Chapter 49 Case Closed
The first victim was a senior high school girl named Jiang Lulu.
Due to the erasure of information related to the corpse and the operation of the Overwatch Eye, her parents wishfully believed that she had run away from home.
Her parents are arguing as Mr. Cat and True investigate her residence.
Jiang Lulu's mother was yelling at the top of her lungs: "All you do is work overtime all day long! Have you ever cared about your daughter?"
"I don't care about my daughter? You're clamoring for a divorce and leaving with someone, and you dare to ask me if I care about my daughter?"
"So where is Lulu now!!! Tell me!!"
"I have called the police. You still know that you have a daughter, Lulu? Are you worthy of calling her Lulu? Where were you when Lulu missed her mother?"
"How dare you say that? Don't think I don't know that Lulu is about to take the college entrance examination and has basically never had a peaceful meal at home. You've been away on business for several months. Why don't you tell me where Lulu is?"
Mr. Cat walked into the house. The former couple looked at the cat in surprise, then began to answer questions honestly with dull eyes. When their daughter was killed (missing) a month ago, her father was on a business trip to another city to work on a project, and he didn't know much about his daughter Jiang Lulu's daily life. Her mother had been divorced and lived with someone else, and she knew nothing about her daughter's affairs.
Mr. Cat walked into Lulu's bedroom. There were several stuffed toys piled on the bed in the bedroom. There was a desk against the wall, and on the desk were textbooks and mock books of various subjects sorted into categories. There was a calendar on the wall, with two small flowers drawn on the two days of the college entrance examination, and the words "Come on" were written on it.
Like Wu Xiumei, the room was kept too clean and tidy, as if it had been cleaned specially to welcome the arrival of some important person.
Xiao Zhen came in from outside and told Mr. Cat his findings. The neighbors were all familiar with this high school girl who was often alone at home. She was very quiet because she was about to take the college entrance examination and had few entertainment activities. Few people came to visit her.
“Hmm…”
"The similarities between the two victims are that they are both young human females who spend most of their time alone at home and have simple social relationships."
"This seems like an easy target."
Xiao Zhen said: "But based on what I know about the Nansai people, they are a Homo sapiens race with a sense of honor."
"Um."
"The Nansai people take it as an honor to defeat powerful opponents. They remove all the internal organs of their prey, cut off their tongues, and dig out their eyes. This ritual can keep the corpses intact for a long time. This is their respect for their difficult-to-defeat opponents. Young women, especially local girls who have no fighting power, are generally not the targets of the Nansai people."
"Maybe it's the people of Nansai who have lost their sense of honor."
"Oh, what you said sounds just like the most irresponsible police officer in a crime drama."
"I only speak according to the evidence." Mr. Cat said, "Whether it is the first body or the second body, the only trace found at the scene is the hair of the Nansai people."
"According to the information recorded by the Eye of Supervision, there is only one Nansai in this city. He did it so blatantly. Is he deliberately trying to not live?"
"Perhaps. You know, fighters who have been fighting all their lives, once they retire one day, their bodies may be away from the battlefield, but their hearts will not. Many people are like this. Veterans, hunters, gladiators, assassins, their souls can no longer rest in peace, and the thirst for battle follows them like a shadow."
"You're right. But I still think it's a bit unreasonable for the Nansai people to take the initiative to attack the weak and defenseless human women..." Xiao Zhen shifted his gaze to the window.
He walked to the windowsill, and the corner under the windowsill was piled with disposable lunch boxes and other garbage discarded by residents.
"It occurred to me that there was another thing these two victims had in common."
"What?"
"One is a migrant worker who lives alone, and the other is a student who lives alone at home. I noticed that although Wu Xiumei's room has an induction cooker, there is not even a trace of grease in her room. The kitchen of this female high school student looks like it has not been used for years."
Mr. Cat understood what he meant: "You mean, they all order takeout for meals."
"Yes, what they have in common is that they are lonely young women who basically rely on takeout for meals," Xiao Zhen said. "The two victims were only two streets apart from each other."
A few minutes later, Mr. Cat got the information of the delivery boy in this area. Xiao Zhen couldn't help but be amazed at the efficiency of the Supervisor's Eye. Just as Xiao Zhen guessed, the delivery boy for Wu Xiumei and high school girl Lulu was the same person, registered under the name Xin Fan, and in the photo was a young man with slightly brown skin and reddish-brown hair.
The delivery boy Xin Fan, or the former star gladiator "Xin" of the Xingre Arena, lives in a cheap rental house that is about to be demolished. There are big words "demolition" posted everywhere on the dilapidated and dirty walls. Many migrant workers choose to stay here temporarily for the cheap rent.
Mr. Cat and Xiao Zhen knocked on Xin's door.
