Arknights, Suika's Messenger Journey

This is very unreasonable.

Moreover, this is an old neighborhood with a high population density and many elderly people do not need to work from nine to five. There are other neighbors in front, behind, and around where Wang Po lives.

If it was a slow fire, they would definitely find it, and they would definitely find traces before the fire started.

It’s impossible for a fire to suddenly become so big.”

Suika's eyes were clear and pure. She had been thinking for a long time in the house in the afternoon, so when Xingxiong asked her, she could talk easily.

Chapter 28 Ghostly Aura "Misty Mist"

"It just so happened that Wang Po wasn't at her stall today, and then it just happened to catch fire, and it just so happened that the fire spread very quickly...

Too many of them just happen to be connected.

This is too much of a coincidence. I don't believe it's a coincidence, so this must not be a simple fire."

Cuixiang looked at Granny Wang's name on the wooden board and finally said affirmatively.

After she finished speaking, there was a brief silence in the room for a few minutes. Xingxiong then picked up the chalk beside him and put a check mark behind the word "murder" on the wooden board.

"You are right, what we can confirm at the moment is that this is not a simple case of death caused by fire.

According to the forensic examination, the two people in Grandma Wang's family were strangled to death before the fire started.

However, no useful clues were found in the confessions of people around.

You have a good relationship with Wang Po. Do you know if she has offended anyone recently, or if any strangers have come to see her?"

The reason why Xingxiong confessed to Suixiang was because he saw that she was showing a maturity that was not suitable for her age.

She knew that the other party had a good relationship with Wang Po and wanted to try to find new clues from her.

After hearing this, Suixiang fell into deep thought.

After a few minutes, he raised his head

"If I must say so, I received a letter from Grandma Wang at the post office yesterday and delivered it to her.

The letter came from the border, where her youngest son was stationed.

Because of the war on the border before, she was worried about her youngest son so she wrote a letter. This letter should be a reply.

Apart from this, Grandma Wang's life is quite regular. She sets up her stall in the morning, closes it at noon, goes to the market in the afternoon to buy ingredients needed for the next day, and goes for a stroll on the street with her husband in the evening.

These days have always been like this and have never changed.”

After Suika finished speaking, Xingxiong also nodded. Her memory of Grandma Wang was similar to what Suika said.

"Yesterday's letter? That's a breakthrough. I'll report it to the higher-ups."

Xingxiong recorded this incident and prepared to report it tomorrow.

Because this matter involves the military, the Longmen Guard Bureau does not have the authority to investigate it, so it can only report it, and then liaise with the military to see what the other side says.

"Have you seen any strangers on the streets these days?" Xingxiong continued to ask.

Considering the other party's ruthless methods, Xingxiong was certain that it was not done by a local, so she wanted to see if there were any suspicious outsiders in Suixiang's place.

After hearing this, Suika recalled and shook her head.

“No, this is a main road after all, and there are many people coming and going.

As long as others don't reveal their flaws and just walk by normally on the street and scout the area, they won't attract attention."

There is no surveillance on the street, so even if a murder occurs, the Guard Bureau can only use the most stupid method to investigate, rather than using surveillance to find all the suspicious people who passed by this street in the past few days.

Suika suddenly said

"At noon, was there anyone around you who you thought was suspicious?"

"You mean the murderer is still in the city?" Xingxiong was a little surprised why Suixiang made such a judgment.

"You also said that the murderer was a ruthless person. He planned all this carefully. How could he just leave after doing it? I think he was very likely near the scene when the fire broke out..."

Suika thought of a theory she had heard in her previous life, that the murderer liked to appear near the crime scene when the murder was discovered, just to observe the reactions of the people around him to satisfy his own pleasure.

She didn't know who killed Wang Po's family, nor did she know why the other party did it, but she felt that the other party was very likely to return to the scene at that time to appreciate her masterpiece.

Xingxiong thought for a while before saying

"We recently acquired a new batch of equipment, which are person-worn cameras.

Everyone wore one when they went out on patrol today.

When we arrived at the scene, everyone dispersed to drive away the crowd.

If he was really there, he would definitely be photographed..."

Having said this, Xingxiong picked up his police uniform

"That's a good direction. Go to sleep first. I'm going back to the police station!"

After saying that, Xingxiong went out and drove away on the street.

After Xingxiong left, Suixiang looked at the ruins of Wang Po's house

“Although I don’t know why you died, I swear that if I get the chance, I will find a way to bring the murderer to you.

Seeing people alive and dead bodies!"

Just as Xingxiong came to the police station to check the camera records, Suika turned into mist and disappeared into the house.

After arriving at the burned house, Suixiang realized how horrific the fire was.

Looking around, except for the four walls that were still standing strong, everything in the house, including the roof, was burned to ashes.

At this time, Suika turned into the shape of mist and floated around. She circled around this place and prepared to leave without finding any useful clues.

At this moment, a figure walked out from the darkness. After arriving at the ruins, he was seen constantly flipping through the bricks and stones inside, as if looking for something.

Seeing this, Suixiang didn't go back, but just floated around him, watching his actions silently.

