Shit puppet

Chen Yingsheng was awakened by a strong light that pierced his eyelids like a sharp arrow.

The light hit her senses like a roaring horn. Her eyelids twitched involuntarily a few times under such stimulation, as if her body was spontaneously avoiding this sudden intrusion.

As her eyelids trembled more and more, she began to struggle to swim upwards from the gorgeous kaleidoscope, and her consciousness gradually emerged from the colorful and changing geometric shapes.

When her eyes finally couldn't bear the pressure anymore and opened suddenly, strong light poured in like a torrent, instantly filling her entire visual world and causing a brief dizziness.

She raised her hands to block out the overly bright light. Her eyes narrowed into a slit, slowly adapting to the drastic changes in her surroundings.

When she saw the situation clearly, she found that it was Lao Wang who was holding a flashlight and shining it into her closed eyes. Chen Yingsheng stared at Lao Wang silently for a while, as if she was brought back to reality by the strong light and recovered her sealed memories.

She asked: "Are those three awake?"

Lao Wang turned off the flashlight: "They are all awake and have been sent to Anding Hospital for follow-up examinations."

“Is there a screen recording of this kaleidoscope?”

"There's the screen recording, and we also have the memory. You cracked it successfully."

Chen Yingsheng immediately asked: "What about Wanting——"

She couldn't make any sound. The words "memetic suppression" seemed like a forbidden word. Her lips and teeth were locked by an imperial decree, and her tongue was frozen straight in place, unable to move.

"Are you talking about the 'thing' that Wanting left behind? We contacted an expert on superpowers, but he didn't know either. He could only conclude that it was the 'thing' that prevented the spread of the infectious mental illness."

Chen Yingsheng tried to say Withered Dynasty, King of Kings, and Meliegro, but all these words were locked on the tip of her tongue, and she couldn't even utter a single sound.

Chen Yingsheng could only guess that it was Meleagro who took the King of Kings back to the place where fog and light intertwined, and then erased everyone's memory.

Or to put it another way, Meliegro is the concept of memetic suppression itself. No one can remember that He has been here, and no one can remember what He took away - except Chen Yingsheng.

"How do you feel? This time it took you longer to wake up from the kaleidoscope than last time." Wang Ruibin asked worriedly.

Lao Wang is always so worrying.

They were so close that they called him Lao Wang in private, because Wang Ruibin was a good friend of Chen Yingsheng's late father Chen Tu, and based on seniority he should call him Uncle Wang.

But the two not only have this uncle-nephew relationship, but also a working relationship. Calling him Uncle Wang is too awkward, so calling him Old Wang is closer.

When Chen Tu was alive, he was a famous detective who was good at solving cases and was called Shrike. Unfortunately, he died of pancreatic cancer 9 years ago at the age of 46.

At that time, Chen Yingsheng was taking the college entrance examination and did not even see his body.

This time the kaleidoscope was more powerful than the previous one, and colorful spots of light remained in front of Chen Yingsheng's eyes.

He rubbed his hair subconsciously. There was no pain and no blood. Chen Yingsheng was sure that he had returned to reality.

She realized later that there were several detectives in the room, both familiar and unfamiliar. She even saw her own cat on the lap of a strange male policeman.

Chen Yingsheng asked: "What time is it now?"

She made an appointment to give the cat a bath today, and if it's not too late, there's still time to send the cat over.

The cat that was sleeping soundly on someone's lap heard its owner's voice, opened its eyes excitedly, jumped to the ground, and trotted over while calling in a coquettish voice.

The young policeman who was used as a nest by the cat stood up and explained:

"It's ten o'clock, your cat keeps meowing in the car, and the owner of the pancake stand across the street thinks it's been abused, so we have to let it out first... Are you okay?"

Chen Yingsheng came down from the kaleidoscope to touch the cat. As soon as his feet touched the ground, his legs slid to the ground as soft as boiled noodles.

It turned out that it was not ten o'clock in the morning, but ten o'clock in the evening. The hunger in the game was real, and she hadn't eaten all day.

Chen Yingsheng endured the slight buzzing sound in his ears and calmly reached out to find the cat.

Until a piece of chocolate was stuffed into her mouth, the sweet taste quickly melted in her mouth, bringing a hint of vitality.

After a few minutes, she felt the scene in front of her eyes gradually become clearer, and strength slowly returned to her limbs. Although she was still a little weak, the tinnitus in her ears disappeared.

It was Li Ying who fed her the chocolate, and she said politely: "Thank you."

"You're welcome. It's my duty. You've helped us solve several big problems." Li Ying laughed heartily.

Then he pulled her up with one hand and said, "Go to the meeting room outside. There is food left for you."

The cat was held in the arms of a young male policeman, and a group of people filed out.

