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When he could not find the piano competition data, Liam had originally wanted to go talk with the three victims. Since they had actually attended the contest, maybe they would remember something important.But on further consideration, he quickly gave up the idea. He had heard through his eavesdropper that Elyon had placed surveillance around the three victims, so if he tried to visit them then Elyon would quickly find out what Liam knew.If Elyon caught wind of the direction of Liam’s investigation, the result would be disastrous. But the gods were on his side because just as Liam had been troubled with his dilemma, Sharon told him that the competition roster was already in her hands!The overjoyed Liam quickly rushed back to the police office. In order to keep their investigation a secret, the two did not meet up at the office, but instead went to a restaurant near the building, almost like a spy meeting.“Amazing!” Liam praised Sharon’s handiness. “To get your hands on something so
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“Out of the ten competitors, three have already lost their hands!” Sharon pointed at the list of names while peeling prawn shells. “Could the culprit be among the remaining seven people?”“That’s possible…” Liam pondered for a few seconds and said, “but the top three could probably be eliminated too! They performed well, so why would they want to chop off the hands of the losers?”“That’s true…” Sharon was also very excited. She pointed at the list and said, “Senior, look, the first victim, Sarah came in sixth in the Grand Piano Competition. Mabel was fifth, and Doyle was fourth. The culprit is chopping off hands in order! I think the culprit must be beyond sixth place! So, seventh to tenth place! These four people are the most suspicious!”“Right!” Liam nodded, “Since it started from sixth place, the person who placed seventh naturally is the most suspicious. I think the culprit is likely to be him!”“No, no, no.” Sharon unexpectedly shook her head. “I’ve checked the background of th
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That night at 11:30, Liam crawled into his bed, exhausted. Running around the whole day from morning to night, he had truly exhausted all of his strength. Both in his last life, and his new life, he never knew that investigating cases was this difficult!Every piece of evidence, every witness, and every piece of information had to be carefully, and repeatedly confirmed. Sometimes, even though he knew that what he was doing was fruitless, he had to stubbornly push forward because the key to solving many cases was often found in unexpected evidences.After leaving the police station, Liam and Sharon’s primary investigation target was the tenth place competitor from the piano competition. According to the evidence, she was the most likely suspect.Yet when the two found her, their jaws dropped because this contestant was currently pregnant, already in her third trimester. She had been pregnant for seven months already, and her stomach was like a huge ball! How could a pregnant woman so f
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Bang, bang, bang!Early in the morning, someone was banging furiously on Liam’s door.Liam was still chasing other people in his dream. Suddenly disturbed by the banging sound, he merely licked his lips and rolled over. Although he mumbled, “Who’s that? Annoying!” he did not fully wake up.“Liam! You baddie! I know you’re inside, open the door quick!” along with the banging sound, a young girl’s howl came from outside the door.“Chloe!? Why is she here?” he thought. Liam frantically looked at his watch. “Only five thirty, so early? What does she want? Oh no!” Liam recalled the parents conference from the day before. Although he had managed to find some clues by coincidence, he had stirred up trouble for Chloe! He had ruined the parents conference that had been painstakingly prepared by the school, and Dan’s mother had almost called 120!Yesterday, he had wanted to explain what had happened to Chloe, but he was so engrossed in his investigation that he forgot! After that, Chloe had cal
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When the two saw each other, Liam’s was incredibly confused.“Huh?” The sound of water from the bathroom had clearly been from the toilet, but why was this female in front of him wrapped in a bath towel, her hair still dripping wet? Was she using the bathroom, or showering?The woman stood still, thunder struck as this creepy man appeared in front of her wearing only boxers. She screamed in shock, and unexpectedly, she failed to hold her towel tightly, letting it fall to the ground and baring her entire body!Taking a glance, Liam’s confusion was quickly replaced with another thought. “Woah?!” Her body was perfection. Even the young Miss Natasha could not compare. “This woman is not Miss Natasha… Crap!” If it were Miss Natasha, Liam could have tried to explain, but it was not, and now Liam was done for. Breaking in, seeing things he should not have, he was already at death’s door!Misunderstanding! Too much misunderstanding! But as the woman continuously screamed, Liam simply stood st
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“Don’t joke!” After a brief moment of shock, Liam regained his rationality and said to Yang Hong, “You can’t lie to a police officer! The largest piano competition for high school students in Aetheron City, the tenth year? Are you kidding me?”“Why?” Amelia was puzzled, “This is the only thing that I’m proud of in my entire life. How could I get it wrong? It was indeed the tenth year!”“Let me ask you, where was the competition held?” Liam still did not believe her.“Hmmm…” Yang Hong gave it a thought and quickly got the right answer, “Second Middle School! Yes! It was Second Middle School!”“Oh?” Liam was surprised but he still did not believe her. Immediately, he blurted out, “The Tenth Grand Piano Competition was eighteen years ago. The participants were all eighteen and nineteen-year-old high school students, how old are you now? Thirty-six? Thirty-seven?”“Well…” Amelia frowned, “I really can’t tell if you are complimenting me or insulting me.” Amelia pushed Liam away and took ou
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“What is it?” Hearing Amelia mention strange things, Liam was obviously very curious, and chased the topic.“Um…” Amelia started to recall, “I remember, during that year’s preliminary competition, our Denning County had an amazing student. I can’t remember the name well, but she was a girl for sure, and even before the competition, she was famous in our county. Apparently, she passed the tenth level when she was only twelve, and learned from the best instructor in the capital. Basically, she was super amazing.” She continued, “If I recall, during the rematch, I actually saw her once. Her clothing was very old, and even had patches on it. I imagine her household wasn’t very well-off, but her piano skills were crazy. Even though we were all at the tenth level, we were clearly a level below her.”“Right…” As if remembering something, Amelia said in a hurry, “The weird thing happened here in Aetheron City! She crushed the competition with her insane scores, but for some reason, her name w
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Bribery!” on the car ride to Xavier Village, Sharon blurted out to Liam, followed by her own reasoning, “someone might have bribed the girl prodigy, gave her a huge sum of money, and got her to withdraw from the competition! Without her as a strong competitor, the whoever paid her would be able to place!”“Interesting!” Liam said while driving, “Or it could be that someone did not get into the finals and only got eleventh place, so he bribed Emily, got her to withdraw so that he himself could get into the finals by filling in the position! So, the pregnant woman was tenth place, could she be…”“No!” Sharon said, “The sequence of getting into the finals does not determine one’s final placement. The tenth competitor who got into the finals could theoretically be the champion too!”“Oh, that means we have to check who was the lucky one who got into the finals from eleventh place by exception?” Liam wondered.“No, Senior, we could be wrong!” Sharon quickly negated her own speculation, “It