Chapter 33: How similar is this temperament to her Assistant Pei?
The inspector stared at Pei Xingyao for a long time, a full minute, before he said, "What spell? Mr. Pei, I think you've seen it wrong."
Pei Xingyao didn't insist, but nodded and left. "It turns out I was wrong. I'm sorry."
He wasn't worried at all.
He was not worried about making any mistakes, nor was he worried about the problem with the talisman.
When Pei Xingyao saw Deng Chengbin take out the talisman, he recognized that it was a forbidden talisman.
Just like he'd told Du Wanwan, he wasn't good at magic, but that didn't mean he knew nothing about it. Although he couldn't recall the talisman's purpose at the moment, he was certain it couldn't be used within a protective formation.
At that moment, Pei Xingyao guessed that this wasn't Deng Chengbin's first time doing this. Otherwise, anyone with a modicum of metaphysical knowledge wouldn't use a prohibited spell in the city. Therefore, he deduced that Deng Chengbin must know of a special place in the hotel that could temporarily disable the protective formation.
But the city’s protective formation was built by the state, and it is impossible to just block it. If it is so powerful, it must be a world-shattering ability, right?
But this wasn't Deng Chengbin's first time doing this, otherwise he wouldn't be so skilled. But if he had used banned spells and forced others so many times, why hadn't anyone ever reported it to the police, let alone reported it to the news?
Pei Xingyao felt that there must be a disruptive spell in He Yu Hotel, so when he left his room, he took off the security talisman on his left ear, turned it off, and replaced it with the one on the balcony.
If it was true as he imagined, any video recording spells within the hotel would be ineffective. How would they be ineffective? Perhaps the recorded footage would jump, become noisy, or even fade away. The person using the spell would be completely unaware of this, believing they had recorded it.
Over time, the interference with the spell will become more and more obvious until it disappears completely.
Only this can explain why no victim called the police.
Because they felt that they had lost the evidence.
Just as he was speculating, Du Wanwan also gave him a key piece of information.
She whispered into the headset, "Number 3 is fading."
Pei Xingyao immediately understood what it meant.
He had personally checked out the surveillance footage on his computer, and he knew exactly what cameras 1, 2, and 3 corresponded to. Camera 3 was the image he had captured from Room 3112 by falling from the window.
In other words, just as he guessed, from the moment the security talisman was turned off, the recorded images would be affected and begin to gradually disappear.
Then... Pei Xingyao speculated that at the latest after 24 hours, the image in the security talisman would completely disappear and could not be repaired.
But there is no such thing as behavior that leaves no trace. The video will disappear, but traces of interference will remain and be discovered by inspectors.
As for the surveillance, Pei Xingyao noticed it when he went downstairs.
The camera's location was too obvious, but even with his years of martial arts training, he couldn't see any trace of electricity inside. The hotel's surveillance cameras were always monitored, so how could the camera be without power?
This means that the hotel has known for a long time that there are no cameras on this floor, and they did it on purpose.
Then Pei Xingyao boldly made up a time for himself.
I left with peace of mind.
He even planned to go to the front desk downstairs to check out.
As for what he wanted to know, he had already told the inspectors that a forbidden spell had appeared around Du Wanwan. There was a jamming spell in He Yu's hotel, and the inspectors would also discover it from the security spell he handed in.
Leave the rest to the inspectors.
That was what he and Du Wanwan believed in from the bottom of their hearts, the person who protected the world and the safety of the people.
The inspector watched his back as he left, and the look in his eyes gradually darkened.
"This talisman is initially identified as an 'obedient talisman,' but it appears to have more functions than just that. We need to go back for a detailed evaluation." Another inspector stepped out and asked, "What's going on? Did the man just say he'd seen this talisman? Who leaked it to you?"
"He said he smelled the scent of this charm near his boss, but he couldn't remember where exactly."
"His boss?"
