The technical department not only found the sent information, but also directly located the specific location where the account sent the information.

"Is it the Tanhua Shopping Mall again?"

Upon seeing the technical documents Ma Jie had sent, someone wondered, "Could this Blood Rose be living inside?"

Ma Jie asked, "Master Li, do you think we should set up defenses at the Tan Hua Market and wait for them to come to us? Maybe we can catch Blood Rose by surprise?"

Li Nan smiled and said, "Xiao Ma, that's what I thought at first too, but think about it carefully, is it even worth it?"

Li Nan had suggested this idea to Xiong Sifu before, but the outcome was the same as Ma Jie's today.

Finally, Xiong Sifu gave Li Nan a piece of advice: "Captain Li, can you use your brain a little more when you do things?"

Ma Jie's expertise lies in computers, especially his titanium alloy dog ​​eyes, which allow him to view videos almost instantly.

In other aspects, however, he is on the same level as their Chief Li.

"It should work, right?" Ma Jie's tone wasn't entirely certain.

"Xiao Ma, it's no use. First of all, the surveillance system at the Ephemeral Flower Mall is inadequate, which is an objective fact. Secondly, we have no idea when Blood Rose will make her move again. Moreover, it's now almost certain that Blood Rose likely possesses a very strong hypnotic ability. In the future, we must deal with her in groups of two or more, otherwise it will be extremely dangerous!"

In a previous group meeting, Li Nan had already informed several members of the Meiluo Academy group about Vice President Yang's speculation.

They have determined that they are facing a unique and special adversary, and while capturing the murderer, they must first ensure the safety of themselves and their partners.

Finally, Li Nan relayed Xiong Sifu's words to Ma Jie verbatim: "Ma Jie, can you use your brain a little more when you do things?"

Ma Jie poked the insect with his finger, looking aggrieved. "Section Chief Li, we've brought that kid who sent the message to the department. Do you want to go check on him first?"

"Let's go, let's see who gets persecuted by Blood Rose this time!"

...

This time, the person hypnotized and manipulated by Blood Rose was a young man who looked to be in his twenties.

His cheap plaid shirt and slightly thinning hair basically told his profession.

Today is Tuesday the 26th. This young man must have been brought here directly from the office or home, judging from the way his aggrieved expression is written all over his face.

"Tell me, what happened at the Tanhua Shopping Mall on the 20th?"

Li Nan and Ma Jie arrived at the meeting room, and at Li Nan's prompting, Ma Jie got straight to the point.

"Officer, I've said this several times before. I was just taking a day off to accompany my girlfriend to the Tanhua Shopping Mall to buy some clothes for the changing season. When we got to a women's clothing store, my girlfriend, Xiaoli, was picking out clothes inside, and I was resting in the rest area near the entrance. I had just sat down and taken out my phone when a man wearing a mask next to me asked to borrow my phone. For some reason, I handed it to him without hesitation."

Li Nan was startled. A man wearing a mask? This connected to the construction site death case. It seemed that Blood Rose did indeed have accomplices.

The programmer continued, "But then something strange happened. I remember as soon as I handed him my phone, he gave it back to me, stood up, and left. I was wondering about it when my girlfriend came out after trying on clothes. At first, I thought she didn't like the clothes in the store and just came out, but later I found out that more than twenty minutes had passed!"

Li Nan and Ma Jie exchanged a glance. Indeed, they were the same as the victims who had been hypnotized by Blood Rose before.

Hypnosis knows no time; a blink of an eye can feel like ten thousand years!

This programmer was a bit special; he saw that a man was borrowing his phone. None of the previous dozen or so victims had any memory of the people who had used their phones.

The man continued to complain, "And there's something even stranger. I don't know what happened, but my QuYin account name was changed to 'Unwilling Jellyfish Pig.' Who did this? QuYin only allows name changes once a month. My image! Waaaaah..."

This programmer was just a pitiful victim. After a brief inquiry, Li Nan let him go.

"Officer, what's going on here? Will this affect my work? Could you please give me a certificate explaining the situation? Otherwise, I'm afraid I'll be in trouble with my superiors when I get back!"

Li Nan was exasperated; programmers are just so dramatic!

The two returned to the office, and Li Nan asked, "How's the investigation of the other surveillance footage going?"

Ma Jie reported, "Because of the Taoyuan incident last month, Caiyun Polytechnic has increased its surveillance coverage significantly, including the areas where students enter and exit the school, and of course, Jingyue Lake!"

As Ma Jie spoke, he took a portable hard drive out of his bag and handed it to Li Nan.

“Video surveillance shows that on the 20th and 21st, all three girls visited Jingyue Square and Jingyue Lake.”

"Number 20, look, they each had five or six minutes of contact with the mysterious figure sitting in the corner of the square. However, this mysterious figure was wearing a mask and deliberately avoided the surveillance cameras. We can only deduce that he should be male and between 180 and 185 cm tall."

“This does indeed match the case of sudden death at the construction site,” Li Nan nodded.

“There is a lot of student mobility in the square. We tracked the movements of this mysterious person, but he disappeared right at the side gate of the school, near the Xingfuli residential area.”

“Xingfuli is an older neighborhood, so surveillance is definitely a big problem. It seems this mysterious mastermind knows a lot about Tanhua City!” Li Nan sighed and said, “What about the surveillance footage the next day?”

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