At the command, everyone immediately left their positions and then, at the fastest speed, lunged towards the man who still thought he was unaffected, bathed in moonlight!
Soon, that guy was pinned to the ground by Xiao Yuande and others. At that time, he was still struggling and asking what they were doing. Even if he hadn't revealed his identity, just by looking at his thin body, his purplish face, and the bloodstains on his teeth, I knew this guy must be a porphyria patient.
"Let's go back, stop pretending. If we hadn't found actual clues, we wouldn't have found this place. You should understand what I mean!"
This time, the skinny guy didn't answer anymore. It seemed he realized that explaining further was useless, so he obediently got into the car with us.
Back at the provincial department, while interrogating him, I laid out many photos of Zhu Baifeng's murder at the time, as well as some surveillance footage. I also collected blood samples from him. When the DNA test results came out and matched the saliva on the ground, the physical evidence was obtained.
Furthermore, we found mixed skin fibers on the victim's neck, containing male DNA. Although his exact information wasn't in the database, the conclusion that he was the murderer was already set in stone.
We couldn't find the man's identity in the household registration facial recognition system. This guy, like the previous suspects, had probably undergone plastic surgery. We had to ask that plastic surgeon for help, and by repeating the same trick, we finally obtained the man's exact identity.
Yue Gangyi, 37 years old, a local of Zhihe Town, Guangming City. He worked at Mingfu Plastic Processing Plant a few years ago but suddenly resigned in 2019. After that, this guy went for plastic surgery and then changed his identity. I won't mention that name, as what I need is his real identity.
Upon learning his identity, Zhang Keying and I went to the interrogation room. Before we could even sit down, Yue Gangyi said, "You two, I really don't know anything!"
"Heh, nine out of ten people who enter the interrogation room claim to be innocent! Don't waste time. Do you want me to show you the surveillance we investigated?" Zhang Keying slammed the table, her eyes filled with anger and impatience, and she couldn't help but want to lash out at Yue Gangyi.
"I really don't want to waste your time, but I genuinely don't know what you're talking about?"
As Yue Gangyi spoke, I stared intently into his eyes. I noticed that his eyes were constantly blinking, as if they were itching intensely. I immediately said, "Yue Gangyi, what's wrong with your eyes?"
"This is a congenital problem. I have a sore in my lower eyelid. I can't help it!"
"Do you have vision problems?"
"Yes, Officer He. It's not right for you to bring me here without any reason. To be honest, I'm completely clueless right now!"
"Yue Gangyi, we were tracking someone with a very similar physical appearance to you, and after staking out the area, we identified you. Are you telling me it's not you?" Zhang Keying's long eyelashes slightly lowered, her anger subsided slightly, but her deep eyes, like the dark night, were filled with a sharp glint, as if a long, keen blade was piercing Yue Gangyi's pupils.
At this point, Yue Gangyi's psychological pressure increased significantly, but he still insisted, "Tell me, what exactly did the person who looks like me do?"
I said, "You drink blood, you kill, and then you escape. Your behavior is very strange. We saw you bathing in the moonlight earlier. Don't tell me you did that deliberately?"
"Uh, that was just from a party I recently attended at the Fuhuang Hotel. We all had roles there. It was a grand party, and everyone could appear without their usual identities. You were completely free there, and many lives that people couldn't imagine before became reality."
"A party? Did you play a vampire there before?" Zhang Keying asked.
Yue Gangyi gave an embarrassed smile, his disheveled hair tossing. Then, with a focused gaze, he said, "Isn't it? I think vampire royalty is really cool. I'm also a porphyria patient, but I didn't kill that person. You know I've never drunk human blood."
From Yue Gangyi's expression, it seemed he was telling the truth, but I still felt he was hiding something because, while answering these questions, his index and middle fingers were constantly rubbing against each other. This indicated that he still had something he hadn't revealed.
So I intensified my tone, "Let me put it this way, perhaps this case isn't directly related to you, but I can see from your reaction that you're probably hiding something. Are you shielding the real killer? You look so similar to him, it's probably not a coincidence. Did you do it intentionally? To achieve the effect of swapping identities?"
Being told this, Yue Gangyi's eyes became vacant, he leaned tightly against the back of the chair, and his legs trembled slightly.
I pressed my advantage, "Don't think I can't find out!"
At this moment, a video was sent to my phone. Upon checking it, I discovered that when we arrested Yue Gangyi, another figure very similar to him had escaped nearby by taking advantage of the opportunity.
I transferred the video to him so Yue Gangyi could see it for himself. With the evidence before him, Yue Gangyi had no strength to resist and finally gave up hiding.
"That's right. In fact, that person is my twin brother. I knew you would focus on me when you arrested me, so he could take the opportunity to escape. I joined the party at his suggestion. Apparently, he has a certain status there. I don't know the rest."
"Yue Gangyi, what's your brother's name?"
"I can't say! And he's my older brother!"
I originally thought Yue Gangyi would continue to cooperate, but it seems these porphyria patients are quite stubborn.
Zhang Keying and I interrogated him back and forth, but he refused to speak. However, we could ask He Xin to investigate.
When we arrived at the Information Department, He Xin couldn't find any information about the Yue Gangyi brothers. It was as if such a person didn't exist in the world!
"Could it be that Yue Gangyi fabricated the story about the party and his twin brother to exonerate himself?" Zhang Keying speculated at this moment.
I nodded, "Check Yue Gangyi's whereabouts through Sky Net. Xia Hou, Xiao Yuande, you cooperate and visit the relevant places!"
"Yes!"
The two left again. After about 5 hours, we indeed found that Yue Gangyi frequented a hotel called Fuhuang, specifically every Saturday night at 9 PM. He would leave punctually around 3 AM.