S.C.I Mystery vol 1 Chapter 64, The Magic Killer 19: Overture.

S.C.I Mystery《S.C.I.谜案集》 Mi An Ji
S.C.I Mystery vol 1 Chapter 64, The Magic Killer 19: Overture.

Driving from the cemetery back to the police station, Bai Yutang asked Zhan Yao somewhat puzzled: “Cat'er, what do you think about Zhao Jue, should you tell the Chief Bao?"


Zhan Yao thought for a moment, "Do you suppose that the pack would have known this before we did?"

"..." Bai Yutang frowned, “What kind of medicine are these old guys taking? So strange."

"Hmmm..." Zhan Yao leaned against the car window, "Let's leave it at that for now, when this case is over, ask them sometime."

"By the way-" said Bai Yutang suddenly, "why don't you go ask your dad?"

"Huh?" Zhan Yao was shocked and a little confused. "Why are you asking him?"

"The last time the Chief Bao took us to see Zhao Jue, listening to the tone of his voice, Zhao Jue should have recognized your father as well." Bai Yutang laughed, "And your dad is a much better talker than my old man!"

"Where's the talk?" Zhan Yao grinned, "He's so serious, I've never even talked to him, how strange to suddenly ask!"

"At best, he doesn't say anything, so it's not like he's going to beat you up. My old man can't move a muscle... but then again..." Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Yao, "I've always felt like your dad is very strict with you since I was a kid..."

Zhan Yao fumed, "If only he would beat me up, he's been indifferent since he was a kid and didn't even look at it much."

"Don't be silly, he's just more serious." Bai Yutang saw Zhan Yao's face fade and hastened to comfort. Whenever he talks about his father, he gets sulky...

"Come on, I don't feel it anymore." Zhan Yao waved his hand, "Forget it, it's better to find a way to solve this case first."

Bai Yutang nodded, "I just sent Zhang Long Wang Shao to interrogate Kong Cheng and Wei Yong, we'll probably know the outcome when we go back... What I'm more concerned about is why did he attack Bai Chi?"

"It does seem a little strange!" Zhan Yao nodded, “Bai Chi has nothing to do with this case, and judging by the way the perpetrator is acting, it's a lot like the Magic Killer." He said, gesturing at his neck, "Cut here."

“Cat’er ..." Bai Yutang was silent for a moment and said, "Zhao Zhen's kung fu is good."

"Huh?" Zhan Yao didn't quite understand why Bai Yutang suddenly changed the subject and brought up Zhao Zhen, "What do you mean?"

"I found out on the plane that time." Bai Yutang said to himself, "The kid is an absolute master."

"What are you trying to say?" Zhan Yao asked as he looked at Bai Yutang.

"In fact, there were many ways he could have saved Bai Chi without injury that day, and ~~ could have caught the man who attacked Bai Chi."

"You mean..." Zhan Yao frowned slightly, “Zhao Zhen let that man go on purpose?"

Bai Yutang laughed, "I'm not sure, but if he's injured, there's a good excuse for not catching that person~"

“Zhao Zhen knows that man..." Zhan Yao thought for a moment, "And that man should still be important to him."

"Indeed." Bai Yutang nodded, "Those hands of his are worth a lot of money... And I think Bai Chi was attacked, it probably by Zhao Zhen as well."

"Hmmm~~" Zhan Yao smiled somewhat condescendingly, "I rather think that what is important to Zhao Zhen, rather than that person, is Bai Chi."

"How so?" Bai Yutang was curious.




"No, you think, if Bai Chi was attacked because of Zhao Zhen, and Zhao Zhen's move, it seems to send a message..." Zhan Yao speculated on Zhao Zhen's psyche, "I know who you are, and I can disregard you, but you can't hurt this person, and to hurt him is like trying hurt me."

"Interesting idea," Bai Yutang nodded, "It does make sense to put it another way... In other words, the key to everything is Bai Chi?"

"Yes, the little one must have found something without even knowing it himself." Zhan Yao rubbed his chin, "The key to unlocking this case... It's on him."

The two returned to the police station and without entering the office, they met Zhang Long and Wang Shao, who had come out of the interrogation room.

“Yeah?" Bai Yutang asked.

"Ugh," Wang Shao sighed, "These two boys, I don't know if I should say they're hateful or pathetic."

"How so?" Zhan Yao asked.

As the four men walked and talked, Zhang Long and Wang Shao briefed Bai Yutang Zhan Yao on the outcome of the trial.

Both were very cooperative and almost had questions and answers.

When Kong Cheng was thirteen years old, the next door neighbor adopted a nine-year-old girl, Xu Jiali ~~ The two met at that time, and they grew up together, but four years later, Xu Jiali died bizarrely.

For the next ten years, Kong Cheng has been harboring a grudge against the incident, constantly gathering information about the magic pattern in the hope that one day he can avenge Xu Jiali - or perhaps it was providence that Kong Cheng coincidentally became a lawyer for the Shen Group, and was also reused by Shen Qian. ～～It wasn't until one day that Kong Cheng overheard the quarrel between Shen Qian and Shen Ling that he learned the truth.

As a result of years of researching the magic pattern, Kong Cheng suddenly came up with the idea of using the magic array to avenge Xu Jiali.

He first lied to Zhang Zhenzhen under the pretext of "knowing the truth" and killed her in the classroom. Then it was on to Kong Liping, who followed her to the classroom and was first disturbed by the guard, the one who said he was haunted that day. The second time, he followed him to the construction site again, the same man we lost at the construction site that day.

Hearing this, Zhan Yao and Bai Yutang both laughed, “That's where he met Wei Yong, isn't it?"

