Gene Fusion System: Crime Hunter

Instead, it was the old man on the side who was looking at Luo Fei with a curious gaze.

Only then did he patiently explain.

"Officer, you might not know this, but what this guy just did was downright insane and perverted."

After the other side’s explanation, Luo Fei finally understood.

Turned out this old man had personally seen this young man actually using the chicken as his... release tool.

When he’d just arrived, the young man was gripping the chicken’s head tight so it couldn’t make a sound, while his other hand was busy pulling up his pants...

This piece of news, plus those few old hens on the ground that had already been "developed" in the back garden to the verge of death.

Luo Fei was instantly a bit shaken.

He finally understood.

So this young man wasn’t here to steal chickens and dogs.

He’d done something even more outrageous.

Even among all the cases Luo Fei had handled, this one counted as pretty damn explosive.

"Hey, kid, you did it, you take it—since you’ve already done something like this, you might as well turn your head around. Take the punishment you should take, pay what you should pay, and stop sitting there with your head buried."

Right now.

This young man was using his jacket to cover his head.

Crouching in the corner, terrified that the others around Luo Fei would catch his face on their phones.

"Sob... I’m sorry, officer, I didn’t mean to."

"I was just on my way home from work, really missing my girlfriend. But I didn’t have the money for a quickie, and I was afraid of getting caught in a vice sweep, so I just... ah, I really shouldn’t have done it."

But hearing the sob in the other’s voice.

Luo Fei spoke sternly.

"Kid, one of these chickens is about two or three hundred. You killed eight of them. Add on the emotional damage for the old man here, and I think you might as well just compensate him three thousand yuan."

As soon as he heard Luo Fei’s proposal.

The old man on the side immediately objected.

"Hey, officer, that’s not right!"

"This young man killed eight of my chickens, and they were all old laying hens. He should compensate me ten jin of eggs, plus eight chickens."

Hearing that.

The corner of Luo Fei’s mouth twitched.

Though he did feel that this old man was trying to pluck every last feather from a passing goose.

But as long as the case was resolved, that was a good thing, not to mention the kid was clearly the one in the wrong first.

So he agreed.

"We’ll do it your way then. But after this, we’ll also be registering and detaining the kid. So all that compensation you’re asking for, you’ll have to wait until he’s out of the detention center to get it."

Hearing what Luo Fei was getting at.

The old man neither agreed nor disagreed.

"It’s fine, if I get it late, I get it late. I don’t care about sooner or later. I just pity my eight chickens that I worked hard to raise for over a year, ending up like this. It’s really heartbreaking."

The old man spoke, looking a bit ashamed.

But the old lady beside him said.

"Enough, old man, things have already gotten to this point. Stop saying all that useless crap. You’re just making us look even more ridiculous!"

The old lady spoke, her face flushed red.

The old man still looked unwilling.

But he had no choice except to agree.

"Forget it, forget it. For your sake, and for the officer’s sake, I’ll let it go."

The old man said, clearing his throat.

Seeing that he finally agreed to drop it.

Luo Fei smiled and consoled him.

"Sir, since you’re already willing to accept compensation, let’s end it here. I also hope you won’t spread this around."

"Officer, you can rest assured about that. With something like this, eighty percent of people wouldn’t talk anyway. I’ve got no reason to. I can’t afford to lose that kind of face!"

Watching the old man slap his thigh.

He actually looked a bit agitated, clearly unable to imagine what his chickens had gone through.

Only then did Luo Fei feel slightly relieved.

But after a short while, when Luo Fei went back to his teammates.

And explained what had happened.

Everyone was left staring at each other.

...

The next morning.

Luo Fei arrived at the factory early.

But when they saw him appear.

The workshop manager looked a bit nervous.

"Mr. Luo, we’ve already got last night’s scan report."

"We already more or less know that there’s actually a corpse inside this cement slab. But if we saw this block open, we might damage the body. We don’t know if we’ll be able to find the victim’s family, and if we do this, will it cause any unpleasantness for them?"

Seeing the manager so awkward.

Clearly terrified of taking responsibility.

Luo Fei only smiled it off.

"Director, you don’t have to worry about that. In a situation like this, solving the case comes first. We obviously want to find out the truth as soon as possible and see who killed this person. As for the minor details, we’re really not that fussed."

"As for his family, we’ll have to wait until the body is taken out and we’ve completed the autopsy to confirm."

Luo Fei’s tone was calm and steady.

That let the workshop director breathe a little easier.

"Mr. Luo, with you saying that, I can rest easy."

"I’ll go tell the workers to start cutting the cement block. Please wait for a bit in the office building."

"Alright."

As the workshop director walked off.

Luo Fei sat in the office waiting.

But not long after.

He heard a shout from not far away.

"Ah! A corpse, there really is a corpse in here!"

Hearing that.

Luo Fei frowned.

But he still stayed fairly composed.

After all, he’d already guessed from the start that there was a body inside this block of cement.

Almost at the same time, the workshop director came jogging over, his face grave as he spoke.

"Mr. Luo, turns out you really do see right through things."

"There is indeed a corpse inside that cement block."

Hearing this news, Luo Fei nodded.

"Got it. Then please have your people remove the excess cement so we can conveniently run further scans and examine the body."

A little while later.

Once the body had been transported to the forensic lab.

Luo Fei arrived there as well.

Deng Wen was already waiting.

"Mr. Luo, I’ve just made a preliminary assessment of the body."

"And your earlier suspicion was spot on. There’s something off about this corpse, and it’s very likely a homicide."

Hearing Deng Wen’s tone, with that hint of hesitation.

Luo Fei’s curiosity was piqued.

"Is that so, Deng Wen? How did you come to that conclusion?"

"Mr. Luo, before this body was put into the coffin, the head had already been cut off. And one of his arms doesn’t belong to him—it was transplanted from someone else."

"This really makes it hard not to suspect that there’s actually a second body. And judging from the level of decomposition, the time of death for the other body should be about the same as this one."

But hearing Deng Wen’s analysis.

Luo Fei’s expression grew grim.

Because last night, after the body was taken away.

Luo Fei had gone out of his way to thoroughly investigate the area around the grave.

And after confirming that around this grave.

There were no other suspicious traces.

Only then did he feel at ease filling the grave back in.

Now, after hearing Deng Wen’s analysis.

Luo Fei spoke with firm certainty.

"Sister Deng Wen, you’ve given me a solid angle. The facts might also show that this burial site isn’t actually the primary crime scene."

"There are likely other scenes; we just don’t know about them yet."

Hearing his analysis.

Deng Wen was slightly surprised.

"Mr. Luo, but if we go by your earlier reasoning, the other body should be under Shen Liufeng’s residence. If that’s really the case, we may never be able to find it."

"Because digging on someone’s private property can come at a price."