Chapter 278 Dusty Memories
“The one who killed her might just be one person, but those who wanted her dead might be more than one. This is getting interesting.”
Wen Wen sat on his chair, holding a stack of police investigation files. As he analyzed the situation, he casually questioned the four suspects.
The questions were all about their relationship with the victim and what they were doing at the time of her death. Although their accounts varied, Wen Wen had a general conclusion in mind.
Suddenly, Wen Wen felt something hard in the files. He opened them to find a stack of photos.
“Why didn’t I notice this stack of photos earlier… there must be some important information here.”
As Wen Wen took out the photos, ready to examine them closely, he froze. His eyes slightly reddened, and a scarlet aura began to swirl at the corners of his eyes.
The first photo was a group shot. The people in it had no relation to the photo studio or the case.
It was a family photo: a man with small eyes, a beautiful woman, and in the middle, a giggling child whose nose was crinkled.
That child… was Wen Wen!
His memories of the two adults in the photo, his parents, were already very vague.
After his parents passed away, Wen Wen never returned to his old home, nor did he look at photos like these. If he hadn't seen his mother's face in a hallucination while hunting a phantom ghost, he would have even forgotten what his mother looked like.
It wasn't because he was forgetful, but because he forced himself to forget!
Because every time he thought of those things, he felt a pain that he couldn't control.
He stood up, glaring at the four suspects like a vengeful spirit, and asked in a hoarse voice, “Where did you get these photos?”
The suspects exchanged glances, but none of them could explain. They had no memory of these photos.
Wen Wen sighed. He remembered what the woman had said when he first entered this virtual space.
“Scenarios that might make me uncomfortable… Heh, I feel like killing someone now!”
Wen Wen lingered on the first photo for a long time, unsure of what the next one would reveal.
After a moment of hesitation, he continued to flip through them. They were all old photos from his home, each one familiar, but from a long time ago.
When he reached the last photo from his memory, Wen Wen’s hands trembled slightly, because there were two more photos after it!
He swallowed hard and flipped open one photo, his whole body shaking.
The photo showed a car exploding, and beside it, a mangled corpse of a man destroyed by the blast – the body belonged to Wen Rui, Wen Wen’s father.
Memories that Wen Wen had suppressed for many years resurfaced.
His father was a detective, or at least claimed to be.
Wen Wen had investigated this after he became a detective himself. His father was not among the legally registered detectives, but to the young Wen Wen, Wen Rui was his idol.
The first signs of Wen Wen’s mental issues appeared because his father died in a mission when his vehicle exploded!
His ultimate choice to live as a detective was also influenced by Wen Rui.
Seeing this scene again now, Wen Wen's emotions fluctuated violently. A large amount of scarlet rage spread from his body, gradually filling the entire room.
Wen Wen’s expression contorted, becoming ferocious and violent like a wild beast!
The four suspects did not seem afraid, as they had lost their self-awareness. Their eyeballs became clouded, and this scarlet gas began to wrap around their bodies.
The virtual space blocked Wen Wen’s superpowers but did not restrict his mind. The fact that the rage was simulated by this space indicated that rage was more of a mental phenomenon.
After looking at this photo, Wen Wen hesitated whether to open the next one. He had a pretty good idea of its contents now.
Under the influence of the rage, his physical abilities quickly broke through the limits of the Exploration realm, reaching the Mastery realm. He unconsciously exerted too much force and slammed his fist on the table in front of him, shattering it completely.
Outside the machine, the female evaluator's spirit also tensed up. The assessment had reached a critical juncture.
It seemed their investigation was correct; the things that stimulated Wen Wen the most were related to his past family.
Many people with mental issues had abnormal obsessions with certain things.
Wen Wen’s obsession was his family, but his family was gone!
Therefore, by using Wen Wen’s family as a stimulus, it could show to a certain extent whether Wen Wen could maintain his self-control under extreme stimulation.
Although this might cause some issues for Wen Wen, any problem could be controlled within the association. It was better than losing control and becoming an enemy while on a mission.