Enforcer Manual
Chapter 803 - 801: Death Notice

Chapter 803: Chapter 801: Death Notice

Next, Song Lan learned a lot about Mikaela from Guan Lili.

This made him understand Lu Xiang’s concern—the fourth district’s degree of openness far exceeded people’s imagination. Them, the simple folks from the seventeenth district, found the grandeur of the fourth district city... too dazzling.

However, he always felt that Guan Lili had a personal grudge against Mikaela, which led her to pick the most "astonishing" stories to talk about.

For example, Mikaela had slept with over ninety percent of her rescuers, including the two national-level rescuers. That’s why people often say that in the fourth district, even boys need to learn to protect themselves when they’re out and about.

Of course, according to Guan Lili, this could also be a reason why Mikaela was murdered.

In these tangled relationships, it was inevitable that some might have turned love into hatred, or perhaps they already harbored hate towards Mikaela, and they were exactly the ones who could easily bypass the security system and enter her villa to meddle with things inside.

Song Lan felt as if he was browsing gossip websites, learning about unexpected insider stories. The only difference was, whatever came from Guan Lili’s mouth, was almost always verified.

"Everything we’ve discussed just now is strictly between the two of us. If you go around spreading rumors, you’re the one who’s going to suffer."

If this news were to be made public, a large number of rescuers under Kolo Film Industry would be affected.

Heaven knows what kind of insulting nicknames those online would come up with for them.

"I’m not that kind of person. Once I walk out that door, I’ll forget who Mikaela even is."

"You don’t need to go to that extent. That’s akin to senile dementia," said Guan Lili. "Alright, enough gossip. It’s time to talk about the real issue."

With that, she handed the script for "Doubtful Case Pursuit" Season Six to Song Lan.

Seeing this, Song Lan closed his eyes warily, muttering to himself, "Entrapment is not a good practice."

"We’re showing it to you voluntarily."

Guan Lili was amused by Song Lan once again. As one of the former top agents of Kolo Film Industry, she genuinely regretted that Song Lan had not joined the entertainment industry, because she had never seen anyone who could embody the qualities of a cold-blooded assassin and a comedic actor at the same time.

This style was reminiscent of the thriller comedies that had been popular about six or seven years ago, always able to toggle the audience between terror and uproarious laughter.

And she quite liked the feeling of being with Song Lan.

"This is why the higher-ups were hoping to consult your opinion."

Song Lan skeptically shifted his gaze onto the script in the electronic manual.

The opening scene of "Doubtful Case Pursuit" Season Six was the murder of the popular actress at home, as Roger had mentioned. When he flipped a few pages further and saw the second case, he understood what Guan Lili was implying.

The victim was the big boss behind the actress, the tycoon who held sway over the local entertainment industry as depicted in the script.

While everyone was convinced that the actress’s death was an accident, the powerhouse behind the scenes was found to have died in a bizarre manner at home, with the head severed from the body and placed inside a heavily locked safe.

Not surprisingly, before the protagonist August Quinn arrived, the local Law Enforcers were still clueless.

But at least, after the second case occurred, even the slightly intelligent people in the script knew that this entertainment mogul couldn’t possibly have chopped off his own head and put it into a safe before dying.

In reality, there happened to be someone who fit the entertainment mogul’s description to a tee—the founder of Kolo Film Industry, also the current de facto ruler of the company.

"Your boss is worried that someone is murdering people according to the script’s plot, and he’s next?"

"Being a little cautious can’t hurt. Besides, it’s said that the Big Boss’s villa has a safe similar to the one in the script, which happens to be large enough to fit a human head, and his villa also has the most advanced security system. However, Mikaela’s death might have made him realize that modern science might not be so reliable after all."

"According to the script’s timeline, the second incident happened two days after the actress’s death."

"Only by finding the real murderer within these two days can the old man be put at ease. He’s hoping to hear some good news from you, at least so he can sleep well at night when he’s home alone."

"From the perspective of crime psychology, indeed there are some offenders with dramatic personalities who might imitate scenes from movies while committing a crime," Song Lan brought up the knowledge of crime studies that Lu Xiang taught him.

After the gang wars in the seventeenth district had completely died down, the cases Law Enforcers faced had gradually evolved from gang conflicts to complicated murders.

"If the murderer intentionally follows the "Doubtful Case Pursuit" Season Six script, he’s already helped us narrow down the scope. Who has seen the script so far?"

"Right, that’s the kind of insight we need."

