They were actually still on probation before, and now together with that guy Ma Biao, they've become our official members. To be honest, Ma Biao didn't do much, but seeing him act like "If you don't let me join, I won't do it, and at worst, I'll learn slowly after joining," I made an exception and pulled him in along with them.
After this case, everyone had a period of rest. However, one day Dao Zhi Yong came to my office with something again, and he said excitedly, "That suicide note, that suicide note..."
"What is it?" I was a little scared by his anxious expression at the time.
"There's a problem!"
"The suicide note has a problem? Don't tell me someone else wrote it?"
"No, the suicide note was prepared long ago, not written by Chen Fu Lun before he died!"
"Then perhaps he already had such a realization, wrote it down, and then committed suicide? During the autopsy, didn't it say he slit his wrists to end his life?"
"I know, but I analyzed the handwriting, and it was written at least a year ago!"
"A year? I remember that Chen Fu Lun and Liu Hao Kang had contact less than a month ago. If the body hadn't been burned, how could he have been plagued by nightmares? Without nightmares, he wouldn't have felt guilty and committed suicide! So... that body might not be Chen Fu Lun's? Are you saying he used a method of 'golden cicada shedding its shell' and found a scapegoat?"
"Exactly. If I'm not mistaken, Liu Hao Kang and Liang Chao Bang, and other doctors, were merely his puppets. Then the real mastermind behind this case is actually Chen Fu Lun."
"That guy should be part of the organization, like Liang Chao Bang. He had a headache. But I think we can't find him for now, so we'll have to deal with it later!"
"I understand, Director He. I will keep an eye on this person!"
"En, but we still have many cases here, you mustn't..."
"Oh, haha, don't worry, I'll keep things separate!"
As Dao Zhi Yong spoke, he spat a mouthful of betel nut into the trash can next to me. Then, like Kogoro Mouri, he dusted himself off and left my office with a hint of pride.
I watched him walk like a child and couldn't help but shake my head: "This monkey!"
"But he's quite smart! Perhaps one day, you'll truly inherit my position..."
After all, I also realized that day would surely come. Calculating the passage of time over the years, the moment I stopped to rest, I had already entered middle age in the blink of an eye. Time has passed so quickly these years, as if in a flash, we are all different from before. Countless traces of time have appeared on everyone's cheeks, but more importantly, our minds have matured a lot. I am no longer the slightly naive, unprofessional self from before. Ahaha, why did the hand that's typing suddenly tremble? After years of dedication to criminal investigation, whenever I had free time, I would spend it on the keyboard, immersing myself in the literary world. On November 5, 2022, my other work, "Punishment Squad i: Abyss of Gazing," was officially published by Pingqiao Publishing House in Guangming City.
This day, I went to the publishing house and found Editor-in-Chief Huang. He warmly welcomed me and offered suggestions for my work: "Director He... this..."
"Don't call me that outside, just call me He Sheng!"
"Oh, alright! Mr. He Sheng, you've been cooperating with author Gui Jia's Second Young Master for several years now. You've been guiding him in writing novels all these years, and it's said that all the case details were provided by you, and you do the late-stage improvements. But I'm curious, why has Gui Jia's Second Young Master never shown himself?"
"Actually, my friend has health problems and has been bedridden all these years. But as soon as he wakes up, he starts typing non-stop. All these years, I've been taking care of him."
"I see. It seems you have a very good relationship with this friend. How did you meet?"
"We met through a case. That year, something happened at his home..."
Let me rewind time to September 28, 2021, the year I first met Gui Jia's Second Young Master. It coincided with the China Games.
At that time, Director Huang was still alive, and we were dispatched to China to provide security for the esteemed athletes. Zhao Shi San, who is also the author Gui Jia's Second Young Master, was representing the country in the competition and was one of the torchbearers. Nothing significant was supposed to happen, but after the sacred fire was lit, a rumbling explosion came from not far away. The entire stadium almost trembled. As the police, we immediately sealed off the scene, maintained order, and approached the site of the explosion. At that moment, Zhao Shi San also joined in the work of maintaining order. At the time, I didn't know he was part of the police.
I even got into an argument with him. Later, he showed me an ID, and I realized he was from Interpol.
He worked with us to maintain order in the stadium. However, a piece of bad news almost simultaneously occurred. Behind the scenes, several thugs had taken his family hostage and brought them to us, holding guns to our heads.
"You guys, back off immediately. We have bombs on us. If you dare to resist, we'll kill everyone here right away!"
At that moment, I planned to change strategy and evacuate the crowd, letting them leave first. However, a police officer returned to inform me that the stadium had been sealed off!
For some reason, the gates were under control. It was likely a hacking incident. He Xin was not by my side at the time; I only had Liu Yu Ning with me!
We hadn't moved yet, but Zhao Shi San said, "Why are you doing this?"
"Why? Ah ha ha! I knew you were here, Officer Zhao. I wouldn't forget you even if you turned to dust!"
"You're not...?"
"That's right! It's me! Didn't you arrest my brother and sister before? Today it's your turn. This is your wife, and your child! Ah ha ha ha! I'll make them follow the same path as my siblings!"
"Calm down, do you know they committed crimes? Murder and drug trafficking? Colluding with evil organizations!"
"You're spouting nonsense! What evil organization? That is our great leader, our spiritual and material support. You foolish mortals can't comprehend it. The greatness between us, you can only be eroded and tormented by this boring world, then slowly drowned by the mundane. Now that Lord Prometheus has descended upon the human world again, we will not let you foolish humans hinder the progress of our grand plan. Die! You have no right to live. Everything in the world is merely a subordinate to the Lord, and I!" The man pointed at his own nose, forcefully slit the throat of Zhao Shi San's wife, and then sneered, "I am your nightmare!"