"It's Du Wanwan, the daughter of both the victim and the murderer in the recent uproar over the Du Qingjia case," another inspector explained, his brow furrowed. "We followed the clues provided by Qi Jiayu in the Du Qingjia case and traced them back to the Heyu Hotel. Today, we were on a mission to inspect something, and suddenly, we had the perfect opportunity: a shocking rape case involving a wealthy CEO. Isn't that too much of a coincidence?"
"We'll see what happens later. I have a feeling they're not in cahoots with the suspects. Maybe Mr. Pei and Mr. Du just don't trust our Xuanguan Bureau, so they decided to investigate on their own." The inspector gestured, "Alright, stop talking and get to work. We finally have a chance to pry open the Heyu Hotel, this silent clam!"
In the Du Qingjia case, Qi Jiayu confessed that Xiang Yongkang had given her a permission slip, allowing her to perform magic within the city. Xiang Yongkang remained unclear about the slip's origins, only giving the name of a director who had passed away several years earlier. It took nearly two months of investigation by the Xuan Administration Bureau to finally determine that the slip's origin might be the Heyu Hotel.
It is said that the owner of the Heyu Hotel has good connections with the entertainment industry and has a very good privacy. Celebrities who have dated in this hotel have rarely been exposed. However, it is said that because of the good privacy, and everyone knows that almost all the guests staying at the Heyu Hotel are celebrities, many paparazzi will take the risk to stay there and try to take secret photos.
Every time, something would end up happening because of paparazzi taking secret photos.
But the incidents were all kinds of things, including falls, fights, and all kinds of things that could send people to the hospital, but not a single one was a fall. No one had ever reported that there was a problem with the Heyu Hotel's surveillance, and no one knew that the windows of the Heyu Hotel could actually be opened!
The window is big enough to throw an adult out without any problem!
So, how many people have been pressed against the window in this hotel, staring at the clouds and mist over the twenty or thirty-story buildings outside, their legs going weak and having to surrender?
"Immediately arrest everyone at the Heyu Hotel!" the inspector ordered, "especially the chairman of the Heyu Hotel!"
What kind of crappy hotel is this? It's a den of crime!
When Pei Xingyao stepped out of the elevator, the entire Heyu Hotel was completely different. The originally leisurely, elegant, and luxurious atmosphere had been replaced by tension and panic. Except for him, everyone in the Heyu Hotel had been detained, including those guests who boasted of their high status.
No matter whether you are a superstar, an award-winning actor or actress, or a gold medal producer, at this moment, you are all called a suspect.
More than a dozen police cars quickly arrived at the door, and all of them were inspectors from the Xuanguan Bureau.
Du Wanwan's RV was parked on the street across from the gate. She could hear Pei Xingyao turning off the security talisman and saw the Xuanguan Bureau suddenly arrive. She couldn't help but look at the computer—the video footage captured by Security Talisman No. 3 was gradually fading from the moment Pei Xingyao removed the talisman.
A minute or two ago, the shot No. 2 also started from the starting point of the recording time and gradually disappeared towards the end point of the recording time.
Consistent with the actual time speed.
One minute, two minutes, three minutes... Du Wanwan waited patiently, calculating the time.
Nine minutes.
Good, it's safe.
Because Pei Xingyao only lasted 13 minutes from the time he entered the hotel to the time he was questioned by the police. By the time camera No. 2 recorded the 9-minute mark, Pei Xingyao had already returned to his room and started running towards the 31st floor. Security Talisman No. 3, which had been deactivated earlier, had completely erased all footage.
In the computer, there are only images taken by Security Talisman No. 1.
Just then, there was a knock on the window of her RV.
“Knock, knock, knock…”
Du Wanwan signaled the driver to open the window and ask. As soon as the window opened, a deep and slightly fierce voice came out:
"Ms. Du Wanwan, right? I'm Inspector Zhong Shusui of the city's Metaphysical Administration Bureau. I need your cooperation on a case."
