Officer Fang returned to the criminal police brigade and retrieved all the previous files overnight.

Officer Fang has heard a little about the cases that Jiang Yao has handled since he joined the bureau, but he has not investigated them specifically.The information in his hand is mainly those before Jiang Yao became the executor.

Three cases.

"Dancing room broken limb case", "Wen Lingxi decapitation case", "Jiang Yihuan falling from a building".

It is different from the naming method of the Administration Bureau. Their Criminal Police Brigade is used to naming people's names + keywords, which is convenient for internal personnel to investigate and remember.

Police officer Fang decided to investigate the "Jiang Yihuan falling from the building" first.

According to the information given to him by Jiang Yao, "Jiang Yihuan's fall from a building" was recorded in the project "Black Eye Disease".

The police officers on the other side had heard about that too, but they didn't know much about it.At that time, the Administration strictly controlled public opinion and did not leak any information.

Even the students of Yijiang University do not know the existence of "black eye disease".Most people think that they are just floaters, which are acutely exacerbated due to excessive fatigue and anxiety, causing dark shadows to appear in front of their eyes.

As for the death of the principal and Professor Jiang... According to media reports, the principal made a mistake in decision-making due to long-term pressure.So much so that they mistakenly think that there are infectious diseases in the school.In order to prevent the spread of infectious diseases, they insisted on going their own way and strongly chose to close the school.

In order to protect the students, Professor Jiang had a fierce quarrel with the principal.The headmaster realized his mistake and committed suicide in his office.Professor Jiang chased to the roof of the dormitory in order to rescue another student who attempted suicide.During the tugging, both the student and the student fell from the building.

……Yes.In that case, another student died.His name is Song Bin.

At that time, it was a temporary task force that was in charge of the case.Police officer Fang was not there.

He only learned about this situation through the official police report: the student named Song Bin usually walks alone and has a weird personality.After the school was closed, he was also mentally abnormal, and decided to commit suicide by jumping off the building when he couldn't think about it for a while.Just happened to be bumped into by Professor Jiang, Professor Jiang's persuasion was fruitless, and when Song Bin jumped up, he rushed forward to try to hold him back.

Unexpectedly, the student was not rescued, and Professor Jiang himself was dragged downstairs.

Sounds pretty fucked up.

Police officer Fang still remembered the flash of thought he had when he saw this police report: It's too fucking.This statement must be to cover up something.

Now seeing the project report of the authority, Officer Fang verified his idea.

Unexpectedly, the truth is far more nonsense than the stories in the police bulletin.

Song Bin and the principal turned into monsters, and the floaters turned out to be a pollution disease...

Jiang Yihuan's death is even more bizarre.Without warning, he fell from the roof of the building inexplicably, and landed right in front of Jiang Yao.

It seemed that someone on the top of the building saw the right moment and threw Jiang Yihuan from above.

Terrible really.

Officer Fang only knew that Jiang Yao lost his father at the time, but he didn't know that the actual situation was even more cruel than he imagined.

It's even more terrifying.

I can't help but want to say: How much hatred?

How much hatred is it to do such a thing to Jiang Yao and the people around Jiang Yao?

Officer Fang couldn't help but sighed softly in his heart, turned the mouse wheel, and continued to check the surveillance records.

——This is the surveillance video of 10 days before and after the incident, a total of 20 days.

Police Officer Fang was not in charge of the "Jiang Yihuan Falling Building Case" at the time, but as the captain of the first criminal police team, Officer Fang had full authority to obtain all the evidence collected by the police force at that time.

This surveillance video was copied from Yijiang University by my colleague at the time.

For a full 20 days, the content covered hundreds of cameras in Yijiang University.Including teaching buildings, dormitories, squares, canteens... and more than a dozen entrances and exits, large and small.

Even if you don't sleep and rest, and fast-forward dozens of times, it will take several days to watch these surveillance videos.

Officer Fang doesn't have that much time.

But he has a goal, a direction.

He entered the appearance data of Dr. Xu—or "Lu Zhi" in other words, and then readjusted the surveillance video through a recognition software inside the police.

In no time, the software identified 732 segments.are all scenarios that could include the above-mentioned people.

Officer Fang lit a cigarette and began to compare frames one by one.

Three hours later.

"Sure enough..." Officer Fang narrowed his eyes, leaned forward slightly, and moved closer to the screen.

