Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo' Chapter 1087 563: Conscience

The murder case at the academic conference of Yuezhou University had an extremely negative impact.

The negativity stems not only from the murder itself but also includes a series of subsequent issues.

Outside Provinces is not Puluo State, the usage of Dark Ability is not publicized here. Ninety-nine percent of People from other provinces are unaware of the concept of Dark Ability, and even some low-level Power Enthusiast Groups cannot confirm the existence of Dark Ability. For experts, professors, and students who believe in science, what they experienced in the academic report hall equates to challenging the entire perception of Outside Provinces.

Luckily, the situation was effectively controlled; Yu Yaoming only killed Yan Youjun, and the process of killing was extremely quick that most people didn't see clearly, thus giving the officials an opportunity to provide a reasonable explanation.

Ultimately, Yan Youjun's cause of death was explained as an experimental accident, but as to why experiments were conducted at the conference and what nature of experiments were conducted, it requires a lot of time to cover this matter up.

Currently, the higher-ups have decided to quickly investigate two people. One is Yu Yaoming; through what means did he master the Dark Ability, and why did he kill Yan Youjun in a public setting?

The other is Li Qi; it was him who timely arrested Yu Yaoming, preventing the situation from escalating further. But what was his reason for appearing in the academic report hall?

Did he foresee the signs of trouble in advance, or are there deeper secrets and conspiracies involved here?

Li Qi provided quite a sincere answer: "I am a person who loves science. With an attitude of learning knowledge, I went to Yuezhou University to watch the academic discussion and happened to encounter this case."

Although some content was omitted in this statement, everything Li Qi said is the truth.

Yet, despite telling the truth, no one believed him. The higher-ups issued an urgent document, requiring an immediate trial of the case, with emphasis on strengthening the investigation of Li Qi.

The document was signed off to Director Wang, who took it seriously, and spent the afternoon formulating a work plan and reported to Shen Jingye.

"Director, our work plan is divided into three phases: Phase One, directly use interrogation equipment, striving to have Li Qi disclose the overall situation of the case by tonight,

Phase Two, organize special case team members to conduct a dedicated investigation on Li Qi, combining results of the first phase trial, to clarify the entire context of the case,

Phase Three, based on the confessions of Yu Yaoming and other witnesses, analyze and compare the details, preventing Li Qi from concealing any information,

According to the work progress, we can acquire preliminary investigation results within three days and form an investigation report."

Shen Jingye looked at the plan, put it aside, and asked: "Did you get Yu Yaoming's confession?"

"Got it." Director Wang handed the transcript to Shen Jingye.

Shen Jingye flipped through it, nodded and said: "Alright then."

What does "Alright then" mean?

Director Wang did not understand Shen Jingye's meaning. He thought Shen Jingye should have approved his work plan: "I'll notify the staff in the interrogation room now, to have them prepare."

Shen Jingye looked at his watch: "It's six-thirty already."

Director Wang thought he was slow and immediately stood up: "I'll prepare right away."

Shen Jingye shook his head and said: "It's six-thirty and it's time to clock off, Old Wang, go home."

Director Wang was dumbfounded on the spot: "Bureau Shen, the file has requirements, asking us to immediately proceed with the trial..."

"Leave the plan with me, I'll handle this matter. You go back."

Director Wang returned to his office in a fog, unsure about leaving after Shen Jingye asked him to go home, so he sat by the phone, waiting for Shen Jingye's next command.

Shen Jingye picked up the phone and asked the secretary to order some take-out. He brought the food to Li Qi's office.

Li Qi sat behind the desk and laughed: "Little Shen, here to interrogate me?"

"I haven't had dinner yet," Shen Jingye placed the food and wine on the table, "Join me for a bite?"

Li Banfeng had already eaten at the Portable Residence, but Shen Jingye insisted on inviting him, and Li Banfeng joined for two glasses.

Baked chicken, beef tripe, jellyfish in sauce, sour fish, Shen Jingye's spread was formidable.

Li Banfeng said: "Now that I'm the key investigation target, isn't this treatment too good?"

"This is no treatment," Shen Jingye shook his head and said, "They want to investigate you? By what right can they investigate you? Do they have the qualification?"

Li Banfeng studied Shen Jingye up and down, suspecting that the person before him might not be Shen Jingye.

"Little Shen, were those words from you?"

"Yes, they were from me," Shen Jingye broke off a chicken leg for Li Banfeng, "Do you think I'm ignorant and don't understand anything?"

Li Banfeng shook his head and said: "You understand everything, just like to play dumb."

"Yes, playing dumb, sometimes things need to play dumb," Shen Jingye took a sip of beer, "but not everything can be muddled, the matter of Yu Yaoming shouldn't be muddled.

Why did you go to Yuezhou University? Why attend the academic conference? Is this matter important?"

Today's matter would have been disastrous without you on site, Yu Yaoming doesn't know how many he might have killed,

If Yu Yaoming had created a bloody massacre then ran away, who could bear this consequence?

You not only saved those on site, but also saved those higher-ups, now they turn around and want to investigate you; how thick-skinned are they?"

Li Banfeng was increasingly surprised, still suspecting the Shen Jingye before him was impersonated by someone else, yet he could detect no obvious anomaly.

Shen Jingye put down the beer can and said: "These words from my heart, only spoken to you, I previously ensured that the surveillance in your room is paused, stepping outside this door, I won't acknowledge the words I just said."