Chapter 18: Horror, A Vanished Person!

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

“Then it’s called Extraordinary State!”

Su Yun repeated the name a few times and felt that it was more and more convenient.

Hence, he decided to call the mysterious feeling that appeared when he was card throwing ‘supernatural’ or ‘supernatural state’!

The more Su Yun thought about it, the more he liked this nickname. In order to master the supernatural state as soon as possible,

Therefore, he quickly returned to the livestream and threw himself into card throwing practice again.

Unknowingly, the sky outside the window had completely darkened.

…

Looking at the dark sky outside the window, Doctor Gao frowned.

Hibiscus City, People’s Hospital, outside the special custody room.

Doctor Gao looked at the photo in his hand and was puzzled.

At this moment, the special care unit was opened from the inside.

—Creak.

Seeing Deputy Captain Chen in his police uniform, Doctor Gao quickly stepped forward. “Captain Chen, can I go in and see the suspect again?”

Captain Chen looked at Doctor Gao in confusion. “Are there any other problems? Didn’t they say that the suspect’s life is no longer in danger?”

Doctor Gao looked around. After confirming that there was no one around, he grabbed the puzzled Captain Chen and said, “Captain Chen, let’s talk in private.”

Captain Chen also felt Doctor Gao’s seriousness. Without saying anything, he followed Doctor Gao to an empty ward.

Captain Chen could not hide the curiosity in his heart and was the first to break the silence. “What’s wrong, Doctor Gao? Why are you so shocked?”

“I found something. Look…”

As he spoke, Doctor Gao took out the photo from the folder in his arms.

“What’s so mysterious?”

Captain Chen looked over indifferently and realized that it was only a recent photo of the suspect’s injuries.

He pointed at the photo and asked, “What’s there to see?”

Doctor Gao took out a close-up photo of the wound on the suspect’s wrist and pointed at it. “Take a look. Did you find anything?”

Captain Chen took a closer look. There was a huge wound, but he didn’t find anything.

He did not know what was so surprising about this. Logically speaking, Doctor Gao was also an experienced doctor.

What was there to be surprised about?

Captain Chen shook his head and said impatiently, “Doctor Gao, don’t waste time with me. I still have to look after the suspect…”

Damn!

Doctor Gao let out a long sigh, expressing his disappointment in Captain Chen. Then, he said in a low voice, “There’s something wrong with the weapon that caused the wound!”

Oh?

Doctor Gao’s words immediately piqued Captain Chen’s interest. He was not interested in anything else, but the news about the case was another matter.

“How so?”

Doctor Gao looked at Captain Chen helplessly. He pointed at the wound on the suspect’s wrist and drew a circle with his fingertips.

“Look, the shape of this wound is very strange. Generally, because the incision is very sharp, when cutting the flesh, the two ends of the wound will form a neat and slender shape…”

Doctor Gao was afraid that his fingers would block the details, so he took out a ballpoint pen to replace his fingers.

He changed the topic. “Look here again. The suspect’s wound has obvious signs of stopping. This means that the wound was not caused by a sharp knife.”

Captain Chen was a little puzzled. “Dull pen?”

‘Yup!’

Doctor Gao nodded and quickly drew a long line on his arm with a ballpoint pen.

“Sharp knives, including army knives, have this effect when they hurt people.”

With that, Doctor Gao drew another line on his arm.

However, this time, he paused for a moment before drawing slowly and forcefully.

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“Look, because the blunt instrument wasn’t sharp enough when it caused the wound, it needed enough force to break through the surface. Therefore, there would be obvious traces of ‘force’ at the place where the wound opened up.”

Seeing Doctor Gao’s vivid explanation and using his lines as an example, Captain Chen understood.

“That’s right. Now that you mention it, there’s indeed a difference. But do you think Little Officer Zhou used something else to cut the robber? After all, the situation is urgent, so there might not be time to draw the knife.”

With Doctor Gao’s rigorous work, Captain Chen also began to try to analyze the case with the logic of a criminal police officer.

Doctor Gao flipped over the first photo, revealing a close-up photo on the second page.

In the photo this time, the wound was magnified many times. On the flesh that was flipped outside, there were obvious dots of various colors and injuries to the meridians.

Captain Chen looked at it and said in surprise, “What does this mean?”

Doctor Gao looked at Captain Chen with a serious expression and slowly said, “From the wound, the cutting surface is exceptionally smooth. It’s like a scalpel cutting through it without any pause, so we can directly eliminate the possibility of thermal weapons…”

“What kind of weapon is that?”

“Other than firearms and other firearms, there are only cold weapons like swords and sabers…”

Captain Chen interrupted, “Cold weapons? Our police officers are only equipped with military knives. It’s even more impossible for electric batons to cause cuts.”

As he spoke, Captain Chen pointed at the wound on the photo and asked, “What are these colorful dots?”

Doctor Gao looked at Captain Chen seriously and said slowly, “This… is very likely the residue of the murder weapon that really injured the suspect. I carefully took a part of it for analysis and testing…”

“What is it?”

“In terms of composition, most of it is chemical wood pulp, grass pulp, as well as pigments and ink…”

“It’s so complicated. Let’s be straightforward.”

Doctor Gao took a deep breath. “To put it simply, there are many daily products with this ingredient. For example, paper shopping bags, advertisement printing products, merchandise boxes, and so on…”

“Alright, Doctor Gao, what you’re saying is that these are daily necessities like paper boxes. In other words, the things tested are paper scraps, right? Can I interpret it that way?”

“Paper box? Paper scraps? That makes sense… But how can this hurt someone? Captain Chen, stop joking…” Doctor Gao stopped mid-sentence and shook his head.

“Could it be that the other party used a paper box or bag to carry the weapon and carried it on his body, so the weapon was stained with wood pulp?”

“Moreover, it’s not a police weapon. It’s also a fresh and smooth wound… What kind of strange weapon can achieve such an effect…”

Seeing Doctor Gao mumbling for a long time, Captain Chen’s appetite was piqued. He did not understand what Doctor Gao was trying to express by being so mysterious.

Even if the suspect hadn’t been slashed with a police weapon, what did that mean?

Hence, he stared at him impatiently. “Ah, right. And then?”

Doctor Gao also noticed Captain Chen’s impatience. He softened his tone and teased, “Hey, no wonder you can’t be a criminal police officer, Captain Chen!”

Captain Chen waved his hand. “Ah, yes, yes, yes. Don’t talk nonsense. Just tell me, what does this mean?”

“What does it mean? It means that there’s someone else present!”

“What? Say that again!” Captain Chen was in disbelief.

Doctor Gao repeated himself.

“It means that there are other people at the scene! It was this person who injured the suspect with a strange weapon and caused his pistol to slip!”

Captain Chen slapped his forehead as if he had just woken up from a dream.

Captain Chen snatched the photo from Doctor Gao’s hand and looked at it carefully.

He knew very well how valuable Doctor Gao’s words were.

He was not good at analyzing criminal cases, but when it came to abhorring evil, he, Old Chen, was the one to go to.

If Doctor Gao was not spouting nonsense, there should be another person present.

A person who had disappeared!