101 Chapter 76: Silence the Witness by Murder
Ryoko Oogawa didn't answer Jo Oogawa's question, but rather spoke on her own accord, "We investigated Yan Fei's online shopping records and found that he purchased a drone on the internet, yet no one has ever seen him use it. Shortly after he bought the drone, there were several incidents within a one-kilometer radius of Yan Fei's home, where drones used pea bullets to injure people. Later, we collected footage from surveillance cameras near Yan Fei's home through Igawa's household, which captured the drone involved in these incidents."
With a snap of her fingers, a technician began to operate the equipment, and images of the drone that Yan Fei purchased online appeared on the LCD television. There also appeared a blurred image of the drone that shot peas, captured by some unknown surveillance camera. Through the technician's operation, the image of the blurred drone became increasingly clear until, finally, a clear image of the drone appeared on the screen. Both drones were placed side by side for a clear direct comparison.
After taking a close look, Jo Oogawa said, "These two drones don't have any connection, do they? Moreover, they look completely different."
Ryoko Oogawa said, "I'll talk about that later. Let's discuss the drone that could shoot steel balls. Although we do not have surveillance footage from Hou Bao's home, we found images of this drone in a surveillance video from around a one-kilometer radius around the same time."
A blurry image of a drone appeared on the screen again, but this drone was much larger. After processing by image restoration software, this drone also revealed its true features and was placed alongside the previous two drones.
Ryoko Oogawa continued, "Then we found a trace of a drone on a surveillance video near Yan Fei's home, which was very hard to locate, taking us a lot of effort to find."
Once again, a blurry image of a drone appeared on the screen. After the image restoration software finished its work, Jo Oogawa found that this drone was identical to the one that had appeared at Hou Bao's place.
Jo Oogawa finally understood Ryoko Oogawa's point and said, "So you think that the murder case of Zhang Baocheng and Hou Bao that night was done by Yan Fei controlling drones, and he's the one who injured those people?"
Ryoko Oogawa said, "Exactly, that is my conclusion. We have always overlooked Yan Fei, never expecting him to be so deeply hidden. He presents himself as extremely ordinary, never seeking the limelight, making people deliberately underestimate him. But at the critical moment, he can exhibit immense strength to protect his own interests from harm. It was because Zhang Baocheng and Hou Bao underestimated Yan Fei that they were all killed by him."
Jo Oogawa said, "Even so, it doesn't really benefit us, does it? Do you expect us to hand over this evidence to the China Police for them to arrest Yan Fei?"
Ryoko Oogawa said somewhat frustratedly, "Haven't you noticed there's a huge problem here?"
Jo Oogawa asked in confusion, "What problem?"
Ryoko Oogawa said, "The technical content on the drones."
Jo Oogawa was suddenly enlightened by Ryoko Oogawa and exclaimed, "Right! How could I not have thought about that? Yan Fei definitely has some technology to modify drones. He first purchased a regular drone from the internet, and then based on this regular drone, he modified it into one that could shoot peas. Judging by the timeline from when he bought the regular drone and how it never appeared again, we can deduce that the pea-shooting drone was modified from it. According to the data, the modified drone not only could fire pea bullets but also had extremely long range and accurate control ability."
Having reached this conclusion, Jo Oogawa glanced at Ryoko Oogawa and seeing no objection, he spoke with increased confidence, "After the pea-shooting drone appeared, soon a third drone emerged. This drone was even larger and capable of shooting steel balls, truly possessing lethal power. Since the appearance of the steel ball drone, the pea-shooting drone was never seen again, so it's certain that the steel ball drone was another upgrade from the pea drone. The performance of the steel ball drone shows that it can fly further, faster, and can be controlled from a longer distance than similar drones, and it's also equipped with a weapon that can shoot steel balls, so the steel ball drone possesses stronger technology."
Ryoko Oogawa finally nodded in satisfaction and said, "So I speculate that this Yan Fei is not as ordinary as he appears on the surface. I believe he has the technology to modify drones and give them strong combat power. I preliminarily judge that Yan Fei at least controls a technology that can produce high-energy batteries, motor technology, as well as advanced long-range remote control and communication technologies. His admission to the Genius Class of Zhendan University was not luck but a reflection of his true strength. He just kept a very low profile and didn't let people notice him. All these years he's been staying at home, possibly not just surfing the internet and exercising, but researching the latest technology. In other words, our previous reasoning was all wrong—the weight loss cookies technology didn't come from Lu Pingping, but from Yan Fei. It turns out, we've all been deceived by this Yan Fei."