Black Silk Female Police Detective Exorcist

"Really? So you really aren't interested in Qin Hai's adopted daughter... Fine, I was just being nosy. You can continue slacking off in the office."

After Yi Qiushui finished speaking, she seemed about to hang up the phone.

"Hey, hey, hey... Grandma, wait a minute!"

Yi Youyou suddenly became anxious and hurriedly asked:

"You haven't told me what happened in Baiguang City yet... Is there a very difficult case that Ayu can't handle by herself and is looking worried?"

"more or less."

Yi Qiushui's voice clearly contained a hint of laughter:

"What? You're worried, Youyou? You want to go help her?"

"Help her? No way! I haven't even settled the score with her for meddling in my business last time!"

Yi Youyou immediately stood up from her chair, her ample bosom seemingly ready to burst open her shirt buttons at any moment, and sneered:

"If Ayu really gets into trouble, of course I'll be there immediately to give her a good laugh!"

Chapter 99: Using the bizarre to fight the bizarre

“Go ahead and laugh at her… fine, whatever. Anyway, as long as you’re willing to go to Baiguang City, Grandma has a task for you.” Yi Qiushui said with a meaningful smile.

"What mission is it, Grandma?" Yi Youyou asked.

"Here's what happened, you've probably heard about those things..."

Yi Qiushui briefly explained the situation in Baiguang City to Yi Youyou, and then said:

"I think Qin Huanyu's analysis makes a lot of sense. There should be a mastermind behind this series of cases, providing supernatural powers to a small number of qualified individuals to help them carry out violent revenge."

"understood."

Yi Youyou looked enlightened, then sat back down in her chair with her legs crossed.

“I’ve been following those two cases before, but I didn’t think much of them. I thought they were just two ordinary vendettas involving supernatural powers. If it weren’t for Ayu working on the case, I wouldn’t have bothered to look at them at all… cough, I didn’t expect there to be such a hidden story. So, Grandma, what do you want me to do? Help Ayu find the mastermind behind it all?”

"You can help her if you want, but your real task is more important."

Yi Qiushui's tone became extremely serious:

"Based on the current investigation results, those murderers were ordinary people not long ago. They suddenly gained superhuman powers in a short period of time... In addition, with that advertisement in the latest video, I suspect that the mastermind has some kind of technology that can give ordinary people superhuman powers."

"Making ordinary people possess extraordinary powers has been Qin Hai's main research focus for many years. Once Qin Huanyu solves this case, the technology used by the mastermind will most likely fall into the hands of the research institute."

"I've already consulted the oracle. This technology is extremely dangerous. If the research institute takes it for study, there's a high probability it will trigger a disaster comparable to a Class A event, or even a new world war! Therefore, this technology must not fall into the hands of the Ling Su Research Institute!"

"Your task is to ensure that the research institute does not obtain the data on this technology. Ideally, you should retrieve it and seal it away temporarily, bringing it out when it is time for it to be revealed. If you cannot retrieve it or steal it, then destroy the technical data directly."

"Did they manage to retrieve or destroy the mastermind's technical data before Ayu and the others did...?"

Yi Youyou nodded gently, but her brows furrowed slightly.

"I understand the mission, but why me? My abilities probably aren't suited for this mission. Wouldn't it be better to send Lao Guo?"

"Old Guo won't do. Although his abilities are a little more suitable than yours, it's not very useful."

Yi Qiushui sighed:

"I have received definite information that the Investigation Bureau is taking this incident very seriously. The inspector they sent to Baiguang City to handle the case is very capable. Back in the photo studio days, he could have been a second-rank demon-slaying guard. Old Guo and you would both be easy targets if you went up against him."

"Grandma, why are you still asking me to go? Am I really your biological granddaughter? You weren't adopted from an orphanage like Ayu, were you?" Yi Youyou complained, quite dissatisfied.

"Because Youyou, you don't need to confront that guy head-on; you can outsmart him."

