But this time, I did not resist directly. Instead, I chose to compromise and gave up struggling.
The person who had originally held me hostage still stayed by my side, with dozens of "students" holding submachine guns behind him.
This class must be so oppressive that I have to be guarded by such people. I am speechless. This is the most ridiculous and dangerous class I have ever taken. What if I encounter some strange change during the class? I would probably be shot into a sieve.
I looked around at the people listening to the lecture. They all seemed to be enjoying it, as if they were deeply engrossed in the crime lecture. As for the middle-aged man in front of the blackboard, I quickly recognized him: Yuan Xiuxian!
This guy actually dared to show himself in front of me!
"Heh heh, student He Sheng, you've come at the right time. I have a question for you to answer!" Yuan Xiuxian noticed me and pointed in my direction with a steel ruler.
I wondered if this guy used to be a teacher and was fired, and now that he has power, he wants to indulge himself, and his brain has gone bad, turning him into this?
Seeing that I was silent and just staring at him, Yuan Xiuxian said sternly, "I see you've already investigated me! Haha, how clever. But He Sheng, as one of us, you're in a lot of trouble now, aren't you? So, what you can do now is cooperate with us. How about we make a deal?"
I still remained silent.
Yuan Xiuxian continued, "I know you're conflicted right now, and you don't know if you can really escape the charges. You know that video can't be changed, ahahaha! Actually, it was me who killed that day, and my accomplice is this woman!"
Yuan Xiuxian dragged out a thin woman by a rope, like a dog. I saw a woman wearing only her underwear and panties, lying on the ground and barking forcefully like a dog. Then Yuan Xiuxian said, "Stand up!"
The woman obeyed and stood up, but her tongue was sticking out, no different from a dog's.
This woman was too strange. She was like someone who had been tamed. No matter what you asked her to do, she would probably agree, even to die.
"Tell student He Sheng how you hid!"
"Yes, Master!"
"Student He Sheng, actually, at that time, I was like a dog, staying on the ceiling. There was a gap there, big enough for my slender body. When you arrived, I was already up there. Then I pulled the thread tied to Ma Biao's neck. I took the mirrors afterward. When your police were investigating the scene, I was still hiding in the gap of the ceiling. I only pulled down the mirror that looked like a film after you left. Oh, haha, the police at that time couldn't see the mirror behind the curtain. Of course, there was also a mirror in A502. If you had noticed carefully, you would have seen that another window of A502 directly faced east..."
So that's how it was. All the puzzles were almost solved. Just as I was about to say something, the dog-like woman continued, "One more thing, Ling Xiaotao was not dealt with by us, so don't blame us!"
"What? How could this be..." I managed to utter those words. Yuan Xiuxian burst into laughter, "It seems Polaris lost!"
"You, you mean, could it be that all this was just a stake for your competition?"
"Hahaha, Detective He, you are very smart, you guessed right. Isn't your reasoning ability very strong? Can you tell me? Can you explain the matter of the clone technique?"
"Clone technique! It's just your substitute..." As I said this, the "students" around me, for some reason, all pointed their guns at my head. Those were dozens of dark gun barrels, and this time, even my chest and back were covered by gun muzzles!
But I still wasn't nervous at all. I glared at Yuan Xiuxian with wide eyes, "You, the reason you appeared in two places at once, it must have been your brother! Or your brother. But that doesn't matter. He Xin will definitely find out!"
"Heh heh heh." Yuan Xiuxian began to clap vigorously and sat down on the lecture platform in front of the blackboard. At this moment, he looked nothing like a teacher. He gestured with the steel ruler, as if admiring a sharp sword, and then laughed heartily.
"You really have confidence in your daughter. No wonder she trusts you so much. A close daughter, truly living up to her name. Actually, I also wanted to have such a daughter, but those were just my thoughts from the past. I have so many people around me now, I don't care about one or two of them. Ah ah ha! Since you've uncovered our secrets, I can only get rid of you a step ahead. Don't think you can call for backup here. They won't expect me to return here..."
"Is that so? Although I only recently learned that you were the killer, Yuan Xiuxian, I can quickly find out what kind of person you are!"
"Oh? It seems that your Punishment Squad has more than just Captain Liu's excellent psychological profiling. But rumor has it that since you started working with her, she hasn't had much opportunity to use her skills. I'm curious, don't you two as a couple have any conflicts because of this?"
"I am her husband, and I naturally have to take care of her. What's wrong with me helping her? If your woman is still carrying everything on her own after being with you, then what's the point of your existence?"
"You're right. But you are police officers. You must be unhappy if all the credit is taken by others. Liu Yuning, come out! It's time for you to have a final showdown with your husband. Ah ha ha!"
What?
At that moment, I thought I had misheard. This guy actually called out Yu Ning's name, and in the next second, she indeed appeared. Judging by her movements, she should have been hiding behind a tree by the lake until Yuan Xiuxian called her out.
As soon as he called out, Liu Yuning cautiously walked up to me. She said to me coldly, "He Sheng, I'm sorry. I used you!"
"What? You said you would tell me your identity later, did you mean this..."
"You're right. If I hadn't pretended to be that way in front of you, how could my objective have been achieved..."
Liu Yuning's tone was very serious and filled with endless coldness, with no hint of acting. I realized she wasn't joking with me at all, and she had no intention of changing her mind. Could it be that she was really the mole in the Punishment Squad?