Chapter 86: The Last Man

Chapter 86: The Last Man

Seeing the bandage on Sitigai's finger, Lu Heng pressed the Aurora Blade tighter, ready to strike if Sitigai dared to make any unusual move.

Not just Lu Heng, but Chen Lianian and Lin Zeyu also tightened their grip on their pistols, releasing the safety.

The tension in the air thickened.

"No, don't do this," Sitigai pleaded, not daring to resist.

The guns were one thing, but he knew he was no match for Lu Heng, and resistance would only lead to a dead end.

Lin Zeyu pointed the gun at the bandage on Sitigai's finger, smirking, "Did you attach the Dark God's finger to your hand? Good thing we arrived in time, or you would have caused a big mess."

"What Dark God's finger?" Sitigai's face showed surprise.

"Don't waste time, remove the bandage!" Lin Zeyu ordered.

"I will, I will," Sitigai complied, having no choice but to remove the bandage from his left index finger.

After removing it, a perfectly normal finger was revealed, with only a minor injury on the hand.

"I broke the skin while practicing my punches, so I bandaged it," Sitigai explained after removing the bandage.

It was common for those who practiced martial arts to have injuries on their hands.

The finger indeed seemed fine, a normal human finger.

Lin Zeyu frowned, pointing at the other bandaged middle finger, "Remove that one too!"

Sitigai unwrapped the middle finger, and like the index finger, it was also a normal human finger, with no issues.

Confusion spread across Lin Zeyu's face. He lowered the gun and pointed it at Sitigai's feet, "Then it must be your toes!"

Sitigai didn't understand why they were so interested in his fingers and toes, but it didn't matter.

He quickly took off his shoes, revealing intact and unharmed feet.

Seeing this, everyone's faces showed bewilderment.

"It could be somewhere else; the Dark God's finger doesn't necessarily have to be attached to the hand," Lin Zeyu continued searching for other possibilities.

But Chen Lianian shook his head, holstering his pistol, "No need to look further, it's not on him. Those two mummified bodies exude an evil aura, but he doesn't have it."

"What's going on here?" Lin Zeyu was completely baffled.

After Sitigai showed his fingers and toes on both hands and feet, proving his innocence, he finally stood up from the ground.

At that moment, the Siamese police arrived at the hotel.

Sitigai went out to explain the situation to the Siamese police, "There's no problem here, I'll compensate for the broken door."

After dealing with the Siamese police, Chen Lianian signaled for his disciple to search the hotel room.

Gao Zhiting thoroughly searched every corner of the hotel room for suspicious signs, but found nothing of note.

Lu Heng stood in the hotel's reception area, stroking his chin in thought, and asked, "Why did you come to Phuket?"

Sitigai sat on the sofa, spreading his hands, "For a vacation, after coming out of the Abyssal Battlefield, I wanted to relax."

Lu Heng continued, "Do you know Sucha and Wiseg?"

"Yes, I'm friends with Wiseg, and I met Sucha in the Abyssal Battlefield. We exchanged contact information, planning to team up in the future," Sitigai answered truthfully.

"Do you know they're in trouble?" Lu Heng asked, his eyes fixed on Sitigai's.

"What kind of trouble? I spoke to Wiseg on the phone just the day before yesterday," Sitigai's face showed confusion.

"Then you can check the news," Lu Heng suggested.

Sitigai took out his phone, searched the news, and indeed found the story of the mummified bodies, and their identities had been confirmed as Wiseg and Sucha.

Upon seeing the news, Sitigai's face was filled with shock, "What's happening here?"

Lu Heng paused, thinking it wouldn't hurt to tell him.

Strictly speaking, Sitigai was also involved in the situation.

He had participated in the operation to stop the resurrection ritual, making him a target of the Dark God Barton's revenge.

"Someone brought out a piece of the Dark God's finger from the Abyssal Battlefield, and that's how your two friends died."

"Who was it?" Sitigai asked, his eyes wide.

Lin Zeyu walked over, adding, "We originally thought it was you."

"Why me? Couldn't it be someone else?" Sitigai was perplexed.

Lin Zeyu spread his hands, "Because we've checked all the empowered individuals who returned from the Dark God's burial ground, and you were the last one. Moreover, the two people you knew were drained of blood and flesh. Don't you think you're the most suspicious?"

Sitigai's face was filled with bewilderment, and he shook his head, "I truly don't know what's going on."

Chen Lianian and his disciple were also discussing the case, but it had reached a dead end.

Gao Zhiting proposed a new idea, "Is it possible that the person who brought out the Dark God's finger has already been killed by the Dark God?"

"The person who brought out the Dark God's finger is either Sucha or Wiseg, and after touching the finger, they were drained of blood and flesh by it."

This line of thought was a bit of a leap, but such a possibility did exist.

However, Lu Heng shook his head, dismissing the speculation, "It doesn't fit the Dark God's modus operandi. The Dark God Barton prefers to enslave followers to do his bidding.

"He could easily turn the empowered individual who brought out his finger into his minion, instead of draining him.

"If he needs to feed on blood and flesh, he can randomly choose any empowered individual he encounters on the road.

