Chapter 683: Chapter 456: Who is the Killer?
Behind him at an angle, there was a man with his forehead wrapped in a strange black headband, his eyes half-closed.
The man’s stature wasn’t particularly imposing, but when Donatello looked at him, as his gaze shifted, everyone in the police station felt their hearts skip a beat.
The instant the man opened his eyes, it was as if they were looking at a tyrannosaurus rex from hundreds of millions of years ago!
Except for cruelty, there was nothing but cruelty in those blood-red eyes, and Pine didn’t even realize… he unconsciously took two steps back.
“Sai, what do you see?”
Donatello spoke, and only then did people learn the name of the strange man.
It was a somewhat odd single character name.
“Human, the other party has disguised himself.”
“That’s impossible, those footprints sinking slightly with every step are precise, and the edges are extremely smooth. This is clearly the result of natural gravity. Moreover, some of the footprints are particularly deep without any change in contour!”
An expert in a white uniform suddenly stood up excited and, with a click of his laser pen, several images instantly appeared on the projection.
For example, inside the alleyway about to enter Building W16, a distinct footprint can be seen sinking close to two centimeters deep.
When the man named Sai casually glanced over, the expert felt a chill run through his body and instantly shut his mouth.
The man’s gaze was too terrifying, he even instinctively wanted to call for the Guard.
Sai merely scanned the area with a glance before diverting his gaze and closing his eyes again, arms crossed in front of his chest.
What was he doing?
Boom!
At that moment, everyone in the intelligence hall felt the ground shake beneath them, even the tables trembled.
“See for yourself.”
An indifferent voice came from Sai’s mouth.
Only then did a bunch of people from the police station notice the large, smooth-edged footprint that had suddenly appeared under the terrifying man’s feet.
What horrified them was not the footprint itself, but the fact that the floor of the intelligence hall was made of pure granite.
Without any stone chips flying about, a footprint was deeply engraved upon it.
Gulp…
The sound of people swallowing resounded, and the expert also closed his mouth.
They understood. The man who followed behind Young Master Tang was also a true master.
By the looks of it, his physical strength could even surpass the legendary level twenty!
“Continue reporting any useful information you’ve found.”
Donatello looked at Pine’s obsequious manner and a deep disgust surfaced from the bottom of his eyes.
“Yes, yes, according to the investigation, we found that the methods used by the assailant to kill were mainly the following.”
“Strangling throats with bare hands, killing with daggers, cutting with poisoned blades, shooting with Crossbow Arrows… In the corridor on the fifth floor, there was also a victim smashed to pieces.”
Thinking back on those images made Pine’s stomach churn.
“The fifth floor? Does the person who died in that peculiar way have a photo?” By now, Donatello’s mindset had gradually regained some composure. Could it be that someone dared to plot against him?
“Yes, yes.”
Soon, the image appeared on the screen; there was no frontal view, but just by looking at the back, Donatello knew who it was.
Bearded…
The executor directly involved in the Planet Project, who snuck into the Polar Base of Loki Heavy Industry.
And to have died so unclearly last night?
“Right, from the exterior of the building to the fifth floor inside, a total of sixty-two people died, with no signs of gunfire detected, no shots were fired in the entire building. This suggests that the attack was very likely a stealth attack from a high-level assassin…”
“Heh.” Before Donatello could speak, the man in a black headscarf behind him scoffed through his nose.
“The disparity in strength is too great; this is a one-sided crushing slaughter.”
Sai spoke, and his words drifted into everyone’s heart like a cold breeze.
Donatello sighed softly, as expected, matters had escalated to their most complex state.
A mysterious enemy appeared, and then the stronghold used to hide Rodrick’s family was slaughtered to the last.
What about the mother and child, then?
However, at that moment, the pig chose the most inappropriate time to speak.
“Does this kind of incident require the deployment of the High-ability Bureau?”
Pine stuttered, the adversary was clearly a high-ability individual, definitely beyond the capacity of their ordinary police department to handle, and they probably needed to call on the government’s High-ability Bureau.
“I really raised a good-for-nothing… Pine, you can retire after this incident.”
Donatello’s smiled gently, but the cold indifference in his eyes made Pine sweat like pulp.
“From now on, if you dare utter one more word, I’ll strip the flesh right off your bones.”
As his words fell, Pine almost knelt on the ground, quickly clamping his mouth shut.
Leaning gently back in his chair, Donatello closed his eyes to mull things over before asking, “Were any weapons left at the scene?”
“Yes, three daggers, which upon investigation were just stolen from a nearby store. Oh, and a Crossbow Arrow stuck in the ceiling which our team retrieved. As for other weapons, none were left behind… however, a lot of firearms had been fired at the scene.”
Donatello glanced at the man behind him, Sai nodded lightly, then said,
“Let me see that Crossbow Arrow, and play the footage of the victims killed by the poisoned weapons.”
The police personnel quickly complied with the requests.
Holding the transparent isolation bag, Sai’s scarlet eyes scrutinized the Crossbow Arrow for a moment and then looked up at the bluish-purple wounds slashed by the Snake Blade.
Then he placed the Crossbow Arrow on the table.
“Any findings?”
“If nothing else interferes, then… the murderer is from Solomon.”
Those words exploded like thunder, shocking everyone.
Even Donatello straightened his body, disbelief spreading across his pale, indifferent face.
“What did you say, Solomon? When did the Tang family ever provoke them?”
Sai stepped back two paces and bowed slightly, “This is Solomon’s signature Cold Weapon—Solomon’s Hand Armor, normally issued only to mid-level personnel and above. If the attackers were from Solomon, then their ranks must be high.”
Donatello adjusted his breathing before speaking up, “What do you mean ‘if’? Are there other possibilities?”
Sai nodded, “Yes, there’s another possibility: someone killed a mid-level or higher member of Solomon and then plundered his Solomon’s Hand Armor. However, I don’t believe that’s very likely.”
Killed a person from Solomon…
That thought struck like lightning through Donatello’s mind, and he felt as though he had just heard something related recently.
Wait!
Demon Snake Andumari in the Mecha Combat Tournament, one of the true seventy-two Gatepost Knights.
Hadn’t he claimed to seek vengeance for his subordinates?
That indirectly suggested, that boy…
Had once killed someone from Solomon!
Solomon, Solomon, those three words seemed to hold some magic, making connections instantly form in his mind.
A gleam of light flashed in his eyes, and Donatello suddenly rose to his feet.
“Someone, go investigate a person for me!”