Chapter 177: Determined to Investigate Thoroughly

“Strange, why did he come looking for me?”

Yao Xianxian felt a bit puzzled. She couldn’t figure out why the police had showed up at her door.

“It was probably that man from that night. I guess he called the police.”

Lin Mu smiled slightly.

“What? He actually had the nerve to call the police?”

Yao Xianxian was instantly furious. How could there be such a shameless man in the world?

“He must have gone back and realized he could never be a real man again. He held a grudge, so he called the police.”

Lin Mu laughed, then rubbed Yao Xianxian’s head.

“But speaking of that, what exactly did you do to him?”

Yao Xianxian covered her mouth and giggled, staring at Lin Mu as she asked.

“Not much. I just completely destroyed the three important meridians connecting his kidneys to his body. Even if he gets a kidney transplant, it’s useless. He can only be a weakling for the rest of his life.”

Lin Mu gestured while explaining, which made Yao Xianxian burst into laughter.

“He deserved it! That’s called rightful punishment!”

After finishing her laugh, Yao Xianxian spoke angrily again. But then, she showed a hint of worry. “But what about that Officer Fu? The investigation has now attracted experts from the police station. It might not be so easy to handle.”

“It’s fine. Even if he finds out about me, he can’t do anything to me. Just let him be!”

Lin Mu smiled slightly and pulled Yao Xianxian along to eat.

Although this matter had unintentionally drawn in police experts, he wasn’t afraid at all. With the Dragon Protection Corps backing him up, it wasn’t a big deal even if he had actually killed a few people, let alone just ruining someone’s meridians.

As long as he didn’t kill innocent people indiscriminately, the Dragon Protection Corps would naturally stand by his side. Moreover, with his current status as the top expert in charge of the East Sea Branch and the captain of Dragon Eye, who could easily challenge him?

After returning to his car, Fu Feng’s right hand was still trembling slightly. Although he had spoken a few words with Lin Mu earlier and hadn’t noticed anything unusual about him, the moment they shook hands, all the hairs on his body stood on end.

An extremely dangerous feeling washed over him. Although he had no evidence and couldn’t say for sure that Lin Mu was the stranger in the video, Fu Feng had a feeling that Lin Mu was very likely involved in this matter.

This keen intuition was honed through years of criminal investigation. In later case-solving processes, he repeatedly proved how terrifying his intuition was.

“Where did you come from? Such a young expert, yet your strength is so unfathomable. It seems I need to dig into your background carefully when I get back!”

A sharp glint flashed in Fu Feng’s eyes. He started the car and left the Hilton Hotel.

At a local police station in Jingdu, which was just a small branch of the police department managing an area of about five square kilometers, the cars parked there were usually ordinary domestic sedans. But today, a BMW SUV arrived.

The person who came got out of the car; it was Fu Feng, who had left earlier.

“Brother Feng, you’re back?”

A young man in a police uniform happened to be walking out of the entrance. Seeing Fu Feng approaching, he smiled and greeted him.

“Yeah, A Nan, are you heading out?”

Fu Feng also smiled slightly.

“Yes, I’m going to buy some water. Do you want some, Brother Feng? I can get you a bottle too.”

A Nan pointed at the convenience store across from the police station.

“No thanks, I’ll make some tea later. Come directly to the meeting room when you get back; we’re having a meeting.”

Fu Feng shook his head, then walked into the police station.

This seemingly unremarkable police station was actually the Jingdu office of their Ministry of Public Security’s most mysterious force, the Secret Case Division. All the police officers here were martial arts practitioners with superhuman skills, coupled with outstanding investigative abilities. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call them crime busters.

Since ancient times, scholars disrupted the law with words, while martial artists violated prohibitions with force. Those who practiced martial arts were originally highly skilled, and countless practitioners had turned to crime. Because of their powerful abilities, they posed a greater threat to society than ordinary criminals.

The Dragon Protection Corps was the highest secret agency of the National Security Department, mainly responsible for external affairs, targeting experts from other countries and regions, as well as monitoring some powerful forces.

The Secret Case Division was the Ministry of Public Security’s highest secret organization, mainly responsible for internal affairs, preventing domestic experts from committing crimes and disrupting social order.

These two major organizations, one internal and one external, had made invaluable contributions to the stability and prosperity of Huaxia. Due to the secrecy of their identities, ordinary people didn’t even know they existed.

“Alright, everyone is here. Let’s watch a video first.”

In the meeting room, Fu Feng played a slightly edited version of the video he retrieved from the hotel. The more than twenty people in the room watched the video intently. Because Fu Feng had edited it a bit earlier, the logic was clear, so they easily understood the general course of events.

“The person who reported the case, what was his name again?”

