Chapter 93 Mandala 13
At six o'clock in the morning, not many people were on duty at the Municipal Bureau. Those criminal police who had been working hard all night seized the last moment to go to the duty room to rest.
The entire criminal investigation team was empty.
Luo Siwei walked into the lounge and saw Chi Li already sitting at the table. He lowered his head and was arranging the breakfast.
He neatly arranged the steamed buns, soy milk, fried dough sticks and tea eggs in a row, just like the neatly organized documents on his desk, as if they were lined up waiting for inspection.
He pointed in a gentlemanly manner and said, "You choose first."
Luo Siwei didn't hesitate to walk over and thank him. She picked up a meat bun. She recognized it; it was from one of her favorite shops.
After a busy night, suddenly seeing your favorite food is a happy feeling.
Luo Siwei asked, "Captain Chi, how did you know I like eating the buns from this restaurant?"
"I saw you buy some before, so I brought some here on the way today." Chi Li watched Luo Siwei pick up the buns and eat them, but he himself was in no hurry to start. "Did you spend the whole night interrogating yesterday?"
Luo Siwei shook his head. "According to interrogation regulations, there were a few hours of rest in between, allowing the defendant to rest. I was sorting through the materials, so I didn't sleep."
The thin skin is soaked with gravy, and inside is a big meatball. It tastes fat and lean, and the seasoning is especially good. The taste feels rich and varied, yet cleverly integrated into one.
Luo Siwei still remembers that the shop was owned by a family of three, a husband and wife who worked together, chatting and laughing. A seven or eight-year-old child was doing homework nearby, and after finishing his homework, he would help the adults collect money and wipe the table.
That's what a normal family should look like.
Food is great for soothing the mind and body.
Eating buns, facing Chi Li.
Luo Siwei felt much better.
Chi Li watched her eat for a while before picking up a tea egg, lowering his head and peeling off the eggshell bit by bit with his slender fingers.
Luo Siwei noticed that even when he ate eggs, he took small bites and ate them very politely.
After breakfast, Chi Li asked about the progress of Luo Siwei's case.
Luo Siwei stuffed the last bun into her mouth, still feeling a little unsatisfied. "Now that the confession is almost done, I will check all the details again. But I still feel like there's something wrong with this case."
Chi Li asked: "What do you think is wrong?"
Luo Siwei thought for a moment. "I can't really put my finger on it. It's just that there's an old saying we often use: don't blindly trust a suspect's confession. Don't just listen to what they say; pay attention to what they do. I feel like I don't know them well enough."
"There's still time, let's check it slowly." Chi Li lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said, "I think you can't ignore this."
Luo Siwei asked: "What?"
"Apart from those family members who each have their own despicable deeds, you also need to pay attention to the suspects." Chi Li raised his head and looked at her with a deep gaze, "Those people are long-term users of the software."
Luo Siwei thought for a while and suddenly realized: "Becoming a software user is problematic in itself!"
Just based on the descriptions of the suspects, Luo Siwei could imagine that this software was full of violence and abuse.
She has also seen some of the complaints and revelations on the Internet. When people can remain anonymous, their evil will become more unscrupulous.
It can be said that the Whisper APP is the source of evil and a place of disorder.
What kind of people would like this kind of software?
Those seemingly "innocent" suspects had been using this software for a long time and had very high levels.
More importantly, they are no longer satisfied with making money using software, but want to do something else, such as the "Family Clearance Plan".
Junior high school and high school students are neither too old nor too young, as they should have formed basic moral concepts. Even if they are rebellious, they should know the importance of life.
Luo Siwei assumed that he was just an ordinary student and would probably not install this kind of software even if he saw it.
Even if she installed it on a whim, she would stop if she felt something was wrong with the game. She would not do something seemingly minor for a few hundred dollars, let alone something more serious.
Now think about it, someone like He Jin, who earned some money in the game because he was short of money, and then stopped logging into the game after his phone was broken. Even though he hated his family, he wouldn't actually kill them. If there were any problems later, he would take screenshots and send them to the police. This is probably what a normal person would do.
