Chapter 324: Greed and Capturing First Love (Monthly Tickets and Recommendations Are a Bit Miserable) 5500 Words, Please Support!

After meeting Adam's first love, Kai almost fled the scene with William. There was no way, it was too embarrassing. It was Adam who had a deep impression on Pepper, not Kai. But the problem was that Kai was Adam's name.

First love is always unforgettable. Adam and Pepper are no exception. In the senior year of high school, Pepper's parents had to move back to Connecticut for work, and the two children almost eloped. But they were stopped by Pepper's father. That time, Adam was almost shot to death by Pepper's father with a double-barreled shotgun.

Really, Pepper's father really shot at that time! Of course, looking back now, Pepper's father was obviously aiming at a target ten meters away from Adam.

But the problem was that Adam was still young at that time. According to his memory at that time, Adam was almost scared to death. Then, like all little boys, Adam was scared, so much so that when Pepper left that year, he didn't see him for the last time. What's more amazing is that Adam never fell in love again. It's not that he couldn't forget Pepper. After all, in modern society, it doesn't cost much to find Pepper, not to mention that Adam's family is not short of money.

Kai guessed that Adam was frightened by the shot of Pepper's father. He had a psychological shadow.

But no matter what, looking at the way Pepper looked at him, Kai felt very uncomfortable. It seemed that he had done something bad and felt guilty. But it was obviously a fair trade between him and Adam. Adam was dying at that time. He wanted to avenge himself and his comrades. Kai helped him fulfill his wish, but the price was his body.

William and Mills were a little confused. Although they had not been in contact with Kai for a long time, they could feel that Kai was a very reliable man, not talkative, calm and steady. Like now, like a junior high school student who was in love for the first time, he ran away when he saw the girl he liked. They were very uncomfortable.

...

Looking at Kai's running away, Pepper was stunned at first, and then seemed to think of something and laughed. The smile was very happy and very gorgeous. But immediately, Pepper felt a strange gaze staring at her.

Turning her head, Tracy was looking at her with a gossipy face.

"Tell me the truth, what is your relationship with Adam?"

"No way! We are just ordinary high school classmates!" Pepper always felt that although her first love was not perfect, it was pure enough and interesting enough. But then again, whose first love is not full of regrets? People like Tracy and Mills are rare.

"Really?" Tracy didn't believe it. She raised her hands and pretended to tickle Pepper.

Pepper felt that it was too embarrassing to play this trick in front of the hotel at her age, so she immediately begged for mercy: "Okay, okay, I'll tell you... He is my first love boyfriend."

"Really?" Tracy was glowing, everyone loves gossip. Especially the gossip about her best friend. "Then how did you break up? He's pretty handsome. What? Did he cheat?"

Pepper was reluctant to share that past. After all, her dad used a shotgun to scare her boyfriend to the point of peeing his pants. It was not something to be proud of. So she immediately changed the subject.

"By the way, Tracy, have you seen Mills at work?"

"No... Mills doesn't want me to know about those things." Sure enough, Tracy's attention was immediately diverted. In Tracy's life, Mills always comes first. Tracy rarely learns about the specific content of his work from Mills. He never talks about those cases with Tracy when he gets home.

"Then do you want to see what Mills looks like when he's working!" Pepper was relieved to see Tracy's attention diverted. Unlike Tracy, who focuses on her family, Pepper has been smooth sailing over the years, but even so, workplace intrigue is inevitable. This kind of trick is easy to come by. Of course, this is also related to Tracy's understanding. She can see that Pepper doesn't seem to want to talk about those things, so she just goes with the flow. →

In fact, just at that moment, Tracy had deduced countless soap opera-style love stories in her mind, such as the scumbag changing his heart, the girl meeting a better one, and a series of melodramatic plots such as amnesia in a car accident, the heroine/hero being mistakenly diagnosed with cancer, etc. Anyway, there is no rush, there is plenty of time to slowly dig, sometimes it is more interesting to do it slowly than to know the truth all at once!

