The entire crime scene fell silent at once.
Mo Li and the others all stared at the plump clerk, seemingly waiting for his response.
"Ha ha ha!" With everyone's eyes fixed on him, the plump clerk suddenly burst out laughing. He pulled a packet of transparent powder from inside his jacket, his eyes turning bloodshot.
"I never imagined I'd run into a brilliant detective like you today. But I'm curious—how exactly did you know I had sep on me? Did you smell it?"
"No. Sep is colorless and odorless. What I relied on was your clothing." Jun Wangchen shook his head, pointing at the plump clerk's clothes as he spoke calmly.
"Wearing a jacket in this heat was suspicious enough. But what truly convinced me you were the murderer was seeing you move the boxes and bodies in the footage. In these high temperatures, with a jacket on, you worked under the sun for nearly twenty to thirty minutes without sweating. There's only one explanation—you had sep on you!"
At those words, everyone froze, then suddenly understood.
In such intense heat, the plump clerk had worn a jacket and even entered the heated Bathhouse. There was no way he could have remained completely free of sweat. Jun Wangchen had just explained that sep could effectively insulate against temperature, so the truth was not hard to deduce.
No one had expected the substance used to kill to become the most damning evidence of murder at the final moment!
The plump clerk also realized his mistake, and a bitter expression slowly crept over his face.
"Looks like I underestimated you. No wonder you can drive a luxury car like the Son of the Phantom in your early twenties. Your mind really is extraordinary."
As he spoke, the plump clerk peeled away the