Arguing with the delivery man, making things difficult for the milk tea shop clerk, and hurting her family, these were things Luo Siwei would never do even if she was given more money. Not to mention other more blatant bad things.
To take a step back, even if a software user has been using this APP for various reasons such as lack of money, curiosity, rebellion, lack of moral sense, unhappy family, immaturity, brainwashing, etc.
As long as he is a person with a legal bottom line, he will never be brainwashed to the point of eliminating his family.
When faced with a bad family, a normal person's first choice would be to do everything in their power to distance themselves from those scoundrels. However, none of these suspects made such a struggle or attempt.
They can call the police, ask for help, and think of more ways.
There is legitimate defense in the law. If the situation is serious enough to endanger your life, you can take self-help measures.
But they choose to kill and make themselves murderers.
To stop killing by killing, or even to strike first to gain the upper hand.
Luo Siwei figured it out: "This software is misleading, but that kind of misleading can make a person with little evil amplify his evil intentions, but it can't guide a completely upright person!"
Chi Li nodded: "No one can implant murderous intent into a person who has no murderous intent."
His words made Luo Siwei suddenly enlightened.
She said with emotion: "Thank you, Captain Chi, you always hit the nail on the head."
Chi Li said: "You are just confused because of the situation. I believe that if you give you some time, you will definitely be able to find the problem."
Luo Siwei reviewed the entire case and said, "I think I've figured out the Whisperers' intentions..."
Chi Li nodded and waited for her to speak.
Luo Si tilted his head slightly to gather his thoughts. "First of all, the settings of the games on the Whispering app show that the people behind them are evil. We often say that we shouldn't do evil, no matter how small, and we shouldn't refrain from doing good, no matter how small. But those people use money as a lure to gradually cultivate evil habits in people, completing the transition from small evil to big evil."
"Therefore, I think that the family elimination plan they proposed is not to help those people solve their problems, nor is it to act as a savior." Having said that, Luo Siwei took a sip of soy milk, moistened his throat and continued.
"I sensed a sense of contempt within the plan. Contempt for people, contempt for life. This contempt wasn't just directed at the victims, but also at those who signed up. The person behind it seemed to think everyone was inferior to him, someone he could manipulate at will.
Chi Li listened to her analysis and nodded: "The previous arson case also had the same characteristics."
There is no doubt that the person who can come up with these must be extremely smart, that is, a high IQ criminal.
If the person behind the scenes is a savior-type murderer, then his purpose is to punish the evildoers. He will strictly let things develop according to his own plan, will not implicate innocent people, and will not let go of anyone he thinks deserves to die.
However, in the arson case, Li Muyao's killings were somewhat random.
Today's shipwreck cases also have some uncontrollable factors.
Luo Siwei said, "I have a sixth feeling, I don't know if it's correct. Those people chose these three people as their targets and carried out a murder. First, they took advantage of the detailed information, and secondly, they took advantage of the hatred of those people's relatives. If the murder happened to these people, their families might handle it low-key, or even give up the claim for compensation. Such a murder will be quickly packaged as an accident to settle the matter peacefully."
Chi Li continued to enlighten her: "I was recently reviewing the arson case. Did you notice a detail? If they lured He Jin to let her kill her family, why did they contact her again after her family died?"
Luo Siwei understood: "Maybe... He Jin is also a target?"
Chi Li nodded: "I think that if they help those people kill their families, then later on... Zhou Bingcheng, Chao Si, and Zhong Ziling will never be able to escape the control of those people."
After figuring this out, Luo Siwei's arms were covered in goose bumps again. "Killing their family will become a handle on them for the rest of their lives. Their 'souls' will be harvested by the other party."
At this point, she thought of another possibility: "The Whisperers are the administrators of the software. Perhaps they were also selected from the users participating in the game..."
In the lounge, Chi Li's voice was calm and inhuman. He revealed the hidden secret behind it: "So, this is not a desperate counterattack when honest people are forced into a desperate situation. This is to encourage them to fight and 'raise the poison'. The purpose of those people is to make them kill. The competition is about who is more ruthless, who has more opportunities, and who can survive. The winner will be won over by them. As for what's going on, the Whisperers must have ulterior motives..." Chi Li paused and said, "I guess it may be related to certain interests."
