In the early morning of Jingluo, the villa of the Imperial University Governor Motohashi Keita, Motohashi Keita walked to the table where breakfast had already been prepared in pajamas, habitually picked up today's newspaper, and then stared at it for a moment.

The voice silently read, "Emperor University scholar Du Pingping was detained!" 4 days ago, at the invitation of the FBI in Tang Country, Du Pingping, a well-known young scientist in China, went to Tang to assist in the investigation of the recent incident of white bones and human heads in a slaughterhouse in Tang Guo New City. The New York slaughterhouse was the most horrific serial murder ever recorded in New York City, estimated to have lasted at least several years and killed 28 people. So the heads of the dead were cut off and buried together in an underground in the slaughterhouse, and their bodies were missing. …… Chinese scientist Du Pingping went to Tang to use his unique and unique white bone recovery technique to coordinate the FBI of Tangguo to repair the victim's appearance, but it is reported that after the repair work was completed, Tang Fang detained our scientific Du Pingping for no reason and restricted him from leaving the country......"

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The abandoned slaughterhouse on the outskirts of New York City, the slaughterhouse where 28 human skulls were found, has experienced tranquility to bustle during this time, and now it has changed from bustle to tranquility. The construction of the community shopping street, which had been planned earlier, had already been stalled because of this incident, and with the specter of horrific serial killings here, there was really nothing here. But here and now, Du Ping appeared here in the company of Daniel and Henry.

Du Pingping's current situation is more complicated, and the issue of the agreement with the FBI, Mimiko still has full authority to deal with it on behalf of Du Pingping, how to deal with it, and how and how to deal with it...... , Miko Mitsumi went to deal with it. Du Ping didn't need to worry about it, and Miyako told Du Ping that he could now deal with what he wanted according to his own ideas. And Daniel and Henry, who came to serve Du Ping in name, actually monitored Du Ping, and their own ideas were to encourage Du Ping to conduct a private investigation. So Du Ping is now brought here by them, nominally taking Du Ping to visit the world-famous international metropolis of New City. But they were actually brought here, where the thing was first discovered. At this time, the site still seems to have preserved the situation when it was first discovered and excavated, and some of the places that have been turned up have not been calmed down, and there are no people here, it is more like a huge and desolate terrible place.

Stepping out of the car, Du Ping looked at Vanier helplessly,

"What do you mean by bringing this? It's not that I won't and don't want to participate in the investigation of this incident. I'm in enough trouble now, I don't want to get into it anymore and can't help myself. ”

Daniel smiled, "Don't be so hasty to make a decision! Can I tell me what I think first? You know, as a real New York Cityer, and no one of the New York City Police Department agents wants to solve this incident more than we do!"

Daniel looked around and sighed affectionately, "This is a series of murders that have been confirmed to have occurred for more than 10 years, and the victim's disappearance locations are all over New York City and several surrounding states, whether it happened here or not, but every time this terrible murderer will bring the victim's head here and bury it here." So I researched the history of this area, and I found out that there used to be a church in this area. ”

Daniel stood on top of the clearing, announcing his findings, and instructed Henry to take an old map from the trunk of the car and lay it on the ground, pointing his finger at a location on the map. And to Du Pingping, this discovery must be very important.

"Do you think the culprits in this incident are atypical psychopaths, the kind of special criminals who mix their own spiritual world, reality, and personal religion?"

Daniel smiled and looked at Du Fair, "What do you think?"

Du Ping looked at Daniel and kept smiling and didn't speak. Daniel was not discouraged, and also looked directly at Du Ping and still smiled.

"You're so sure, I'll definitely help you?"

Daniel, "I don't think that with your current position and status, you don't need to be a private detective, then there is only one possibility, and that is justice in the depths of your heart! So I think in a way, we may be the same kind of people." Isn't that right?"

Du Pingping thought about the process of his initial involvement in the detective profession, and suddenly laughed

"What would you think if I said that my original intention for getting involved in this work was actually money?"

Daniel shook his head, "I don't believe it!"

Du Ping thought about it and decided that since it was okay now, and Mimiko told her that there was no problem with what to do. It was almost a tacit consent to intervene in the investigation of the incident. In fact, Du Ping himself is very curious about this kind of thing and has a strong desire to explore. I don't need to be so strict with myself and don't intervene in the investigation of the incident.

Du Ping looked at Daniel and suddenly smiled, "Actually, I recently heard an old oriental saying, which is very interesting! That is: the ass decides the head." If it is combined with an idiom to sit in the well and watch the sky, it can explain a situation that we are facing now. Then each one starts from their own point of view, then the situation and scenery will be different. I don't know if you're right or not, but I can share my own knowledge and simple thoughts on the event. ”

Daniel rejoiced, "You say!"

