Chapter 033: The Truth Revealed

Gong Jingfan was sitting on the bench in the police station, holding a plastic board in his hand. Wang Bing came over and said, "What are you doing? Why aren't you going to catch that pervert?"

 "I borrowed a drug - testing board from the forensic department..." Gong Jingfan showed it to Wang Bing. "All the results are negative."

 "Are you kidding? This is for testing drugs." Wang Bing laughed.

 "Didn't you notice the girl's reaction last night? She didn't seem to be in much pain. Instead, she seemed to be... enjoying it!"

 "Huh?" Wang Bing was stunned. "Could it be that the pervert injected drugs?"

 "That's what I'm guessing. So I tested the remaining blood sample from last night. It could be a new type of drug or some other substance."

 "Maybe you're just overthinking it."

 "I hope so..."

 Then the two of them went out on duty to the pedestrian street. It was half past six, and a milk tea shop was getting ready to open.

 Wang Bing went in and wanted to order a drink. He looked at the price list and found that a cup of Casu Marzu milk tea cost 30 yuan. He asked curiously, "What's special about this milk tea?"

 "Well, you know," The milk - tea vendor smiled. "If you haven't tried it before, I don't recommend ordering this one."

 "Is the taste very strange? Then I'd like to give it a try.

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 "You can take a look at the samples on the shelf..."

 Wang Bing followed the young man's gesture and looked at the shelf beside him. There was a cup of milk tea sample made of non - edible materials on it, with a light shining behind it. Floating in the cup were some small white - greenish chunks and some... maggots!?

 "This thing looks a bit like maggots!" Wang Bing said in surprise.

 "They are maggots!" the young man replied.

 "Damn it!"

 Wang Bing immediately pulled Gong Jingfan over to take a look at this strange food. Gong Jingfan knew what it was as soon as he saw the name. He said, "I've heard of this kind of cheese. It's said to be made from goat milk, and live maggots are put in it for fermentation."

 "Can this stuff be eaten!?" Wang Bing was greatly shocked. "Don't tell me there are really maggots in the milk tea!"

 The young man smiled and said, "These maggots are different from wild ones. They are all edible - grade. For guests who like them, the texture is really great. They're like rice grains that burst with a gentle bite."

 "Ugh, I'm gonna puke. Does anyone really buy this stuff?"

 "Not many. Only three or four cups are sold a day. You'd better order something else!"

 "Let's just have some normal human drinks!"

 While the two were ordering milk tea, Di Zhen was standing in the basement, closely observing Uncle Xu's every move.

 He saw Uncle Xu open a cabinet that housed a small refrigerator. Uncle Xu took out some bottles and jars from it, opened one of them, poured the turbid liquid inside into a beaker, added some reagents, and lit a fire.

 Then, through a catheter, a pure liquid dripped out drop by drop. He sucked a few milliliters of it with a syringe and placed it on the table.

 After that, he opened another sealed jar and used tweezers to pick out a frozen maggot and fed it to a mouse.

 Di Zhen suddenly remembered that he seemed to have seen maggots in that girl's milk tea last night. There might be a connection.

 Uncle Xu propped his hands on the table and silently observed the mouse's reaction. When the mouse started to twitch on its back, he quickly picked up the syringe he had prepared earlier and gave the mouse an injection.

 The mouse returned to normal.

 Uncle Xu put it back into the "cage", then filled several new syringes with that solution and capped them.

 He turned around, took out some old clothes from the cabinet, and started to disguise himself.

 Di Zhen picked up the syringe and took a look. Could it be that what was in here was not poison but an antidote, and the poison was hidden in the maggots? Judging from the mouse's reaction, the poison took effect in about three minutes.

 The girl showed "pleasure" after being injected last night. The poison was about to take effect, but suddenly she was injected with the antidote. This relieved her internal organs, making her feel a strong sense of comfort.

 It's the same principle as drinking alcohol. The pleasure of drinking comes from the fact that the liver neutralizes these harmful poisons, and the human body feels comfortable.

 But why?

