Chapter 123: Blame His Bad Luck

At the gate of the Chemical Plant Compound, Jisi vehicles filed in one after another.

The unit entrance was cordoned off with police line tape, the atmosphere extraordinarily grim.

Liu Xie's face was cold and stern as he strode into the room.

Upon entering, what met his eyes were three horribly mangled corpses, and Wang Yu crouching in the blood pool among them.

The latter was covered head to toe in muddy bloodstains, with bits of minced flesh and brain matter still stuck to the gore, a horrifying sight.

Yet Wang Yu seemed oblivious, intently picking out shattered bone fragments bit by bit with his fingers in the blood pool, piecing together half a shattered skull in the coagulated blood.

Around them, several Jisi Members anxiously tried to comfort him.

"The killer is cruel to the extreme, Wang Yu. That you're unharmed is a stroke of luck in a tragedy."

"Indeed, Wang Yu, don't blame yourself excessively. Look, the skull is already smashed like this; even if pieced together, what difference would it make?"

"Sigh..."

Despite the constant persuasion, Wang Yu acted as if deaf, head bowed, intently selecting bone fragments on the blood-and-flesh-blurred floor.

His face was bloodless, his eyes revealing a hollow grief; such an expression made it impossible not to empathize, and a heavy, indescribable ache rose in everyone's heart.

Liu Xie lowered his head slightly, gaze scanning the chaotic bloody footprints filling the room, and walked to Wang Yu's side with an unchanged expression.

Without hesitation, she reached out, yanked him up from the blood pool, frowned, casually brushed the minced flesh clinging to his clothes, and said coldly, "You're not needed here."

Wang Yu opened his mouth: "I..."

The words barely left his mouth before Liu Xie ruthlessly cut him off: "What 'I'? Your hands are for drawing portraits, not for piecing together bone scraps."

Wang Yu's voice was hoarse: "If I can draw him out, I can piece him together."

Liu Xie coldly laughed: "Bones shattered you can piece together, but what about that rotten flesh and shredded skin?"

Wang Yu's eyes were bloodshot as he replied in a low voice: "Bones can be pieced together, and the shredded face skin I can also stick back onto the bones for Liu Yang."

The surrounding Jisi Members all listened with hearts breaking, moved by Wang Yu's deep bond with his colleague.

Only Liu Xie showed not a ripple of emotion; she coldly rebuked: "So what? You want to snatch the Coroner's job?"

Wang Yu took a deep breath: "No, I... I asked Liu Yang to help me find 【Black Face】, that's why he..."

Liu Xie interrupted Wang Yu: "Who killed him?"

Wang Yu's expression was numb, his reply slightly dull: "Don't know. Liu Yang messaged me saying he might've found 【Black Face】, but wasn't sure, asked me to come confirm the target."

Grief showed on Wang Yu's face as he continued hoarsely: "When I rushed here, it was already like this. I don't know what happened..."

Liu Xie cast a cold glance around, confirming Wang Yu's explanation had been heard by everyone present.

Only then did she coldly laugh: "You saw nothing, know nothing, what are you still doing staying here?"

Liu Xie gave Wang Yu no chance to retort, grabbed his arm, shoved him out the door, and said: "We're all Jisi. Liu Yang died — just his bad luck. As for you, not dying is your good fortune."

Her voice held not a trace of warmth as she continued ordering: "Go home now, take a good shower, change into clean clothes, then get a good sleep. The rest is none of your concern."

The words barely fell before Liu Xie waved a hand lightly, and two Jisi Team Three members swiftly stepped forward.

"Escort him back," she ordered briefly.

"Yes!" the two members answered in unison, then hoisted Wang Yu up, preparing to send him back to his residence.

After Wang Yu left, Liu Xie's face remained cold as frost. She turned back into the room, summoned a Trace Examiner, and asked coldly: "Any findings?"

The Trace Examiner shook his head, tone revealing helplessness: "Though the scene looks chaotic, the killer actually handled things very cleanly. The bloody footprints on the ground are all Wang Yu's; we basically can't find any useful clues."

"Three corpses died miserably. Liu Yang must have discovered something, rushed in, and had his head taken."

"As for the other two corpses, one, judging by skin tone, is very likely the 【Black Face】 we've been tracking. However, the head is severely destroyed, features unrecognizable; we currently cannot make a thorough identity confirmation."

"The last one, unknown who it is. Judging by the scene, possibly 【Black Face】's accomplice. Before death he suffered coercion, belly even sliced open — looks like the killer took something from inside his stomach."

Trace inspection report complete.

Liu Xie kept a cold face and asked again: "The killer left not a single clue?"

The Trace Examiner pondered, then replied: "The scene probably won't yield anything useful to extract, and this compound has hardly any residents, no witnesses found. The only puzzle is how Liu Yang found this place."

A Jisi member beside them interjected: "Liu Yang's informants?"

The Trace Examiner nodded: "Possible, but no fourth corpse was found in the compound."

Liu Xie indifferently: "The killer acted alone?"

The Trace Examiner also couldn't be sure: "Unclear."

Liu Xie set her heart at ease, knowing Senior Brothers' work left no leaks; anyway, with Jisi's methods, it's very hard to get to the bottom of it.

Or, bring in the Patrol Bureau?

Heh—

That'd be even harder to solve, though they might just drum up a killer to close the case.

Thinking thus, Liu Xie said coldly: "Carry all the corpses back, have the Coroner piece the skulls together as best they can. As for the faces..."

Liu Xie sighed, glanced at the minced flesh scraps on the ground: "Forget it, don't waste the effort. Notify the Patrol Bureau side, just say the 【Black Face】 they want has been found, will be sent over shortly."

"Yes!" the Jisi member acknowledged the order.

Liu Xie turned to leave, then suddenly paused: "Liu Yang was a Team One member, right?"

"Yes."

"Piece Liu Yang's corpse together properly, send him to Team One, tell Team One: our Team Three owes them a favor, we'll repay it later."

"Yes!"

No. 8 Middle School.

Inside a temporarily rented Patrol Bureau command room nearby.

Chang Erbing hung up the phone, walked quickly to Li Shang, lowered his voice and reported: "Jisi side caught 【Black Face】, notified us they'll send the person to our Patrol Bureau in a bit."

Li Shang's eyes lit up at the words: "Good. If we catch 【Black Face】, we can further lock down 【Mask】's identity."

Chang Erbing nodded.

Li Shang pondered for a moment, then asked: "How is it? What's the surveillance situation?"

Chang Erbing shook his head: "Those on the list are all under surveillance; nothing has been discovered yet."

Suddenly,

Li Shang's phone vibrated; he answered the call, listened to a few words, and his expression changed abruptly: "What? A new body has been found inside the School? Where?"

Entered the surgery room, wish me luck

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