Chapter 89: K: Is there no such thing as a perfect crime? Then you’d better catch me before I die of old age!

After Lin Tian reported the agent list, the arrest order from the Ministry of Public Security was quickly issued.

There was no wait until the next day.

Criminal investigation teams from various provinces and cities immediately took action without hesitation that very night, launching key arrests.

That night was destined to be tumultuous, with the shrill wail of sirens echoing throughout numerous cities.

By midnight, of the eleven high-purity drug-selling agents listed on the dark web, aside from the already captured Skinny Dog, nine had been caught.

The only unexpected city was…

Gusu City!

When the police managed to find the drug agent in Gusu City at a bathhouse, the so-called “Fat Cat” drug dealer was already stiff with no breath.

However, his lips, skin, and gums were all a faint shade of red, and there was a bitter almond scent in his mouth. He was still holding a syringe containing a small amount of thick white liquid.

This was a clear sign of cyanide poisoning, which could kill a person within a short time.

Although there were no signs of foul play or other people’s involvement based on Fat Cat’s death scene and body movements, everyone knew…

It was clear that Fat Cat must have known something crucial, which led to him being dealt with at this critical moment.

Although it appeared as suicide, no one knew what kind of coercion or threat he had suffered beforehand.

Aside from Fat Cat in Gusu City, after the arrests in Jinling City, Mingzhou City, Ningdao City, Jiahe City, Liangxi City, Wujin City, Taicang City, Jinghai City, and Lianjiang City, the police immediately began urgent interrogations.

They hoped to extract information about the vast drug trafficking organization from their mouths.

However, judging by this organization’s usual cautiousness, if they allowed these agents to be captured by the police without eliminating them in advance, it could be inferred…

These nine agents most likely had no knowledge of any crucial information or leads, or the information they knew was insignificant.

Otherwise…They would have been dealt with silently and likely forced into suicide just like Fat Cat.

As Skinny Dog had once said…If you’re targeted by this drug trafficking organization, the less you know, the longer you may survive.

The more you know…

You will most likely end up as a cold, lifeless body.

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At this moment…

On the top floor of Xing Sheng Building in Luzhou City.

Although it was late at night, the specially modified leisure swimming pool resort area was still brightly lit.

K, who had just come out of the pool, was comfortably lying on a lounge chair wrapped in a white bath towel.

He was still holding a glass of red wine, gently swirling it, his mood calm and unperturbed, as if the complete dismantling of his long-running drug network by the police had not affected him in the slightest.

In front of him, a laptop was playing an interview video, with the voice of an intellectual-sounding reporter coming from the video.

“Captain Xu…”

“At the abandoned teaching building of Shude Middle School this morning, we found…”

Watching the interview video in front of him, K briefly glanced at the young-looking Su Ming, seemingly sensing a kindred spirit.

After thinking for a few seconds, he revealed a mysterious smile and looked toward the nearby priest, who was still smoking a cigar and carefully cleaning a heavy sniper rifle. He asked:

“Priest, what do you think…Under what circumstances would a well-established, hierarchical criminal investigation team…”

“Choose to let a rookie intern, who has just joined the force and has little experience, take part in such a high-profile interview about a juvenile case?”

“Even if this intern happened to discover a crucial clue and significantly contributed to solving the case…he still shouldn’t have been sent for this interview, right? After all, if he say the wrong thing, it could be trouble, don’t you think, Priest?”

The priest made no response, nor did K expect one.

The priest silently raised his sniper rifle, resting it on his shoulder, narrowing his eyes and peering through the high-powered scope toward the Luzhou Criminal Investigation Team in the distance.

“It shouldn’t have been a big deal, but he was sent for the interview.” K repeated his earlier question, flashing a seemingly gentle smile that, in reality, hid madness, and continued:

“So this new police officer, Su Ming, from the Huaihai Criminal Investigation Team…”

“He must have discovered something incredible in the past few days and repeatedly demonstrated his case-solving talent, which is why he’s been given special attention. It’s definitely not just because of a falling case.”

“It seems I’ve found the reason behind the failure of the doctor who should have passed the assessment, and why our years of effort were completely undone today.”

“Did we finally get a genius detective?”

At that moment, K suddenly recalled how his long-established, impenetrable dark web had been completely breached by an IP from Magic City, using brute force to break through and clearing out his years of underground operations in one night.

Even the sculptor, who was now likely to be the next target, would probably have to be abandoned.

Last time… he lost.

But that was when he was unprepared. What if they tried again, but this time he was ready?

With that thought, K narrowed his eyes, then took out his phone and dialed using his secondary SIM card.

About fifteen seconds later, the call was answered by a slightly confused voice from the other end.

“K…”

“What’s going on, calling me so late?”

“Are you asking me to handle someone again? By the way, the piece from this afternoon was ruined by the doctor, I’m kind of lacking inspiration right now…”

Before the excited and eager voice could finish, K immediately interrupted:

“Sculptor…Because you wasted too much time and exposed too many clues for that so-called piece this afternoon…”

“I just got word that you’ve been targeted by the Huaihai police.”

“And there’s a new recruit in the Huaihai Criminal Investigation Team who is extremely talented. If you want to avoid this trouble…I can help you, but everything has to go according to my instructions.”

There was silence for a few seconds on the other end of the phone.

Suddenly, the sculptor let out a few crazy laughs, and then, with an incredibly confident tone, said:

“K…”

“My work is perfect enough. Those Huaihai Criminal Investigation idiots have been looking for me for twenty years and still haven’t found me. Do you think…Just because of what happened with the doctor this afternoon, they could catch me?”

“I’m wearing the mask sent by the rose. Those idiots will never figure it out in their lifetime. It’s just about keeping a low profile for a while.”

“Alright, that’s enough.”

“I’ve got some inspiration now. I need to design my 25th anniversary debut piece.”

“Oh, and…I wasted some high-purity drugs this evening dealing with the doctor. Remember to send me more sometime.”

After finishing, the sculptor hung up without hesitation.

K listened to the busy tone on the phone and couldn’t help but narrow his eyes.

At the same time, the sweet voice of Li Ying from the laptop once again echoed.

“Do you think… there is such a thing as a perfect crime in this world?”

After a brief pause of two seconds, Su Ming’s incredibly firm, undeniable answer rang out like a heavy punch:

“Perfect crime?”

“Sorry, but any case involving people can never be perfect.”

“What people call a perfect crime is simply a case where time or technology falls short, leading people to imagine it as perfect.”

“In my eyes…There was never a perfect crime, there isn’t one now, and there will never be one in the future!”

“Only criminals who escaped legal punishment because the key clues weren’t discovered!”

At this moment, K, reclining on the lounge chair, couldn’t help but smile faintly, staring at Su Ming on the screen, his eyes lowering as he muttered sarcastically to himself:

“Heh? No perfect crime?”

“Then I’ll wait for you to find the clues and come after me. But remember, you’d better find me before I die of old age…”

“Find me, huh!!”