Yi Qiushui smiled meaningfully again:

"Technical data will definitely be handed over to professionals after the mastermind is dealt with. And among the members of the Investigation Bureau in Baiguang City, who is more suitable than Qin Huanyu? You were able to beat her last time, so you should be able to do it this time too, right? You know, I'm not talking about fighting."

"I……"

'That shameless old man! He's still making fun of me!'

Yi Youyou was internally ranting and raving, her voice filled with annoyance:

"So, Grandma, you mean I should go and deal with Ayu? Steal back or destroy that technology without alerting the Inspector? How is that any different from those female spies who used their beauty to infiltrate enemy lines and steal intelligence during wartime? I'm the Phantom Thief [Hibari]! Not the female spy [Hibari]!"

"First and foremost, you are a member of the Treasure Pavilion [Skylark]! This isn't a side job I've assigned you; it's a mission officially given to you by the organization! No one is more suitable than you; you must go!"

Yi Qiushui's voice was exceptionally serious, brooking no refusal.

"Yes, yes, I understand, Lord Pavilion Master~~"

Yi Youyou could only deliberately drag out her dissatisfaction, but she still had to accept the mission and immediately began preparing to head to Baiguang City.

. . . . .

Baiguang City.

Qin Huanyu has arrived at the scene of the video featuring the two women and the tower.

Zheng Li and Nicole have both been rescued and are currently receiving treatment in the hospital. They are not yet able to be questioned, so Qin Huanyu plans to first investigate the scene.

The scene was near an old residential area, similar to the battleground in the case of Jealousy Incarnate. There were hardly any residents there anymore; it was quite deserted during the day and even more so at night.

The small iron tower where Zheng Li and Nicole were tied up was a signal tower belonging to a network communication company. In previous years, it had been enhancing the network signal for residents of several old neighborhoods nearby. However, as more and more dilapidated buildings in the old neighborhoods became uninhabited, the signal tower was shut down and abandoned by the communication company.

There are no buildings taller than the abandoned signal tower within 200 meters of it, yet the video was shot from a slightly above and below the top of the tower.

Initially, Qin Huanyu suspected that the perpetrator used a drone to take photos or had the ability to levitate, but after examining the scene, she made a new discovery.

On the road next to the abandoned signal tower, there were several relatively recent tire tracks. These tire tracks would be indistinguishable to the average person, but they held a wealth of information in the eyes of the Mathematical Eye.

Since recovering her burial goods from the female thief "Skylark" using tire tracks, Qin Huanyu, having tasted success, spent an entire night studying. Now, she can determine the approximate type of vehicle by the depth, shape, and pattern of the tire tracks.

The tire tracks next to the abandoned signal tower belonged to one of those emergency repair vehicles capable of transporting people dozens of meters high. The perpetrator likely used this vehicle to tie Zheng Li and Nicole to the top of the abandoned signal tower and film the video.

After deducing this, Qin Huanyu immediately had someone retrieve the surveillance footage from the nearby streets, but she didn't have much hope that the footage would capture anything.

Sure enough, all the nearby surveillance cameras were destroyed. Just like the surveillance footage from the Western restaurant where the fully cooked steak incident occurred, not only was the incident itself not recorded, but all the previously stored footage was also lost.

Qin Huanyu was not discouraged. She opened the map, circled the area, and contacted the traffic management department to retrieve road surveillance footage from a wider area to see if any suspicious emergency repair vehicles had appeared in the vicinity last night.

The perpetrators clearly did not expect Qin Huanyu to be able to identify their tools from tire tracks. They were somewhat careless and only destroyed the nearest road surveillance cameras, while the road surveillance cameras slightly farther away from the crime scene remained intact.

Through these road surveillance cameras, Qin Huanyu quickly identified the target: a very old and dilapidated emergency repair vehicle that looked like it had been burned. It had been at the scene around 2 a.m. the previous night and should be the group of criminals.

Multiple road surveillance cameras captured the car, with its license plate number clearly visible, and two men could be seen in the driver's and passenger's seats. Although they were both wearing hoods that covered half their faces, Qin Huanyu used her Mathematical Magic Eye to compare detailed data and confirmed that they were Wang Gang and Sun Huang.

