Chapter 10 Shi Qiang: Brother, a robot?_1

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Shi Qiang still wielded considerable authority; after all, the string of suicides among numerous elite scientists had stirred up heated debate internationally. How could anyone tolerate it when their very own national treasure of a scientist hadn't yet fully shone before they started dying by suicide every other day?

In order to determine the reasons behind these elite scientists' suicides and to prevent other potential suicide cases, nearly every country in the world joined forces, and the mobilization of authority involved was naturally self-explanatory.

Put simply,

Shi Qiang's authority was immense!

With just one sentence from him, the police officer by his side swiftly and stealthily snapped photos of Logic and 108, then shared them with the internal information bureau for analysis and search. It didn't take long to find Logic's information.

"Boss, we only found one person's information; there seems to be a problem with the other—we can't find anything!"

The junior officer handed the information to Shi Qiang. Upon hearing this, Shi Qiang's eyes narrowed suddenly, and a professional habit instantly made him suspicious, for while information systems were not perfect, being unable to find information on someone meant that person warranted suspicion.

"Let me take a look..."

"How badass is this guy with sunglasses supposed to be? Hehe~"

He lowered his head and flipped through the information in his hand, his disdain for show-off rich people like Logic evident. Pretentious and arrogant, always trying to act the part.

He had encountered many such individuals before, either flaunting their power, their influence, or their wealth.

Thinking they're so high and mighty!

They behave so arrogantly in front of the police, as if they were the king of heaven.

But when they ran into trouble, they would wail for their parents, wetting themselves with urine and feces, not an ounce of backbone, weak as could be.

Shi Qiang had Logic pigeonholed as this type of person, until he saw the information before him.

"Name: Logic."

"Occupation: Professor of Sociology and Mathematics at Tsinghua University, published sixteen top-tier mathematical journals, six world-class mathematical research achievements, heralded as the foremost mathematician of the modern era!"

From Tsinghua University...

A mathematician...

Published many top-tier journals...

Recognized as the world number one...

Gulp.

Shi Qiang awkwardly touched his nose; any one of these titles alone was impressive, let alone combined, they represented an industry giant, a towering figure in science.

Work hard for another couple of years,

and he might even earn the title of national hero.

This was worlds apart from his earlier assumption that Logic was some arrogant rich second-generation. He was off by a hundred thousand miles.

So much for his years of investigative instinct!

Shi Qiang caught sight of the junior officer beside him trying not to laugh at the awkward situation, realizing he had made a big blunder. However, he was also relieved that he hadn't confronted the person directly, which would have been even more embarrassing.

He sighed in resignation, "Well, one can't blame me, they say true geniuses lack hair, and you look at him with hair down to his shoulders, how does that look like a smart mathematician's hairdo... Xiao Liu, take a look..."

While speaking, Shi Qiang playfully ruffled his own hair, "His hair's even thicker than mine, sigh, every time I see his hair, I'm reminded of the setting sun and my fading youth!"

"Pfft!"

Xiao Liu couldn't hold it in and laughed out loud, "Boss, wasn't it your wife who plucked your hair?"

"Nonsense! As if she would dare!"

Shi Qiang glanced around guiltily, "That's called affection, a little fun between husband and wife, ah..."

With a smug expression on his face, and looking at Xiao Liu's melancholic puppy eyes, he lamented, "You, a single dog, wouldn't understand... Enough talk, I'm getting out for a bit of snooping."

With that,

Shi Qiang swung the car door open and stepped out in one swift move.

This action startled Xiao Liu in the same car, who quickly whispered, "Boss, what are you doing?"

When they were assigned the mission, their boss had instructed them that they were only responsible for gathering intelligence and trying to uncover the true cause behind Yang Dong's death.

But there was one condition.

They must not reveal anything to anyone.

One reason was that the investigation into Yang Dong's death was being conducted in secret to avoid alerting anyone.

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Second, because today's attendees for Yang Dong's funeral were all prominent and contributing scientists, they needed protection rather than questioning—it would be disrespectful to interrogate them!

So, when Shi Qiang stepped out of the car, his brash behavior downright startled Xiao Liu, who already imagined himself writing a three-thousand-word self-critique after returning.

Wuu~~

It's really hard to write~~

"Rest assured, I know what I'm doing!"

Shi Qiang somehow fished out a pair of sunglasses and put them on, "Remember to follow my lead later."

Xiao Liu: What? Follow your lead??

He was completely baffled.

Shi Qiang had already slowly blended into the crowd; he was prepared, dressed in black like the other mourners, and with his sunglasses on, not many would take notice of him.

After all, it's a funeral.

There wasn't much communication going on, making it not very lively, but rather a silent, heads-bowed-in-prayer situation.

Aside from Yang Dong's relative, Ye Wenjie, the others present were neighbors, colleagues, friends, classmates, and so on; most didn't know each other, making it easy to fit in.

This was all part of the experience Shi Qiang had gained from crashing banquets in the past.

When investigating cases and capturing suspects, he often freeloaded food and drinks at such events.

Even if he were discovered.

He just needed to pull out his police ID and coolly say,

"Sorry! I'm a cop!"

That would solve the issue a hundred percent of the time.

Sigh, watching movies does have its benefits, at least the dialogue from Infernal Affairs came in handy.

Shi Qiang, with his hands in his pockets and a hint of smugness on his face, then changed his expression and stealthily approached 108, his gaze not lingering on him but instead on Yang Dong's portrait.

108 was his target.

It was due to some peculiarities Shi Qiang had sharply noticed.

That was, when Logic and 108 walked in from a distance, 108's pacing was incredibly precise, every step almost identical, and he was constantly scanning his surroundings.

Such movements.

Such habits.

Plus the lack of information on him.

It definitely indicated there was something off!

It was highly likely he was an undercover agent. After all, someone with Logic's status without protection would be the actual issue.

The reason for approaching 108 was that Shi Qiang suddenly thought of something. The previously suicide victims were all top international scientists with significant influence in their fields, and their deaths were related to someone from the scientific frontier named Shen Yufei.

He had located Wang Miao precisely because Wang had been approached by Shen Yufei.

And another thought struck Shi Qiang.

As one of the world's top mathematicians, could Logic possibly have had dealings with Shen Yufei, know something, or even be a member of the scientific frontier?

"Hey, buddy, got a light?"

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"I can see you've got a good military stance there. I was discharged in '02 from the southeast, brother, which district are you from?"

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"Bro, you're looking sharp and well-off, unlike your little brother here, nearly broke as a joke..."

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Looking at the stoic, silent 108, Shi Qiang's interest was piqued—brother, I do like that cool aloofness of yours.

Unmoving.

Like a robot!