I, the outlaw, was caught again

Chapter 267 Cursed Gold Coins! Ordinary Counterfeit Money! [Three-in-one monthly ticket request! ]

interesting.
It means a lot!!!
Anyone who touches the money either disappears or suffers a mental breakdown and commits suicide?

Xu Sheng narrowed his eyes, lowered his head, and placed the banknotes in his hand in front of his eyes.

It was a very common two-yuan note, all green in color, but it felt slightly different from a real banknote.

If you are far away, not too far, three meters or even two meters away, you will not be able to tell whether it is real money or counterfeit money.

If you put it in your wallet together with some real bills, even the traffic police won’t be able to find it!

why?
As I said, a normal person would not be able to tell the difference between a one-dollar or two-dollar counterfeit bill.

Among a large pile of banknotes, most people's attention will subconsciously focus on the few red banknotes with a face value of 100 yuan. Eighty percent of people will subconsciously ignore the one-dollar and two-dollar banknotes.

However, the problem now is not the counterfeit money itself, but the meaning behind it.
"Everyone who touched the banknote disappeared?"

Xu Sheng narrowed his eyes, looked at Li Sheng and asked.

Li Sheng paused, thought for a moment, looked solemn, and then shook his head.

"No, I do not know."

"But at least from the information found by the police, those who disappeared had more or less received these counterfeit money before."

Look at it this way.

So it becomes, it's not that all those who took the money disappeared, but that all those who disappeared took the money!
In other words, there are still some people who have escaped this kind of thing and have not been discovered by the police, and they may still have some money in their hands?
The key is
"Triggered a series of tasks"

Xu Sheng narrowed his eyes, thought to himself, and looked at the light blue light curtain in front of him.

[Host: Xu Sheng]

【Age: 25】

[Occupation: Criminal Police, Forensic Doctor, Haunted House Owner]

【Points: 200】

[Skills: Makeup, Friendly Smile (lv2), Master of Psychology, Hyena's Nose, Falcon's Eyes, Ears That Hear the Wind, Master of Thousand Arts, Bull's Strength, Identify Grains, Magic Hands, Thousand Faces, Sixth Sense, Nonsense, Art Master]

[Employees: Li Shu, Human-headed Dog]

Xu Sheng glanced at his paper data.

His eyes continued to look downward.

[This mission is called 'Cursed Gold Coin'! ]

【(Do you know the price of Jesus? Thirty silver coins! Maybe I know yours too.)】

[Note: This mission is one of a series of missions! ]

[Note: This mission is quite dangerous, please pay attention to your personal safety! ]

[Note: If necessary, the host can give up the mission! ]

Three notes in a row.
Xu Sheng watched silently, his heart beating rapidly.

My goodness, these are not three points of attention.
It's clearly three capital letters of 'Danger'!!!
The last time the system gave me three consecutive notes, what was the case?
'Human-animal' case!

Well, Chaozi failed to summon a meteorite, and summoned a person instead, who jumped down from the roof of the shopping mall and hit the roof of Zhao Tian's car directly.

Later, thirteen bodies appeared, stripped naked, bled, and hung on iron hooks like livestock.

Later, manors appeared and a large-scale anti-business campaign was launched across the country.

During the fight, one of the other men had a gun and Peanut was almost knocked to the ground by Xu Sheng.

Now it comes again.
"[Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea] mission series? Or [Hell Apartment]?"

"Could it be the Seven Deadly Sins?"

Xu Sheng felt a sinking feeling in his heart and was under pressure.

At present, he has not completed these three series.

The key is.
Every series is missing one last mission!
What does the last mission mean?
It means a big wave is coming!

'Happy Circus' and 'Food Club', the two series and two cases are directly 'Happy Circus' and 'Human-Animal'.

Both cases were directly known to the imperial capital, and the finalization of the cases was completely taken over by the National Security Bureau!

