Great, It's the Pervy Neighbor. We're Doomed

Upon hearing this, the senior brother asked, "So what are the criteria for killing? If even locals get killed alongside outsiders, could it be that everyone is a potential target?"

Chief Pete said, "I'm not sure, but when I investigated the cases before, I had all outsiders in Aisen Town brought in for questioning."

"Some indeed remained in Aisen Town forever, but others left safely without any issues."

"And those who left safely make up the majority."

"Therefore, if I had to define the conditions for being on that hunting list, I'd say it should be that as long as you're in Aisen Town, you're on the list—it's just that some die sooner, and others die later."

The black man said speechlessly, "Well then, there was no point in having this meeting tonight. I might as well say that everyone in the world is on a hunting list—die early, die late, everyone dies eventually."

Everyone fell silent.

The room became utterly still.

At that moment, Bai Xiaoliang spoke up to ask Michelle, "Teacher, I suddenly thought of a question—did we forget about using hypnosis on Zhu Hong, Jin Baiying, and Zhao Jue?"

"Those three are our current breakthrough leads. If we hypnotize them, we might be able to extract something useful."

Everyone suddenly realized the truth—yes, why had they forgotten about those three? The conventional interrogation methods hadn't yielded anything useful, but they could still use hypnosis. Every single person present, except for Chief Pete, was skilled in hypnosis and was among the best in that field.

Michelle shook his head.

"Xiaoliang, what you're suggesting—Chief Pete and I have already secretly tried it. But none of those three produced anything useful under hypnosis either."

Bai Xiaoliang nodded with disappointment.

"I see. Well, if that's the case, then Aisen Town as a whole is still a huge mystery to us."

"And we've even lost one of our senior brothers in the process."

Michelle let out a deep sigh.

"Perhaps this is just fate."

"Alright, let's end this meeting here. Go back to your rooms and get some rest."

"Come to my room at nine tomorrow morning—I have something to announce."

Bai Xiaoliang and the others all nodded.

One by one, they filed out of Michelle's room, leaving only Chief Pete behind.

Now, only Michelle and Chief Pete remained. Chief Pete sat in his original spot without moving, quietly gazing at Michelle—his old friend.

Though they called each other old friends, in reality, Michelle was about ten years older than him.

Even so, Michelle's age was just a number. Despite his age, his appearance and spirit made him seem nothing like a man in his sixties.

But his eyes gave him away completely.

Those eyes carried the wear and tear of many years—the price paid through countless life experiences.

Especially now, those eyes were deeply sunken, as if he were pondering and scheming about something serious.

"Old friend, you're really not planning to tell these kids the truth?"

Chief Pete suddenly spoke.

Michelle exhaled deeply from his mouth. "They don't need to know the truth anymore. The fewer people who know this truth, the better."

Chief Pete wearily rubbed his face with both hands. Those large, calloused, powerful palms pressed so hard against his face that it almost looked deformed.

"Sigh, I never imagined the truth would be like this either. This is completely beyond my capabilities and imagination. I don't even know if I should report this up the chain. I seriously suspect that reporting it would be useless."

Michelle said, "For your own sake, don't spill it. Based on the current situation, our strength is too weak. Once this kind of thing gets exposed, it won't just be the two of us—our families and many people we know will get dragged into it."

Chief Pete continued rubbing his face with both hands.

"Why? Why do things like this exist in this world? I still can't figure it out to this day."

Michelle closed his eyes and said slowly,

"Only by standing high can you see farther and see more completely. If a person is positioned low in this world, in a society, then they can't see the scenery above."

"But..."

Michelle let out a long sigh.

"Why did those people go after Stella?"

"Could it be because they noticed we've been investigating all along, and they were afraid we'd ruin their plans? Was that a warning for us?"

Michelle and Chief Pete had actually been hiding a lot of things from Bai Xiaoliang and the others.

For example, Zhu Hong, Jin Baiying, and Zhao Jue.

When conventional interrogation methods failed to extract useful information from those three, Michelle and Chief Pete secretly hypnotized all three of them afterward.

Among them, Zhu Hong was the hardest to hypnotize, while Jin Baiying and Zhao Jue were very easy.

That's why they didn't get much information from Zhu Hong. That guy's willpower was too strong.

Especially when they touched on some key memories, he could actually break free from the hypnosis.

But Jin Baiying and Zhao Jue were different. Although Michelle sensed during the hypnosis that these two weren't ordinary people—both were psychological freaks.

The kind who had blood on their hands.

But that kind of person was nothing to him. He had hypnotized countless such individuals before. So these two, whose willpower and mental strength were clearly not as freakish as Zhu Hong's, were easily hypnotized by Michelle, extracting a lot of information.

Especially about the Alice Apartment.

In other words, Michelle and Chief Pete now knew about the existence of the Alice Apartment.

Of course, both Jin Baiying and Zhao Jue were relatively new residents of the Hua Country Alice Apartment, so their understanding of the Alice Apartment wasn't very deep.

But even that shallow depth was enough to trigger a qualitative change from quantitative accumulation for Michelle and Chief Pete—the spark that parted the clouds to reveal the sky.

Using this, they had subsequently investigated quite a bit more.

For example, they had initially thought that the cold cases in Aisen Town were all caused by people from Hua Country. They believed it was because of the Hua Country Alice Apartment.

But later, they realized that wasn't the case.

Michelle continued hypnotizing these two, extracting more memories.

Although these memories might not be 100% accurate.

They were still enough to provide them with many clues.

Among them were the memories of these two being arrested by fake police in Hua Country.

And then being sent to Alice Apartments in other countries. This made Michelle and Chief Pete realize that the Alice Apartment wasn't exclusive to Hua Country—other countries had them too. So what about Germany?

Germany also had many private detectives.

Michelle didn't have connections in this area, but Chief Pete did—after all, he had dedicated his entire life to his police career.

So he mobilized his network of detective contacts and successfully tracked down the location of the Alice Apartment in Germany, which matched the style of the Hua Country Alice Apartment the most closely.