It was in front of a school building.On the screen, Dr. Xu was wearing a black suit, looking up at something with a smile on his head.

The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, a faint smile.That kind of laughter made Officer Fang feel very uncomfortable.

Officer Fang turned the mouse wheel.The video skips to the next frame.

Gone.

Dr. Xu disappeared in place.

Rewind the video again, and Dr. Xu appears.

Back again.

In the previous frame, the front of the teaching building became empty again.

…The surveillance video is 24 frames per second.

In other words, the duration of one frame is 124 seconds.

A chill ran down Police Officer Fang's back.

He used recognition software to re-scan all the videos.

The conclusion is - no more.

In the 10 days before and after the incident, a total of 20 days in total, in all the surveillance videos, Dr. Xu was captured in this short frame.

Just 124 seconds.

As for how Dr. Xu entered Yijiang University and when he left... there is no way to check.

He's like...a silhouette.

It suddenly appeared in this monitoring.There is no antecedent, no consequence.There is no origin, no way back.

It just appeared.

Then disappeared.

Officer Fang retuned the surveillance video to the frame where Dr. Xu appeared.

The image on the screen was fixed on Dr. Xu's slightly raised head, faintly smiling.

Officer Fang suddenly trembled.

—he is looking here.

At that moment, Officer Fang suddenly felt a sense of extreme fear that he had never felt in the police force for more than ten years.

—he is looking here.

That man, that strange man, is watching here through the surveillance camera, across time and space.

look at me.

...

Ivan sent a message, saying that Dr. Xu has been going to work honestly for the past few days.

Dr. Xu is still affiliated with the Psychological Counseling Department.For safety reasons, Jiang Yao secretly contacted the person in charge of the consulting department and asked him to immediately suspend all the diagnosis and treatment that Dr. Xu was in charge of and hand it over to others.

Dr. Xu is responsible for not many patients.Jiang Yao is one.

From the very beginning, the psychological counseling department intended to take special care of Jiang Yao: let Dr. Xu be responsible for a few patients, and treat Jiang Yao properly.After all, Jiang Yao has a special status, he belongs to Qin Wuwei.

Now that all Dr. Xu's patients have been withdrawn, it won't be too conspicuous for a while.After all, the few patients in his hands are also the masters who do not return to the clinic on time.It's normal to have a window for a few days.

Officer Fang came to Jiang Yao's home as scheduled.Qin Wuwei has also rushed back from the fifth administrative district.

The world is full of dust.

Officer Fang and Qin Wuwei had solemn expressions, while Jiang Yao was quietly in the kitchen, pouring tea for them both.

Police officer Fang is not a member of the management bureau after all, and he can't run to the management bureau all day long.What's more, Dr. Xu himself is still sitting in the management office at the moment, this feeling is very bad.

The headquarters of the management authority can no longer give people a sense of security.

"Is that boy from Saudi Arabia alright?" Officer Fang lit a cigarette with a worried expression on his face.

"So far there has been no movement." Qin Wuwei said lightly, "Perhaps Dr. Xu is also waiting for something."

Officer Fang frowned.

He was all too familiar with this feeling.

Before serving as the captain of the Yijiang Criminal Police Brigade, he had participated in anti-drug work on the border of China.Those drug dealers who are deep in the city and scheming, sometimes dormant quietly like this, waiting for the opportunity.

Then the poisonous snake comes out of the hole and bites down the prey.

What is Dr. Xu waiting for?

What is Dr. Xu's prey?

Jiang Yao simply poured three cups of hot tea out.

Cold weather.The Jiang family's villa was empty and uninhabited for a long time, making it even more gloomy and cold.

The hot tea was steaming in the glass, as if it was the only warmth in this cold and empty big house.

"Let's gather the information." Qin Wuwei took the teacup and put it on the coffee table.

"Yeah." Jiang Yao nodded, and pulled out a whiteboard from behind the sofa.

Officer Fang looked at the brand new whiteboard and couldn't help but smile: "You've even prepared this."

This kind of whiteboard is often used by their criminal police brigade.In every meeting room.It is convenient to draw character relationship diagrams and organize clues.

"En." Jiang Yao nodded, took out three pens, and sent one to each of them.Then sit back on the sofa.

He held a thick black oil-based pen in his hand, like holding a paintbrush.

