Chapter 45: Let Him Come!

The sudden hard brake sent Yu Dazhang's body lurching violently forward, his head striking the front seat before bouncing back.

Though he wasn't injured, his head still went "Buzz!" and stars danced before his eyes.

"You..." Yu Dazhang shook his head hard:

"You did this on purpose!"

He had blocked the enemy's open attack, but failed to guard against his own side's hidden arrow.

Yu Dazhang felt a bit depressed.

What did I say that made you overreact like this?

"No, say what you just said again." The two in the front spoke almost in unison.

"You did this on purpose!" Yu Dazhang replied irritably.

"Not that sentence." The team member in the passenger seat corrected:

"The one before that!"

His head still felt dizzy from the recent bump; Yu Dazhang shook his head once more before replying slowly:

"All main suspects are in custody."

After that sentence, the two in the front seat froze as if cast by a binding spell, still holding their twisted, turned-around posture.

Their eyes stared at the big fat man in the back seat as if looking at an alien creature.

This time they definitely heard correctly!

Good heavens, the real culprit has already been caught.

Before leaving, this fat man discovered the rental house wasn't the primary crime scene and found several new clues.

In their eyes, this already counted as incredibly rapid progress on the case.

They had even thought the fat man was just lucky, having stumbled upon new clues by chance.

But how to explain this now?

We've only been out for a few days, yet they're nearly closing the case.

Compared to this, our few days out were really just a trip for tourism.

When going upstairs, the two felt their feet were like stepping on cotton, soft and unsteady.

A sense of unreality made them somewhat fearful.

They feared that in a moment, meeting the rest of the task force, they would be told: This fat man is joking with you all.

Arriving upstairs, the two neither washed their faces nor ate, but went directly to the room next to the interrogation room.

Only when they saw on the computer's surveillance feed that Lu Zhongxin was conducting the interrogation did the two finally confirm everything Yu Dazhang said was true.

Is the case really this easy to solve now?

This fat man seems to have just graduated from the police academy, while we are all veteran detectives with rich experience.

The police academies really produce talent nowadays!

That day, all task force members, including Yu Dazhang, did not go home.

The case had entered the final interrogation stage; as long as the suspects spoke and confessed, it would be a perfect conclusion.

Of course, the confessed criminal process must also corroborate the existing evidence.

But reality stubbornly went against their wishes.

The two newly detained suspects remained silent; no matter how Lu Zhongxin asked, the two simply would not speak.

They must have agreed on this... Yu Dazhang sat before the computer, watching the young man sitting in the interrogation chair on the surveillance feed.

That was a man who was excessively young.

Do you think that description is inappropriate?

That's because you haven't seen those with particularly youthful faces.

Judging by appearance, he was ordinary and plain, but his facial features combined gave the impression he had just barely turned adult.

Tall build, Bai Xi skin, black bright and clear eyes, lips pressed tightly, expression resolute and calm.

Even though handcuffed to the interrogation chair, the aura he naturally carried was hard to ignore.

What else do you want to do? Yu Dazhang always felt the person in the interrogation chair was still plotting something.

Does he have a backup plan?

Since they managed to corner him, he should know clearly that he has been exposed.

Persisting in resistance at this moment is utterly meaningless.

Even if he doesn't speak, it doesn't matter; in this day and age, conviction with zero confession isn't anything new.

The ironclad evidence is as solid as a mountain; I don't believe you can still stir up any waves... Thinking this, Yu Dazhang spat a mouthful of saliva at the suspect on the screen:

"Tui~, how dare you!"

"Hey hey hey~~~, what are you doing, are you crazy!" The team members watching the surveillance feed nearby immediately rushed to stop him.

Isn't that disgusting?

If you don't look, we still do~

Spitting on public computer, are you mentally ill?

Several people grabbed Yu Dazhang from before the computer with all hands and feet. Why did so many people pull together?

One person couldn't pull him; the computer chair was completely filled by him.

"If you're tired, go home and rest."

"Yes, yes." The other team members nodded in agreement:

"If you find going home troublesome, the detachment has a place to rest; go lie down there."

"Are you hungry? Say what you want to eat, and I'll go buy it for you."

They all thought this fatty had developed mental problems due to excessive pressure.

No wonder he acted this way; even if we were leading the investigation, we couldn't achieve what he has done even if we went mad.

Now their demands of Yu Dazhang were simple...

If you're tired, go to sleep; if you're hungry, eat. No one objects, as long as you don't go mad.

Please... collect... 6... 9... Book... now...!

If the case twists again, we won't be able to handle it.

Even now, they still couldn't figure out how Yu Dazhang managed to capture all the suspects.

Capturing one suspect would still be within their understanding.

But capturing both the principal offender and the accomplice together exceeded their comprehension.

Even the two team members who personally caught the true culprit thought there was only one killer.

Only upon arriving at the detachment did they learn there was an accomplice, and that Lu Zhongxin had controlled the accomplice at the exact same moment they captured the true culprit.

And the one directing all of this was the fat, oil-glistening fatty standing before them.

That big head of his certainly didn't grow for nothing; his brain capacity is huge.

Analyzing the case, hypothesizing and verifying, distinguishing truth from falsehood, all while directing the entire team's actions.

What kind of logical thinking ability must that be? It's almost unimaginable.

Listen to advice and eat your fill... Yu Dazhang actually went to sleep.

It wasn't exactly overuse of the brain, but he was indeed tired.

On the second day after the suspects were brought in, the interrogation proceeded as usual.

This time, Lu Zhongxin changed his routine; instead of only asking questions, he presented corresponding evidence every time he mentioned a key point.

Faced with ironclad evidence, Zhou Hongfu confessed first.

He indeed went to the crime scene and assisted the principal offender in moving the body.

And that principal offender was his son.

Zhou Zizhe, twenty-one years old, a sophomore at Songhai Police Academy, with excellent grades...

In Zhou Hongfu's confession, his son was his pride; for his son, he would do anything.

But he knew nothing about Zhou Zizhe's motive for the crime or the full story of this case.

No matter how Lu Zhongxin asked, Zhou Hongfu knew nothing about anything.

When Kong Lingjie was mentioned, he shook his head and denied it, stating he had never heard of this person.

He spoke, yet it seemed as if he said nothing at all.

Lu Zhongxin could only turn back to interrogate the principal offender.

The young man named Zhou Zizhe, upon hearing that "Zhou Hongfu" had already begun to confess, displayed an expression of disdain on his face.

And it was precisely this expression that made Lu Zhongxin feel somewhat familiar.

Only when one controls the entire situation and is full of confidence in oneself does such an expression appear.

It seemed...

his own fat apprentice often wore this expression.

Vaguely, he remembered that he too was a graduate of Songhai Police Academy.

Come to think of it, they were fellow disciples from the same school.

Does this count as brothers from the same school turning against each other?

Just as Lu Zhongxin felt this was somewhat absurd, Zhou Zizhe, who had remained silent since being brought in, suddenly raised his head and looked at him:

"Him? Why not him?"

"What?" Lu Zhongxin was stunned by the question.

"Ha, officer, switch to someone else," Zhou Zizhe sneered.

"You are not qualified to interrogate me; we are on completely different frequencies. Let someone who can answer this question come."

"Let the one who saw through all my plans come!"

"Only he has the qualification."

"No one else but him will do!"

(End of this chapter)