Luo Siwei nodded. The production, operation, maintenance, management of the software, the issuance of wish coins, and the bribing of boatmen all require a lot of money.
After the morning rest, Chi Li stood up and said, "Let's take a long-term view and investigate slowly."
Luo Siwei came to the office and made work arrangements for the morning.
Then she walked into the interrogation room where Wang Guifan, the mother, was held.
Luo Siwei sat across from Wang Guifan and began to verify her previous confession: "Has your eldest daughter undergone multiple plastic surgeries?"
Wang Guifan shed tears and nodded: "I did it a few times. I can't remember exactly how many times."
Luo Siwei asked, "She owed an online loan because of plastic surgery?"
Wang Guifan nodded again.
Luo Siwei continued to ask: "Do you also often give her money to pay for her plastic surgery?"
Wang Guifan sobbed a few times and nodded.
"You opened a credit card and gave the money you withdrew to Zhong Zining?"
This all sounds consistent with Zhong Ziling's confession, and was also confirmed during Guo Zhengyao's previous interrogation.
Luo Siwei continued to ask: "I want to know what kind of person your eldest daughter is?"
Wang Guifan's eyes were swollen. She was stunned for a moment, then said, "The person is dead, what else is there to say..."
Luo Siwei asked a more specific question: "Do you feel resentful because she borrowed money and asked you for money?"
"Resentment..." Wang Guifan repeated the word, then shook his head slightly. "A little bit, I guess. I would occasionally complain about her, but I wouldn't call it resentment."
Luo Siwei continued to ask: "What kind of person is your second daughter? What is her relationship with her sister?"
The woman said, "I am a mother after all. I have lost a daughter and I don't want to say anything bad about Lingling anymore."
Luo Siwei keenly sensed the problem from her answer, and sure enough, everything was just as she and Chi Li had inferred.
"Your confession is very important. Zhong Ziling is still a minor. For suspects like her, we focus more on education and reform. If she really had other motives that led to Zhong Zining's death, the nature and significance would be different. You helped her conceal it, not helping her, but harming her."
Wang Guifan listened to her with a dull expression, as if he didn't understand what she meant.
Luo Siwei continued, "If there are any hidden secrets behind Zhong Zining's death, I hope you can tell us the truth. What kind of person Zhong Ziling is will also affect our police judgment."
"Lingling has a bad temper, and the two sisters are always quarreling. Sometimes Lingling also quarrels with us." Wang Guifan finally covered her face and told the truth. "Ningning... although she is a little vain and loves beauty and always likes plastic surgery, what girl doesn't want to be beautiful? She just pursues appearance a little too much... Lingling has her own problems. She feels that she is not good-looking enough and is a little jealous of her sister. She feels that her family is poor and looks down on us as parents."
"Actually... there's another reason why Ningning had to undergo so many plastic surgeries. It's also been a thorn in my heart for so many years." Wang Guifan's shoulders trembled.
"My Ningning has been pretty since she was little. Everyone who sees her praises her. One time, I took her and her sisters to the playground to play on the slide. That year, Lingling was seven years old, and Ningning, the older sister, was fourteen. Somehow, Ningning suddenly fell headfirst from the big slide, her face covered in blood. Her nose was broken, and her jaw was fractured. At the time, I was so anxious that I rushed her to the hospital. Only later did I remember to find out who had pushed her down..."
"Lingling said she didn't know, but I felt like I saw her standing behind her sister."
"Lingling denied it, and I didn't tell Ningning. But it's always been a thorn in my heart. For so many years, whenever my family had money, we would let our eldest daughter have plastic surgery, to make up for my guilt for not taking good care of her. But later, things changed, and she has recovered well. But Ningning always feels that she should look better..."
After obtaining Wang Guifan's testimony, Luo Siwei called other relatives of the Zhong family and Zhong Ziling's teachers and classmates.
After summarizing all the information, she returned to the interrogation room where Zhong Ziling was.
The girl sat opposite him, still with the same innocent expression as before.
