"We have already searched her home. Miraculously, she has no computer, no phone, or even decent electronic equipment." Chloe immediately reported the situation to Kai after returning from Vivian's house.

"Thanks, Chloe. Then it's you next, Barry."

Kai said to a shy boy behind Chloe.

Barry was the unlucky guy who was struck by lightning. Or maybe he was lucky. After the kid woke up, he actually awakened a very, very powerful ability. Kai called it the Speed ​​Force. He became very, very fast.

He can run at supersonic speeds, and his top speed can be close to the speed of light. Although he was not able to make good use of this ability at first, his reaction speed could not keep up with his own movement speed.

That is the kind of situation where the brain cannot keep up with the body.

However, with the help of Dr. Harrison Wells and using the particle acceleration channel as a training ground, he was finally able to control this power. At least he would not accidentally hit the wall. According to Dr. Harrison Wells

His research, the application of the Speed ​​Force is definitely not limited to this. He has now focused his research on Barry, hoping to maximize Barry's terrifying power.

But before that, Barry must go out to work. After all, no matter how powerful the Speed ​​Force is, Barry still has to eat.

As a result, Barry became a professional forensic expert at the West District Police Department. This was Kai's initiative. Barry was no longer an ordinary person, and Kai didn't trust him, so he put him under his nose.

Barry was not too repelled by this arrangement. He knew very well why Kai did this. After all, he was also a policeman, so he had no special thoughts about it. He had never thought about using his ability to commit crimes.

On the contrary, he has always hoped to make better use of his abilities and help others better.

I have to say, this guy is really gentle.

"Very, very clean!" Barry said.

"What?" Kai narrowed his eyes and looked at Barry. He didn't like to make witty remarks while working, especially in a position like the forensics department that requires extremely high professionalism. When reporting, he must be accurate.

Barry immediately became nervous. To be honest, he didn't know why he was so afraid of Kai. But every time Kai looked at him, he felt inexplicably nervous.

"I mean, the victim's house was impossibly clean, no fingerprints, no hair, no sign of anyone even moving in the room! That house was unusually clean," Barry added.

Kai's expression remained unchanged and he curled his lips: "The NSA's style leaves no trace at all."

Barry still just learned that this case was related to the NSA: "National Security Agency?"

Kai nodded. This child has been locked up in the Star Laboratory for too long and is a bit out of touch with society, so he hasn't even eaten the recent big melons.

"Yep!" Kai nodded. Then he ignored the stunned Barry and looked at Chloe: "Are the victims' families here?"

"Here comes her husband. He's in the conference room."

"OK, let's go talk to him."

…

"I'm sorry to keep you waiting, Mr. Aubrey. I'm Kay Wayne from the Major Crime Squad, and I'm in charge of your wife's case." Kay looked at the sturdy man in front of him, Jack Aubrey, holding the information.

, like her wife Vivian, are reporters, but unlike Vivian, he is a sports reporter. He is a team reporter for the NFL's Los Angeles Rams.

"It's okay." Aubrey looked a little depressed, but seemed not surprised by his wife's death.

Kay noticed this: "Mr. Aubrey, you don't seem to be very surprised by your wife's death?"

Aubrey did not deny: "After Vivian made those reports, I had a premonition of this outcome. You know, after all, she exposed the world's largest intelligence agency. I tried to persuade her, but she didn't listen.

.”

Kai nodded and did not comment on Aubrey's words. Instead, he continued to ask: "When was the last time you saw Vivian?"

"A month ago."

"A month? Aren't you a couple?" Although Kai's first suspected target is still the NSA, this does not mean that it is impossible for others to kill Vivian.

"We have been having a cold war for nearly half a year. Divorce is just a formality, but we are both so busy that we have never had time to go through this last formality." It's not like Aubrey didn't hear Kai's suspicion.

, but he didn't really care. Firstly, he really didn't feel guilty. He knew that he was not the murderer. Secondly, he also wanted to know who killed his wife. Although their marriage was broken up, they did not

It doesn't mean that the relationship between them has really disappeared.

"Well... our information does not include this item." Kai flipped through the information and found that this was not noted in the information.

"That's something we've never made public. We're both so busy. I travel with the team every season and she does the same. It's a miracle that we get to spend one month a year together. In fact, if it weren't for us

We all wear wedding rings, so many people think we are single." Aubrey said with a shrug.

"Is this the reason for your divorce?"

"Not really. We have big differences."

"Can I ask what those differences are?"

