Chapter 23 Iron Blood Supernatural Investigation Bureau

The next day, Lu Heng brought Su Muyu back to his house to help tidy up.

All the furniture in the living room was broken and had been replaced with new pieces, making the space more comfortable and warmer than before.

Li Yunxiu had good relations with the neighbors, so when it was time to move furniture, many of them came to help.

When the neighbors got together, they inevitably discussed the incident, and their opinions were pretty much the same:

"That Tang fellow, even Heaven couldn't stand him, took him down."

"I went to see yesterday, those damnable ones, all burned to nothing."

"Got no idea who they offended."

"Must've done too much evil, Heaven has opened its eyes."

"Xiuyun, nothing's wrong with you guys, right?"

To avoid suspicion, Li Xiuyun generally didn't participate in the gossip, and when neighbors asked her such questions, she just casually responded, "Nothing's wrong, the old furniture was due for replacement anyway, just took the opportunity to get new ones."

"It's good to change it up, out with the old, in with the new," the neighbors comforted.

…

When the incident on Xingyang Street happened, Lu Heng was out all night and didn't return.

Originally, Li Xiuyun was quite worried, but seeing that Lu Heng brought back a female classmate, she became... even more worried.

Li Xiuyun brought over a bowl of soybean and pork trotter soup and set it in front of Su Muyu, "Try this soup, it's a family recipe."

"Thank you, Auntie," Su Muyu quickly nodded in thanks.

With a seat beside her taken, Li Xiuyun began to beat around the bush, "You are still in school, you should prioritize your academics, it's already senior year, and next year you'll have to take the college entrance exams, can't let anything affect your studies."

As soon as Lu Heng heard his mom say this, he knew what she was worried about and rolled his eyes, "Stop worrying unnecessarily, her grades have never fallen out of the top ten in our grade."

Hearing how good Su Muyu's grades were, Li Xiuyun's attitude instantly brightened, her demeanor doing a one-eighty, "With such good grades, you must help Lu Heng more, study hard together and both get into a good university."

Su Muyu shyly lowered her head, speaking softly, "Lu Heng's grades are also very good."

Li Xiuyun pulled Lu Heng out to the balcony and warned, "She looks like a good kid, you better not pick on her."

"I know," Lu Heng said, somewhat speechless, but he still nodded in agreement to his mother's unreasonable request.

At that moment.

Su Muyu suddenly started choking violently: cough cough cough...

"What happened? Did you choke?" Li Xiuyun immediately rushed back from the balcony.

"Auntie, I'm sorry, I've made a mess," Su Muyu covered her mouth to stifle her coughing, her face paling.

"It's okay, it's okay."

Seeing that Su Muyu had also wet her skirt, Li Xiuyun arranged, "Lu Heng, take your classmate to the restroom to clean up."

Lu Heng took her arm and walked into the bathroom, asking, "What happened?"

Su Muyu had a look of panic just now, an obvious sign that something was wrong.

Su Muyu hurriedly explained what she had detected earlier, "I just sent out a reconnaissance eagle in an invisible state, monitoring the situation at Hongda Company, then someone came and circled the scene.

"I thought this person was strange and wanted to get a closer look, so I moved the Summoned Creature Vision closer.

"But somehow that person discovered my scouting eagle and waved an impact wave with his hand, knocking the scouting eagle out."

Hearing this, Lu Heng understood why she was coughing so violently.

Being hit under the Summoned Creature Vision, although there was no pain, the sensation of being smashed by an impact wave felt very real.

"Since this person can produce an impact wave, he must definitely be a Superpower User. In fact, I anticipated this situation. Tang Hongda was collecting Demon Crystal Cores for someone, and I took the cores they were gathering, so of course, the person expecting the delivery would come to the scene to search."

Su Muyu began to feel anxious, "So what do we do now?"

Lu Heng thought for a moment and then assigned her a task, "Don't worry, continue to dispatch the scouting eagle to monitor this person. However, maintain some distance and use your own judgment."

"Okay," Su Muyu nodded in agreement.

She hadn't known that the other party was a Superpower User before, and in order to get a clearer view, she had controlled the scouting eagle to get closer, which led to its detection.

As long as she managed the distance well, even a Superpower User would have a hard time detecting an invisible scouting eagle.

…

As time passed, the number of Superpower Users who had experienced the Abyss Battlefield gradually increased.

More and more Abyss Demons appeared on Blue Star, and countries around the world began to acknowledge the existence of Demons, starting to implement countermeasures.

Da Xia officially established the "Iron Blood Supernatural Investigation Bureau" for the superpower users, referred to externally as "Iron Blood."

