When you don't interact with other people, even in a crowded city, you feel like an isolated island.
The Public Security Bureau of City No. 18 is such an isolated island.
The further the police car drove in the direction of the Sheriff's Department, the fewer pedestrians and vehicles there were on the road. People in the entire city seemed to have spontaneously forgotten this corner.
Sitting in the police car, Ana Shen was like sitting on the only ferry to the isolated island, crossing the obstacles and seeing the truth.
March 17, 2139, evening, 8:31 minutes.
Ana Shen finally arrived at the Public Security Bureau, which had been isolated from the outside world for seven days.
This small single-family building is brightly lit, and in the courtyard you can still see cars driving out and parking in and out, as well as police officers in a hurry.
"Team Lin is back?"
"How's it going? Is it going well?"
Li Lin seemed to have a high prestige. When she escorted Ana Shen inside, there would always be police officers stopping to greet her.
Occasionally she would stop and nod to her colleagues.
If you ignore the scale monster on their head, each of them looks so normal.
Li Lin grabbed a colleague and asked, "Where's Mr. Zhang?"
The colleague pointed to the northeast corner of the corridor: "In the office, Chen Gengnian's previous case has just been concluded, and something happened to this person. Director Zhang is having a headache."
"I gonna go see."
Li Lin Yan handed it over to Chen Feng, then turned around and walked towards the director's office on the northeast side.
Director Zhang is a middle-aged man in his fifties, somewhat Mediterranean, with a big belly. When Li Lin came to the office, he was lying on the table looking through a stack of past files.
"Report."
"Come in."
"Director, I have brought the suspect back, and Chen Feng is taking him to the interrogation room. Do you want to come over and take a look?"
As Li Lin spoke, she glanced at the files spread by Director Zhang from the corner of her eye.
It's still Chen Gengnian's file, but it involves another case.
A few months ago, someone suddenly reported that Chen Gengnian was suspected of abducting children, smuggling human organs, and even committed multiple murders. The person who made the report was well prepared and had solid evidence, almost turning the case into a solid case.
However, at the last moment, Chen Gengnian presented a "mental diagnosis certificate", and after several rounds of games in court, he finally escaped legal sanctions.
This case has become a source of frustration for the entire Public Security Bureau.
Li Lin also remembered that the person in charge of the case at that time submitted his resignation report directly after the verdict was handed down. Who was that person...?
"Xiao Lin is back?"
Director Zhang turned around, patted Li Lin on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Chen Gengnian asked you to take over a new case just after the last case was over. You won't blame me, right?"
Li Lin shook her head: "It's your responsibility."
Director Zhang sighed: "There is no way. The Chen Gengnian case you were responsible for before was too complicated. I'm really afraid that if it were someone else, he wouldn't be able to figure it out. After all, we don't have that much time to waste... Those who are able should work harder."
Li Lin was stunned. I was in charge of Chen Gengnian's case before? I don't have any impression... I seem to have an impression.
Li Lin frowned and recalled carefully. She seemed to see a figure sitting in front of a desk and burning the midnight oil. She saw the scene where she led a team to arrest Chen Gengnian, and even saw herself attending the court as a police representative.
The reason why I couldn't remember it all at once before was probably because I was too tired recently, Li Lin thought.
"Let's go. Didn't you say that the suspect has been caught? Let's go and take a look."
Director Zhang put down the file in his hand, tightened his belt, and walked out quickly. Li Lin did not continue to dwell on the previous matter and quickly followed.
"Zhang Ju, the suspect has indeed been caught, but there is one thing I can't figure out."
"what is the problem?"
"After we went to him to explain our purpose, he confessed directly."
"Pleaded guilty? Didn't you make any excuse for yourself?"
"No."
The flesh on Director Zhang's fat face was squeezed together: "Are you seeking leniency for the circumstances of surrendering..."
the other side.
Ana Shen sat on the iron board and saw that the police officer from the evidence department had set up the video recorder in vain. Chen Feng sat on the interrogation table with a police officer he had never met before, and knew that the interrogation was about to begin.
"Name, age."
"Shen Yan, 22 years old."
"what do you do?"
"Psychologist."
Chen Feng raised his head and asked seriously: "This afternoon, Chen Gengnian made an appointment with you for a consultation. After you met, he suddenly suffered a mental illness and accidentally killed his child. You admitted that you hypnotized him, is that true?"
Ana Shen remained silent.
Chen Feng: "Answer me, is that so?"
"No, it's not."
Ana Shen suddenly raised his head, no longer shy and shy as before, but with a calm expression on his face: "His disease has nothing to do with me, because we have never met today!"
"What?!"
Hearing Ana Shen's answer, everyone who knew the inside story all raised their heads in shock.
