Chapter 156 – Kill with a borrowed knife

When did my soul get traumatized? When I was in high school, I went to school every day, did exercises, and was no different from an ordinary high school student. How did my soul get traumatized? Zhang Yuanqing pondered, and Bill Tarentino continued:

"Your mother visited many experts in the medical and pharmaceutical fields to treat your headaches, and I was one of them. I'm just a businessman and don't understand pharmacology, but Ante Pharmaceuticals has no shortage of experts in this field." At that time, when this medicine was developed, after I informed your mother of its effects, she decided to take the risk. God bless, your symptoms did indeed improve."

Zhang Yuanqing withdrew his thoughts and asked thoughtfully:

"What was the target of your company in developing this drug? I mean, you must have a target group, so you developed this drug, and their symptoms, are they the same as mine?"

Bill Tarentino crossed his hands over his abdomen and smiled, shaking his head:

"We do have a target group, and this pill has been well received in that group, and there is a high demand for it. But I can't disclose the information about that group to you, it's a trade secret." After that, this very tasteful middle-aged gentleman added:

"Of course, I am a businessman. If you are willing to pay for information from me..."

Before he could finish, the blonde beauty Annie, who was standing beside him, coughed lightly.

"That's not possible either," Bill changed the subject. Annie, who was standing next to him, smiled and said:

"Unless, Mr. Zhang can prove something to us, such as his identity." Zhang Yuanqing glanced at her, "Identity? What identity?"

This woman's smile was enchanting and alluring, and with every smile and frown, she could evoke the most primitive impulses in men. Zhang Yuanqing had never seen such a beauty before.

Annie smiled and said:

"For example, tell us how your headache came about. I don't mean the cause, but what accident you encountered before you got sick." Zhang Yuanqing shook his head helplessly, "I'm sorry, I know nothing about it."

Annie nodded slightly, "Okay, I understand."

Zhang Yuanqing looked at Bill and said regretfully, "I was going to pay a lot of money to buy information from you, but it's a pity."

What? A lot of money? Bill Tarentino sat up straight and said, "I think the most taboo thing in business is not to leave yourself a way out, so I take back what I said just now." Zhang Yuanqing nodded calmly, "When I raise the funds, I will come back to you."

After chatting for a few more words, Zhang Yuanqing bid farewell.

Bill Tarentino snapped his fingers, and Annie, his assistant, walked to the desk and took out a business card from the card box.

Bill said, "I will be staying in the mainland for a long time. You have my business card. If you want to buy or sell anything, you can find me, and I will give you a fair price based on the value of the item." Zhang Yuanqing took the business card and said in surprise, "But I know nothing about the pharmaceutical industry, sir, I'm just an ordinary college student."

Bill shook his head and said, "A position at Ante Pharmaceuticals is one of my identities. I am essentially a businessman, and my dream is to drive a pickup truck full of goods around the world and trade with people from different countries." Then there's a horn on the car, playing 'chicken feathers for sugar'? Zhang Yuanqing couldn't help but comment.

After taking the business card, Annie smiled and said, "I'll see Mr. Zhang out."

Bill Tarentino watched the two of them leave, got up and walked to the liquor cabinet, poured himself a glass of whiskey, and after drinking the strong liquor in the glass at a steady pace, his female assistant Annie came back. Bill held the glass and sighed, "Simple information can be sold for a lot of money, which is an irresistible temptation for people like us. It's not about the money, it's a low-cost, high-return transaction that makes me feel a soulful pleasure." Annie shook her head, "We can't reveal the existence of Spirit Realm travelers to ordinary people, that's the rule."

The Spirit Realm has never restricted this freedom, but almost all major organizations, including wild cultivators, instinctively hide the existence of Spirit Realm travelers. This is an instinct for "self-preservation."

Over time, the rule of not revealing the existence of Spirit Realm travelers to ordinary people has formed in all major organizations. Bill pondered for a moment, "Have you tried to test whether he is a Spirit Realm traveler?"

As a profit-seeking businessman, taking the time to meet an ordinary college student and giving face to a business partner is one reason, and the other reason is that the spiritual trauma is something that ordinary people are not qualified to encounter. Chen Shu's son is either a Spirit Realm traveler or has been involved in Spirit Realm traveler events.

Annie smiled and said, "In the elevator, I used temptation on him, and he did indeed fall for it, his hand kept touching my butt. From the state of his spiritual power, he should be an ordinary person, but I don't rule out the possibility of using a trick to trick me. Hmm, I don't think I used the idiom wrong." Bill nodded slightly, "Keep in touch with him and get to know more Spirit Realm travelers native to the mainland, it can only benefit us."

