Although I'd previously thought these people had brought it on themselves, seeing the horrifying data firsthand still stirred a little sympathy in me.
With help from the police, Li Xingfang had managed to gather this information in a short time, and it amounted to a table like this. That was already very efficient; it was only possible to do it so quickly in an age when data was interconnected on such a massive scale.
But this information wouldn't include any clues related to the supernatural. Unless we asked the people involved, we'd never know what they had done or how they had provoked the Green-Faced Ghost.
There were contact details for so many people on the list, and many of them weren't in People's Celebration City. They'd probably gone their separate ways after graduation.
That would make investigating them rather difficult.
And it was quite possible that, among those who'd harbored ill intentions, Wu Mingle was the only one still alive. The names of the others had already been marked in red.
Li Xingfang was a veteran detective. His investigative skills were obviously far superior to mine.
After sending me the file, he didn't ask me to do anything. He only said he'd let me know if he found any more leads.
I found that a little strange.
The Thin Man glanced over it and said, "Is he playing the long game to catch a bigger fish?"
"Is that really necessary?" I asked, then shook my head.
Chen Xiaoqiu said, "He was the one who asked you for help in the first place. It's perfectly normal for him to update you and ask for your help again if he needs it."
What Chen Xiaoqiu said made sense.
But I still felt that something was off about Li Xingfang.
Maybe it