Sufina had just arrived at the Public Security Bureau and the Appraisal Department and saw many people cleaning up metal, charcoal and other things. Hubble saw Sufina and brought her in.
Sufina said: "I know the matter, how is the situation?"
Hubble said: "Additional manpower has been deployed at each city gate, and patrols are also searching the city. The Sheriff's Department has issued a reward for anyone who provides clues. The arrested people are being interrogated, and they are now waiting for experts who are proficient in puppet machinery to investigate these people.
Fragments for identification.”
The parts of several large tables were set up, and not long after, a carriage came outside the security office. Hale Bess, the top official of the imperial security office, immediately greeted him: "Mr. Jixi."
Two people got off the carriage, a woman wearing a black nightgown with her thighs exposed, and a very strong man. Hale Bess held the strong man's hand tightly: "I am Hale Bess, the person in charge here.
Man, it’s great that you can come here late at night despite your busy schedule. Hey, you..."
The tired-looking woman next to her yawned, clapped her mouth, glanced at Bess next to her, and said expressionlessly: "I am Mr. Jixi."
"Uh..." Bess felt embarrassed and stretched out his hand: "Hello, Mr. Jixi."
Mr. Jixi ignored him and went straight up the steps: "Stop talking nonsense and get down to business. I still want to go home and sleep."
The security officers and others watched Mr. Jixi enter the security office, and they all talked and whispered in low voices.
Da Funk whispered to the people around him: "This expert is really exaggerating. A woman had to call her sir and came here wearing pajamas."
"Who says it isn't?"
Some people expressed doubts and whispered: "Can this woman do it? Is she really an expert like this?"
Mr. Jixi looked very young, around thirty years old, wearing a high-quality, high-end black nightgown. She didn't even wear a bra. The nightgown was worn like a windbreaker, with no buttons, only a belt, and her thighs were bare.
, wearing a pair of very narrow briefs.
Arriving at the appraisal office, Bess curiously asked: "Mr. Jixi, who is this person next to you?"
"It's a puppet I made. I call it Big Dog." Mr. Jixi didn't want to deal with such a scene. He gave a brief explanation and began to check the parts on the table.
People who originally expressed doubts about Mr. Jixi’s expert status were secretly surprised. No one could see that the ‘bald man’ who was flipping parts in front of them was actually a man-made puppet!
Some people present couldn't help laughing, and some were holding it back hard. Bess wanted to laugh but was embarrassed to laugh. He glared at his subordinates fiercely and ordered: "Don't stay here anymore. Go outside to check on the residents at the place where the incident occurred. Look.
Let’s see if there are any clues.”
It didn't take long for Mr. Jixi to finish the appraisal. He pointed at the table and said: "Two 12-style dog puppets, 2 48-style modified puppets, 3 zero-four-style killing puppets, and 1 zero-jiu style self-destruction puppet.
The most well-preserved one is this one, a Qiwu-type cannon-shooting puppet."
"Can you see anything?" Bess asked, adjusting his leather windbreaker.
Mr. Jixi washed his hands, dried them with a white handkerchief and said: "They are all general-purpose puppets, with some improvements in details, but the essence has not changed. Although they are popular puppet styles in the eastern part of the mainland, they have no reference.
This kind of thing can be bought everywhere in the market, and can be made in many small workshops, even by private craftsmen. From the remaining parts, it can be seen that the craftsmanship of these puppets is of excellent quality, which is worth noting."
Bess was puzzled: "How to say?"
Mr. Jixi crossed his chest with his left hand and cupped his chin with his right hand and said: "The puppet master's puppets are very expensive. In the Puppetry Professional Alliance, the puppet quality grading standards are divided into: ordinary, enhanced, excellent, fine workmanship, flawless... etc.
Equal quality. This kind of general-purpose puppet is used as a consumable in the hands of most mercenaries and less wealthy puppet masters. Since it is a consumable, of course the lower the cost, the better, so they generally use
They are all puppets of ordinary quality, and many people use defective products. Only those who are more particular will use better quality. Especially puppets used for one-time self-destruction, which are basically poorly used.
quality.”
"You're saying this puppet master is very rich?"
Ji Xi nodded: "The higher the quality and craftsmanship, the bigger the price difference. Sometimes the price difference may be dozens of times different for one level. Take my big dog as an example, one of its arms has hundreds of
Transmission parts, each movement has very complex joint linkage. If it is of poor quality, the puppet's behavior will be very dull. I can only say that this puppet master can use a puppet of good quality as a consumable.
Strong financial resources.”
Da Fink said: "I also met a puppet." He described the puppet he saw.
Mr. Jixi said: "From your description, it should be a specially customized puppet. If I see the real thing, I may be able to tell which craftsman made it. Of course, it may also be made by the puppet master himself. There are many puppet masters.
, he himself is a master craftsman.”
Bes frowned and said, "In other words, these puppets don't have any valuable clues?"
"No, a little bit." Mr. Jixi said: "The level of this puppet master is about an advanced level...maybe a little stronger. And she is a woman, aged between 24 and 30 years old, and is not married.
.”
Everyone was surprised: "You can see this?"
Mr. Jixi showed a rare confident smile: "This is my profession, please don't doubt it."
The Puppet Master originally majored in magic of the mind control department. Although he did not focus on mental control, magicians who majored in the mind control department would more or less study psychology. Everyone was relieved when they thought of this.
.
"I've done everything I can do, and the rest is your business." Mr. Jixi yawned again, and got into the carriage with the help of the big dog, still complaining: "Oh, I have to make up for it at noon tomorrow.
A beauty sleep…”
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After Mr. Jixi left, follow-up clues were sent. At the time of the incident, some people saw the person jumping from the tower, a man wearing a blue robe.
