110: Chapter 107 Major Case

"There's no one else, just me. I killed these people."

Li Changsheng spoke indifferently, his gaze fixed on the old lady the entire time.

"Just you? Who are you trying to fool?! Tell me then, how did you kill my men?! What right did you have to kill them?!"

Nakamura was furious. Who was he trying to trick? These were the elites of their Empire. How could a single Xia Countryman kill them all by himself?

"With this."

Li Changsheng took a Flying Locust Stone out of his pocket and shook it.

"Killing people with this thing?"

After seeing clearly that it was just an ordinary stone, Nakamura was even more stunned.

"Yes, just this."

Li Changsheng took a deep breath, still suppressing the intense rage in his heart as he replied calmly.

"What a joke! This can kill people?"

Nakamura indeed did not believe it. His group of elites were all carrying real guns and possessed extremely high combat literacy. How could they have all been slaughtered by these little stones?

"Whoosh!"

However, in the next instant, the young man before him casually flicked his hand. Following a loud bang, the sound of rustling leaves falling came from the trees on one side.

Nakamura's pupils constricted slightly. Although he couldn't see exactly how much damage the stone had caused in the darkness, judging by the way the trees were shaking violently, it was more than enough to kill someone.

"Take out all those stones and throw them away! Empty all your pockets!"

Nakamura continued to command. Since he understood that the opponent's biggest trump card was this hand-thrown stone technique, as long as the opponent gave up these weapons, he would be like a toothless tiger that couldn't stir up any trouble.

"What are you still hesitating for? If you don't want her to die, then follow my orders!"

Seeing Li Changsheng's moment of hesitation, Nakamura shouted again.

Hearing this, Li Changsheng hurriedly threw out all the Flying Locust Stones and even turned his pocket linings inside out.

"Very good!"

Seeing this, Nakamura gave a low chuckle. In the next instant, he swiftly turned his gun and fired decisively.

Bang!

The speed of Nakamura's shot couldn't be called anything but fast; he fired almost the exact moment Li Changsheng's pockets were turned out.

However, looking at the empty ground, he was stunned.

A miss?

He had seen that the moment he raised his gun, the opponent had also moved rapidly. By the time the gun fired, the person was gone.

At this moment, behind a tree trunk, Li Changsheng's chest was heaving violently, reflecting his extremely unsettled state of mind.

A real gun!

This was a face-to-face encounter with a real gun, and the feeling was completely different from his previous tests.

But soon, this faint trace of fear was quickly suppressed by anger. He had been on high alert just now, his peripheral vision constantly fixed on his opponent.

The moment the gun fired, the explosive power from his legs had already burst forth.

"Come out! I don't want to say it a second time."

Nakamura's voice rang out again, this time sounding even more emboldened.

Of course, he could have killed the old woman first, but considering the mobility the opponent had just displayed, he vaguely understood that what Old Wang said was probably true.

This was an expert—at least an expert in terms of movement!

Moreover, who would practice such a flying projectile technique for no reason? It was faster at killing than a pistol.

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Meanwhile, in the east of the village, inside the civilian house where Nakamura and the others had been staying.

The place was brightly lit now, with over twenty people moving in and out.

"Captain Hao, we've checked. The neighbors all say they haven't seen this family go out for many days. Furthermore, we've found traces of no fewer than six people living here."

A police officer wearing white gloves hurried to Captain Hao's side and spoke in a low voice.

Hearing this, Captain Hao scanned the area and nodded. Judging by the rolls of tape that were mostly used up and the piles of various packaging waste left behind, it was indeed the case.

"Did the villagers not see any unfamiliar faces after so many days? Logically, if this group were poachers and had lived here for so long, they should have shown their faces in the village, right?"

Captain Hao said calmly.

"It's like this, Captain Hao. This place is near a tourist attraction. Occasionally, there are indeed tourists who aren't satisfied with the accommodation fees in the town or city and come here to stay because it's quite cheap.

So, seeing unfamiliar faces here wouldn't be strange at all."

Hearing this, Captain Hao nodded.

He paced back and forth in the room, his face showing a contemplative expression.

"What have the other teams found? Have the villagers all been questioned?"

"Not yet, but Captain Wang's people haven't returned yet."

The group was talking there when, before long, several people walked in hurriedly.

"Captain Wang, why the rush? Have there been new discoveries?"

Seeing this slightly portly middle-aged Senior, Captain Wang, so urgent, Captain Hao's expression couldn't help but tighten.

"We're in trouble. According to our previous plan to conduct a search and detailed questioning in the village to look for clues, we found that no one was in the house.

Furthermore, the inside was extremely messy with obvious signs of being rummaged through. In addition, I found this!"

As he spoke, Captain Wang handed over a somewhat crumpled piece of paper.

With just one glance at the paper, Captain Hao immediately ordered, "Everyone, head to the woods west of the village immediately! Move!"

Captain Wang's men were not from the Criminal Investigation Team; delivering the information so urgently was so that these action experts could carry out the orders.

Thus, following Captain Hao's command, all the officers under him, though still somewhat puzzled, did not hesitate for a second and followed their captain as they rushed out.

Watching Captain Hao's group of action experts leave, the officers still searching the house for evidence were somewhat surprised.

"Captain Wang, what exactly did you show Captain Hao? Why was he in such a hurry?"

An officer from the Physical Evidence Department asked in surprise.

Captain Wang fished a cigarette out of his pocket, tapped it against his fingertip, lit it, and took a deep drag before sighing, "It's a major case."

"A major case? How big?"

"Don't ask about such things. As for exactly what kind of case it is, I'm not clear myself yet. In short, things have become complicated!"

Captain Wang shook his head, his gaze toward the rural night outside filled with worry.

He was also a villager. The village had been peaceful for so many years; he never expected such a major event to occur.

Kidnapping, poaching, intimidation, and threats—it was even so complex that it involved many other matters.

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"Who exactly are you people? Let my grandmother go, and I'll listen to whatever you say!"

Li Changsheng shouted. The opponent's target seemed to have been him from the very beginning, but now he completely didn't understand what this group of people was actually after.

What Li Changsheng didn't know was that among the people he had casually shot and killed was his acquaintance, Old Wang. It was just that the light was too dim, and he hadn't recognized him at all.

"Hehe, you want me to release your grandmother? Fine, then give me the notebook!"

"The notebook?"

Hearing this, Li Changsheng was stunned, feeling even more bewildered. What notebook? He had never even heard of it.

"What are you talking about? I never took anything of yours!"

"You didn't?"

Nakamura was somewhat dazed. He didn't...

In fact, he hadn't been able to guarantee one hundred percent before that the notebook was on Li Changsheng.

But now that his companions had been slaughtered to the last man, the opponent was telling him he didn't have it.

This was like a gambler who had lost everything, only for the person pulling the strings behind the scenes to tell him clearly that everything was being manipulated and he could never win no matter what.

Despair!