"Ah ah ah ha ha, Detective He, think about how you'll face your wife in the future!"
"That's not something you should be concerned about. Cao Youqin, you will explain in detail how you established this organization, then guided the sinners to commit crimes, and how you trafficked criminal plans! This is your last chance to confess. Otherwise, the court will sentence you directly, and you won't even have the opportunity to speak!"
This time, I won't mention leniency. As it is, given Cao Youqin's situation, it's impossible. He didn't waste any time, took a sip of water, and said, "At this point, I certainly won't be like those stubborn criminals on TV, looking for lawyers and stuff. Hahahaha! Idiots! All idiots! I understand the law. According to my situation, I'm doomed to die. So, I'll tell you how I first thought of these Sinners...
Back then, I graduated from Guangming City Institute of Chemical Biology with the top score in the entire school... I originally thought this field was outstanding and finding a job would be a piece of cake. However, after leaving school, I found myself hitting walls everywhere. Everyone thought what I studied was too niche and refused to hire me. I ran around everywhere like this. I didn't have much money to begin with. My brother and I were both in the city at the time. He had dropped out of school much earlier, but because of his eloquence and appearance, he had achieved good results in pharmaceutical sales. Later, he saw how difficult things were for me and introduced me to his pharmaceutical company.
It was at that time that I began to develop those rat poisons that could mutate rats after they ate them. My brother was very surprised and angry when he discovered it, but I later told him that if we used this to threaten others, we could rule a city. He certainly thought I was crazy then. I ignored him and came to Lester. I knew that many Westerners lived here, much like Chinatown in America. Their vigilance was not high. I poisoned the rats, and pretended to be a peddler selling rat poison. Later, the consequences for those rats after eating my medicine were beyond imagination; they went mad and tore each other apart. They were like the Golden Cicada Gu, killing their weaker counterparts and slowly evolving. After a period, many mutated rats appeared, and their reproductive capacity was astonishing. In less than half a month, the entire Lester became my experimental base. Those people, fearing death, were subdued by me. Of course, some chose to escape during the day, but quite a few remained here. I plundered their property and families, and controlled their residences. Take the cement factory for example. At first, the owner hired people to deal with me, but they were all scared away by the rats I summoned and dared not resist.
Later, I hid in Lester all the time. However, I generally didn't show myself. My brother was the one who met with everyone. At that time, my brother represented me and started giving lectures to those people. We also used various methods to lure people to Lester. I needed some live subjects for the laboratory, so the more the merrier. Thus, those people tricked many living people to me, all of whom I later killed. They all became part of my experiments. However, I know they were happy. They willingly became my test subjects, contributing to great science!"
"Contribution? You are murdering and persecuting them into submission. Don't talk about them, even I feel these things are absurd and brutal listening to you now. You call this science? I think your comprehension ability is seriously flawed. How could someone like you possibly achieve anything in science? I truly don't understand where your so-called talent comes from!"
I spoke my thoughts to Cao Youqin, who was completely convinced he was doing good, without any reservation. Liu Yuning also scolded, "Truly shameless and ignorant! What you've created is absolutely not science; it's slaughter, it's crime! Now that you've become a prisoner, reflect well in prison! Think about what we're saying!"
Cao Youqin didn't fall silent like other criminals, nor did he appear embarrassed. I could see he still didn't believe us, being extremely arrogant. He thought we were just saying these things because we had captured him, and that the law was on our side. I didn't want to say it, but the law would indeed help us punish him. The subsequent work was for the procuratorate and the court.
Since he had already admitted to the experiments, our task was considered complete.
I put down my notebook and turned to Liu Yuning, "Our lives must go on. Let's go have something to eat!"
Perhaps this sentence touched Cao Youqin's deepest heart, as he showed a look of envy at this moment.
After leaving the interrogation room, I personally wrote the concluding statement, then signed it and submitted it to the minister. Originally, Liu Yuning did all this, but she said my writing was not as good as mine. I was curious; wasn't it just a concluding statement? Did she think it was writing poetry or a novel? However, for me, writing novels wasn't difficult, so this concluding statement was a matter of minutes.
After finishing, I sent an email to Mr. Minister. He quickly responded: "Well done, Director He! Since you took office, the crime rate in Guangming City has greatly decreased. You have broken the record for Chinese police with a 100% case-solving rate. Keep up the good work!"
Receiving Mr. Minister's praise, I was immensely proud. I grinned at the screen, feeling my efforts were very worthwhile. I squeezed the heart-shaped chocolate in my hand and suddenly noticed the words on its wrapper: "Don't work too hard, Master!"
"This brat..."
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Far, far away from Guangming City, in a dark, damp, chaotic, and twisted corner, several people were arguing amongst themselves. It was unclear what it was about. For them, losses were commonplace, even sacrificing some people. One woman was fiercely slapping the faces of several men: "You good-for-nothings! Weren't you supposed to stay and help the Sinners? Why have you all come back? Do you know we promised them last time... It's no use now. Since the Sinners failed, we have to give up. However, we can't let such things happen again. You know how many of our plans He Sheng has ruined over the years. Starting from the Dark Forest, I already felt this guy was not normal. Hahaha, he really is He Jianquan's grandson. Alright, now it's time for you to act. You must succeed this time, or don't come back. Go find a place to kill yourselves..."