"Police officer?" When Shi Xiaolei heard this word, the first thing he thought of was what happened three days ago.

Isn't it already over? Why are you here again?

I was really puzzled. However, I thought that since the other party was here, I had to cooperate and could not turn him away without asking the reason... The receptionist who rushed over to report the news nodded, and Shi Xiaolei responded: "

I understand, let’s go. Oh, by the way, Josie, please do me a favor and make them a few cups of coffee according to the number of people.”

"No problem." With an OK gesture, the receptionist named Qiao Xi agreed with a smile, turned around and left the warehouse.

"Do you need me to accompany you there?" Unlike Shi Xiaolei, who knew it by heart, he also recalled the incident he encountered in the previous unit... As soon as she heard that the police were looking for her, Mei's first reaction was

Worry.

Waving his hand, Shi Xiaolei smiled easily: "No, you can go about your business. Didn't Qiao Qian say that? She just came to me to understand the situation."

"Okay then. If there's any problem...I mean, if I can help, just call me anytime."

"I will, thank you."

After coming down from the warehouse on the second floor, half a minute later, Shi Xiaolei appeared in the lounge specially used to receive visitors, and saw several police officers who came to the door.

He guessed that among these policemen there must be a familiar face whom he had met three days ago, but what Shi Xiaolei didn't expect was...

"Huh? George?"

"We meet again, Locke." Taking the lead to stand up, George Stacey, wearing a police uniform, stepped forward and took the initiative to extend his right hand.

While reaching out to respond, Shi Xiaolei asked slightly confused: "Why is it you? I mean, even if I want to collect evidence, you, the director, don't need to come forward in person, right?"

"The situation is a bit special." With a bit of bitterness in his smile, George Stacey raised his hand and gestured towards the sofa: "Sit down and chat, I will explain it to you first."

"ok."

There was no distinction between guest and host. The three policemen, including George Stacey, and Shi Xiaolei sat down on the sofa one after another... Before they could sit down, George Stacey gave instructions to his companions: "Raymond

, take out the information."

"Yes, Director." He agreed, and the police officer named Raymond opened the small bag in his hand and took out a slightly heavy brown paper bag.

Taking the paper bag, George Stacy personally untied the hemp rope and took out the information contained inside.

"Knock knock~." At this moment, there were three light knocks at the door.

George Stacey stopped spreading the information and looked up at Shi Xiaolei.

"They should be delivering coffee." While explaining, Shi Xiaolei stood up and walked over and opened the door.

"Mr. Locke, coffee."

"Thank you, Qiao Qian." Shi Xiaolei blocked the door and prevented Qiao Qian from entering the room. While taking the tray, he smiled and ordered: "Well, I have something to discuss with some police officers. Please give everyone a heads up.

, don’t come over and disturb me.”

"..." Looking at Shi Xiaolei and then at the three police officers sitting on the sofa in the room, Qiao Qian nodded: "Okay, I understand."

"Thank you." After sending the receptionist Qiao Qian away, Shi Xiaolei returned to his seat with the tray. While distributing the coffee to the three police officers, he smiled at George Stacey again: "Okay, George

.You can say it now.”

"Okay." Nodding, George Stacey spread out the information and began to introduce it to Shi Xiaolei: "Three days ago, with the help of you and Miss Tennessee, we captured a total of thirteen dangerous elements...

"

While introducing, George Stacey flipped through the information on the table and explained to Shi Xiaolei the suspicious aspects of the case.

"What makes us very puzzled is that neither the answers obtained during the interrogation nor the investigation of their personal information can find a convincing enough reason to prove their motive for committing the crime."

Having said this, George Stacey once again reached out to a piece of information that had already been introduced: "For example, this guy. According to the results of our investigation, he graduated from the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine and received a Ph.D.

Compared with most people, he has a better background.

After graduation, he opened a private clinic, and his financial income was also very good. He made a girlfriend half a year ago, and his love life is also going smoothly... In short, no matter his past experience or his current situation,

None of his circumstances allow us to link him to the criminal."

"There is also this one. Although his income is not as good as the one introduced before, compared with the average person, it can be considered very good. According to our investigation, before the incident, he had just passed the internal assessment of his company.

If things continue to develop normally, he will be promoted to the position of sales director within a month."

"This one is in the same situation..."

George Stacey introduced the information of several suspects in succession. Without exception, these people are members of the middle-to-upper income group. Based on their experience and current situation, it is impossible to see that they will be criminals.

.

Or to put it more bluntly, with the level of education these people have, even if they want to commit a crime, they should choose a relatively covert method, just like the masterminds portrayed in movies or TV series.

No matter how you think about it, you should not expose your identity in such a big way and chase the police in the street as you did three days ago.

"Emmm, it does not make sense."

"It can't be explained by common sense." Nodding, George Stacey looked at Shi Xiaolei with burning eyes: "Locke, I know you are not an ordinary person... Based on your experience, can you give us some advice? I mean

, is there any abnormal factor hidden in this case that ordinary people cannot touch, such as... magic? "

The other two policemen who came with them had no idea that such a word would come out of their own chief's mouth. Their reaction to George Stacey's words was as if he had seen a ghost on the road in broad daylight.

In contrast, Shi Xiaolei's reaction was obviously much calmer.

"Hmm~~." Holding his chin with one hand and embracing his chest with the other, Shi Xiaolei thought carefully: "It does seem a bit like the effect of magic. But, George, are you sure they weren't hypnotized or brainwashed?

"

"It's not like that." George Stacey shook his head: "During the interrogation process, their reaction speed was no different from ordinary people. Moreover, whether it was an IQ test or a mental status test, the data obtained were normal.

It doesn’t look like the brain has been affected.”

"That's it..."

"If you don't mind, could you spare some time and go to the police station to check on these people for me? If it's really magic or a curse, perhaps only an expert like you can see the flaws."

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