After successfully pulling off the heist, the group of thieves killed a key figure, completely cutting off the trail of the case.
The police officers all turned their gaze toward Xu Mo.
They were out of ideas and had no choice but to place their hopes on Xu Mo, hoping he might have some new insights.
Realizing everyone was looking at him, Xu Mo couldn't help but rub his face.
"Why are you all just staring at me? Come on, think of something yourselves! Can't you all rely on me?"
However, Xu Mo didn't complain. Instead, he reviewed all the clues they had gathered so far and continued to ponder.
What they knew for certain was that the thieves who had emptied the insurance company's vault were not a single person but a gang. There was no doubt about that; one person couldn't have pulled this off.
The thieves had split into two groups, working in tandem.
One person infiltrated the insurance company and tampered with the power supply room, burning the wires and damaging the generator, causing the entire company to lose power for a considerable period.
During the blackout, the insurance company's surveillance systems failed, and the power-operated vault door and layers of security checks also ceased to function. The company's employees were unable to enter the vault in time to stop the thieves from emptying it.
The main group of the thieves took advantage of the power outage to breach the vault's walls and ransacked the contents inside.
To be on the safe side, they even killed the member of the gang who had infiltrated the insurance company's power supply room.
It was because this person was killed that the police's investigation trail was completely cut off. The deceased was the only member of the thieves' gang that the police had discovered so far. With his death, the difficulty of solving the case increased significantly, and the police had completely lost the chance to track down the other members of the gang.
Working from the inside and outside, and then silencing the insider... The plan was very thorough. The thieves had directly severed the trail of clues, and Xu Mo felt that this case was quite tricky.
"So, any thoughts?" Han Fei asked.
"No..." Xu Mo shook his head and answered honestly.
"Maybe we should focus on the murder scene and the surveillance around the insurance company. There might be some clues there," Li Chen suggested.
"That could work..." Han Fei pondered. "Let's try it, even if it's a long shot."
Although Li Chen's method wasn't great, it was the only option they had at the moment.
However, Han Fei didn't hold much hope for Li Chen's suggestion.
These thieves were clearly well-prepared and highly professional, and they were also ruthless. To cover their tracks, they were even willing to kill their own accomplices.
These were professionals. If they had gone to such lengths to cover their tracks, it meant they had planned everything meticulously before the heist. They wouldn't have left any traces at the murder scene or in the surrounding surveillance.
In Han Fei's opinion, focusing on the murder scene and the surrounding surveillance would likely yield no useful findings.
While the police officers sealed off the scene and carefully examined the clues left at the murder site, Xu Mo continued to think about whether there was anything else unreasonable about the case.
He had a feeling that he was missing something very crucial... There must be something else that didn't add up!
He decided to return to the insurance company for another look.
Xu Mo pulled back the police tape, left the alley, and returned to the insurance company.
At that moment, several insurance company employees were discussing the recent theft.
"Do you guys know how much the stuff stolen from the vault is worth in total?"
"I don't know, but I guess at least a hundred million yuan, right?"
"A hundred million? You're underestimating it. Let me tell you... I overheard the manager calling the police when it happened. The total value of everything in our company's vault is close to a billion yuan!"
"Holy crap! A billion yuan?! If all that's gone, won't our boss have to pay a fortune in compensation?"
"Why are you worrying about whether he'll go bankrupt? We're just employees. This has nothing to do with us."
"Well, I still feel bad for our boss. Those thieves are really scumbags."
"You're such an idiot. Did a donkey kick your brain? Feeling sorry for a capitalist? You're really something!"
“Forget it, why are we even talking about this? I wonder if the police officers can get back the stolen stuff. If they can't, we'll probably be out of a job soon...”
"I doubt it. What can those cops do? They can't even interrogate properly. I bet this case will just be swept under the rug eventually."
"Ugh, don't jinx it. I don't want to lose my job."
"You're not seriously expecting them to get back the stolen stuff, are you? Let me tell you, it's impossible! If the police really could get back the stolen stuff... I'd chop my head off and let you use it as a soccer ball!"
"..."
Although Xu Mo was some distance away from the employees, his hearing was extremely sharp, and he had heard their entire conversation clearly.
"The boss of the insurance company..." Xu Mo muttered to himself.
He suddenly realized what that unreasonable point he had overlooked was.
The most unreasonable thing about this case was that the insurance company's boss had never shown up!
The insurance company had been robbed, and all the client belongings stored in the vault had been stolen.
The total value of the stolen items was close to a billion yuan.
That was an astronomical figure, even for a successful businessman. A billion yuan was definitely not a small amount.
If the stolen items couldn't be recovered, the insurance company's boss would have to bear the losses, which would require him to pay compensation. And the amount he would have to pay might not just be a billion yuan; it could be even more.
Wasn't the boss anxious or afraid?
If he was, why hadn't he come to check on the situation, even just to inquire about the progress of the investigation?
He hadn't shown up, as if he didn't care about the matter at all. This was highly suspicious.
Xu Mo's mind suddenly came up with a bold conjecture.
He immediately went to find the manager.
"Where's your boss now?"
"Ah? My boss..." The manager was taken aback. "I... I don't know."
"You don't know? Didn't you tell him about the company being robbed?"
The manager nodded. "I told him, right after it happened, I called him."
"And what was his reaction?" Xu Mo asked, staring at the manager.
"He cursed at me a few times and then hung up."
"Did he say he was coming to the company?"
"No."
"And he didn't even tell you to call the police!?"
"No..." From Xu Mo's questions, the manager could sense where Xu Mo was going with this. He looked at Xu Mo in confusion. "Officer, are you suspecting our boss...?"
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
orn and Humiliation】【Forced Love】 In his past life, Lin Ran was betrayed and murdered by his girlfriend and family, while the yandere female aristocrat, who had treated him as a mere plaything, avenged him by doing in his enemies. Upon seeing the yandere female aristocrat lying in the same coffin, ready to die with him, Lin Ran realized how profoundly mistaken he had been. Reborn, he abandoned the fickle campus beauty and wholeheartedly embraced the yandere female aristocrat's arms. "Ran! If I dig out your eyes and turn them into a specimen, you'll only be able to look at me!" Lin Ran: "Darling, kiss me!" "Ran! If I break your legs, you won't run away anymore, right?" Lin Ran: "Love, hold me tight!" "Ran! If..." Lin Ran: "Hush now! Love me more!" Luo Yao: ... Seeing his scumbag dad: "Take him out!" Seeing his stepmother: "Get rid of her!" Seeing his brother: "Eliminate him!" Seeing his white moonlight: "Send that to Southeast Asia!"
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)