Du Pingping, "The FBI file you showed me, I briefly studied it yesterday. To be honest, there is a lot of information in it, and I didn't grasp and analyze it all at once, so I watched and studied the forensic identification of it. I found a problem, a piece of information that I thought was very important, but your forensic examiner didn't write about it, or didn't notice it, when he examined the skulls. ”

Daniel rejoiced, "You say!"

If Du Pingping can emphasize it, then it must be something that Du Pingping thinks is very important, so once Du Pingping's words are said, it means that this matter must be very important.

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In the meeting room of the board of trustees of the Imperial University, Keita Honhashi, the chairman of the board of trustees, who rarely appears in the school, has disappeared here again, and the original headmaster, Tsunehiro, has now been replaced by the new headmaster, Kentaro Ukuo. At the annual board meeting, Tsunehiro was appointed to the board of trustees, and Kentaro Ukuo, the former vice president, became the new president of Keirok Imperial University.

The reason why Keita Motohashi came again this time was that Kentaro Tsukaze Kikuo had just reported to him that Yukoku might be preparing to detain the Imperial University professor Du Pingping, who was visiting there.

Keita Motohashi was very serious, "Have you implemented this matter?"

Kentaro Uglyo seems to be as humble as a student treats his teacher, and Keita Motohashi happens to be Kentaro Uglyo's teacher in college.

Kentaro Ukuo, "Yes, Teacher, I have already confirmed, Professor Du has indeed been controlled by the FBI people in Tang, and the name used is that the agreement between the two parties has not been implemented, so Professor Du is temporarily refused to return." However, judging from the content of Professor Du's agreement with them, the content at that time was actually only to help the other party recover 28 white bone heads found in New York City. Therefore, there is no problem for Tang Guozheng to prohibit Professor Du from leaving the country. ”

Keita Motohashi seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, "Is it also that the FBI didn't tear up with my country in this matter?"

Kentaro Uglyo seemed to think seriously before replying, "Yes." Moreover, there are more than 100 scientists in Tongguo and China who communicate with each other every year, and if the FBI in Tongguo really does such a thing, then can China and other countries do the same thing? I think the possibility of this kind of thing is not very large, and the biggest possibility is that the other party only has this kind of idea and has not implemented it. ”

Keita Motohashi nodded, agreeing with Kenta Uglyo's analysis, "There is some truth in what you said. ”

Keita Motohashi took out a piece of Kofa Juan paper folded into a 30*30 square from the bag next to him, took it out with both hands, and handed it to Kentaro Uglyo. Seeing that Keita Motohashi was cautious, Kentaro Uglyo took it carefully.

Kentaro Uglyo, "Teacher, what is this?"

Keita Motohashi, "I went to Master Kameda yesterday, and when I saw this word, I was touched and I came here for you." ”

At Keita Honhashi's signal, Kentaro Uglyo carefully folded the ancient silk paper and slowly found it, and four huge black characters appeared in front of him: walking on thin ice.

Keita Motohashi, "Do you understand what that means?"

Kentaro Uglyo, "Yes, my lord. This is an idiom of Huaguo, from the Warring States Period of Huaguo "Book of Poetry, Xiaoya", the original text is: people know one, do not know the other. Trembling, like facing the abyss, like walking on thin ice. It means that as if walking on thin ice, the parable is extremely cautious and wary. ”

Keita Motohashi, "Why should I send you these 4 words?"

Kentaro Ukuo, "The students think that it is, the students are just the president of the Imperial University, and the seniority is still shallow, and everyone is concerned about ......it."

Keita Motohashi, "It's good that you can think like that. But it's not enough! Do you know that the Imperial University is now at a critical moment when it is trembling, as if it is on the edge of the abyss, and it is like walking on thin ice? Of course, you may think that I am alarmist. ”

Kentaro Uglyo, "Students don't dare!"

Keita Motohashi, "The University has been a succession of good news recently, and more than two months ago, the academic paper of Toyoshi student Du Pingping was registered in the world's top scientific journal "Nature", which has attracted national attention. However, Professor Fukuzawa died of illness and President Tsunehiro passed away. You should understand what's going on, right?"

Kentaro Uglyo, "Yes, understood. ”

Keita Motohashi, "Now this Tohiro has once again attracted the attention of the entire world academic community for his anthropology papers, and he has not been able to return to China so far. To be honest, I'm worried!"

Kentaro Uglyo, "What is the teacher worried about? The fact that Mr. Du Pingping's visit to Tang to assist in the investigation of the case was only temporary, and it was coordinated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It shouldn't be a problem, right?"

Keita Motohashi, "I'm just afraid that something will go wrong." The current Chinese people may have forgotten about it. But our generation still remembers that 70 years ago, when our country was defeated, countless scientists and scholars were forcibly plundered to Tongguo, so that China's science, culture and other industries have not gradually recovered and caught up until the past ten years. There is an old saying in Georgia: Only those who look back and see farther can see farther when they look ahead. We must keep history in mind and walk on thin ice!"

