Chapter 34: An Unsolvable Problem
The task force members looked at Xiao Yu as if he were an alien.
Come on, what are you doing on Earth?
If you’re not an alien, why is your brain thinking in outer space?
No, that’s not a brain, it’s a black hole!
Do you know, it was you who originally said the timing didn’t match, that the suspect couldn’t have committed the crime in 33 hours!
So now, are you going to slap yourself in the face?
Everyone stared at Xiao Yu, waiting for a reasonable explanation.
Xiao Yu smiled but didn’t explain.
Slap himself in the face?
No, he just thought of a few possibilities.
Each of these possibilities was hair-raising.
So, he needed to verify them!
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On the way to the detention center, Xiao Yu was still thinking.
He had transmigrated and was still so handsome.
Why not just live a good life, enjoy being a kept man, how great would that be?
Why go back to the old job, killing countless brain cells every day?
Through the car window, he gazed at the distant sky.
Recalling the oath he took, saluting the national flag in his past life.
How could he forget that oath from back then, how dare he forget?
Xiao Yu’s face lit up with the enthusiasm he had when he first stepped out of the police academy…
…
In the detention center’s interrogation room.
Handcuffed, He Xiao sat excitedly on the interrogation chair, looking at Xiao Yu.
Xiao Yu coldly stared at him, and his first words left He Xiao dumbfounded.
“You killed your ex-girlfriend and her family of three.”
He Xiao: …
He was completely stunned.
His face showed confusion, disbelief, and inability to accept it.
It was as if he was saying: Are you freaking crazy?
His heart pounded wildly, feeling an absurd sense of being doxxed online.
Xiao Yu stared at He Xiao, not looking at his face.
Instead, he watched He Xiao’s hands.
He had noticed He Xiao’s hands were off before.
They were too ‘steady.’
When Xiao Yu said those words.
He Xiao’s overly steady hands trembled…
“So it was you!”
Slowly raising his head, he stared at the still dazed He Xiao, coldly asking, “Aren’t you curious why I would say you killed your ex-girlfriend and her family?”
“I didn’t, it wasn’t me, how could it be me?!”
Coming to his senses, He Xiao roared.
Denying three times, like a veteran fugitive… Xiao Yu thought, mocking internally.
He didn’t say more, waiting for He Xiao to calm himself down.
Sure enough, the furious He Xiao stared at Xiao Yu, gradually calming down.
But his eyes fixed on Xiao Yu, as if demanding an explanation.
“I can only tell you, the people were indeed killed by you, the family extermination was done by you.”
Xiao Yu said, “But the current you… is innocent!”
What?
He Xiao was dumbfounded, his face filled with confusion, his worldview shaken.
What do you mean, I did it, I killed them, but I’m innocent?
Brother, can you speak human?
“I once encountered a case.”
Not encountered, I personally solved it… Xiao Yu continued, “That case was interesting, the suspect had multiple personality disorder. Each personality had its unique experiences, perceptions, thought patterns, and self, body, and environment related modes. The most interesting part is, during personality shifts, severe amnesia would occur. No, it’s not simple forgetfulness, one personality’s actions are completely unknown to other personalities!”
“…”
He Xiao stared blankly at Xiao Yu.
His eyes seemed to look at a deity.
“In that case, the reason was an extremely smart yet perverse and cruel personality within the suspect.”
Xiao Yu stared into He Xiao’s eyes, “When it controlled the suspect’s body, it committed many inhumane acts. Because memories between personalities aren’t shared, the suspect’s primary personality didn’t know his body had killed many innocent people, even the primary personality thought itself innocent. When he was arrested, the officers knew it was the perverse personality committing the crimes, but they still had to imprison the suspect, never to be released!”
Yes, such people wouldn’t be executed because they’re mentally ill.
But they would be imprisoned for life in a special mental hospital.
No freedom, daily forced treatment, confined in a special ward.
Though alive, this punishment is crueler than execution!
What, you say all personalities except the perverse one are innocent, all crimes were committed by the perverse personality?
Here’s a fun question.
No matter how many personalities, isn’t there only one body?
Isn’t it this body committing the crimes?
No matter the personality, isn’t it within this body?
Multiple personalities, like multiple souls.
So tell me, how to kill a soul?
If you can’t, is this treatment wrong?
Because other personalities are innocent, should we release the person?
What if the perverse personality takes over again and kills?
This is an unsolvable problem!
So…
“I know you can hear and see me.”
Xiao Yu coldly stared at He Xiao, “Aren’t you coming out to meet me?”
He Xiao was full of questions, unable to accept Xiao Yu’s words, his body showing no change.
“Do you think you’ve done it flawlessly, thinking I’m bluffing?”
Xiao Yu mocked, “Then, did your childhood mental illness really get cured?”
He Xiao’s expression suddenly changed…