Qin Huanyu was overjoyed and immediately used the license plate and traffic management system to locate the vehicle. She quickly found the location of the construction vehicle and led a team of armed police to arrest the person.

However, after finding the repair vehicle in another residential area in the south of the city, Qin Huanyu's joy was dampened.

There is indeed a construction repair vehicle with the exact same license plate in this community, but it is not the one that appeared at the crime scene last night. The car used by the perpetrators was a cloned vehicle.

The actual engineering repair vehicle with that license plate is much newer; even without the Mathematical Magic Eye, an ordinary person could tell the difference between the two vehicles at a glance.

Undeterred, Qin Huanyu questioned the owner of the emergency repair vehicle, only to discover that he was a certified maintenance worker for the telecommunications company, who had worked through the night repairing fiber optic lines in another location, providing a solid alibi.

Qin Huanyu could only leave disappointed after arriving with high hopes, and continue searching for other clues.

Just then, the hospital called to say that the treatment and physical examination of Zheng Li and Nicole had ended, and the results were not good.

Physically, apart from the numerous sexual encounters they've recently experienced and the extremely insulting words they've been hurled at them, Zheng Li and Nicole have no injuries or illnesses. In fact, they are healthier than many people who have been working overtime or playing games for several consecutive days.

However, mentally, the two completely lost themselves, almost indistinguishable from people in a vegetative state. The hospital did not know when they would wake up, or even if they would wake up at all.

After receiving the news, Qin Huanyu changed her route and went to the hospital to personally see the two female victims.

The writing on the two women's bodies was likely done with a pen that's difficult to wash off. The nurses tried their best to clean their bodies, but they couldn't completely remove the writing, and some of it is still faintly visible.

Apart from that, neither woman had any injuries, their body temperature was normal, their breathing was steady, and their complexions were healthy and rosy.

Their eyes, however, were unfocused and lifeless, just like those princess knights trapped in goblin caves in the eroge that Cheng Hai played.

Qin Huanyu then spoke with the two women's attending physicians to obtain more information.

According to the attending physician, Zheng Li and Nicole cannot be completely considered to be in a vegetative state at present, at least they are not quite the same as those in the traditional sense.

In general, a person in a vegetative state in the medical sense is someone whose brain has been injured and whose body has lost the ability to perceive the outside world.

Zheng Li and Nicole have perfectly healthy brains and normal physical perception of the outside world, yet they have completely lost consciousness.

To use a computer analogy, it's like Zheng Li and Nicole's hardware is perfectly fine; they can run on electricity and light up the screen after being powered on, but the system is broken. No matter what they do, they can't get to the desktop, and the keyboard and mouse don't respond at all.

The position of ICU attending physician makes it difficult to avoid dealing with supernatural forces. He can't even remember how many confidentiality agreements he's signed... Although he didn't say it explicitly, what he meant was that the two women's problems couldn't be solved purely by medicine; they involved supernatural forces.

Qin Huanyu had no good solutions to this problem and could only hope that Bai Ling would step in.

Several hours passed in this busy work, and just as it was getting dark, good news finally arrived.

Reinforcements have arrived.

The first to arrive were Hua Heshang Chenghai, who came by high-speed train; next was Bai Ling, who drove her own sports car on the highway; and finally, the Inspector General arrived from India by supersonic plane.

The regrouped squad of 11 went together to the nearest military airport in White Light City to pick up the patrol officer.

He was an old man who looked to be around 60 years old. He was very strong, with upper arms thicker than Qin Huanyu's waist. He had a beard in the style of Zhang Fei, and his hair was gray.

"Inspector, Lü Meng, you can just call me Old Lü."

The older man was very unpretentious and shook hands with Qin Huanyu and the other two in a very generous manner. However, he was a bit too rough on the women, shaking Qin Huanyu and Bai Ling's hands until they hurt. Only Cheng Hai remained calm.

