Chapter 517: The Legendary Mutual Pursuit?!!

Afterwards, Li Shang, with his consistently rigorous attitude, began carefully examining the surveillance footage from before the explosion.

His gaze locked onto the conversation of the two Zone Chiefs walking in the corridor.

Because the two men were standing half-sideways facing the surveillance at the time, and deliberately lowered their voices, the surveillance could not record the content of their conversation.

But Li Shang displayed astonishing professional competence — he actually knew how to read lips!

After repeated observation, he successfully deciphered the four words the Zone Chief on the right side of the video finally spat out through gritted teeth.

Li Shang mimicked the lip movements of the lip-reading and repeated: "'Die a terrible death,' he's saying die a terrible death!"

At the very instant the four words "die a terrible death" left his mouth in the video, the Warden's Office exploded with a boom.

The astonishing coincidence of the timing made the hearts of the few people watching the video jump simultaneously.

Hou Wendong sucked in a sharp breath of cold air; even though he didn't understand case solving, he completely understood:

"It was him who detonated it, he detonated it timing it exactly to that point!"

Although the video didn't explicitly show where exactly the two men hid the remote control, as far as the result was concerned, it was already ironclad proof.

Li Shang was also a bit dumbfounded; he originally thought this case would be extremely difficult to crack.

He never expected, just this?!!

This experienced Divine Detective rarely lost his composure.

In his many years of practice, this was the first time he had encountered a suspect whose every move matched his reasoning seamlessly.

Even rarer, this time no technical manipulation was needed at all; the case was solved entirely by genuine skill and learning.

I, fair and square, solved the case; could it be that I really am a Divine Detective?

For some reason, when the picture froze on that man gnashing his teeth and saying "die a terrible death," a feeling difficult to describe surged in Li Shang's heart.

He subconsciously raised his hand to lightly touch the corner of his eye; tears welled up at the corner of his eye, deep and moist.

"Could this be"

He murmured in his heart,

"The legendary Mutual Pursuit between suspect and Divine Detective in the criminal investigation world?"

Feng Mu's complexion likewise changed drastically; he cranked the cold air inside his bones to the maximum, and the temperature of the surrounding air plummeted three degrees.

His heart likewise could not calm down for a long time:

"I clearly prepared many backup framing moves, thinking it was foolproof, yet now they have no place to be used; the two Zone Chiefs are brilliant, this is walking my path, leaving me with no way out!"

Feng Mu was no longer suitable to stay in place; as the widely known loyalist of Prison Warden Qian, he realized he must launch a retaliation operation.

Just at this moment, Liu Yi came running back all the way, and he reported loudly:

"The two Zone Chiefs refuse to return to Second Prison to assist the investigation, and furthermore..."

Speaking here, he paused just right; this pause immediately fiercely pulled Li Shang and Hou Wendong's attention back.

He then lowered his voice, carrying anger, and said:

"They say the Internal Investigation Department habitually uses Coercion, the Patrol Bureau specializes in Scapegoating; if they go back, they will definitely suffer Collusion and Entrapment.

So, they not only refuse to come back, they also want to go find the Prison System's higher-ups to thoroughly investigate this case!"

Li Shang's emotion from just now instantly vanished like smoke; he laughed from extreme anger, pointing at his own chest and questioning:

"I Scapegoat? Me——?!"

He had barely managed to fair-and-squarely solve a case; how could he tolerate being smeared, even if this person was the murderer?

Li Shang's heart hardened with resolve; he swore in the name of the "Divine Detective" that he would definitely find absolute ironclad evidence to nail these two real murderers to death.

Hou Wendong's complexion was equally gloomy and terrible; although the two Zone Chiefs didn't directly scold him, the implication in their words — what difference was there from scolding him?

He coldly snorted, turned around, and walked away in quick steps, going to make a phone call to Wang Yiyuan.

"... That's right, I've been watching from the side the whole time, basically can confirm the two of them are the murderers. Huh? Let them go find the Prison higher-ups?"

Hou Wendong reported the situation in detail over the phone.