When Luo Siwei started asking questions, she repeated the same words she had said to Guo Zhengyao and Huo Cunsheng before.
Luo Siwei interrupted her: "That year, you and your sister went to the playground together. How did your sister fall off the slide?"
This question left Zhong Ziling stunned.
Luo Siwei stared at her closely and continued to ask, "You were complaining with those people on the Internet, and a lot of the things you said were made up by you, right?"
Among the few people, she was the most active in completing the game tasks on the Whisper APP, and also the one with the highest level.
Zhong Ziling's heart had long been twisted. Only by constantly saying bad things about her sister could she hang out with those people.
After hearing Luo Siwei's words, the young girl's expression gradually became ferocious.
She was like a lit firecracker, suddenly becoming anxious, or like a cat whose tail was stepped on, starting to show its teeth and claws.
"I pushed it, so what? I was young then. Even now I'm not an adult!"
"I just don't like her. We are sisters, so why is she so pretty and I am so ugly? My relatives all say she is good and treat me like a nobody."
"Why didn't they ask for my opinion before giving birth to me? I don't want to be born into a family like this at all. I don't want to be her sister at all."
"She finally became ugly, and her parents had to scrape together money for her plastic surgery. She always wore nice clothes, and I could only wear her hand-me-downs..."
Having said that, Zhong Ziling's eyes rolled up and he looked at Luo Siwei with anger.
"Or rather, that old couple who had no money but insisted on having two children are the original sin of everything! If it weren't for the registration restrictions, I really want to kill them both."
At this point, Zhong Ziling finally took off her disguise.
After coming out of the interrogation room, Luo Siwei ordered the police officers to start with the suspect and carefully investigate the past of other people.
Soon, some more details were discovered by the police.
Chaosi's first job after graduating from university was as an insurance salesperson, and she is familiar with insurance regulations.
Zhao Si's parents died unexpectedly: his mother first became blind and then fell from a height, while his father died of a drug overdose. There are some suspicious circumstances surrounding each of these accidents.
In addition, both of them had purchased high-value insurance before their injuries and deaths, and the beneficiary of the insurance was Chao Si.
Before leaving this time, Chao Si also bought a high-value insurance for Yan Xiuming. If the police had not discovered any other mystery behind this accident, her crime might not have been discovered.
Afterwards, Luo Siwei discovered something terrifying when he thought about it carefully.
She found a form to fill out on Yan Xiuming's laptop. The information on the form was about Chao Si, including all her living habits.
However, the date on which this form was filled out was one day later than the time Chao Si had previously confessed that she had registered for the family clearance program.
Zhou Bingcheng, who seems to be a good student, also has a side that is unknown to the public.
He transferred to No. 3 Middle School. At his previous school, he had been involved in fights and bullying. The Zhous had paid some compensation and transferred him to another school, which cleared his record. While he hated his brother, he was also gradually becoming...
Family Clearance Program.
Who should be eliminated?
Life, law, punishment, these are such serious words, but once lynching becomes rampant, they will be full of loopholes.
What made Luo Siwei most disgusted and frightened in the whole incident were the people hiding behind the scenes.
After getting the truth of the case, Luo Siwei confirmed it again.
The people behind the scenes don't care about the real reason why these people kill people. They just want to sacrifice human lives so that these people can bear heavier sins.
They locked the poisonous insects in a sealed jar and didn't care who lived or died. Those who survived could be used by them.
Both the murderer and the murdered are like chess pieces in the hands of others.
Luo Siwei closed the case file.
The truth of this case finally came to light.
The police still have a lot of work to do.
They also need to find out who bribed the captain behind the scenes, but the payment account is an overseas account.
The exchange of wish coins on the app is another clue. However, the exchange of these coins also goes through several money laundering processes, making it difficult for even the best economic investigation police to track.
There seem to be many directions to look into, but it is difficult to study them carefully.
Luo Siwei thought that if they wanted to get to the bottom of what was going on, it would not be enough to rely on just a few of them.
Just as she was thinking this, her phone chimed softly, and a message from Chi Li popped up: "I just finished a meeting with Director Chen. A special task force will be set up later to conduct further investigation into this app and related cases."
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