Volu 8 – Chapter 34: Pretender
In the surveillance video, the man nad ‘Qian Guoliang’ suddenly appeared in front of the cara.
At that ti, he was already fatally injured and could only walk up the stairs on the upper deck, holding the wall for support.
“Strange, is this the only video available?” Officer Ma frowned when he ntioned this.
Mu Enli commanded calmly, “Look for it again.”
The employee in charge of the monitoring station quickly turned on all the screens and replayed each one over the sa ti period. In the end, the employee said with resignation, “Captain, we can’t find any other video. We only have this one.”
Ma Houde paced back and forth in the room, “It’s impossible to have only this one...If you can’t find it, there are only two possibilities.”
“Officer Ma, what are the two possibilities?” asked Mu Enli.
Officer Ma paused and said, “One is that soone has secretly edited these videos... but this should be impossible. We all ca here imdiately after the accident. There is no way the murderer would arrive here earlier than us.”
“Anyone besides us co here before?” The old captain suddenly asked the person in the surveillance room at this ti.
Everyone was seen shaking their heads.
Ma Houde said, “Then, there is one possibility... The deceased Qian Guoliang has the ability to avoid those surveillance lenses.”
“This...is impossible? These surveillance caras were installed on the ship two years ago, There should not be any areas that the surveillance cara overlooked,” said the employee in reflex.
Officer Ma nodded and said, “Yes, the coverage of these shots are wide enough. It is impossible to hide from these caras no matter how you hide, especially since this guy is dying, he would not be in the mood to avoid these shots. Instead, he should let himself be discovered... Look at him walking towards the deck, it is clear that he possessed the will to live.”
“That’s weird... can this guy be a ghost?” said the employee absentmindedly.
“You must believe in science!” Ma Houde solemnly said. “Prosperity, democracy... rember the sixteen words of truth!”
Despite saying so, how did the deceased suddenly appear in the hallway...Officer Ma could not help but watch this video repeatedly.
“Captain, I found the registered information of Qian Guoliang and the room where he stayed.” A crew mber hurried into the room at this ti.
“Give the information.” Ma Houde reached out and took it straight away. Then without further ado, he said, “Now, show this man’s room.”
When everyone left the central control room, Ma Houde made a call when he was on the way to Qian Guoliang’s room, “Lin Feng? Is the helicopter ready yet...? I need you to help check on sothing. Rember. The deceased is Qian Guoliang. He is an engineer. His ID card number is......”
“Got it, Officer Ma! I am on it now!”
...
Walking along the stairs which lead up to the deck, bloody hand prints were seen on the wall... clear and ghastly.
Ren Ziling looked down all the way without fear. She was thinking about sothing else while walking. Li Zi followed her from behind, eating a lollipop.
“Co to think of it, Li Zi, you can still eat snacks at a mont like this...? Are you not afraid?” Ren Ziling turned back in curiosity.
“This is because you are here, Sister Ren. So, there is nothing to be afraid of,” Li Zi blinked. “Also, eating sweets can calm your emotions.”
“Oh, flattery won’t work on .” Ren Ziling shrugged. “However, why would this guy think of walking towards the deck?”
“Probably looking for soone to help?” Li Zi thought.
Ren Ziling shook her head, “If it’s you being fatally injured, would you still struggle to climb the stairs? Won’t it be quicker to call for help through a cell phone?”
“Didn’t Officer Ma just check that there was nothing on the deceased?”
Ren Ziling nodded, “That is the problem. You suggest that the murderer wanted to kill soone to take away sothing from the person. The question is, why didn’t the murderer wait for the person to die then steal his belongings?”
“Probably he escaped or sothing?”
“You have taken away soone else’s belongings and you stabbed him in the chest. Would you still let him get away? So, how many tis did they fight?”
Li Zi stuck out her tongue.
At this ti, a crew mber suddenly appeared and shouted, “You guys, what are you doing here! This is temporarily closed. Please leave! This is no longer a place for sightseeing.”