And Tracy is indeed interested in Pepper's proposal.

"Is it bad? Will this disturb Mills?"

"No! Let's see."

"Okay then!"

...

When William and Kai went to the scene, he wanted to ask Kai several times why he was so confused, but he held back in the end. Because it was Kai's private matter, and he and Kai were not that familiar. It's not good to speak casually.

Mills was more impatient, and he asked.

"Do you know Pepper?"

Kai thought about it and felt that it seemed that he couldn't hide it. So he simply admitted it.

"We were high school classmates."

As for falling in love, Kai couldn't say it. Because it was really not his business, it was Adam's fault.

"Oh..." Mills said meaningfully, and the information contained in it was comparable to Tracy's imagination. It's always about the things between men and women.

Kai didn't want to talk about that, but grabbed the topic and said: "The one next to Pepper is..."

The two women looked exactly the same. Kai was so busy with Pepper's matter at first that he didn't pay attention to it. Now he changed the subject and just talked about this.

"That's my wife."

"Pepper has sisters?" This was Kai's first reaction. Because except for twin sisters, it is difficult to look so similar. But according to Adam's memory, Pepper is an only child.

Now Mills and William both laughed, and Mills understood why Tracey and Pepper laughed so much when they heard William say the same thing.

…

Soon Kai and the others arrived at the scene.

In the office of a law firm, a man was wearing only a pair of underwear and was kneeling on the ground covered in blood. His head was resting on a pile of books. He was tied, but his right hand was released, holding a butcher knife. , there was a scale beside him. On one side of the scale was a one-pound weight, and on the other side was a piece of meat. It was not difficult to see from the scene that this piece of meat belonged to the deceased.

At the same time, there was a piece of paper placed next to the scale with a paragraph on it.

"A pound of human flesh, no more, no less, no gristle, no bones, just fresh meat."

Holding this piece of paper, William read softly.

"From The Merchant of Venice."

Kai frowned. Although he didn't know this sentence, he knew about The Merchant of Venice. He seemed to have learned this when he was in school.

William continued: "As long as the flesh is cut off, he can be free."

At this time, Mills came over and said: "The technician found a lot of sweat on that chair over there."

"Of course. Anyone who is forced to cut off a piece of flesh on his body at gunpoint will be covered in sweat." Kai squinted his eyes and observed the crime scene. "The murderer wanted him to take his time and decide which piece of flesh to cut off."

As he spoke, Kai pointed to a photo on the wall and said, "Who is the woman in this photo?"

It was a photo of a woman, and in the photo, the woman's eyes were circled with blood.

"That's Gould's wife." Mills flipped through the site inspection records and said.

Gould was the name of the deceased. He was one of the most famous defense attorneys in Chicago. He specialized in defending wealthy criminals and made a lot of money as a result. His name is well known throughout Chicago law enforcement. One of the most hated people by any police officer.

"Why do you think the murderer did this?"

The murderer was extremely cunning and left no trace at the scene. He will only do what he thinks is necessary and will do nothing else. So Kai didn't think that he just left this behind to disgust the police officers handling the case. Just like before, after Kay left, Mills and William also found a note left by the murderer in the home of the first victim, which already predicted the next target.

"Is it because this woman saw something?"

Mills speculated.

"Impossible!" But William decisively rejected this guess. "If this woman really saw something, it wouldn't be a body now. This murderer was very cautious!"

Kai heard Mills's guess, but did not overturn it in a hurry. Instead, he said thoughtfully: "What did she see..."

After thinking about it, Kai saw the picture on the opposite wall. There is a painting hanging there.

An abstract painting. From his previous life to this life, Kai didn't have any artistic talent. Anyway, he couldn't understand what was good about those abstract paintings. For example, this one was full of chaotic color blocks and vertical and horizontal lines. It was gaudy and it looked like that, but Which one is better? Anyway, if Kai is asked to spend tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands to buy such a painting, Kai will never agree to it.

Thinking about all this, Kai came to the picture.

