Chapter 229: Amplify the fear within, and that butcher’s knife had long been aimed

High-purity drugs hidden in containers?

Chen Sheng’s guess made Su Ming think seriously for two seconds, then he shook his head.

“Chief Chen.”

“Based on the current clues, it’s indeed very likely that the containers shipped from this port could be one of the routes used by K’s drug trafficking organization to transport high-purity drugs.”

“But personally, I feel… the reason why Lan Cai’er and her team members were silenced is probably not because they saw anything about high-purity drugs.”

“Because if we deduce by the timeline, that cargo ship must have already sailed out, and the high-purity drugs had already reached the buyers, there’s no chance of retrieving them.”

“Moreover… drug trafficking may seem like an extremely serious crime in our Dragon Country, even selling fifty grams could get you sentenced.”

“But in the United States, it doesn’t seem as serious as we think. Many gangs and addicts secretly use drugs, and even marijuana has been legalized.”

“So, Lan Cai’er’s team most likely accidentally filmed or recorded something that was far more deadly and serious than the transportation of high-purity drugs.”

“And this incident had a huge impact, and it could continue for a long time.”

“Otherwise, why would K and the criminal organization, who were only informed months later, still be so nervous and urgent in killing all the Westerners?”

“This clue and evidence must be extremely important.”

“However, with the clues and evidence we have now, it’s really difficult to uncover it, or it may have already been destroyed by K and the other criminal organizations.”

“Uncovering the Ghost is probably the biggest opportunity we have now.”

It was clear.

After this in-depth communication,

Su Ming had roughly determined that Lan Cai’er and the three members of her team had definitely grasped some extremely important evidence or clues.

It was evidence far more serious than drug trafficking, capable of causing a tremendous impact.

But precisely because it was so important and happened abroad, it made further investigation difficult, and there was no suitable breakthrough to pursue.

The only chance was to… unearth the hidden Ghost.

As a member of the drug trafficking organization who personally made Lan Cai’er permanently close her eyes without saying a word, Ghost indeed had some possibility of knowing what this important evidence was.

At this moment,

Standing beside him, Chen Sheng could only sigh helplessly and with difficulty, then nodded in agreement.

“That’s indeed the case.”

“Even if we can find a breakthrough, the fact that it happened abroad makes it somewhat beyond our reach, and we really don’t have a good way to proceed.”

“Let’s return to the Hotel Water Tank Female Corpse Case and find the hidden Ghost first.”

“At least, now with the clues we just gathered, I feel… the state Lan Cai’er exhibited in the elevator surveillance footage, showing signs of paranoid delusions, actually has a reasonable explanation.”

With that,

Chen Sheng stopped speaking, then projected the real-time footage of the elevator surveillance onto the huge screen behind them.

This was the same footage Su Ming had watched dozens of times on his way here.

Soon,

When the footage showed Lan Cai’er entering the elevator and hiding in the corner near the buttons,

Chen Sheng paused the video and narrowed his eyes, seriously explaining.

“Here… is where Lan Cai’er’s paranoid delusions are evident.”

“Normally, if there’s no one else in the elevator, people might stand in the corner to feel safer.”

“But even in the corner, one would absolutely not stand closest to the elevator buttons; instead, they would choose one of the two far corners of the elevator.”

“Standing nearest to the elevator buttons means that Lan Cai’er needs to control the elevator’s operation to feel some sense of safety, fearing that someone might already be lying in wait for her inside.”

“I even think this isn’t simply paranoia, Lan Cai’er doesn’t have any mental issues, but instead, it’s the terror and concern after learning that the other three members of her team were killed because of something.”

“Although she’s in the relatively safe Dragon Country, facing such a terrifying and ruthless criminal organization, Lan Cai’er’s mental defenses are most likely already on the verge of collapse.”

At this moment,

Su Ming suddenly thought of a piece of information, lightly tapped the desk, raised his eyebrows, and signaled.

“Chief Chen.”

“Since you haven’t given up on searching for the truth for the past six months…”

“You should remember that when Lan Cai’er was about to exit the elevator, she suddenly took a step back, pointed to the corner of the elevator, and said… ‘Spare me, I won’t tell,’ six words, inferred from her lip movements.”

“What do you think… could have caused Lan Cai’er to say that?”

This question,

Made Chen Sheng freeze for a moment, then immediately rewound the surveillance video to the segment where Lan Cai’er was about to leave.

In the footage,

Lan Cai’er, stepping out of the elevator, suddenly turned back to look at the elevator, pointed to the corner, and said… “Spare me, I won’t tell.”

After replaying it twice,

Chen Sheng still couldn’t find any details, rubbing his chin and thinking for a few seconds. Then, somewhat confused and troubled, he said:

“There is indeed something strange.”

“In the initial clues and assumptions, many of our officers from the Yangliu Criminal Investigation Brigade believed Lan Cai’er had some sort of mental illness.”

“After all, this behavior in the video doesn’t seem like something a normal person would do.”

“But today, after learning that the other three members of her university team were all killed by the criminal organization in a short time, the pressure she must have faced is unimaginable.”

“That behavior of standing in the corner might not be caused by paranoia, but rather a manifestation of fear and terror inside her.”

“At the same time, if she had mental illness from the beginning, how could Jiahe City TV station have hired Lan Cai’er into their team?”

“Furthermore, after looking into Lan Cai’er’s personal resume and her family background, there is no sign of any hereditary mental illness.”

“Now that we’ve ruled out the possibility of a mental illness…”

“Another unexplained problem arises: the final moment in the surveillance footage, where she’s speaking to the corner, is hard to explain.”

“Without a mental illness, why would she say those six words to the corner?”

“This contradiction is so bizarre, so strange.”

After hearing Chen Sheng’s words,

Su Ming raised his eyebrows thoughtfully, a certain possibility emerging in his mind. He then squinted his eyes and boldly speculated.

“Chief Chen.”

“It might not be strange, nor unbelievable.”

“Whether Lan Cai’er’s mental state is normal, perhaps by the time of this video, she could no longer decide for herself.”

“Because earlier, when we interrogated Butcher, he mentioned that the technique Ghost shared was… when killing, one must amplify the victim’s inner flaws and fears, using anything that can be used…”