Chapter 128 - 127: Swift as Thunder, Wind through a Chaos of Demons

Upon seeing the bubble content, the corner of Li Jing’s mouth twitched slightly.

He realized that everyone who had died at the hands of the Monsters seemed to have been having a pretty good time.

The father and son from the Meng family were like this. So was Zhang Suya.

One month, forty-two people.

One day wasn’t enough to deal with a single one!

This "business" was a bit too busy.

Shaking his head, Li Jing started typing.

"Who are the people involved? Give me a list."

"Received."

A bubble appeared on the screen, followed by a list in a document.

As always, the helpful Little Aid annotated each name with age and ID number to prevent Li Jing from chasing after the wrong person.

Li Jing took out a tablet, accessed the patrol system and began to search for the identity information and records of the people on the list.

Very quickly, he temporarily ruled out thirty-five of the people.

All thirty-five were not permanent residents of Jianghai.

Some had just arrived a few years ago.

Others were residents of other places, and just occasionally visited Jianghai city.

The sixteen individuals captured by Yun Dian Paradise’s surveillance were immediately ruled out.

These individuals were mostly high-level personnel from the Paradise. The Paradise had only officially opened last month. The longest any of them had been in Jianghai was two years, and many had only been here for three to five months.

After ruling out thirty-five people, Li Jing examined the dossiers of the remaining seven in detail and one person quickly caught his attention.

Yang Wu, 47 years old.

He wasn’t a native of Jianghai, but had been living there for sixteen years.

Yang Wu owned a high-end nightclub called "Nightingale" in the bustling area of the Shancheng district, which had been open for just three years.

Every year, after the official start of winter, Yang Wu would invite the top 30 customers of the Nightingale in the current year for a two-month winter trip, in the name of giving back to his VIP clients.

On the registration forms for the trips, there were always an equal or even greater number of female companions accompanying the invited guests.

At first glance, there was nothing off about Yang Wu’s activities.

It was simply a method of winning hearts using money and temptations.

The fact that he often organized trips after the onset of winter didn’t seem unusual either.

Jianghai was a coastal city in the south, and the winters weren’t too cold, but the cold waves influenced by the maritime currents often felt icy and piercing.

High-cultivation practitioners had an abundant spiritual Qi to protect themselves from the cold. But the people of the One Realm suffered a lot during winters, as their spiritual Qi was just enough to meet their basic needs and they had to rely on heaters and other heating devices for the entire winter.

Having money and time to spend winter in a warmer and more comfortable place was very normal.

But when combined with this case, Yang Wu’s "regular activities" every year looked extremely suspicious.

Over the course of more than ten years, all thirty-nine similar cases were concentrated around the onset of winter.

Yang Wu’s winter group tours after the onset of winter smelled of evading attention.

Moreover, he had personal contact with Zhang Suya, the deceased in this case. It was impossible not to suspect him.

After studying the limited information available in Yang Wu’s dossier, Li Jing pocketed Little Aid and started typing.

"In the list, this person named Yang Wu, how frequently did he contact Zhang Suya in the surveillance records?"

"In the past month, they met a total of twelve times in various surveillance records. Roughly every three to five days, they would meet at the Nightingale nightclub. They would occasionally go out together, usually spending time in the nightclub."

Little Aid used a bubble dialogue box to respond.

Li Jing read the content of the bubble, raising an eyebrow.

In just one month, Yang Wu had interacted with Zhang Suya twelve times.

They would meet every three to five days, even going on outings together.

If one were to say there was nothing between the two, only a fool would believe that.

Yang Wu’s suspicion of being the culprit was extremely high.

Reflecting back over this, Li Jing had asked Little Aid to overview the surveillance records from Yun Dian Paradise and the entertainment venues near Zhang Suya’s residence.

Since Yang Wu had been found, it suggested that the Nightingale Club was not far from Zhang Suya’s home, which could provide a new direction in the investigation.

Looking over at Su Siliu, who was reporting to someone via his communications earpiece after finishing the discussion with the Forensics Department, Li Jing called out to him.

"Inspector Su."

"Huh?"

Su Siliu turned her head, pressing her communication earpiece and murmuring a few words before ending call and coming over.

"Inspector Li, you wanted something?"

"I have a list, please forward it to Captain Shen and ask him to investigate the people on the list."

Li Jing said, sending the list via the Immortal Message.

Upon receiving the list, Su Siliu was slightly stunned. She took out her phone and took a glance, then asked,

"The people on this list are...?"

"They are all men who have had intimate contact with Zhang Suya and were captured by surveillance cameras at Yun Dian Paradise and other entertainment venues near her residence in the past month."

Li Jing answered casually.

"..."

Su Siliu.

