Strange Cards

Chapter 12 The Bizarre Case

"Sister Liu An...isn't that necessary?"

Shi Yu looked at her hands, which had been re-bandaged, and her legs, which were wrapped in bandages and kept obediently in place. She could only use the lever on the wheelchair to control its movement.

"Didn't you say it was Hawking? Isn't that good?"

"And unlike Hawking, you can't only move one finger. At least your upper body and that hand can move perfectly well."

"Alright, that's settled then."

Just as Shi Yu was about to leave in her wheelchair, Liu An stopped her, turned off the electric motor, and slowly pushed Shi Yu's wheelchair toward the conference room.

"The boss said that once you get here, we can analyze a new case together."

"Shall we analyze the case? Aren't we supposed to specialize in cards with unusual patterns?"

"But the suspect in this case used some strange cards."

As they chatted, they arrived at the conference room door. Liu An extended her fair fingers and gently knocked twice on the door.

The conference room door was opened instantly, and Shi Yu found that besides Qi Wu and Yu Yan, whom she knew, there were three other people she didn't recognize sitting in the conference room.

"Oh, Shigure's here?"

"Come, come, you probably haven't met these three people before, let me introduce them to you."

"Just call the guy who's as strong as an ox, his real name is Wang Niu, he doesn't care."

"That skinny guy who's as thin as a bamboo pole and has a lewd smile is called Li Shun. You can just call him Shunzi."

"That white-haired girl is our research backbone, Dr. Guan Yun."

"Dr. Guan Yu? Guan Yu has been turned into a woman and is now playing with these things from books?"

"Guan Yun, Guan Yun, you idiot!"

Guan Yun walked over in annoyance and pressed a few buttons on Shi Yu's wheelchair. Instantly, dozens of restraint straps extended from the wheelchair, tightly binding Shi Yu to it.

"Alright, Guan Yun."

"This child just arrived, don't frighten him."

"snort!"

After Liu An skillfully removed Shi Yu's restraints, she pushed Shi Yu to the edge of the conference table. At this moment, Qi Wu pushed a document to Shi Yu.

"Look, this just happened yesterday."

Shigure opened the folder with her only functional hand, and her pupils contracted as she looked at the contents.

"A person with a mysterious talisman specifically targets the children of high-ranking officials and wealthy individuals?"

"After killing them, he disemboweled the children, ripped out all their organs, laid them aside, and stomped them into a pulp. Why did he do that?"

"I don't know. That person's movements are too mysterious; we simply can't find his route."

"Moreover, we can't figure out his intentions, and this has been a headache for a long time."

Shi Yu looked at the cases in the folder and suddenly remembered something. She untied the bandages on her legs and stood up.

"I think... I probably guessed it."

Tell me about it.

Li Shun looked at Shi Yu and threw a bottle of ice-cold, water-filled cola over to her.

Thank you.

After taking the cola, Shi Yu placed it on the conference table and then turned on the holographic projection screen above the conference room.

"Before I explain this case, I need to introduce an important concept called value."

"There is no doubt that everyone's actions are carried out for a certain value."

"Whether it's emotional value, economic value, or meaningful value, it's all value."

"Let's assume the suspect isn't insane and doesn't kill for pleasure. That would prove that killing these children has some value to him."

"But we don't know what kind of value it is, so we'll put it aside for now."

"What are you trying to say?"

Guan Yun said impatiently, while Qi Wu gestured for Shi Yu to continue.

Shiyu posted the photos of the victimized children and pointed to the children whose bellies had been cut open.

"We don't know what value these children have to that person if they die, but we do know where their value lies."

Who do you think would treat these children like treasures?

Guan Yun wasn't stupid; he quickly came to the answer.

"You mean...the parents of those children?"

"That's right."

"The suspect probably tried to confuse us by tearing out those organs and crushing them into a pulp, but he didn't expect that this would expose his intentions instead."

"We don't know his true intentions, but if he had taken all those organs, this case would have become truly difficult to solve."

"The fact that he didn't take them but instead chose to crush them proves that those organs weren't important to him, and it's possible that it was just a matter of mentality."

"If he had taken those organs, I would have guessed that he wanted to use his heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys to make a human elixir and become an immortal. But when he crushed those organs into a pulp, it wasn't to confuse the public, but more to vent his anger."

"I think you can check if those children who died recently had any surgeries; the answer might be in the above."

After Shi Yu finished speaking, she took the can of soda, opened it, and drank it down. Qi Wu, after listening to the analysis, was the first to applaud.

"That's right. Of all the reasoning, yours is the most likely and also the closest to reality."

"Shunzi and Da Niu, you two should use your hunter identities to go directly to all the hospitals in Nanhai City to check medical records. Such a big operation as surgery will definitely leave some kind of record."

"yes!"

As Li Shun was leaving, he took out an unopened can of Coke from under his seat and pushed it to Shi Yu, who smiled and nodded in acknowledgment.

Guan Yun listened to Shi Yu's analysis and found it very reasonable. He nodded and walked to Shi Yu's side.

"I never expected your analysis, you idiot, to be so reasonable, and so logically connected."

"You'd better fight more so your identity card can collect more combat data, otherwise your evolver won't be easy to make."

"What is an evolution device? What are you talking about?"

"You don't know about Evolvers? You just armed your cards and started fighting someone?"

"What else? Should I just grab a baseball bat and smash that weirdo's head open?"

Guan Yun slapped her forehead speechlessly and walked away quickly, as if Shi Yu's intelligence would pollute her.

Qi Wu smiled and handed a small, exquisite metal box to Shi Yu.

"I really didn't tell you about the Evolution Device. That was my oversight."

"Because you used spade cards, I subconsciously overlooked this issue, and I am very sorry about that."