After he finished speaking, the first thing that was thrust into his face was an inspection certificate with a neat ID photo on top. The man in the photo had a stern look, his eyes as cold as iron, revealing a terrifying aura.
There are a few lines of text below.
Zhong Shusui, first-level inspector, captain of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of Jiangcheng Metaphysics Management Bureau.
When the ID card was moved away, a young and stern face appeared.
This temperament is somewhat similar to her assistant Pei? She likes people like this... who have a bit of "sword spirit".
Du Wanwan's tone softened a bit: "Inspector Zhong, as a citizen, I have the obligation to cooperate with the Xuanguan Bureau. Ask me, and I will fully cooperate."
She gestured, and the driver immediately flipped a switch and opened the door. Inside the RV, the sofa, coffee table, refrigerator, and incubator were all revealed, each one exuding luxury.
Zhong Shusui was probably tired of dealing with wealthy people, and his tone was filled with a calmness that suppressed anger. "Ms. Du, I need to review the surveillance footage taken by your assistant."
Du Wanwanran made a "please" gesture with her hand: "It's this computer. There's no information about our company in it. You can look it up as you please, or even take it away entirely. However, Inspector Zhong, I don't know if it's a problem with the laptop or the talisman, but this video is wrong."
Zhong Shusui was too lazy to talk to such a rich man, so he just clicked a few times on the computer. But when the video came out, his brows immediately frowned, as if he was going to pinch a fly to death.
The computer was open, and the screen wasn't black. It was playing the video recorded by the security talisman. However, the video kept fading. When Zhong Shusui saw it, he saw Pei Xingyao pacing outside Room 3112. A few seconds later, the police rushed out of the elevator.
When the footage switched to Pei Xingyao taking off the security talisman and handing it to the police, all the footage recorded by the security talisman had disappeared.
"That's right. We don't know what's going on either." Du Wanwan said innocently, "The footage recorded by Assistant Pei's security talisman has been disappearing since about ten minutes ago. But the video my bodyguards filmed outside the door is flawless. I don't think it's a problem with my computer."
Following her voice, Zhong Shusui tapped a few times on the computer keyboard, and the screen switched to the image of Security Symbol No. 1. As expected, there was more than an hour of footage, without a single second missing. Zhong Shusui randomly jumped to a time point based on his intuition. It happened to be the scene where Wu Zhiping reported Xiang Wanyi leaving the rental house and presumably heading towards He Yu Hotel.
Another time point is when Xiang Wanyi walks into the hotel.
Zhong Shusui immediately turned around, his eyes cold and terrifying: "Explain why you are following Xiang Wanyi?"
"Because I received news that the director of my company, Song Yuhao, the same man who acted so violently at my grandfather's funeral, is teaming up with someone and trying to make trouble for me again. I sent someone to follow Song Yuhao outside the door and discovered that Ding Zhiyuan and Xiang Wanyi were interacting with Song Yuhao. So I sent another team to follow Xiang Wanyi to find out what they were up to. Inspector Zhong, your people have rushed to search Song Yuhao's house, right? My people are nearby, you can check with them to see if I'm right."
Obviously, this kind of words and actions were considered a provocation by Zhong Shusui. He nodded and said, almost gritting his teeth, "I will find out."
Then, he closed the computer and took it away.
He passed by Pei Xingyao who had just finished checking out and rushed back.
Pei Xingyao stopped and stared at it for a long time before getting into the car and asking, "Does this inspector suspect you?"
"I haven't done anything wrong, nor have I broken any law, so why should I be afraid of the police?" Du Wanwan said indifferently, raised her hand to close the car door, and ordered the car to drive.
After the car had left the Heyu Hotel for a good distance, Du Wanwan asked, "How is it? Did Xiang Wanyi tell her what she and Song Yuhao were discussing?"
An invisible police eavesdropping symbol was printed on the coffee table in the car, but the people in the car were completely unaware of it.
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