Please assist in solving the Kang County No. 1 High School homicide case.
As Song Yang rode his electric scooter down the road, a peculiar task box suddenly appeared before his eyes, causing him to brake in surprise and horror.
Many years ago, he had inexplicably obtained a crime-solving system called “Detective.”
However, there was a prerequisite for using this system – he had to be an investigator.
Therefore, it took him several years to finally pass the exam to become a homicide investigator in this remote small county.
He originally thought that by becoming a homicide investigator, he could use the Detective System to solve major criminal cases, work hard to contribute to socialism, and maintain peace in the region.
Who knew that Kang County was simply a secluded utopia, with simple folk customs and people living and working in peace and contentment.
Not to mention murder cases, he had never even encountered a heated quarrel.
Instead, he often received reports of pranks.
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However, speaking of “pranks,” in reality, it’s just the elderly in the nearby community who have nothing to do, often calling him to chat.
There are many elderly people left behind in Kang County. Most of their children have gone out to work, leaving them here. They usually have no one to chat with to relieve their boredom, so they always call the Investigation Bureau.
There was one time when several junior high school students reported that they saw a lot of blood on their way home. He hurriedly went fully armed and had them take him over to take a look.
As a result, it was discovered that one of the junior high school students who reported the incident had a large chicken farm at home and was slaughtering chickens at the time, causing chicken blood to flow all over the ground.
Knowing that he had been tricked, Song Yang sternly reprimanded the little devils, telling them not to make trouble.
But the junior high school students just made a face and scattered, not taking Song Yang’s words to heart at all.
However, their parents, to express their apologies, insisted on stuffing him with firewood, rice, oil, soy sauce, vinegar, tea… and chickens.
Then that night, the community was filled with the sounds of crying and arguing after being beaten.
Over time, he simply gave up.
In general, everything is fine here, except for the inability to use the system and punish evil and promote good.
In reality, when he received Mu Wanqing’s report in the evening, he was secretly pleased but also suspicious. Although he shouldn’t, he was indeed a little excited.
However, after listening to Mu Wanqing’s statements, he knew very clearly that he had been pranked again.
What “divination,” “unresolved images,” “spirit photos,” etc., these were simply impossible, the feudal superstition stuff was unacceptable.
Secondly, if there really was a case, a task box that others couldn’t see but only he could see would appear before Song Yang.
Because this system is a passively triggered system.
For example, the case at County No. 1 High School that just appeared before his eyes.
Therefore, when Mu Wanqing said “Xiaozhi’s disappearance case,” but the corresponding task box didn’t pop up before his eyes, Song Yang knew that it was fake, just a prank.
This is also why he asked her to fill out the form directly without asking in detail.
He believed that Mu Wanqing would choose to go home after realizing that she had been tricked.
The electric scooter sped past. Checking the time on his phone, it was now 7:12 PM.
Song Yang looked up.
Standing before him was Kang County No. 1 High School.
At this moment, several red lights cut through the darkness of the campus, the lights of official vehicles.
The rain that suddenly started more than ten minutes ago made the red light seem to be blurred.
Song Yang, who had been drenched in the humid rain, couldn’t help but shiver.
Police cars surrounded the school, completely blocking the entire County No. 1 High School.
After asking the two investigators at the door for directions, he ran into the school.
County No. 1 High School is very large, covering a wide area with little green space. This is because Kang County officials have always focused on education.
Therefore, whether it is the hardware or software facilities in the school, it is among the best in the entire province.
The teachers who work there are also very well-known in the education field in the province, and a few are even well-established in the national education field.
——But now, it’s a teacher at County No. 1 High School.
The murder site was in the teachers’ dormitory building. Arriving at the atrium, Song Yang found that several police cars had already parked here.
Song Yang thought that the lawn where students usually rested would probably be muddied by the tires of the investigation vehicles early tomorrow morning.
The dormitory building was surrounded by investigators, forensic personnel, and emergency team members, who were rushing in and out of Building 3.
