Gene Fusion System: Crime Hunter

Old Wu sat in the interrogation room with shackles on his hands and feet.

When he saw Zhao Donglai and Luo Fei come in, he did not show his usual strange smile. Instead, his expression was somewhat sinister.

Perhaps, this was his true face.

The hallway outside the interrogation room was crowded with people, all curious about the upcoming interrogation, eager to know why the normally honest and straightforward Old Wu would do such a thing.

"Wu Xuewu, do you know why you're being arrested?"

After sitting down, Zhao Donglai spoke in a deep voice with a classic opening line.

Old Wu ignored him, staring unwaveringly at Luo Fei, his words mismatched, "Officer Luo, care to explain why?"

"I thought I did everything cleanly enough—back then, none of those officers could figure me out. How did you manage to suspect me?"

"Is that important?" Luo Fei glanced at him indifferently.

"Of course it's important to me. If I don't figure this out, I won't be able to die peacefully."

"It's simple. Your first impression wasn't right... Old Wu, if I'm not mistaken, deep down you must look down on us police officers."

"Smiling welcomingly every day on the surface, but behind the smile, you're mocking our stupidity and incompetence, right? Also, when we discussed the dismemberment case, you couldn't hide your smugness."

Hearing his thoughts exposed, Old Wu was stunned for a second, then burst into laughter.

"So you figured it out? Haha, Officer Luo, you're even smarter than I imagined. Those fools are laughable, always thinking I'm mentally unstable and completely unable to understand my ridicule!"

"I thought I'd never have the chance to say these things in my lifetime, but unexpectedly, Officer Luo, you gave me this opportunity. You're indeed much more capable than those useless fools..."

Whether it's committing murder and dismemberment or challenging the police, subconsciously, all Old Wu really wanted was recognition from others.

Being seen through didn't make him angry; rather, he was very happy, as if encountering someone who understood him.

But the crowd outside eavesdropping was not pleased.

It turns out his strange smile every day was not because of his mental instability, but because he was mocking them?

"No, this guy must be mentally ill."

"We didn't offend him, so why does he mock us?"

"He even called us fools and idiots?"

Even if they might not match Luo Fei, they weren't so insufficient, right...

The crowd complained angrily, feeling a bit inexplicably targeted by Old Wu's hostility.

"Stop laughing. This is the interrogation room, be serious!"

Watching the maniacally laughing Old Wu, Zhao Donglai slammed the table in anger, "Wu Xuewu, stop trying to be mysterious here. Quickly, confess why you killed and dismembered people!"

Old Wu stopped laughing and glanced at him dismissively, "I want Officer Luo to ask, otherwise I won't say anything."

Though he said nothing, that glance made it clear; he felt Zhao Donglai was not worthy of questioning him.

Being the exceedingly smart person he is, only those he acknowledges can converse with him.

Zhao Donglai: ...

He was a captain of the criminal police squad, yet one day he was despised by a criminal?

He was furious and wanted to rebuke Old Wu immediately, to deflate his arrogance.

But rationale held him back.

Someone like Old Wu couldn't be judged by common standards; there was no need to fuss over trivial matters.

Anyway, as long as he's willing to confess, does it matter who questions him?

Feeling humiliated, he snatched the pen and notebook from Luo Fei's hand, "Luo Fei, you question him!"

Luo Fei held back a laugh and seriously began, "Old Wu, so you're admitting you committed the 3.11 dismemberment case?"

"That's right, I did it."

Old Wu answered very straightforwardly.

"Can you tell us your motive for murder? Why did you kill?"

"Because they all deserved to die... That female student, she bullied classmates, and that female teacher didn't act. Shouldn't such people die?"

Just as he had speculated.

"Do you know why Wang Lin hit people or why Teacher Zhang didn't act?"

"Why else? Just because the girl's family is poor, so she's considered easy to bully."

"Wrong, it was because the beaten student stole Wang Lin's phone, which made Wang Lin impulsively hit her!"

Luo Fei grew angrier as he spoke, "Old Wu, you didn't even understand the situation clearly. Just based on subjective assumptions, you cost two living people their lives, do you understand?!"

Old Wu was stunned, obviously not expecting such hidden truths.

After a moment, he shouted with some lack of conviction, "You must be lying to me... I... Anyway, I did nothing wrong!"

Luo Fei wanted to say more, but Zhao Donglai couldn't help but speak from the side.

"Then Zheng Bei? Why did you kill Zheng Bei?"

He had worked with Zheng Bei for years and knew his character thoroughly—a nice guy; why was he killed too?

"Zheng Bei? You mean that policeman, right? He didn't really do anything excessive."

Under Zhao Donglai's angry gaze, Old Wu casually chuckled.

"Actually, I didn't intend to kill him. I was planning to kill that stinking woman surnamed Li from the data department..."

Turns out Old Wu's target had always been Li Qian.

On August 10, he knew Li Qian would work overtime until nine that night, so he secretly tampered with Li Qian's car.

"Li Qian's house is just a bit past Yongjiang Bridge, so I assumed she'd discover the car's breakdown after work and choose to walk home first, then find someone to repair it the next day."

"But unexpectedly, I kept waiting that night, until almost one in the morning, but never saw her come home... Later I found out, the woman was called by a colleague to stay in the dormitory overnight."