Aubrey understood that this was to assess whether he had any motive to kill Vivian. So he chose to tell the whole truth. After all, it was not shameful. "A lot, such as our lifestyle, I like sports and rugby. In fact, I

She is doing well in this industry, but Vivian... she feels that sports reporters are not reporters, and are at most a little better than entertainment reporters."

Journalists are also divided into three, six, and nine grades. The most respected ones are naturally those who criticize current affairs and have access to the White House. They are basically the top reporters. The ones who can make a fortune after retiring and publishing a memoir. The next ones are

Investigative reporters specialize in exposing various scandals. Generally speaking, this kind of reporter can easily become a hero. Even after they retire, they can publish memoirs.

Then there are the social news reporters. This type of reporter is the most common. There is absolutely no market for their memoirs.

Next are the sports reporters, and at the bottom are the so-called paparazzi.

"There is also the lifestyle. Vivian is like a young lady who likes the best in everything. And I...well, I am more casual. Of course, there is also the matter of exposing the National Security Bureau. This happened between us.

Over the quarrel.”

"for what?"

"I think she has gone crazy. Expose the NSA? Of course, these shady guys deserve to be exposed, but those agents who serve the country? They should not be implicated because of this matter. This is betrayal!"

"you're a soldier?"

"SEAL Team 10."

That's not surprising. Soldiers don't necessarily like those in power, but they still have some sympathy for those who serve the country.

"Do you know anything strange about Vivian recently?"

"Haha, that's a lot. Ever since she started reporting on the NSA, she has become very mysterious. But she never explained to me what she was doing. I just overheard one

Codenamed "American", all her information came from him. If anyone knows best, who actually killed Vivian, maybe he knows best."

"Do you know anything about this 'American'?"

"Vivian is very careful. No one knows anything about The Americans except her. Of course, you can ask her editor. Maybe they will know more than me."

"One last question."

"What?"

"Does Vivian have a lover outside?" Because when Barry and the others were doing an autopsy on Vivian, the forensic doctor from the forensics department found the remains of a man's gadget in Vivian's private parts, which meant that Vivian was dying.

You may have had sex with someone before, but whether it was voluntary or not requires subsequent evidence to prove.

"Maybe, maybe not... it doesn't matter anymore. I can tell you clearly that Vivian's death has nothing to do with me. Our relationship has been over a long time ago. Even a year ago, we

The property division has been completed. Even if Vivian dies, I will not share a penny more. She has a will. After her death, all her property will be donated. And I am also looking for others outside.

It is impossible for women to kill for love."

"If you still need my alibi or something like that, I will try my best to cooperate. I will send you all my itinerary after I go back. Now...any questions?"

"No, thank you for your cooperation."

Kai actually likes witnesses/suspects like Aubrey. They don't think about random things or say anything, which helps improve efficiency.

Afterwards, Kai talked with the editor-in-chief and colleagues of the newspaper where Vivian worked. Not surprisingly, almost immediately, these people regarded the NSA as the first suspect.

Kai thought so at first, but now Kai feels that... the NSA's suspicion has become smaller.

The reason is simple. They are an intelligence agency. At this juncture, they have to keep a low profile. Killing Vivian will only make them the biggest suspects, and they cannot be washed away. Just look at everyone's reaction.

If it was really the NSA that did it, then this is a very unsmart thing to do.

Although Kai thinks the NSA is incompetent, he doesn't think these people are retarded.

But in the afternoon, Barry's discovery made Kai change his mind again.

"She had multiple fractures all over her body, especially her head and face, and we also found a lot of blood accumulation on the remaining tissue, which means that those parts had been hit. In addition, the way she was killed was extremely professional.

, and given that there are no defensive wounds on her arms and palms... we can speculate that she..."

"Torture." Kai answered directly.

Barry obviously didn't expect Kai to know, so he was a little stunned.

"good."

"Well, I'm familiar with this." Kai also did this kind of work when he was in the army. Kai took the information and looked at the report above carefully, and suddenly discovered a problem: "Yin Chui Si Ting."

"What?" Barry asked.

"The perpetrator didn't seem to have any intention of killing her."

"How could it be?" Barry obviously believed that the person who tortured Vivian was the murderer.

"Listen, kid. I've done torture before, and I know how to do this." Kai patted the information and said, "It can only be regarded as a very basic form of torture, and it won't leave any subsequent effects. It's just skin and flesh at most."

The person who tortured her was very measured."

"But she died in the end." Barry, like most American youths, is full of resistance to the government and authority. They don't like the government and their minions very much. This is why many college students are unwilling to become police officers.
To be continued...