Chapter 1149 – Chen Ge, the deceased twenty years ago

　　There was no evidence that Chen Ge had anything to do with the case of the poker building, he had merely appeared amongst the surveillance, and the police had only come over for routine questioning with a trial-and-error attitude, but they hadn’t expected things to develop beyond all the police’s expectations.

　　”Mr. Chen, you said you went to those places in order to investigate Dr. Fang’s disappearance?”

　　”Yes.”

　　”Let’s put this matter aside for now, did you enter the pagoda last night?” Team Cai was more concerned about the pagoda case, after the pagoda collapsed the night before, it revealed the bodies buried underground.

　　Some of the corpses died a long time ago, but there were two other corpses that died just in the last few months.

　　Police investigations revealed that the dead were all vagrants, and they were supposedly killed while resting at the pagoda at night.

　　According to the police’s analysis, there was no conflict or interest between the murderer and the victims, which means that the murderer is a pervert who kills for fun!

　　Such a dangerous person must be caught as soon as possible, or he will surely do it again.

　　”I entered the pagoda the night before last and saw something as well, if you guys want to solve the pagoda case, then you can’t ignore the matter of Dr. Fang’s disappearance.” Chen Ge leaned against the backseat of the police car, “Before Dr. Fang disappeared, his mind seemed to have been stimulated in some way, he was in a trance the whole day, and his mouth would often mention some of} people’s strange stories about events.”

　　Chen Ge took out the notebook he used to record, “For two nights, I explored more than twenty weird talks in Xinhai, trying to find out the reason for Dr. Fang’s disappearance from them, and it turns out that I really did make a discovery.”

　　Taking out a few slips of paper from the compartment of his backpack, Chen Ge showed it to Team Cai, “I found this in the places where some of the weird talks took place.”

　　Looking at the bizarre words on the slips of paper, the young policeman beside Chen Ge was a bit confused, but Team Cai’s reaction was strange as he subconsciously said, “This again?”

　　”You’ve seen it too?!” Chen Ge wanted to use the power of the police, but it wasn’t easy to convince the police, after all, this wasn’t Hanyue, the two sides had never worked together, and no one trusted anyone.

　　But Chen Ge didn’t expect Team Cai to have seen the words on the note as well, which gave both sides a basis to talk together.

　　”A year ago there were two murders in Xinhai where the victims died in extremely bizarre ways, and we had seen similar words at the crime scene.” Team Cai put on his gloves and took the note from Singer Chen, “That case was later successfully solved, but how? When we found the murderer, the murderer had already gone crazy, and all the evidence suggested that the crazy person was the murderer, so there was no in-depth investigation.”

　　”The words on the note appeared a year ago?” Chen Ge counted the time, that happened to be when his parents disappeared, “The words on the note have now reappeared, does that mean that there was more than one murderer who committed the crime in the first place?”

　　Chen Ge had already given face to the Xinhai police, he didn’t say that the Xinhai police had missed the real culprit, he just politely stated that there might be more than one murderer.

　　”In terms of motive and method, there is indeed this possibility.” Team Cai became serious like never before, “Mr. Chen, you’ve given us quite an important clue this time!”

　　Ten minutes later, the three police officers led Chen Ge into the Xinhai City Branch.

　　Because multiple murders were involved, Team Cai took Chen Ge extremely seriously and directly brought him to the internal conference room.

　　Pushing the door in, Team Cai didn’t realize that there were other people in the conference room.

　　A middle-aged policeman sat at the table with a serious expression, and opposite him stood a male teacher with a rather ancient Confucian temperament, the two of them struggling with a certain issue.

　　”Team Yang?”

　　”Teacher Wang?”

　　Team Cai and Chen Ge opened their mouths at the same time, and several people looked at each other.

　　”Who is he?” The middle-aged police officer known as Team Yang looked at Chen Ge, “Old Cai, how could you bring someone into the internal conference room?”

　　”The night before last, when the pagoda building collapsed, we found the bodies of two homeless people, and the cause of death was judged to be cardiac arrest due to strong stimulation, so it was obviously homicide. During our visit, we met Mr. Chen, who provided us with a very important clue.” Team Cai took out the slip of paper, “There was more than one murderer in those two vicious murders a year ago! This time, the murder of the homeless man and the previous case were most likely done by the same group of people!”

　　”The murderer who killed the homeless man at the pagoda and the murderer of the vicious murders half a year ago are the same group of people?” Team Yang fell into deep thought, and after a moment he looked at Mr. Wang, “Old Wang, it’s not that I won’t help you, as you can see, Xinhai hasn’t been peaceful lately, and all sorts of cases have popped up. It’s impossible for us to put our police force on a case where the murderer was dead twenty years ago, I hope you can understand us.”