Chen Yingsheng was still asking: "Have you caught Ren Shanshan? Can you also confirm the identity of the madman? Is he a member of Agape?"

Lao Wang pushed her forward and said, "Eat first. You had low blood sugar just now. Did you miss breakfast again?"

She really hadn't eaten. She was so hungry that she could chew the table. Chen Yingsheng followed suit and came to the meeting room, holding her lunch box and eating.

Lao Wang sat aside and grumbled: "If I had known it would take so long, I should have asked you if you had breakfast. You have the same problem as Lao Chen. There is a pancake stand across the street, but you would rather go hungry than..."

Lao Wang's nagging attitude was so inconsistent with his appearance that Chen Yingsheng wanted to laugh while eating.

Wang Ruibin is over 50 years old, but he has no intention of retiring to the second line.

He was as strong as a bull, with an obvious scar on his shiny bald head. He said the scar was left by a super-powered criminal who could turn his body into a blade more than ten years ago.

Under his bald head are thick eyebrows and sharp eyes - an ordinary thief would be scared to the point of being unable to move if he looked at him from a distance of eight hundred miles.

After biting off a large piece of chicken leg, Chen Yingsheng looked around and observed the police officers busy with their work in the conference room. He found that everyone present today was a ruthless person who could scare the little thief so that he would not run away, at least from the outside.

Take the young policeman who was stuck to her cat as an example. It was not noticeable when he was sitting just now, but now that he stood up, Chen Yingsheng discovered that he was over 1.9 meters tall and his physique was no worse than Lao Wang.

He stood upright in front of the table, casting a shadow that was quite oppressive, but he had a face that was too harmless. He looked simple, kind and gullible. No wonder cats liked him.

However, if he was really gullible, he probably wouldn't be here today.

She had already eaten the chicken leg clean, but Lao Wang was still nagging: "I have told you so many times to eat well. Your mother passed away early, and Lao Chen is gone too. You have to take good care of yourself..."

Li Ying couldn't stand it anymore: "Lao Wang, stop talking, let them eat first."

After swallowing the last bite of meat and drinking half a bottle of water, Chen Yingsheng carefully wiped his mouth with a tissue: "Thank you, I'm done eating. So if Ren Shanshan is arrested, can I see her?"

"We have identified the suspect Ren Shanshan, but arresting and interrogating her is the police's job," Captain Li said stiffly.

Even if they caught her, they couldn't tell her the details. Chen Yingsheng had long been accustomed to the rigorous style of the Super Management Department, so she nodded in understanding.

Chen Yingsheng wanted to continue asking about the kaleidoscope, but was interrupted by a cat's meow.

Her cat climbed down the young policeman's pants and onto his shoulders, and even tried to lick his hair.

Chen Yingsheng was silent for two seconds, and said to the male police officer dryly: "It seems that it likes you very much."

"What's its name" the male police officer does not stop the cat.

"Shit puppet."

This time, the male police officer was silent: "What kind of ragdoll is this? It's not a ragdoll cat."

The cat is indeed not a ragdoll cat, it is just an ordinary cow cat.

It has a pair of amber eyes, a convex white area on its face, white hair on its chest and paws, and the rest of its hair is black, as if it is wearing a tuxedo.

"I mean its name, the Shit Muppet."

Several people in the conference room couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Your naming method is very unique." The male police officer praised tactfully, "I'm Zuo Xufei, and I just changed my job this year."

Chen Yingsheng was somewhat surprised that a young policeman who had just transferred to civilian work could join the criminal investigation team.

Lao Wang introduced her to several other policemen one after another. After a while, they answered the phone, said hello and left.

Chen Yingsheng is very concerned about the kaleidoscope: "Who is the inventor of the kaleidoscope? Can the game process and reasoning results be recognized as evidence by the court?"

Before entering Liu Tianyi's kaleidoscope, Li Ying told her that the kaleidoscope was invented by a professor at Danjiang University.

Li Ying replied: "Kaleidoscope is an original technology. It is currently only used internally by us. All related information is confidential."

Lao Wang laughed and said, "Xiao Chen, you also graduated from Danjiang University. Maybe you know that professor. Don't ask."

Danjiang University is Chen Yingsheng's alma mater, but she studied applied mathematics, which has nothing to do with this kind of machine.

"The fake person in this case is fake, but the fake person game leading to death is real, right?" Chen Yingsheng looked at the cat and asked in a calm tone.

"Why do you ask that?" Zuo Xufei took the pooping puppet off his shoulder and placed it on the table. "That's just nonsense on the Internet."

Chen Yingsheng smiled understandingly. She knew very well why the police did not tell her the whole story of the case.

Through her previous experience as an outside detective, she understood that her role was only to provide the police with kaleidoscopic assistance.

