Chapter 18: Behind the Killing
"Y-You're the ......?"
I thought that the mysterious big man suddenly appeared beside him like this, which really surprised Jiang Yao, but the other party didn't mind, and beckoned Jiang Yao and the two to sit down as if they were usually entertaining.
"Sorry to keep you waiting, there was an emergency to deal with. ”
"......" Jiang Yao looked at the polite middle-aged man in front of him, but he was faintly stunned in his heart, he always felt that the other party's seemingly gentle gaze seemed to hide something incomprehensible, as if just a glance, the other party could instantly pick up the thoughts in his heart.
However, unlike Jiang Yao's restraint, Jiuya on the side didn't seem to have any burden at all, and sat down generously to the side, and took over the conversation as if chatting:
"Emergency...... Isn't it the 'Game of Death' that made a fuss?"
Game of Death!?
Hearing this keyword, Jiang Yao immediately pricked up his ears, and he didn't care about any restraint.
"Yes, there is a lot of pressure from public opinion, and this matter is becoming more and more tricky. Lu Jingyi sighed softly, picked up the tea that had been prepared on the coffee table, and took a sip. "I thought it would stop a little bit after dealing with the 'corpse dove', but it doesn't seem that simple. ”
"Corpse...... Corpse dove, you really interfered in the incident of the night in the villa in the West District......" When Jiang Yao heard this, he couldn't sit still anymore and said.
"Don't worry, I know you encountered a lot of things a while ago, whether it's the 'Game of Death', your friend Xiao Yuan's affairs, or even ...... What you are looking at by black and white impermanence. Lu Jingyi glanced at Jiang Yao, as if she had already guessed what the other party was thinking. "Didn't you come to me just to find out the truth?"
"You know all these things......!?" Jiang Yao said in surprise. "Tell me, what the hell is going on?"
"Actually, for the 'Death Game', our 'Spirit Terrace' has not been involved in the investigation for a long time, and the clues are limited, but one thing can be confirmed - behind those people who died unnaturally, there are indeed demons. ”
Lu Jingyi said, stretched out his hand and waved casually, and a floating screen appeared in the middle of the coffee table, and what appeared on the screen was a surveillance video, showing the process of the teenager struggling and falling from the overpass.
"This kid has ...... wrapped around his hands and feet Demon fog?" Jiang Yao watched the young man in the video screen being manipulated by black bonds like a puppet, and suddenly thought of what happened to him that night in the West Villa.
"This is a specially processed video, as you can see, this child was forcibly manipulated to commit suicide by demonic energy that ordinary people can't see. Lu Jingyi put away the video and continued.
"We investigated through some means, and finally locked on the suspect, and deduced that the other party's lair was in the West End Villa, but to our surprise, before we could make a move, someone had already strayed into it. ”
"The one who scared the snake...... Could it be me, right?" Jiang Yao looked at the other party's eyes, and knew in his heart that he was afraid that his actions in the West District villa that night had ruined the good things of others.
"Hehe, you don't have to blame yourself, at least in terms of the ending, the murderous corpse dove was finally defeated by you. Lu Jingyi took a sip of tea and said.
"But even so, the 'Game of Death' is still going on, and the culprit is not the corpse dove. Jiang Yao thought of the mysterious little girl.
"Yes, we speculate that the corpse dove may just be a puppet, and there is someone else behind the real harm. In order to find out who is behind this crime, we investigated the backgrounds of all the victims so far, hoping to find out the motive of the other party, and found an interesting thing. ”
Lu Jingyi said, once again clicked on a floating screen, and displayed a document in front of Jiang Yao.
"Although it is rumored that the 'Death Game' is widely circulated among the student population, after our investigation, excluding those who blindly follow the trend of pranks, the proportion of students who really caused the consequences of death is not high, but some members of the society, and these victims have one thing in common. ”
Yuan Zhi, 38 years old, committed suicide due to malicious debts that led to the bankruptcy of creditors...... Liu Xin, 25 years old, her classmates were killed by bandits to protect her, but she took revenge afterwards and caused a bad impact......" Jiang Yao looked at these materials, and his brows gradually furrowed. "These people are all ......"
"They are all 'tainted' people, but they can't be punished by law. Lu Jingyi nodded. "Even the teenager you just saw in the video once committed suicide by bullying his classmates. ”
"So, this 'game of death' also plays the role of an 'extrajudicial sanctioner'?"
"Hehe, it is unforgivable to play with human life at will, not to mention whether this motive is out of 'justice' or 'revenge' or two words. Lu Jingyi said, pointing out another piece of information, Jiang Yao always felt a little familiar when he looked at the information photo, and suddenly remembered that the man in the photo seemed to be the security guard who was rescued by himself that night in the West District villa.
"You should have seen this person, right? His name is Wang Peng, and he is the only person other than you who has experienced the 'Game of Death' but is not dead. Lu Jingyi said. "This person had been imprisoned for gross negligence in his early years, but the case he committed had something to do with the West End Villa. ”
"'Three years ago, Wang Peng was a temporary worker cleaning an orphanage, but he accidentally dropped a cigarette butt and ignited flammable materials, causing a fire in the orphanage, causing a major accident involving dozens of casualties...... Hmm, isn't the site of this orphanage where the accident happened the villa in the West End today?" Jiang Yao read the content of the information, and a strange feeling crossed his heart.
