A policeman raised his hand and asked, “About this mysterious figurine—why didn’t we find it in the house of the previous case? At the time, the whole house was a locked-room scene, and the police immediately arrived afterwards, so it was impossible for any outsider to break in and steal it.”

There was only one answer: someone in the police force was helping the murderer. But that was not a card I wanted to reveal at the moment, so I replied with a simple, “I don’t know!”

The room became even more boisterous when they heard my answer. I waited for them to calm down and added, “I did not handle the previous case, so I haven’t fully figured out many details about it yet. But I am sure that Yu Jun took the figurine from the murder scene by some means.”

I emphasized the words ‘from the murder scene’ and observed the look on Bai Yidao’s face as I spoke.

Another policeman raised a concern, “If the suspect has such an unconventional methodof killing, will we be in...