Guan Lili’s eyes brightened, "You’re exuding the aura of August Quinn... Let me think, besides the director, the screenwriter, and Mikaela, there should only be the lead actor who portrays August Quinn. Hmm, I just happened to have mentioned quite a bit about him to you."

"I’d rather you hadn’t," said Song Lan, full of sentiment. Before today, he had quite liked the actor who played August Quinn.

On screen, he fully embodied the great detective’s righteousness, bravery, and sense of humor. The actor himself was also one of the current national-level rescuers, and it was precisely because of the "Doubtful Case Pursuit" series that he had risen to fame.

But Guan Lili told him that, to get the role of August Quinn, he "slept with" Mikaela and used backdoor methods to firmly grasp the opportunity for fame.

"They still keep in close touch, and he is one of the few people who can freely enter Mikaela’s villa. The only problem is he has no motive to kill Mikaela. He has been busy lately immersing himself in the role of a famous detective, going into seclusion to practice," she said.

Under Song Lan’s guidance, Guan Lili entered into the atmosphere of deduction, "The director and the screenwriter of the crew do have a motive to kill Mikaela. Mikaela was a control freak, she held all the decision-making power in her hands, and even the director and the screenwriter couldn’t have a say in the selection of actors. They had long been tired of Mikaela’s way of doing things."

"Perhaps this is the time to use the process of elimination."

"Right," Guan Lili blurted out, "After eliminating all the impossibilities, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth... So, Mr. Song Lan, who do you plan to eliminate as a suspect first?"

Considering the various possibilities carefully, about ten seconds later, Song Lan, like a true famous detective, came to a crucial conclusion.

——"It shouldn’t be Chai Ke."

...

In the end, Song Lan and the two others were kicked out of Kolo Film Industry’s company gates.

Zhuang Chi looked back at Guan Lili, who had followed them all the way to the gate, feeling that the director of Kolo Film Industry was almost ready to take off her high heels to come after them.

Fortunately, the incident of peeping at the script eventually blew over.

The staff at Kolo Film Industry simply warned them not to disclose any plot details about "Doubtful Case Pursuit" Part Six to the public.

This was definitely not in line with the company’s established image in people’s minds.

In the past faced with such an opportunity, they would have tried every means to suck all the money out of the other party through lawsuits; when they entered Kolo Film Industry’s gates, she thought from today on she would have to live in poverty with a six-figure bank loan over her head for the rest of her life.

She asked skeptically, "They just let us go like that?"

"Because compared to suing us, there are more serious problems waiting for them."

Song Lan said, "Doubtful Case Pursuit" usually features more than three cases, and according to the pattern, the next victim should be Kolo Film Industry’s Big Boss."

"...They showed you the later part of the script!"

Zhuang Chi’s eyes widened in disbelief.

She now seriously suspected that there was some unspeakable secret between Song Lan and Guan Lili, and that was why Kolo Film Industry had been so merciful to them.

"This is to facilitate identifying the killer."

"Do you already know who the killer is?"

"Not yet, but at least I helped them eliminate one wrong answer and narrowed down the field."

"As expected of the Chief, no wonder they didn’t pursue our responsibility! I think if you were assigned to the crime scene investigation department, you would definitely do an excellent job," Zhuang Chi expressed admiringly.

In fact, even during the case of the former mayor of District Seventeen, Selbert, Song Lan had already shown the traits of a famous detective.

As Chief Snick would say, some people are just born for this line of work.

Zhuang Chi asked with admiration, "Who did you guys eliminate for them?"

"Chai Ke, he should be unrelated to this case," Song Lan replied.

Upon hearing this, the three fell into silence simultaneously, leaving only the passionate holographic ads of District Four, enthusiastically talking up people’s journeys to chase their dreams.

Zhuang Chi finally understood why Guan Lili looked like she was about to spit fire a moment ago.

"Chief."

This time, even Roger couldn’t help but step forward to speak up for justice, "Guan Lili is really patient, to not have hit you after that."

...

But they did learn one crucial piece of information.

There were only two days left until the countdown to the death of the founder of Kolo Film Industry.

If nothing went wrong, the person who killed Mikaela would act again, killing the creator of Kolo Film Industry in a bizarre and cruel way.

Suddenly, Zhuang Chi seemed to have an idea, and the "radar" on top of her head suddenly perked up with vigor, "Chief, the founder of Kolo Film Industry must be very rich, right? How much do you think he would reward us if we save him?"

"Why would you say that, Zhuang Chi?"

Both Song Lan and Roger turned their gaze on her, "Are you wanting him to die that badly?"