.The interrogation of the arrested persons has also concluded.
The interrogator reported: "The four captured people confessed that they were militiamen organized in villages outside the city. Someone hired them for 1,000 gold coins two days ago and asked them to wait for the second contact. After the second contact, they were let out on the street.
We set up an ambush and used the explosion as a signal to carry out this operation."
In some remote towns and rural villages, government soldiers are unable to take care of them. Each village will form its own militia organization to resist the invasion of monsters and bandits in the wild.
Bess was so angry: "These guys dare to kill people just for 1,000 gold coins. They still kill people in the imperial capital! I wonder if these people have any brains? By the way, who is the person who contacted them? What does he look like?"
The interrogator put down the report in his hand and said: "I don't know, the person who contacted them was a puppet."
"It's a puppet again. These people are very careful..."
…
Returned to the academy from the police station and reported the situation to Deputy Dean Agnes, who was in charge of the case.
Agnes said: "Things happened during your actions, but the plan was approved by me. I will explain it to the superiors. You should cooperate with the security station and the royal guards to do a good job. I will go to the palace in person tomorrow
Explain this operation."
After the report, the three of them were together, and Hubble was smoking under the tree. Da Fink was squatting on the stone bench next to the tree drinking beer. He couldn't help but raise his head and asked: "Captain, I don't mean to blame you, but tonight is so important."
Action, where have you been?"
Sofina said nothing.
Hubble said: "Actually, we still have a suspicious clue that we haven't mentioned tonight."
"Oh?" Sophie looked at him.
Hubble took a deep puff of his cigarette and said, "Celeste Bingzhixie was also near the incident tonight. Da Funk and I were wondering if he was related to this case."
Sofina lowered her head.
"You don't seem surprised." Hubble looked at her.
Sufina raised her eyes and said, "I know who the murderer was in the student assassination case."
"Oh!" Da Fink jumped down from the stone bench, and Hubble also threw away the cigarette butt in his hand, waiting for her to continue.
Sophie told them what she saw and heard.
Da Fink said: "You know why the murderer didn't say anything just now? Let's go arrest him now."
"Don't..." Sufina stopped him.
"What's wrong?"
Sufina hesitated and said: "Leave this matter to me, don't tell anyone yet."
"Why don't you plan to arrest someone? That's the murderer of the student murder case. You don't know how big the connection is, captain!" Da Fink looked at her.
Sufina took a deep breath and sighed: "Xeno Blanche, she has been trying to get close to the teachers in the college, and intentionally or unintentionally pryed out some sensitive information, which caught my attention. I didn't touch her, first of all
Because I don’t know what her purpose is, is it simply to collect intelligence. The second is to find her accomplices from her interpersonal relationships.”
"Now her accomplices have appeared, at least one, and they have taken very specific actions." Hubble said.
Sufina said, "Yes, I intend to take action. I had such a plan tonight. But..."
Da Funk: "But what?"
Hubble asked: "Is it because of Celeste?"
Sofina said nothing.
Da Funk was puzzled: "Because that kid, why? Isn't he just a thief? If he is related to this case, the crime will be serious."
"He can't be related to this case." Sufina frowned, looking a little angry, and looked at Da Funk with certainty. Realizing that she was losing her temper, she softened and said, "And he is not a thief either.
.”
Da Funk heard that something was wrong. He picked at the pimples on his face and wondered: "Captain, what's wrong with you? You seem to be very protective of that kid."
Sufina breathed a sigh of relief, squatted on the ground, stared at the sand on the ground, and suddenly said: "He is very similar to me."
"It's very similar?" Da Funk seemed to understand something: "You mean when you were a child?"
Sufina seemed to be talking to herself: "Solitary, closed, easily misunderstood, not close to others, her eyes are full of vigilance, and she is always wary of others anytime and anywhere."
"This is your illusion..."
Sophie raised her head and glared at him.
"You say it, you say it." Da Fink laughed dryly.
Sufina calmed down, stood up and said with a relaxed look: "There is nothing to say. There are many orphans in the world. But his stalking behavior tonight can show that he and Blanche are not the same.
.”
"So what?" Da Funk spread his hands.
Sufina said: "He is not a real thief yet. We are just suspicious and have no direct evidence. He has not succeeded either. There is a big difference between an unfinished theft and a successful theft. Secondly, his purpose is
What?"
"This is not simple. Won't it be clear after arresting him and interrogating him?" Da Fink said lightly: "If those interrogation methods of the intelligence system are used on him once, I will not believe that he will not confess."
Sufina glared at him again, and Da Funk could only shrug angrily. Sufina said: "I don't want to use too violent means. This matter can be solved in a better way."
"Whether Celeste is caught or not has no bearing on whether Blanche and her associates are caught," Hubble said.
Sufina nodded: "Yes. But I think Blanche's background is not simple. There are many intelligence agents from various countries lurking in the imperial capital, but I don't think there is an ordinary intelligence organization behind Blanche."
"Do you have any evidence for this judgment?" Hubble asked.
Sufina shook her head: "No, it's just the intuition of an intelligence officer. Also, Mr. Jixi also said that this group of people has strong financial resources behind them."
"This doesn't mean anything. Producing intelligence is very expensive." Da Fink was still stubborn.
"But now there is a situation that is favorable to us." Sufina said: "Before, we were revealing that they were hiding, but now I know their identities, and the relationship between light and dark has been reversed. Blanche doesn't know that I
I already know her identity, and I can use this to catch bigger fish. On the contrary, arresting people now is just an explanation to the superiors, but this line is broken, and the people behind them will hide in the dark again."
Hubble nodded: "I agree with the captain's idea. Now that people have been killed, if we only catch two small fish, we will suffer a big loss. Even if we retreat to the second line, we still have to catch the big fish!"