Chapter 36: The Game of Death
"Is the game over? I can still win, I can still win! A pleading voice echoed in the brightly lit room.
"Give me one more chance! I'm okay, I can win! ”
"Sorry, mission failed!"
Liu Yi took a week off, and when he touched the computer again, he even forgot how to turn it on. With a cup of coffee and a computer, Liu Yi seems to have returned to his former peaceful life. Suddenly the phone rang, in fact, the phone had been lit all night, Li Xinya, Wang Lan, Bai Ge and Gao Xiaoqing had been calling him.
"Gao Xiaoqing? Is there something wrong? Liu Yi still couldn't mention his interest in Gao Xiaoqing.
"Ask you for dinner, will you come?" Gao Xiaoqing's tone was tough, and the hidden lines pierced her ears.
"Okay, where?" Gao Xiaoqing booked a private room at a roast duck restaurant near the Southern District Bureau, and invited Wang Jianguo and Xu Wei over.
"You're all here?" Liu Yi saw that Xu Wei had already started eating, carrying two circled roast ducks in his hands, and there was still some sweet noodle sauce on his mouth.
"Xiao Liu, you're late." Wang Jianguo said with a smile.
Bai Ge seemed to be a little angry, in fact, she didn't want to come, but when she heard that she could see Liu Yi, she followed. Liu Yi walked to the white pigeon and sat down, in fact, next to the white pigeon was Xu Wei, but Liu Yi was unwilling to sit next to Gao Xiaoqing, so Xu Wei saved on the side, and Gao Xiaoqing squinted at Liu Yi.
Gao Xiaoqing mainly thanked everyone, now all the business of the Gao brothers is in the hands of Gao Xiaoqing, and Gao Xiaoqing is also willing to cooperate with the police to close the illegal shops. This made Wang Jianguo very happy.
"Xiaoqing, aren't you going back to continue reading?" Wang Lan asked.
"No, I have to help take care of the rest of my brother's business, so I can't go back in a short time."
Liu Yi didn't speak at the banquet, because he didn't know what to say, but he saw that Xu Wei's mouth had never been closed except for eating, no matter whether there was something in his mouth or not, as long as there was a topic, he could insert it.
At this time, Wang Jianguo's phone rang.
"Hey, Xiao Zhang? What's wrong? ”
"Wang Group, someone reported that a male corpse was found at the scrap recycling station in the Eastern District, and we are rushing to the scene."
"Good! I'll go over now. Wang Jianguo hung up the phone and said, "Xiao Liu, Xiao Xu and Xiao Lan, hurry up and follow me!" ”
"Master, are we 'small' characters?" Wang Jianguo was quite embarrassed by Xu Wei's play, "I'll give you a kid, it's skinny again, right?" Hurry up! ”
Xu Wei followed out without wiping his mouth, and Liu Yi turned around and said to Bai Ge, "Wait for me at school." The white dove nodded vigorously.
When Wang Jianguo arrived at the scene, the scrap recycling station had been surrounded by a police cordon, and there were a lot of rags gathered around, most of them were watching the excitement, and Zhang Jie had already begun to interrogate the owner of the waste recycling station.
"How's Xiao Zhang?"
Zhang Jie reacted that the owner of the recycling station was named Jin Xin, and he lived in the recycling station with his daughter-in-law Li Ling. At about half past ten this morning, when Jin Xin was sorting out the scrap, he found a waste game console. When I opened the door at the back, I found a hand. Frightened, Jin Xin turned his head and never dared to approach this old game console again. Zhang Jie rushed to the scene first, and the staff was disassembling the old game console.
"Are there fingerprints on the console?" Wang Jianguo asked,
"It has been extracted, and some suspicious footprints were found in the recycling bin, which are not Jin Xin and Li Ling's, about forty-five. Rest assured, team leader, I've searched around here to save time. Wang Jianguo nodded and reminded Zhang Jie to make a good record, and there was nothing missing.
Liu Yiyi saw that this game console has been around for some years, but it is definitely not domestic, and when the game console was disassembled, everyone was shocked by the picture in front of them. The victim's limbs are separated, the game's button interface is linked to the victim's finger, and the joystick is linked to the victim's right leg. The wiring in the game console goes around the whole body from the neck, and the victim's lower body is connected to the internal power cord.
Liu Yi walked up to Jin Xin and asked, "When was this scrap game console delivered?" ”
"At about eight o'clock this morning, Lao Hu rode a tricycle to deliver it, and I was a little strange at the time, because the game console smelled strange. Later, when I thought about it, I didn't know where Lao Hu got this thing from, so I didn't care. ”
"Can you contact Lao Hu?" Wang Jianguo asked.
"Of course, Lao Hu and I are iron buddies, you can wait! I'll give him a call! Jin Xin dialed Lao Hu's phone.
"Lao Hu, come to me, hurry up!" Jin Xin asked Wang Jianguo to wait for a while, and it would take 20 minutes for Lao Hu to come over. Liu Yi observed the environment around the recycling station, then walked over to the dismantled dismantled dismantled game console and squatted down to begin to take a closer look.
Wang Lan also followed, "On the surface, there are no fatal injuries, the victim's skin has turned green, and the surface of the skin has a stone texture, and the time of death is more than forty-eight hours." Due to the victim's slightly chubby body, the epidermal bruise caused by squeezing in the game console for too long. ”
Liu nodded and continued: "The murderer separated the victim's limbs, in order to fit into this game console, judging from the incision, the murderer should have used a tool such as a saw to cut the limbs. When Liu Yi spoke, Wang Lan kept smiling at him, and the two had a tacit understanding.
