Chapter 125: Reincarnation?

Jiuqu Feicui Garden, C2 Villa.

Crystal chandeliers hung from the high ceiling, shining brilliantly like stars, illuminating every corner of the room.

The Special Commissioner, dressed in comfortable pajamas, sat leisurely on the spacious sofa.

He gently swirled a highball glass in his hand; the red liquid inside flickered with an alluring luster under the light, making it hard to distinguish whether it was the richness of red wine or the depth of blood.

The Special Commissioner's gaze was like ice, coldly staring at Li Shang, the corner of his mouth hooking a contemptuous sneer, his tone revealing unconcealed indifference.

"I don't care what the Investigation Bureau did," he said lightly, "since I assigned this case to you, you only need to tell me, can you still find 【Mask】?"

Failing to shift the blame, Li Shang met the Special Commissioner's icy gaze, and a chill couldn't help but rise in his heart.

Li Shang was forced to nod repeatedly, his expression carrying a hint of urgency and certainty, and replied: "After thorough investigation and analysis, we have basically been able to determine that 【Mask】 is hiding in No. 8 Middle School."

The Special Commissioner raised his chin slightly, a low, meaningful "hmph" sounding from his nasal cavity.

Li Shang carefully continued to supplement: "But there are too many suspicious targets, and 【Mask】 is truly cunning, so I still need time."

The Special Commissioner gently pushed up the glasses on his nose bridge, then elegantly sipped a mouthful of the red wine in the cup; that bloody red liquid left a bewitching trace at the corner of his lips.

He coldly stared at Li Shang, until the latter's back turned cold, then suddenly let out a light laugh: "How many people?"

Li Shang froze: "What?"

Special Commissioner: "I'm asking how many suspicious targets you have?"

Li Shang hurriedly replied: "There are 50 locked suspicious targets, among them 46 students, 4 faculty and staff."

A trace of surprise flashed in the Special Commissioner's eyes; he originally thought the number would be much larger, but didn't expect only a mere 50 people.

Since the list has been narrowed down to 50 people, what is there to hesitate about?

This ability to close cases is a bit useless!

The Special Commissioner slightly narrowed his eyes and asked: "Is screening 50 people very difficult?"

Li Shang hardened his scalp and replied: "【Mask】 is extremely cunning, disguised very well, the tailing surveillance teams I deployed have not discovered any abnormalities to date, so..."

The Special Commissioner impatiently waved his hand, cutting off Li Shang's explanation, the corner of his mouth hooking a mocking smile, and said: "Tailing surveillance? Is this the Lower City Patrol Office's case-handling method?"

Li Shang didn't understand where he had gone wrong; he asked apprehensively: "Please guide me, Special Commissioner."

The Special Commissioner sharply scrutinized Li Shang; after a few seconds of silence, he suddenly changed the topic and asked meaningfully: "That night's extermination operation against 【Fate】, you didn't participate?"

Li Shang hurriedly answered: "Yes, that day I stayed at the Police Station, leading brothers to crack a major case."

The Special Commissioner's brows slightly furrowed, his face showing a few points of impatience; he decided to give a subtle hint to this subordinate who seemingly still didn't quite understand the situation: "I suggest you go back and carefully ask the colleagues who participated in the operation that day."

A flash of shock crossed Li Shang's face; immediately, a coolness like an electric current rushed from the soles of his feet straight to his forehead; he seemed to realize the deep meaning in the Special Commissioner's words.

He nervously swallowed a mouthful of saliva, his voice slightly hoarse as he said: "For the encirclement and suppression of 【Fate】, we did seal off the entire Residential Compound, but this time we can't possibly seal off the School too, right?"

The Special Commissioner secretly cursed in his heart, helpless at Li Shang's stupidity; he no longer had the patience to continue answering such an obvious question.

His voice turned cold and hard; he slowly extended five fingers, his tone firm: "Five days, I give you five days. I don't care what means you adopt, I only need 【Mask】, understand?"

Li Shang's lips parted slightly, as if still wanting to argue or request something, but the Special Commissioner had already picked up the red wine cup, drank it in one gulp, then slightly closed his eyes.

Li Shang decisively shut his mouth, turned and left in quick steps.

The Special Commissioner slowly opened his eyes, watching Li Shang's somewhat bedraggled retreating figure, a trace of hard-to-detect ferocity flashing in the depths of his eyes.

He slightly lowered his head, the corner of his mouth hooking a cold laugh, muttering to himself, voice low and full of chill: "Hesitating and looking around, this knife isn't sharp enough; I need a knife that's more handy to use."

The best method naturally is to directly transfer elite personnel from the Clan to help, but that would create too much commotion, not conforming to the Special Commissioner's interests.

He lightly sighed, then took out his phone, skillfully pressed a string of numbers, and said: "Is the cargo I ordered ready?"

A response came from the other end of the phone.

The Special Commissioner frowned and replied: "Don't give me that prohibited nonsense; I know you have the ability to clear customs legally. I can add money, that's right, I only have one demand: be fast."

After hanging up the phone, the Special Commissioner lightly raised that empty highball glass; the transparent glass refracted the cold light in his eyes under the lamp.

A face suddenly emerged in his heart, he thought: "If it's this person, he should be able to quickly understand my intent, and unhesitatingly move against these students, to find 【Mask】 for me at the fastest speed."

Green Wolf Gang, Blood Rose Bar.

Chang Erbing was secretly talking with Ma Bin.

Ma Bin's expression appeared extremely strange; the stack of lists marked with 50 names in his hand gave him a bizarre illusion of a time loop.

He pretended to borrow a light for a cigarette to conceal the shock in his eyes, almost blurting out: "Is this another secret delivery mission? Could it be we actually all belong to that hidden 'big family'?"

But in the end he still held back.

Chang Erbing looked at the silent Ma Bin with a puzzled gaze and asked: "What, is there something wrong with the list?"

Ma Bin took a drag of smoke, blew out a long smoke ring, pondered for a long time and asked again: "No, the list has no problem, I just want to confirm, we only need to tail and surveil, right?"

Chang Erbing nodded, confirming: "Yes, Captain Li doesn't trust the Investigation Bureau much, so... the people you send need to be sharp, don't mess things up."

Ma Bin unwillingly asked again: "Just tailing surveillance, no need for us to tie people back?"

Chang Erbing glared fiercely at Ma Bin and said sternly: "How could that be possible, we are the Patrol Bureau. There are 50 students on this list, including no lack of Martial Arts Key Class seeds; if we tied them all up, me and Captain Li would have to collectively move our heads the next day."

Ma Bin "oh"-ed, very regretfully confirming that Chang Erbing and himself were absolutely not "family".

Just then, Ma Wei lightly knocked on the door from outside, then pushed the door open and entered; Li Shang followed closely behind, face iron-green as he walked in.

Chang Erbing immediately stood up, a trace of puzzlement on his face, and asked: "Captain Li, how come you suddenly came?"

Li Shang didn't answer, just sat on the sofa with a sunk face, picked up the wine bottle on the table, tilted his head back and gulped down large mouthfuls against the bottle mouth.

A crisp sound rang out; the wine bottle was heavily put down.

Li Shang pulled open his collar, his throat letting out a hoarse voice: "Just tailing surveillance is not enough, we still need..."

Li Shang's hand made a horizontal throat-slitting gesture; his voice turned fierce and ruthless: "The Special Commissioner's meaning is, the dead are excluded from suspicion, the living naturally are the 【Mask】 we're looking for!!!"

(End of Chapter)