How come the celestial technique I stole is so powerful?!-Chapter 201: The True Culprit Revealed

After listening to Lin Xiaosu’s plan.

Zhou Mei was a bit confused, "Why do I feel like this is... child’s play?"

"You’re very concerned with the process’s formalities?"

"I understand what you mean! Compared to results, the process indeed isn’t that important," Zhou Mei said. "But, my coach at the police academy always said that an unstandardized process can easily lead to severe consequences... Do you agree?"

Lin Xiaosu replied, "Insurance salesman also said, ’To succeed, first go crazy, simple-minded and push forward,’ do you agree?"

Zhou Mei glared at him, stood up, and sighed, "I guess I really am crazy, today I’m actually not listening to my coach, but an insurance salesman!"

Though Zhou Mei inherently didn’t agree with Lin Xiaosu’s plan, she couldn’t shake off the habit of working with him on cases, which were generally playful and crazy.

But the results always turned out unexpectedly.

Just trust him one more time!

I can always go back and write a report, no big deal...

She walked down a small path paved with cobblestones, passing by several small wooden cabins.

The cabins were also used for lodging.

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Zhou Mei walked up to the door of one of the cabins and knocked.

The door opened, and a middle-aged man peeked his head out, surprised to see Zhou Mei’s police uniform, "Officer, is there something wrong?"

He spoke in standard Mandarin, not the local dialect.

Zhou Mei gestured with a wave, pushed open the door, and walked into the room, scanning around.

"Officer..." the middle-aged man called from behind, "What’s the matter?"

"Room inspection!" Zhou Mei said, "Show me your ID card."

"I’m out here alone, staying alone, and you’re inspecting my room?" The middle-aged man opened a drawer beside the bed and took out his ID card...

Zhou Mei picked up the ID card and glanced at it, "Zhu Xiqing, from Wu County, Hanjiang Province... Is this your true identity?"

The middle-aged man smiled, "Officer, you’re joking. There’s a photo on it. How could it be fake?"

"That’s not necessarily true. If you were planning to come to Fengcheng to commit murder, creating a fake ID is actually quite reasonable."

The middle-aged man widened his eyes in shock...

Zhou Mei’s smile was half-serious, "Are you going to say you didn’t kill anyone at Tashan?"

The middle-aged man jumped up, "Of course I didn’t, how could I..."

"Don’t get agitated!" Zhou Mei said, "Let me tell you a few things! First, you probably don’t know that Tashan has the ’Heavenly Eye System.’ The scene of you transforming and committing murder seemed like it was known only by heaven and earth, but actually, it has been under Fengcheng police surveillance!"

The middle-aged man’s eyes suddenly changed, becoming incredibly calm.

Zhou Mei stared into his eyes and continued, "Second, you tried to divert our attention to the stone tower but failed. You climbed out from the top of the cave wall, and every step after that has been under our control, including your transformation back to human form in the creek, the brambles you broke stepping on, and even putting on shoes in the ancient tree hole in the field..."

Suddenly, a cold light appeared in the room!

In front of Zhou Mei’s throat, a sharp claw suddenly appeared!

The claw, like three daggers, slashed towards her throat!

The middle-aged man’s eyes also changed entirely, becoming beast-like...

This all happened in an instant.

If Zhou Mei were just an ordinary woman, she might not feel anything before the blade slashed across her throat...

But she wasn’t, she was a cop!

She had been through many dangerous cases, and she was highly alert while saying those words.

Although she was alert, the sudden slaughter still gave her no chance to react.

Her hand didn’t have time to draw the gun from her waist.

Her eyes couldn’t keep up with the claw’s movement.

Her body couldn’t dodge.

Maybe the only thing that could react was her inner thoughts...

For that instant, all her thoughts condensed into one word: Death!

If she could expand a bit on that thought, it might be a sigh: Damn it, Lin Xiaosu, you really screwed me over...

Just as the claw was three inches away from Zhou Mei’s neck, there was a crisp sound!

The three claws instantly broke off!

The middle-aged man felt as if someone had suddenly appeared in the room. His reaction was extremely fast, retreating instantly to the window at the back. His figure once hit the windowpane which shattered, revealing Tashan behind, with its untouched wilderness.

He just had to leap out the window to enter the mountain.

At this moment, his goal was to escape.

Because the person who came in decisively chopped off his three claws with a dagger, showing incredible combat prowess. Now was definitely not the time to fight with a master...

Just as he was about to leap out the window.

Boom!

A hand landed heavily on his neck, and the middle-aged man collapsed instantly, unconscious.

Zhou Mei staggered back and was about to hit the door behind her when a hand stretched out, catching her.

Zhou Mei’s heart pounded as she looked up to see Lin Xiaosu’s face.

"Don’t be afraid!" Lin Xiaosu said, "Since I decided to let you bait this fish, of course, I’ve been watching nearby. I wouldn’t let this fish swallow you whole."

Zhou Mei felt a surge of gratitude, "Did you know he would try to kill and escape?"

