Order, Paper Kite

"The Demon Hunter Kres... I didn't know there was such a thing."

Lin Yu sighed.

If one could use certain supernatural powers without using any [Item], and it even happened to be of the "Curse Technique" type...

Objectively speaking, this person is indeed the most suspicious.

Regardless of motive, it was simply a matter of "having sufficient ability".

Fu Luo clearly thought so too.

"Even if he didn't do it, he's probably still involved."

Lin Yu nodded, then looked at Li Hua.

"So, have you finished asking all the questions about Captain Good Night..."

Li Hua nodded. "Is there anything you want to ask me?"

"Of course, as you mentioned in your introduction, although 'Paper Kite' belongs to our 'Order,' the exact words you used in the introduction were 'but the suspicion is definitely not small'... Although it included two members of the 'Hunter Society,' the fact that you specifically emphasized 'Paper Kite' makes it hard for me to ignore."

"Based on my observation of you, Comrade Li Hua... you are a very meticulous person, and besides, 'Paper Kite' is ultimately 'Order.' When you say that he is also quite suspicious, to some extent you have already found evidence against him, haven't you?"

Li Hua sighed.

"Yes..."

He looked Lin Yu up and down, and said with some emotion, "At first, I had some doubts when Sherlock suggested that we transfer you here specifically, after all, I had only witnessed your other abilities before, but now it seems... your puzzle-solving skills are indeed no less than those of guys who are 'Detective' by Profession."

"Your keen sense of smell alone is already comparable to the abilities of a 'Detective'."

Upon hearing this, Fu Luo, who was standing nearby, quickly interjected, "Actually, I noticed it too, I just didn't ask!"

But nobody cared.

Lin Yu looked at Li Hua and spoke.

"So... what's wrong with the Paper Kite?"

"Until a month ago, he was Inspector in the East China Region. Last month, an investigation revealed that he had been actively assassinating 'Player.' There are currently nine known victims. I went through special channels to urgently report this to Headquarters, and then he was demoted."

"He has been removed from his position Inspector of the East China Region, and is temporarily serving Detachment Captain in Chengcheng."

Li Hua adjusted his Tortoiseshell-Frame Glasses and said this.

Good Night frowned. "Xi Ba, the reason Paper Kite was demoted was because of murder... Wait, that's not right. If he killed nine people against the rules, why was he only demoted?"

"Because everyone he killed deserved to die," Li Hua sighed. "From the Southwest to North China, the victims were all 'Player' who hadn't been removed from the forum, and some even had good reputations. They were either mid-level members of various local organizations or independent players with decent reputations."

"However, after we investigated each of the deceased, we found that they had all committed despicable acts. They either used their abilities to secretly seek personal gain and harm ordinary people, or they had sabotaged non-combat Instance."

"And he did it brilliantly. If he hadn't made his move in East China District and hadn't been so unlucky as to run into me going to see him, this would never have been discovered."

Good Night was quite surprised. "Xi Ba, is he Batman? The Dark Knight?"

"Batman doesn't kill people."

Lin Yu suddenly spoke up to remind him.

"Don't worry about such details," Good Night waved his hand, "But... if he is the murderer who killed Carrot, are you saying that Grandpa Radish isn't the good person the rumors say he is?"

Fu Luo stroked his chin. "That shouldn't be the case. I feel like this old man shouldn't have any dark past or hypocritical side..."

Lin Yu nodded in agreement.

Judging from his interactions with the Carrot, even if the Carrot is an act, it's probably the kind of act he'll keep for life.

A wise person judges actions, not intentions.

Li Hua slowly began, "I don't think there's anything wrong with the Carrot either, so my suspicion isn't about the Carrot, but about the 'Paper Kite' itself."

"The establishment of 'Order,' or rather, the organization that the 'General' personally created, seems somewhat bloated to the 'Player community.' The reason for such a complex organizational structure is that there are exceptionally powerful 'Super Individual' among the Player."

"Whether it's justice or evil, altruism or selfishness, without the constraints of 'Order,' such people acting on their own ideologies will inevitably lead to chaos—we call it 'Order' and not 'justice' precisely because our enemy is never evil, but chaos."

"He's just a person—even if he didn't make a mistake nine times before, I wouldn't be surprised if he did this time."

"Moreover, even if 'Paper Kite' himself believes he's doing good, his Individual Heroism motives might be questionable."

As Li Hua spoke, the other three realized what was happening.

"Xi Ba, you mean... he might just enjoy killing?"

"Even though they were killing guilty people, maybe it was just to 'convince themselves,' right?"

Fu Luo also spoke in a deep voice.

"There's a relatively simple and quick way to determine... how were those victims killed?"

"Are there any commonalities among the corpses, or any signs of deliberately inflicting suffering?"

Li Hua sighed, "Well, you've really hit the nail on the head... Of the nine dead so far, six were shot by him—not for the sake of efficiency, but clearly after the victims were incapacitated, he used Close-range Shooting carry out an 'execution'-like killing—and of these six cases, four were shot into the left eye socket."

Upon hearing Li Hua's introduction, Fu Luo spoke coldly:

"The current situation of this Paper Kite is very similar to a case I saw before..."

Li Hua looked at Fu Luo: "Are you talking about that 'executioner' who disappeared without a trace?"

Fu Luo nodded.

Lin Yu was slightly surprised to hear a familiar name.

"The executioner"...

Isn't that Brother Wang's girlfriend from the "Freedom Alliance" that we met in the train story before?

He's not exactly missing now, but rather just hanging around in the "Psychology Society"—something Fu Luo knows.

However, Lin Yu looked at Fu Luo, who did not correct Li Hua's statement, but simply continued the conversation.

"Then he is indeed a suspect... If we don't analyze him according to the 'Order' members, but rather according to the psychology of a 'serial killer,' then Carrot fits the criteria of his 'victim'—a well-known 'good person.'"

"His modus operandi differed from before, but he didn't use the same explanation every time, which shows that although he had ambitions, he wasn't obsessive."

Lin Yu pondered for a moment before speaking, "So, the two people we're going to interrogate next, one has the ability, and the other has a criminal record... Add to that the two who had a grudge against Carrot, this is going to be interesting."

Lin Yu originally thought that although all eight people were suspects, some of them were just there to make up the numbers.

Now it seems...

It's not entirely unfair that anyone is suspected!