Chapter 303: The Most Tragic Thing in the World

Chapter 303 – The Most Tragic Thing in the World

“The victim’s assets, their loved ones… it’s all normal,”

Emerging from the morgue, Wang Dong checked his phone for some police files. “It appears to be a straightforward murder,” he said.

Xiao Yu snorted, “Quite tragic.”

“Tragic?”

Wang Dong couldn’t quite follow his younger buddy’s explanation.

“All for money—he didn’t mind breaking the law.”

Xiao Yu mocked, “Isn’t it the most tragic thing in life when a person dies but the money still remains?”

“Ha!”

The young chatter made Wang Dong burst into laughter.

These criminals break every rule to earn dirty money.

In the end, they do make the cash, but at the cost of a life.

Not only that, the dirty money gets confiscated by the state.

Isn’t that tragic?

“Of course. Even after death, worse tragedies can follow.”

Xiao Yu blinked. “Wang, picture this: one day someone dies and forgets to delete a one-terabyte drive filled with his wife’s data. If it gets discovered, won’t that be social death?”

“Haha!”

Wang Dong roared with laughter, shooting his young friend an odd look. “Should I report you now and let you experience social death?”

“What are you thinking?” Xiao Yu retorted, chin raised.

He acted like it didn’t affect him at all,

but inwardly he worried: In my past life… didn’t I already suffer social death?

What a sorrowful tale!

After the body was examined,

Xiao Yu and Wang Dong returned to the crime scene.

Some cases don’t yield all their answers on the first look.

They remembered a case from their previous life.

Xiao Yu had to inspect the scene fourteen times before the clues finally revealed themselves.

Back then, he only had his wits; now, he possessed special abilities.

Activating Falcon’s Eye, Xiao Yu shifted his vision to an eagle’s perspective.

He began scrutinizing the building with utmost care.

With Wangdie’s Nose, his sense of smell sharpened beyond that of any canine.

No clues?

Not exactly—that’s only within human limits.

With animal-like senses, there were plenty of traces.

First, how did the murderer enter this unusual apartment building?

There was no sign of forced entry on the unit door.

Did the murderer possess a key?

Or could he be a Lockpicking Expert?

The chance of a key is minimal.

As for lockpicking… Xiao Yu himself had the ‘Lockpicking Expert’ skill.

He knew better than anyone that picking a lock isn’t a simple task.

It’s impossible to learn lockpicking overnight.

Unless the murderer was a trained secret agent, he wouldn’t have mastered it so quickly.

A secret agent?

Heh… Xiao Yu sneered as he looked up at the old building’s exterior wall.

Every window on the building was guarded by a protective railing.

Without damaging the railing, entering was virtually impossible.

But nothing is ever absolute!

Xiao Yu examined each railing outside the residents’ windows.

These railings were fixed to the wall permanently.

Being metal, they inevitably rust from exposure to wind and rain.

They also gathered a layer of dust.

His eyes moved as he closely inspected the railing on the first floor.

After checking the front, he looked toward the back… and found something.

Standing before one railing, and with Falcon’s Eye, he clearly saw marks of ‘grasping’ and ‘stepping.’

“This is the spot… See you on the rooftop!”

He told Wang Dong this before lightly jumping.

Like a nimble raccoon—or better yet, an agile monkey—he landed on the railing.

“Huh?!”

Wang Dong, sporting a pained expression, shook his head and entered the unit.

They were all detectives, after all.

With one hint from his younger buddy, he understood immediately.

The murderer must have climbed from the railing onto the rooftop.

Then from the rooftop, he entered the building interior.

But Wang Dong couldn’t match his friend’s skills.

Old age had taken a toll on his body.

Forget it—we’ll go up from the inside!

Meanwhile, Xiao Yu continued tracking the traces outside.

He climbed from the first to the second floor, then from the second to the third…

Above the sixth floor lay a flat-roofed terrace.

With a gentle effort, Xiao Yu gracefully stepped onto the rooftop and scanned the ground below.

Sure enough… even if the murderer had disguised himself, the dusty rooftop still bore clear traces.

Whether he was a genuine secret agent, Xiao Yu couldn’t tell.

One thing was certain: the murderer’s stamina was exceptional.

From the footprints, his shoe size was estimated to be between 42 and 43.

Male?!

Women rarely wear that size, though it isn’t impossible.

Rising, Xiao Yu moved to the entryway that connected the rooftop to the building’s interior.

Above it hung an object resembling a pot lid, fastened securely.

This was designed to prevent rain or snow from entering the building.

The entrance was raised several dozen centimeters above ground level—a common design in apartment buildings.

He reached up and gently lifted the heavy metal cover.

Looking down, he could see a series of ‘rebar ladders’ fixed on the wall.

They started at least 4 meters above the building’s interior floor.

By 2.5 meters, the rebar ladders disappeared.

This was meant to prevent unauthorized persons and children from climbing up to the rooftop.

As Xiao Yu observed, Wang Dong appeared below.

“This is the spot,” Xiao Yu confirmed.

Even without his young buddy’s reminder, Wang Dong furrowed his brows and asked, “Then how did the murderer get down to the first floor?”

Why ask?

Because on the first floor there are two large iron doors.

Those criminals, who were tasked with monitoring the Silver-Selling Women, would lock the doors at night.

Even if the murderer scaled from the exterior railing to the rooftop and entered the building,

how did he exit through those iron doors and then kill three victims?

“Who called the police?”

After climbing down from the rooftop, Xiao Yu gave Wang Dong a wry glance.

“The Silver-Selling Women… huh?” Wang Dong was momentarily stunned.

Then came a curious twist.

According to the investigation,

over thirty Silver-Selling Women typically entertained themselves on a tablet.

They didn’t have internet access or phones.

They were also confined within the building.

The police records showed the alarm was raised around 3:51 a.m.

At that time, almost everyone was fast asleep.

And by then, the murderer had already finished his deed.

How could someone have been awake at that hour to discover three dead victims and call the police?

That remained the most crucial question.

How did the perpetrator leave through the locked iron doors?

“Could it be that—”

Xiao Yu calmly began, “The murderer exploited one of the Silver-Selling Women, tricking the victim into opening the door, and then…”

Wang Dong sneered.

It was highly likely.

That is to say, one of the Silver-Selling Women colluded with the murderer?

Who was she?

It was the very one who first called the police—the Silver-Selling Woman!

“That can be confirmed.”

Xiao Yu shook his head, “Their methods were far too crude. They aren’t secret agents!”

With such crude tactics, they don’t deserve the title of secret agent! Ha.