"Moreover, when I was at the museum and the library, I found out that Du Meisha's death back then was suicide. However, the beneficiaries in her will were all bystanders. They could have prevented such a tragedy at the time, yet they did not. You, however, were clever enough to use the will and fake your death to set a trap, luring these people one by one and then eliminating them. Even though there was no trace of you at the crime scenes, and even if a figure was seen in the surveillance footage, because everyone believed you were dead, they wouldn't suspect it was you. The first time, you disguised yourself as a customer at a photo studio, and then you pretended to be a believer in church. Since these are places with extremely high foot traffic, even if you managed to sneak in, it would be difficult for us to discover you. I won't even mention the other methods of killing; we have no way of knowing about the flood as there was no surveillance. As for Collins, you knew his personality; he certainly couldn't withstand such torment, so you sent him a message to leave the association voluntarily. If I'm not mistaken, the message is still on his phone. Am I correct, old Mrs. Dulage?"
"Ah ha ha ha!!! You are wrong. I actually sent an email. But that's not important anymore. Detective He, I never expected you to deduce everything. I heard you were a forensic investigator before, but that's too much of a waste. No wonder the Sin Punisher Squad appeared in this world. That's right, you are indeed here to punish us criminals!"
"Surrender now, or continuing like this will do you no good. Dean Gan is innocent!"
"Innocent? He was also involved in watching my daughter back then. He is no different from Collins and the others. Why did they die, but he gets to live? If I let him live, wouldn't that be unfair to the other victims?"
"Dulage, things weren't as you perceived them back then!"
At this point, Tachibana Tadana suddenly spoke. Dulage, as if she had never considered him, suddenly looked at him and asked with slight surprise, "What do you mean?"
"They all witnessed Du Meisha jump, but they didn't prevent it. It wasn't that they didn't try; they were all so terrified, and the distance was too great to reach her in time. After Du Meisha died, they didn't pretend nothing happened and flee. Instead, they returned home and spent the entire night regretting and repenting. That's why they couldn't sleep that whole night."
Upon hearing this, Dulage let out a cold laugh. "Tachibana Tadana, you are my subordinate. Why didn't you tell me this earlier?"
"Because I didn't know at the time. I also..." At this moment, Tachibana looked in my direction, a drop of sweat trickling down his forehead. Dean Gan's body also trembled. He quickly explained, "That's right, Dulage, it wasn't like you thought back then. And my daughter, do you know why you killed her? She had already suspected your actions. If it weren't for me... She thought that if she died, you would let me go, right? That's why she cooperated with you and let you kill her that day. If she had resisted, even if you had used some drug, or if she had deliberately left a trace there, you would have been caught long ago."
Mentioning this, Dean Gan also shed tears with extreme sadness. His lips were stained with large teardrops, and his body trembled uncontrollably, looking as if his soul had left him.
"You... you are not telling the truth! My plan was so flawless, how could it be?"
Dulage retreated several steps rapidly, her face filled with obvious panic. However, her hands still refused to let go. For a moment, it was as if the whole world had abandoned her.
I seized the opportunity to advance step by step, but Dulage's cold gaze quickly deepened, her brows furrowed. She cursed, "Don't come any closer! Even if everything you say is true, I have already committed such a crime. The best outcome for me now is... to end my own life!"
At this moment, I pacified her, "No, precisely because of this, you cannot escape. Dulage, you are not that young anymore. Don't you understand this principle?"
Simultaneously, a voice came from my radio communicator: "Team Leader He, the Falcon Sniper Team is in position. The suspect is within our firing range. Shall we engage?"
"Don't rush, wait a moment!"
"Understood!"
I said to Dulage again, "Now, release Dean Gan and walk towards me step by step. I will plead with the judge, and you can atone for everything you have done for the rest of your life in prison. What do you say?"
"Haha, Detective He, your beautiful lies are too transparent. Do you think I don't know? There are definitely snipers hidden around you, and they could shoot me dead at any moment!"
"I won't let them fire unless you continue to resist stubbornly and refuse to see reason. Dulage, this is your last chance. Don't keep running away. Don't think that jumping off will make everything disappear. You are only evading the crimes you have committed. Don't you like Lolita? As long as you are alive, perhaps you can create works that surpass your past!!!"
I don't know if this statement touched Dulage, but she suddenly became agitated, tears streaming down her face, as if recalling many beautiful memories from the past. At this very moment, I was about to subdue her, but with a loud bang, a shot came from beside me. I thought it was a sniper, but the distance was abnormal.
From a certain corner, a bullet flew out and hit Dean Gan's shoulder. Dean Gan cried out in pain, and Dulage's body swayed, falling to the side. However, just as she was about to fall, she steadied herself. At this point, she still clutched Dean Gan tightly with her other hand!
I turned my head and saw that someone seemed to have been ambushed near the stairs. Xiahou gave chase with astonishing speed. I didn't have time to deal with the attacker and refocused my attention on Dulage.
"Dulage, I want to ask you something. Do you know Du Qitai?"
"Du Qitai? Why are you talking about him?"
"Oh? Judging by your reaction, you must be his mother, right?"
"How did you figure that out?"
"Your forehead resembles his. This is called a dominant genetic trait."
"Ah ha ha, everyone says Detective He has strong deductive skills. Both your previous and current deductions are brilliant."
"No, Dulage, you are mistaken. What you called deduction before was merely observation."