Investigation Team, Technical Department.
"Officer, this is the surveillance footage from the night of October 25th."
The technician clicked on the screen.
In the footage, Pei Jinye and Sun Ruofan were seen walking onto the monorail one after the other, seemingly talking with their heads lowered. Inside the carriage, Sun Ruofan pointed out something outside the window, and Pei Jinye turned to look out.
Before long, the two sat down beneath the surveillance camera...
...
Xu Tian frowned and said, "Is this the only angle? Isn't there a clearer one?"
This angle did not capture Pei Jinye's face.
His ability allowed him to sense the soul scent of each person; having been trained at the Judgement Place for many years and handled numerous cases, he detected something unusual about this high school student from the very first moment of contact.
The scent was indescribable—like a mix of many odors.