7. Bathe in the fire (7)
"Principal Wu--" Gu Qingtong walked back to the door, "Is this camera newly installed?"
"Yes!" Wu Minhua looked calm, "After this accident, we rectified all the blind spots of surveillance. Something happened in the warehouse, so the surveillance is the most powerful. There are four corner ceilings at the gate, and probes are installed."
Gu Qingtong nodded: "You are decisive in your work, and I admire you!"
Wu Minhua may have heard too much flattery and did not have a clear response to Gu Qingtong's praise, but just smiled politely.
Walking out of the warehouse, Gu Qingtong suddenly asked a question.
"My colleague told me that the child who committed suicide during the day had a good relationship with Xu Liang."
"They are indeed closer," said Wu Minhua. "For the specific situation, you can ask their class teacher. After all, my ability is limited, and there are 5,000 students in the school..."
Before she finished speaking, Wu Minhua suddenly stopped the second half of the sentence. She seemed to have seen something unexpected and her eyes couldn't help but widen.
Gu Qingtong followed Wu Minhua's gaze and carefully observed the surrounding environment.
There was a ten-meter-square open space directly in front of the warehouse gate, and further into the distance were clusters of weeds and shrubs. At the moment when Wu Minhua's expression changed, Gu Qingtong only saw the reeds swing left and right with the wind, and there was no other abnormality.
"It seems that someone ran over..." Wu Minhua murmured in a low voice, "Oh, maybe I was dazzled."
"Principal Wu, don't move in the spot, I'll check it out!"
It was completely dark.
With the lighting of the lamp next to the warehouse door alone, Gu Qingtong could not see the scene in the grass clearly. She turned on the small flashlight she carried with her, pulled away the reeds that were more than one person tall, and pointed it into the depths of the grass.
No one, no wild animals appeared. Only insects could be heard in my ears, and there was a rustling sound of mountain wind blowing the grass leaves.
"Police Officer Gu, be careful!" Wu Minhua reminded loudly, "It will be a mud pond further inside, and it is very dangerous to fall into it!"
"I see."
Gu Qingtong stopped and quickly searched the ground around the occupied location, but found no.
She slowly retreated out of the grass and walked very carefully every step. When she was about to return to the flat ground, she stepped on a soft object.
Under the light of the flashlight, a torn garment that cannot distinguish the original color appears in the field of view.
Gu Qingtong did not take it lightly. She immediately called Shi Dong and asked him to return to the car to collect evidence bags and send them to him immediately.
While waiting, Wu Minhua looked at the watch several times impatiently, and finally offered to leave if there was something to do and could not stay with her to the end.
"Okay, you're busy first! Principal Wu, thank you for taking me to visit the campus."
Gu Qingtong thanked her, watched Wu Minhua go away, and immediately edited the information and sent it to Cao Zhe: Pay close attention to Principal Wu, she has strange things.
Shi Dong trotted all the way, and while delivering the bag of evidence, he asked Gu Qingtong anxiously: "Sister Gu, why didn't Principal Wu go on the main road? Does she have a ghost in her heart?"
Gu Qingtong put the familiar torn shirt on the ground into the evidence bag and pulled it to seal it.
"There is no ghost, but she must have concealed some things."
"I was discussing with Brother Zhe just now, and he also felt that Huayu School had many problems." Shi Dong lowered his voice, "If there were any incidents of campus violence and death in other schools, he would have been unable to sit still - and Principal Wu was too calm."
"It is the main thing to not judge right or wrong through intuition, and to investigate carefully." Gu Qingtong said, "Tonight is destined to be another sleepless night!"
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The members of the serious crime team who were constantly running were seriously overdrawn. They sat around the conference table, with their blue-black panda eyes, and were all weak and could not be energetic.
After Gu Qingtong reported on the new progress of Huayu School, the team leader Pan Shaofang made a temporary decision.
"Listen to everyone, there are only the last 12 hours left before the three-day deadline. No matter how hard or difficult you are, you must stick to it!"
"Captain Pan, Brother Pan, I really can't hold on anymore-" Jin Haiyang supported his face with both hands, trying to keep himself awake. "I studied all the videos three times and concluded that they were not filmed by the same person..."
"You need to say this!" Pan Shaofang was furious, "There are 26 folders, each with 5 files. In total, half of the shooting time, year, month and day account for half. There are 16 files with the same exact time, minute and second! Who can appear on the campus of 16 schools at the same time to shoot videos?"
Wu Chen answered inappropriately: "Unless he is not a human."
"I don't have time to joke!" Pan Shaofang smashed the table hard, "You have been through your brain - this is obviously a storm that someone uses the immaturity of adolescents to incite. On the surface, it seems to be just bullying and violence between students, and behind it is the sinister intention of the mind controller!"
It will inevitably be sunny after the clouds and mountains are covered with fog.
