"What happened next?" Lin Yuexiang continued to ask.
"Next..." Chen Ying's expression became a bit downcast and he replied, "On the fourth and fifth days after that, Brother Wang was still in that state, often in a trance, and the frequency of his trances became more and more frequent. In the following few days, he didn't come to work at all, which led to the supervisor firing him directly. After he was fired, my brothers and I on the production line called him many times. At first, he would make excuses to fob us off, but later, he just didn't answer the phone."
"We were really worried about Brother Wang, but we didn't know where his home was, so we could only be anxious..."
"I see..." Lin Yuexiang nodded and then asked the key question, "By the way, when Wang Yue mentioned that woman, did he say what she looked like?"
"What about her appearance?" After a little recollection, Chen Ying said, "He didn't say the specific appearance. He just kept emphasizing that the woman was extremely beautiful, so beautiful that even he, who had said he would never get married, had the urge to fawn over her immediately. However, Brother Wang did mention the clothes she was wearing at that time."
"Please tell us." Lin Yuexiang immediately sat up straight.
Chen Ying said, "It seemed to be a red dress and a pair of red high heels. Because very few people would wear all red, Brother Wang said he remembered it clearly."
"Oh! It's her!" Lei Ting, who was standing behind Lin Yuexiang, suddenly became excited, but then he was glared back by Lin Yuexiang with a sharp look.
"Sorry." Lei Ting lowered his head.
Seeing Lei Ting's reaction, Chen Ying asked in confusion, "Do you know that woman?"
"We saw her at the crime scene." Lin Yuexiang told the truth.
"She was at the crime scene?" Chen Ying stood up suddenly and his emotions became agitated.
"That woman must be up to something! Officer, you must find that woman!"
"Please calm down." Lin Yuexiang pressed down with both hands, signaling Chen Ying to sit down again.
"That woman is also our suspect. We will do our best to find her. So please continue to tell us what happened after Wang Yue met that woman."
"Okay." Chen Ying calmed down his emotions, sat down, and continued, "Brother Wang said that the woman chatted with him for a while, and then he was somehow taken to a hotel to open a room. He said that because he was drunk, he couldn't remember what they talked about. But it was strange that Brother Wang remembered the process and feeling of... um... 'sleeping' with her very clearly."
So he had sex with an ordinary person? How could it feel so fake? Oh right, it's highly likely that her ability is of the mental system, so it should be fake, Lei Ting thought to himself.
Chen Ying continued, "Then Brother Wang said that when he woke up, the woman had already left. At first, he also suspected that what happened last night was just a dream. So he went to the hotel front desk and confirmed that a woman had indeed brought him to open a room last night. Only then did he know that what happened last night was real. After that, Brother Wang didn't tell us anything more. But every time we asked, he would show a silly smile. And then..."
At this point, Chen Ying raised his head and looked at the white ceiling. The sadness in his eyes remained, and he let out a long sigh.
Lin Yuexiang stood up and extended his right hand to Chen Ying, saying, "Thank you for your cooperation. It's already very late today, so we won't take up any more of your time. You can go home now. If there is any progress in the case, we will notify you as soon as possible." "Okay." Chen Ying sat up straight, reached out to shake his hand, then also stood up and said, "I believe you will give us ordinary people an explanation, police officer."
After Chen Ying walked out of the room, Lin Yuexiang turned his head and looked at Lei Ting and Liu Wang who had been standing behind him and said, "Let's go. Next, we'll go and take a look at the hotel the deceased had been to. The information about his itinerary for the past month has been retrieved."
"Yes!"
...
The next day, in the morning.
Although "Soul Devourer" had received the "immunity from arrest token" recognized by the captain of the official superpowered individuals' organization in Shanglu City, which made Qicheng happy for a rare moment. But after the happiness, he fell into self-deprecation again because he clearly had a premonition but couldn't save the deceased, and he didn't sleep all night...
After a difficult night and having breakfast in the morning, Qicheng immediately walked out of his house, took out his phone, and called Lei Ting, eager to know the progress of the case.
"Hello, Lei Ting, how's the case going?"
On the other end of the phone, Lei Ting didn't answer immediately. Instead, he let out a long yawn.
"You didn't sleep well last night either?" Qicheng asked.
"It's not that I didn't sleep well..." Lei Ting's weak voice came through.
"I didn't sleep at all! Last night, we met one of the deceased's friends. Following the clues we got, we went to a hotel. Then we asked Liu Wang to use his ability to track, but the trail was lost. However, at least we've roughly figured out what the woman in the red dress's ability is."
"What is it?" Qicheng immediately focused his attention.
"Hypnosis, and it's area hypnosis." Lei Ting said, "Do you remember the projection we saw through Liu Wang's ability last night? The face of the woman in the red dress in it was covered by fog. Originally, we thought that the woman's own ability was special and could interfere with other people's superpowers. But later, in the surveillance video we saw in the hotel, there was still fog covering the woman's head.
"Based on this, our captain put forward a possibility that I think is the truth, that is, for those who directly saw the face of the woman in the red dress, the face they saw was false. The real face of the woman in the red dress has always been covered by fog. Through an ability similar to 'area hypnosis', she made everyone in this area enter a'mild hypnosis' state, making them see the face of the woman in the red dress covered by fog as a very beautiful face."
"She can hypnotize so many people without them realizing it? Doesn't that mean this woman is very powerful?" Qicheng asked with some trepidation.
"She is indeed very powerful. Our captain conservatively estimates that the woman is at least at the 'Change' realm, and it's most likely the 'Soaring' realm." Lei Ting answered truthfully. Considering that the other party might not understand the specific realm, he specially added:
"The realms from low to high are 'Initial', 'Quiet', 'Idling', 'Peeking', 'Heavenly Dao', 'Transcendence', 'Change', 'Soaring', 'Dominating', and 'Ultimate'. The first four realms are for low-level superpowered individuals, the 'Heavenly Dao' realm is for intermediate-level superpowered individuals, and the last five realms are for high-level superpowered individuals. And every high-level superpowered individual is a very terrifying figure. Oh, the captain is calling me. I have to hang up."
After saying this, Lei Ting hung up the phone before Qicheng could reply.
"A high-level superpowered individual four realms higher than me. It seems to be someone I can't afford to mess with at all..." Qicheng put away his phone while talking to himself, and began to think about what else he needed to do when he went out besides making sure his parents couldn't hear his call to Lei Ting.
After thinking for a long time without getting a result, he finally decided to go and take a look near the crime scene from last night.