Especially Zhao Tian in the imperial capital, who used his power to launch a nationwide anti-abduction campaign after learning about the incident. Wow, the number of people involved was more than just thousands, including the abducted, the traffickers, and their families, numbering more than hundreds of thousands!

Let’s not talk about the human-animal case, Mr. Xu just thought about it.

This thing involves much more and is much heavier!

Now, there is another one coming, which still involves "economy", the nature of one of the three weapons
"Cursed gold coin."

Xu Sheng murmured.

"Hmm? You are good at naming things. In this case, we are indeed going to call it the Cursed Gold Coin."

Li Sheng paused, then nodded.

"It's just that it shouldn't be called gold coins, it's called counterfeit money!"

"Cursed counterfeit money!"

Xu Sheng frowned, thinking about the similarities between gold coins and counterfeit banknotes.

'Are the names of the system's missions taken from the Bible and Western legends?'

He guessed secretly.

Thirty silver coins is the price for which Jesus, the Son of God, was betrayed in the Western Bible.

One of his followers, a man named Judas, betrayed him for thirty pieces of silver, which subsequently led to Jesus suffering and being tortured.

Based on this, many legends were born in the West.

The most widespread one is the 'Cursed Silver Coin'!
The details are that there are thirty silver coins in the world that were obtained from betraying Jesus. These thirty silver coins are cursed. Whoever touches them will suffer disaster and be overwhelmed by negative emotions such as greed, and will die!

In addition, there are some movies in which the currency of the organization is "gold coins".

"Is it related to the Western Country?"

"No, perhaps the important point this time is the second half, 'I know your price'?"

Xu Sheng murmured in his heart.

What is the price of a person?
It depends on how you look at it.

Just like the case in 'Wolf Heart and Dog Lung'.

The first victim, a ruthless woman, sold her father's property and received more than 100,000 yuan.

In the eyes of the surgical ship that found the right person, his father was worth hundreds of thousands or even millions!
In addition, skeletons, or things like corneas, blood, hair and skin can also be sold for more than 100,000 yuan.

As for the person being sold, he was just a brick mover worth about 600 yuan a month.

“The value of a person is different when viewed from different perspectives.”

"But can he say for sure how much you are worth?"

Xu Sheng frowned, not knowing from which angle to interpret this sentence.

From the Bible?
Or from human traffickers or organ traders?
"That's not right. From the current perspective, the other party is printing counterfeit money. Counterfeit money is a commodity in itself. In other words, it is money. They print money themselves. Why do they have to look at the value of others?"

This is another brand new idea.

Criminal organizations are printing money.

They are printing money and making people disappear at the same time?

Makes no sense.

It's like organ trading.

One person sells it for millions, and the time required includes the transfer, finding a doctor, and finding a client, even the time spent on the ship for the transplant, and observing the rejection reactions and recovery effects of subsequent clients.

All these times added up will take at least half a month.

In just half a month, I made a million in net profit, which is a lot of money. I made more than 99.99 percent of the people in this world and more than an entire enterprise!
But the problem is
The other party is the one printing money!
Even if this one million is printed in denominations of two yuan, tens of millions can be printed in a day.

Ten million, that’s 1.5 million in fifteen days!
Do you think your one million is worth it?

"It doesn't make sense."

Xu Sheng frowned and thought for a long time but couldn't think of anything.

The forensic doctor arrived first.

The medical examiner was a man, the same one who had examined the piece of meat hidden in the tulip rhizome.

He used to work in Night City, and he thought that there was a lot of crime in that fast-developing city, and he had seen everything, so he was not afraid of being tired.

Later, when he came to Jiangsan City, the forensic doctor realized that he was a bit like a frog in a well.

My goodness, Night City, this criminal is not even worthy of carrying Jiang Sanshi’s shoes!
That’s probably what Beika Town on the island is like.

No, there are only one or two people in each case in Beihua Town. The number of bodies he examined last month is the same as their annual number.
In less than seven days, after examining thirty bodies, he discovered for the first time that an ordinary procedure could leave the experienced forensic doctor silent.