“It seems the incident happened in Building 3.” He muttered to himself.
He slowly went up the steps and entered the building. Song Yang was in a straight corridor. He moved his gaze to the end of the corridor.
Darkness, invisible darkness!
The reason the surroundings were so dim was because the sun had already set.
In addition, the school seemed to have a power outage, leaving only a few emergency lights in the corridor, leading to a somewhat terrifying atmosphere.
Fortunately, there was an investigator standing guard every few distances, so Song Yang, although afraid, wasn’t so panicked.
“This is how small county towns are, a power outage as soon as it rains.” Muttering, he continued forward.
Going up to the sixth floor, Song Yang heard voices from afar.
Among them, there seemed to be investigators from the County Investigation Bureau. After all, the victim was a teacher at County No. 1 High School, so it was reasonable for them to investigate.
‘If these people are really there, what should I say?’
——Just as Song Yang was thinking about this, he arrived at the door of Room 602.
The door was slightly open.
Light shone out from the crack in the door.
It was very cold in the corridor. Didn’t the people inside care about the cold air running in? Or was the heating inside so warm that the people inside didn’t care at all?
Ah, this is troublesome.
Standing on both sides were investigators he didn’t recognize. Judging from their aura, they should be investigators belonging to the County Investigation Bureau.
After a little negotiation, he wasn’t allowed to enter.
‘That’s right, after all, I’m just a newly appointed investigator.’ Finding an excuse for himself in his heart, he no longer insisted on going in.
Suddenly, a strong retching sound, accompanied by fast running footsteps, a pot-bellied middle-aged woman rushed out and leaned against the wall not far from Song Yang, bending over and vomiting.
Looking at the somewhat familiar back, he leaned over and tentatively asked, “Team Leader Yu?” / “Officer Yu?”
The middle-aged woman called Team Leader Yu turned around and looked at Song Yang, raised her hand to say hello, and then lowered her head to retch again.
Song Yang smiled and patted her shoulder to make her feel better. When Yu Yang breathed a sigh of relief, he asked, “Team Leader Yu, what’s wrong? Why are you like this?”
“You brat, you’ve learned to not answer the phone or reply to messages, haven’t you?” Yu Yang glared at him fiercely.
However, because he was middle-aged and fat, his face was now full of fat. Although he was making a “fierce” look, it looked particularly funny and cute.
Song Yang had no choice but to explain the “Mu Wanqing prank incident”, expressing his innocence.
Yu Yang didn’t waste too much time on Song Yang’s late arrival, but took Song Yang back to the homicide scene at Room 602.
As soon as he entered the room, Song Yang involuntarily got goosebumps all over his body.
But speaking of which, the furnishings in the room were really a bit unexpected to Song Yang.
The furnishings in the room were quite simple, without any decorations. The overall feeling was like a laboratory.
Although Song Yang thought the interior decoration should be more luxurious before coming, after all, it was a teacher’s dormitory, a place to live.
The room space wasn’t small.
It was a one-bedroom apartment.
In the center of the room’s living room were four desks placed side by side, not knowing what they were used for.
Some documents and other things were piled messily on the four desks, making Song Yang couldn’t help but want to complain about why they weren’t tidied up properly.
But on second thought, no one lives here anymore, so tidying up would be destroying the scene, so he could only give up the complaint.
Against the wall was a bookcase that reached the ceiling, which was filled with a large number of folders, books, and other items.
Inside the room, there was also a door leading to the inside, and that door was loosely open.
“Ah…”
Could it be that the person is inside?
Song Yang frowned. Although there were many investigators in the living room, each performing their duties, he didn’t find the body of the deceased after looking around.
Just as he was thinking, an investigator covered his mouth and ran out, rushing towards the door, which made Song Yang believe that the victim was outside in the bedroom.
Yu Yang, who had been silent and slightly pale, seemed to be infected by the behavior of the investigator just now. His face turned pale again before opening his mouth and saying, “Let me show you a real homicide scene, but you have to be mentally prepared.”
