Chapter 192 (1/2)

Chapter 192: Lack of Evidence

Translator: GravityTales Editor: GravityTales

Star City, Police Department, Criminal Division.

The entire building of the Criminal Division’s offices was still brightly lit even though morning had already come. A lot of police officers were passing in and out of the building, while police cars also came and left with their flashing lights on.

On the second floor of the building.

The office was filled with curling smoke, the pungent smell irritating people’s noses. Deng Jianmin—the director of the City Public Security Bureau, clamped his cigarettes and deeply frowned as he looked at more than 20 police officers of the Criminal Division.

“Our superiors have decreed that we must solve this case within three days. I don’t care what methods, get me the murderer as soon as possible!” Deng Jianmin spoke with an unsightly expression.

Cheng Xuemei forced out a smile and said, “Director, we too want to solve this case ASAP. But this case is way too special, while we don’t have the files of these people in our archives. If we really can determine that they are foreigners, then we can contact the Interpol. Only then can we get more clues.”

“I’ve reported this situation, and I believe we can get in touch with the Interpol soon. As long as we can be sure that they’re foreigners, it means that these people are international assassins as suspected. I think their target is living in South Gate Town since they died nearby its front entrance. Have you copied the CCTV footage for the residents who have gone out of the complex?” Deng Jianmin said.

“We already did that, Sir!” Cheng Xuemei replied.

“Then play and put it on the screen for the suspicious target.” Deng Jianmin said.

“Understood!” Cheng Xuemei complied.

The monitor screen played the footage. Since the video was set to fast play, ten minutes later, the image of Tang Xiu and Gu Yin leaving the complex was played on the screen.

“Wait!”

Cheng Xuemei’s face slightly changed and immediately shouted with a deep tone.

“Captain Cheng, did you find anything?” Deng Jianmin asked with a confused expression.

Cheng Xuemei spoke to the person who played the footage, “Rewind the video, and focus on the two who just came out before.”

Deng Jianmin watched the screen as his brows knitted a few seconds after and said, “That young man is kinda family, where have I seen him before?”

“Chief, he’s Tang Xiu.” Cheng Xuemei spoke with a deep tone.

Deng Jianmin’s pupils shrunk as he suddenly stood and spoke with a deepened tone, “That major case before, the killing of those A-level wanted criminals, he was suspected to be involved. In the kidnapping case at school, he was the one who acted and killed the criminal. But how can he also appear in this South Gate Town case?”

Cheng Xuemei shook her head and replied, “He lives there. And it looks like the little girl he was holding should also live together with him. The time on the footage is only half an hour from when the three assassins were killed.”

“Continue playing the surveillance footage.” Deng Jianmin said with a deep tone.

Along with the playing back of the video on the screen, everyone present frowned. Not long after, Tang Xiu walked with the little girl back to the villa complex, as they then watched the footage until the three assassins were killed, but Tang Xiu himself didn’t come out again.

“It’s not him?” One of the Criminal Police officers shook his head.

“As far I know, Tang Xiu is an expert martial artist. He can climb up the wall to leave the villa complex. Who can be sure that he’s not the one who killed those three assassins?” Cheng Xuemei replied with a sneer.

The other member of Criminal Police said, “Chief, we’ve gotten all CCTV videos for the entire area of South Gate Town. And according to the people in charge from the Property Management Office, there is nearly no black spots in the monitoring scope. And Tang Xiu wasn’t seen in the video leaving the villa complex in all of the footages, so we can exclude him from the suspect list.”

“Just keep watching.” Deng Jianmin said deeply.

3:30 AM

All of the monitoring video footages in South Gate Town had been played. In the end, Tang Xiu indeed didn’t leave South Gate Town.

“If Tang Xiu isn’t involved in this case, then who is it? We’ve screened all the residents that came out of the complex and excluded nearly everyone.” Cheng Xuemei said with a puzzled expression.