　　Mr. Wang seemed to have guessed this outcome a long time ago, his expression didn’t change much, “You guys chat, I’ll leave first.”

　　He wasn’t in too good of a mood, and as he passed by Chen Ge, he whispered, “Boss Chen, when you come out of the police station, remember to contact me for a bit.”

　　”Me?” Chen Ge didn’t know why Mr. Wang suddenly approached him, but he still nodded, we all came from Hanjiang and should help each other.

　　After Teacher Wang left, Team Cai closed the door to the conference room and began to ask Chen Ge some things in detail.

　　In Hanjiang City Branch Chen Ge has accumulated rich experience in handling cases, he knows the entire criminal investigation team’s case handling system like the back of his hand, at first it was still the two police officers who were questioning, then Chen Ge slowly took the initiative, he took a carbon pen and listed all the clues on the board, those who didn’t know might have thought that he was a senior lecturer hired by the police department.

　　Thinking clearly and logically, Chen Ge used the most understandable words to completely clear himself of suspicion, and then organized all the information on the two murders.

　　Cases that spanned a time span of more than a year were tied together, and the nexus was the words on the note.

　　”The real murderers aren’t crazy, or maybe they’re a team, knowing that they can’t escape your pursuit and laying, so they threw in the towel and rolled out a crazy person as a scapegoat.” Chen Ge had also been observing the changes in the expressions of the two policemen when he said these words.

　　In the world, where there was light, there was darkness, and a year old case needed to be reopened, an outcome that not everyone could accept, and some people might intentionally obstruct it in order to avoid responsibility.

　　But luckily, both Team Yang and Team Cai weren’t people like that.

　　After they determined that the two cases were related and knew that the real culprit was still at large, they immediately activated the contingency plan and called the criminal investigation team of the Xinhai City Branch over in front of Chen Ge.

　　The police meeting, the room but there is a stranger, just entered the room of young police officers one by one feel surprised, on the contrary, Chen Ge is not surprised, and even very consciously to find a seat for themselves to sit down.

　　”Mr. Chen, we’re going to discuss some internal cases, according to the regulations these information can’t be leaked, so please also go outside and wait for a while.” Team Cai saw that Chen Ge was ready to listen in, a helpless smile appeared on his face, “Yue Ji, take Mr. Chen to the lounge and wait.”

　　A baby-faced policewoman walked over, and Chen Ge left the conference room not too reluctantly.

　　”It seems like they still don’t fully trust me, and that’s right, after all, I’m just a stranger from Hanjiang.” Chen Ge stretched, “But it’s okay, once you’re back, you’re familiar with each other, there will be many more chances for everyone to meet in the future.”

　　After not closing his eyes for the night, Chen Ge entered the lounge and merged a few chairs together, then rested on his backpack and lay down on it to fall asleep.

　　Throughout the entire process, the policewoman had been standing next to her, and she watched as Chen Ge dragged the chairs and fell asleep like this.

　　”Running to the police station specifically to sleep? What kind of human confusing behavior is this?”

　　Yue Ji didn’t dare to disobey the orders given by her superiors, and she also guessed that the man in front of her might be some kind of key suspect, and she had to keep an eye on him herself.

　　Having no choice, Yue Ji leaned against the table and kept her eyes on the sleeping Chen Ge.

　　An hour later, Chen Ge was shaken awake, and Team Cai and Yue Ji stood next to him.

　　”Are you guys done discussing?”

　　”En, we’re going to merge the case from half a year ago and the case from the night before into one investigation.” Team Cai poured Chen Ge a glass of water, “Also, that note will be kept by us for the time being, when the case is solved, we will return it to you.”

　　”No need, you guys keep the note, but I advise you better not stare at the words on the note for a long time.” The note wasn’t a good thing, and the police were willing to take the initiative to keep it, so Chen Ge naturally wouldn’t refuse.

　　”Thanks for cooperating.” Team Cai handed Chen Ge a disposable water cup, “During this recent period of time, we may summon you, so I hope you won’t leave Xinhai for a while.”

　　”Why don’t we just exchange contact information? If you guys need any help, just ask, I’m also very worried about Dr. Fang’s safety and want to get information about him first.” Chen Ge took out his cell phone, and Team Cai couldn’t find an excuse to refuse, so they directly exchanged cell phone numbers with Chen Ge.