"Tell me, what's going on this time?"

As soon as the forensic doctor entered the living room and saw a man with a crew cut, he knew that he had a job to do today.

The efficiency of Jiangsan City is now frighteningly high.

There are some things you don't need to experience personally. You only need to hear a few words or see a certain person, and you will know what to do. This is far different from the process-oriented scenes in other provinces.

"Take this money away and examine it."

Xu thought for a moment and put the counterfeit money he had just put in the sealed bag into the forensic doctor's hand.

"Counterfeit money?"

The forensic doctor frowned, thought for a moment, and soon came up with an inspection method.

"Can the damage be tested?"

"can."

There is more than one counterfeit bill, so damaging one of them is not a big deal. As for the thought of "what if this one contains important information", it is not advisable.

Because the other party will definitely conduct a thorough inspection on the counterfeit banknote first, and only damage it for inspection after confirming that there is no problem!
At the same time, if you investigate with this kind of mindset, then no matter what case it is, you will be restricted in your investigation and you will not achieve any important results.

The forensic doctor put on his clothes and quickly walked into the laboratory.

"Alas, Jiang Sanshi."

Li Sheng sighed inexplicably, then thought for a moment and took out the walkie-talkie.

He called the Second Squadron and asked them to get up and work overtime. At the same time, he told him and the First and Third Squadrons that they could take turns and discuss the time themselves.

From the current perspective, even Xu Sheng’s haunted house may be involved, so the area involved in the case is definitely very wide!

Since it’s so wide, the case must be big enough!

Just one counterfeit bill is enough to cause a headache, but when it comes to the disappearance of a large number of people, the nature and severity of the problem has reached a new level!
Xu Sheng thought for a moment and went to the office with Li Sheng.

“Have you compiled any reports?”

"show me."

He looked at Li Sheng and asked.

More detailed reports are often compiled for this type of case. After all, if a missing person case is not compiled now, it will be difficult to solve it a few months or even a few years later.

This is indeed the case. If a missing case is not solved within three months, it will become a piece of dusty paper in the archives.

"Have."

Li Sheng nodded and placed several photos and documents in front of Xu Sheng.

"This is the footage retrieved from the surveillance video."

"The first victim, whom we will call A for short, went to the seafood market at 7:30 in the morning to pick up bargains and look for discounted goods, but the vendor gave him such a fake note as change."

Li Sheng said this as he handed over a few black and white photos with the time clearly printed in the upper right corner.

This was captured from surveillance footage, and you can also see the transaction footage above.

"A disappeared after returning home that day. His family found that they couldn't get through to him on the phone at night, so they decided to call the police."

"It has been seven days since the case was filed, and no information about A has been found during this period."

As he spoke, Xu Sheng looked at the file, which contained the detailed information on it. It contained the vendor's confession.

[Police: Did you know that it was counterfeit money? ]

[Stadium vendor: I don’t know.]

[Police: Are you sure? You will be held legally responsible!]

[Vendor: I know, but I wanted to make more money, so I handed it over as if it were real money.]

[Police: Where did you get the counterfeit money? ]

[Stadium vendor: I don’t know. I have a lot of traffic every day and the transaction volume is also very large. All the money is in small change. I have no idea who gave it to me.]

【.】

Mr. Xu quickly glanced at the vendor's confession and then frowned.

If we look at it this way
There really is nothing wrong with the vendors.

No, it should be said that there is a problem!
Like shortchanging, like having no conscience and no morals.

But at least it has nothing to do with this case!

“Is this the only vendor in the seafood market?”

Xu Sheng narrowed his eyes, remembering what Li Sheng had said before.

Judging from the other party's tone and words, there is definitely more than one victim. It is impossible that all of them were counterfeit money obtained from this vendor.

“There are many, even some who are not vendors, and some who found money on the road.”

Li Sheng shook his head.

It is precisely because the vendor is not unique that they know that the vendor is most likely innocent.

But it might be a self-torture tactic, so he still kept an eye on the other party, but just didn't bring him to the police station.