Kai did not study the content of the painting, nor could he study it clearly. He just stared at the frame. He found that there were traces of movement behind the frame. It looked like the painting had been hanging here for a long time. The color of the wall covered by the frame was slightly different from the surrounding walls because no one would be bored enough to clean the painting. behind the box.

"This painting has been moved!"

After hearing what Kay said, Mills immediately called for technicians to inspect the frame, canvas, and back of the frame. But still found nothing.

"He's playing tricks on us!" Mills couldn't help it. The murderer kept setting up mysterious puzzles. He was playing tricks on them!

Kai looked at Mills a little unhappy because he didn't act like a qualified police officer.

"Mr. Mills, as a police officer, the most basic quality is to keep a cool head. Getting angry will have no effect on your job!"

Faced with Kai's obvious reprimand, Mills wanted to refute, but when he saw Kai's stern and oppressive eyes, for some reason, he was instantly frightened. Mills is not a timid person. The medal he received in the army is the best proof. But facing Kai, he found that he really didn't dare to choke.

After lecturing Mills, Kay continued to look at the frame. Then he discovered that there was something wrong with the frame.

This picture frame was mounted upside down on the wall because there was a mark of a hanging nail on the picture frame.

"The frame was moved..." Then Kai thought of something and said to the technician next to him: "Check the wall."

Soon, technicians found more than one fingerprint on the wall behind the frame.

After the technician irradiated all the fingerprints with ultraviolet light, all the fingerprints formed two words.

"Help me!"

Save me!

"That guy has absolutely nowhere to escape now!" Mills was very excited.

"ah!!!"

At this moment, a scream interrupted Mills' excitement. Everyone turned their heads and found that two women who looked exactly the same had entered the crime scene at some point!

Seeing the two women, Kai's first reaction was to look at Mills and William!

He didn't expect there would be such amateur policemen. Are Chicago policemen all pigs? They actually let two unrelated women enter the crime scene that was still under investigation? If this happened in his previous life, everyone from the captain of the criminal investigation team to the person in charge would have to leave!

This is a serious dereliction of duty!

Even during the trial, it will become a powerful proof for the defense! This will make the judge determine that the evidence of the on-site investigation is unreliable, thus allowing the criminals to go unpunished!

Mills and William were also confused.

They never thought that two women would come here.

"Mr. Mills! Although I am not a Chicago policeman and have no jurisdiction over you, I still have to remind you. You are in big trouble! Now, immediately! Immediately! Take your ladies away from here!"

Mills' face immediately flushed. His bad temper is one thing, but whether he is reasonable or not is another.

It was the first time that Tracy saw Mills so embarrassed. She was frightened and at a loss, her face pale. Of course, this was also partly because she was frightened by the dead.

Pepper felt uncomfortable when she saw her bestie being frightened by ‘Adam’. Although Pepper was just a secretary, as the assistant of Tony Stark, the world's number one playboy, she was in a privileged class. Maybe they made a mistake by appearing at the crime scene. But Pepper was sure that she could suppress it and make it never happen.

"Don't worry, Tracy, nothing will happen. I will find someone to settle it all!"

After saying that, Pepper turned her head and looked at Kai. The expression on her face was definitely not pleasant. She herself did not expect that Kai would give her a cold face when he saw her again!

Pepper's words and expression made Kai frown even deeper. In his opinion, handling a case is an extremely serious matter. To uphold justice for the innocent and punish evil is originally the most sacred thing, but Pepper's words are completely insulting to everyone here!

Kai waved his hand and asked Kim and Haley to come over.

"Catch her, the charges are ready! And tell others to be careful of the traces left by these two ladies. If they find that they have destroyed the evidence at the scene, then sue them again!"

"Ah?" Jin opened his mouth wide.

"What? Didn't you learn the rules of protecting the scene in the police school?"

"Oh, oh, oh!" Jin saw Kai's face become stern, and immediately threw aside Pepper's identity as the most famous secretary in the United States!

"Adam!!!" Pepper was really angry.

Her identity does not only represent herself!