If the case manager wants to show her the entire case file, he must first report to his superiors step by step.

For example, the case files of infectious mental illness at Dan Normal University must have gone through discussions and layers of approval before she was allowed to read them.

Although I don’t remember anything after watching it and entering the kaleidoscope.

What she needs to do now is to prove that she has a greater role and value and is worthy of them writing this report.

Chen Yingsheng is such a detective. She is extremely eager for the truth and enjoys the process of obtaining the truth. It is only the truth that drives her to solve cases.

"Hide the tree in the forest." Chen Yingsheng unscrewed the cap of the mineral water bottle again, "The swordsman asked Ren Shanshan to pretend to be a fake person to scare Liu Tianyi, hoping that you would mistakenly believe that Liu Tianyi died in the fake person game and hid his body in the sea."

Li Ying looked at Zuo Xufei across the conference table and said, "So it wasn't the fake game that caused the death. The murderer was just making things mysterious."

"But the pseudo-human game has been popular on social networks for half a month. Two people did die during this period. Both of them played the game before their deaths." Chen Yingsheng touched the lines on the bottle cap.

"Since the Kaleidoscope can collect supernatural remnants, why not try it on the two dead people?"

There was silence.

"Alas." Li Ying sighed, "We tried, but we didn't collect anything."

"You will collect information to explain that the police also suspect that the two died in the fake human game, so their causes of death are similar. No, they should have the same cause of death and similar death, and the two -"

"That's enough!" Lao Wang interrupted Chen Yingsheng's reasoning, "Don't say it here."

"Don't tell anyone." Li Ying smiled bitterly. "This is something that cannot be confirmed at the moment. We don't want to cause panic."

Chen Yingsheng nodded vigorously and drank the remaining half bottle of water.

"It's so late, go back to sleep." Lao Wang took the opportunity to get her out while she was drinking water and unable to talk.

Fearing that she would ask more questions and infer something she shouldn't know, Lao Wang stood up and said, "Xiao Zuo, please see Xiao Chen off. She's been tired all day. Captain Li and I have a meeting, so I won't see her off."

Chen Yingsheng didn't even swallow a sip of water as Lao Wang strode out of the meeting room holding Li Ying.

Without caring about the water in his mouth, Chen Yingsheng hurriedly asked the last question: "Captain Wang, don't go! Can the kaleidoscope collect superpower residues from living people?"

Lao Wang's thick back paused for a moment, as if he didn't hear what she said, and fled with Li Ying.

The conference room immediately became quiet. Zuo Xufei stared at her across the conference table. The pooped puppet squatted in the middle of the table and licked its fur comfortably.

"What did you just say about the two of you?" In order to ease the embarrassment, Zuo Xufei asked a question that Lao Wang did not want him to continue.

"And the two dead must have no connection, which is why the police suspected that it was an indiscriminate murder case led by a superpower, and then focused their attention on the only thing the two had in common, that they had both played the pseudo-human game."

Zuo Xufei raised his eyebrows. He neither denied nor admitted the statement. He changed the subject: "Where is your home? I'll take you there."

"Thank you, but that's okay." Chen Yingsheng picked up the cat, and the cat made a dissatisfied cry. "I drove here. The office is not far from here."

"Give me the cat and I'll take you to the car."

He was really too polite, offering the gift at such a short distance. Just as Chen Yingsheng was about to refuse, the poop doll happily jumped into Zuo Xufei's arms.

Chen Yingsheng reasonably suspected that the pooping puppet was transformed from a human. It seemed as if it understood what Zuo Xufei said.

The two walked out of the conference room side by side. Zuo Xufei shook the fat cat in his arms and said, "Why did you give it this name?"

"My brother gave it the name. The full name is 'A rag doll cat who only knows how to eat, poop and sleep'. Because the name is too long, the veterinary hospital's system can't record it, so we have to shorten it to 'Pooping Ragdoll'."

"It should also be called a eating puppet!" Zuo Xufei complained, "You have a younger brother."

Indeed, few people in the outside world knew that Detective Shrike had an adopted son, and Chen Yingsheng only found out about this after his father passed away.

"He's not my biological brother. He was adopted by my father."

"Just like the daughter of the old Wang family"

Wang Ruibin's daughter was also adopted, and was said to be a victim of a large superpower criminal gang. She was a little silly after being rescued.

"It's still different. That child is so pitiful." Chen Yingsheng took the cat reluctantly from Zuo Xufei.

She explained: "My brother and Lao Wang's daughter were classmates, and I have heard a little about her."

Zuo Xufei nodded knowingly and said goodbye to the cat: "Goodbye, a lousy cat that only knows how to eat, poop and sleep is like a rag doll."