rpbooks Chapter 335 - 288: Pursuit (2)
Chapter 335 - 288: Pursuit (2)
Fan Yuanhai carefully read through Duan Rong’s dossier before putting it aside.
He then looked at another document. It contained detailed investigation reports on members of the Whale Tiger Gang. Previously, he had collaborated with Jie Daohan to investigate the Corpse Rot Poison, and he had personally interrogated the evil doctor Shen Ping in the County Government Office’s Death Prison.
Fan Yuanhai looked at the document at the opened section, and his brows furrowed tightly.
"Kong Bin... Zhang Zheng... Yuan Shun Escort Agency... Servant Disciple...?"
"What kind of nonsense is this?!" Fan Yuanhai irritably set the document aside.
The document at the bottom of the pile contained the autopsy report and the closing case document for Jie Lei and Xu Ruhu. Fan Yuanhai was already very familiar with these and just glanced at them before moving on.
Fan Yuanhai looked at the four documents on the table, his eyes flickering.
These four documents were the ones Jie Daohan reviewed before his departure, and three of them were related to Jie Lei and Xu Ruhu’s case.
Whether it was the autopsy report, the closing case document, or the detailed investigation of the Whale Tiger Gang members, they were all deeply connected to Jie Lei and Xu Ruhu’s case.
Evidently, Jie Daohan had been investigating Jie Lei and Xu Ruhu’s case before his death, and he likely discovered something that prompted him to take action.
"Jie Daohan, what exactly did you find?"
Fan Yuanhai stood up and began pacing in front of the table!
Three of the documents were related to Jie Lei and Xu Ruhu’s case, making the examination resource of the Talent Selection Conference applicants, which was placed on top, particularly noticeable.
Why did Jie Daohan want to look at the examination resources of the applicants?
Fan Yuanhai picked up that document again, looking at the opened page. "Duan Rong? Yuan Shun Escort Agency?"
In an instant, Fan Yuanhai connected several threads together like a spark of lightning.
Did Jie Daohan suddenly start reviewing these after the Talent Selection Conference? What happened at the conference that could have provoked Jie Daohan?
Fan Yuanhai recalled that Duan Rong caught three rapidly shooting flying sabers with a single swift motion on stage!
Being able to catch three flying sabers so skillfully out of nowhere clearly demonstrated Duan Rong’s expertise with hidden weapons! Perhaps it was from that moment Jie Daohan began suspecting Duan Rong!
And the Yuan Shun Escort Agency? Fan Yuanhai suddenly pieced together information from the two documents he had previously read!
Duan Rong and Kong Bin, Zhang Zheng entered Yuan Shun Escort Agency as servant disciples together, and Kong Bin and Zhang Zheng were the offspring of major members of the Whale Tiger Gang!
Virtually all the clues intersected at Duan Rong!
Fan Yuanhai once again took Duan Rong’s examination dossier, scrutinizing it line by line.
He discovered that Duan Rong only joined Yuan Shun Escort Agency last year, and before that, he hadn’t practiced martial arts at all!
Yet in merely a year, he achieved the Great Success Realm! Such cultivation speed is nothing short of monstrous!
Fan Yuanhai calculated the timeline and realized that during Jie Lei and Xu Ruhu’s case, Duan Rong possibly already reached the Second Level of the Inner Breath Realm!
In other words, at that time, Duan Rong had the capability to commit the crime!
But even if Jie Lei and Xu Ruhu’s case was Duan Rong’s doing, how did he kill Jie Daohan, a True Qi Realm powerhouse?
This contradiction remained unresolved, and the reasoning was once again stuck in a dead end.
Fan Yuanhai again focused on Duan Rong’s detailed information, this time his gaze lingered on the three words Wutong Lane.
Wutong Lane was where Duan Rong’s dilapidated old house was located, as well as the place where he grew up.
Fan Yuanhai suddenly felt a twitch between his eyebrows. He recalled that earlier, when Zhu Baogui had rushed in with a knife, he mentioned Yang Zhen’s home was also in Wutong Lane.
Yang Zhen and Duan Rong could have known each other since childhood! They were childhood friends!
People in this world rarely moved once settled!
But Yang Zhen was also Jie Daohan’s trusted aide!
What if the two of them conspired together to kill Jie Daohan?
Fan Yuanhai pondered repeatedly, and the more he thought about it, the more plausible it seemed.
Fan Yuanhai made this conjecture because his line of reasoning had fallen into a deadlock.
Duan Rong suppressed his strength; by the time he encountered Jie Daohan, he had already reached the Great Perfection Realm.
But even if Duan Rong achieved the Great Perfection Realm and mastered the Plum Blossom Needle technique, along with the First Grade Red toxin left by Shen Ping.
Even with all these combined, Duan Rong still couldn’t have killed Jie Daohan.
As Shen Yanliu and Fan Yuanhai concluded, the gap at such a high realm is like an insurmountable chasm!
Duan Rong was ultimately able to kill Jie Daohan because of the Divine Soul Technique from the Fetal Concealment Scripture!
If it weren’t for the ability to explore with Divine Sense, he couldn’t have immediately detected Jie Daohan’s tracking, then strategically used the Bone Shrinking Technique to ambush and blind Jie Daohan, gaining the upper hand!
Even then, Duan Rong still couldn’t kill Jie Daohan, forcing him to use Divine Soul Wave for a second time, finally shooting a Plum Blossom Needle dipped in First Grade Red deep into Jie Daohan’s throat, thus ending his life.
Even with all his skills, without the Divine Soul Wave to shake Jie Daohan’s divine soul, creating a brief window of unawareness, Duan Rong couldn’t have succeeded.
The capabilities of the Divine Soul Technique from the Fetal Concealment Scripture were unknown to Shen Yanliu and Fan Yuanhai.
Each person can only comprehend things within their own scope of understanding. This limitation is difficult to break!
Although Fan Yuanhai couldn’t overcome his cognitive limitations, his intuition was precise. Relying on it, he stumbled upon the answer!