Chapter 31: Excavation, the Location Left Behind by the Killer!

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Chapter Thirty-One: Unearthing the Location Left by the Killer!

Qin Ming also stared at the location, silently pondering for a moment.

Then Guo Duan said to everyone behind him, “Get the police cars ready. We’re going there to take a look.”

After a pause, he added, “Just in case, bring the forensic examination van as well.”

Behind Qin Ming, the tall, broad-shouldered chief detective gave a slight nod and quickly ran downstairs.

Qin Ming followed him down.

What exactly was waiting at the location the killer had provided?

Bai Su frowned.

Curious, she followed Qin Ming and the others toward the police cars, ready to investigate for herself.

What none of them knew was that the instant Qin Ming reached his conclusion, the live comments had already exploded in an entirely different way!

[Holy crap, wait a second. Does everyone remember the message that VIP viewer posted just now?]

[I remember! He posted “zero, zero, zero.” Doesn’t that mean the origin of the coordinates?]

[Exactly! And the Jinling Bridge—the location is identical to the one deduced by Detective Qin Ming!]

[The next clue said one meter underground. My God, how is that possible? It matches perfectly again!]

[Could it be that this person called Luo Ji had completely deciphered the information left by Su Chen the instant he saw the playing cards?!]

[He was even faster than Master Qin Ming! Tch… Is the world of geniuses really this terrifying?]

[He’s a member of the Shenghan Association. Who on earth is he? Could it be that he’s interested in Su Chen?]

[Could Su Chen be in danger?]

Yet amid the heated discussion, the person whose username was Luo Ji gave no response whatsoever, as though he had already forgotten the matter entirely.

That only prompted the netizens to speculate even more wildly about this mysterious man!

Some claimed that the Shenghan Association was about to declare war on Su Chen.

If the news was true, it would be the first detective organization in the world to openly challenge Su Chen.

Perhaps this would set a precedent, and other famous detective groups or individuals around the world would join the pursuit of Su Chen!

Meanwhile.

At the headquarters of the Shenghan Association.

In an antique-style office, Luo Ming sat in a wooden chair, cradling a cup of tea. He blew gently across its surface before taking a small sip.

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Across from him sat a young man who appeared to be twenty-six or twenty-seven.

The man looked almost exactly like Luo Ming, as though they had been carved from the same mold. The only difference was that his face lacked some of Luo Ming’s sternness and maturity.

Instead, he carried the weary air of someone who had been slacking off for far too long.

Luo Ji—the younger brother of the Shenghan Association’s president, the ultimate slacker, a professional freeloader, and a university lecturer whose course was so easy that students took it merely to fill their schedules.

Looking at his younger brother sprawled lazily on the sofa, Luo Ming fought back the urge to kick him. He set down his teacup and said as amiably as possible, “Little brother, I noticed that you seemed rather interested in the recent manhunt livestream.”

On the leather sofa, Luo Ji put down his phone and stretched.

“I just happened to see an interesting puzzle and solved it. It was nothing special. Don’t even think about dragging me into this mess. I still have classes to teach, you know. I’m very busy…”

Luo Ming’s fist tightened.

“Little brother, if I remember correctly, you only teach that class once a week, and hardly anyone even signs up for it.”

Grinding his back teeth, he continued, “With a mind as brilliant as yours, do you really intend to drift through life like this forever? What are your ambitions?”

At the mention of ambitions, a rare glimmer appeared in Luo Ji’s dead-fish eyes.

Seeing a chance, Luo Ming suppressed his impatience. He continued to look calm and unruffled, waiting for his brother to speak.

Luo Ji fell into thought.

“My ambition in life… would be to own a huge house, marry a wife from Sakura Nation, hire a chef from Dragon Nation and a butler from Parrot Nation, enjoy a little wine with my wife in our spare time, and travel around the world with her…”

“Ah!”

Before he could finish, Luo Ming smacked him in the face with a sofa cushion.

“How did I end up with such a good-for-nothing brother?”

Luo Ming sighed helplessly.

Luo Ji sat up, covering his face, and added mournfully, “Looks like I’d also need a bodyguard like Officer Da Shi, to keep people from ambushing me.”

Luo Ming fell silent.

His younger brother was becoming more and more of a slacker. This clearly could not continue.

Perhaps he should send him to a factory to tighten screws for a few days?

No. With his temperament, he might starve to death in there.

After considering the matter from every angle, Luo Ming decided that the manhunt livestream was currently the best option.

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“Go on the show. If you catch Su Chen, I’ll give you two million. That’s enough to travel around the world for several years.”

“Big brother, you’ve missed the point.”

Luo Ji waved his hand.

“It has to be traveling around and enjoying life with my wife. That’s where the fun lies…”

“Then go find one yourself!”

Luo Ming was close to breaking down. He wanted to go over and smack his brother on the head, but when he remembered that this might be one of the most brilliant minds in Dragon Nation, he held himself back.

Seeing that persuasion was not working, he adopted a harsher tone.

“Go take a trip to Sakura Nation. You might even find yourself a wife there. If you spend every day holed up at Shenghan, when exactly do you expect to achieve your life’s ambitions?”

“You have to go. You’ll get two million if you go. If you refuse, don’t bother living at the Shenghan headquarters anymore!”

Seeing that his brother was truly serious this time, Luo Ji realized that no amount of evasive nonsense would get him out of it.

After a moment’s thought, he replied with remarkably little principle, “Fine, I’ll go. But I’m not promising that I’ll be able to catch Su Chen.”

When his brother finally agreed, Luo Ming let out a sigh of relief, and his blood pressure dropped slightly.

After thinking for a moment, he said, “I’ll have Officer Da Shi go with you. With the two of you working together, catching Su Chen should be as easy as turning over your hand.”

This time, people from the Kinda Detective Agency of Sakura Nation would be coming as well.

So although it appeared to be a variety show, in reality it was also a contest between the Shenghan Association and the Kinda Detective Agency.

They needed every safeguard they could get.

For one thing, Su Chen did not look like an easy opponent. For another, rumors had it that the Kinda Detective Agency was sending one of its trump cards this time—a beautiful young detective said to appear only once in a thousand years, Uesugi Meiai.

The nicknames given out in Sakura Nation tended to be exaggerated, but her abilities were certainly not to be underestimated.

Su Chen was already among the top ten on Dragon Nation’s bounty list. If he fell into the hands of the Shenghan Association, the benefits would be far too great to measure in mere money.

…

Meanwhile.

Beside Jinling Bridge.

Several police cars came screaming onto the scene.

The moment the cars stopped, Qin Ming and Bai Su leaped out almost simultaneously.

They hurried toward the bridge pier.