Gene Fusion System: Crime Hunter-Chapter 440 - 217 The True Culprit Hidden in the Shadows_2
In order to evade the media pursuit, Gu Xiaochuan rushed into the elevator in a panic, and once inside, the elevator doors shut.
Just like that, his last moments vanished from the elevator camera’s view.
At that moment, everyone present held their breath.
They all stared tensely at the screen, eager to see what would happen next. Although they knew Gu Xiaochuan was dead, everyone was still curious about the extent of the surprise.
Luo Fei was pondering something...
Because he had already anticipated the follow-up content.
As expected by everyone, the elevator came down again, and upon opening the doors on the first floor, a scene that made people scream unfolded.
The staff present screamed in fright, with some female employees responsible for guidance nearly fainting.
However, some photographers had nerves of steel!
They still ran up crazily to keep filming, while the employees left in the company panicked, trying to stop them but it was too late.
Thus, amidst the chaos and noise, the entire company fell into complete disorder.
Some were taking photos, some were watching the commotion, and others were providing live commentary reporting...
The employees had already rushed into the elevator, trying to get their general manager down for an emergency rescue attempt, but upon touching the corpse, they collapsed to the ground and then scrambled out in panic.
It seemed the victim had been hanged, and because the time was short, he still looked like a living person.
The body temperature should have started to dissipate at that time.
"This is all we can grasp for now."
Xiaocheng waved his hand, pointing at the contents of the surveillance.
"Okay, let’s pull up the surveillance from the top floor; we should be able to see more."
Luo Fei was already engrossed.
"Alright."
The screen finally began to play the elevator surveillance video from the top floor. Due to the unique position of the top floor surveillance, it couldn’t cover everything, so it could only capture the direction where the corridors on the east and west sides intersected.
There was no way to include the entire corridor in view, so the camera angle only revealed the situation of exiting the elevator.
As the elevator doors opened, the first ones out were those maintenance workers.
They had already been greeted, so they could move freely on the top floor.
The maintenance workers spread out after exiting, each checking their own assigned tasks; some checking the lighting, others replenishing and stabilizing circuits, all looking busy and methodical.
Later, everyone returned to the elevator entrance, presumably having completed their tasks.
Next, Master Bai began counting heads in the video, and after confirming there were indeed eight, he led everyone back into the elevator.
Those standing outside the screen, including Luo Fei, also counted the people, confirming there were precisely eight, no more, no less.
This was strange indeed; if no maintenance personnel stayed behind, then who on the top floor could have killed Gu Xiaochuan?
It was impossible for someone to climb such a tall office building from the outside, right?
"Team leader, what do we do? There doesn’t seem to be anything unusual."
Lin Jie, frustrated, was standing by.
The case was stuck here, as they really couldn’t figure out the murderer’s identity.
"Don’t speak, here comes the key point."
Luo Fei wasn’t giving up yet, wanting to see exactly what Gu Xiaochuan did.
After a while, the video showed Gu Xiaochuan coming up.
After opening the elevator door, he ran out in a panic, looking like he was still in shock from the journalists’ impulsive behavior earlier.
In the hallway, he lit a cigarette with a heavy look, loosened his shoulders, and walked into his office.
It’s unknown what he did inside, but after a while, he walked out looking relaxed as if the chaotic situation below had been resolved.
Perhaps a secretary reported it or an assistant reminded him, suggesting that the journalists were preparing to leave, so he got ready to go downstairs.
Once inside the elevator, nothing else happened.
Everything returned to tranquility.
Only Luo Fei and his team knew that a murder was occurring inside the elevator, but due to the inability to capture the inside of the elevator, they didn’t know what was happening inside.
The elevator doors closed slowly under everyone’s watchful eyes.
No clues could be discerned from what was visible, although Luo Fei had figured out everything; he still didn’t understand where the murderer was hiding.
Nor did he know how the elevator was started.
It was possible his earlier assumptions were wrong.
If it was as he imagined, using tape to trigger the first-floor button, where did the murderer pull it from?
Later, nothing could be seen in the surveillance.
The others began discussing among themselves, while Luo Fei quietly analyzed his own judgments.
Suddenly, he thought of something.
"Xiaocheng, did the fingerprint on the elevator button on the first floor that I asked you to investigate before have Gu Xiaochuan’s fingerprint?"
"Yes!"
Xiaocheng answered earnestly.
Luo Fei’s eyes shook with realization. He hadn’t expected to be misled, it seemed the opponent was indeed difficult to deal with.
"But the fingerprints that day were rather scattered, and after cleaning there were no others. On the day of the incident, apart from some scattered fingerprints, the one on top was Gu Xiaochuan’s fingerprint, this has been verified."
Luo Fei suddenly understood, realizing what had really happened.
"Quite a fellow, indeed. To have come up with such a high-intelligence crime plan is truly remarkable."
"Xiaocheng, play the surveillance video again, this time slowing it by two times from the first floor upward!"
"Alright."
Following the operation, everyone watched again.
Suddenly, they noticed something abnormal. Zhang Wei spoke first.
"No, when entering the elevator, it seemed there weren’t eight people, but nine."
The others nodded, having counted clearly; although people walked together, by slowing the footage and observing carefully, they could spot this oddity.
Indeed! Someone had snuck in.
Luo Fei smiled slightly.
"Play the footage of those people leaving the top floor again."
As the video replayed, there were indeed nine people coming out from the elevator after reaching the top floor.
"We suspected from the beginning that one person was left behind when returning, the misdirection lay here, the mismatch occurred from the start when someone disguised in the same clothing mingled in, making it nine people in the elevator from the outset."
"Master Bai probably overlooked it at the time."
"After exiting the elevator, they each went busy separately, so the ninth person ran out along the balcony."
Saying this, Luo Fei chuckled.
He couldn’t help but marvel at the mastermind behind such a distinctive murder method, such a deceiving-to-the-eye plan.
"Luo Fei, what did you think of?"
"Zhao, I was wrong that night. The elevator’s activation was not reliant on external force but was directly activated by Gu Xiaochuan himself; every detail was trying to confuse us, such as the prematurely twisted noose, and the triggered first-floor button in the elevator."
"These were all tricks by the real murderer, using misdirection to fool us nearly completely. It’s a pity, though..."
"He was still one step short."
A gleam of confidence flickered in Luo Fei’s eyes, seeing this, Zhao Donglai felt reassured.
"Let’s go to Yue Daguo’s house!"
What? The others were taken aback; going to the victim’s house at this hour?
"Yes, I’ll explain on the way."
With that, they hurried to Yue Daguo’s house, where everyone was resting except Yue Jun, who was reading in the living room.
Facing the visiting police, he asked curiously if he could help.
Luo Fei quietly examined the young student before him, finally shaking his head, somewhat powerless.
"Yue Jun, you are very smart; your intelligence is real, schemes, tricks, techniques—you mastered them thoroughly. However, the net of justice is extensive and tight."
"You are the murderer."