"The choice of this room is quite subtle. Although there are no bars on the window, there is a vast wilderness behind. Choosing such a room unsuitable for lodging implies that once his hand is forced, he would certainly kill and flee."

Chunshui Villa has many rooms, but not many guests.

As Lin Xiaosu said, this small cabin isn’t really suitable for lodging. What is it suitable for? The only thing it might suit is ambiance. If you’re traveling with a partner, staying here might make sense. Traveling alone without a companion for ambiance?

Thus, the only explanation for choosing this room is its convenient proximity to the mountain. If trouble arises, he can escape into the mountain immediately.

A person like him who can transform at any moment, escaping into the mountain would be like a fish into the sea; catching him would be incredibly difficult.

Zhou Mei made a phone call to Chief Zhang.

Chief Zhang was following Director Li and with Jiangcheng’s First Detective, He Jiang, they had already arrived at Tashan Lake along the creek, arranging police forces to search by the lake.

Upon receiving the call from Zhou Mei, Chief Zhang jumped up, "You’ve caught the real culprit?"

Everyone’s eyes immediately turned to him.

"Alright, I’ll be there at once!" Chief Zhang hung up the phone and turned to Director Li, "Director Li, Lin Xiaosu and Zhou Mei have caught the real culprit!"

Director Li’s eyes widened, "Is it the one we’ve been looking for?"

"Yes!" Chief Zhang waved his hand, "Let’s go, Chunshui Villa!"

The police car sped away and arrived at Chunshui Villa in about five minutes...

Chief Zhang outran Director Li by quite a distance, and in a few steps reached Lin Xiaosu and Zhou Mei, his sharp eyes firmly locking onto the collapsed middle-aged man in the corner.

Footsteps sounded, and Director Li and He Jiang appeared side by side at the door.

Director Li’s face showed strong skepticism, "Can we confirm this person is the real culprit?"

Lin Xiaosu lifted his hand pointing to the ground at three claw-like objects, "These are this man’s claws in his transformed state, chopped off by my dagger. If inspected closely enough, they should still have traces of the victim’s DNA... Also, I recorded his transformation and sent the footage to Captain Zhang."

Everyone’s eyes simultaneously shifted to the objects on the ground, then to the unconscious middle-aged man...

The middle-aged man, unconscious, was not in his transformed state, showing no signs. However, his right hand was missing three nails.

As Lin Xiaosu said, there are ways to verify it.

The nails on the ground can be compared against his own.

If these nails are indeed the murder weapon used to kill the local resident, even if cleaned, there would still be trace DNA which high-precision testing equipment can detect.

If the tests take time, checking the video footage does not. The video played on Captain Zhang’s phone, He Jiang’s face changing dramatically in silence, and Director Li, who had always been skeptical of Lin Xiaosu, even had a faint red blush, possibly due to embarrassment, though he might prefer to call it "excitement."

The video finished.

Captain Zhang’s eyes lit up as he grabbed the middle-aged man, pulling him out of the room. Despite the man weighing around 130-140 pounds, Captain Zhang lifted him single-handedly as if he were a chick, a rare display of strength among colleagues...

Two policemen came in to clean up the scene.

Lin Xiaosu and Zhou Mei exited the room and, as they walked out of Chunshui Villa, he seemed to sense something and happened to see a pair of eyes.

He Jiang.

He Jiang’s gaze was complex...

Lin Xiaosu smiled at him, then turned and walked away, rounding the half of Tashan to reach Qingyuan Temple’s entrance, where Zhou Mei’s car was parked.

Zhou Mei opened the car door, Lin Xiaosu got into the passenger seat, "You seem down, still mad at me for using you as bait?"

"How could that be? Am I that kind of person? This bait should rightfully be me. If it were anyone else in the room, he wouldn’t see the hope of killing and escaping, and thus wouldn’t dare take the risk. If you were with me, he might not take such a risk, making it hard to acquire evidence against him."

Lin Xiaosu praised her, "You’re seeing things more clearly now... so what’s the issue? If it’s not that, why are you down?"

"I’m a bit frustrated. I feel so ordinary. Now Chief Zhang is a Genetic Master, even little Sun has become a master. How am I supposed to keep up in the future?"

"You can rely on your looks..."

"Get lost!" Zhou Mei interrupted him, eyes flashing mischievously, "Hey, how about I talk to you about something?"

"What?"

"Do to me what you did to Zhou Xi..."

Lin Xiaosu stared at her blankly, "Didn’t you conclude earlier that I couldn’t achieve anything with her in broad daylight, leaving her with lingering aftereffects? Didn’t you feel I deserved a solid punishment for that? Now you believe it was a misunderstanding?"

"Of course, I didn’t believe a word of yours, but Zhou Xi somehow managed to master Rejuvenation Skill..." Zhou Mei glanced at him, "Don’t forget, last time you offered to help me practice."

"I remember you refused!"

"When did I refuse? I only said you shouldn’t use shameless methods on me, and I’d keep quiet!" Zhou Mei said, "I kept my promise; I never once mentioned your scandal to Miao Ruolan. You too must keep your word!"

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