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When he woke up the next morning, the first thing Liam did was pull out a cigarette. He did not want to smoke for the pleasure of smoking–he had an alternative reason. Ever since the Miracle System, Liam felt a lack of attraction towards smoking. If it were not for getting to play the lottery, he did not really want to smoke at all. He felt, like he had been influenced at least somewhat by the other Liam.Today was the “Kan Li Hexagram.” Water reigned as fire weakened. The exact words were, “Fire and water coexist. Yin and yang combine. Positive and negative both persist in harmony.”Liam memorized the words. It meant that the fire element had left the Bagua. This was the first time that had happened. What would he be doing today?In his previous life, Liam had always loved pondering needlessly. Despite knowing that there would be a new adventure today, his mind was still focused on the Lost Hand Case. He truly did not want to surrender and let Stephen and others see his embarrassment
Decstemic 17
Liam, what are you trying to say? Do you think we’re all slacking or something?” In the police station building B team office, Team Leader Elyon was currently standing there with her arms crossed, mildly angry. Many investigators on the B team surrounded the office, highly interested in seeing what the commotion was about.“I didn’t mean it like that,” Liam explained. “I just felt that since the culprit cut off Doyle’s hand, but didn’t leave any evidence, he must have planned this ahead of time! So he must’ve followed Doyle for a long time. I feel like we shouldn’t just focus on surveillance near the time the crime was committed, but also…”“Alright, Alright,” Elyon interrupted Liam immediately, not allowing him to speak. “Liam! I already know that you and vice captain Stephen have that bet! You’re hurrying the case since you don’t want to lose! But…I hope you can understand, the police solving a case isn’t a joke, or justice, but a responsibility! Responsibility, do you understand? Y
Decstemic 18
In actuality, despite the peaceful appearance of the Key Case Investigation Unit, hidden underneath was a highly fierce competition.The rule within the unit was that other than huge cases requiring the two teams to work together, the normal cases were given to?individual groups to be taken care of.Since the Key Case Investigation Unit was split into Team A and B, there was naturally a fair amount of competition. The team with the higher case solving rate not only looked better, but also had a significantly higher annual bonus.Thus, in order to surpass the other group, the investigators put all their effort in every case. The two team leaders were also highly competitive, not holding back one bit.Over the last few years the teams had been fairly even, and shared the reward equally for years. But ever since Team Leader Elyon had been promoted as the leader of Team B, the situation changed completely. Using her own rich experience and excellent leadership, Elyon solved many difficult
Decstemic 19
“Doyle’s BMW was last stopped in an alley on Portland Street,” one of the Team B investigators said. “That alley leads directly towards the Flutters district then splits into many directions that can be used to go to any area in Aetheron City. We’ve already found all the surveillance cameras we could, but still haven’t found any suspicious persons.”“Hm…” Elyon spoke, “If he could avoid this many surveillance cameras, there are only two possibilities! Either the culprit is very familiar with this area, or he lived around here, and after cutting Doyle hand off, he went straight home!”“Team Leader,” another investigator spoke up. “Flutters area is very complicated, with at least nine-hundred residents, not to mention many part-time workers with their houses rented out. It will be very difficult to investigate thoroughly. However, Mia and Ruby Harper have already started.”“I see…try your best…” Elyon paused for a moment as if pondering something, then spoke up, “Stephen, what does Doyl
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Apparently. after an entire afternoon of investigation, Jasper and Jake had finally figured out why the cameras couldn not see the BMW’s driver. After the forensic department’s repeated investigation, they saw that on the inside of the BMW’s windshield, there were signs that something had been stuck on it with glue.Testing showed that the residue of glue had been left by some sort of glass stickers. The professionals in the forensics department suspected that on the day of the crime, the culprit probably had done something to the windshield. He may have used some sort of one-way mirror. After taping it to the windshield, one could only see from inside, but no one could look in from the outside.Although some expensive car films could have similar effects, there was no way for it to be as opaque as it was on the BMW on that day, to the point where the driver’s silhouette could not even be discerned.So, the culprit must have used some sort of special tape. In the end, after endless wo
Decstemic 21
Liam had decided that he would fight Elyon and Team B to the death. He always sat attentively at his office desk, carefully eavesdropping on Team B’s every action, even forgetting to use the bathroom.As he expected, Elyon and Team B focused mainly on Jasper and Jake’s newest evidence, and immediately focused on figuring out the source of the one-sided film.The type of one-sided film was rarely imported. Within a few hours they had already found all of the people who had recently bought the product. Immediately afterwards, they quickly started investigating the buyers. Team Leader Elyon almost mobilized the entire team for this.But when the results from the investigation came back, bad results came one after another. As it turned out, the one-sided film had been purchased by performance groups, some used it for magic, and some for setting up the stage.Even though not many performance groups purchased it, every group that did purchased a huge amount. According to the distributor, th
Decstemic 22
Liam realized that all of the hands were missing! It was the same for all three victims–their chopped off hands had been missing at the scene of the crime, and were still missing. Without a doubt, the hands must have been taken away by the culprit!But why did the culprit take them?According to Liam’s understanding, the culprit might have thought kept the hands as trophies! He would keep his trophies, and in future, every time he looked at the victims’ hands, the hatred inside him would lessen.This behavior was very similar to some of the feuds that Liam had experienced, so he felt that these Lost Hand Cases was some form of revenge. The culprit’s targets might have been chosen purposely, not randomly.Liam deduced that the victims might have previously offended the culprit, whether intentionally or unintentionally, so the culprit chopped off their hands to take revenge on them!But…what kind of hatred could have caused the culprit to decide to chop off their hands? Also, why was it
Decstemic 23
Looking at Aetheron Second Middle School’s solemn and magnificent gate, Liam felt his legs become heavy, gluing him to his place.Aetheron Second Middle School was one of the biggest, most famous middle schools within the entire district! Many people would give up everything just to get themselves into the school.Liam never would have dreamed that Chloe would be attending the Second Middle School! Not to mention, she was in the eighth grade, and that in a month and half she would be taking the High School Entrance Examination!He was even more surprised that Chloe did not want her own father to come to the parent conference; not because her grades were too low, but because her grades were too good!As it turned out, Chloe was the Second Middle School’s genius. Every mock exam that she had taken, she was always ranked in the top three among the entire school.The little girl was very interesting. She told the school that night recitation did not fit her learning style, and that she wa