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“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
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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
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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
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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
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Fifty-three days! Needless to say, I think all parents already know how important these fifty-three days are to the children?” On the stage, a white-haired middle-aged man was knocking on the table with his index finger. “The objective of having this parent conference today is to discuss how parents can coordinate accurately with their children and how to dispel their tension. I think…”This person was Chloe’s class teacher. He was concentrating on explaining to the parents the important things to take note of before the mid-year examinations. Who would have thought that while he was speaking enthusiastically, a cellphone started to ring from somewhere in the audience.“Ah, Hero, please chase the dream with me…Ah, Hero…” the cellphone rang. The parents were all listening attentively, but the ringtone was so loud that the parents gave a menacing glance all at once, and even the class teacher on stage was forced to stop his speech. What happened next was even more unbelievable. Not only
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According to the information from the eavesdropper, Elyon’s team had already changed their focus of the investigation on to the previous two cases. She had even sent someone to Mabel’s old house to investigate, reviving the old case.It seemed that Elyon truly was out of ideas.Liam could not help but laugh. “Hmph! It’s your guys’ fault for underestimating me. This time, don’t expect me to share the wealth either!” he thought to himself.He focused on jotting down the newest information in his notepad, and quickly fell into thinking mode. Now, he was sure that the Lost Hand Case had something to do with piano! But, how was it connected, he still was not sure. Liam felt that since the three victims had some connection with piano, the killer had to be some sort of piano expert as well. The expert must have had some kind of interaction with the victims!According to Sharon’s information, the three victims were all from different piano schools, with different teachers. Even though the thr
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Liam did not bother to answer Sharon’s question. After ending the call, he rushed into the crowd and hastily searched for the person playing the piano, Dan’s mother.“Hey? It’s you!” Liam quickly found her. He hurriedly asked her, “Big Sis! Tell me quickly, when you took part in that something something piano competition, did you know Sarah, Mabel, and Doyle. Any of these three people?”Dan’s mother’s expression froze. She moved back while shaking her head, as if hiding from a plague.“No? it’s been so many years. How could you say no straightaway?” Liam urged. “Think carefully again, do you know these three people? Did they take part in the grand piano competition with you?”“I…I really can’t remember!” Dan’s mother was frightened by Liam’s aggressiveness. She turned around and wanted to hide.Liam grabbed her by the arms and yelled, “Big Sis, Big Sis, what are you afraid of? I’m investigating a case!”“Hey! This parent over here, I’ve been watching you!” the white-haired class teac