The door opened. The man, known locally as Xin Fan, had a few fine scars on his face, but they did not detract from his handsomeness. He had broad shoulders and a muscular body, and his loose T-shirt outlined his bulging muscles. He looked at Xiao Zhen and the cat lying on his shoulder in surprise and asked, "Did you knock on the wrong door?"
Mr. Cat said, "Xin Fan. Or should I call you Xin from the Xingre Arena?"
A white shadow remained for a moment, and Xin rushed towards the window. Almost at the same time, the mental command that Mr. Cat threw at him was completely resisted.
As expected of a former big star in the arena.
Just before he was about to jump out of the window, Xiaozhen grabbed his leg. Xin looked back at him, and in an instant, the two of them were engaged in a fight.
If there were local humans at the scene, they would only see a series of dazzling afterimages. Neither side had weapons, and it was a real fistfight. Xin swung punch after punch with a wave-like momentum, while Xiao Zhen used his fists and feet to block left and right. Xin felt that this young man was like a dense net, and all the force he exerted was turned into nothingness in the fistfight.
He threw another punch, and this time the opponent did not retreat, but blocked his fist with one hand and attacked his face with the other hand. Xin controlled his rhythm and dodged the attack with his face turned sideways. There was no such thing as showing weakness or retreating in his dictionary. Attack, only attack. In the collision of fists, he seemed to hear the enthusiastic cheers of the audience in the arena a few years ago.
The opponent in front of us is quite difficult to deal with.
The boy fought him expressionlessly. He did not see any excitement or nervousness in the boy's eyes, no hatred, no fear, only the absolute will to defeat him. This was an expression that his opponents in the arena had never had before.
Cold, rational and ruthless.
"Who are you?" Xin asked him.
The boy didn't answer him.
Xin jumped out of the fighting circle and made an elegant gesture, which was a sign of respect for a worthy opponent. Nansai's fighting etiquette was engraved in his blood. Making such a gesture showed his admiration for the opponent and also meant that he would fight with all his strength.
They met again, Xin added strength again, this is his fighting technique, he will punch harder and harder, until the opponent can't bear it. But the boy didn't follow his rhythm, his fighting technique was precise and indifferent, completely ignoring how he added strength. Xin punched him hard, hitting his arm. Xin believed that the power of this punch was enough to break the arm of this human boy. The boy should have a painful expression on his face.
However, the boy just took a step forward and hit him in the chest at a speed that could not be captured by the naked eye. The speed was so fast and the force was so strong that Xin was stunned.
This was an extremely powerful and terrifying opponent, and Xin couldn't help but respect him.
Suddenly , Xin felt a sharp pain in his back. The Altcat had launched a sneak attack on him. It hit him from behind and made him stumble, but his young opponent didn't waste any opportunity and pounced on him and pinned him to the ground.
"You have no honor!!" Xin said angrily, "Shameless!!"
Mr. Cat said coldly: "What honor can a guy who kills innocent human women talk about."
"I didn't kill them!!"
"You've been to their house and left traces there. How are you going to explain that?"
Xin did not answer the question directly, but kept cursing and accusing them of having no dueling spirit and no honor at all.
Mr. Cat told him that he was from the Eye of Supervision, and Xin calmed down a little and began to answer questions.
"I did go to their house. I just wanted to help them one last time."
"You mean taking lives?"
"No!" cried Xin. "Do you know those two girls?"
"A working girl and a student. Their social connections are simple, so they are perfect targets for a soldier like you who is full of honor?"
"..." Xin motioned to Xiaozhen to turn around and sit down, and he replied: "I'm the takeaway deliveryman in this area."
"so?"
"A food delivery man is an interesting profession. After working for a few months, you can get a detailed understanding of the living conditions of local people. These two girls are regular customers of food delivery. I always deliver the food to them, and occasionally I will talk to them. Jiang Lulu's mother abandoned her, and her father is often away on business. Her favorite meal is curry beef rice. Five times a week, the meals I deliver are curry beef. Wu Xiumei is a tired salesperson. Every time she gets home from get off work, she is too tired to cook, so she is also a regular customer of food delivery. She likes to eat rice noodles."
"continue."
"Every time I deliver food to their homes, the two girls are always alone at home. Jiang Lulu told me that she hopes her father can focus on her during the days before her college entrance examination. Wu Xiumei hopes to bring her parents to this city and live with them."
"So why did you kill them?"
"I didn't kill them!!"
Xiao Zhen said: "The houses of the two girls were very clean after they died. You must have done that."
Xin lowered his eyes. Mr. Cat knew that Xiaozhen was right.
"Since you didn't kill anyone, why did you go to clean up the scene?"
"I just wanted to help them one last time. Jiang Lulu's father will come back, and Wu Xiumei's parents will go to pack their daughter's things because of her disappearance. I heard their remaining cries. They hope that their family can see a tidy room. They hope to leave the best impression on their parents in the end."
