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Chapter 75: The Video Left by Qu Pengfei? The Bloodied Hands Holding a Severed Head

A sudden explosion.

And then…

Qu Pengfei, thrown off the building by the shockwave, caused immediate chaos at the scene!

Of course, the chaos was only from the onlookers outside the police cordon, the Dragon country citizens who were always eager to watch a spectacle.

Inside the cordon, however, criminal investigators, police officers, and firefighters only showed minor signs of disturbance at the moment of the explosion, quickly moving into an orderly response.

The head of the local police station quickly called for the standby emergency doctors.

“Doctors, come quickly, come see.”

But this was merely for appearances.

A fall from the nineteenth floor without any obstacles was almost certainly fatal, and it was a small miracle if he managed to survive, let alone not end up in a pancake-like state upon impact.

But they couldn’t allow the already unsettled crowd and incoming media reporters to get any ammunition for criticism.

So, the rescue was performed, albeit more for show.

At this moment.

Several doctors approached with various equipment.

But even without the fall, the gruesome explosive wounds to his back and abdomen meant Qu Pengfei had no chance of survival.

Lin Tian stood still, watching as blood flowed out and gathered into a small river.

Though he said nothing, his clenched fists, veins bulging, spoke volumes about the deep, suppressed rage within him.

To the ordinary citizens and reporters, the fall was likely just a simple case of a guilty man committing suicide, something not worth paying too much attention to.

But to Lin Tian…

This wasn’t a case of suicide due to guilt. From the continuous shaking of the phone call, his single hand gripping the balcony edge, and finally being knocked off by the explosion, it was clear.

This was an unprecedented provocation. No criminal organization had ever dared to act so arrogantly within the Dragon country(china).

Putting aside the drug trafficking.

The fact that they called the criminal investigation team, demanding the police collect the corpse by name, and even used prohibited explosives was beyond Lin Tian’s expectations for the audacity of this massive drug-trafficking syndicate.

Additionally…

The true culprit behind the 5.13 dismemberment case from twenty years ago was also hidden within this drug syndicate. Lin Tian’s desire to root out this festering problem only grew stronger, becoming more entrenched in his heart.

He exhaled deeply.

Turning to Wang Hu and Xu Changsheng, he waved his hand to signal them.

“Xiao Ming, A Sheng.”

“Let’s go, head to the room where Qu Pengfei fell from, see if there’s any clue left behind.”

“We’ll wait for the death report from the doctors here, then we’ll take over. Hurry up.”

…

The trio made their way through without any issues.

With the hotel master key card, they reached Qu Pengfei’s reserved luxury suite.

Yes.

This suite wasn’t booked by anyone else.

It was reserved by Qu Pengfei himself just an hour ago, with no attempt to disguise his identity, using his own ID to book the luxury suite.

Arriving at the door of the suite, Xu Changsheng used the universal key card to swipe it, then pushed the door open.

“According to the hotel staff…”

“When he arrived at the hotel, it was just Qu Pengfei, no one else with him, and he was holding a phone.”

“Now…”

“We can only hope that Qu Pengfei left some clue for us.”

“I think, if someone’s been cornered by that organization, no matter how timid or cowardly they are, they would probably try to drag everyone down with them, right?”

Standing next to him, Lin Tian also approached.

Looking around the luxury suite, which showed no signs of struggle or habitation, he quickly guessed that Qu Pengfei had likely been forced to the balcony’s edge as soon as he entered the suite.

He shook his head helplessly, then spoke with subtle implication.

“Even if there were such thoughts, it doesn’t mean there was an opportunity to act.”

“Because that small bomb was likely already strapped to Qu Pengfei’s body.”

“Any sign of resistance would probably trigger the organization’s members to press the remote button without hesitation.”

“Being coerced with his life on the line…”

“Even though Qu Pengfei had the instinct to survive, he still stood on the balcony’s edge, not daring to step back inside.”

“Or perhaps…”

“This organization already had a way to silently take care of Qu Pengfei without causing such a scene.”

“But they chose this arrogant method to provoke the police.”

Compared to Lin Tian and Xu Changsheng, Su Ming’s line of thinking was noticeably different. Reflecting on the earlier scene of Qu Pengfei’s fall, the encounter with the thin dog’s wife, and the organization’s previous methods.

He furrowed his brows, thinking deeply, then spoke slowly.

“Chief Lin, Brother Sheng.”

“I have a bold guess. Could it be that besides Qu Pengfei, there were two other members of the drug syndicate in Magic City?”

“Because if there was only one criminal…”

“we can deduce the sequence of events…”

“By monitoring the skinny dog’s wife and daughter, he discovered Old Chen and Ah Qi’s plainclothes officers and learned about our operation.”

“Then controlling and eliminating Qu Pengfei fits within the timeline.”

“However.”

“Their methods seem too different.”

“According to Old Chen, when planning to deal with the thin dog’s wife and daughter, they used a Shiba Inu as bait, without ever showing up themselves.”

“Although it’s an easy method to crack, it’s quite discreet.”

“But just now, regarding Qu Pengfei…”

“The member of the organization who handled it was unexpectedly arrogant. Not only did they make a phone call, but they also blatantly used a bomb.”

“This is very different from the cautious style we saw from the syndicate before.”

“I think…”

“If this drug syndicate has always been this arrogant, it would’ve been impossible for them to stay hidden for so long. They’d have been discovered much earlier.”

At this moment.

Lin Tian understood what Su Ming meant, nodding slightly.

“Xiao Ming, what you’re suggesting is…”

“The person monitoring the thin dog’s wife and daughter must have come specifically from Gusu City to Magic City, to assist in evaluating Qu Pengfei.”

“And the person who handled Qu Pengfei this time is most likely a member of the organization who was already in Magic City?”

“Furthermore, if we continue to boldly speculate, the person who executed Qu Pengfei’s execution might very well be the same person behind the 5.13 dismemberment case?”

“Of course, this is just pure speculation…”

Before Lin Tian could finish his sentence.

Xu Changsheng, who had entered the suite first, suddenly shouted excitedly.

“Master, Xiao Ming, come quick!”

“Qu Pengfei seems to have left something for us!!!”

As soon as the words left his mouth.

Su Ming and Lin Tian, who were analyzing the situation, immediately rushed over.

Inside the suite’s living room.

A laptop was lying on the coffee table, seemingly playing a video on loop.

At that moment.

The video started playing again.

Just as the three of them were puzzled, a pair of blood-soaked hands appeared on the screen of the laptop, holding a severed head with long hair…