Qin Wuwei glanced into the courtyard involuntarily - the easels in the yard had been put away.

Once upon a time, Jiang Yao used graffiti as a project report.Qin Wuwei couldn't understand what the hell he was drawing, and had to frantically communicate with the autistic patient repeatedly to confirm the details of the project.

Now Jiang Yao already knows to prepare a whiteboard and black pen in advance to discuss the serious case.

This change...

No, this "growth".

The price is too great.

Qin Wuwei closed his eyes and put away unnecessary thoughts.Shen Sheng said: "I'll come first. It's a matter of the peer meeting."

Officer Fang and Jiang Yao turned their gazes to him at the same time.

"The last stronghold of the peer association has been eradicated by us. I won't talk about the process." Qin Wuwei skipped those thrilling battles in a flat tone, and spoke quickly and authentically, "Now we have the information."

"One. The Peer Club is an organization established by a male mutant. No one knows how it was first established, and everyone was invited to join the club. The initial members were all top rich people. Some of them wanted to cure terminal illnesses, some forImmortality, and some people sincerely believe that mutants are higher than human beings—they call themselves evolutionaries—they firmly believe in this, so they choose to 'actively evolve'."

Qin Wuwei unscrewed the nib of the oil-based pen, walked to the whiteboard, and wrote down the first keyword on the blank interface: Evolutionary.

"These tycoons provide funds for activities of the peer association, and they themselves use the ability of mutants to secretly carry out acts of cannibalism. Among them, the incidents of [Old Strange Baby], [Blood Remnant Bead], and [The Missing Idol] are typical representatives.But this is just the tip of the iceberg. These rich people are just using their status as mutants to satisfy their own desires, and they have not actually participated in the real affairs of the peer association."

"This is the second key piece of information I found: the real power in the peer association is three mutants whose identities are unknown. Regarding these three mutants, I only know that they are strong and their rank is above S. TheyAppears in the peer meeting from time to time, posting some tasks. Most of the time disappeared."

"The code names of these three mutants are—"

Qin Wuwei swiped a few strokes, and wrote three more names on the whiteboard:

"believer".

"tutor".

"director".

"A believer? A mentor?" Officer Fang scratched his head, "And directors? These three titles don't sound like they belong to the same system..."

"Yes." Qin Wuwei nodded, pointing at the three names with a pen, "There is another clue. Among the three mutants, only the [director] is female. The other two are male."

"Why do so many people retain reason?" Jiang Yao suddenly asked.

"?" Officer Fang didn't understand what he meant.

"Because of screening." Qin Wuwei turned around, looking at Jiang Yao thoughtfully with his eyes behind the sunglasses.

This is a key question that hits the point.

In the past, Qin Wuwei would automatically acquiesce that it was the person in Jiang Yao's heart who asked Lu Zhi.

But now he has a very strong feeling.

This is what Jiang Yao asked himself.

Jiang Yao has been able to keep up with his rhythm and understand what he said.

Also, quick thinking.

It's like... merging with that person.

Jiang Yao, and Lu Zhi in his heart.As if fused together.Become a unified "person".

Qin Wuwei suppressed the subtle weird feeling in his heart, looked into Jiang Yao's eyes, and replied:

"Because, anyone who wants to join the peer association has a necessary condition. That is to pass the [evolutionary test]."

"Those who fail the test will degenerate into low-level mutants, be eaten on the spot, or be thrown to harm the world."

"Those who pass the test can truly enter the peer association, peel off their own skin, and become [evolvers]."

"—Wait?" Officer Fang was startled and couldn't help interrupting him, "Peel off your own skin?"

"Yes." Qin Wuwei remained expressionless, turned around and wrote three more words on the whiteboard.

"[Evolutionary] also has an oath ceremony when they join the club. That is to peel off their own skin as a human being, tan it with their own hands, and make leather shoes."

"It's a status symbol for them to identify with their own kind."

"This is also a symbol of honor for them to announce that they have given up their human identity and decided to become [evolvers]."

— red leather shoes.

Officer Fang felt terrified.

The three bright words on the whiteboard were obviously written with a black pen, but they seemed to be smeared with blood.

Jiang Yao just listened quietly.Black and white eyes with slow blinking eyelashes.

"[Test of Evolution], what is it?"

Jiang Yao spoke with a clear and calm voice.

"Is it slime?"