Not only that, Liao, the financial director of Qiushui Group, who was previously victimized by the "Game of Death", served as the president of a property company under Qiushui Group three years ago, and this Wang Peng was a former employee of Liao, but he inexplicably resigned from this property company shortly before the orphanage fire, and entered the orphanage as a temporary cleaner, which then caused a tragedy. Lu Jingyi lifted his glasses and said.
At that time, Qiushui Group had been coveting the land of the orphanage, but it had not been able to talk about it, and after the orphanage was destroyed by fire, it finally successfully ate the land and began to build villas in the West District. Soon after Wang Peng's accident and imprisonment, Wang Peng's gambling debts were inexplicably repaid, and we found that the actual funder was Liao; after Wang Peng was released from prison, Liao quickly arranged a job for him...... It's not hard to guess the connection here. ”
"Do you mean...... Wang Peng was instructed by Liao to deliberately set fire to the orphanage, so that the Qiushui Group could annex the land of the orphanage?!" Jiang Yao was surprised. "Is there any evidence for these things?"
"It's a pity that after many years, the evidence is long gone, but at least in the eyes of the man behind the 'Game of Death', the fact that these two people joined forces to set fire to others is confirmed. ”
No wonder the security guard said those words at the beginning, no wonder Liao in the surveillance kept begging for mercy...... I wonder if the fire really had anything to do with them!
"So, do you suspect that the mastermind behind the scenes is the person who is related to the orphanage incident back then, and the other party is taking revenge on those two people in the name of the 'Game of Death'?" Jiang Yao pondered, still having some doubts in his heart. "But each of those victims has a story behind them, why do you think that the black hand is revenge for the orphanage fire?"
"It's simple, I'll show you a video. ”
Lu Jingyi said, dragging out a video from the screen again, and Jiang Yao looked at the picture, and his face suddenly became a little hot.
"You...... How did you get this video?" Jiang Yao looked at the picture of himself fleeing in embarrassment in the Qiushui Group building, and suddenly felt a little weak.
"Hehe, you have the ability to hack the monitor, don't we have the ability to fix it?" Lu Jingyi smiled, but did not continue to investigate, but focused the camera to a corner, Jiang Yao realized that in the original pursuit process, the petite girl who chased and killed him was also photographed.
"At that time, in the West End villa, this person also appeared...... Do you know her identity?" Jiang Yao asked.
Lu Jingyi didn't answer, but called up another photo and showed it in front of Jiang Yao.
This is a photo in front of the hospital bed, in the snow-white hospital bed, I saw a thin and petite girl who was full of catheters, her eyes closed, lying quietly.
"She!?Isn't she exactly ......?"
Jiang Yao's eyes widened, that face, that yellow baby's head short hair...... Isn't this the girl who chased and killed her in the first place?!
Her name is Ah Li, and she survived the orphanage fire three years ago, but she is still in a coma due to her serious injuries. Unfortunately, she passed away half a month ago. ”
"Already dead? What I saw two days ago was ......?"
"A man who 'rose from the dead'. Lu Jingyi said, her face gradually becoming serious. "On the day Ali confirmed her death, her body disappeared, and at the same time there was another person missing, and it was this person who had been taking care of Ali, who had been in a vegetative state for three years, and ...... You still know this person. ”
"I know, I disappeared half a month ago...... Jiang Yao suddenly thought of something. Xiao ...... Xiao Yuan!?"
"Yes. Lu Jingyi nodded. Shortly after their disappearance, the first victim of the Game of Death appeared. ”
"Do you suspect that Xiao Yuan and the resurrected Ali led the 'Game of Death' together and took the opportunity to take revenge? No, it can't be! And Ali is dead...... How can a person be resurrected after death?" Jiang Yao asked.
"Although death cannot be resurrected, there is a way to make the dead act as if they were alive for a while, but this kind of thing is not something that ordinary people can do...... You're right? Lu Jingyi said, turning to the nine teeth on the side.
"'Soul Binding'. Nine Teeth gave the answer. "This is a forbidden magic that can temporarily imprison the souls of the dead in corpses and manipulate the other party, but this kind of magic is extremely costly and contrary to the way of heaven, and it should have been lost long ago. ”
"But the reality is that someone did use the forbidden art to manipulate the dead Ali, and it also gave her extra power, making her a tool for murder and revenge. Lu Jingyi added. "And those who have the ability to do this, I'm afraid it's not easy......"
"Wait, you don't suspect that Xiao Yuan did this, right?" Jiang Yao became nervous again. "Xiao Yuan, he's just an ordinary person, he also sent me a text message asking for help before he disappeared, if it's really him behind the scenes, he has no reason to do such a thing. ”
"......" Lu Jingyi was silent for a moment, glanced at Jiuya, and waited until he spoke again, but unexpectedly avoided the question.
“…… All in all, to find out who is behind this "Game of Death", the only clue at the moment is only the *vertical Ali, if you can catch her, maybe you can solve the mystery of the "Game of Death". Lu Jingyi put down the teacup and looked at Jiang Yao's eyes suddenly became a little delicate.
"However, in order to lure her out, I need your help. ”