I Sent You to Take the College Entrance Exam, and You Ended Up Solving a Murder Case?! - Chapter 60

The entrances and exits were firmly guarded by heavily armed special police.

Many people trapped in the neighborhood were unable to leave and were arguing anxiously with the police officers on the perimeter.

“Why can’t we leave? I need to go home and cook!”

“Yeah, right! Just because they’re police doesn’t mean they can’t explain things clearly!”

Chen Mo pushed open the car door and strode to the cordon.

He spoke in a deep voice, his voice clearly overwhelming all the noise.

“Fellow citizens, this is Chen Mo from the Municipal Criminal Investigation Department.”

“This is now a cordoned-off scene for a major criminal case.”

“An extremely dangerous serial killer suspect was just here.”

“For everyone’s safety, and in order to bring the murderer to justice as soon as possible.”

“Please cooperate with us and stay where you are for now. I assure you, it won’t be long.”

Suspect in a serial murder case!

These words were like a bomb, instantly silencing the noisy crowd, whose faces showed expressions of terror.

Chen Mo turned to look at the street that had been blocked off.

That ghostly murderer might be hiding behind a window right now, coldly watching all of this.

Or perhaps he had already blended into the crowd and quietly left.

But in any case, a net of inescapable trap has already been quietly cast against him.

Chen Mo’s gaze swept over the dense array of cameras lining both sides of the street, his eyes becoming incredibly sharp.

The next step is to find the ghost hiding in the shadows from the massive amount of footage.

The case has finally found a new breakthrough.

Chen Mo turned around and took a high-powered megaphone from a police officer.

“Wang Feng, project the pattern we extracted from Yan Lei’s subconscious onto the wall next to us clearly.”

“yes!”

Wang Feng acted immediately, and soon a beam of strong light shone on the white exterior wall of the shop next door.

An abstract logo is clearly presented to everyone.

“Citizens, please take a close look at this pattern.”

Chen Mo raised the loudspeaker, and its booming sound echoed through the quiet street.

“This is the sign of a bar that both victims visited before their deaths.”

“We have reason to believe that the killer targeted them from there.”

Does anyone recognize this logo? Please tell us immediately!

A commotion arose in the crowd as everyone craned their necks to carefully examine the patterns on the wall.

After a few seconds of silence, a young girl’s sharp voice rang out.

“I know! This is Zero Degree Bar! It’s in the middle of this street!”

“Yes, yes, it’s Zero Degree Bar, it’s very famous!”

“Holy crap, I went there just last week…”

The crowd erupted in uproar again.

Found it!

Chen Mo and Wang Feng exchanged a glance, both seeing the glint in each other’s eyes.

The killer’s hunting starting point has been determined!

“Wang Feng!” Chen Mo put down the loudspeaker and spoke very quickly.

“Take everyone to Zero Degree Bar immediately!”

“Based on our investigation of Cheng Juan and Tian Tang’s social connections, we’ve determined the approximate time they were at the bar last night!”

“I need to access all the surveillance footage from the bar and the surrounding area. I need to see their every move after they left the bar!”

“And everyone who came out of the bar during that time and is suspected of being followed!”

“Understood!” Wang Feng nodded emphatically, turned around and led a group of people, rushing towards the depths of the street.

Chen Mo picked up the walkie-talkie again.

“Attention all units, this is Chen Mo.”

“All entrances and exits of Hongxian Street, except for the west entrance, shall be kept under Level 1 lockdown. No one is allowed to enter or exit!”

“West Street intersection is the only open passage; starting now, we will release the stranded crowd in batches. However…”

“Slow down the clearance speed!”

The officer on duty spoke with a puzzled voice over the walkie-talkie: “Captain Chen… slow down? The crowd’s emotions are probably getting the better of them…”

“Execute the command!”

Chen Mo’s voice left no room for argument, “I will personally conduct the search at the West Street intersection to buy time for Wang Feng and the others!”

“yes!”

After hanging up the call, Chen Mo strode towards the west street entrance.

All he had to do was put on a show.

A play that makes the murderer think he can get away with it easily.

At the entrance of West Street, the crowd that had been stopped was already complaining. As soon as they saw Chen Mo coming, they immediately surrounded him.

“Officer, when are we finally going to leave?”

“Exactly, why is the investigation taking so long!”

Chen Mo stood at the gate, like an unshakeable mountain.

“Let them pass now.”

“Come one by one, show your ID, explain the purpose of your visit to Hongxian Street, and the companion you left with.”

A young police officer was in charge of registration, while Chen Mo personally handled the questioning.

The first one was a middle-aged man carrying a briefcase, looking exhausted.

“I’m here to meet a client. It’s at the coffee shop at the street corner. This is my ID card.”

Chen Mo took it, glanced at it, and returned it to him.

“You can go now.”

The second was a young couple; the girl was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she clung tightly to the boy’s arm.

Chen Mo’s gaze fell on the boy.

What is your relationship?

“A…couple.” The boy was a little nervous.

How can you prove it?

The boy was stunned: “Huh? This… how can this be proven?”

“Ask your girlfriend a few questions, and if she answers correctly, we’ll let you go.” Chen Mo’s expression remained unchanged.

This question stunned everyone around. What kind of investigation method is this?

But no one dared to question it.

Chen Mo slowly and methodically asked a few questions about the details of their relationship.

The boy answered all the questions correctly, though he stumbled a bit, but it was clear that he hadn’t made them up on the spot.

“Alright, you can leave now.”

Chen Mo waved his hand.

Next, he questioned several couples and their companions in the same way.

Those who come alone, especially young men in their twenties and thirties, are his primary targets for questioning.

Identity, occupation, purpose of visit, personal belongings… they practically dug up every inch of the ground.

The crowd’s patience was being worn down little by little, and the complaints were growing louder.

But Chen Mo seemed not to hear.

His attention was highly focused on everyone who walked in front of him.

Time passed by, second by second.

Just as the crowd’s patience was about to reach its limit, Wang Feng came running wildly from the depths of the street.

His face was filled with uncontrollable excitement!

“Captain Chen! We’ve found him!”

Wang Feng rushed up to Chen Mo and handed him a tablet computer.

“Look!”

On the screen, a surveillance video is playing.

The footage comes from a side door camera at a shop, and the angle is a bit off.

At 1:27 a.m., the figures of two girls, Cheng Juan and Tian Tang, appeared on the screen.

They linked arms, seemingly chatting and laughing, and turned into a narrow alley without streetlights.

A few seconds later.

A man emerged from the shadows at the street corner.

He kept his head down the whole time, with the brim of his hat pulled down so low that his face was completely obscured.

Without the slightest hesitation, they also turned into that dark passage.

Then, he never came out again.

At the other end of that passage is a blind spot for surveillance cameras!

“It’s him!” Wang Feng’s voice trembled. “We compared the information repeatedly, and it was him! He disappeared after we went in!”

Chen Mo’s pupils suddenly contracted.

Although the face is not visible, the figure and the unhurried pace exude composure.