Chapter 74: Investigation and Hell!

In Dahe City, inside the Public Security Bureau office.

"How long has Ye Feng been missing?"

Chen Shoushan sat in the office chair and asked.

Zhu Sihai stood stiffly before the desk and said, "Ye Feng entered the school not long after you left, and then never came out again, with no news at all..."

For some reason, Zhu Sihai vaguely felt that Chen Shoushan before him seemed more oppressive; if before Zhu Sihai feared Chen Shoushan would violently snap his neck, now Zhu Sihai felt that Chen Shoushan might suddenly order the execution of his entire clan...

Chen Shoushan, however, seemed unchanged, still wearing a calm smile and a composed demeanor in crisis.

Chen Shoushan pressed further: "Besides these two schools, has anyone else mysteriously gone missing elsewhere?"

"This, for now, there shouldn't be any."

Zhu Sihai thought carefully before speaking, after all Dahe City is just this small; any slight disturbance would be known to everyone, and if a large number of citizens went missing, the Public Security Bureau would surely notice.

"Hmm, you may go first; adjust the surveillance footage of these two schools over the past few days and give it to me."

Chen Shoushan waved his hand and said, "Even Ye Feng has been caught up in this paranormal incident, his life or death unknown, so Chen Shoushan naturally must take it seriously."

"Yes! By the way, Chief Chen, how should we handle those four ghost things?"

Zhu Sihai was about to retreat when he suddenly remembered something and hurriedly asked.

After all, keeping those four pockmarked, hole-ridden monsters locked up in the Public Security Bureau already makes even him feel a bit uneasy, let alone others.

"First keep them separated, and no one is allowed to approach."

Chen Shoushan himself never expected that a casually chosen small city would see so many happenings: first, a paranormal incident that even Ye Feng, who could control two ghosts, couldn't handle; then an unknown foreign force infiltrating—this practically rivals half of Dachangshi.

Chen Shoushan had also examined these few people; aside from their bodies being entirely plasticized, there was nothing remarkable about them—neither strength nor speed exceeded that of ordinary people, and they were even inferior to some strong ordinary folks.

"Good!"

Soon Zhu Sihai sent Chen Shoushan the surveillance footage from the two schools.

Naturally, the footage only covers from the day before the disappearance to the day after; otherwise it would be too much to view in a short time.

Chen Shoushan didn't hesitate much and directly opened the surveillance of Second Middle School, because the paranormal incident at First Middle School was small in scale, making it relatively hard to find obvious clues.

If no information is found in Second Middle School's surveillance, Chen Shoushan would then consider checking First Middle School's footage.

Soon the surveillance video from the day before the paranormal outbreak at Second Middle School began playing at several times speed; the screen split into several different areas—individual classrooms, the playground, the corridors… basically, aside from the interiors of bathrooms and dormitories, the monitoring could capture everything.

After Chen Shoushan's promotion to Chaos Instructor, he was strengthened in all aspects; the insight of his lawyer's path naturally needs no further mention—even when playing at increased speed, Chen Shoushan can still observe multiple screens simultaneously and detect any abnormal phenomena.

On the day before the mass disappearance of students at Second Middle School, the surveillance showed everything normal; around seven in the morning, students gradually came out of the dormitories, heading to classrooms or the cafeteria, and day students kept entering and exiting the school gate—everything was quite normal.

At least for a while, Chen Shoushan noticed nothing strange; with the fast-forward, the morning quickly passed, and each classroom showed nothing unusual—some were dozing off, playing with phones, dating… and so on.

These covert little actions were all laid bare under Chen Shoushan's terrifying insight, but they were quite normal in high school—whose hormones don't get a bit restless!

But Chen Shoushan still noticed a girl; he noticed her not because she was particularly pretty, but because her appearance resembled someone he had seen before.

In the noisy classroom, this girl showed no reaction to anything around her, remaining completely silent, and whenever a boy inadvertently approached her, she couldn't help but tremble.

Such a reaction usually results from long-term campus bullying, but the surveillance shows nobody harassing her; in fact, a few girls even tried to chat with her, yet she gave little response.

Given her unconscious fear of boys and some familiar features, Chen Shoushan guessed who she was: the daughter of the former Public Security Bureau Chief Wang Tong—the child who had been defiled by a headquarters official.

Speaking of which, since Wang Tong didn't hold much value, Chen Shoushan hadn't paid him much attention; he only knew that Wang Tong's daughter had been defiled by some headquarters official, and as for further details, Chen Shoushan wasn't very clear.

But he had only glanced at her briefly; Chen Shoushan didn't pay much attention, for this world holds many tragic people, some even dying in obscure ways, and Chen Shoushan couldn't possibly concern himself with everyone.

With the speed boost, a day quickly passed, and Chen Shoushan found nothing anomalous; everything remained normal.

Without discouragement or disappointment, Chen Shoushan hadn't expected to reap results right away, and he couldn't even guarantee that useful information would be found in the surveillance.

But since the surveillance wasn't damaged, one ought to take a look anyway; if one could detect the killing pattern of vengeful spirits in advance, even a bit of useful information would increase survival chances in the paranormal incident.

Even though Chen Shoushan is now a Sequence Five and possesses lethal paranormal items like Ghost Candle and Ghost Firewood Knife, he still must be cautious; in the world of the Lord of Mysteries, many Sequence Five powerhouses have been counter-killed due to carelessness.

What's more, he is now in the even more perilous Mysterious Recovery World.