"The fact that he chose an empowered individual who returned from the Dark God's burial ground indicates that this is an act of revenge."

Chen Lianian, after listening to Lu Heng, gave him a scrutinizing look.

Due to the accuracy of this analysis, it closely aligns with his own.

With years of investigative experience, he can conduct criminal profiling based on behavioral characteristics, allowing him to reconstruct the psychological state of the perpetrator.

All intelligent beings exhibit logical behavior.

Even a Dark God will display psychological traits.

Take Dark God Barton, for instance, who chose to seek revenge on mutants due to the disruption of his resurrection ritual.

This is a logical behavior pattern that no intelligent being can escape.

Chen Lianian took out a cigarette, sniffed it, but didn't light it. Then he said, "I agree with this analysis. The deaths of the two mutants were indeed acts of revenge, and the person who took the Dark God's finger is still alive."

"But we've checked all the mutants who came out of the Dark God's graveyard," Lin Zeyu said, scratching his head in frustration. "I can't think of any other possibilities."

"Is it possible that there was another mutant who came out of the Dark God's graveyard, but wasn't on the record?" Gao Zhiting suggested another possibility.

The usually quiet Su Muyu spoke up, "It's unlikely. I've reviewed the records, and there were no omissions. Even if there was another mutant we didn't know about, they wouldn't have entered the Barton Temple or had access to the Dark God's finger."

Since preventing the Dark God's resurrection ritual was an optional challenge, it wasn't mandatory.

Therefore, it's possible that a mutant who hid elsewhere and didn't participate in the final battle could have survived.

However, such a mutant wouldn't have entered the Barton Temple and naturally wouldn't have had the opportunity to come into contact with the Dark God's finger.

Lu Heng took over the conversation, "Don't think too far. The target is definitely among the fifteen people in the records. We must have missed something when we investigated before."

At this point, Lu Heng turned to Chen Lianian and said, "Inspector Chen, I hope you can have someone check..."

Before Lu Heng could finish, Chen Lianian reached into his pocket for his phone, "Understood. Flight information."

He took out his phone and went to the balcony to make a call, asking the Iron Blood agents to check the flight information.

The reason for checking the flight information was simple.

There were fifteen people in the records, excluding Lu Heng and his three companions, nine were in the country, and three were in Siam.

Two of the three in Siam had already died, leaving only Sitigai.

Since Sitigai was right in front of them, he was essentially ruled out as a suspect.

That left the nine people in the country as the potential culprits.

For these nine people to appear in Siam and kill Sucha and Wiseg, they would have needed to take a flight.

With the Iron Blood's authority, checking flight information was straightforward.

Soon, Chen Lianian received a reply, "Checked. There's no flight information. None of the nine people in the country have purchased plane tickets in the past half month."

Lin Zeyu looked at Sitigai with a doubtful expression, "If the nine people in the country didn't leave the country, then it must be you."

"Why are you pointing at me again? I really didn't do it. Moreover, Wiseg and I were good brothers. I would never kill him." Sitigai hurriedly explained.

Lu Heng pondered for a moment, "Then there's only one possibility left. This person didn't use their own identity information to board the plane."

Chen Lianian also thought of this, "If that's the case, there's no way to trace them."

If this person used someone else's identity information, it would indeed be untraceable.

After all, they could use anyone's identity information, and it's easy to obtain it from random people they encounter.

As for using someone else's identity information to board a plane, it's even simpler. With the Dark God's abilities, dealing with airport security personnel is a piece of cake.

After careful consideration, Lu Heng turned to Chen Lianian and said, "Now there's only one way. Send your people to confirm the locations of the nine mutants in the country. Whoever is unaccounted for is the suspect."

After a pause, Lu Heng added, "First confirm the two with Lei Ming."

Lu Heng crouched down and began to recall the investigation of the two mutants with Lei Ming, thinking about what they might have overlooked.

This plan was the most direct and effective approach.

The fact that two people died in Siam indicated that the person who took the Dark God's finger was there.

Therefore, among the nine people in the country, whoever had suspicious movements was the suspect.

Chen Lianian contacted his team in the country, asking them to confirm the whereabouts of the nine mutants.

Half an hour later.

Chen Lianian received a reply but didn't immediately reveal the answer.

Lu Heng raised his head and looked at Chen Lianian, asking, "Is it Fei Zhijie?"

Chen Lianian narrowed his eyes, "It's him. The agents found his phone at his residence, but not him."

Upon hearing that it was Fei Zhijie, Gao Zhiting's face showed surprise, "That's not right. We tested his blood, and there were no issues. How could it be him?"

"Maybe we went too early, and he hadn't attached the Dark God's finger yet." Lu Heng finally understood what happened.

Due to the memories of rebirth, he started investigating the Dark God's finger very early.

But going too early caused them to miss the most crucial evidence.

"It's time to issue a wanted notice." Lu Heng reminded.

"A wanted notice has been issued. All airports in the country will receive it, and we'll be informed immediately if he appears in the surveillance footage." Chen Lianian replied.

(End of Chapter)

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