"Master, do you have to check some of the nearby game halls to see what the situation is?"
"No, this game console is a limited edition home console issued by a certain hall, which cannot be bought in China, and there are fewer people who have such entertainment facilities in City C." Liu Yi came over and said.
"Let's start with this circle and see if we can have any clues!" Wang Jianguo said.
"I'm a master of the game! Look for me! Xu Wei came up and said.
"Okay, Xiao Liu and Xiao Xu will go to investigate together, Xiao Lan and I will go back to the police station for further analysis first, Zhang Jie is here to wait for Lao Hu to come over, and we will meet at the police station later."
Liu Yi and the two rushed to a large entertainment venue in the eastern district of City C, although Xu Wei is not a frequent visitor here, but there is a cousin in this business.
"Didn't you say you're a master of the game!" Liu Yi deliberately ridiculed Xu Wei.
"I, I am! Who said I'm not, I'm not looking for someone more bullish! "Xu Wei's cousin's name is Lu Zhu. I've been working as a game designer for an esports company.
"Cousin, don't say anything, I'll treat you to this dinner in the afternoon!" Xu Wei took out his wallet and looked magnanimous.
"Don't come to this set, every time I say that I have a treat, I will be the one who will pay for it when the time comes!" The short and fat man with glasses in front of Liu Yi was Lu Zhu.
"Isn't this asking my cousin to help me investigate the case!" Xu Wei said with a grin.
"Gotcha! What case can find me! Lu Zhu looked disgusted.
"Do you know this console?" Liu Yi took out his mobile phone and showed the photo to Lu Zhu.
"Yes! MILLOW1st first year classic, limited edition, there are only three units in C city, all of which are imported. Liu Yi saw that Lu Zhu was quite knowledgeable, and then asked, "Can you know the person who owns these three machines?" ”
"I'll have to give me some time for this, my colleague is doing this, but I'll say in advance, these three machines may have passed through the hands of more than one person, so they may not be in anyone's hands now."
"Cousin, is this thing worth anything?"
"It's worth a little money in the industry, but it's all outdated things, and people who don't have some money won't touch it!" Lu Zhu lit a cigarette and continued, "Wait for my news!" ”
"Thank you cousin for your help!" Xu Wei said with a smile.
"If you don't trouble me, I'll burn high incense! I'll call you when he comes back. ”
When Xu Wei and the others returned to the police station, Wang Jianguo and Zhang Jie were already in the interrogation room. Jin Xin's old Hu name is Hu Shengtu, 52 years old, single, non-resident, in 96 years in C City began to collect waste.
Through interrogation, Hu Shengtu picked up the game console downstairs in a community in the Eastern District at about five o'clock yesterday morning, and he was very happy at the time, thinking that this thing would definitely be sold at a good price. Quickly loaded the tricycle and left. It was a bit heavy when I moved it, but the community cleaner helped to lift it on the tricycle together. At first, Hu Shengtu also smelled a foul smell, but after being in tatters for so long, he didn't care about the smell.
When Wang Jianguo first told Hu Shengtu, he still didn't believe it, but he only believed it after looking at the photos. The fingerprints extracted from Zhang Jie have a total of four people's fingerprints on them. It would take a little time for the fingerprints to be compared, and Liu Yi did not go to the interrogation room, but went to the morgue, where Wang Lan was examining the body.
"Did the victim die of overwork?" Liu Yi asked.
"Liu Yi? Why did you come here and buy me something delicious? ”
"Sister Lan, isn't this task what Xu Wei should do?"
"Don't talk to you, you don't understand me at all! The victim had no external or internal injuries, but the eye muscles were tense, the whites of the eyes were bloodshot, and the dark circles were heavy, which was caused by long-term insomnia or exertion. The victim has calluses on the tiger's mouth on his left hand and on the belly of his right finger, which should be caused by long-term video game play, and the rest needs to be further dissected!"
"Sister Lan has worked hard, I'll go to the interrogation room first!"
"Liu Yi, let's go! Why don't you stay with me a little longer! Wang Lan suddenly became coquettish to Liu Yi.
"Aren't you busy! I'll take you to something delicious when I have time!"
"It's a deal!" Wang Lan was like a little girl in front of Liu Yi.
Hu Shengtu's interrogation was over, and Wang Jianguo said: "Let's investigate this community first!" "The place where Hu Shengtu picked up the game machine is the Minghe Jiayuan Community in the eastern district of City C.
"Brother Wang, can you take me!" Zhang Jie came over and said.
"Zhang Jie, let me tell you! We are all 'small' characters! Xu Wei said with a wicked smile. Xu Wei's words eased the tense atmosphere at the moment.
"Good! Welcome to join us! Wang Jianguo said with a smile.
The four of them rushed to Minghe Home, the community is very ordinary, and the architectural style is relatively rustic, which should be the product of the real estate boom a few years ago. Most of the people who live here now are immigrants, university students and migrant workers in the vicinity.
"This neighborhood isn't very upscale! If I did what my cousin said, I wouldn't be here! ”
"Viagra, you have to understand what Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is!"
At this time, Xu Wei's phone rang, it was Lu Zhu.
"Cousin, my buddy sent me a message for these three people, I'll send it to you now."
"Thank you, cousin! You're so handsome! Xu Wei's words instantly made the man in the car feel sick to his stomach.
"Master, look, one of them is in this community!"