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Captain Lu sighed and said, "I knew it wasn't suicide! But the problem is, we can't find any evidence of homicide. There are no signs of a struggle, no suspicious injuries, and with the witness testimonies... it's just a dead end!"
Lin Mingchang pondered for a moment before turning to Captain Lu and asking, "Captain Lu, could we take a look at the deceased's body? Some clues can only be discovered through direct examination."
Lu Wei hesitated, glancing around before lowering his voice. "According to regulations, outsiders aren't allowed to view the body. However, considering the special nature of this case and your professional capabilities... let's keep it low-key and head to the Mortuary. Just say you're special consultants from the Police Station."
After checking around upstairs and downstairs for a while longer, the three of them made their way down the winding path of Snake Mountain.
Shen Tong couldn't shake the feeling that they were being watched. She discreetly scanned their surroundings but found no suspicious figures or presence.
"Captain Lu, is the Mortuary far from here?" Lin Mingchang asked.
"It's a bit of a distance," Captain Lu replied. "The body is currently at Pu Ai Hospital; it will take at least half an hour to get there."
The Mortuary at Pu Ai Hospital was located on the basement level, and a pungent smell of formaldehyde filled the corridor. After Captain Lu explained the situation to the on-duty hospital staff, they were led to a room at the back without further questions.
He walked directly to a gurney in the corner and pulled out one of the bodies, revealing Zhou Zijun's remains.
"Captain Lu, according to hospital regulations and the wishes of the deceased's family, the body will be prepared for burial in two days. You don't have much time left to examine it," said the staff member before leaving the Mortuary.
Lin Mingchang quickly put on gloves and bent down to inspect the body. He carefully lifted the shroud and found strange tattoos on the deceased's chest, back, and arms. The patterns were bizarre with rough lines, resembling some ancient script or totem symbols.
From the traces of these tattoos, there were slight signs of inflammation around the lines, indicating that they had likely been inked shortly before death.
Stepping back for a better view of these tattoos, Lin Mingchang suddenly realized that Zhou Zijun's tattoos appeared incomplete—the strange characters abruptly ended at the edges as if they had been cut off.
There should be another half to this content; where could that other half be?
Lin Mingchang examined the entire body again and confirmed that aside from injuries from falling, there were no other fatal wounds. It seemed that Zhou Zijun's cause of death was indeed as reported—internal ruptures and severe head trauma from falling.
At that moment, Shen Tong, who was standing nearby, suddenly whispered, "Lin Mingchang, take a closer look at Zhou Zijun's left ear; there's a wisp of blood-red aura seeping out from his ear canal."
Lin Mingchang paused in surprise as Captain Lu immediately handed over a flashlight. The two leaned in to gently pull back the ear flap for a closer inspection of Zhou Zijun's left ear.
In just a moment, Captain Lu suddenly pressed down on Lin Mingchang's flashlight and pointed to the edge of the ear canal, saying, "Look! Here! This seems to be a pinhole!"
Lin Mingchang also saw it then; it was indeed an extremely fine pinhole. There were no traces of blood or signs of inflammation around it. If one were not deliberately searching for it, it would have gone completely unnoticed.
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