Chapter 151 Soul Bomb
Everyone stood up quickly, and Li Ao and Wen Chong in the interrogation room were also stopped. Wen Chong hurried out and asked, "What happened? How could someone commit suicide?"
Old Wei quickly replied, "Director Wen, Sun Zhongyi was taken from the hospital to the police station for custody. Somehow, he had an IV needle hidden in his sleeve, embedded in the fabric... When we found it, Sun Zhongyi was in the process of putting the needle down his throat!"
Li Ao frowned: "Did he save her?"
Lao Wei nodded: "Save him, save him."
Everyone looked at each other. Just when they had figured out that Sun Zhongyi might not be normal in this incident, he committed suicide. It was like timely rain.
"Even if Sun Zhongyi is the murderer of Principal Wei, is it possible that he didn't know the old ghost and simply stumbled upon the gang of ghosts causing chaos in the school while on the run? Are the two incidents actually independent of each other?"
Wen Chong shook his head and said to Tu Lanxun, "That's possible, but it's such a coincidence. I'm inclined to believe they know each other. After all, under the restrictions of the Fourth Treaty, Tan Ming can still try to escape by wearing Sun Zhongyi's skin..."
If Tan Ming had successfully escaped by disguising himself as police officer Wang Dahui while wearing Sun Zhongyi's body, it would have meant two things:
First, the carrier, Sun Zhongyi, is free;
Secondly, Tan Ming could hide in the body of a living person and leave, which meant he could leave the crime scene without being trapped in the bathroom.
——They were really blocked in the bathroom at that time, because there were more and more people outside, and there were many masters. If Tan Ming and other ghosts directly broke through invisibly, there was a chance that Tu Lanxun and others would see them under the effect of the fourth clause after being penetrated, which would directly trigger the rules. He could not beat Tu Lanxun and others, nor could he escape. In the end, he was "watched to death".
He was just unlucky. He ran into Tu Lanxun and Li Ao as soon as he went downstairs.
Furthermore, Tan Ming's choice to leave alone in Sun Zhongyi's body also indicated that he had given up on the remaining ghosts in the bathroom. When everyone rushed into the bathroom after the incident, the ghosts would be left to "watch them die." At most, they would launch a frantic counterattack before their deaths, causing some casualties that Tan Ming would have welcomed.
"You beast." Li Ao cursed after hearing Tu Lanxun's words. He turned around and wanted to leave, but Wen Chong stopped him, "Captain Li, where are you going?"
"I'll go see Sun Zhongyi."
"Tan Ming hasn't finished the trial yet."
"We can re-examine him later. Sun Zhongyi was so eager to commit suicide, he must have a secret. I have to pry it out."
Wen Chong gently closed the door in front of Li Ao and rejected the idea, saying, "Forget it. There are people over there. Professor Mu Xiaozhen, Professor Chen Ou, and Team Leader Li from the special task force are over there."
Thinking of the couple, one man and one ghost, who each had their own strengths, Li Ao had to believe that they were skilled and intelligent; and there was also the Confucian general, Team Leader Li. Li Ao was overwhelmed when he saw that kind of smiling tiger-like scholar with a sword. It was estimated that Sun Zhongyi's headache was even more painful than his now.
He quickly waved his hand: "Forget it, forget it, I won't go then."
Just as they were about to clean up and continue the interrogation, Tu Lanxun suddenly stood up, a look of confusion on his face, and said, "Tan Ming's phone!"
"His what?" Old Wei next to him looked a little confused.
"Cellphone," Tu Lanxun repeated, looking at everyone and explaining, "If he and Sun Zhongyi were in the same group, how did they communicate? A man and a ghost staring at each other face to face? That's unlikely."
Looking around, the four corners of the interrogation room and observation room are almost flashing with the Fourth Treaty shielding devices. Every instrument is turned to the highest level, and the combined power can barely compete with the collapsed Fourth Treaty and ensure the normal progress of the interrogation.
Even so, the computer monitoring the effectiveness of the Fourth Treaty was still overloaded. After all, mounting a dozen or so shielding devices simultaneously was too exhausting.
Whether it is a shielding device or a detector, basically one burns out every 20 to 30 minutes, and the cost of each one is comparable to that of a family car.
"So, we didn't find any abnormal devices on Sun Zhongyi or Tan Ming." Tu Lanxun continued, "How did they communicate before we arrested them? Were they completely unconnected?"
Wen Chong suddenly received important information and said, "I've investigated before, and it's now common knowledge that ghosts can use cell phones!"
When they travel together, they can avoid each other and don't have to meet or talk. Chatting directly on the phone seems to be a good choice.
"Ghosts have a kind of portable space that can shield them from people." Wen Chong looked at Tu Lanxun and said, "Did you know that?"
She knows.
N's black backpack, Liu Maosheng's usual grocery bag, and Bai Xiaoju's favorite pearl chain bag are all considered their own "spaces," housing their belongings and adapting to the presence and absence of their own ghosts. There's no such thing as a backpack floating in the air, as in the movie.
That should be the content of one of the first three treaties. The ghost's clothing and personal space are an integral part of the ghost, and are naturally judged by the world as the ghost's hands, feet and limbs.
"Check his personal space!" said Tu Lanxun.
