Seeing the crime scene flashbacks made me the darling of the police station.

Chapter 243 Investigation Direction
"They even said that cheating us out of our money was to atone for our sins, that we were all sinners. They're absolutely insane!"

Upon hearing Huang Chen's words, Su Miaoyi's expression tightened.

Zhuang Yanzheng also looked up at him: "What did Xing Chang and the others say?"

"What did I say?" Huang Chen recalled what he had just said.

Zhuang Yanzheng gave him time to think, and then Huang Chen said, "I forgot what I just said."

Zhuang Yanzheng: "…Scamming people is a way of atoning for one's sins."

"Oh!" Huang Chen remembered, "Just last night, Xing Chang and the others said that our money was sinful, that they were cheating us out of our money to atone for our sins, to repent for us, to save us, and that we should thank them. They cheated me, and I should thank them? Do they really think I'm an idiot?"

"Why didn't you say anything when I asked you yesterday and this morning?" Zhuang Yanzheng looked at the information in his hand.

Not only Huang Chen didn't mention it, but none of the people we asked yesterday had mentioned these things.

"Didn't I say that? Maybe I just remembered it," Huang Chen said.

Zhuang Yanzheng: "."

"Who started the fight?" Zhuang Yanzheng asked.

“I started it,” Huang Chen said. “They were infuriating. I’ve never seen scammers so arrogant before. If I didn’t fight them, I would have let my ancestors down!”

Zhuang Yanzheng looked at him and heard him suddenly shout.

Su Miaoyi, wearing headphones, felt as if a thunderclap had exploded inside her ears.

"I just wanted to beat him up, teach him a lesson, and get my money back, but who knew Xing Chang and Chang Yong would suddenly pull out knives." Huang Chen said angrily, "They cheated me in the first place, so it's not unreasonable for me to beat them up, but they even used knives. I've never met such shameless people."

“He pulled out a knife to kill me, of course I had to fight back, so I grabbed it, and then…” Huang Chen’s voice trailed off, “and then in the process of grabbing the knife, I accidentally stabbed Xing Chang. I really didn’t mean to, I’ve never seen so much blood in my life.”

“I panicked immediately, and then Xing Chang and the others started hitting me. You saw it yourself; you had to pull them apart before I landed on my bottom. I was really scared. Look at all these bruises on my face; they're all from being beaten. In all my life, I've never been beaten like this by anyone other than my parents.”

"Xing Chang and his gang really fight to the death. I fought them to teach them a lesson. But they weren't afraid of blood at all; it seemed like they only wanted to kill us."

"Who injured Changyong?" Zhuang Yanzheng asked.

"I don't know, it wasn't me," Huang Chen said. "I was really stunned when I saw the blood. My ears were ringing, so I couldn't care less about what others were doing."

"Besides Xing Chang and Chang Yong, do you know the other four people?"

Huang Chen shook his head: "I don't know him, I've never seen him before. He seems like the kind of delinquent who dropped out of school early and no one cares about him."

"What else did Xing Chang and Chang Yong say to you? Think carefully," Zhuang Yanzheng said.

"What else did you say?" Huang Chen looked at him.

“Think about it, it’s like sin, atonement or something like that,” Zhuang Yanzheng said.

Huang Chen frowned, trying hard to remember: "No, I only heard him mention it once."

"When we used to play games together, did you hear them say anything strange?" Zhuang Yanzheng asked again.

Huang Chen continued thinking, remaining silent for over a minute before replying, "No."

Zhuang Yanzheng nodded. He then interrogated Ji Jiabao.

Ji Jiabao was quite frightened and knew almost nothing when asked.

We met while playing games, and I got scammed out of money. We ran into each other last night, and then we talked on social media, and he got beaten up.

Apart from these, he seemed to have amnesia about everything else.

They had no idea what the two sides had said before the fight.

He kept saying he couldn't remember.

The interrogations yesterday and this morning were the same. Ji Jiabao knew very little.

He kept repeating that he couldn't remember anything, knew nothing, and that he wasn't the one who hurt the person.

His voice trembled and he spoke in a shaky, halting manner.

If you ask too many questions, just say you want to see his father.

After questioning the two individuals, everyone returned to the conference room and shared the results of their interrogations.

"Captain Zhuang, after receiving your message, I specifically asked the people I interrogated, and they did indeed hear Xing Chang say things like sin, guilt, and atonement."

“Me too,” Chu Xingrou said.

"Me too, they all heard it."

"Why didn't anyone say anything yesterday?" Zhuang Yanzheng said.

"My people say he couldn't remember."

“I asked the three people who were with Xing Chang and the others. They said they didn’t think it was a big deal. They figured it wouldn’t matter since the person wasn’t injured by them, so they didn’t pay much attention to it,” Lu Zhishen said. “The three of them were very perfunctory. They all have criminal records and have been in and out of jail several times for fighting. They are very familiar with this process.”

“Nine people, and not one of them said anything,” Zhuang Yanzheng said. “It’s really a coincidence.”

“Repeated questioning is very effective and has led to new discoveries,” Lu Zhishen said.

“When words like ‘evil,’ ‘atonement,’ and ‘repentance’ appear, our investigation will turn towards cults,” Qi Feng said. “Cults generally use methods such as mind control and brainwashing to manipulate people into doing illegal things that harm society.”

“Since there are financial transactions, we can investigate where the money Xing Chang and his accomplices swindled went,” Chu Xingrou said.

Zhuang Yanzheng nodded: "However, if it really is that, the other party's account will be very difficult to trace. Let's investigate first."

“Xing Chang and Chang Yong’s methods are outright fraud, and a very low-level one at that,” Su Miaoyi said. “So low-level that they’re using real-name fraud. If even one person had reported it to the police, the two of them would already be in the police station.”

“Some organizations do use fraudulent methods, but others directly brainwash their targets,” Qi Feng said. “For example, if Captain Zhuang is very rich, they will tell him that his money is the source of evil, and through constant brainwashing, they will make him believe that his money is evil and that he needs to atone for his sins, and then he will voluntarily give away the money. Then they will make the money legal. However, real-name fraud is indeed rare.”

"Focus on investigating the network of relationships between Xing Chang and Chang Yong," Zhuang Yanzheng said.

Lu Zhishen handed a piece of paper to Zhuang Yanzheng: "These are some places that Chang Yong and his gang frequented, as mentioned by the three people I interrogated."

Zhuang Yanzheng glanced at the locations listed above, then checked the time: "The hospital has sent word that the families of the two deceased are not doing well, and the doctor advises against asking them anything for now. It's getting late, so let's split up and check on these places separately."