After reporting the case, Qicheng arrived rather late.
When he saw Wang Yue's horribly dead body on the cement ground, his legs went weak and he fell to the ground.
Two tears streamed down. Qicheng quickly covered his eyes with his right hand, but he couldn't stop the sobs from coming out.
He hated himself. He clearly had a premonition, but he couldn't save Wang Yue. Clearly having a premonition, he was preoccupied with the idea that it was caused by "Soul Devourer" and ignored Wang Yue.
Lei Ting stepped forward, patted Qicheng on the shoulder and comforted him, saying:
"This isn't your fault. Premonitions are rather illusory. Moreover, Wang Yue's death was clearly man-made, and it's almost certain that it was done by a superpowered individual. So even if we had been protecting him secretly, there was still a high probability that he would die."
"Why?" Qicheng's voice trembled as he spoke.
"Why?" Lei Ting looked back at Wang Yue's body and explained:
"If you're asking why I'm sure Wang Yue was murdered, it's simple. Even if someone jumps off a building and lands on their head, their skull wouldn't shatter like this. So I guess someone placed something like a miniature bomb on his head before he jumped, ensuring that Wang Yue would die."
"If you're asking why I'm sure it was done by a superpowered individual, that's also simple. When we just started running towards this place, Liu Wang's and my captain, the one who flew past in the air, was attacked by other superpowered individuals and fell directly from the mid-air. That's why Wang Yue managed to fall to his death. Otherwise, the captain would have had a great chance of saving him. Of course, we didn't consider that miniature bomb here."
Having said this, Lei Ting paused for a moment and then said, "Finally, I want to apologize to you. I'm sorry."
With these words, Lei Ting bowed deeply to Qicheng and said:
"Actually, when we were still in the park, Liu Wang decided to report the matter of that extraordinary cat to the captain, and you didn't want to. When you snatched his phone, I know you might have trusted me, after all, we've been brothers for so many years. But I'm sorry, I betrayed your trust. I secretly told the captain about the cat, and after that, the captain has been secretly following us. Really, I'm so sorry."
After saying this, Lei Ting bowed again.
Just as Lei Ting was quietly waiting for Qicheng's response to his apology, the latter suddenly stopped crying, stood up abruptly, and his gaze quickly swept across the scene over and over again.
"There's none. There can't be none! How could there be none?" Qicheng murmured in disbelief.
"Qicheng, what's not there?" Lei Ting looked at Qicheng, who looked anxious, and asked in confusion.
"The soul!" Qicheng almost screamed it out. But he seemed to quickly realize that he couldn't shout too loudly, so he immediately lowered his voice, "Wang Yue's soul! After a person dies, their soul will linger near the body for a while. Many people who just died that I've seen were like this. But where is his soul?"
"The soul disappearing? Does this mean that the one who killed Wang Yue was a superpowered individual with abilities related to the soul?" Lei Ting thought to himself.
"Most likely so." It was Lin Yuexiang who answered.
"To make the soul of the deceased disappear, either the soul disappeared the moment he died, or his soul was no longer in his body before he died. If it's the former, it could also be done by other superpowered individuals. I know a spatial superpowered individual who can do this through spatial transfer. If it's the latter, the only ones who can directly affect the soul are superpowered individuals with the same type of superpowers. And nearby, there is indeed another superpowered individual with soul-related abilities..."
"Soul Devourer..." Qicheng whispered its name.
...After a while, on the rooftop of the residential building.
Liu Wang, who had recovered some of his "spiritual power", stood behind the fence and bent down to touch the floor.
Past images flooded his mind. Liu Wang first furrowed his brows, then his eyes widened, and his mouth opened in an "O" shape.
"What did you see?" Lin Yuexiang saw that Liu Wang's expression changed so much in a short time and guessed that there must be an important clue on this rooftop.
"Wait a moment. Let me take a look at the others." Liu Wang raised his hand to signal for a moment. Then he stood up and touched another floor tile ten meters away. After a while, he stood up again. After repeating this seven or eight times, he nodded slightly and said:
"I'm done looking. How should I put it... There's a lot of information. You guys take a look."
After saying this, Liu Wang raised his right hand, moved his fingers in the air a few times, and then waved his hand. A projected image appeared in front of everyone.
This projected image was much larger in scope compared to the previous ones. It was no longer limited to a space of two or three meters around individual objects, but covered a large space of about thirty meters.
This was a new usage of his ability that Liu Wang had explored on his own, which he named the "Projection Stitching Method". As the name suggests, it was to stitch together several different projections, allowing the people around him to see the overall image at one time, thus saving some time and making the visual experience of the projection better.
The projection started to play. The time was two minutes before Wang Yue fell off the building...
In the image, Wang Yue held a cigarette in his hand, with his elbow resting on the rusty and shaky iron fence. His eyes were unfocused as he stared into the distance.
"Huff." He took a last puff of the cigarette, exhaled the last smoke ring, and threw the cigarette butt downstairs.
"Meow!" A sharp cat's cry sounded. The Taiji cat "Soul Devourer" appeared more than ten meters away from Wang Yue, the "Rat", and meowed with an unclear meaning.
"A cat? Get lost. I can barely support myself now. Where do I have the spare money to feed you?" Wang Yue said while kicking the Taiji cat twice lightly, but the cat dodged each time.
"Meow!" Even though Wang Yue kicked it twice, "Soul Devourer" still meowed at him. But this time, it arched its body and its fur stood on end.
"Yo, you want to catch me?" Wang Yue looked at "Soul Devourer" with some interest, as if mocking the cat's overconfidence.
Suddenly, "Soul Devourer" rushed forward and pounced in Wang Yue's direction. At that moment, Wang Yue's pupils suddenly constricted, and his body went weak, but he quickly recovered.
However, after recovering, Wang Yue turned his head and looked outside the rooftop.
The corners of his mouth curled up, and he showed a strange smile. He took out a small iron block the size of a thumbtack from his pocket, pressed it against his head, and then quickly climbed over the fence.
At this moment, "Soul Devourer" arrived, and there was a slight fluctuation in the air around it.
But the next second, the fluctuation in the air disappeared, and Wang Yue successfully climbed over the fence and fell downstairs.
At the same time, a soft and melodious female voice suddenly came from outside the projection:
"I can't disturb the drama, little cat..."