The Intelligence Department of the Shangcheng was also doing the same thing.

But when they could get results was uncertain.

After all, what they could investigate was only the government’s cameras.

The surveillance cameras at Yun Dian Paradise and other entertainment venues were private, so they needed to ask relevant personnel for access to the archived network information, which meant going through a lot of procedures.

Access, people wouldn’t just give it because you asked for it.

They needed formal documents similar to a search warrant for them to accept.

Once they got access, they still had to filter surveillance related to Zhang Suya.

This had to be done personally.

Pure facial recognition alone could easily result in mistakes.

Especially for women like Zhang Suya who apply thick makeup each day and never repeat the same look, which had a big impact on facial recognition.

Where did Li Jing get this list from?

Su Siliu was startled. She thought of how Li Jing had previously asked for Zhang Suya’s social media information.

Very easily, she made a connection.

This was only a result within less than two minutes, listing such detailed information, including identification and age.

Behind this, wasn’t there a top hacker assisting Li Jing?

The big shots from the Research Institute could certainly do it, but even with big favors, they would not do something this sensitive.

The reason was simple. Hacking into others’ private surveillance and investigating personal data was taboo.

Once traces were discovered, it would be a big trouble.

Looking dully at Li Jing, and then at the list on the phone, Su Siliu wisely didn’t say anything more, and began drafting a message to send to Shen Quan.

After sending the message, Su Siliu glanced over.

"Inspector Li, do you... want to order something else?"

"I wouldn’t say order, but I do need to check something."

Li Jing waved his hand and said,

"On the list, there is a man named Yang Wu who owns a high-end nightclub called The Nightingale. In the past month, he has had close contact with Zhang Suya many times. Could you help me check if his name has appeared in similar cases over the past three years, and also check if the victims in the last three years have been to The Nightingale nightclub."

It was obvious that Li Jing paid special attention to Yang Wu. Su Siliu nodded clearly, and took out her tablet to search for cases from previous years.

After a short while, she looked up and said,

"Yang Wu has been investigated by the Major Crime Team previously. Similar cases have occurred eight times in the past three years, of which three victims have been confirmed as having contact with him. However, he was ultimately cleared of suspicion in all cases. The eight victims in these cases had indeed all been to The Nightingale nightclub, but they were invited by other people and it had no connection to Yang Wu."

Upon hearing this, Li Jing squinted his eyes slightly.

The information provided by Su Siliu confirmed that Yang Wu had been investigated, but it didn’t prove that he had contact with other victims.

However, since all the victims had been to The Nightingale nightclub, it was necessary to investigate further.

After some thought, Li Jing said,

"Let’s go to The Nightingale nightclub and speak to Yang Wu. I want to confirm something. Could you notify Captain Shen and leave the other people on the list to the Major Crime Team for investigation, while the two of us will take care of Yang Wu."

"Uh, this..."

Su Siliu paused slightly.

As an object of attention in previous years, as well as having had contact with Zhang Suya, Yang Wu indeed had some suspicions.

Investigation, was necessary indeed.

But the way Li Jing looked, was he going to charge directly into the situation?

This was obviously far from right!

If a person has problems, they won’t always admit, and it could be easy to scare him off.

If a person doesn’t have issues, approaching them without explanation could make it unlikely for them to cooperate, right?

After some hesitation, Su Siliu said.

"Captain Shen will arrive soon, why don’t we wait for him..."

Before she could finish, Li Jing shook his head.

"Time waits for no one."

With that, he took off into the sky.

Waiting for Shen Quan to arrive isn’t impossible.

But after he arrives, he will probably focus mainly on a secret investigation.

This would be too annoying and time-consuming.

Whether Yang Wu has problems or not, he could find out in an instant, so why should he take the long way?

Seeing Li Jing leave after saying this line, Su Siliu followed after him into the sky, a bit at a loss.

What else could she do?

She was helpless too!

Regardless, she had to follow Li Jing.

As she chased after Li Jing in the sky, Su Siliu quickly relayed the situation to Shen Quan through her communication earpiece.

Upon receiving the message, Shen Quan responded.

"Do as Li Jing says. I will send people to investigate other people on the list. You and he are responsible for Yang Wu. Follow his instructions and see how he deals with it."

"Understood."

Su Siliu responded a bit wearied.

During their conversation, Li Jing had already arrived at the Nightingale Nightclub according to a presearched address.

Su Siliu followed closely and landed next to him.

It was nearing eleven at night, the prime time for nightclubs and other late-night entertainment venues.

Upon looking up, they saw all sorts of luxury cars parked along the roads on both sides of the Nightingale Nightclub, indicating that the lounge was extremely popular with the rich and influential.

On the front door of the Nightclub, four muscular men in black stood guard.