By chance, Li Lin and Director Zhang came outside the door and heard Ana Shen's conversation.
Director Zhang frowned and looked at Li Lin beside him.
Is this what you call a confession?
Li Lin didn't know how to explain it at this time. She pushed open the door of the interrogation room and walked straight in.
"Do you not remember what Dr. Shen personally admitted around seven o'clock in the afternoon?"
As she spoke, Li Lin took out a recording pen and slapped it on the table——
"Chen Gengnian had a mental illness around 17:45 this afternoon and accidentally killed his son who had just finished school. By the time we received the report and went to the scene, the body had been cooked to death." (Li Lin)
"I now suspect that you are related to Chen Gengnian's vicious injury incident. Please come with us." (Li Lin)
"Don't be nervous, we are just making routine inquiries..." (Chen Feng)
"Yes, I did it." (Shen Yan)
"Wha...what?" (Chen Feng)
"Do you know what you are talking about?" (Chen Feng)
"Chen Gengnian's sudden illness was caused by my secret manipulation." (Shen Yan)
"You...how did you do it? What tricks did you use?" (Chen Feng)
"Hypnosis." (Shen Yan)
After the recording was played, everyone present felt enlightened. In the recorder, all the conversations this afternoon were shown, word for word, although it was not an ironclad proof, it was not something Ana Shen could deny casually.
Li Lin looked at Ana Shen coldly and asked, "Do you still want to continue to quibble?"
Ana Shen chuckled lightly and said: "It's just a recording...this is what you forced me to say at that time. It was not of my own free will."
"Besides, I have to have a motive for committing the crime, right? We don't know each other, so what good does it do me if he's crazy."
Before Ana Shen finished speaking, Chen Feng threw a stack of files over on the spot.
Ana Shen took a look and found that all the dozen or so pages were recorded with his own information.
"Shen Zeyan, a child adopted by Risheng Hope Orphanage. On December 27, 2133, he reported to the Public Security Bureau as a victim that Chen Gengnian abused children and sold organs."
"In the first half of 2134, he was active in the Public Security Bureau of City No. 18, committed to helping the police collect evidence of Chen Gengnian's crimes."
"On July 29, 2134, Chen Gengnian was unable to fulfill his criminal responsibilities due to mental illness. After being released in court, Shen Zeyan disappeared."
In this stack of files, there is also a photo, which is a family portrait in an orphanage. The photo shows a group photo of more than 20 teenagers aged 13 or 14. Chen Gengnian is sitting in the middle of everyone. At that time, Chen Gengnian had not yet He is fat, wears gold-rimmed glasses, wears a white shirt, and looks elegant.
A child who looked very similar to Ana Shen was standing in the corner of the photo. He was a little thin and a little dark, with his neck curled up, like a little chicken.
"Should we call you Shen Yan or Shen Zeyan?"
Ana Shen looked up and saw that whether it was Chen Feng, Li Lin or the police officer in charge of the evidence section, the scale monster on their heads seemed to solidify a little with their emotions.
Chen Feng slammed the table hard and said with suppressed anger: "Let me tell you, this is the Public Security Bureau, not a place for you to make lies. Since we have called you here, it means that we have obtained enough evidence. You should think about what to do." Try to get your sentence reduced instead of making excuses here!"
Ana Shen looked at the photo for a long time, and finally sneered and threw it aside.
"Sir, of course I know where this place is."
He fiddled with the handcuffs on his hands and said slowly: "Even if I have a motive for committing the crime, I don't have the time. I have been wandering around the dog market this afternoon and have never met him at all."
Li Lin asked from the side: "Chen Gengnian made an appointment with you for a consultation at 2:50 pm. If you don't keep the appointment, why are you going to the dog market?"
"Boss Chen did have an appointment with me. It was precisely because of this that I went to the dog market in the afternoon to choose a dog for him."
Ana Shen said helplessly: "As you know, in our industry, there are not many opportunities to meet big customers like Boss Chen. I found out that he likes to eat dog meat, so I didn't want to give him some gifts."
"If you don't believe me, go check the surveillance and see if what I said is true."
Li Lin asked: "You went to pick out gifts and stayed all afternoon, so that you broke the appointment with the person you gave the gift to?"
Ana Shen spread his hands: "It was Mr. Chen who called me and said that the appointment was cancelled. My place was too remote, he regretted it, and he had already found another clinic with better facilities."
"I have nothing to do, so I just want to hang out at the dog market for a while. Is it illegal to go to the dog market?"
Li Lin first glanced at Ana Shen coldly, then turned around and signaled to her colleagues in the evidence department: "Go to the comrades from the Ministry of Transportation and check the dog market's monitoring from two to five o'clock this afternoon. "
"How long does it take to retrieve surveillance video? According to federal law, you have no right to detain a citizen for twelve hours!"
