Not only Liu Keqiang, but even A Cheng and Li Moyan, who had returned from vomiting, were stunned by Ye Huohuo's words. The police officers around them, after hearing Ye Huohuo's words, all thought this woman must be mentally ill.
The video was as clear as it could be. It was a scene of brutal murder and dismemberment. If this wasn't murder, what was it?
A young police officer sneered, "No wonder she could watch it from beginning to end. I thought she was so amazing, but it turns out she's mentally ill and sees this as a game!"
"Yeah, online games nowadays are too addictive. These kids treat everything as a game. I heard before that a young offender killed someone and then said something shocking. He said he thought the person he killed would be like someone in a game; even if they died, they'd come back to life when the game restarted. How ignorant!"
Several people chimed in, both openly and implicitly, satirizing Ye Huohuo as a child addicted to games, seeing everything as a game, and believing that death could be restarted.
"What nonsense are you talking about? She's not that kind of person, she..." Li Moyan wanted to explain a few things for Ye Huohuo, but before he could finish, he was interrupted by a young police officer. They had just been scolded by their boss and were feeling frustrated, wanting to regain their face.
"Mr. Young Master, you were the one who vomited the most just now. The moment the first cut was made in the video, you ran out to vomit, and you kept vomiting until the end. I'm afraid you have no right to speak!"
Liu Keqiang slammed the table in anger, "What's wrong with you guys? She just said one thing, and you have so much to say?" He was actually a newly appointed captain of the criminal investigation team, and he was an airborne appointment. His seniority and age were not much higher than those of the police officers below. These people were usually unconvinced of him in their hearts. Today, they finally found an excuse to criticize Ye Huohuo and Li Moyan openly, but in reality, they were making veiled insinuations.
The atmosphere suddenly became tense.
Ye Huohuo rolled her eyes. "Captain Liu, don't be angry. I think everyone misunderstood my meaning. It's all my fault for not explaining clearly. I said this video doesn't look like a murder, not because I think it's a game, and I don't deny that it's indeed the brutal murder of a person. My point is that murder wasn't the killer's goal. His real purpose was to obtain a soul filled with immense resentment, and what he did was more like a ritual."
When she said this, everyone present was stunned. Some found it incredible, while others genuinely didn't understand.
"Can you be more specific?" Liu Keqiang asked, raising an eyebrow.
Ye Huohuo nodded. "Let me introduce myself first. I'm in metaphysics. You don't have to believe what I'm about to say; just take it as my opinion. I've carefully watched this video. It's not hard to see that Lu Fangfang must have been in immense pain during her murder, and the killer extracted her child while she was conscious. These actions are all designed to increase her inner resentment and pain. A person who dies like this will absolutely turn into a vengeful spirit, and even a malevolent one, hating everyone. Once released, it will bring about a storm of blood and violence."
"This is your imagination, isn't it? Where are the ghosts? This is clearly revenge. I think the killer must have hated the victim deeply, which is why he used various means just to make her suffer immensely before she died, to satisfy his desire for revenge," a police officer with a somewhat sharp appearance said disdainfully.
Ye Huohuo looked at him, then at Liu Keqiang. "Captain Liu, do you want me to continue?"
Liu Keqiang's expression darkened. He didn't say there were no ghosts, nor did he support Ye Huohuo's view. After a long silence, he said, "Miss Ye, please continue. I think you have other evidence to support your judgment."
Ye Huohuo looked at the young criminal investigation captain with some admiration. "Captain Liu's insight is indeed sharp. That's right, there's another factor that makes me suspect the killer wanted to create a vengeful spirit, one that he could control. That's his action of collecting the fetus that wasn't dead. Unless he's a mad doctor who wants to make specimens of the fetus, isn't he afraid of keeping this bomb by his side and having it discovered one day as the most damning evidence? Also, this video. When a normal person kills someone, they try their best to conceal it, but this person deliberately recorded it. Even if it's for his own viewing pleasure later, it's abnormal. Why would he put something that should be hidden into someone else's hard drive? It's clear from the video that the killer isn't the landlady, but why would the killer put the video on her computer? Aren't you strange about this?"
Ye Huohuo's question caused everyone to fall silent. Even those who had questioned her were deep in thought. Yes, this was too strange. This person's actions were completely different from what a normal person would think.
"Continue!" Liu Keqiang's eyes lit up, signaling Ye Huohuo to go on.
Ye Huohuo nodded. "If we put these unreasonable aspects under the premise of performing a ritual to create a vengeful spirit, they become understandable. First, he collected the fetus separately, not to make a specimen, but to use this fetus to control Lu Fangfang's soul. Because the vengeful spirit created in this way, it can be said to be filled with immense resentment, and even he cannot control it, and it is very likely to kill him too. To make it obey his command, he would use that fetus. After all, mother and child are connected. Even if she becomes a vengeful spirit, she is still a mother, and her maternal nature would prevent her from harming her own child. To protect her child, Lu Fangfang's soul will definitely obey the killer, and thus the killer will achieve his original intention of controlling the vengeful spirit. As for the purpose of recording this video, I guess... he wants to use this resentment. If I'm not mistaken, there's more than one copy of this video, and it's not just on this hard drive. This person is playing a much larger game."
As Ye Huohuo spoke, she fell into thought. Since the first time she entered this red-light district, she had felt that the atmosphere here was very strange. She even suspected that something was being orchestrated here. Now, seeing this video, she suddenly felt that her previous guess was wrong. The person behind this was not just targeting this red-light district; his ambitions must be much greater. She felt a vast and intricate net enveloping her, and even the entire city of Haicheng. What she saw now was just the tip of the iceberg.
Looking at the brutal scene in the video, and thinking that someone actually used such a method to achieve his unspeakable goals, Ye Huohuo felt her back prickle with goosebumps. What kind of person would that be, and what was that person after?
Liu Keqiang listened to Ye Huohuo's explanation and remained silent for a moment. "We police officers don't believe in ghosts or gods. However, I will consider your explanation. Perhaps it will provide a direction for our investigation. Since this video was secretly hidden by the killer on this hard drive, and this computer belongs to the landlady here, I will interrogate her when I return to the police station. Finding someone who had the opportunity to save the video to the computer is also a direction for solving the case."
Ye Huohuo nodded. She finally understood why Liu Keqiang, despite his young age, had become a captain. Firstly, he was meticulous and clear-headed, and secondly, and most importantly, he was open to listening to others' opinions. Even if he didn't agree, he could find points that were helpful to his case.
"Captain Liu, there's another direction that can be explored further. Find the father of the fetus. There's another possibility why the killer took the fetus separately: he didn't want people to find the child's biological father through the fetus's DNA."
Everyone: "..."
Just as Ye Huohuo and the others were watching the video, in a dark room, several dim blue candles were extinguished one by one. A person completely covered by a large black robe extended a hand, wearing a black leather glove, and slowly clenched it into a fist.
"Useless, all of you are useless, wasting my arrangements for nothing! Guards!"
A figure appeared like a ghost.
"Tonight, no matter what method you use, you must kill that little girl who ruined my plans and bring her soul back. I want to refine her soul into a pill and make her my subordinate for eternity! To dare to oppose me is her fate!"
Ye Huohuo, standing in the room, sneezed inexplicably...