This kind of display would give off a rather imposing impression.

As Li Jing and Su Siliu descended from mid-air, the four men in black noticed them immediately.

Not to mention the fact that they arrived from the sky, Su Siliu’s patrol uniform was so noticeable. Who wouldn’t pay attention?

Li Jing glanced at the four men in black at the door of the nightclub and didn’t pay much attention.

These four men were obviously security guards for the nightclub.

Those who work as security guards aren’t of high cultivation level. They might look impressive, but that’s about it.

If their cultivation was high, why would they be working as security guards, right?

Standing beside Li Jing, Su Siliu took a look around and whispered,

"Patrol Officer Li, should we go in directly and find our man?"

"Someone will lead us in, no need to go in and search by ourselves."

As Li Jing replied, he approached the four security guards, he pulled out his credential and displayed it.

"Take me to your boss Yang Wu. I have a few questions for him."

On seeing Li Jing’s credentials, the security guards looked at each other.

This was Shangcheng District, and the credentials Li Jing presented were from the North City Patrol Branch.

But a patrol officer was still a patrol officer after all.

They glanced at each other and one of them ventured,

"Officer Li, our boss is currently with a guest. Could you please wait a moment while I go to inform..."

Before he could finish, Li Jing interrupted.

"No need to play dumb. Take me directly to him."

Hearing this, the guard stiffened momentarily, then nodded and led them inside without any further comment.

As they moved on, Li Jing threw a glance at the three remaining guards and commanded sternly.

"Keep your mouths shut. Minding your own business is enough."

At this harsh tone, the three men hastily nodded.

Although they weren’t sure what was happening, it seemed like their boss was in trouble. Considering these circumstances, they weren’t about to interfere.

Upon witnessing Li Jing’s bullying the security guards into leading them into the nightclub, Su Siliu furrowed her brows and followed silently.

...

The inside of the nightclub was boisterous.

The music was deafening.

In the ballroom, groups of men and women swayed rhythmically.

Everyone was dressed in shiny clothes, either in suits or gowns, however, in such formal clothing, they were devoid of elegance and their true colors were revealed.

This came as no surprise to Li Jing.

Yang Wu’s Nightingale was a high-end nightclub, mainly aimed at upper-class individuals.

How many of these people were actually from the upper class? No one could say for sure.

But if one doesn’t dress formally, they might not be able to get in.

One thing worth mentioning is.

After Li Jing had a quick look, he found numerous people with health bars above their heads.

At least three to four dozen human-shaped demons were mingling with the crowd in the grand ballroom.

Male demons were the minority, with most being females.

Looking again at the quiet corners surrounding the dance floor, various human-shaped demons were drinking and laughing in company of humans, without exception.

There were female demons nestled in the arms of successful-seeming men, and male demons holding opulently dressed women who looked very "noble". Everything seemed vulgar and extravagant.

For a moment, Li Jing felt like he had returned to his former world.

Cultivation?

What a joke.

Which of these, including those demons, looked like Cultivators?

Even if ordinary people were disregarded, at least the human-shaped demons should be at the Three Realm, right? They should be cultivating, right?

But where was cultivation in the scene before him?

All he saw was reckless indulgence and wild disturbances.

Seeing so many demons gathered in and around the dance floor, Li Jing maintained his composure.

After the incident with the Meng family and parade at the Yun Dian Paradise, he had come to understand that the rarely seen human-shaped demons were not necessarily struggling to survive in human society.

They, like humans, had their own unique ways of life.

As the lights were dim inside the nightclub, Su Siliu’s patrol uniform did not attract too much attention.

Those who did notice, only had a slight change in expression and then continued as before, unaffected.

Pretty soon, under the guidance of the security guard, Li Jing and Su Siliu arrived outside an office at the very back of the nightclub.

The security guard stopped and turned around.

"Our boss is entertaining a guest in the office, would the two of you..."

Before he could finish, Li Jing interrupted.

"Your job here is done. Leave."

The security guard hesitated for a moment and then nodded. He quickly left.

After watching the guard leave, Li Jing pushed the office door open.

As soon as the door opened, Li Jing and Su Siliu saw Yang Wu leaning against his office desk, looking as if he was enjoying something.

Inside the office, Yang Wu was taken aback when the door was violently pushed open, and his expression changed when he saw the two of them.

"You! What are you doing?"

Li Jing didn’t reply, his brows furrowed.

There was no health bar above Yang Wu’s head.

Did they get the wrong guy?

Just as he thought that, a feminine voiced sounded.

"Darling, who is it that rudely barged in?"

Along with the voice, a woman with disheveled clothes crawled out from under the desk. A health bar with a value of 4328 was on her head.