Hearing Yu Yang’s words, he was vaguely nervous.
‘Could it be a bloody scene of dismemberment?’
With this strange thought, he followed Yu Yang into the room.
The moment he entered, Song Yang smelled a strong smell of blood. In addition to the smell, there was also a pungent smell of many chemicals.
These smells didn’t cover up or dilute the smell of blood, but instead made it very unpleasant, like a stench.
Slightly frowning, he couldn’t help but cover his mouth and nose.
Outside the room, there was a small, slightly high desk, on which, in addition to a laptop and mountain-like files, there were also various works of art.
Moreover, it wasn’t just a simple work of art.
A whole bunch of Japanese-style amulets, pyramid-shaped hollow ornaments, a large number of rune stones in boxes, strange dolls often sold in Southwest Asian souvenir shops, etc. There was even a huge crystal ball used by fortune tellers in old cartoons.
The scene before him made Song Yang couldn’t help but wonder if he was watching an exhibition of global curse-type souvenirs. The types of these things were messy and varied.
The most conspicuous among them was an object that seemed to be a broadsword buried in the pile of documents.
Because it was covered with unknown blood, it looked extraordinarily strange and eye-catching in the dim light.
At this time, many investigators were also busy here, taking photos, collecting evidence, checking fingerprints, and so on.
Song Yang hadn’t seen the true face of the deceased so far.
The investigators in the room didn’t change in any way because of the appearance of Yu Yang and Song Yang, and they still lowered their heads to work.
Instead, Yu Yang quietly came to his side and whispered, “The deceased is there!”
Song Yang looked over following his words, but still didn’t see the victim, only the busy backs of the investigators.
“Team Leader Yu, what are we doing here?” The implication of his words was ‘you guys are professionals here, it doesn’t seem like we can help much here’.
“The main reason for you to come here is because this homicide occurred within the jurisdiction of your community investigation bureau. According to regulations, this is a case in your jurisdiction.” Yu Yang said loudly: “So, you must be present!”
‘So, I’m just a tool!’
Song Yang curled his lips, but couldn’t refute it. Even if he had the heart to solve the case, he didn’t know where to start for a while.
At this time, Song Yang’s vision inadvertently captured something.
Once you perceive something is wrong, you can’t exclude that feeling from your consciousness.
Even though he didn’t want to look at it at all, Song Yang’s eyes would somehow turn to it.
It was the gap left after an investigator got up and left, his eyes just happened to see it.
It was behind the desk.
It was on the ceiling there.
Hanging a football-sized, very uneven sphere. Although it looked a bit like a pineapple, its color was darker red than a pineapple, and its shape was rounder than a pineapple.
Because the room was quite dim, Song Yang couldn’t immediately understand what this thing was.
The sphere had parts similar to a human face, with a neck, and the body part was lying horizontally, and that body was tied to a chair that had been knocked over. Seeing this, Song Yang finally understood.
The sphere wasn’t a pineapple at all.
But a human head with the scalp peeled off, some parts still showing bone, and dyed red with blood.
The bloody impact, like a bull, instantly crashed into his mind, his mouth suddenly tasted bitter, and stomach acid began to flow.
“Ugh——”
He couldn’t bear it any longer, covered his mouth and ran out.
While running, he kept thinking as if possessed: Was that person’s hair peeled off with the scalp?
By himself?
Or… by someone?
“Ugh——”
Thinking like this, Song Yang leaned on the wall and couldn’t help but vomit again.
Suddenly a hand reached out, with a piece of paper in the hand.
“Thank you!”
Taking the tissue, Song Yang looked up at the person who gave him help and found that it was the investigator they met when they came in just now who ran out.
“Hello, my name is Zhou Ling, and I’m a newly appointed investigator at the County Investigation Bureau.” Short hair, facial features full of heroism, tall figure, although wearing a uniform, she was heroic and charming, with a different kind of feminine beauty, the investigator took the lead in greeting.
