g ago and their numbers are much less than yours, I decided to find them some external assistance.”

Wang Jing clapped his hands, and a bespectacled young man, dressed in a black uniform and with a grim expression on his face, came walking in from outside.
He was very skinny, with a very sharp chin.
The moment he entered the room, he quickly scanned the crime scene with sharp eyes.

‘An advanced cadet?,’ Xia Fan wondered to himself.

Given the harsh conditions at Blue Boiling Point, it was not an easy feat to rise and become an advanced cadet.
The Advanced Cadets had maintained a 100% graduation rate to this day; after all, the cruel and grueling elimination was done after the novice and intermediate level, so those who could don the black uniform were all the cream of the crop.

“That’s Senior Lengyun!” Du Xue muttered in a small voice, startled and sounding captivated.

Heizi asked curiously, “You know him?”

Du Xue nodded her head repeatedly, “But of course! He’s the genius of the Technical Division, Senior Lengyun! Whether it is profiling, surveying, or testing, Senior Lengyun’s technical skills are all textbook standard!”

“Oh, so he’s such an amazing person!” Heizi scratched his head.
“Then we have hope; we might not lose to those Intermediate cadets.”

“Indeed, with Senior Lengyun on our side, we’ll surely win!” Du Xue cheered.

Lengyun reflected his name, being a cold and distant person.
Originally, Xia Fan had been pushed to the front by everyone, and was ready to face the challenge, but Lengyun had unceremoniously waved his hand and stepped forward the moment he arrived, indicating that Xia Fan should step back.
Xia Fan had no choice but to return to Flying Bird’s side, and curiously watch this distinguished senior from behind.

The forty-eight Intermediate cadets were initially panicking, but soon pushed a young man with a sluggish expression on his face forward.

This person looked as if he had not managed to get any sleep the night before.
The top two buttons on his uniform had been left undone, and while others wore a white shirt, he was actually wearing a T-shirt with a cartoon motif underneath his uniform.
He looked completely listless.

“Who’s going to step up first?” Wang Jing asked.

That listless boy yawned and shrugged nonchalantly.

Lengyun’s eyes were like lightning, saying in a deep voice, “Since Brother Traveling Buddha doesn’t seem to be interested, let me throw bricks to attract the jade.”

That was how Xia Fan learned that the listless teenager’s name was Traveling Buddha, a very weird name.

“Whatever,” replied Traveling Buddha as he scratched his scalp nonchalantly.

Lengyun made a display of walking around the crime scene once before standing in the center and saying, “This is a premeditated murder case.
The killer crept into the room while taking advantage of the victim taking a bath, and when the victim opened the bathroom door, he dashed over and stabbed the victim fiercely in the stomach.

“But the floor of the bathroom was wet, and the killer slipped, stumbling.
His body leaned to the right, which is why we can see the very obvious skid mark on the right side of the bathroom’s floor, which supports my inference.

“At the same time, the victim demonstrated an amazing explosiveness in the face of danger.
She exploited the murderer’s slip-up and desperately made a run for the bedroom, in hopes of picking up the telephone by her bedside.
Unfortunately, the loss of blood and panic made it so that the victim failed to pick up the phone in time, and the killer managed to come pouncing on her.
With his left hand squeezing the victim’s neck, he pressed her onto the bed and then used his knife to stab her repeatedly until she finally died.

“After the killer was done with the deed, he did not have enough time to clean up the crime scene and escaped in a hurry, leaving the mess behind.

“As such, it is my inference that the killer should be between twenty-seven to thirty-five years old, someone staying by himself or with his parents.
According to how he panicked and left after killing the victim, it is my hypothesis that he might have been to the victim’s house before, and the investigation should focus on the neighbors living near the victim.
Plumbers, satellite tv installers, and other such suspects that have had the opportunity of gaining entry into the victim’s home should also be included.
Another highly likely possibility could very well be this is the killer’s first attempt at such a deed, so he might have fled already.”

Teacher Wang Jing nodded, “Logical reasoning.
Given how the scene of the crime is in such a messy state, those are the typical characteristics of a suspect who lacked the necessary psychological temperament for the act, and is in line with how a novice would go about committing the crime.”

He turned his gaze on Traveling Buddha and said, “What are your thoughts on this, slacker?”

Traveling Buddha chuckled in embarrassment when he heard the teacher call him a slacker, “Senior Lengyun did well with his inference, but it’s a pity that his observational skills aren’t detailed enough.”

“Oh?” Wang Jing answered with a cough.
“Does that mean you disagree with Lengyun’s inference?”

Traveling Buddha scratched his thigh very uncouthly and said, “If he had taken note of the traces of blood found on the walls, floor of the bath room, and the blood stains on the bedroom walls, he would have discovered that all traces of blood are coming from the same direction, as if someone had thrown them.

“Plus, the traces of blood on the ground were far too clear.
If the victim had just finished taking her bath, the floor should have traces of water stains and body wash on the ground, yet we can see these very obvious footprints, especially the traces left by the skidding.
Since it is so obvious, then it is highly unusual.
If this had been someone slipping due to the result of stepping on the residual bathwater, then the blood ought to be partially diluted.

“Another point is the stab wounds on the victim.
A total of twenty-seven stabs were made, and nineteen of them were concentrated in the narrow stomach region.
Why did none of those stabs overlap?

Traveling Buddha slowly gestured as he spoke, before asking a rhetorical question, “All of you, don’t you think it looked like it had been created after the killer had taken careful aim with each blow?”

Hearing what Traveling Buddha said, Xia Fan’s eyes sparkled as he inwardly gasped, ‘This person looks like he has barely woken up, but he’s actually an expert!’

Wang Jing nodded his head repeatedly, “So, what are your thoughts?”

Traveling Buddha stroked his chin, “I reckon the killer faked the crime scene.
The purpose for doing so ought to be to divert the attention of the investigators, painting it as just a civilian homicide.

“The slip marks and the fingerprint left in a panic, those were all planted.
As such, the police would be misled into thinking that the killer was quite foolish, must not be a special ability user, and would see no need to report this to the Special Bureau.
As long as the investigators of the Special Bureau did not join in, the killer would of course be much safer in getting away with it.

“Yes, that should be the case.
After all, if I was a killer, I would definitely have no desire to have the Special Bureau investigating my case; the stupid local police would be much easier to deal with than the investigators from the Special Bureau.

“In any case, the killer is definitely no novice, but he could not be some amazing veteran, either.
The fact that I managed to uncover the method he used means that his standard is just so-so.”

Lengyun was slightly embarrassed.
He did another careful examination of the crime scene and his face went white in his barely-controlled anger.
He said in a slightly suppressed voice, “The crime scene does indeed look somewhat contrived, so we cannot rule out the possibility that the killer has intentionally made his IQ seem lower, exposing some flaws so as to prevent the Special Bureau from joining the investigation.”

“Ura!” The moment Lengyun said that, the intermediate cadets all let out a noisy cheer.

“Old Buddha sure showed him!”

“Even the famous Lengyun has lost to you!”

Traveling Buddha very lackadaisically leaned back against a wall, looking like he wished he could just head back and go to sleep as soon as possible.
He did not seem to show an ounce of care that he had beaten Lengyun.

Wang Jing nodded his head and swept his gaze across the people present.
Suddenly, his eyes stopped at Xia Fan.

“Xia Fan, do you have anything else you wish to add?” Wang Jing asked slowly.

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