Iron Blood is part of the military hierarchy, responsible for all matters related to Abyss Demons, superpower users, and other supernatural events, with authority above the enforcement team.

When Lu Heng heard about the official establishment of Iron Blood, he was slightly surprised because it happened earlier than in his previous life.

After Iron Blood was established, it would send out teams of superpower users to take over all cases related to supernatural powers nationwide.

The case at Hongda Company had become quite big and was sure to attract the attention of Iron Blood.

...

As Lu Heng had anticipated, it didn't take long for Iron Blood to send people.

That afternoon, two Iron Blood members, one old and one young, arrived at the front door of Hongda Loan Company, stepping directly over the police tape and into the crime scene.

Among the two Iron Blood members, the older one was around fifty, with a calm demeanor and sharp eyes—one could tell he had many years of investigative experience.

The younger one followed behind, responsible for taking notes.

Not long after,

the inspector from Ningyun District Detective Bureau, Shao Feipeng, arrived in person and took the initiative to greet them, "I'm Shao Feipeng from Ningyun Detective Bureau, Inspector Chen, nice to meet you."

He had already seen the work badge on the other party's chest and directly addressed them by their surname and position, in a very respectful manner.

Because this Chen Linian held a higher rank and came from a special department.

Chen Linian nodded casually in acknowledgment and then walked towards the interior of Hongda Company, speaking as he moved:

"I've already looked over the case files. The perpetrator's methods are clean and precise, the cut edges are smooth—this indicates at least three years of swordsmanship training.

"Judging by the position of the sword wound on the victims, the perpetrator prefers using the right hand to wield the weapon.

"The murder weapon is a Straight Blade Sword with a length of 1.3 meters, extremely sharp, capable of cutting through other blades.

"Before setting the fire, the murderer separated all flammable objects with the intention of preventing the fire from spreading.

"From a psychological perspective, the murderer is very calm, likely someone who is usually emotionally stable.

"No fingerprints or similar clues were left at the scene, suggesting the suspect has some capability for anti-detection and is likely well-educated.

"In addition, the murderer probably had a personal grudge against the owner of Hongda Company..."

Shao Feipeng followed behind and offered proactively, "Shall I have someone look into Tang Hongda's personal relationships?"

Chen Linian waved his hand to refuse, "No need, Iron Blood has taken over this case. The enforcement team should hand over all the files and then delete the case records."

Shao Feipeng frowned and asked, "The higher-ups have ordered us to solve the case quickly. How long will it take to close the case now that Iron Blood has taken over?"

Chen Linong looked back at him and bluntly exposed his thoughts, "That's your higher-up, not mine. I don't care about the dirty dealings you have in your jurisdiction, but once Iron Blood takes over the case, it's no longer your concern."

Shao Feipeng's expression froze, and upon making eye contact with Chen, he felt a chill down his spine.

He hesitated for a moment but still pressed on, "There's another case that may be related to this one."

Chen Linian raised his hand to stop him mid-sentence, "The four murders at the abandoned factory, I've already been to the scene. Iron Blood is taking over that as well. Go back and tell your people that this matter has exceeded their authority, and they should back off when it's time to."

Shao Feipeng was struck rigid again; he had been investigating these two cases for a while because in the factory murders, one of the victims came from a very influential family, which had been applying pressure.

But once Iron Blood took over the case, he would no longer be able to continue his investigation.

Shao Feipeng still didn't give up, saying, "There is one person who is very suspicious and is connected to both cases."

Chen Linian raised his hand to stop him again, "You're talking about the high school student, right? Haven't you discovered that there are alibis for both cases?"

"Yes, but if Iron Blood is involved, it implies the presence of supernatural powers, which means the alibis could be falsified," Shao Feipeng quickly shifted his reasoning.

Chen Linian shook his finger, "If we have to deny all evidence because of supernatural involvement, then there's no point in pursuing the case.

"To prove he's a suspect, you need evidence that invalidates the alibi, not wishful thinking.

"And besides, my reason for believing he's not the murderer has nothing to do with the alibi.

"The murderer has practiced swordsmanship for over three years—not casually, but with daily dedication—and this type of swordsmanship is very familiar to me.

"I've checked the details of this Lu Heng, and his daily routine at school is very clear; he had no time to practice swordsmanship for three years.

"The murderer should be over 20 years old and have an athlete-level ability in swordsmanship. They disabled the surveillance before committing the crime and acted very meticulously."

If Lu Heng were here to hear this Iron Blood inspector's analysis, he would certainly be taken aback.

Because the analysis was very accurate, almost down to reporting Lu Heng's ID number.

The only problem was that Lu Heng had been reborn from three years in the future and had three years of memories hidden.

This created an information gap in the analysis that could not be bridged.

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