Chapter 766 - The Mysterious Murder Scene (1/2)

The door to Song Baicheng’s house was closed.

When he arrived at the door, Xia Lei’s left eye twitched a little. He used his X-ray vision to survey the room.

There was no one in the living room. The television was turned on and playing a reality show. There was no one in the kitchen to the left of the living room either. There was only a pressure cooker on the gas stove. Steam rose from the pressure cooker meaning that there was something being prepared. To the left of the living room was a hallway.

There were three bedrooms located on one side of the hallway, all three doors were shut. At the end of the hallway was a balcony. The gla.s.s door was open but no one was on the balcony either.

Just as Xia Lei prepared to refine his vision, to dwell deeper into the contents of the three rooms, Liang Siyao was already using her lock picking tools to force the door open.

“Be careful, he has a gun. Follow behind me,” instructed Liang Siyao as she pulled out her gun.

Normally in a situation like that, the man should have taken the lead but she was adamant in making sure she was the first line of fire.

Xia Lei was not a man who would hide behind a woman. With a swift movement, he pulled her behind then walked down the hallway himself. He pulled out his gun, both arms stretched in front to prepare for anything.

Liang Siyao did not cut in front of him. She understood where he was coming from.

When they arrived at the first door, he stopped and put down his gun.

Without opening the door, he could already see the situation inside the room. Song Baicheng was lying motionless on the bed, clad in underwear. He was definitely not sleeping because he was not moving. Even a person in deep sleep would have movements from breathing. Plus, his face was colored a greenish-purple. Living people were not that color.

At that moment, a surge of anger rose in his heart. He found Song Baicheng but someone else had got to him first. With Song Baicheng’s death, how could he continue with investigations?

“What’s the matter?” Liang Siyao asked gently. She couldn’t see what was in the room.

Xia Lei snapped back to reality. He stopped for a moment then slammed into the door suddenly.

The door was thrown open.

She rushed inside with her gun.

He followed suit.

“What is going on here?” Liang Siyao was shocked, quickly noticing that Song Baicheng was already dead.

Suppressing his anger, he said, “Someone got to him before us to get rid of any traces.”

“Let’s search the room to see if the killer left any clues.” She started to search the room.

Xia Lei stood quietly at the edge of the bed, staring at Song Baicheng.

He had no wounds or signs of strangulation. The possibility of a gunshot, knife and strangle as the cause of death could be eliminated. His expression was peaceful as if he died in his sleep with no signs of suffering.

Xia Lei’s brows furrowed slightly. Song Baicheng was a man who had undergone training. He possessed skills above the average person. How was it possible that someone killed him without leaving a trace?

His gaze fell on Song Baicheng’s stomach, using his X-ray vision to check its contents.

His stomach was clean, with no food inside. There was food cooking in the kitchen, so this meant that he hadn’t eaten yet. There were no injuries, eliminating the possibility of a weapon a.s.sault. His stomach was empty with no medicine or food residue, so he definitely did not die from poison. But he couldn’t have died with no cause.

“d.a.m.n it, the culprit was careful enough to not leave anything behind.” Liang Siyao returned to his side. With her experience and training, she didn’t need to search for a long time like regular police.

He smiled bitterly. “We have met a master.”

“Who do you think it is?”

Xia Lei shook his head. “Anyone desperate enough to kill him could be prime suspects. But it’s difficult to tell who his murderer was.”

“I’ll give Boss s.h.i.+ a call.” She slid out her phone.

His gaze fell unto Song Baicheng’s head. Like a blade, it was as if his left eye shaved the hair off so his vision could penetrate through the scalp.

The scalp was smooth and s.h.i.+ny with no obvious marks. However, he had a purple birthmark on his head.

He continued to stare at the purple birthmark and quickly found something odd. On the birthmark, there was a damaged hair pore. There was a slight hint of blood oozing out from it. It was very inconspicuous due to the purple birthmark. It was impossible for a regular person to notice it.

This discovery was a breakthrough.

His eyes locked on the pore, zooming in a hundred times. He saw that the skin had been damaged by something sharp. Perhaps something like a needle forcefully jammed into it. Following that, his left eye switched into X-ray and microscopic vision mode. He zoomed in and slowly penetrated through layers to reach Song Baicheng’s brain.

The truth was slowly emerging.

A very important blood vessel in his brain was damaged. It was a major artery, causing internal bleeding in his head.

Xia Lei thought to himself. “For someone to kill like this, two things must be achieved. One, this person must be very close to Song Baicheng so he’ll let his guard down around the culprit. Then, this person must be very experienced in murder, a professional killer. Which of his contacts fulfilled these criteria?”

Naturally, he thought of Ling Han but quickly brushed the thought away. Ling Han had never shown his abilities and certainly nothing close to this. Even if he had undergone military combat training like Song Baicheng, this could not prove that he was the killer. It was impossible for him to meet the second criteria too, to be a very experienced killer.