Chapter 158: The Vibrating Phone, Bomber Call!

Su Ming’s words.

And.

The sudden sound of the cracking wooden board shifting.

Immediately attracted the attention of Lin Tian and Gao Chao. The two quickly stepped forward and arrived at the wardrobe in the bedroom.

Meanwhile, Xu Changsheng and Guo Ping continued to hold onto Rose’s hands to control her, preventing any unexpected situations.

Of course, in this fully sealed beauty salon, with both hands and feet restrained, it was completely impossible for Rose to escape or commit suicide.

…

As the wooden board slowly shifted aside.

The secret room that Rose had specifically concealed behind the wardrobe, used to hide high-purity drugs and make human skin masks, was now fully revealed in front of them.

Due to the lack of lighting, the entire secret room appeared especially dim, making it hard to discern the specific conditions inside.

Su Ming didn’t enter immediately. Instead, he drew his police handgun with his right hand, and with his left hand, raised a flashlight to scan the floor for two seconds. After confirming that there were no traps, he nodded at Lin Tian and Gao Chao, then stepped into the wardrobe’s secret room first.

Once inside the secret room.

Su Ming immediately scanned the area with the powerful flashlight to confirm there were no other suspects hiding inside. Afterward, he returned the police handgun to his waist and spoke in a low voice.

“Director Lin, Director Gao.”

“Come in, there are no other members hiding here.”

After speaking, Su Ming found the light switch on the wall of the secret room.

Once he pressed it, the previously dim room instantly brightened. Although it still felt a bit cold due to lack of sunlight, at least it wasn’t as eerie anymore.

The next moment.

As Lin Tian and Gao Chao entered, their attention was immediately drawn to the numerous human skin masks hanging on the side wall, some of which had already shriveled and dried out.

Despite the lights being on now, the human skin masks still covered almost the entire wall. The sight was disturbing enough to make both of them raise their eyebrows in unison.

However, as seasoned detectives, their ability to adapt was remarkable. Lin Tian immediately walked up to the wall of masks, squinted his eyes and carefully observed them for a few seconds before speaking slowly.

“Apart from the new type of human skin masks made with special materials…”

“There are also several masks made from real human facial skin. Could it be that Rose, in addition to the case from five years ago, is involved in other murders?”

“Wait, these human skin masks all have obvious facial damage and repair marks, so these… were actually left over by Rose when she worked as a mortician?”

“Given her skills, she shouldn’t have been able to cut facial skin like this.”

Through his time working with Su Ming, Lin Tian, already an experienced officer, showed remarkable deduction skills.

For example, after seeing the human skin masks, he was able to determine their origin based on the scars on them and Rose’s previous profession.

While Lin Tian was examining the wall of human skin masks, Gao Chao’s sharp gaze stopped at a clay jar in the corner.

In previous drug busts, there was a high likelihood that such clay jars concealed drugs, as the interior environment was dry, and the jar’s low price made it ideal for storing moisture-sensitive drugs.

Without hesitation, Gao Chao walked over to the corner, lifted the lid of the jar, and used his flashlight to inspect it. His expression immediately grew serious.

“Director Lin, Deputy Team Leader Su.”

“I’ve found at least dozens of kilograms of high-purity drugs here, and there are many different kinds. A preliminary assessment shows heroin, meth, and K powder, among others.”

As soon as these words were spoken, Lin Tian, who had just finished studying the human skin masks, walked over to Gao Chao’s side. He lowered his head to look at the drugs in the jar and then said coldly.

“This is a cancerous tumor.”

“Earlier, when Director Liu from Gusu City searched the drug villa, they also found dozens of kilograms of high-purity drugs.”

“Now, at Rose’s beauty salon, we’ve found dozens of kilograms of high-purity drugs again.”

“Looks like every member of this drug trafficking organization has at least dozens of kilograms of drugs, and they’re hidden in major cities. The threat to society is unimaginable.”

“These findings alone are enough to justify Rose’s execution a hundred times over.”

After finishing his statement, Lin Tian glanced left and right, noticing that Su Ming hadn’t come over. Instead, he remained standing by the workbench on the opposite wall, seemingly having discovered something.

He immediately tapped Gao Chao’s shoulder, signaling him to check for clues next to Su Ming.

Compared to the human skin masks and high-purity drugs as evidence of Rose’s crimes, the key clue they were looking for in this secret room was probably information about the faces of other members of the organization or something else.

When Lin Tian and Gao Chao arrived beside Su Ming, they saw various tools scattered across the workbench, including scissors, scalpels, lubricating oil, rubber gloves, and so on.

Besides these tools, there was also a large glass test tube the size of a Coke bottle, sealed with a huge glass stopper. Inside, there was a colorless, transparent oily substance.

At the bottom of the large test tube were numerous special impurities, along with a large clump of rectangular-shaped objects.

Noticing that Lin Tian and Gao Chao had approached, Su Ming frowned as he looked at the test tube and then explained with some helplessness.

“This contains concentrated sulfuric acid.”

“If I’m not mistaken, the waste material from Rose’s human skin mask-making process is usually thrown into this test tube to dissolve when it’s inconvenient to dispose of it.”

“And those large black rectangular objects, if I’m right, are probably sheets of paper containing facial information of the drug trafficking members.”

“When the paper is thrown into concentrated sulfuric acid, it is completely carbonized and turns black, destroying all the writing.”

“If nothing’s wrong…”

“There’s a high probability that when we discovered Zhou Shiru and uncovered the whole drug trafficking organization, Rose destroyed that critical information at the request of the leader of the organization.”

“So, to get the facial information of the other members of the trafficking group, we’ll probably have to pry the information out of Rose…”

Before Su Ming could finish speaking.

“Vroom—”

“Vroom——”

“Vroom———”

…

A series of vibrating phone sounds suddenly came from the drawer beneath the workbench.

Su Ming quickly pulled open the drawer, took out the still-vibrating phone, and placed it on the workbench.

The caller ID on the phone displayed only two simple words… Bomber Call.