Chapter 84: Murder in the Ancient Tower!
The ancient tower in City B was built five hundred years ago . It is unknown how wise the ancients were. They were able to build a two-hundred-meter-high tower, and this ancient tower has stood for five hundred years.
Even today, this ancient tower remains solid and shows no signs of collapse.
This place is also a tourist destination in China.
The 200-meter-high tower is so inconspicuous in the brightly lit city. Except for the ground, the tower itself is completely dark, and the general appearance of the ancient tower can only be seen from the light reflected from the city.
A black police car stopped outside the ancient pagoda ticket station, and Gao Feng, Hua Mei and Wang Zheng got out of the car one after another.
Before they even reached the ticket office, a middle-aged man in a security uniform came out with a baton in his hand. He pointed the baton at the three people and said, "The ancient tower is closed at night. If you want to come here, come back tomorrow."
Gao Feng walked forward, took out his police ID from his pocket, showed it to the security guard, and said, "Police are investigating a case. We suspect a serial killer is hiding here. Now we need to go to the top of the tower to check it out."
Hearing the words "police" and "serial killer", the security guard's expression changed instantly. He quickly put down his baton and said with an honest face, "Officer, please come in, please come in."
Guta is an economic source for City B. If a serial murder case happens here, I am afraid that the reputation of this place will be greatly reduced. Not only will I not be able to wear the security hat on my head, but it will also bring untold losses to City B.
As the security guard led the three people in, he asked in confusion, "Officer, is the serial killer you are investigating related to the dismemberment case in People's Square that was mentioned on TV today?"
Wang Zheng took out a flashlight from his pocket, turned his head to glance at the security guard and said, "Don't ask if you don't dare to ask. It will be bad if you get into trouble later."
Wang Zheng's words made the security guard shut up and he dared not ask any more questions. A security guard from the countryside was most afraid of getting into big trouble.
The security guard went back into the security room, took out a dozen keys, handed them to Wang Zheng and said, "Officer, these are the keys to the tower gate."
Wang Zheng took the key and entered the ancient tower with them.
"Squeak~" The main door of the ancient tower was opened, and Wang Zheng, Gao Feng and Hua Mei walked in with flashlights in their hands.
This ancient tower was obviously cleaned regularly, as there was no sign of dust on either the ground or the surrounding walls.
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"This... the stairs in this tower... are too long." Huamei leaned against the wall of the 55th floor, panting and saying, "Really... can we take a break?"
"There is only one staircase in this tower. If the criminal is on the top, he will not be able to escape no matter what." Gao Feng also looked a little tired and sat aside. He took a sip of mineral water and said, "Wang Zheng, let's rest here for a while."
It's easy to go downstairs, but hard to go upstairs!
Wang Zheng was actually a little tired. He sat on the ground on the other side, took a few breaths and said, "What time is it now?"
Huamei took a sip of mineral water, then lowered her head to look at her phone and replied: "It's already ten o'clock in the evening."
"It's already ten o'clock?" Wang Zheng was a little surprised. It was only eight o'clock when they set out together, and they reached the ancient tower at around nine o'clock. He didn't expect that it was already ten o'clock when they were only halfway up the climb!
Wang Zheng, Huamei, and Gao Feng rested for a while. After their strength was restored, they continued to head towards the top of the ancient tower.
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11:10 pm, at the top of the ancient tower.
"Huh, huh~" Wang Zheng leaned against the wall on the top floor, breathing heavily while scanning the buildings on the top floor.
Huamei sat beside him, her face already pale. Asking people to climb a spiral staircase for 200 meters, that kind of feeling is really not something that ordinary people can understand. Now the three people's feet are constantly trembling.
Gao Feng stood at the railing with trembling legs, looking into the distance. Most of the scenery of City B came into view. He turned around and sat at the railing, saying helplessly, "There is nothing on the top floor. It seems that we have come here for nothing today."
Wang Zheng unscrewed the bottle of mineral water in his hand and took a few gulps. Then he panted and said, "Since it's not here, it's very likely that it's on top of that office building."
Just as the three were planning to rest for a while before going down, a hoarse voice suddenly came from the empty aisle behind them: "You are here."
On the 200-meter-high tower, the cold wind was howling, and along with the strange voice, the muscles and nerves of the three people instantly tensed up.
Gao Feng pulled out a pistol from his back, quickly loaded it, and then stood up with the help of the railing. He looked at the dark place standing over there and shouted in shock: "Who!"
"Haven't you been looking for me?" The hoarse voice sounded again, "In fact, I knew you would come a long time ago, so I carefully prepared the artwork! Beautiful butterfly, bloom!"
"Buzz~" A dazzling white light lit up from the dark aisle, making it impossible for the three people to open their eyes.
Wang Zheng raised his hand to block the light and looked ahead vaguely through his fingers.
There were two dark figures on the road ahead. One of them moved, and he seemed to stand on the railing of the road.
Under the stimulation of the strong light, Wang Zheng couldn't see clearly who the person standing on the railing was, but he knew clearly that this person must be the murderer, and the black shadow next to him must be the victim!
Wang Zheng pointed at the dark figure standing on the railing and shouted, "Gao Feng, shoot! He's trying to escape!"
Gao Feng stood up from the ground, but the light in front of him was so dazzling that he couldn't even aim forward! He put one hand in front of him, and with the other hand holding the gun, he fired randomly forward.
The shot, fired without aiming and relying only on vague consciousness, hit Gutata by mistake.
The figure standing on the railing slowly turned his head. He glanced at Wang Zheng and said hoarsely, "Enjoy the work!" As soon as he finished speaking, the figure opened his arms and jumped off the tower!
"Asshole!" Wang Zheng jumped up and ran forward with shaking legs, but it was futile for him to rush forward now because the murderer had already escaped!
Jumping down from a height of more than 200 meters, isn't this courting death? The murderer is also a smart man, how could he jump down without any safety measures? In fact, the murderer was wearing a bat wing suit, so he dared to jump down so recklessly.
