Over the next two days, we conducted the autopsy and investigated the crime scene. The days and nights passed as usual but there was no breakthrough in the case.

On Sunday night, Storm Punisher’s standard program was interrupted, perhaps due to a lack of hostages. I asked Xiaotao if we could keep the public safe by issuing an announcement throughout the city to remind the public that the criminal, Storm Punisher, was searching for new targets.

"There’s no use in doing that,” Xiaotao shook her head. “It’ll only cause widespread panic. What’s meant to happen will happen and there’s no way of stopping it."

It was getting late in the day and I was just about to return to school with Dali and Lao Yao when an officer came running towards us. "Chief, the murderer is about to start live streaming!" he yelled.

We rushed to the conference room without a moment’s delay....