But Kai doesn't care about this. Indeed, Pepper and Adam have a history. But the problem is, what does this have to do with Kai? If it is normal, in order to avoid embarrassment, Kai will naturally stay as far away from this woman as possible. But what time is it now?

Let's not talk about the case itself, just say that it is related to Susie's mother behind it, and Kai has to take it seriously! More importantly, Kai looks down on Pepper's style. What does she think of the police? Their family's security guard?

So, on the first day that our Stark Group CEO's secretary met her old lover, she was personally sent to the police station's detention room by her old lover.

When the two female police officers handcuffed Tracy and Pepper, Tracy was panicked, and Pepper felt betrayed. She still couldn't believe that Adam would do this to her.

Mills opened his mouth and wanted to say something. But in the end, he didn't dare to say it. He only dared to chase after Tracy and go back to the police station.

"Also, who let them in just now? Go back and find your immediate supervisor!"

Kai is not a Chicago policeman, and even most of the police present don't know who he is. But when Kai gave orders with a tiger face, everyone at the scene subconsciously obeyed in panic, fearing that they would be rebuked. But in fact, they didn't know what they were afraid of.

"Okay, let's continue." Kai didn't care about the others. Instead, he continued to talk about the case with William.

William hesitated and wanted to talk about the situation. Seeing William like this, Kai couldn't work at all, so he could only tell the truth. "Don't worry about them. Remember, I'm not a Chicago police officer."

The reason is simple. Kai is not a Chicago police officer. The order he issued is naturally a piece of waste paper. He simply doesn't like irrelevant people entering the crime scene and Pepper's indifferent attitude. He just wants to scare the two women. Of course, if the Chicago police insist on prosecuting them, Kai can't do anything.

He really doesn't know them well.

But William knows what he means. It depends on how he and Mills operate.

In fact, there are no footprints on the ground except for the fingerprints on the wall at the scene. What evidence is destroyed? With William's status in the Chicago Police Department, he can get it done in one sentence.

Of course, the behavior of these two women is indeed not worth promoting.

"By the way, where were we just talking about?"

"Oh, just said that this is the fingerprint of the murderer."

"Oh, what do you think?"

"I... It's hard to say. Although we have only found two cases, this does not match the criminal marks shown by the murderer."

The so-called criminal marking behavior refers to a special behavior carried out by the criminal to meet a certain psychological or emotional need. It is a special and obvious criminal's habit of committing crimes. The criminal's psychology and criminal motive pointed to by the crime scene marking behavior provide clues for investigation, which is helpful for the analysis of the case and the investigation of the case.

The gluttony case and the greed case mentioned above have several characteristics. The scene looks messy, but there are actually no clues and evidence that can be used. Not to mention hair fingerprints, all traces of the murderer have been cleaned up at the scene. In this regard, the two cases are almost identical. All fingerprints at the scene have been wiped clean. Except for those on the wall.

Secondly, it seems that the murderer does not simply want to kill the two victims. What he did is more like punishment! And it is related to religion.

Finally, the murderer seems to be intentionally giving instructions, that is, a notice of murder.

Just like the note left in the first case.

Although there is also a note here, the content of the note is not foreshadowed.

"I thought so too. If it goes as expected, this should be a warning left by the murderer!"

"You mean this is the fingerprint of the next victim?"

"Very likely!"

...

Just when Kai was studying the case, the Chicago Police Department was already in an uproar.

Kai really didn't know that Pepper was Tony Stark's secretary. The arrest of Tony Stark's secretary caused an uproar in the upper echelons of the Chicago Police Department, especially when Stark Industries was just planning to hold an industrial expo in Chicago!

You know, next year's industrial expo has become the most important event in Chicago in recent years, which has an extraordinary influence on Chicago's economy.

If it were someone else, perhaps the Chicago government and the police would not think that someone would have any impact on such a major event because of the arrest of a little secretary. But if this person is Tony Stark, it's another story.

This playboy, in addition to his unparalleled talent and countless gossip, is most famous for his willful personality. He can really do it!