“That’s weird.”

Wang Chao on the side leaned over.

He looked around and then frowned.

"The police didn't find the rest of the counterfeit notes?"

"Of course I found it."

Li Sheng nodded, paused, and sighed the next second.

"But it feels even more bizarre because I found it."

"Some people who are mentally healthy and not missing also had counterfeit money. After seeing the news that the police were distributing it, they immediately sent the money to the police."

"But the police checked their counterfeit notes and found that they were just ordinary counterfeit notes without any problems!"

They certainly found the rest of the counterfeit notes, otherwise they couldn't be called efficient.

But it is because I found it that I feel confused.

"After comparing with the surveillance, we found that."

"The two counterfeit banknotes were indeed produced by the same organization, there is no problem at all!"

Li Sheng became serious and frowned.

"In other words, the counterfeit money that the police found without any problems was the one that caused the victim to disappear or go insane!"

“But the same thing.”

"This thing"

"no problem!"

Something that is not problematic can cause death or disappearance
Wang Chao’s eyes suddenly widened.

"There can't really be a curse from some god, right?!"

"Is it really the 'Cursed Gold Coin'?!"

Whoever takes the cursed gold coins will be unlucky, as if God is punishing you!
But the problem is
Mr. Xu only believes in things that have been proven!
Just like time travel, since he is here, there is no need to refute it. If there is a theory that can prove it, then you can naturally believe it.

But. God, it hasn't been confirmed yet!
Since it does not exist, Xu Sheng’s attitude is to neither believe it nor believe that it does not exist, but to maintain a state of respect.

However, in criminal cases, Xu Sheng’s attitude is to reject all unproven monsters and demons!

"Go to the lab and check it out!"

"It's been so long, it's time for the results to come out."

Xu Sheng thought for a moment, stood up without any hesitation, and walked towards the laboratory.

Li Sheng behind him did not refuse.

Nearly ten hours have passed since the forensic doctor arrived at the police station.

It is now five o'clock in the morning of the next day. After staying up all night, it is time to get some preliminary results.

When they arrived at the laboratory, the forensic doctor heard footsteps and looked back, just in time to see the two people.

"How's it going?"

"Did you find anything?" Xu Sheng looked at the man in the white coat in front of him and asked.

Upon hearing this, the forensic doctor pondered for a moment and then shook his head.

It's not that there is no conclusion, but
"This is a common counterfeit bill!"

Ordinary counterfeit money?

Wang Chao paused and asked suspiciously, "What ordinary counterfeit money?"

"It's just the same kind of counterfeit money that we see on the market."

The forensic doctor said, "It is made of acid-free paper and then colored with color-changing ink. However, the process and technique are very rough, resulting in a big difference from the real banknotes!"

When making counterfeit currency, the most unavoidable thing is the raw materials.

Acid-free paper!
Color changing ink!

Most people think that counterfeiting money is difficult, but it is not.

Acid-free paper is a general term. In fact, the yellow paper bag used to store files is acid-free paper.

Color-changing ink can also be purchased through certain channels, and then after repeated mixing, you can mix the appropriate color yourself.

In later generations, some people released their own color-changing inks on certain audio and video platforms to gain traffic.

These two items are also more difficult to deal with because if you buy a large number of them, you will attract the attention of certain people.

Just like if your house emits oil, it will breed mold.

If you buy too much, people will notice you. The difficulty with acid-free paper and ink is how to avoid these people's eyes and buy large quantities without arousing others' suspicion!
In addition, what makes counterfeit money difficult is the anti-counterfeiting measures!
Like a watermark on paper, when you hold the money up to a light, you can see a hidden shape, which is called a watermark.

This is not carved on the surface, it can be seen as something sandwiched between two pieces of paper!
There are also Moiré patterns and, most importantly, the banknote number.

Well, there's Braille on the banknotes, which is something you'd need to know if you want to make counterfeit money.

And now, this banknote in the laboratory
"No problem!"

