The Next Crime Warning

"Um?"

Seeing Fang Li suddenly staring at his phone screen without saying a word, Aria couldn't help but ask in confusion, "What's wrong?"

Fang Li didn't answer, but simply turned his phone towards Aria, making his phone screen visible to Aria.

The next second, the contents of an opened text message came into Aria's view.

"Beautiful fireworks will bloom on the ocean at night."

"For this grand event, I wonder if we could invite the famous detective's partner?"

"———— Armed Detective Killer".

"What...?!" Aria exclaimed in surprise.

Under these circumstances, Fang Li put away his phone and slowly spoke.

"Looks like this is the next crime warning."

"Aria, we have a job now."

Upon hearing this, the surprise on Aria's pretty face gradually turned into seriousness, and strong emotions welled up in her crimson eyes.

Undoubtedly, Fang Li and Aria's professional courses are no longer possible.

However, that's not a big deal.

Anyway, credits for major courses can be earned by completing commissioned tasks.

With Fang Li and Aria's levels, they can easily accumulate credits by accepting just a few high-difficulty quests.

Therefore, not being able to attend specialized classes simply means less training time for Fang Li and Aria.

Therefore, Fang Li and Aria embarked on their journey home.

On the street leading to the dormitory building, Aria followed in Fang Li's footsteps and asked, "Are we just going straight back to the dormitory like this?"

"What else can we do?" Fang Li replied directly, "Since the Armed Detective Killer dared to send a text message so openly, it proves that this person is confident that he won't give himself away because of this text message. Asking the Communications Department to help us track down the source of the message probably won't yield any results."

"The Equipment Department's procurement was completed yesterday, and the intelligence department probably can't help us much, since the clues are limited." Fang Li explained one by one, "In that case, we might as well do our own reasoning."

"Deduction..." Aria looked as if her Achilles' heel had been struck, and her head drooped slightly as she said dejectedly, "But deduction is the thing I'm worst at."

"So that's why you need me as your partner, isn't it?" Fang Li couldn't help but reach out and pat Aria's head, laughing, "Or do you think it's better to ask a high-ranking armed detective from the Detective Department? If that's the case, we can change our route, you know?"

"No need, I trust your abilities." Aria looked up at Fang Li, a cute smile spreading across her youthful face, and said, "Because you are my partner."

"Really?" Fang Li couldn't help but smile.

Immediately afterward, Aria realized that Fang Li was touching her Fang Li, and she immediately performed a rapid blushing technique, hurriedly dodging away, which made Fang Li smile again.

The two then returned to their room in the third boys' dormitory.

"Click..."

With a slight opening sound, the door was opened.

Fang Li and Aria walked into the room from outside and changed their shoes in the entryway.

After changing into slippers, Fang Li immediately went into the living room, threw his backpack on the sofa, and then sat down at the glass table and opened his laptop.

Aria, however, asked very directly, "What should we do now?"

"It's very simple." Fang Li turned on his computer and took out his phone, pulling up the text message sent by the Armed Detective Killer. He said, "First, we need to know the location of the Armed Detective Killer's crime."

"The crime scene?" Aria picked up her phone, staring at the text message, and murmured, "The message only mentioned the ocean, which means the crime scene was at sea?"

"But this is an artificial island, surrounded by the sea. We need to narrow down the search area first." Fang Li started working on the laptop keyboard and said to Aria, "Actually, the text message already explained it very clearly."

"The newsletter mentioned both the ocean and a feast, so naturally we would think of some kind of event held at sea."

"And since the Armed Detective Killer is a serial killer who tampers with vehicles, this activity must have been carried out on some kind of vehicle."

"The only means of transportation that can be used for activities at sea is undoubtedly a large oil tanker."

"Furthermore, the text message mentioned nighttime. We just need to check online to see if any large oil tankers are holding events at night recently. That will basically pinpoint the location of the Armed Detective Killer's crime, and if all goes well, we can even pinpoint the time of the crime."

"Is that so?" Aria said with some relief, "So that's why you chose to go straight back to the dormitory?"

"After all, this level of intelligence can be found with a simple online search. There's no need to spend money to have the intelligence and Detective Department help us." Fang Li skillfully typed on the keyboard and said, "Besides, the Armed Detective Killer mentioned in the text message that the person he invited was a famous detective partner. Since they've blatantly provoked us, we can't just sheepishly ask others for help, can we?"

"You're surprisingly childish," Aria said, turning her gaze to Fang Li's face and smiling happily. "But I don't dislike it."

"Oh?" Fang Li glanced at Aria and said with a half-smile, "So, can I take that as you like me a lot?"

"Like... like?!" Aria's face flushed instantly, and she gesticulated wildly, shouting, "No... no, that's not it! Liking... like what?! It has nothing to do with that!"

"Yes, yes, yes." Fang Li had gotten used to Aria's reactions and quickly grasped Aria rhythm.

Before long, Fang Li found the information he needed and stopped typing.

Aria glared at Fang Li with some anger, but then raised her eyes to look at the computer screen.

The webpage that opened above contained the following message.

"The large oil tanker Matia Haida is now fully completed and officially launched for business. The organizers will hold an opening ball on the tanker on April 18, and will invite major companies from the Gakuen Island to participate."

Upon seeing this message, Fang Li and Aria exchanged a glance.

"Aside from this opening ball, there won't be any similar events taking place for a while," Fang Li said. "Plus, the location is Gakuen Island, and we're the ones invited. Aria, what do you think?"

"Is there even a question?" Aria said without hesitation.

"That's it!"