Chapter 88

Old Liu said, "This itself is just in accordance with the procedure. What I wrote is also based on facts: the woman was indeed domestically abused, and she shot at the leg, not with the intent to kill, but to subdue."

Chen Fan didn't speak.

Everyone felt this was the best possible outcome and was naturally willing to accept it.

At this point, Li Tian also explained the purpose of his visit, saying, "I need you to help me do one thing. This matter will involve many people."

Old Liu said, "There's no such thing as a small case when it comes to you."

Li Tian laughed, took out his phone, and played a recording of a distress call.

"Save me, save me, I've joined a pyramid scheme, I'm at..."

The call cut off; it ended right there.

At this moment, Chen Fan and Old Liu were stunned.

"That's it?"

Li Tian said, "You underestimate me. We have already locked onto the location, found the place where the call was made, and found the user of the phone card. However, it was a street-side number, not real-name registered. We went to that place, but it was already empty. It was clearly vacated."

Old Liu said, "I understand. Find some traces from the current clues to help track them down?"

"Exactly."

"Aren't you worried about the livestream making this group run?"

Li Tian said, "I'm not worried. Let them run. If they run, it's easier for me to catch them. If they stay put, that's the hardest part."

Actually, Li Tian was lying, but everyone would believe this lie was true, so these people naturally wouldn't move.

There are many ways to escape: escaping in stages, or choosing to travel by bus, etc. But don't forget one thing: this group is carrying those pyramid scheme victims along with them.

These victims are being dragged along, so they can't be perfectly secure. Therefore, they must have gone to another place to hide.

Old Liu and Li Tian exchanged glances, and the students here began to eat quickly.

Everyone knew that this case was about to be handled.

In the car, Li Tian sat beside Chen Fan and said, "I suddenly have a bad intuition."

"Spit it out."

"You wouldn't happen to coincidentally tell me that you actually understand pyramid schemes, would you?"

"You're slandering me, you're slandering me, damn it."

"When I mentioned pyramid schemes just now, your pupils contracted. Although there were no nervous movements, eyes don't lie. You were definitely excited. Even more, you are very interested in this pyramid scheme business. Let me speculate further: I think you know a thing or two about them."

"Impossible, absolutely impossible. I tell you, I am a good person."

Li Tian laughed and reached out, saying, "Let me count: cutting people, unhooking women's bras, picking locks, kidnapping—you look at these things you're good at, which one is normal? By the way, you can also cheat at gambling."

"That's the God of Gamblers, not cheating, you illiterate."

"Is there a difference?"

"Pfft, this is just your misunderstanding of me. I tell you, I am absolutely unfamiliar with pyramid schemes."

At the scene, Chen Fan took his things and walked toward a building.

Li Tian said, "I didn't tell you the pyramid scheme den was in this building. How did you determine it was this one?"

"Intuition."

"Give me a break. Admit it, you just know about pyramid schemes, don't you? Right?"

Here, several people gathered together and entered the room. As soon as they entered, they were hit by a foul stench.

Here, Old Liu directed the newcomers to conduct an on-site investigation.

In the observation room, Teacher He said, "How many years has it been? It feels like it's been a long time since I've heard of domestic pyramid schemes."

Here, Jing Tian said, "It seems they've changed their model now, called something like... lectures, right?"

Teacher He was directly embarrassed.

Zhang Xinyu said, "Ah, what does 'lectures' mean?"

"How should I put it? You can understand it as franchising, IQ tax, and then capital realization, etc. Aren't many people in the circle doing this? I see they earn quite a bit of money; it's just that they have no plays to film later."

Zhang Xinyu shut her mouth instantly. You can afford to offend others, but I can't; we are simply not on the same level.

Liu Yan said, "Then this should be different from that, right? This one should still involve beating people."

"Beating people is just beating people; it won't make you lose your entire fortune. Certain things really will make you lose your entire fortune. You don't understand, and there's no need to understand. Anyway, remember, as long as someone is leading you to get rich, it's all fake."

Here, some students extracted hair and some related fingerprints.

On the other side, some dried blood was found.

If blood is not washed clean, it can be restored through special means.

When the lights flickered, the blood that appeared on the walls told the audience one thing: a beating had occurred here.

Chen Fan wore gloves and rummaged through the trash can, finding some used condoms and such.

"Hmm, this thing is probably of some use."

Use?

Li Tian said, "This thing, your dark humor is really heavy."

Chen Fan said with disdain, "What does a pyramid scheme organization rely on to pull people in?"

"Nothing more than two tricks: one is women, the other is violent beatings. So what?"

"Judging from the use of the stove and the toilet in the room, they have been here for quite some time. What do you think would happen?"

Damn.

Li Tian said, "Don't tell me, this thing might be contaminated with germs."

"Whether it is or not, we'll see. If it is, then it's actually convenient. And I can guarantee you, no one will talk about this. Even if the boss asks his subordinates, it's useless; no one will say anything."

Damn, is this trick too toxic?

The physical evidence was bagged one by one.

Xiang Qinqin held a label and said, "This... I found it under the bed; it's a small advertisement."

Chen Fan put the evidence in, and Li Tian held the feed bag, looking at the advertisement.

Commercial promotion, commercial grand promotion.

These numbers caught Li Tian's attention.

"You guys continue the investigation; I need to take someone to run a bit."

Arriving in the car, Li Tian opened the map directly and began to ponder the route.

Commercial promotion means that among this group, someone is shopping at the mall, so this organization has a loophole.

And they can make phone calls, which means there are vulnerabilities. As for whether that person is in life-threatening danger, it's unknown for now; we can only try our best to speed up.

There isn't much evidence that can be processed at the scene, but these things all have practical uses.

In the future, if Li Tian catches people and this group refuses to admit it, this evidence can directly pin them down.

It counts as sealing the chain of evidence.

Old Liu instructed, "After going back, seal the evidence for me and start the comparison immediately. Enhancement technology, you know it, right? Have you all mastered it? Go back and see if you can find people with criminal records."

The people in the livestream watched intently, full of anticipation.

At this time, it was nine o'clock in the morning.

Li Tian looked at the route, pondered for a moment, and said, "I'm going to go this way. Chen Fan, do you want to come along?"

"No problem."

The two left without bringing a camera. The audience understood that the two were going to handle the case alone. If they brought people now, it wouldn't be convenient and would easily alert the enemy.

In the commercial vehicle, Li Tian said, "This group can't run far. Train stations, bus stations, even all private cars with more than five people—detain them all for screening."

"I know, they can't run far. They might even be in the vicinity. This group is really bold."

"Naturally bold. Daring to go to the mall openly shows they have nothing to fear. But someone reported that they were being pyramid-schemed, so there's a lot to be said here."

"Gray industry, right?"

"Yes, that's why it hasn't been discovered for so long. Most pyramid schemes are related to gambling or similar to fraud. But these people haven't had any trouble until now, so they naturally aren't doing that. It should also be network-related. I checked the circuit installation on-site; the traces of use are very obvious."

Zhang Tianxiong said, "Tell me, what do you want me to do?"

"Nothing special. Chen Fan, I ask you, do you know about pyramid schemes?"

Chen Fan was speechless and said, "Are you sick? You just have to keep asking me."

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