A young policeman pulled over the folder on the table and glanced at it. “Dong Yueming. He’s complete scum! He tried to lure someone to a hotel to satisfy his animal desires, but he didn’t expect to run into such an expert. He got what he deserved, and he actually had the nerve to report it?”

“Of course I know he had ill intentions from the start, but he didn’t actually commit a crime. Now he’s the victim. Most importantly, the expert who appeared in the video—compared to him, Dong Yueming is just trash.”

Fu Feng gave a light laugh. He certainly knew someone like Dong Yueming didn’t deserve sympathy. He pointed at the frozen image of the young man on the screen. “This person’s strength is terrifying. If we can’t get information on him, once he slips out of control, he could cause terrible destruction in the future.”

“How come there’s no information on this young man?”

The others passed around the folder on the table and found only the two women’s information. As for Dong Yueming’s information, there was no need to check—as the boss of a well-known corporation, he was already widely known.

“This young man—A Nan already investigated earlier. His face couldn’t be found in the system. Either he’s from overseas, or he’s wearing a disguise. So the top priority now is to confirm this young man’s identity.”

Fu Feng said with a serious expression.

“If there’s no information at all, finding someone in Huaxia is like looking for a needle in a haystack. The efficiency would be very low. Maybe before we find anything, this person might have already left the country.”

Another policeman frowned as he spoke.

“I know this matter is difficult, but I already have a rough target. It’s most likely this person!”

Fu Feng smiled mysteriously, a confident curve forming at the corner of his mouth.

“Oh? How did you find this person, Brother Feng?”

Everyone suddenly became interested.

“My breakthrough was this woman in the video. Her name is Yao Xianxian, a very famous celebrity. This stranger obviously came to the hotel to save her, and even took her back to the Hilton Hotel where she was staying. If you say they aren’t connected, I absolutely don’t believe it.”

Fu Feng lightly tapped the table a few times with his fingers. “When I went to investigate Yao Xianxian today, although her words and actions didn’t seem suspicious and everything appeared normal, that was exactly what was abnormal. An ordinary person wouldn’t be so calm after something like this happened.”

“Right, Yao Xianxian is the best breakthrough point. As long as we follow the trail from her, we’re sure to find traces of this stranger.”

Everyone nodded in agreement.

“Just when I had finished asking my questions and was about to leave, another young man came in. His name is Lin Mu, the male lead in Yao Xianxian’s current movie. At first, I didn’t notice anything special about him, but when I left, I shook hands with him.”

At this point, Fu Feng’s expression suddenly changed. “An expert! My intuition tells me this young man is an incredible expert! I’m no match for him. His strength is definitely at an unfathomable level.”

He tapped a few keys on the laptop, and a clear front-facing photo of Lin Mu immediately appeared on the screen.

A Nan then retrieved these photos and quickly searched for them on his computer. As long as someone was a legal citizen of Huaxia, they could easily find anyone’s information. This was the highest level of authorization that only the Secret Case Division possessed.

In their eyes, everyone’s records were transparent. As long as there was a record to check, they could definitely find it.

Soon, Lin Mu’s resume appeared on the projection screen.

“He’s still a student? In the History Department at Donghai University?”

“A member of the Donghai Lin Family. He once fell from a building, was seriously injured, and narrowly escaped death.”

One by one, the events that had happened to Lin Mu were uncovered by the Secret Case Division, including which hospital treated him and who the doctor was at the time. This information easily appeared on the screen.

“Huh? Why is there an encrypted file here? And it’s sealed by the Donghai Municipal Bureau?”

At the end of the retrieved information, a document stamped with a red “confidential” mark caught everyone’s attention.

“Let me see.”

Fu Feng immediately went behind A Nan and clicked open the file. An authorization account and password appeared. Fu Feng entered his own account and password.

“Permission verified!”

The words “verified” popped up on the screen, and then the file opened.

“He was once arrested by the Donghai Municipal Bureau for fighting. The bureau chief, Shen Zhuguang, personally gave the order. But he was released in less than a day because of an order from Jingdu, and no further action was to be taken against him in the future?”

After reading this encrypted file, everyone looked at each other in surprise. This Lin Mu seemed to have a rather unusual background.

“Brother Feng, what should we do?”

A Nan looked at the file with a troubled expression. This was a document sealed by the Ministry of Public Security; it couldn’t be fake. Since the file said so, this Lin Mu definitely had connections. If they took action privately and offended him, it wouldn’t be good.

Besides, he wasn’t someone to be trifled with, but an expert of exceptional skill.

“Investigate! This file doesn’t explain Lin Mu’s identity or background. It’s also very possible that he colluded with someone in power. If someone is acting as his protective umbrella, the harm from their collusion would only be greater!”

Fu Feng’s eyes flashed. After thinking carefully for a moment, he immediately made a decision: they would investigate thoroughly!