Chapter 363: A Thrilling Criminal Chase (1/2)

”It's 9:00 pm now,” Xiaotao glanced at her watch. “Many of them are off work. Tomorrow then!”

”Tomorrow morning it is,” I nodded.

”Why do you want to see them?” Xiaotao asked uneasily. “Do you have a plan? I have to let Sun Tiger know in advance. ”

”None!” I chuckled. “I just want to meet them!”

Xiaotao frowned and complained, ”How annoying! You’re making me guess again!”

The next morning, I arrived early at the station. Xiaotao took me to a conference room where the officers were waiting. ”Is this all of them?” I swept my gaze across the room.

”One-third of the force,” replied Xiaotao.

I closed the door and addressed the room, ”Please cooperate with me on one thing. It’s related to the case we’re currently investigating. I can’t disclose the details, but don't worry, it’s definitely not something that will put you in a difficult spot.”

They were all trained officers so no one questioned me when I said so.

I asked each of them to walk up to me and speak in a normal tone, ”We’ve checked the school and found nothing suspicious.”

This was the exact sentence the Imitator said to me at the school last night. But at the time, I didn't doubt him at all and felt a sense of familiarity as if I had seen him before.

The Imitator could perfectly clone a person's character, behavior and manner of speaking, so I suspected he was impersonating an officer here.

Each officer came up to me and recited the words, then left through the back door. I went through a room full of officers but failed to find the one I was looking for.

Xiaotao got the second group of officers to come in. This time, when one of the officers repeated the sentence, I experienced a sense of déjà vu and shouted, ”Please repeat the sentence!”

The officer paused for a moment and slowly repeated himself.

”Thank you for your cooperation. The rest of you can go back,” I said. “As for you, please stay.” The officer looked at me in confusion. When I described the incident, he seemed caught on the hop. ”Why did the murderer choose to impersonate me?” he asked.

As I recalled, he wasn’t part of the operation last night. ”The reason is simple,” I chuckled. “It means he sees you often. So tell me where you live and the places you frequent.”

He reported several locations–his home, the restaurant he frequented, and lastly, his parents' home.

Catching my drift, Xiaotao said, ”I'll assign a few officers to check these three locations at once!”

”No, this is the only clue we have now,” I waved my hand. “We mustn’t startle him. Let’s change into some casual clothes and visit the locations ourselves.”

After a few minutes of waiting at the door, Xiaotao came out wearing a pair of shorts, a white T-shirt and a cap. My gaze flickered towards her deep cleavage. ”Aren’t we supposed to keep a low profile?” I smirked.

“This whole outfit is worth less than 300 yuan! Isn’t that keeping a low profile?” Xiaotao knuckled me in the head.

Then she noticed my gaze and said, ”What are you looking at? It’s not like I have a choice. My breasts are obvious in everything I wear!” She sighed, “It’s such a predicament being so voluptuous. I’m considering getting a breast reduction.”

”There’s no need for that,” I refuted. “Staying natural is the best. If you go for that surgery, I guarantee the morale around here will take a huge dip.”

Xiaotao grabbed me by the ear and laughed, ”You mischievous rascal! Since when have you learned to be so glib?!”

I begged for mercy and changed the subject. ”Let's take a cab there!”

The officer’s home was the closest to the station so we headed there first. With Xiaotao’s hand in mine, we strolled around the neighborhood. Passers-by couldn’t resist staring at her.