34 Suspects

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Among the crowd, Madam Liu watched her son standing alongside the police officers, seemingly holding some status. As soon as Liu Lang returned home, his parents pressed him with questions.

“How come you’re with the police?”

“I was specially recruited by Tsinghua University because of my talent in solving cases,” Liu Lang replied swiftly.

Mr. Liu took off his sleeve guards, showing a hint of excitement. “Your mother said those police officers obey you?”

“I came to Tianjing not only to wait for the semester to start but also to help them solve cases,” Liu Lang said truthfully.

Madam Liu slapped her thigh proudly. “My son is truly outstanding! Lao Liu, isn’t Miss Yuan from the Yuan family studying at Peking University? I think the two of them would make a good match; you should get in touch with the Yuan family…”

Liu Lang’s understanding of human society was still limited; he didn’t realize how much earlier his life had been fast-forwarded.

The police car stopped in front of Liu’s Fruit Trading Company.

A young officer got out and asked, “Is Teacher Liu here?”

Neighbors all perked up their ears.

When they saw Liu Lang being invited into the car and the police vehicle disappearing from sight, they immediately flocked to Madam Liu and Mr. Liu to inquire about the news.

The police car stopped beside a secluded alley.

“The surveillance footage was captured by this camera,” Qin Chuan pointed to a monitor on a utility pole. “We can confirm it’s Song Lili. In the video, a thug was harassing her, but she tore his head off.”

Liu Lang watched the surveillance video on his phone, replaying it several times. “I can handle her. Ordinary people would suffer casualties against her. Have we located her now?”

Due to municipal construction, many nearby cameras were out of service.

She hadn’t been found yet.

“Based on forensic comparisons, Song Lili’s current body might be that of Old Wu’s daughter-in-law. Since she can change faces and bodies, we need to catch her quickly. If she changes her face again, she’ll be much harder to find.”

“We suspect Song Lili recently gained the ability to swap heads but can’t change faces yet. The faceless corpse in Yangjia Lane was likely done by someone else. We’re dealing with more than one entity.”

Qin Chuan shared the police’s information with Liu Lang. Liu Lang was surprised that forensic experts could deduce so much. “How did you determine this?”

“We consulted experts in traceology, behavioral analysis, and criminal psychology. Their joint conclusion is that Song Lili’s movements are unnatural; she’s still adapting to her new body. Someone reported seeing her on Niulan Street, but she fled in tears… Analyzing the time of the incident further…”

Liu Lang nodded silently. Unless someone possessed godlike powers to alter heaven and earth, the organization’s strength was beyond challenge.

Whether Tu Ning was behind all this would become clear once they caught Song Lili.

“Report: Song Lili has been spotted! She’s at a mall 10 kilometers away!”

Zhongjun World City, a five-story shopping mall covering 140,000 square meters.

As a newly opened commercial complex, it was bustling with crowds.

Temporarily sealing it off was unrealistic.

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Zhongjun World City had five entrances, all heavily guarded. Every camera inside was closely monitored by the police.

Liu Lang stepped inside, frowning involuntarily.

It was too vast, too crowded; he was even pushed and squeezed as he moved.

There was a grand opening event today, with throngs of people.

“Captain Qin, how are we supposed to find her here?” Liu Lang shouted over the noise.

Qin Chuan was fiddling with his phone for a while. “Alright, now watch the power of the new device!”

His phone connected to multiple surveillance feeds, with green boxes automatically identifying faces in the crowd, big and small, until it recognized a blurry face.

After several rounds of image enhancement, it was indeed Song Lili’s face.

“Found her!” Qin Chuan exclaimed excitedly. “She’s in front of this cake shop.”

The cake shop was…

Right behind them.

Liu Lang suddenly felt cold hands cover his ears.

Those hands gently lifted upward.

Liu Lang had already activated his spiritual energy; his head was safe!

When he turned, Song Lili had already pushed through the crowd several body lengths ahead.

“Don’t let her get away!” Qin Chuan slipped through the crowd like an eel, reaching in front of Song Lili with outstretched hands to grab her.

Liu Lang urgently shouted, “Watch your head!”

There were too many people; using throwing knives risked harming bystanders.

Amaterasu? It could also harm innocents.

Susanoo? He couldn’t activate it unless it was a matter of life and death.

Fortunately, their teammates were reliable. Several plainclothes officers emerged from the crowd, firmly restraining Song Lili’s hands.

They wouldn’t let her have the chance to rip off a head.

“Let me go! I’ll kill you, you villain!” Song Lili snarled fiercely at Liu Lang. “If you dare harm a single hair on my daughter’s head, I swear I’ll…”

The surrounding crowd instinctively gave way, creating a small clearing.

She was much stronger now, and it took five or six plainclothes officers to barely contain her.

One officer accidentally tore off her arm, and in the next second, her other arm was also torn off.

They weren’t real arms, but mannequin limbs.

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Qin Chuan yanked off her clothes, revealing that her whole body was that of a mannequin.

The police and bystanders were stunned.

A woman wearing a large hood rushed over and, in full view of everyone, swiftly removed Song Lili’s head.

She crashed through the crowd and fled!

“Hahaha!” Song Lili’s head laughed wildly in the woman’s arms.

Those who didn’t know the full story thought it was a magic show, clapping and cheering enthusiastically.

Some boys and girls even blocked her path, wanting to take photos with her.

“Run!” the plainclothes officers shouted, urging people not to approach Song Lili, but to no avail.

More onlookers gathered around her, pushing the plainclothes officers farther away.

The hooded woman pulled back her hood—she had no head; it was empty.

Song Lili’s head was lifted and gently placed back on the neck. She was whole again.

The crowd cheered for her, and she laughed heartily.

“This magic act is incredible! It looks so real!”

“Yeah, Zhongjun World City’s rating will soar just because of this magic show!”

“Look, she’s laughing until tears come out…”

Tu Ning sat in the Starbucks inside the mall, with Ouyang beside her. Their view perfectly captured Song Lili.

“Boss, Song Lili can’t escape. The police have brought in reinforcements and started clearing the mall. Without the crowd as cover, she’s in trouble,” Ouyang said. He had changed into a fairly attractive face, but his sleazy aura overshadowed his good looks.

Tu Ning, favoring dresses, was still in the body of a young girl, wearing a pale yellow dress, snow-white socks, and black leather shoes.

She puffed her cheeks, blowing bubbles in her coffee cup. “She does have talent.”

Two police officers entered Starbucks, calling on customers to quickly leave the mall. The patrons dispersed.

Tu Ning and Ouyang followed the crowd out.

Watching the flow of people thin rapidly, Liu Lang finally relaxed and drew his dagger.

Compared to Tu Ning, Song Lili was worlds apart; her real combat power wouldn’t exceed D-rank.

The only troublesome ability was head-swapping. Once she hid among crowds, she would become extremely difficult to capture.