"Damn it, why is there nothing here?" After more than ten minutes, the man stood up cursing and carefully observed his surroundings. After finding that no one was paying attention to this side, he went into a nearby alley.

Suika followed closely behind him.

Thanks to his current form, although the man was suspicious along the way and looked back several times, he did not see Suika who was around him.

"Damn, why is there such thick fog in Longmen?" The man walked while cursing, but he didn't know that if someone looked at him at this time, they would find that a cloud of fog was surrounding him. Wherever he walked, the fog floated, which looked extremely weird.

Soon the other person went into a dilapidated house and fell asleep.

Seeing this, Suixiang no longer hid her figure, but transformed into a physical form and appeared in front of him.

The person with his eyes closed felt a chill, and when he opened his eyes, he saw a little girl standing in front of him with indifference.

Before he could speak, the little girl said

"Tell me, what are you looking for at Wang Po's house?"

"I...ah..." He didn't even begin to speak when he felt a sharp pain in his hand. He looked over and saw the girl pinching her wrist.

"I'll give you a chance, tell the truth..." Suixiang looked at him with a cold look and grabbed his other hand again.

Although the little girl in front of him looked only about ten years old, the cold and decisive method made the man feel a chill in his heart. Before he could organize his words, the same severe pain came from his other hand.

Chapter 29: Interrogation from the Devil

"I said, I said... I just wanted to see if there was anything I could sell."

The man spoke hurriedly.

"Hmm?" Suika looked into his eyes.

“Although the Wang family’s house was burned down, at least there are some things left.

You see, I'm a homeless person with no money, so I wanted to look under the ruins to see if there was any scrap metal or something I could sell."

Seeing that Suika looked like she might attack at any moment, the man quickly replied.

"So that's how it is. It seems I misunderstood you..."

Hearing Suika's words, the man breathed a sigh of relief.

"Did you think I would say that?"

But before he could catch his breath, Suika's next words made him feel like he was falling into an ice cellar.

He tried to struggle but found that the girl in front of him just put one foot on his chest, making him unable to move.

“First of all, let me tell you one thing… I’m quite strong, so don’t even think about running away.

Then, I will not hand you over to the Guards, because you must die.

Finally, I have said everything I need to say. At least I can make your death quicker."

Suika's voice came faintly from his ears, making him feel physically and mentally suffocated.

"Can I ask how you discovered my problem and how you tracked me down...

I think I have pretty good anti-reconnaissance capabilities, and you definitely weren't behind me on the way back just now."

Seeing that Cuixiang looked like she had him in her hands, the man gave up struggling. However, he was very curious about two things. One of them was how the girl in front of him was so sure that she was related to Wang Po's death.

The second is how she followed him here.

You have to know that he has several safe houses in Longmen, and he goes to any of them on a whim, so the other party will definitely not wait here, but can only follow him here.

But he was very sure. He looked behind him repeatedly on the way, but there was definitely no one following him.

“How did you find out?

Just like you said, although the Wang family's house was burned to ashes, there are still discarded iron blocks and other things here. It wouldn't be surprising if you were a homeless person picking them up there.

But several pieces of iron passed through your hands at that time, but you threw them away, so you are lying. You were not scavenging at all, but looking for something with a purpose.

As for how I followed you, you don't need to know, and you don't deserve to know.

Now, tell me what you know!"

At the end of her words, Suika leaned over and punched his broken hand, and the place where the punch hit turned into a pool of mud in an instant.

"I'm warning you, if I think you're lying, I'll keep hitting you, starting with your limbs and moving up your torso, bit by bit, until you're dead."

After saying that, she clenched her fists again.

The man was forced to collapse by Suika's unreasonable interrogation method, because the guy in front of him was not reasonable at all.

"I said, can you give me a quick death?" He asked while enduring the severe pain.

"Of course, what you said is nonsense..."

After saying that, Suixiang's fist hit down again without mercy.

The man instantly broke out in a cold sweat and his eyes bulged out from the pain.

“I said…

I went to look for the key.

Wang Po put all the letters in a safe box. When she was in a hurry to get the box last night, she forgot the key.

The key itself is small and made of metal, which won't be burned by this kind of fire, so I want to see if the key is left in the ruins."

"Letter!" A light flashed in Suika's eyes.

"Whose letter is it?"

"I don't know. I only know that the letter contains the patrol route of Dayan border defense, which is very important to us." The man answered directly in order to get the point across.

"Border patrol route, you're Ursus!"

It only took Suika a second to figure out the other person's origins.

Of course, this is not difficult to guess, after all, the borders of Da Yan are bordered by the East Country, Ursus and Kazdel.

Among them, the East Country is too far away from Dayan in the northeast, and the patrol routes here are completely useless to them. The Sarkaz will not have any thoughts about Dayan at all, because the other party is still deeply involved in the civil war at this time.

Even in Lungmen, news of the civil war between the two kings of Kazdel can often be heard.

But Ursus is different. He had clashed with the defenders of Dayan before, and many people died. The other party definitely has reason to want to get the border defense map of Dayan.

"That's right!"

"And the box with the letters?"

Suika glanced around. There was nothing here except a bed. The empty room made it impossible to see a box-like object.