Bai Yutang! You pervert!" Zhan Yao, exasperated, reached for the box and tried to open the window and throw it out.

"Ah!" Bai Yutang snapped it back with a quick eye, "Cat'er, I had the twins prepare it for me so hard!" Said, hiding behind his back.

Zhan Yao blushed to the point of becoming an apple, staring incredulously at Bai Yutang, "You... Did you tell the twins?"

"Yeah~~ My brother said the preparations must be done well and taught me some basic knowledge..."

"Yikes!!!" Zhan Yao reached out and covered his mouth, "You shut up! You get rid of those things!"

"Cat'er, listen to my big brother, he was doing it in the car with Gong-sun for the first time." Bai Yutang said while ducking.

"Shut up!" Zhan Yao stretched his hands to cover them, "Neither of you brothers are good people! You're a cop, how can you have something like that in your car?"

"Cops are human beings too. Who says cops can't use preparation..."

"Yikes! Don't say it!"

"Cat'er, why are you so shy? Don't even let it be said, what to do when the time comes!"

"What the hell is going on in your head! Throw it away!"

"No, Cat'er, I bought a lot of them...

"Ahhhh! Bai Yutang! Dead-Mouse! I will destroy you on behalf of all humanity!"

"Cat'er, I'm driving!"




"Whatever!"

"It's halfway up the mountain, and a fall would be the end of it!"

"It's better to die!"

...



The casino is about to host the grand finale of tonight's opening event, Zhao Zhen's magic show.

The show is about a giant sign that appears in front of the eyes of the public on the exterior wall of an otherwise empty casino.

The crowds were concentrated one after the other on the elaborate plaza outside the casino, with two helicopters hovering in the air.

Little Bai looked up at the crowd, knowing that Zhao Zhen was in a helicopter, and that his show tonight was to use two planes to lower the huge curtain. The casino's exterior walls are covered by a special curtain made of a special material, and a giant neon sign, nearly 10 meters high, appears in the usual Zhao style.

To the roar of the crowd, Zhao Zhen leapt out of the helicopter and stood in the air.

Bai Chi skimmed, there must be wires hanging from it!!!

Afterwards, Zhao Zhen pulled a thin white rope from his own hand and attached it to the brackets of the two helicopters, and after snapping his fingers, the rope unfolded into a huge curtain that enclosed the entire entertainment.

Zhao Zhen, amidst the admiration of the crowd, slowly descended to the ground, no hooks hanging from his body visible.

Shen Qian, who was the first to be elected to the Casino, took to the podium in front of the venue to announce the official opening of the Casino today.

As his words fell, Zhao Zhen reached out and waved his hand lightly in the air, and then a pure white curtain suddenly burst into flames, the blue flame quickly burning to the top. A huge neon sign appeared unexpectedly on the outer wall of the originally empty entertainment city. At the same time, the salute also sounded, and in the night sky, the fireworks bloomed...

However, the crowd was silent for a moment, and people opened their eyes wide, as if they saw something terrifying, and then - panic screams erupted.

Bai Chi stood dumbfounded, staring intently at the huge neon sign, between the dazzling flashes of light, in the middle of the blank space was a huge magic array diagram, in the center of the diagram, a woman was nailed to it, with a knife in her throat, hanging straight up there.

Just then, Shen Qian heard a dismal scream - "Ling Ling..."





~ S.C.I Mystery Volume 1: The Magic Killer ~



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