 Poisoning people and then detoxifying them seems like a pointless thing to do!

 Di Zhen suddenly realized that among those who ate the maggots, there must be someone Uncle Xu really wanted to kill. He was using reverse thinking to poison people. For non - target people, he would inject them with the antidote.

In this way, the person he really wanted to kill died of poisoning. Even if the police investigated, the last thing he consumed was just that maggot - filled milk tea!

The moment the truth was revealed, Di Zhen also felt a sense of physical and mental relief, as if he had been detoxified.

Just then, Uncle Xu suddenly turned his head. Di Zhen quickly put down the syringe and left the table.

Uncle Xu squinted his eyes, showing a suspicious look. He went over to check. His eyes swept across the whole room, but he couldn't see Di Zhen standing there at all. Finally, he dispelled his doubts.

Di Zhen thought to himself that there must be people buying that weird milk tea every day. He couldn't stop Uncle Xu from stabbing the needle now and could only continue to follow him.

Uncle Xu changed into women's clothing, put away the syringe, and when he opened the door, Di Zhen quickly followed him out.

When leaving the community, Big Guy sent a message. Although Di Zhen had set his phone to silent, the slight vibration still made Uncle Xu look back suspiciously for a long time.

Di Zhen took out his phone and saw that Big Guy said to him, "Where on earth have you gone?"

Di Zhen replied, "You guys go back first. I'll handle this!"

He followed Uncle Xu to the pedestrian street. Uncle Xu stood under the window of a shop, staring fixedly at the milk - tea shop across the street.

So that's it. It was the shop selling the Casu Marzu milk tea.

Not many people would buy such a drink, so the police hadn't connected The Needle - Stabbing Maniac with the Casu Marzu milk tea. If it weren't for his using the [Mind - Control Technique] to follow closely, he probably wouldn't have been able to figure out the mystery for a while.

He saw Uncle Xu's hand trembling slightly out of nervousness. This former scientific researcher really had an excellent mind and designed such a clever killing method.

Criminals in big cities were really extraordinary. They were all very smart!

Di Zhen decided to stop him. No matter who he wanted to kill and no matter how sophisticated the method is, crime was crime and it was shameful.

Moreover, he didn't want Auntie Liu to lose her husband.

He might as well buy all the Casu Marzu milk tea in that milk - tea shop!

Di Zhen strode across the pedestrian street and walked into the milk - tea shop. A young guy greeted him, "Welcome! What can I get for you?"

"You have a kind of milk tea with maggots here."

"You mean Casu Marzu milk tea. Well, here it is. Do you want some?"

"Sell me all the Casu Marzu milk tea!"

"Ah!?" The young guy was surprised. "No, the maggots come from the cheese."

"What kind of cheese has maggots? Don't play dumb with me!"

Di Zhen didn't know about this weird Casu Marzu cheese. He just saw that the young guy was lying. In fact, what the shop used wasn't Casu Marzu cheese at all, but just cheese, essence, and maggots. The cost was less than five yuan, so they still put it on the shelves even though they couldn't sell many cups every day!

"What do you want them for?"

Di Zhen took out 300 yuan in cash. "Stop talking nonsense and sell them all to me!"

"I still have business to do."

"How many cups can you sell in one night?"

The young guy thought it made sense. Looking at the cash on the counter, he said, "I want 500!"

So the young guy took out a sealed jar from the freezer, which was full of frozen maggots. He cautioned, "It's a business secret. Don't blab it out!"

Di Zhen asked, "How many cups of this kind of milk tea have been sold today?"

"Just one!"

"What? Who did you sell it to?"

"Why are you so worked up? I sold it to an uncle!"

"When did you sell it? Where did he go?"

"Just now. He seems to have gone in this direction..." The young guy pointed casually.

Oh no!

Di Zhen stuffed the sealed jar into his pocket. When he turned around, he saw Uncle Xu approaching. From Uncle Xu's perspective, the milk - tea shop guy handed the poisoned jar of maggots to what seemed like a mass of 'air' at the door. Then it disappeared.