I Play Dungeons in the Police Station-Chapter 344 - 217: Lost Control Again

"What?"

"Is that even possible?"

"Killing someone without a trace, that’s terrifying."

"This magnetic levitation artificial heart has safety issues; it needs to be pulled off the market immediately, or it will become a deadly weapon in the hands of those with malicious intent."

The revelation sent shockwaves through everyone; who would have thought a medical device meant to save patients could become a lethal weapon for a murderer? If this hadn’t been uncovered, the killer would have had a hold over patients using such devices, deciding life or death at their whim, as if wielding the power of death itself.

"Therefore, starting now, the task force is officially commencing the murder investigation. First, conduct a thorough investigation into the social and familial relations of the Zhao Group’s chairman. Who benefits most after old Zhao’s death? No leads should be overlooked. Additionally, anyone who could operate that phone will be a focal point of the investigation. We particularly need to monitor their financial situation closely. This time the murderer is a computer expert, so we need to select a team of computer specialists to form a cyber tracking unit to pursue the hacker behind this."

Li Xiang carefully arranged everything in detail, leaving nothing out. The fifty-plus members of the task force couldn’t be left idle.

He then took his assistant, Jiang Fei, to the Zhao Group chairman’s house.

"Captain Li, should we use the police car?"

"No, don’t use the police car. Be mindful of the implications when we’re at the Zhao family estate."

Truthfully, Li Xiang was afraid of alarming the murderer.

"Captain Li, this is the home of the Zhao Group’s chairman. This is the best area in the city, and only those with wealth or influence can afford a house here. Only the Zhao Group could buy property here."

"You don’t need to tell me that, let’s head inside." Li Xiang wasn’t interested in figuring out who’s who or already knew how to move in these circles.

To him, it’s like a system quest, meant to improve his skills, while the people inside are just NPCs.

"Who are you looking for?"

Arriving at the Zhao family’s house, the maid at the door curiously looked at Li Xiang and his team, unsure of why the police were there.

"The death of old Zhao is involved in a murder case. Is Mrs. Zhao home?"

"Murder? I’ll go get the madam."

The maid was startled upon hearing the word murder, and quickly ran inside to call the madam.

Mrs. Zhao came over, recognizing Li Xiang as the police officer from earlier, and asked, "Has my husband’s case been clarified? Was it a medical accident? He’s already gone, how could it involve a murder case? Don’t think you can bully the Zhao family just because my husband is gone, and don’t try to pin some murder charge on him. We won’t accept that."

"I think you’ve misunderstood. What we mean is that Mr. Zhao’s death might actually be a murder."

"What? Murder? How is that possible? You’re collaborating with the hospital to help them clear their name, right?"

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Zhao didn’t believe it and didn’t want to believe it.

She was only willing to trust her own hypothesis, thinking that the police were trying to confuse matters to cover for the hospital.

"This case has drawn the attention of multiple agencies, and the provincial department is personally overseeing it. Nobody would dare to joke around on this matter. We’ve come here because we’ve discovered crucial evidence and we want to get information from you."

Perhaps it was the mention of multiple agencies and the provincial department’s oversight that eased Mrs. Zhao’s suspicions. She looked at Li Xiang with doubt and asked, "What evidence?"

Li Xiang took out a USB drive and said, "I don’t know if you’ll understand me, but I’ll try my best to explain it in simple terms. You should have heard of hackers—they can break into computers, install viruses, and damage software. The magnetic levitation artificial heart that Mr. Zhao had is connected to the internet, like a mini-computer. A hacker could break into this mini-computer and implant a virus to alter the rotation speed of the magnetic rotor, causing Mr. Zhao to die from an arrhythmia-induced sudden death."

"What?"

Mrs. Zhao couldn’t believe her ears when she heard Li Xiang say this.

She had lived most of her life and had never heard of such a method of murder, it was unbelievable.

"I had my colleague find the phone controlling the magnetic levitation artificial heart to look for evidence of intrusion. We were fortunate enough to be one step ahead of the murderer and retrieved the phone before they could destroy the evidence. Now, this evidence is on this USB drive and holds legal weight."

Seeing Li Xiang confidently present the evidence, Mrs. Zhao had no choice but to believe that her husband had been murdered.

"What should we do? Please, you must find the murderer, find whoever is so cruel as to want my husband dead."

"We’ve come here to understand the situation with you. We hope you can cooperate with us."

"I will definitely cooperate, ask me anything."

Concerning Mr. Zhao’s death, Mrs. Zhao was very cooperative and answered almost every question they asked.

"Has Mr. Zhao ever offended anyone before? The kind who would kill for revenge?"

Upon hearing Li Xiang’s question, Mrs. Zhao hesitated and said, "Well, when we were establishing the family business, we did offend some people, but that’s old history, it wouldn’t suddenly happen now."

"Well, let me ask a rather blunt question. After Mr. Zhao’s death, whose interests would be maximized in the inheritance distribution?"

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Zhao’s face became even more emotional. Could it be that the wealthy can never escape the dispute over inheritance?

"Impossible, my children are all very filial. When Mr. Zhao had an accident, the children rushed back immediately to check on their father. I don’t believe they would do such a thing."

"I’m not saying it definitely is them, it’s just a hypothesis. How many children do you have?"

"I have two daughters and a son. The eldest daughter is 31 years old, not yet married, and she is the company’s Executive Vice President. Since old Zhao passed away, she’s been overseeing everything. My second son is 28 years old, he just returned from studying abroad and is currently helping his sister at the company, learning about the business so he can take over in the future. After all, a daughter is considered an outsider."

"And what about the youngest daughter?"

Li Xiang had no interest in the trivial matters of the wealthy, especially a mother who favored males over females.

However, the old lady’s attitude made him curious about the situation of the eldest daughter. Could it be that she was unwilling to surrender the empire she’d worked hard to build up to her brother?

It’s not an impossibility.

If this guess is true, then the murderer is not fit to be a human.

Of course, Li Xiang didn’t want to believe that the truth was as he thought.

"The youngest daughter is 21 years old, still in college. When her father had the accident, she returned immediately. Old Zhao usually adored them, they couldn’t possibly do something so rebellious."

"What about the company’s senior executives? Could they be involved? After all, they followed Mr. Zhao from the start to build the enterprise. Now that Mr. Zhao is gone, is there a chance they want to take over?"

"Ugh, as if they deserve it?"

Mrs. Zhao spat and then responded, "But now that you mention it, I did notice that recently his second uncle seems eager to reconvene the board, allegedly gathering supporters. You definitely need to investigate him; he’s the most suspicious."

"We’ll naturally investigate everyone involved. For today, let’s leave it here. If you recall any clues later, feel free to contact me anytime. This is my phone number, goodbye."

Li Xiang left his business card and departed from the Zhao residence with Jiang Fei.

"Captain Li, who do you think the murderer is? Could it actually be the second uncle?"

"I don’t know who the murderer is, but I am confident that I will eventually find out."

"Oh no, Captain Li, the car is speeding up on its own."

Just then, Jiang Fei, who was driving, suddenly panicked. He had already let off the accelerator, but the car’s speed continued to rise, going from 40 to 60 in no time and still climbing.

"Hit the brakes!"

Jiang Fei shouted anxiously, "I did, but they’re not working, what do we do?"

"We’ll have to restart the scenario."