Chapter 145 123: The Marvelous Use of [Skin Painting Technique]

November 10th.

Xu Huo and the others returned to Zhaozhou City, breathing in the fresh air as they stood on its soil.

At the same time, they completed a series of procedures for Sun Yang, arranging for his body to be transported from the plane to Zhaozhou City.

After getting off the plane, none of them looked happy.

Even the usually carefree Chao Zi was somber. He followed the body without a word.

The group returned to the Criminal Investigation Division to make arrangements.

"Xiao Li, go get Cheng Yang..."

Li Jianye started to give the order, but before Xiao Li could move, Xu Huo's voice stopped him.

"Wait."

Xu Huo spoke up, stopping the Police Officer who had returned with them.

"What's wrong?" Li Jianye frowned.

"Advisor Xu, do you have any other instructions?"

Police Officer Xiao Li asked. He was holding in a breath of frustration, an internal urge pushing him to carry out Li Jianye's order.

"A summons. A summons is enough."

Xu Huo said lightly.

"A summons?" Li Jianye's brow furrowed. "He'll be on his guard!"

"According to standard procedure, a summons is the next step."

Xu Huo paused. His expression was blank as he looked at Li Jianye, making it impossible to read his thoughts.

"But if he makes preparations..."

Li Jianye's voice was low.

"The police haven't found much recent information, but what we've dug up about his early rise to fortune is more than enough to arrest him, take him to court, and get a death sentence!"

"Is the information that significant?"

Xu Huo paused.

Li Jianye nodded. "Your clearance is very high."

"So, if it's a summons and not an immediate arrest..."

He paused, his expression turning incredibly serious.

"He might do something desperate!"

With so much information being investigated over more than ten days, it was impossible for the target not to have noticed something.

And once he noticed, even a quick look would tell him that someone had found his fatal weakness!

At a time like this, if they were to issue a summons...

The target's resistance would be anything but ordinary.

After all.

The police station.

It's easy to get in, but getting out...

That's the hard part.

"Alright, then. When we serve the summons, throw this information in his face."

Xu Huo nodded, saying something that made Li Jianye's heart skip a beat.

"Throw... throw it in his face?"

Police Officer Xiao Li was also stunned.

"No, you can't! This information is enough to be his death warrant. After seeing it, there's no way he'll come back to the station with us..."

"Follow the procedure!"

Xu Huo's resolute voice cut him off.

"But..." Li Jianye's brows knitted together.

"I am issuing this order in my capacity as the Special Advisor to the Criminal Investigation Team of the Capital City's Special Division Five: lay out the information and deliver it with the summons!"

"Follow the procedure!"

There was a subtle shift in Xu Huo's aura. Li Jianye's expression flickered, but in the end, he didn't argue back.

He shot a look at Xiao Li.

"Go."

"Huh?" Xiao Li was at a loss.

"Follow the procedure."

Li Jianye grunted. "When Cheng Yang escapes, we'll see how you clean up this mess..."

With that, Li Jianye took a deep breath and walked back into the station, muttering curses under his breath.

He was getting angry.

A police summons was standard procedure, but they also had the option of not issuing one and conducting a 'surprise raid' instead.

This approach usually prevented the culprit from escaping.

The police had arrested people with special status before. If they didn't act decisively, the suspect would most likely escape.

And where would they run?

Abroad!

Some smaller countries are a Heaven for the rich. As long as they have money, many places are willing to offer them sanctuary. In other words, once they're on a plane, their worries are basically over.

These types always had preparations in place; even a surprise police raid wasn't guaranteed to catch them.

Let alone following procedure and summoning them...

Who knows... it might even lead to a direct conflict!

"Aren't you coming to help with the funeral arrangements?"

"We can grab a bite to eat, too."

Xu Huo called out to Li Jianye's retreating back.

Sun Yang was dead, but a funeral still needed to be arranged. Although it wouldn't be held right away, the police were on a tight schedule, so it was better to prepare in advance.

"Damn it! I'm too full of anger from you to eat!"

Li Jianye paused, then turned back around, still muttering curses.

"You may not want to catch him, but I do!"

Xu Huo paid his words no mind.

"Just following procedure."

Xu Huo offered a few words of comfort. He had set the summons for the following evening, so they had plenty of time to eat.

Li Jianye grunted but said nothing more.

The two of them walked in silence toward the place where the bodies were being kept.

Sun Yang's body was at the funeral home. His services, along with those for Liu Wen and Liu Bo, had been entrusted to them.

At two in the afternoon, Xu Huo stepped into the place once more.

Inside the morgue, three autopsy tables were placed side by side, with three bodies lying on them.

The bodies of Liu Bo and Liu Wen still looked peaceful. The Funeral Attendant had treated Liu Bo's wounds and done extensive work on his face.

The Funeral Attendant's cosmetic skills were excellent, but not as good as Xu Huo's.

Xu Huo looked at Sun Yang's disfigured face and then at the Funeral Attendant, who was pondering how to handle it. He waved a hand, motioning the man aside.

Then, he reached out and began using the attendant's makeup kit.

[Skin Painting Technique!]

As he recalled the face from Sun Yang's photograph in his mind, the disfigured, burnt visage gradually began to take on a different color.

The Funeral Attendant was amazed. As he watched, his amazement turned to shock.

Before long...

A face, completely identical to the old photographs, appeared before them.

"Is this... Sun Yang!?"

Li Jianye stared, dumbfounded, at the peaceful, smiling, and utterly flawless body before him.

There wasn't a single trace of the burns...