“Song Yang, an investigator from Qiaotingzi Community, also just took office not long ago.” Song Yang reached out and shook her hand.
“You should also be on your first mission, right? A homicide mission.” Zhou Ling added.
Although her face was still a bit pale, it was much better. She then said self-deprecatingly: “To encounter this kind of case as soon as you go, almost made me throw up my overnight meal from yesterday. I’m wondering if I’m not suitable for this job.”
Hearing her self-deprecation, Song Yang wiped his mouth and said, “Our team leader once told me that he was so scared that he peed his pants on his first mission.”
Knowing that Song Yang was comforting her, Zhou Ling nodded and stopped dwelling on the problem, and asked, “Did you see the crime scene? Do you have any thoughts?”
“Uh…” Song Yang scratched his head and said rather embarrassedly: “I just arrived, I don’t know anything, I just saw the body of the deceased, and then I came here.”
“I’ve been staying outside for a while, I know some inside information, do you want to know?”
“Yes!” Song Yang’s eyes lit up.
Giving Song Yang, who seemed a little excited, a strange look, Zhou Ling then organized what she needed to tell:
“The victim’s name is Chen Feng, fifty-one years old this year, and he is a special-grade teacher at County No. 1 High School.”
Zhou Ling told Song Yang the victim’s name with a somewhat unbelievable expression, but he didn’t react at all.
“Strange~ Aren’t you surprised?”
“Surprised? Surprised about what?” Song Yang didn’t react.
“Chen Feng! The deceased is Chen Feng!”
“Chen Feng?” Song Yang recalled for a while, but there was no impression in his mind: “I don’t know him. From your meaning, I know him?”
Zhou Ling looked at him with an idiotic look, and explained very puzzled: “Chen Feng, the most famous physics professor in the country, won the Nobel Prize in Physics and is known as the most likely genius to surpass Newton in the 21st century.”
“Sorry, I don’t really pay attention to these things.” Song Yang said apologetically, he really didn’t know Chen Feng, “Sounds like he’s really powerful.”
“It’s more than just powerful.” Zhou Ling’s face was full of admiration, “It’s simply super powerful, okay?”
“Awesome, awesome, how did he die without any clues?” Listening to her words, Song Yang interrupted and shifted the topic to the case.
“I heard——the crime scene was in Professor Chen’s bedroom, which is located in Room 602 on the sixth floor of Dormitory Building 3 of County No. 1 High School. According to a simple forensic estimate, the time of death was between 3:00 PM and 5:00 PM today.”
“I heard——as for the cause of death, it’s still unclear, the general situation is like this.”
“Officer Zhou, don’t add ‘I heard——’ at the beginning of your sentences.”
“Ah, sorry, I’ll pay attention.”
“You just said that the cause of death is still unclear, what do you mean?”
Song Yang tilted his head to one side.
“Is that what the forensic doctor said?”
“I heard that the victim had countless external injuries, may have been tortured after death, and his feet seemed to have been tied up. The entire scalp was peeled off.”
Speaking of this, the image of the pineapple-like head he had just seen seemed to reappear before Song Yang’s eyes.
His stomach acid surged, and he began to vomit again. Hearing him vomiting, Zhou Ling couldn’t hold back and started vomiting as well.
After calming down again, Song Yang asked, “Then has the murder weapon been found?”
“Ah, I heard that it was found, a broadsword covered in blood was found at the scene, and it felt very deliberate.”
“Very deliberate?”
“Yes, it’s like the criminal is telling you, the murder weapon is that broadsword!”
“What about fingerprints?”
The broadsword he saw in the bedroom just now flashed through Song Yang’s mind, and a murmur rose in his heart: ‘Could it really be that broadsword?’
“I heard that there are fingerprints on the broadsword, and they’re all over it. You need to ask the identification department for details.”
Next, the investigators must take the murder weapon back, carefully check the fingerprints on the knife, and further compare the database…
It should take some effort to determine whose fingerprints those are.
“Anything else?”
“That’s all, that’s all!” Zhou Ling answered very directly.