Chapter 492: The

Xu Mo's interrogation skill is top‑notch, and Han Fei knows that very well.

So the fact that he could get a perverted murderer to confess in such a short time doesn't puzzle Han Fei.

What truly makes Han Fei feel puzzled is how Xu Mo actually caught the killer.

You should know that Xu Mo hadn't even been to the scene, and when the Police Station received the report, Xu Mo wasn't present either.

Logically, Xu Mo shouldn't have known about the case at all, yet unexpectedly he quietly did something big and directly apprehended the murderer!

Looking at the Xu Mo before him and at the confession statement in his hand, Han Fei couldn't help voicing his doubt.

"I recall you weren't on the scene when the Police Station got the report, right?"

"Hmm," Xu Mo nodded, not denying.

"Then how did you catch this guy?"

"I ran into him on the road. He had a thief‑like, shifty look that didn't seem like a good person, and I smelled a faint scent of blood on him, which felt off. When I asked, he stammered, so I just arrested him. On the way back to the Police Station I happened to hear Xiao Hu say the Police Station had just received a report, a homicide case, so I suspected this guy did it, and when I asked, it turned out he really was the one who did it."

Xu Mo gave a brief explanation, never mentioning the Criminal Capture Radar.

As an excellent officer, relying on intuition to spot a bad guy in a crowd at a glance— that's not unreasonable, right?

Having a keen sense of smell and detecting the suspect's blood scent— that's also not unreasonable, right?

Hearing that the Police Station got a homicide alarm while I was away, and linking Wang Jianjun as a possible murderer in that case— that's not unreasonable, right?

As for the interrogation, needn't say more; in just over ten minutes he extracted the perverted killer's motive and method from his mouth— that's not unreasonable for Xu Mo. ωωw.. net

Putting Xu Mo's words together, at first glance the matter indeed has no flaw!

But Han Fei still feels something's off; he always thinks the situation isn't as simple as Xu Mo says.

From the Police Station receiving the report to the murderer being caught, then the interrogation ending, it was less than an hour in total.

That's almost too fantastical… it already broke their Police Station's case‑solving speed record.

Moreover, with this speed, there's no rival nationwide!

Which Police Station can solve a homicide in under an hour?

Yet according to Xu Mo, the case concluded so quickly solely because he happened to see a shifty‑looked man who didn't seem like a good person, crucially with a scent of blood on him, and that man happened to be the murderer of the homicide case— all seeming just coincidence.

Han Fei feels there's something fishy about this, yet he can't pinpoint what's wrong.

The reason Han Fei sees no problem is that Xu Mo left a hidden agenda.

The confession statement Xu Mo provided was edited; the original dialogue between the two in the Interrogation Room wasn't recorded verbatim by Xu Mo.

To make the statement and his account appear consistent, Xu Mo deliberately omitted details like the victim's identity— information he shouldn't have known— from the statement.

From the statement, Wang Jianjun appears to be a person with poor mental resilience; Xu Mo merely tricked him, and he couldn't withstand the pressure and gave up.

After hearing Xu Mo's explanation, Han Fei was briefly conflicted, then stopped worrying about it.

As long as the case is solved and the murderer caught, it doesn't matter how; it just so happened he met a shifty‑looking man on the road, and that man also happened to be the murderer of the homicide the Police Station had just received. Though the odds of such a coincidence are tiny, it's not impossible.

Coincidences happen all the time; this is no problem.

……

"You successfully captured the murderer and earned the reward— Language Master (Upgrade Version)."

Another Language Master? What does the upgrade version mean? Does this thing even come with an upgrade?

The system had previously granted Xu Mo the Language Master reward, which lets him master every language and dialect ever spoken worldwide, as well as the customs, culture, history, and local practices of each region.

This reward is quite handy; back when Xu Mo was in Sakura Country, he even impersonated Xiao Xi Ba, using West Eight Language to greet a few Sakura Country people, giving West Eight Country a dirty splash.

Without overthinking, Xu Mo carefully read the description of the upgraded Language Master.

Language Master: The host can communicate with small animals and insects (once per day, ten minutes each time, with unlimited targets).

Communicate with small animals and insects? What a crappy reward? What would I say to animals? I'm not sick.

This lj reward even has a damn limit— only once a day, ten minutes each time?

Ten minutes, haha, I wouldn't even use a single minute; I, Xu Mo, would rather die, jump off a building, than talk to small animals!

……

Five minutes later.

"You winged bastard, I'm talking to you— is this bag in my hand something you bit out? Come, come, come over, let me give you a slap."

Mosquito: "???"

"What are you saying? Oh, you're a male mosquito, not a blood‑sucker… my mistake."

"Tell your brothers and sisters not to come suck my blood anymore; otherwise, for each one that comes, I'll kill one. If you must suck, take someone else's… like that guy's blood, any you like." Xu Mo said to the mosquito while pointing through the glass at Han Fei outside the office.

A moment later, Han Fei, who was talking to an officer, angrily scratched his own arm.

"It's already damn autumn, where are all these mosquitoes coming from? So annoying!"

In that short time, he got bitten by mosquitoes several times.

Xu Mo suddenly realized that the ability to communicate with small animals and insects is truly awesome!

I decide to retract my earlier words: this reward isn't useless at all; on the contrary, it's actually somewhat useful!

No, it's not just somewhat useful; it's hugely useful.

At first glance this ability seems pointless, but thinking deeper, it's even more overpowered than a cheat; it's not just about warning mosquitoes not to suck my blood— there are other uses.

Used properly, it could even assist in solving cases!

Consider that animals and insects are everywhere in huge numbers; being able to talk to them could mean Xu Mo can learn a criminal's whereabouts from the small creatures at a crime scene.

If this reward is used well, it might even outshine the police's sky‑eye; after all, the sheer number of small animals and insects far exceeds the roadside cameras.

Thinking of this, Xu Mo instantly got excited.

So awesome!