Wang Yiyuan Xinfā's reaction was slightly beyond his expectations; Hou Wendong first froze for a moment, then a look of admiration appeared on his face, and he said:

"The Councilor is indeed brilliant; I know how to handle things next."

Hou Wendong and Wang Xinfa had a tacit understanding; no need for many words, one sentence pierced through it all.

After Hou Wendong hung up the phone, his heart already had a thorough plan.

When he returned in quick steps, he ran right into Feng Mu leading several subordinates, murderous aura surging, rushing outward.

Hou Wendong hurriedly stepped forward to block: "What are you going to do?"

Feng Mu forcefully suppressed his anger, looking like he wanted to kill:

"Those two are the murderers who harmed Prison Warden Qian; Prison Warden Qian is still lying on a hospital bed, unknown when he'll wake up, yet they still want to go seek shelter from the Prison System's upper echelons, heh——"

As Feng Mu spoke, he slightly took off his glasses; in a split second, a terrifying ferocity that made one's heart run cold was exposed; the murderous aura in his eyes was like substance, and he said word by word:

"I — want — them — both — dead!"

Hou Wendong was frightened by Feng Mu's sudden imposing manner, heart pounding in fear, and thought in his heart:

"This person takes off his glasses, how does his temperament completely change, becoming so terrifying?"

After Feng Mu took off his glasses for a moment, he quickly put them back on; that terrifying aura of wanting to devour people instantly retracted considerably.

Hou Wendong was stunned for a moment, and pondered in his heart:

"After putting glasses back on, he feels much more refined again; looks like he's doing his utmost to suppress his anger."

He took a deep breath, met Feng Mu's glasses; the eyes behind them had regained some warmth, but what lingered in his mind, impossible to dispel, were those pupils just now, cold as metal.

He steeled himself and said:

"You can't kill them, at least not now."

Seeing the other party show signs of taking off his glasses again, he hurriedly added:

"Wang Yiyuan needs evidence of them colluding with the Prison higher-ups to jointly harm Qian Huan."

"I hope you take people to secretly tail them, and make sure to photograph the scene of their secret meeting. You understand my meaning, right?"

Because he was worried Feng Mu wouldn't listen or wouldn't understand, Hou Wendong had already spoken as plainly as possible.

He actually wasn't suited for this kind of communication; he still preferred to hint and stop, leaving the rest for the other party to realize on their own.

Feng Mu's brows were tightly knit; he seemed to have understood, yet also seemed a bit confused.

After a long time, he said in a cold voice:

"This explosion is related to the Prison System's high-level officials. They want to blow up Prison Warden Qian to death?"

Hou Wendong stood quietly to the side and did not answer directly, instead glancing at Li Shang.

Li Shang had deeper contact with Feng Mu; he knew that although Feng Mu was a madman, he was absolutely an extremely wise madman.

Hou Mi's meaning was very obvious. Wang Yiyuan didn't want to close the case with just two Zone Chiefs, but wanted to use this to expand the scope of the crackdown and drag the Prison's high-level officials into the water as well.

He felt Feng Mu couldn't possibly have failed to understand Hou Mi's implication; he didn't quite understand why Feng Mu would deliberately play dumb.

But, friends don't expose friends!

Li Shang sighed helplessly and gave the "Divine Detective's" guarantee on Hou Wendong's behalf:

"It can be done!"

Feng Mu's brows twisted into a dead knot; the gaze behind his lenses was dark and inscrutable.

He slowly spoke, his voice suppressed and low:

"I understand!"

Hou Wendong watched Feng Mu lead people away in quick steps; with his reading comprehension ability, he surprisingly couldn't understand what Feng Mu's words ultimately meant.

No, what do you know? Are you complying or not complying?

Damn it, can't you speak directly? Don't speak ambiguously, making people guess!

Damn, where did you learn this lousy habit? Riddle Person, just die for me...

He turned his head to look at Li Shang; his eyes were full of questioning meaning.

Li Shang: "....."

(End of Chapter)