Chapter 212: Butcher’s Most Special Target, Unearthing Crucial Clues

K has chosen victims twice.

This information made Su Ming narrow his eyes further, as he pondered the clues within it.

Given K’s usual caution, it was unthinkable that K would risk exposure for the mere pleasure of killing someone or relishing the power over life and death, letting an organization member solve a particular person.

This means that those who are targeted by K and sent to be handled by organization members are highly likely to possess or have accidentally discovered some important clue about this Drug Trafficking Organization.

As previously done, to seal any discovered loopholes, K would send people to resolve these matters permanently, because only the dead could remain silent and never leak information.

In fact, up to now, K has still been using this method to maintain the secrecy and safety of the entire Drug Trafficking Organization, to prevent it from being uncovered by the police.

However, the current loopholes are growing larger, and now, not only is it impossible to seal them, but even trying to escape by cutting off a limb for survival may not guarantee evading the upcoming capture.

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After sorting through his thoughts, Su Ming was almost certain that those marked by K as victims were likely individuals who possessed important clues about the Drug Trafficking Organization.

Or perhaps there were other special reasons that would negatively impact the organization, making K take the risk of exposure to eliminate them.

Was it possible to obtain other useful clues from these murdered victims?

After all, K wouldn’t kill without reason; these victims probably knew something important before their deaths, and if it could be unearthed, it would undoubtedly be the best outcome.

Without hesitation, Su Ming lightly tapped the table with his finger, then coldly and expressionlessly asked, “Who were those two people K selected?”

Su Ming did not ask Butcher what special clues those two individuals had, which led to them being targeted in the end.

Because of K’s caution, it was impossible for him to tell Butcher the specific details. Moreover, Butcher was merely K’s execution tool, needing only to complete the given orders satisfactorily. He was not qualified to know other important secrets, which K naturally wouldn’t disclose.

Hearing the question, Butcher paused for two seconds, seemingly recalling carefully, then rasped in response.

“Both were men.”

“I remember… one of them was a man named Hua Jiu, the one K asked me to kill after posting a killing notice on the Dark Web, and who got me into the organization.”

“Hua Jiu happened to be in Lianjiang City, so it was very easy for me to handle.”

“And the second one, I think, was the young heir of a medium-to-large enterprise in Guangdong Province. Two years ago, K suddenly asked me to take care of him, it was an urgent, last-minute task.”

“That year, I had already killed a prey, satisfying my own desire, and then this sudden task from K forced me to pick up the knife again.”

“Also, this wasn’t in Lianjiang City, so I specially went to Guangdong Province to take care of him. His father was a somewhat well-known businessman.”

“In the end, I had to peel off a few layers of skin before returning to Lianjiang…”

At this point, Bai Yu, sitting at the interrogation table, suddenly caught a detail and immediately interrupted Butcher’s words without hesitation, asking, “You specifically went to Guangdong Province to kill?”

“I’ve seen your case file before. From the start of your crimes until now, only ten victims have been recorded, all within the scope of Lianjiang City.”

“But actually, you had also gone to Guangdong Province before to help K eliminate an unstable factor? So, including Poison, you’ve taken twelve lives in total?”

“Wait a minute, Butcher.”

“Didn’t you just say that the person you were sent to deal with in Guangdong Province was the son of a medium-sized enterprise owner?”

“Did you use the same method of killing as before, by bleeding the victim to death, or did you use a different method?”

Butcher, interrupted, paused for a moment. Though the voice didn’t come from Su Ming, he didn’t dare slack off at all now and hurriedly responded.

“No, it was different.”

“K specifically reminded me not to use my usual killing method, so as not to have it linked to the Lianjiang City case when the police investigate.”

“So, I used the most common method of dismemberment… I thoroughly chopped up the victim, then casually tossed the body parts into a sewer in the suburbs.”

At this moment, after hearing Butcher’s account, Bai Yu immediately connected it with a previous case. He looked at Su Ming, a bit puzzled, and said.

“Ming Ge.”

“If nothing else, the person Butcher killed in Guangdong Province was most likely the heir of Hengfeng Industries—Wang Minghui.”

“Two years ago, this case caused a huge stir in the country.”

“At first, the heir of Hengfeng Industries, Wang Minghui, was missing for many days, and it was suspected he had been kidnapped by criminals, who intended to demand a ransom. However, his father, Wang Hengfeng, never received any ransom calls.”

“After extensive surveillance and investigations, the police finally found Wang Minghui’s dismembered body parts in a sewer in the suburbs, confirming he had been killed by dismemberment.”

“When his father, Wang Hengfeng, received the news, he immediately used his influence in the business world to pressure the Guangdong Provincial police to find the murderer as quickly as possible.”

“But after a full month of searching, the police couldn’t locate the killer, though they seemed to have narrowly missed him a few times.”

“Finally, when it was clear that the police couldn’t find the killer, Wang Hengfeng issued a bounty notice. Whoever could provide information or capture his son’s killer would be rewarded with ten million yuan.”

“At the time, I wasn’t yet an auxiliary member of the police force, but for that ten million, I specifically researched a lot of information about Wang Minghui and this case.”

“Although I still didn’t find the killer in the end, I did come across a clue that might be related to K wanting to kill Wang Minghui.”

Bai Yu paused for two seconds, recalled the details seriously, and spoke gravely.

“As the heir of a medium-sized enterprise, Wang Minghui didn’t inherit his father Wang Hengfeng’s frugality or hardworking nature. Not only was he uneducated, but the key point is that he was also very fond of… gambling.”

“It’s said that he once lost fifty million in just three hours at a casino, and was later held by the casino boss until his family transferred the money to release him.”

“During those years, Wang Hengfeng must have helped him out quite a few times.”

A casino?

This special place made Su Ming furrow his brow. He lightly stroked his chin, recalling the first detail from earlier. He immediately looked over at Xu Changsheng beside him.

“Brother Sheng.”

“If I’m not mistaken…”

“The person with the codename ‘Doctor,’ Qu Pengfei, must have joined this Drug Trafficking Organization because he owed too much money to the casino, right?”