"Ha~~," Wang Shao and Zhang Long exchanged a glance, "God~~, how did you two know?"

Bai Yutang laughed, "You two go on."

Wang Shao and Zhao Long then reported.

Kong Cheng was in a panic to escape, and that's when someone pulled him into a hidden alleyway and turned around and he lost his pursuers.

The one who saved him was Wei Yong. Wei Yong had read the report earlier and knew that Zhang Zhenzhen's case wasn't what the real Magic Killer was talking about, however, he soon found out that the one who killed Sun Qian was the real killer - the one who had ruined his life! So, he kindled the faith that had regained its hold on him.

Both spoke of their past, and Wei Yong learned the truth about what happened back then through Kong Cheng! At the time, it was because of this last case that Wei Yong was sacked, and The Magic Killer went out of business for some reason. Thus, Wei Yong intends to get involved in Kong Cheng's crazy revenge plan - he feels that they are approaching the real The Magic Killer step by step, and that those he kills are just deserved bait～～ That's why he went to kill Li Xu.

"But, Dr. Zhan." Zhang Long suddenly said, "I've always felt that there seems to be something not quite right with the mental state of Wei Yong and Kong Cheng!"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah!" Wang Shao also nodded in agreement, "I always felt that the few people involved in this case, Kong Cheng, Wei Yong, Li Xu, including that Shen Qian... They're not normal."

"Heh heh heh," Zhan Yao smiled, "Do you guys know what Radix Pedis Diaboli preparation is?"

"What is it?" Wang Shao and Zhang Long looked at each other and shook their heads.

"The devil's heel..." Bai Yutang said, "Sherlock Holmes has."




"Exactly!" Zhan Yao nodded, "In the Latin spoken in ancient European countries, Radix pedis diaboli means 'The Devil’s Foot,' a poison that is made when there is a releases a poisonous gas by combustion that affects the nerves of those who inhale it - the more and longer it is inhaled, the more dangerous it is, the lighter the madness, the heavier the death, and, moreover, the worse the death."

"I remember being introduced to this medicine in one of Sherlock Holmes's last salutations, 'The Devil's Foot'." Bai Yutang recalls, "The holder of the medicine introduced it to his beloved's brother, it was a perfect thing so much so that the brother stole it and used it to killed his sister. Later, the man who introduces the poison used it to poison the real killer again with this medicine in order to avenge his beloved." After a pause, Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Yao, "But I don't understand what this story has to do with this case?"

Zhan Yao considered for a moment, "To be exact, this magic pattern, is the Radix pedis diaboli of this case, it is the murder weapon, the tool, but that doesn't change the fact that it has a strong poison in itself."

"You mean, this figure is like a double-edged sword that hurts others as well as itself?" Bai Yutang asked.

"Do you remember, when Zhao Zhen introduced us to this pattern that it originated from an ancient tribal curse?" Zhan Yao said, "I asked Gong-sun to help me count the number of wounds on Kong Liping's body that day and found that each time it was a multiple of 13."

"The picture in her house is a multiple of 13." Bai Yutang said, "That diagram makes people go berserk!"

"That's right~~" Zhan Yao shook his head and sighed, "Ancient civilizations have their own mysteries and wonders, taboos~~ that are not easily accessible, which may also explain in disguise why the real the Magic Killer killed so many people, perhaps he himself was a victim of the curse~~ just like Kong Cheng and Wei Yong, who focused too deeply on this spell and got themselves caught in it..."

Bai Yutang bowed his head and pondered, "That's why Wei Yong was so impulsive in correcting the wrongly drawn magical pattern back then ~ because he was too attached to the pattern, perhaps he had already suffered from it himself by then, Uncle Wen probably discovered his perversity and dismissed him from the police force ~"

Zhan Yao tapped him on the shoulder: "When you went for questioning, Uncle Wen stammered, probably his first reaction at the time was that this case was Wei Yong's doing, maybe ~~"

Shrugging his shoulders, Bai Yutang seemed to put down his heart, "I see...the devil's heel...that's apt."

Back at S.C.I.'s office, Bai Yutang compiles the report, this time the case is mostly solved, the next thing is waiting for a net to solve the real The Magic Killer, and the key, it's up to Zhan Yao to figure it out from Bai Chi.

What's Little Bai Chi doing now? He is in Zhan Yao's office, teasing Kong Liping's little baby.

From the first moment Little Bai Chi saw the baby this morning, everyone was surprised to find out that the two of them fit together so well...

After carrying the baby into the office, everyone could hear a small group of two people laughing all the time, and people outside the door wondered, could Bai Chi be so talented that he could talk to the baby?

Zhan Yao walked into the office, closed the door, teased the baby with Bai Chi, and chatted casually... Then the people outside the door heard the baby start crying and laughing out loud...

Half an hour or so later, Zhan Yao came out glowing, and the baby inside was crying, and Little Bai Chi was holding and coaxing the baby, screaming, "Brother, you are not allowed near the baby again!

Bai Yutang removed the cotton tucked in his ear and asked Zhan Yao, “Cat'er, are you questioning the child or is it child abuse?"

Zhan Yao laughed: “Little Bai, he's so soft and silent, it's so funny."

"Ahem, ahem, ahem," Bai Yutang cried, laughing, "How about not talking about the baby, how about asking? Seeing how smug you are, you got something, didn't you?"

"Zhan Yao was a bit smug, "This is the overture now... What we need to do is to let this crazy music end before it does." He finished and raised an eyebrow at Bai Yutang, who was puzzled, "Get ready to reel in the big fish, Captain Bai..."




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



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