But contrary to the murderer’s expectation, Hui Lijing merely glanced around and continued to act, once again pretending to talk to the corpse.
Was she worried about the safety of the people around her?
The murderer squinted his eyes, his caution remained, but the tension was gone.
A woman with such an obvious weakness, no matter how strong, is only limitedly strong.
A new plan began to form in the murderer’s mind.
Time ticked away by the seconds.
Just as the massive countdown was about to hit zero, Ryosuke, Urashima, and a group of policemen appeared.
Having just dealt with the ’Shimura Tetsuya’ case, Ryosuke’s eyelids twitched upon seeing Hui Lijing.
Ryosuke couldn’t help but exclaim.
How many times had they met in the last 24 hours?
Except for the first time being about a financial loss, every subsequent time involved a body.
Is this woman a disaster?
Ryosuke thought to himself, greeting Jason who was walking over.
Compared to how he treated Hui Lijing, Ryosuke was much warmer towards Jason.
Their cooperative relationship, along with Jason’s previous understanding and persuasion, were still freshly remembered by Ryosuke.
The middle-aged policeman considered Jason a friend.
And naturally, he treated friends differently.
Ryosuke asked softly.
"The victim was the organizer of this eating contest."
"The murderer is the man in your two o’clock direction, wearing a black coat and a white hat."
Jason spoke concisely.
He was just asking about the case and got the answer straight away.
He was prepared for an extended fight.
But the murderer was found just like that?
A bland feeling spread through the middle-aged detective’s heart.
It felt like when he was a child, longing for a toy car, which he couldn’t afford, but once grown up, could easily buy ten of such cars, yet no longer wanted them at all.
Jason had already locked onto the murderer!
Hui Lijing looked admiringly at Jason.
"Urashima, close in, it’s that guy, be cautious!"
Urashima nodded and discreetly approached the murderer.
Urashima was as cautious as he could be.
However, by the time Ryosuke and the others appeared and interacted with Hui Lijing, the murderer was already on high alert.
When he saw Urashima approaching, the murderer turned and ran.
Seeing the murderer run, Urashima shouted.
The murderer immediately stopped.
Not because he was intimidated by Urashima.
But because he had taken a hostage.
Sagaraso’s neck was gripped tightly by the murderer’s burly arm, a small knife pressed against her major artery.
"Don’t come any closer!"
The murderer growled.
Urashima yelled, eliciting a cold laugh from the murderer.
"Do you think that’s possible?"
After saying this, the murderer glared viciously at Hui Lijing.
"You, woman, messed up my plan! This isn’t over!"
The murderer threatened Hui Lijing.
Hui Lijing was indifferent.
She wasn’t used to being threatened.
Those who threatened her had all been fed cow dung.
However, with Ryosuke and others around, Hui Lijing did not speak.
The murderer’s gaze, however, did not shift away.
Or rather, it was subconsciously drawn to Jason.
That was the murderer’s first reaction.
Why does he smile so weirdly?
That was the murderer’s second reaction.
Why isn’t this girl I’ve taken hostage scared or trembling?
And what’s with her hair standing up like idiot hair?
That was the murderer’s third reaction.
Then, he heard the last words before his consciousness plunged into darkness—
"Right straight punch!"