Residual consciousness? Mr. Cat and Xiao Zhen looked at each other. Xiao Zhen told him with his brain waves that the Nansai people did have psychic talents and could read the residual consciousness of the object at the place where they stayed. Xiao Zhen had suffered from the Nansai people in the past for this. Xin should not be lying.
Xiao Zhen said, "Your hair was found at the scene. You were very careful in cleaning the scene. I thought a qualified Nansai warrior would not leave any traces of himself."
Xin shouted: "There was my hair at the scene??? This is impossible!"
"There's your hair."
"This is impossible! Don't underestimate us Nansai people. We are natural hunters. The most important thing for hunters is not to leave any traces. Although I have been away from the hunting grounds for a long time, hiding ourselves is our Nansai instinct."
Mr. Cat opened the tablet and showed him the hair photos and analysis results.
Xin still couldn't believe it. He kept muttering, "This is impossible. I would never make such a stupid mistake."
"Since you claim that you are not the murderer and you have some psychic abilities, can you ask these two girls who killed them?"
"My gift was only enough to allow me to sense a little bit of residual consciousness. By the time I arrived, the Overwatch had already cleared the bodies away. The only thing I felt was their desire to give their families peace of mind."
"Since you are so sure that you are not the murderer, why did you want to jump out of the window and run away when we walked in and exposed your identity?"
"Ah, because I thought you were sent by her to harass me..." Xin's words were stuck, his eyes widened, as if he suddenly remembered something.
"she is?"
Suddenly, something exploded in front of Mr. Cat and Xiao Zhen's eyes.
Without any warning, a shiny object hit Mr. Cat, heat burst out, and thick fog and white smoke filled the room. Mr. Cat found himself completely stagnant, and so did Xiao Zhen.
The smoke condensed in the air silently, and a piece of debris floated in front of Mr. Cat's eyes, motionless.
Xin escaped through the window.
The consciousness was still able to analyze the current situation, but the body was completely unable to move.
When time began to flow on their bodies, five minutes had passed.
"A small stasis bomb." Xiao Zhen waved away the smoke in front of her eyes, "It can stop a small area for a short period of time. This guy actually has such a thing."
"How dare this guy use this contraband in front of me."
"He ran away."
"Um."
Xiao Zhen said: "And, that she, it's obvious."
Mr. Cat nodded. Indeed, it was obvious.
They quickly headed to the apartment where Xin's original owner or lover, the Khazarian woman who brought him to this planet, Li Qiai, lived.
When they arrived, Xin was yelling at Li Qi'ai.
"Why did you kill them??? Why???"
"This is all your fault!!" Li Qiai's originally calm face turned hideous and distorted. "You said you were tired of everything and wanted to live an ordinary life. But after abandoning me, you ended up meeting those young girls."
"That's just my ordinary guest!"
"Do you think I don't know? Those girls are deliberately seducing you. They deliberately always order the same dish at the same time, so that it is almost always you who takes the order. They are just like those shameless female fans, they only think about how to seduce you!!"
"You're crazy!! They're just locals and they don't know who I am!"
"They deserved it. I only killed two, but that's not enough. I know there are more women who just want you to take their orders. Do you still remember those female fans who wanted to get close to you? They used all means to get close to you. I, I saved you and brought you out of the arena!"
"You're crazy! I told you that I'm no longer a star gladiator. I don't want to dwell on my past life anymore. But you! You can't get out of it!"
"I am saving you. Just like I saved you from the hot and bloody place. Those people only want to squeeze you dry and suck your last drop of blood. I am different. I am your savior..."
"You're not!! You're crazy!!"
Li Qiai giggled wildly: "I left your hair in their room. If I hadn't done that and let the people of the Eye of Supervision think it was you, how could you have come back to find me?"
Xin rushed forward and grabbed her neck.
Mr. Cat sensed the huge heat condensing in Li Qiai's hand, and he couldn't help but shout: "Go away! She's crazy!"
"You only belong to me..." Li Qiai finally pulled out an inhuman twisted smile. "We will be together forever."
A flash of light exploded in Li Qiai's hand.
In an instant, under the explosion of the plasma bomb, Li Qiai and Xin turned into bloody mist. Under the scorching heat, the floor and walls screamed miserably, and the air became dark red and turbid. That was the only trace of Li Qiai and Xin left in the world.
That night, Xiao Zhen told Mr. Cat that he had no idea what Homo sapiens love was.
"Although human books say that the greatest emotion of human beings is love, I can often feel the essence of human love." Xiao Zhen said, "Love is destructive, exclusive and selfish. Is it really a beautiful thing?"
Because you don't understand anything. Mr. Cat thought, in fact, I also know very little. But I still think that human love should be a very beautiful thing.