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In the office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Dongliu, a young senior official is standing in front of his minister with his upper body leaned forward, his hands and legs side by side. The minister threw a newspaper on his desk in front of his subordinates.

Minister, "Have you read this newspaper?"

The official nodded, "Yes, Minister! ”

Minister, "So you also saw the detention of my country's scientist above?"

The official nodded, "Yes, Minister!"

The minister was stern, "I remember that this incident was coordinated by you at the time, right?"

Sweat was pouring from the official's forehead, "Yes, minister!"

Minister, "What explanation do you have?"

A piece of paper was put on his desk by the minister, "This is an official letter of protest and coordination from the emperor." I'm sure there will be a lot of people asking questions like this, how do you want me to answer them?"

The official wiped the sweat from his forehead, "Yes, Minister! Tong's statement is that the case is not finished. The Du Ping Scholar has already played a huge role in the case, so it is recommended that the case be closed. I am prepared to pay close attention and send a diplomatic letter from our Ministry of Foreign Affairs when necessary. ”

The minister nodded, "It seems that this incident is groundless!"

Official, "Yes, Minister, but judging from the past situation, Tang Guo has never really detained scientists from other countries, and even this time it was temporarily detained under an excuse." So I'm thinking about the diplomatic scale here. ”

The minister nodded, "Then resolutely deny the existence of this matter! Tonga and China are friendly allies and fraternal countries! There has never been such an incident! Understand?"

Officer, "Yes, Minister!"

The minister whispered, "Don't be careless in private!"

The official shouted, "Yes, Minister!"

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The matter of Du Pingping's unofficial deduction by the FBI in Tang Country is slowly fermenting under the secret operation of Mimiko, but the FBI Aaron and Lisa don't know here. There's so much going on here! The FBI project site is like a huge battlefield for work. Countless people are constantly coming and going, busy. The previous situation was that there was no way to investigate the case due to the lack of clues from all sides. The current situation is that with the identification of the victims one by one, there is so much information that there is a serious shortage of manpower for a while. In the entire temporary case handling hall, people come and go, and new information and new information are constantly gathered here, and everyone is very busy.

In a separate small meeting room next to the makeshift hall, photographs of the victims are pasted one by one, and they are constantly arranged into a long timeline based on the newly acquired time of their disappearance. This is a timeline of victims that lasted up to 12 years, and just looking at the photos and times of the victims on it is shocking.

In front of this time tree, which is made up of victims, Aaron stands silent, not saying a word. This is a huge case with victims spread throughout the state of New York City, and over a period of 12 years, with an average of two cases per year. If the current situation is once again in the hands of the media community, it will once again be a huge event involving the entire city and state of New York, and even the entire federation. Aaron's command is a strong and efficient team of experienced investigators from all walks of life, who have solved countless huge criminal incidents that have occurred across the Federation. Around Aaron, several of his men were sitting together. It's a daily meeting, and Aaron needs to listen to his subordinates.

Aaron, "What do you have or judgment? I've heard that Daniel Reagan from the New York City Police Department used to make the claim that it was once a church site, and that the person who carried out the serial killings was a crazy atypical psychopath. ”

A male agent stood up and reported, "This should not be very likely! If this is the case, then according to the plan of the time when the church was finally demolished, the crime must have been an old man over 60 years old by now." I believe that it is difficult for him to have the physical strength to commit crimes......"

Aaron, "Don't be so sure! ”

The agent nodded, "Okay! I'll go to the church right away and look into the list, and then look into each of them." ”

Aaron looked at Lisa, who stood up, "According to the general characteristics of serial crimes, the victims of this serial murder case all have such a uniform characteristic: white, brown-haired women between the ages of twenty-four and thirty......"

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This is the situation here, although the identities of one victim after another have been clarified, and everyone's personal information has been continuously collected, and the original blank case has progressed and there has been a breakthrough development, but the clues and information of the real breakthrough of the incident have not been collected so far. In particular, the focus of the investigation on the victims who have been victims in the last two years has yielded no useful clues or information. This means that this serial murderer is already a very mature and successful crime, and all kinds of mistakes that can only occur in the novice stage of ordinary crimes are difficult to happen to him. This makes it even more difficult to investigate cases.

However, while the difficulties of the case continue to increase, the pressure from within the FBI system, the New York City Government, the New York City Police Department, the public, the media and other aspects has not only not decreased, but has become more and more serious. This has put tremendous pressure on the relevant personnel who have been on the front line of case investigation. At this time, both Aaron and Lisa had already left the matter of Du Ping behind and had no time to think.