Subeditor Ren turned around with her arms on her hips and glared at him, “You, don’t you know who I am?”
The crew mber shook his head honestly... How the hell do I know who you are, lady? Although your body is in good shape...
Subeditor Ren suddenly switched to her shrewish mode, pointing at the crew, “Idiot! Didn’t you see that I was with Officer Ma! Now that Officer Ma went to the central control room to investigate. Of course, we have to stay here and investigate the scene! Are you here to prevent us from doing our job!”
The crew mber was shocked and stood up straight. “I’m sorry, I’m sorry! My vision is not good! Please, please! Please tell if you need anything!”
So, Subeditor Ren looked at the crew mber and said, “Go and tell your colleagues to stay nearby to guard the area. Do not let idlers simply enter this area!”
“I know, I know! I am going now!”
Seeing the crew walk away, Ren Ziling turned around and made a victory gesture towards Li Zi.
As long as you’re happy then fine... Li Zi was still eating her lollipop in silence.
“Strange, the traces just stop here?”
Ren Ziling and Li Zi ca to the corner of the corridor. They saw that the seal appeared from here out of thin air... There were so blood stains on the ground, but there was nothing else left for them to discover.
Li Zi knocked on the surrounding walls, and also tried to push the surrounding rooms. She shook her head and said, “The wall is solid, and the door is locked... There is no blood on the door handle, it is impossible...”
Li Zi subconsciously looked towards the top of her head. Ren Ziling looked at the ceiling of the corridor above the blood stain almost at the sa ti, and directly said, “Li Zi, squat down!”
“Why?”
“How can I climb up without stepping on you?”
“...Sister Ren, how heavy are you?”
“Just squat down!!!” Ren Ziling patted on Li Zi’s head hard.
...
“This is the room.” The crew led the crowd to the door of Qian Guoliang’s room.
Ma Houde said imdiately, “Do you have a spare key? Open the door.”
The crew nodded quickly, took out the spare key, and opened the lock of the room. When he was about to push the door and enter into the room, Ma Houde pulled him, “You both, stand at the side.”
After he said that, Office Ma also stood on the side of the door. First, he gently pushed open the door slightly. After a while, he opened the door vigorously.
“There’s soone in the room!”
Everyone saw that a man about twenty seven or twenty eight years old tied to a chair in the room at this mont. He appeared to be in a coma with his head down.
Ma Houde glanced at the room, and then ordered, “Wake this guy up and then look for anything special in the room, clues and anything as such.”
So, a crew mber volunteered to approach the bounded man, shaking the guy vigorously, “Wake up! Sir, wake up! Wake up... Officer Ma, looks like I can’t wake him up?”
Ma Houde glanced blankly, “With your way of waking him up, it will be a miracle for him to wake up...Let do it.”
Office Ma took a cup, filled it with water and walked in front of the man. Everyone stared at the police officer... Ma Houde suddenly said, “All of you turned around. Nothing to see here.”
The people instinctively looked at the old captain, but the old captain shook his head and turned around consciously. Everyone followed.
Officer Ma only took a sip of cold water at this mont, then stretched his fist, knocked on the man’s stomach hard. He then shot...the water out of his mouth hard.
He let out a shot towards this man’s face!
The comatose man’s eyelids jumped a few tis, and slowly opened his eyes... Fei Ying opened his eyes. At first, he showed a puzzled expression and then he suddenly raised his brows.
Why are these people here... And, why does my stomach feel like it was stomped by a hippopotamus?
And why is my face so wet...It’s so uncomfortable!!
“You... who are you?” Fei Ying looked at the people in front of him with horror. “You... What do you do to ? Why did you tie up?!”
Ma Houde had frequently seen this look. When he was about to ask a question, the phone rang – It was a call from Lin Feng.
“Officer Ma, I found the person that you asked to look for. Qian Guoliang, his identity, occupation and company all matched with what you described. But... this Qian Guoliang is now in Australia. I just contacted him. He is still alive.”
“What? Alive?” Ma Houde froze, frowned, and subconsciously looked at the man who was still tied up.
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