In reality, she spoke these words with such swiftness and determination that she had no idea how to force a ghost out of its portable space. However, Wen Chong, with his vast experience, walked in and aimed a small stun gun-like handle at Tan Ming's throat, flicking the switch. Tan Ming's eyes trembled with resentment.
After a long time, there was no change on Tan Ming's body, but Wen Chong put his hand into the other's empty pocket that had been searched, and actually took out a mobile phone from it.
Tan Ming was restrained in a chair, roaring unwillingly, and the look he gave Wen Chong was almost murderous.
"By the way, let me tell you something." Wen Chong turned around easily, holding the phone, and cast a compassionate gaze on Tan Ming. "Whatever Sun Zhongyi was planning, he has already failed."
Tan Ming struggled even more violently.
The phone was quickly unlocked by Zhao Kuanqiao, who worked as an IT communications technician. She had been reassigned by Mu Xiaozhen. The chat logs were exposed to the public, revealing conversations between Sun Zhongyi and Tan Ming, as well as between Tan Ming and a person named "V."
"He and Sun Zhongyi had indeed agreed to come to school this morning. At around five in the morning, he called twice to ask if Sun Zhongyi had arrived and if the matter had been completed." Zhao Kuanqiao said, "He must be referring to Sun Zhongyi's murder of Principal Wei."
Then came the old ghost Tan Ming and his gang of little ghosts. They went straight to the top floor. In the end, Tan Ming only sent a message to Sun Zhongyi: "I'm in the bathroom."
Tu Lanxun took a deep breath. "There's a question I can't figure out. Even if we ran into Wang Dahui and Tian Feng on the rooftop, they'd already been subdued. Sun Zhongyi could have easily left at that point. Captain Li and I still had several minutes before we arrived at the school. Why didn't he run? Why didn't he just clumsily disguise himself?"
"That's also my suspicion." Wen Chong, who was texting on his phone, looked up and said, "Professor Mu said on the second floor that Sun Zhongyi has fallen into a coma again. There's a doctor nearby, observing whether to send him to the hospital."
Zhao Kuanqiao nodded. "Yes, Director Wen. Sun Zhongyi wasn't in good condition when I left. He seemed a bit dazed and had lost the ability to communicate with the outside world. I felt his pulse and it was very irregular."
Tu Lanxun always felt that there was something strange about it, but he couldn't put it into words. That feeling lingered in his heart like a spider's silk thread, and it would only itch when his thoughts blew through it, but he couldn't capture it yet.
She turned her attention back and suddenly said casually, "Is it possible that Sun Zhongyi originally wanted to leave, but during those few minutes, he ran into someone?"
"People?" Li Ao asked.
"It's just my guess, or a feeling," Tu Lanxun said to himself, "What makes the hyenas afraid to leave the place with the prey after killing the antelope? Perhaps at that time, a lion or even a group of lions happened to pass by..."
"So he had to hide first. As a result, he wasted time! He happened to run into Consultant Tu and Captain Li." Zhao Kuanqiao turned around and looked at Tu Lanxun with a little excitement.
Li Ao still didn't quite believe in abstract conjectures. "So what happened to him?"
Zhao Kuanqiao took over the conversation, "There aren't just ghosts from the Tianguo Group and the Tourism Administration in the world. Maybe there's a big ghost out there, uninvolved in either group's affairs, simply passing through the scene? And Sun Zhongyi was clearly frightened."
"Are we going to look for ghost witnesses?" Li Ao came to this conclusion.
Wen Chong, however, poured cold water on him. "That's a bit too simplistic. While there's currently no nationwide ghost tracking system in place, within Lucheng alone, we have agents both inside and outside the city, and we have a handle on at least 70 to 80 percent of the local ghost situation. If a major ghost were to arrive here and we weren't aware of it, the probability of it happening is very low."
"So they weren't actually scared away by the passing ghost?" Li Ao asked in confusion. The captain was a good hand at handling dangerous cases, but when it came to the topic of the supernatural, his mind became filled with ants and he felt uncomfortable.
"Nothing's settled yet," Wen Chong said vaguely, dropping the subject. "What are you doing?"
Li Ao had just put down his phone and said, "Oh, nothing. Xiao Zhang'er said that there was nothing for her to do over at Sun Zhongyi's place and she wanted to come back to our place. I asked her to come."
Mu Xiaozhen, Chen Ou and Team Leader Li all led the team. The three of them were talented in their own ways and were both civil and military. There was really no room for the young comrade Zhang Nuli to shine.
But Tu Lanxun suddenly stood up and said, "Wait."
"Wait a minute?" No one understood what she was saying.
"When did Sun Zhongyi fall into a coma?" Tu Lanxun asked. "Also, don't let Xiao Zhang come back yet."
Li Ao glanced at the time: "Twenty minutes ago."
Tu Lanxun asked, "Did we send anyone over there twenty minutes ago?"
"Advisor Xiao Tu, do you have a fever?" Old Wei said worriedly. "I was delivering documents for signature over there, and before I could finish the handover, Sun Zhongyi fell into a coma."
Tu Lanxun glanced at him in disbelief, then his gaze fell on Zhao Kuanqiao, but in the end he said something else: "Hurry up, something's going to happen to Tan Ming!"
Everyone subconsciously looked towards the one-way glass in the observation room and discovered that a faint flame had ignited on Tan Ming's body in the interrogation chair at some point.
The alarm in the house let out a sharp, shrill wail.
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