Chapter 68: I Am Going to Use My Brain!

Since no malice other than Xia An's was detected, Zhou Mo couldn't be bothered to care about what Xia An was doing here.

This was precisely why Zhou Mo stubbornly chose to bring along the Doctor Brain. Only the Doctor Brain could help Zhou Mo confirm how much malice surrounded him, and only this brain could help him take precautions against the unexpected.

Furthermore, Brain Bro and Dog Brain had other tasks to attend to.

Upon entering the villa, they saw a pool of dried blood on the living room floor, surrounded by a vague human silhouette outlined with white adhesive tape.

Zhang Huai'an fell silent for a moment before saying to Zhou Mo, "This is where Dr. Liu Tianyou was murdered. At the time, the patrolling security guards heard three sounds suspected to be gunshots, so they began searching the vicinity of the villa area. When they arrived near Dr. Liu Tianyou's house, they saw the door wide open."

"By that time, the perpetrator had already fled far away..."

"The surveillance cameras had already been destroyed around the time Dr. Liu Tianyou's research materials went missing."

Kill first and then harvest the brain?

Zhou Mo nodded. "Understood. Anyway, since the murderer in this case has already been caught, let's go check out the other crime scene."

Zhou Mo headed upstairs, while Xia An stood with Zhou Mo's father, Liu Xianlong, looking at the scene of Liu Tianyou's death. Liu Xianlong, however, did not look at the crime scene itself. Instead, watching the direction where Zhou Mo went up the stairs, he asked, "Ms. Xia, is he currently cooperating with you police officers?"

Xia An smiled somewhat nervously. "It's not cooperation; strictly speaking, it's an employment. Perhaps you aren't aware, but he is now a Detective Reserve."

"A Detective Reserve?"

Liu Xianlong frowned. "Why is he doing such a dangerous job?"

Xia An sighed. "I'm afraid only you can get the answer if you ask him personally."

Liu Xianlong was silent for a moment and shook his head. "Let's see how things go first. Even though he has lost his memories, I am still not ready yet."

Xia An was not in a hurry either. She nodded and said, "That's fine too. Coincidentally, he is also investigating Liu Tianyou's case."

Liu Xianlong nodded. "Then let's take a look."

Xia An smiled brightly as she turned her head to follow in the footsteps of Zhou Mo and the others, but the moment she turned away, her gaze turned gloomy.

If Liu Xianlong wasn't called here by Zhou Mo, then who on earth could have brought him here?

Could it really be that Liu Xianlong just had a sudden whim to come and take a look?

Although Xia An could guarantee that Zhou Mo wouldn't find any clues here, she was somewhat worried that with Zhou Mo's freakish and bizarre luck, clues might actually be delivered right to his doorstep.

Zhou Mo was already considered an uncertain factor to begin with, and Xia An had come here precisely to see just how bizarre Zhou Mo's luck could get. Now, with the addition of Liu Xianlong, Xia An felt a slight sense of foreboding.

She had to kill Zhou Mo quickly; she couldn't wait any longer!

Zhou Mo sensed that the malice behind him was growing increasingly intense. He glanced back slightly at the smiling Xia An, and then turned his attention back to the room in front of him.

Zhang Huai'an pointed at a desk inside the room with a computer on it and said, "This is the crime scene. Basically, everything has been kept in its original state and nothing has changed."

Zhang Huai'an sighed slightly and said, "To be honest, this case is basically impossible to investigate."

"First of all, Dr. Liu Tianyou's research materials belonged to a classified, undisclosed private research project. He always kept them on his USB flash drive. According to Dr. Liu Tianyou's statement at the time, the drive had been plugged into his computer right up until the materials went missing. He just stepped out for a brief moment, and when he came back, the research materials were gone."

"This thief is quite professional and left behind no traces at all. The surveillance cameras at the time were also destroyed; security guards later discovered that the feed had been deliberately severed."

"Those are all the known clues so far."

Xia An and Liu Xianlong stood at the stairwell, watching Zhou Mo, wanting to see how he intended to solve this difficult puzzle.

Liu Xianlong looked at Zhou Mo's back and asked doubtfully, "Is this case very complicated?"

Xia An shook her head. "It's not complicated, it's just that there are no clues. At the time, we suspected that the person who stole Dr. Liu Tianyou's materials might not even be human."

Liu Xianlong frowned slightly. "You mean a Subconscious Monster?"

Xia An sighed. "It's precisely because there were no clues that we thought that way."

Liu Xianlong nodded slightly. "Subconscious Monsters come and go without a trace, so they are indeed quite difficult to investigate. It seems we can't blame your City Guard for not putting in the effort; the case truly possesses a high degree of difficulty."

Xia An forced a smile. "Thank you for your understanding..."

However, Zhang Huai'an asked cautiously over there, "What are you thinking about? Thinking for so long, have you figured out who the thief is?"

Zhou Mo gave an amused, helpless shake of his head. "This is solving a case, not fortune-telling."

"However, I actually do have a bit of a lead."

Zhang Huai'an: !!!

Liu Xianlong: ?

Xia An: ?!

Zhang Huai'an's square face was plastered with question marks. "A case with not a single clue, and you actually have a lead?"

Zhou Mo looked at Zhang Huai'an in puzzlement. "Didn't you already mention it?"

Zhang Huai'an became even more baffled. "What did I say?"

Zhou Mo looked at Zhang Huai'an as if looking at a fool. "You said yourself that his research materials were never made public. Isn't the next step simple?"

"The recent various manifestations of the Brain-Eaters indicate that they have already obtained Liu Tianyou's research materials. Therefore, the person who stole the research materials can only be a Brain-Eater, right?"

"This means that the Brain-Eaters are very clear about what kind of research Dr. Liu Tianyou was conducting. Doesn't the fact that they came to steal the research materials expose a lot of problems?"

"All we need to do is find out who all knew that he was conducting this research, isn't that it?"

"The rest is just the simple and clumsy method of elimination. Isn't this quite simple?"

Zhang Huai'an paused for three full seconds before snapping out of it and asking, "It's just that simple?"

Zhou Mo looked around the room. "This is the simplest method. At the least, it's an investigative lead, isn't it? Did you people really not conduct any related investigations beforehand?"

Zhang Huai'an scratched his head, his expression somewhat unnatural as he turned back to look at Xia An and said, "We did investigate, it's just that the captain was the one in charge at the time. The captain seemed to have said something similar to what you just said, how did I forget..."

Three pairs of eyes turned uniformly toward Xia An. Xia An's expression stiffened slightly as she said, "I hadn't had time to investigate this matter yet before Dr. Liu Tianyou was murdered. I suppose it's still not too late to investigate now."

Despite her words, a monstrous storm was raging in Xia An's heart.

No!

He must never be allowed to continue investigating!

How could she have overlooked this matter? He hadn't been dealt with yet...

Liu Xianlong kept his head down, deep in thought, while Zhang Huai'an wore a puzzled expression, feeling as though he had forgotten something important.

As if trying to ease the awkwardness, Xia An cleared her throat and said to Zhou Mo, "I will launch an investigation on this as soon as possible. If there is any information, I will notify you immediately."

Zhou Mo felt a malice that felt like a cutting blade, yet a sunny smile still lingered on his face:

"Alright."

So, will this "immediately" be tonight?

It seems Brain Bro and the others...

Need to spring into action.