Annie nodded gently.

After finishing the drink in his glass, Bill said again, "Make an appointment with the president for me and inquire about the meeting time. This time, the high-level of the guild has given a death order to bring back the president." Indeed, Ante Pharmaceuticals, which produces the blue pills, is indeed related to Spirit Realm travelers.

Under the International Building, Zhang Yuanqing looked up and glanced at the towering building. From the conversation in the office, he had already guessed that Mr. Bill's special group referred to Spirit Realm travelers.

Ante Pharmaceuticals developed the blue pills to relieve and treat the spiritual trauma of Spirit Realm travelers. Similar to the detoxifying pills of the Wood Demon and the life essence of the Musician Family.The difference is that in the capitalist-dominated country, these pills are openly sold to all spiritual realm travelers, even ordinary people. But here, detox pills and life essence are strategic and controlled items, and even wealthy wild travelers cannot buy them.

"So it seems that I can bring pills into the copy, not because of a bug, but because it belongs to the spiritual realm itself, created by spiritual realm travelers." "But when did my soul get hurt?"

The headache started in the second year of high school for no reason, one day it just started hurting.

"At that time, I was just an ordinary high school student, I had not come into contact with the spiritual realm, how could I have suffered such an injury? It can basically be ruled out that I was targeted." Zhang Yuanqing thought seriously for a while and believed that the most reasonable possibility was that he was accidentally involved in the struggle and experiments among spiritual realm travelers during his second year of high school, and his soul was injured. The reason he doesn't remember is simple, he just didn't realize what had happened.

The methods of spiritual realm travelers are unpredictable and not something ordinary people can perceive. Just like his uncle, who still hasn't figured out why his wallet is always short of money.

"Although it is very reasonable, it cannot explain the reason for the cat scanner from the heart. Forget it, let's take it slow. I can't get the answer now no matter how much I struggle. Speaking of which," Zhang Yuanqing looked at Xue Xin and sincerely exclaimed, "Annie's butt feels really good, soft and elastic. I think I know what her profession is."

After seeing the charming Annie, he suspected that she was a spiritual realm traveler for a simple reason. The current Transcendent is also an outstanding figure in the Transcendent realm, and casual beauty cannot shake him. But the woman's every move, a teasing look, a charming smile, made Zhang Yuanqing clearly feel his DNA move.

This reminded him of the "Love and Desire" profession mentioned by the Demon King in the cat king's speaker. Annie's special charm fits the characteristics of this profession.

"Women in the Love and Desire profession are indeed enchanting. If a man is in this profession, he would want to sleep with her. But this doesn't stop me from mocking the Demon King, haha."

As for Mr. Bill's profession, Zhang Yuanqing guessed from the recent communication that he might belong to the Void profession, commonly known as a merchant.

Of course, his knowledge of foreign professions is limited, and the ones he is currently familiar with are "Love and Desire" and "Void".

At this moment, the morning rush hour was coming to an end, and there were scattered office workers rushing to the company on the street. These people are either stubborn or well-connected, because it is now 9:30 in the morning. Of course, they may also be holding a subway malfunction report, so they are not worried.

Zhang Yuanqing stood on the side of the road and called Kou Beiyue's phone:

"I need the name of your sister and the Public Security Bureau handling her case."

"Wait a moment, I'll send you a text." Kou Beiyue's spirits lifted and he agreed without hesitation. So straightforward, didn't you think this would expose your true identity?

Zhang Yuanqing nodded and hung up the phone. A few minutes later, he received a message from Kou Beiyue.

Kou Beiyue's sister is named Kou Yusi, born in 1995, and at the time of her death, she was 26 years old. The Public Security Bureau handling the case is the Sha Kou District Public Security Bureau. After reading it, Zhang Yuanqing called his cousin Chen Yuanjun.

For professional matters, find a professional. He wanted to hear his cousin's opinion. "Yuanzi?" His cousin's voice came through the speaker.

"Brother, I have a question. If I want to investigate an old case from two years ago, where the deceased was imprisoned, abused, sexually assaulted before being killed by a public security officer who used his authority to cover up the truth of the case. How should I investigate?" Zhang Yuanqing asked. This matter involves the steward and the Public Security Bureau, so it definitely cannot be handled like dealing with evil professions, by directly killing and asking the spirits.

"Investigate what?!" Chen Yuanjun said impatiently, "The evidence that can be found has definitely been destroyed. And if the murderer is a public security officer, the leader of the Public Security Bureau will be the first to come out and suppress you, the case cannot be overturned." After a pause, he added, "If someone wants to deal with the murderer, then it's possible. This kind of case can't be handled, is there anything else? If not, hang up because of the financial company murder case, the director's suicide case, he's been very busy lately."