It's impossible for him to call him Old Lu. None of the three members of Squad 11 have that low emotional intelligence. Cheng Hai still respectfully calls him Inspector, and Qin Huanyu and Bai Ling also obediently call him Senior Lu.

On the way from the airport to Baiguang City, Lü Meng, Bai Ling, and Cheng Hai didn't say much, listening to Qin Huanyu, the person in charge of the case, recount the details of the case.

When the car stopped in front of the Baiguang City Police Station, Qin Huanyu had almost finished explaining the situation. She smiled at Lü Meng with a relieved expression:

"To be honest, this case is really tricky, completely beyond what a rookie investigator like me can handle... Now that Senior Lu is here, I feel relieved. I'll leave the rest to you."

"Well, leave it all to me."

Lu Meng didn't stand on ceremony at all. He nodded, got out of the car, and strode towards the police station.

Qin Huanyu had already called most of the criminal police officers investigating the case back to the police station, leaving only a few to continue the investigation, while the others would be reassigned by Lü Meng.

In the conference room, Lü Meng briefly learned about the specialties of each criminal investigation team, and then boldly gave them orders, assigning them various investigative tasks.

Lü Meng's approach to solving cases seems to be completely different from Qin Huanyu's.

Qin Huanyu has been investigating clues to the cases that have already occurred, hoping to identify the mastermind by capturing Wang Gang and Sun Huang.

However, Lü Meng didn't seem to value Wang Gang and Sun Huang much. He assigned the criminal police officers tasks of surveillance in fixed areas. He was convinced that a new case would soon occur and planned to start with the new case to catch the mastermind behind it.

The criminal police officers in Baiguang City clearly agreed more with Qin Huanyu's approach to the case, so they hesitated after receiving Lü Meng's order and secretly looked at Qin Huanyu's expression.

Without hesitation, Qin Huanyu quickly signaled to the criminal police officers with her eyes to carry out the order. The officers then saluted Lü Meng and left.

Lu Meng noticed these little tricks, but didn't care at all. He continued to do things his own way and efficiently assign tasks. Soon, he had all the criminal police officers in Baiguang City on the job, and the conference room, which was full not long ago, was now only occupied by a few people from the Investigation Bureau.

Lü Meng then looked at Qin Huanyu:

"Are you unhappy about my change in the approach to the case?"

"No."

Qin Huanyu obediently shook her head.

The case of the cannibals in Green Claw Mountain made her realize how big the gap was between herself and experienced inspectors. This gap was not in combat power or resources available to her, but in the thinking and intuition she had honed through numerous extraordinary cases.

"Haha, you're really a well-behaved girl. No wonder that crazy woman Zero likes you."

Lü Meng was clearly satisfied with Qin Huanyu's performance. Before Qin Huanyu could ask any questions, he took the initiative to explain to her, or rather, teach her his case-handling experience:

"Perhaps it's influenced by your previous police career... Haven't you realized it yet? Your investigation of this case has gone astray."

"Who are we? We are investigators! What is our primary mission? It is to protect the majority of the population from supernatural forces! Catching the perpetrator is the police's priority, but for investigators, dealing with supernatural forces is always their top priority."

"The nature of this case changed after the second video was posted online. Our main task now is not to catch those idiots who killed people in a fit of rage after their girlfriends were violated, but to find the entity that gave them superpowers, which is the website itself at the end of the video!"

"The website itself?"

Qin Huanyu frowned slightly:

"Senior Lü, do you think those words at the end of the video are true? That website really exists? But I've already had someone check that website address, and it's completely non-existent."

"It's highly likely that it exists... because this isn't the first time a similar case has occurred. There have been two similar cases before, one Class A and one Class B, and I was involved in both. This is the main reason why the higher-ups sent me to handle this case."

Lü Meng crossed his arms and said:

"Both cases occurred in Sakura Prefecture. One is the Hades Girl case, and the other is the Magical Girl Website case. The details of the cases should have been unlocked for you now. You can check the Investigation Bureau's database yourselves."

"Okay." x3

Qin Huanyu, Bai Ling, and Cheng Hai did not hesitate and took out their phones to start looking up information.