Chapter 17
The human skin that emerged from the car transformed into the principal of Yucai Elementary School again. With deliberate steps, he approached the front of the vehicle and peered inside.
The man in the driver's seat seemed to have lost his sanity, as several cold steel bars pierced through his heart.
Plasma shot out like a fountain, forming a pool on the ground, slowly merging into a small pit.
He turned his head to examine the co-pilot's position.
To his surprise, the fat woman was still alive. Her survival was unexpected, leaving him puzzled.
He looked into the bloodied face of a man with only one eyeball left, who stared back at him with a mix of fear and shock as if his sweat and hair were about to explode.
"Cough, cough, cough..." The fat woman struggled to breathe, but her efforts only resulted in choking on blood foam, causing her to cough violently.
"Qin Hao" refrained from further violence, deciding to leave a clue behind.
He retrieved the GPS tracker from beneath the car, gathered his belongings, and scanned the distance. The distant sound of police sirens was growing louder, urging him to leave swiftly.
The mall was nearby, and more people would soon arrive on the scene.
...
After walking for two kilometers, Qin Hao transformed his appearance once again in a hidden area before returning to a small hotel.
The broken car that had been parked in front of the Land Rover was, in fact, a scrapped vehicle that "Qin Hao" had purchased from the scrap station, knowing it would be on the target's route home.
To understand the target's itinerary, he installed a GPS positioning device under the target's car, enabling real-time monitoring of their movements.
As the target's car approached the intersection, another Land Rover pulled up behind them. Based on his analysis of the fat woman's character, he knew she wouldn't give up easily. As expected, she continued the pursuit. Seizing the moment when both the fat woman and the flesh-faced man exited their car, leaving it unattended, he stealthily slipped into the Land Rover.
Surprisingly, manipulating human skin required a significant amount of effort, even with the fat woman and the flesh-faced man being easier targets than he had anticipated.
He knew he needed to rest and recuperate.
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Haicheng Police Bureau
Gao Yi and her colleagues had been tirelessly working for two consecutive days, reducing the mountainous pile of broken glass to a mere dirt bag size.
It was an arduous yet essential task.
However, Gao Yi maintained her focus, examining each piece of glass meticulously with a magnifying glass, determined not to miss any trace.
She firmly believed that no criminal could escape without leaving a clue. As long as there were clues, she would find the perpetrator.
Continuously illuminating the glass with a light source, Gao Yi's eyes became dry and teary.
But she never allowed herself more than a few seconds to rest before diving back into the work.
With the fixture, she lifted a new piece of glass, and her eyes immediately fixated on something peculiar.
A shape had emerged on this small piece of glass.
Did it seem to be... a rounded corner?
Indeed, a perfectly curved, furrowed corner appeared on the glass surface. How could this shape be present in a pool's fixed structure?
Gao Yi examined the glass fragment carefully, her excitement growing with each passing second.
Her face brightened, and she couldn't contain her joy as she proclaimed, "Found, found...!"
Her colleagues gathered around, including Hou Liang, who looked on in amazement. Gao Yi raised the broken glass fragment triumphantly.
"This isn't a rounded corner at all; it's a hand-drilled hole! Someone manually drilled this hole; it wasn't done by a machine. The smoothness indicates it's a manual drill."
Hou Liang and the other officer's eyes widened in response to this breakthrough.
Gao Yi continued, "Let's work even harder and see if we can find a few more pieces like this. We'll send this glass fragment to the laboratory for analysis."
The newfound hope ignited enthusiasm among everyone, and they continued to sift through the remaining glass.
In no time, the laboratory department delivered its analysis:
"The hole was hand-drilled with a special drill, and we detected the composition of high-expansion glue on the hole wall."
"Theoretically, this high-expansion glue could cause the tempered glass to crack, rendering it unable to withstand the pool's water pressure, resulting in its breakage."
The revelation brought a surge of excitement and energy to the team.
However, their celebration was short-lived as an urgent phone call interrupted the joyous atmosphere.
Hou Liang answered the call, and his expression turned puzzled.
After a brief conversation, he turned to the team and said, "Just now, the director called. There's been a bizarre car accident on Huagang Road. One person is dead, and another is critically injured. The survivor claims that he was targeted and attacked. We need to rush over there immediately."
The team's enthusiasm shifted to concern and readiness as they prepared to investigate yet another perplexing case.