　　”This case is not as simple as you think, the murderers are working as a team, they are very dangerous, you must be careful.” Chen Ge’s purpose of coming to the New Sea City Branch had been accomplished, getting in touch with the police and making them start targeting the cursed hospital as well, next as long as he slowly gained the trust of the police, then he would gain another big boost.

　　”Okay, we will pay attention, you also hurry back to sleep.”

　　”See you tomorrow.”

　　Looking at Chen Ge’s back as he left, Yue Ji’s heart was filled with doubts, and she eventually couldn’t help but ask: “Team Cai, what’s this person’s origin? It’s the first time I’ve seen you speak so softly.”

　　”His name is Chen Ge, he’s the only ordinary citizen in Hanjiang to receive the Medal of Honor for Public Order, and he’s participated in solving dozens of serious cases involving more than twenty lives.” Team Cai’s eyes were heavy: “I was classmates with Li Zheng from the criminal investigation team of Hanjiang, and I’ve heard stories about this man for a long time, it’s just that I didn’t expect him to come to Xinhai so soon.”

　　”Could it be a rumor? Involved in dozens of serious cases involving more than twenty lives? Is he Conan?” Yue Ji came to be interested in Chen Ge and kept staring at his back.

　　”Hurry up and get back to work, something big might happen in Xinhai.”

　　……

　　Chen Ge had just walked out of the police station when Mr. Wang, who was standing on the side of the road, came over.

　　”Teacher Wang, you’ve been waiting for me?” Chen Ge still had a good feeling about Teacher Wang, to be precise, he had a good feeling about all the people from the Hanyue Academy of Forensic Sciences.

　　”En.” Teacher Wang wanted to say something and stared at Chen Ge for a long time before saying, “I heard Zuo Han say that you are a legend, and in order to search for your missing parents, you almost overturned half of Hanjiang and solved countless big and serious cases.”

　　”I don’t dare to say that, I just have better luck.”

　　”To be able to bump off murder case after murder case, that’s not better luck, it’s bad luck to the extreme.” Teacher Wang sighed: “Death, despair, pain, struggle, behind every murder lies the evil of human nature, and in times of peace, we are the closest to evil.”

　　Teacher Wang was very serious, and Chen Ge also got serious: “Teacher, what exactly are you looking for me for?”

　　”There was a serial murder case in Hanjiang more than twenty years ago, at that time, surveillance was not yet fully popularized, plus the murderer specifically picked the suburbs to commit the crime, which made it extremely difficult to detect.” Mr. Wang looked at the vehicles coming and going on the road, as if talking to himself.

　　”In order to avoid causing panic, all information related to the case was blocked, and there was a death order from above that the murderer must be caught within a week.”

　　”In the end, we did catch the murderer on the seventh day, but at that time, we suspected that there was more than one murderer.” Teacher Wang sighed softly, “That murderer couldn’t even say a complete sentence, he was the murderer simply because all the evidence pointed to him.”

　　”All the evidence points to him, doesn’t that just mean that you haven’t arrested the wrong person?” Chen Ge vaguely guessed something.

　　”But what if part of that evidence was deliberately forged by the murderer?” Teacher Wang clenched his hands together, “That murderer is very cunning, he should have thought of a way to get away before he killed the first person.”

　　The atmosphere was heavy, both sides were silent for a while, then Mr. Wang spoke again, “That case became a thorn in my heart, I always think of the dead man’s face, his eyes, and his final struggle to ask me for help.”

　　As Mr. Wang said this, his eyes kept staring at Chen Ge, “Do you know the name of the last victim of that serial murder case?”

　　”What was it called?”

　　”Chen Ge, that kid had the same name as you.” Teacher Wang took a deep breath, “Team Yan probably took great care of you because of that, you’re obviously not the same person, but your eyes are very similar.”

　　”Also called Chen Ge?” Chen Ge froze, “Mr. Wang, can you tell us more about that case from more than twenty years ago?”

　　”The first victim in that case was an out-of-town tourist who unintentionally used his camera in the eastern suburb to take a picture of the murderer killing a child, that murderer was wearing a white coat, and the murdered child was probably only five years old.” The case Mr. Wang was talking about struck Chen Ge as familiar.

　　”After the death of the foreign tourists, we began to trace the case and slowly realized that the murderer was extremely crazy and cruel, he used different methods to kill several children of similar age and size, although we didn’t find the bodies of those children, the surveillance and witnesses could prove it.”

　　”What happened next is even more outrageous, two eyewitnesses were killed one after another, and the murderer in the white coat even destroyed some of the physical evidence.”