Ana Shen complained intentionally or unintentionally: "I don't have time to waste here with you. If you don't let me go when the time is up, I will file a complaint against you immediately!"
Several policemen looked at Ana Shen coldly and said nothing. The atmosphere in the interrogation room suddenly became extremely oppressive, like a powder keg filled with gunpowder that was about to explode at any time.
In such an atmosphere, Ana Shen saw that the speed at which the scale monsters on Li Lin and their heads were solidifying was gradually accelerating.
According to this rate of change, these monsters will completely solidify from their phantom state in a dozen hours.
"We need to add more fire."
Dozens of minutes later, the police officer from the Evidence Section ran back and whispered a few words in Li Lin's ear: "He has indeed been wandering around the dog market. Until about five o'clock in the afternoon, he had not been anywhere else."
"How can it be?"
Ana Shen saw that Li Lin's expression changed instantly after listening to the evidence officer's words, and the monster that gradually solidified on her head began to scatter.
It seems that it will collapse into its original transparent appearance at any time.
Ana Shen hurriedly stood up from his seat and shouted: "What am I talking about? I haven't seen him at all this afternoon. Hurry up and open the handcuffs."
Chen Feng stood up in a daze, walked up to Ana Shen and was about to unlock his handcuffs.
"No, you can't leave!"
Li Lin pulled Chen Feng away and stood in front of Shen Yan, staring at him with red eyes: "I don't know how you did it, but you must have seen Chen Gengnian this afternoon. I have the mental evaluation you gave Chen Gengnian here. prove!"
"Chen Gengnian's sudden madness must have something to do with you!"
"I have an alibi."
"How do you explain this appraisal certificate?"
"It's just a document without fingerprints or signatures. Do you need an explanation? We didn't even meet that day!"
"you!"
Seeing Ana Shen's calm yet somewhat arrogant look, Li Lin was so angry that she grabbed his collar and pulled him over.
Ana Shen glanced at the camera on the side that was still running, and said calmly: "The video is still on. Are Officer Lin prepared to surrender?"
"Team Lin, calm down!"
Chen Feng, who was on the side, saw this and hurriedly stepped forward to pull the two people apart.
Ana Shen looked at the crazy scale monster dancing on Li Lin's head and said with a smile: "Why bother? Even if you keep me today, you will still let me out early tomorrow morning."
"Just like Chen Gengnian's case, you have obtained 100% evidence to prove the crime he committed. When the trial comes, a mental evaluation can restore his freedom."
While adjusting his collar, Ana Shen sneered and said, "In the end, besides watching him get away with justice, what else can you do?"
"You can only punish yourselves."
"Whether you resign angrily or go secretly to compensate those children, you won't be able to hurt him even a hair."
"Chen Gengnian... mentally ill..." Shen Yan's words triggered a certain switch, and the police officers present seemed to have returned to the scene of the original trial.
They saw that the evidence they had worked hard to collect for several months was not worth the other party's certificate of identification.
They saw that Ana Shen in front of them was merging with the shadow of Chen Gengnian in their impression.
"Do you know what he did after he was released from the court? He relied on smuggling organs to open a private hospital. He has made a lot of money in the past few years, tsk tsk..."
"Get out of the way. You couldn't judge Chen Gengnian back then, and you can't judge me today either."
Ana Shen pushed Li Lin away and wanted to go out, but found that all the police officers in the interrogation room were looking at her.
"You...you are guilty, I can't let you go!"
"You are guilty..."
Several people, like Li Lin, all had their eyes turn scarlet, and the scale monster on their heads solidified rapidly as they continued to struggle!
Among them, the scale monster on Li Lin's head solidified the fastest. She grabbed Ana Shen's shoulders with both hands, stared at him with scarlet eyes, and kept repeating one sentence: "You are guilty... I can't let you go." …”
Outside the interrogation room, the police officers who were busy with their work also stopped their movements at the same time, and all walked towards the interrogation room in a dull and dull manner.
Seeing this strange phenomenon, Ana Shen did not choose to run away immediately, but instead stared at the scale monster on these people's heads.
He saw the mental monster on Li Lin's head radiate a dark red dotted line, leading directly to the interrogation room.
Soon, the lines on the scale monsters on the heads of several other people also appeared.
Looking around, the monsters on the heads of everyone in the Public Security Bureau all showed a dark red line, and all the lines converged to the same place!
Ana Shen glanced at the direction where the lines were converging, and finally showed a relieved smile.
He patted his left ear, and there was a burst of electricity in his ear, and then a mature and cool female voice rang:
"This is the command center, doctor, report the situation."
Ana Shen: "The realm owner has been locked, take action!"
