C76 (1/2)

That night, at midnight, the plane smoothly landed at Beijing International Airport. Task Force's liaison didn't tell us what exactly happened on the phone, but the moment we got off the plane, we were directly brought to the headquarters by a private car, and didn't even give us time to take a hot bath.

Carrying the exhaustion from our journey, the six of us walked into Task Force office in the early morning of the second day. Dad was already waiting for us inside, his expression was calm, and when he saw us enter, he nodded to everyone and indicated for them to take a seat.

”Everyone, you've been involved!” Dad said to us, ”This case was handled beautifully. We had originally applied for leave for everyone, but a sudden case occurred, so we could only postpone it!”

I am very curious, the cases that our Task Force have accepted are all extremely large, inhumane murder cases, could it be that another case like this has occurred? Carrying these questions, his father continued, ”Northface City, Mekong City, two strange murders occurred at the same time!”

Ah?!

There was a brief moment of surprise in the room, and my heart skipped a beat as well. Two murders at the same time, and it looks like I won't be able to calm down this time!

His father continued, ”On May 4, 2007, a case of violent assault on the Liu Family Lane in Northface City was reported. The four officers on duty were shot dead by gunmen, and at the same time, beside the bodies of the four sacrificed officers, the investigators found the body of an adult male. The cause of death was a gunshot wound in the abdomen, causing him to die from blood loss!”

”There was a gunny sack under the adult male's corpse at that time. The Northface City Police investigators found an incomplete human skeleton in the sack. After examination by the local medical examiner, the owner of this skeleton was a child not even two years of age!” At this point, his father paused. His face looked very cold and angry. I have a bad premonition.

At that moment, Dad's eyes suddenly swept over me. His gaze stayed on me for a few seconds. In my opinion, he seemed to be looking at me on purpose. Before I could figure out what was going on, Dad continued, ”The local medical examiner found a lot of scars, cuts, and broken bones. At the same time … This skeleton has even been steamed! ”

Ah!

The surroundings immediately exploded into commotion. I tightly clenched my fists as my arms violently trembled. At this moment, my anger has reached its peak. What kind of murderer is this? Why did he have to be so cruel to a child? Avenge? How much hatred did he have?

I secretly glanced at Liao Mengfann, who was beside me, and realised that her expression was also incomparably cold, and was even slightly more severe than mine. Perhaps it was because she was a woman, but when she heard that one of the victims was a child, the corners of her eyes immediately became extremely moist.

Her fists were gripped under the table until crackling sounds could be heard. The gauze on her left shoulder also had traces of blood seeping out. I secretly grabbed her hand under the table and shook my head, reminding her not to get too excited!

But I didn't expect that Liao Mengfann would suddenly struggle free from my hand, and then she grabbed onto my hand. She had a lot of strength, and might have treated me as her murderer!

The intense pain ran from my hands all the way to my heart. Large beads of sweat instantly appeared on my forehead. I resisted the urge to shout. She stretched out her foot to kick her foot under the table.

However, the intense pain made me lose my sense of direction. I kicked the table directly, and with a 'bang', the people from the conference room all looked over at me.

”Lu Xiaochuan!” Dad looked at me angrily. ”What are you doing?” Get out! ”

”I …” I was a bit depressed. Just who did I offend? I wanted to explain, but I understood Dad's temperament very well. I stood up and walked out of the meeting room with my head lowered, like a student who had made a mistake.

Everyone was still in the conference room, discussing the case. I leaned against the wall of the conference room and smoked a cigarette. I was thinking about this case. What kind of hatred did the murderer have for the deceased? So much so that he did something so inhumane.

There is one other thing that is worth my attention, and that is the incident with the police! The four policemen were all dead around the man's body. Was this case related to the man's death? If things went on like this, it would be very serious!

First, the murderer's methods were heinous and had no humanity. To be able to smoothly escape after killing four policemen, it seemed that the murderer's anti-detection abilities were similarly outstanding. Such a murderer was very difficult to deal with.

Secondly, the murderer has a gun in his hand, which is extremely dangerous. We can't guarantee that he won't commit the crime again and create a social panic. Most of these cases are solved within a certain time limit, which will put a lot of pressure on our investigation.

The third was the child's skeleton. From the autopsy, he found out that the skeleton had been steamed. At the same time, the skeleton was not complete. There were a lot of artificial marks on the surface of the skeleton, so what exactly were these marks? What is the meaning of this?

I lit another cigarette. I was very concerned about the third point, and the sack of bones. Why did the dead man put the bones in a sack? What was his relationship with the murdered child? What caused him to hold the bag of bones so tightly before he died? Could this man be the bone child's father?

I scratched my greasy hair. There were too few leads in this case. And I was kicked out of the meeting room by dad. God damn it, how am I so unlucky?

After thinking about it, I still felt that I should muster the courage to knock on the door of the conference room. I'm a police officer, I'm a member of Task Force, I have the right to listen to the analysis of cases, so what if dad you're a minister? I didn't do anything wrong, right? You can't bully others with your authority.

Thinking of this, I put out the cigarette in my hand, turned around, and walked to the door of the meeting room. I wanted to knock on the door. However, just as I raised my hand, the door to the meeting room creaked open. As I was very close to the door, my head was knocked on by the door!