"Ah, didn't we check her eyelids before?"
"I didn't notice because her eyes were closed, so I didn't look."
Well, if it were the coroner, they would have checked the pupil closely. This was one flaw of the forensic team. I didn't blame Zhao Simeng, so I headed to the forensic department. At this point, Sima Chao stood proudly in front of me and said, "If we hadn't had Zhao Simeng investigate, we would have missed that the victim's eyes were missing."
"But without her, we would never have thought it was a porphyria patient."
"So, both ancient and modern techniques are important, right?"
I nodded, thinking it was good that Sima Chao and Zhao Simeng could learn from each other, but I also heard that Section Chief Huang would be back soon. I didn't know what trouble he would cause for Zhao Simeng when he returned.
He must have heard about this case.
When I got to Zhao Simeng's side, she said somewhat apologetically, "I'll pay more attention next time."
"It's okay. After all, you haven't been in the police force long. Everyone makes mistakes. Now that we know the eyes from the earlier victim are missing, it's clear Wang Wenlin used them to intimidate me."
"This devil, he's so cruel. Fortunately, we didn't find any other missing parts of the victim's body," Sima Chao said angrily.
"Only the eyes were taken, right?" I asked.
Sima Chao opened a corpse's shroud, revealing the victim's eyes had been pried open, showing two giant black holes in the eye sockets, contrasting sharply with the blood holes on her neck.
Seeing the withered face of the victim, with her mouth slightly open, the face seemed twisted, like a mummy that had been preserved for thousands of years—how could anyone not be disturbed? I could feel my heart tightening, twisted with unease.
I could barely look at her face anymore. Sima Chao wanted to open the shroud of another body, but I raised my hand and said, "No need!"
He didn't move, but Zhao Simeng spoke, "The only thing we can do now is to use Guo Biting to lure Wang Wenlin. You can take her back to the orphanage, or pretend to release her. Once they think everything's fine, they'll definitely meet up."
Right, given their relationship, this should work. Hearing Zhao Simeng say this, I couldn't help myself—I turned and gave her a big kiss on the cheek right then and there in the morgue. "Wonderful, Simeng!"
"Uh, Captain, there are others here!" Zhao Simeng looked embarrassed.
Sima Chao cleared his throat, pretending not to know us. I quickly let go of Zhao Simeng and mimicked Sima Chao, coughing. "I'm going into action right now!"
"Good luck," Zhao Simeng smiled faintly.
I quickly left the forensic department and informed a few officers to prepare. Then I entered the interrogation room and intentionally told Guo Biting, "We have new information, and we've cleared your name from the suspicion. You're free to go home now."
"Really?" Guo Biting was overjoyed to hear this.
In fact, police officers are quite clever. Often, when capturing a criminal, they will intentionally make the suspect think they are free and let them go, only to arrest them when their guard is down. Many criminals subconsciously believe they can escape justice.
Seeing Guo Biting so happy as she left, I knew she had fallen for it.
I sat in the technical department chair. At that moment, a red dot was heading towards Kangcheng Orphanage.
When she stopped, I heard her footsteps as she walked upstairs.
"I'm fine now. Are you coming over?"
"Okay, I'll wait for you in my office."
A while later, I heard another set of footsteps. A man's voice softly called, "Mom!"
"We're still here. It's finally over. From now on, you won't drink blood, okay? I'm planning to bring some expired human blood from the hospital for you."
"I don't want expired blood, I want fresh human blood."
"You can't be this selfish. The police almost caught you before."
"I don't care, I just want fresh blood. Ever since I drank the blood of a nun here, I can't stand animal or dead blood anymore."
"Fine, Mom will try to find you some prey. By the way, why do you like prostitutes?"
"Because that nun used to be a prostitute."
Upon hearing this, Sister Guo was quite shocked. Only today did she realize there were things she didn't know.
As they embraced each other, trying to comfort each other, Wang Wenlin suddenly noticed something on his mother's body that seemed to be flashing.
Realizing something was wrong, he panicked and bit down on his mother's neck. At the same time, we had already surrounded the director's office at the orphanage. Many officers barged in, and I was leading the charge with my weapon ready. I shouted, "Surrender!"
"How did you find us?" Guo Biting asked in surprise.
Actually, when she left, I had secretly planted a tracker on her, which also had eavesdropping capabilities.
"Heh, do you think we could have found Wang Wenlin without it?" I scoffed.
Seeing the situation deteriorate, Wang Wenlin pulled his mother close and shouted at us, "If you come any closer, I'll bite her to death!"
"This is your mother!" I tightened my grip on my weapon, sweat in my palms.
"Whoever it is, I'll kill them all today. You pathetic mortals, why do you have to capture me, the god?"
"A god? Are you claiming to be God?"
"I'm a god above God. All living beings are merely my food!" Wang Wenlin grinned, his sharp, blood-red fangs exposed. At this moment, he donned another bat mask, revealing an evil, cold smile!
I clicked off the safety on my weapon and shouted, "Wang Wenlin, you've lost your mind. A god wouldn't kill recklessly. A god is the value and purpose of life itself. In other words, a god is your faith, a spiritual home! If you kill, then the evil you commit is not the work of a god, but the result of a devil's malicious thoughts!"
"Is that so? Moses once told me that prostitutes, even if stoned to death, were not wrong. Do you think I'm doing something wrong? Should I go to hell?"
At this moment, Gao Qiang asked me, "What's he talking about?"
He's quoting some stories from the Bible, just like Sister Guo. It's clear that he's familiar with these teachings, and now he's using them to counter me.
But no matter what, religious people don't typically go around killing prostitutes. They use these teachings to justify themselves, but it's all just a way for them to try and wash their sins clean.