The next day, which was the day the paranormal incident broke out, the surveillance recording began to play, and Chen Shoushan became even more earnest; if he could indeed obtain useful information from the surveillance, then this day would undoubtedly be the greatest opportunity.

Around seven in the morning, the students left the dormitories as usual, everything seeming just like the previous day, with no difference.

But Chen Shoushan frowned, sensing something off; the number of students was wrong—fewer had come out of the dormitories, not just one building missing a few people, but each dormitory lacking a few.

These missing individuals probably total no more than a few dozen; compared to a school of several thousand, it's truly minuscule, and if Chen Shoushan weren't a lawyer of extraordinary insight, a top-tier Non-Ordinary Person, he might not have noticed this subtle change.

Without rushing, Chen Shoushan first paused the surveillance and called Zhu Sihai in.

"Chief Chen, you called for me?"

Upon hearing Chief Chen summon him, Zhu Sihai hurried over, panting.

Chen Shoushan ordered, "You must first ascertain when the disappearance started and identify the commonality among the first batch of missing students; the only benefit of this paranormal incident breaking out is that it occurred within a school."

The school already possesses the student roster, dorm assignments, student photos, home addresses, etc., so there's no need to recount them, saving considerable time.

Zhu Sihai was fine with the earlier requests, but upon hearing Chen Shoushan suddenly want to see Wang Tong, he felt a bit at a loss.

Zhu Sihai heard that things ahead were still fine, but when he heard Chen Shoushan suddenly wanted to see Wang Tong, he felt a bit at a loss.

Chen Shoushan looked at the fidgeting Zhu Sihai and asked.

"No, no, no, no problem, Chief Chen, you might not yet know, but Bureau Chief Wang Tong has also gone missing..."

Zhu Sihai spoke with a stiff scalp.

Chen Shoushan said nothing, merely staring silently at Zhu Sihai, and the office atmosphere grew solemn.

"Chief Chen, don't misunderstand—no, it wasn't me; it was Bureau Chief Wang Tong who forced me to let him in, and I couldn't stop him!"

Zhu Sihai, intimidated by Chen Shoushan's low pressure, stumbled over his words and hurriedly explained.

After hearing Zhu Sihai's explanation, the office atmosphere relaxed considerably; as long as it wasn't Zhu Sihai secretly pulling strings, it didn't matter—Chen Shoushan didn't want to raise a dog that dares to eat people!

As for Wang Tong, since it was his own choice, let him be.

As for Wang Tong's words, since it was his own choice, we just let him be.

Chen Shoushan nodded, indicating Zhu Sihai could go prepare.

Chen Shoushan nodded, indicating Zhu Sihai could go prepare.

Yes!

Zhu Sihai hastily nodded, not daring to wipe the sweat from his forehead until he left the office; Zhu Sihai sweats profusely whenever nervous, and since Chen Shoushan was transferred to Dahe City, Zhu Sihai has obediently prepared several extra uniforms hanging in the office.

Now Chen Shoushan's oppressive presence feels even stronger, and Zhu Sihai wonders whether he should prepare a few more sets of clothes, as they aren't enough to change.

"You, you, quickly pull out all the data on the missing high school—student photos, dorm assignments, etc. —everything, take it to give to Chen… no, give it to me, hurry up!"

Zhu Sihai casually stopped a Public Security squad leader who was speaking, then hurried back to the office to change clothes; he certainly wouldn't personally do such tedious work, but in front of his superiors, Zhu Sihai must put on a show.

At the same time, in the Public Security Bureau's interrogation room, the four also came to their senses from the chaos; it's not that they didn't want to separate them, but the Public Security Bureau isn't a prison and fundamentally has no cells.

Only this interrogation room can barely serve as a cell, and the room is also equipped with surveillance and listening devices that can monitor the four's any action or speech 24 hours a day.

"Andoni, what should we do now?"

Anna asked in a panicked tone, her hands tightly cuffed to both sides of the chair, and her companions on either side were likewise unable to move at all.

Andoni, that is the name of the leading man; now he clearly no longer has that arrogant demeanor in front of Zhu Sihai, sitting dazed in the chair.

"Sorry, I don't know either..."

Andoni replied helplessly to Anna's words, their strength and speed are merely below average for ordinary people—just a bit stronger in survivability—but far from reaching immortality; in this situation there is really nothing that can be done.

"Fake, Andoni! It's you, you made us like this, and you brought us to China; you, you must take us away!"

One of the four men shouted loudly.

"David!! If it weren't for me, not me! Do you think you could still sit here and talk to me? Fake!! If it weren't for me, you'd already be his slaves! If it weren't for me volunteering to bring you to China, you wouldn't even have the treatment of human beings!!!"

Andoni also got angry; if it weren't for him leading the other three out of that hell, they'd still be crawling on the ground like dogs, simply because they were merely ordinary people before.

As soon as Andoni spoke, the others seemed to envision some hellish scene, their faces turning fearful, and they could no longer utter a sound.

After venting, Andoni also calmed considerably, slumping limp in the chair and saying: "At least, at least before you die, I still brought you to the human world, right? At least you're not dying in hell..."

Anna said with tears in her eyes: "But I wish to die with my original face, not someone else's; won't the person in charge come to rescue us? Isn't he afraid we'll expose him?"

Andoni laughed and said: "Anna, you're still so foolish; I can't even imagine what you'd be like if you were still in hell..."

Missing 400 words, will make up tomorrow.

(End of chapter)