I Play Dungeons in the Police Station

Chapter 481 - 285: Five Homicides

Ma Chengjun’s face was filled with a murderous gleam, a pair of killer eyes. The murderous intent in his eyes was something Li Xiang was very familiar with. He had no doubt that if given the chance, Ye Dan would be his next victim.

But, he would never have the chance again.

"Ye Dan has confessed everything. There’s no point in resisting any longer. In the face of such evidence, this case against you is already rock-solid. The sooner you confess, the sooner we can all be freed, including yourself."

With Lan Huina’s soothing, Ma Chengjun’s emotions gradually stabilized.

However, no matter what Li Xiang and the others said, he pretended not to hear, saying nothing, doing nothing, just like a living dead.

This day, Li Xiang and the others still got nothing.

"Switch shifts, let another team take over."

Li Xiang knew that Ma Chengjun’s psychological defenses were not easily broken. His fifteen years as a mercenary abroad made him far from ordinary.

To make Ma Chengjun confess, it would be a long-term struggle.

Li Xiang was prepared for this.

At this time, Jiang Tuo brought another piece of news.

When Ma Chengjun was captured, his DNA biological samples were collected. After a few days of comparison, it was discovered that he had committed a robbery, rape, and murder case in Yun Province in 2012. At the crime scene, he left behind his tiny tadpoles. The police collected his DNA samples but never matched anyone, so the perpetrator was never found.

With Ma Chengjun’s DNA data entered into the database, Jiang Tuo routinely ran a data comparison, and it matched. This also indicated he was involved in more cases than the two they were dealing with.

There might even be more, it’s just that the police hadn’t gathered enough evidence of his crimes.

"Seems my hunch was right, Ma Chengjun is a habitual offender."

Li Xiang had previously suspected that Ma Chengjun’s strong counter-investigation ability suggested he was a seasoned criminal, with likely more cases under his belt.

Sure enough, there was indeed another one.

But can anyone guarantee this is the last one?

Are there any other cases involving him?

Now, only if Ma Chengjun willingly confessed could they possibly know what other crimes this guy had committed.

Interrogation and counter-interrogation are just part of the cat-and-mouse game between police and criminals.

But as long as Ma Chengjun was held there, it was only a matter of time before he spoke.

What Li Xiang didn’t expect was that Ma Chengjun indeed had very strong willpower, resisting their intensive interrogation for a full two weeks.

Finally, he couldn’t hold on any longer.

"Give me a cigarette!"

The mentally exhausted Ma Chengjun asked Li Xiang for a cigarette.

Li Xiang didn’t smoke, so he went out to get a cigarette and a light from Jiang Tuo.

After lighting it for him, Ma Chengjun took a deep drag, inhaling it into his lungs, and after a while, he slowly exhaled, "I’m a heinous criminal. You’ve caught me, and you’ll have your hands full with year-end bonuses. So be it, use me to trade for merits."

Ma Chengjun seemed to have come to terms that continuing this resistance was meaningless, as he was doomed no matter what. Rather than suffering endlessly, he preferred a sooner release from agony.

"What do you want to ask?"

"Tell me about three years ago, how did you target Shen Youlin, and why him?"

"He was the boss; why not him? Actually, back then, I wanted to kill Li Xiaofang. But I knew that once I killed her, the police would trace it back to me. Besides, at that time, I used my real identity to treat my elderly mother. The police would find me for sure, so I asked her for a severance fee of three hundred thousand, considered buying her life."

"Then why did you kill her now?"

"Because three hundred thousand only bought her three years. In my mind, she was already dead, and no one dared to break up with me."

Even now, from Ma Chengjun’s tone, one could still hear his arrogant and unabashed remarks.

Li Xiang and Lan Huina held back their impulse to jump at him and continued the interrogation.

Now that Ma Chengjun had finally opened up, they couldn’t let such a chance slip away due to their emotions.

About the process of Shen Youlin and Li Xiaofang’s murder, Ma Chengjun’s testimony was basically the same as Ye Dan’s, which indicated he was not lying.

"I’ve said everything I should. Can I rest now?"

After finishing the documentation for these two cases, Ma Chengjun thought it was over and wanted to have a good sleep. But Li Xiang took out a pack of cigarettes, pulled out another one for him, and said, "No rush, let’s talk more about what other crimes you’ve committed. You say you’re a heinous criminal; is this all you’ve done?"

Li Xiang’s expression showed some contempt, as if saying: You only killed two people, and you dare to claim you’re heinous?

Sure enough, Li Xiang’s expression sparked Ma Chengjun’s competitive spirit.

"Of course, there are more than two."

This damned competitive spirit.

Ma Chengjun knew it was Li Xiang’s provocation tactic, but at this point, he had nothing to lose, except for not wanting Li Xiang to look down on him.

Sometimes, a criminal’s thought process is really inexplicable to ordinary people, but this was what Li Xiang wanted to see.

"The murder cases on my hands, they’re enough to scare you to death. Back in the day, when I was a mercenary in Myanmar, licking the knife’s edge, there were so many people who died at my hands..."

Ma Chengjun seemed intent on boasting about his accomplishments, but Li Xiang interrupted him in time: "Forget the past overseas. I have no way to verify that. Let’s talk about what happened domestically. How many did you commit here?"

"Hmm, let me see, two in Hui Province, one in Yun Province, two more here, hmm, only five..."