The forensic doctor sighed and waved his hand:

"The same as those tested before."

"One dollar, two yuan, fifty cents, five yuan, ten yuan, no problem."

"It's exactly the same as a normal counterfeit bill, except that the counterfeiting process is poor!"

“He didn’t even do the watermark.”

It really is.
Ordinary fake money! ?
An ordinary counterfeit bill can drive a person crazy, cause a mental breakdown, or even make him disappear! ?

How on earth is this done?
It can't be that this banknote is really cursed by God, and anyone who touches it will either be injured or die! ?
Xu Sheng frowned, he moved closer to the forensic doctor and looked at the things around him.

A banknote was cut into regular small pieces and dissolved, tested, and observed under a microscope in various places.

Xu Sheng looked at various areas and finally came to a conclusion.
"Is it really just an ordinary counterfeit coin?!"

After these words were spoken, everyone fell into a strange silence.

Does God exist in this world?
I don’t know, no one knows.

But in criminal cases, as long as it is not confirmed, such speculation must be crossed out!
So, assuming that does not exist.
What is the situation now?
Does the trailer of Kaito Kid have the same meaning as stealing a letter?

Before something is stolen, give you a letter to warn you that an item is going to be stolen?

But what is the foreboding significance of counterfeit money?
And
"The massive counterfeit money phenomenon!?"

Xu Sheng suddenly turned his gaze to Li Sheng, his brows twisted into a knot.

Again.

In the private sector, it is impossible for a small area to absorb such a huge amount of counterfeit money!

If it is in the millions, then unless every one of the residents in this area is an idiot, it will be difficult to circulate!
Why are so many things suddenly circulating in the suburbs of Jiangsan City?
"Yes."

Li Sheng nodded, paused for a moment, and said:
"About half a month ago, it was initially suspected that the National Security Bureau was investigating something, which triggered a series of chain reactions and led to the exposure of some cases."

"After about five days, people started to disappear."

When the National Security Bureau investigates a case, it is not just about investigating the case itself.

It will be over when all those implicated are caught!

A theft case may lead to a major cross-border transaction!
I guess even Sha Yuan himself doesn’t know the chain reaction that the other party can cause.

"Contact the National Security Bureau and tell them that I asked them to contact me and ask them to clean up this matter as soon as possible."

Xu Sheng thought about it and quickly put the blame for the haunted house on Guoan.

After thinking for a moment, he turned his gaze to the forensic doctor.

“Are there any components of counterfeit bills that we have never seen before?”

"Is there any remaining fibrous tissue?"

The medical examiner shook his head.

"No, everything is fine."

"Any counterfeit money that has been seized, whether it has been inspected before or now, is fine."

These counterfeit banknotes were found on residents who had never encountered any trouble.

“Survivor bias?”

Xu Sheng frowned and let out a long breath.

His heart sank.

Everyone who had a clue had something happen to them.

Those who have no clues cannot provide any clues.

The only body is still in the sea and has not been fished out yet. The coast guard cannot be relied upon. The body may have been washed up on some deserted beach.

There is no way to check. The waves roll back and even an adult can’t see it, let alone a child!

And
"How could a fake bill cause a person to disappear, or even cause a child to jump into the sea and die, as if he had seen Cthulhu, with his sanity dropping drastically?"

Xu Sheng frowned tightly, and thoughts in his mind were constantly churning at this moment.

until
"Boss, we received a new report that another person is missing!"

Suddenly, a voice came from Li Sheng's intercom.

Someone's missing again! ?
Xu Sheng frowned and picked up the other party's walkie-talkie without any hesitation.

he wants to see
What kind of magic power does this 'cursed gold coin' have!!!
"address!!!"

[ps: If you encounter a chapter with a typo that has been pointed out but I haven't corrected it, it is likely that the word cannot be changed. If you change it, you will be put in the black room. ]

[ps: Just like a bug, if you don’t fix the bug, it can still run, but if you fix the bug, everything may crash]

(End of this chapter)