Gu Qingtong and Cao Zhe spoke in unison: "It should be investigated from the students' social relationship!"
Pan Shaofang sighed: "Finally there are two people who are not confused. Why are you hesitating about? Check it out quickly-"
At the command of the team leader, everyone became busy. Even if they were swallowed by the trapped monsters, they would not dare to take a break and make up for their sleep.
The workload of checking one by one was too great. Gu Qingtong and his colleagues discussed it and decided to start an investigation from 16 videos with the same shooting time.
Among the victims, the vast majority of those who are well-educated in grades and discipline are involved. Eighty percent of the perpetrators they identify are top students.
Are such children easily mentally controlled?
Gu Qingtong couldn't be sure. Just as she was in a state of anxiety, Wu Chen suddenly clapped her face.
"Guys! I've made a big discovery!"
Everyone sat around quickly.
Wu Chen pointed to the computer monitor and said, "The 16 schools in these 16 videos have all subscribed to a newspaper called "Super E Pioneer", and the editorial department of this newspaper has no registration."
Jin Haiyang was deflated and muttered listlessly: "I thought it was a major discovery. Isn't it normal to subscribe to a newspaper?"
"Listen to me!" Wu Chen excitedly clicked a link, "This newspaper has its own online community. I retrieved the backend information and found that all the perpetrators in the 16 videos joined the same group!"
Gu Qingtong hurriedly asked, "Who is the group leader?"
Wu Chen raised his thumbs up and praised: "Sister Gu is a clever idea. You have come up with the idea! The group owner's code name is the capital letter 'j'. I also checked the IP of his first ten login places, which is completely consistent with the agents who posted the video!"
Shi Dong remembered that when he first joined the company, a middle school student who was rescued by him who committed suicide by following the instructions to cut his pulse, and could not help but sweat from his back.
"This is a typical remote mind control game. Brother Chen, please call out the group chat records and show us!"
"All have been printed, and everyone has a copy." Wu Chen sent the chat record to everyone, "The group leader's methods are not very good. As Team Pan said, the group leader took advantage of the immature mentality of the teenagers and easily broke the psychological defense line of these children and issued instructions to attack the classmates around him."
Gu Qingtong drew several doubts in circles and said: "The group leader asked the new students who joined the group to not sleep for 72 hours, only drink water and not eat, and watch the designated horror video - after 72 hours, a bowl of their own blood was presented to show their loyalty to join the game."
Jin Haiyang tried to liven up the atmosphere: "It turns out that these children are like us, so they lack sleep for a long time!"
Gu Qingtong shook her head: "No sleeping or eating is just the beginning, and the requirements behind it will become more and more stringent."
According to the data, the perpetrators of campus violence cases in these 16 videos are all children whose parents are unable to stay by their side, including those who have been boarding for many years, those who live with other relatives, and even orphans. Such accurate screening cannot be done without understanding the information of students.
She put down the printing paper at hand, clenched her fists, and her knuckles turned white.
"The editor-in-chief of "Super E Pioneer" was summoned overnight and asked him to come to the team for investigation!"
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The investigation direction was clarified, but the target person could not be found.
The editorial address of "Super E Pioneer" published in the newspaper is a convenience store. All contact information is forged, and the serious crime team was lost. When everyone focused their attention on the community and was about to continue in-depth investigation, the group suddenly disbanded.
"Switch to another idea, let's contact the teachers in charge of newspaper subscriptions in each school!"
Ji Heng's name appeared on the Huayu School's contact list, which was expected by Gu Qingtong.
The mystery surrounding him has increased instead of decreasing over time...
Gu Qingtong suddenly had a sudden inspiration and quickly searched for the evidence bag brought back from Huayu School. Seeing this, Shi Dong said, "Sister Gu, I have sent that piece of clothing to the forensic department. They promised to notify us when the result is obtained."
"Come on me, is the shirt white? Is there any blood on the hem?"
Gu Qingtong asked too suddenly, and Shi Dong was confused.
"The clothes are so dirty, and the mud and grass juice are mixed together. Where can I see clearly?"
"Think about it carefully!" Gu Qingtong said anxiously, "You got the full mark at that time. I believe your observation!"
Shi Dong nodded and recalled every detail carefully: "I looked at the evidence bag twice up close. The classic shirt with straight hem should be white, the cufflink style is very unique, and it can't be bought in ordinary shopping malls, so it looks more like a custom-made one..."
The inside phone on the desk rang.
Shi Dong quickly answered: "Hey, the Crime Team." After saying a few words, he jumped up, "Okay! I'll go over immediately, thank you!"
Putting down the earpiece, Shi Dong reported the good news: "Sister Gu, your memory is indeed correct! There is indeed blood on the shirt, and the forensics has matched the DNA of the person to which the blood is belonged!"
Chapter completed!