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"Don't hang up, just say a few words, I'm not trying to collect evidence, I just want to understand the ins and outs of the case." Zhang Yuanqing said. After thinking for a moment, Chen Yuanjun replied:

"If it were me, I would check the files first to see how the case was concluded. If the deceased suffered sexual assault and abuse, there would be very obvious signs, such as bruises, wounds."

"Then the nature of this case is different, it can't be closed just like that. Based on my experience, the report may have been suicide, but suicide definitely wouldn't have signs of abuse, so the public security officer who handled the scene at the time probably didn't take photos." Without photos of the scene, it's a huge loophole, so next, I would interrogate the public security officer who handled the case at the time."

He went on and on.

Zhang Yuanqing summarized the information and probably came up with two methods: one is to visit the deceased's family, colleagues, and neighbors, and the other is to interrogate the public security officer involved in the incident. After taking a sip of water to moisten his throat, Chen Yuanjun asked, "Why are you suddenly asking about this?"

"Nothing, I got into an argument with someone online and want to give him a beating." Zhang Yuanqing explained casually and ended the call. He then called his senior sister Ji.

"Sister Guan Ya, can you help me with something?"

"I'm not responsible for handling the troubles of teenage boys going through puberty." Guan Ya laughed."The troubles of a young boy's puberty are his own to solve, no need to ask for help. But my troubles, only you can help," Zhang Yuanqing's tone shifted: "Help me access the public security records for Shakou District, regarding a case from two years ago. The victim's name was Kou Yusi."

Guan Ya, upon hearing it was serious business, put away her smile and said, "Just a moment!"

Ten minutes later, Zhang Yuanqing received Guan Ya's reply:

"I've sent the file to your email, tsk tsk, this case is quite interesting. There are such beastly brothers in the world." Huh? Zhang Yuanqing, upon seeing this, couldn't wait to log into his email and download the file.

He spent half an hour carefully reading through the file, feeling a nameless rage boiling in his heart.

The conclusion of the Kou Yusi case was that she had been imprisoned, sexually assaulted, and abused, and the prime suspect named by the public security was her own brother—Kou Beiyue. After the incident, the suspect Kou Beiyue fled and has not been captured to this day.

"I remember Kou Beiyue saying that he didn't die at that time; instead, he obtained a character card and became the Enchanter, Chi Yue'an. He must have calculated that Kou Beiyue couldn't testify for himself, so he dumped all the blame on him.

What is this? Not only murder but also character assassination!

Is this the act of a human?

Zhang Yuanqing logged out of his email and dialed Kou Beiyue's number.

"I've accessed your sister's file. You weren't detailed enough that day; I have a few questions." "What questions?" Kou Beiyue responded casually.

"You said you became a Spirit Realm walker after death, and Chi Yue'an was also present at the time? How did you manage to escape after returning to reality?" Kou Beiyue explained:

"After I returned to reality, I found myself lying in the morgue of the public security office, surrounded by nobody, just corpses. Then I just ran away." With this explanation, it became clear that after Chi Yue'an discovered he had come back to life and became a Spirit Realm walker, he changed his strategy and framed Kou Beiyue.

Zhang Yuanqing thought for a moment and then said, "I've finished reading the file. There are many loopholes; it won't stand up to scrutiny. Didn't your family make a fuss?"

There was a long silence on the other end of the phone, and then Kou Beiyue let out a bitter laugh:

"Haven't you read the file? What's there to fuss about? Make it known to everyone? I can't stand up and testify for myself; I have an evil profession and can only let him slander me.

"You might not know, Chi Yue'an sent people to spread rumors in my hometown that I imprisoned and sexually assaulted my sister. My parents were pointed at the spine and couldn't hold their heads up in the village; how could they dare to make a fuss? Not long after the incident, they moved away."

If the family doesn't make a fuss, the matter can easily be suppressed. In this day and age, if the people are indifferent, the officials won't investigate. With a little manipulation, the Five Elements Alliance won't bother with a commoner's case; this falls under the jurisdiction of the public security. To kill one's children and then assassinate their character, forcing the parents to live the rest of their lives in shame, this Chi Yue'an!

Zhang Yuanqing took a deep breath to suppress the evil fire in his heart. "I have no more questions," he said.

No wonder Kou Beiyue's obsession with revenge was so strong. Kou Beiyue responded with a low "Hmm." Zhang Yuanqing said:

"I've checked already. The officer who handled the case back then was named Kong Liangping, who is now the head of the public security team in Shakou District. Tonight at ten, I'll come to find you, and we'll go see him."

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