Frightening Joke: Above the Mist
Chapter 84: Live Scene

Chapter 84: Chapter 84: Live Scene

Ye City, February 11th, 2:40 PM.

When Bai Yanliang and Gao Fei arrived at the scene, the police tape was already up at the Yunhua Road Street Heart Park.

Along the way, Bai Yanliang spent a lot of effort explaining his relationship with Yang Wanlong to Gao Fei, who remained suspicious even now.

However, upon seeing Bai Yanliang, Yang Wanlong immediately brightened up.

"You’re finally here. This time, you have to help your uncle. This case is too heinous..."

Ignoring the astonished looks of the surrounding officers, Yang Wanlong dragged Bai Yanliang forward.

When they reached the crime scene, Bai Yanliang finally understood what Yang Wanlong meant.

This was indeed a heinous and perplexing murder case.

In front of Bai Yanliang, a headless corpse was sitting upright on a park bench, her head missing, with both hands overlapped on her abdomen.

Bai Yanliang took two steps closer, and as an officer was about to stop him, he was halted by a sharp glance from Yang Wanlong.

Bai Yanliang took a careful look—the wound on the victim’s neck was very tidy, indicating an instant decapitation by a sharp weapon.

There was no strange smell around, nor was there any bloodstain left on the ground, indicating that this was not the primary crime scene.

"Captain Yang, who is this?"

At this time, a young, capable woman walked over, her skeptical gaze landing on Bai Yanliang without concealment.

Even though he was brought by Yang Wanlong, she found the man in front of her suspicious.

The gruesome and bizarre scene on the bench made even many seasoned officers turn pale, yet this man remained unfazed and even seemed intent on touching the wound on the neck.

Such a person either had undergone special training or... had an exceptionally strong, even twisted, mind.

Seeing this, Yang Wanlong gestured for the woman to step aside and quietly said:

"Lin Wan, you know that recent student murder case that Old Wang cracked? The key was found by this young man."

Lin Wan looked at Bai Yanliang, who was deep in thought, with surprise and quietly asked, "Is it him?"

"Could it be fake?" Yang Wanlong glanced around and said, "This young man is very sharp, often able to discover some hard-to-detect clues."

However, this reasoning didn’t seem to convince Lin Wan, the shrewd and capable young detective furrowed her brows and said, "But it still doesn’t comply with the rules."

Saying this, she didn’t give Yang Wanlong a chance to speak further, quickly stepping up to Bai Yanliang, extending her hand, and saying, "Hello, sir, please leave the scene."

Bai Yanliang paused, glanced at the woman’s fingers, then looked towards Yang Wanlong.

"I was invited by Captain Yang."

"I know, but this doesn’t comply with the rules, please leave the scene."

Bai Yanliang looked at her; the woman had a face that brooked no disagreement.

He smiled and said, "However, I think I should listen to the captain rather than an officer."

The woman’s eyes widened, and as she was about to say something, Bai Yanliang continued:

"Miss, no matter how high your parents’ positions are, this is not a reason to overstep your bounds, please perform your duties as an officer."

Lin Wan suddenly flushed red, her chest heaving as she glared at Bai Yanliang.

"If you have spare time to entangle with minutiae or sulk, please step aside and don’t disturb others’ work, including mine." Bai Yanliang said calmly, but his words were far from calm.

The dispute here was already being watched by surrounding officers, and now that Lin Wan was retorted by Bai Yanliang, everyone was shocked.

That newcomer... truly fearless.

What they didn’t know was that this guy was not a newcomer, not even their colleague.

"What are you looking at? Get to work!"

At this moment, Yang Wanlong, who had been watching the development, came out to mediate.

"Alright, alright, everyone say less, when we get back I’ll officially process Bai Yanliang’s external personnel permit, let’s focus on the scene first. By the way, Yanliang, have you discovered anything?"

Bai Yanliang nodded, not looking at the hesitant Lin Wan, and said:

"Judging from the rigor mortis, the deceased has been dead for at least three hours. Three hours ago was exactly noon; with people and traffic bustling near the street park, it’s impossible for someone to silently transport a headless body here; we can retrieve surveillance and visit nearby businesses for clues."

Speaking to this point, Bai Yanliang suddenly shut his mouth and did not continue.

Yang Wanlong nodded; in fact, the police were already undertaking such work, but... the problem lay here.

"No other discoveries?" Yang Wanlong asked.

At this moment, someone Bai Yanliang was very familiar with walked over.

"Captain Yang, the time of death has been determined, between 11 and 11:30 AM," Gao Fei was flipping through the report in his hand, "but... we can’t confirm if the deceased was drugged, which would affect the estimated time of death; further examination at the bureau is necessary."

Gao Fei’s estimated time of death barely differed from Bai Yanliang’s; Yang Wanlong heard this and his brows furrowed deeply.

"We’ve retrieved the surrounding surveillance, checked in and out all day, but strangely, no one was seen dragging a suitcase or large package. How exactly was this body brought in?"

Yang Wanlong’s doubt was precisely that of the police; there was no fresh blood before the bench, no signs of struggle at the scene, no struggle marks on the corpse, no weapon nearby, no external injuries on the corpse’s surface, it seemed decapitated as if executed.

"I just feel... this body is a bit strange," Gao Fei said, frowning.

Bai Yanliang glanced at him, surprised that... this impulsive fellow also saw it.

"What’s strange about it?" Yang Wanlong pursued.

Gao Fei shook his head slightly: "I can’t say for sure yet, but it seems... quite abnormal, the setup of the body feels ritualistic..."

Ritualistic...

This word stunned everyone present, indeed, why move the body here, and why arrange it with overlapping hands? And even... why behead her?

Yang Wanlong glanced at Bai Yanliang, seeing his contemplative expression, he asked:

"Yanliang, any other findings?"

Bai Yanliang did not hold back and directly nodded: "The angle is problematic."

"Angle?"

Lin Wan finally spoke again, although she still felt it wasn’t regulation, she was serious when talking about business.

"What do you mean?"

She seriously asked Bai Yanliang, seemingly having forgotten the embarrassment he caused her earlier.

Bai Yanliang indicated the neck of the body, saying: "The victim’s head was cut off at a diagonal angle; being a tall woman nearly 1.8 meters, for someone to cut off her head so perfectly from that angle with some method is a bit... incredible."

Everyone was momentarily stunned and then reacted, but all their eyes flashed with a bit of suspicion.

Could it be, if not from standing on a bench, that angle... could only be achieved by a giant over two meters tall...

The killer... over two meters tall?

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