This may be the most difficult case Lin Xinyi has handled since he crossed over.

Although it has broken through all the way to this point, the fog in front of him has never dissipated.

And as soon as a puzzle is solved, a new one emerges:

"Why is there no blood..."

"The power of a bullet is not something that flesh and blood can withstand, and if the bear is really hit by a bullet, there should be blood left on the ground nearby."

"But the scene is so clean, so clean that you can only find a few bear hairs."

Lin Xin couldn't figure it out.

But all other options were forcefully ruled out, and even though the lack of blood could not be explained, he could only choose to believe in the conclusion that "the bear was hit by a bullet".

"No way... Reasoning alone cannot determine the outcome. ”

"This conclusion must be verified with practical actions."

Lin Xinyi thought of the only way:

Find the person concerned, no, find the person in question Xiong.

A moment later...

"What... Looking for a bear?! ”

Hearing the latest instructions of this forest management officer, Director Tsunoda's face seemed to be completely uncontrollable:

"Steward Lin, why is that?"

"It was just an accident... First I was looking for someone, then I was looking for a gun, and now I was looking for a bear... W-When is this a head? ”

"Just carry out the order."

Lin Xinyi simply didn't explain.

Anyway, he has already seen that even if he explains in detail and persuades him with good words, this old fritter-like director Tsunoda will always complain and constantly resist the investigation work.

"I will ask the officers of the Identification Division sent by the Osaka Prefectural Police Headquarters to cooperate with you and use police dogs to track the whereabouts of the bear."

"Notify me as soon as you find the bear."

Lin Xinyi originally wanted to use the police dog to identify the smell of the mysterious person.

But after all, a day had passed, and the mysterious man had left no footprints or objects to trace at the scene.

The residual smell has almost dissipated, and the police dogs are useless.

And bears are different...

The body odor of wild animals is heavy, and it is not easy to dissipate after a day.

And it also sheds hair all the way, and the problem of hair loss is more serious.

The hairs that remain in the fallen leaves and are stained with a strong smell can be a clue for the police dog to follow.

Coupled with the large-scale police force to assist in the search, it should not be difficult to find the bear.

"By the way, Director Tsunoda..."

After Lin Xinyi arranged the search work, he asked again:

"Are you ready for the murder materials I asked you to prepare before?"

"It's been so long, can't you still get it done?"

"Uh..."Director Tsunoda replied with an embarrassed expression, "Accurate, ready, I just sent it over." ”

"Okay, bring it to me."

"Hmm..."Director Tsunoda reluctantly sent someone to deliver a thick stack of papers.

After submitting the information, he followed Lin Xinyi's instructions and acted together with the people sent by the Osaka Prefectural Police Headquarters to support, and rushed to find the whereabouts of the bear in question.

And Lin Xinyi picked up the stack of materials and began to read it carefully:

"I've died a lot over the years..."

"Including this cliff, several people die every year in the entire scenic area."

This result didn't make Lin Xinyi feel strange.

Because the scenic spot has to entertain millions of tourists every year, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be a few people who are in a bad mood and kill themselves in accidents.

Probably speaking, it is normal for a scenic spot to die several times a year.

This is not a social concern at all.

In fact, many large units with similar risks have potential "death indicators".

As long as the number of accident deaths does not exceed a certain number each year, there is no safety management problem.

"Look at the people who died on this cliff..."

Lin Xinyi picked out the case information of the death on this cliff only from the thick stack of documents.

"Accidents, accidents, accidents..."

"In just such a place, there have been seven accidents in the last five years."

"All cases were closed as 'accidental', without an autopsy, and not even a few photos of the scene were taken..."

"These materials play a very limited role."

The previous seven cases were all hastily closed in the name of "accidents" without rigorous investigation.

There was nothing left in the file except for dry transcripts and a few brief photos of the scene, and even if he wanted to, he couldn't do it.

So, are these cases an accident or not?

Then only God knows.

And with that kind of scary suspicion, Lin Xin turned over and over again to find clues in the information:

"Sure enough... Something is still wrong. ”

"It's time—"

"The time when these 'accidents' happened was all in the off-season of the scenic spot!"

He finally found something suspicious in the limited information:

The 7 accidents happened in the months of the off-season of scenic spots.

Is it a coincidence? Or is it because...

"There are no people in the mountains in the off-season, so it's more convenient to commit crimes?"

Lin Xinyi had a terrible guess in his heart:

This cliff is located deep in the dense forest, and its location is relatively secluded.

It can be said that with the addition of Miss Yoshiko Yamaguchi who died this time, there have been 8 tourists in a row who have accidentally entered this place in the past 5 years and accidentally fell down.

That's a bit too much.

It doesn't make sense to say it was an accident.

But if someone is familiar with the terrain and deliberately hostages tourists here and intimidates them with a revolver...

Then the victim will surely rush up the dirt slope in a panic, fall into the cliff, and die in an "accidental" way.

"Is it really that scary?"

Lin Xinyi's expression was extremely solemn:

He can't jump to conclusions.

After all, the information is not detailed enough, and the clues are not strong, so his suspicions can only stay in unfounded suspicions.

Suppose this suspicion is true, though.

Suppose there really is a murderer who uses "accidents" to commit crimes.

"Let me try to do a profile of his offender..."

Lin Xin thought silently at first:

First of all, the other party must be very familiar with the topography of the scenic spot -

Otherwise, he wouldn't have known that there was a cliff in such a remote place that was easy for people to stumble, and he wouldn't have thought of this kind of murderous method of using dirt slopes and cliffs to create accidents.

Immediately after, through the previous point, the identity of the murderer can be roughly speculated:

A. A mountaineer who has been visiting Mt. Kumgang for many years

B. Scenic staff

C. Police officers at the local police station

D. Residents of the vicinity

Lin Xinyi came up with these four options in his mind.

The range is so large and there are so few clues that it is difficult to pick an answer from these four options for a while.

However, the important clue that linked the mysterious person who was suspected of being the murderer was "possessing a revolver":

"The police at the local police station?"

Lin Xin consciously chose C.

Because the standard police gun currently equipped with this police is the "New South M60" revolver.

But just because of that, it seems a bit too much to assume that the answer is C.

After all, after experiencing the terrorist attack of the water crystal...

Now even if criminals can get machine guns, tanks and helicopters, Lin Xinyi will not find it strange.

It's just a revolver, and ordinary people can get it if they want to, and it doesn't have to be a policeman.

The investigation seems to have fallen into a fog again.

And at this moment...

"Wait..."

"The mystery man used that revolver to shoot the bear who was climbing the tree and chasing him."

"The bullet must have hit the bear, otherwise there would have been bullet holes and other marks on the ground anyway."

"And after the brown bear was shot, it did not leave any blood at the scene."

"Why is that?"

At the critical moment, Lin Xinyi thought of this mystery that had not been solved before.

And this mystery seems to have an answer at the moment:

"Because that bullet wasn't powerful enough."

"Although the warhead injured the brown bear, it also stayed on the brown bear's body."

"But it's so powerful that it doesn't penetrate the brown bear's 'creature armor' at all."

"And if the brown bear is only 'a little bit of skin', the amount of blood that comes out is naturally extremely limited."

"As soon as this bit of blood comes out, it will be absorbed by the hair, and the wound will quickly coagulate and stop bleeding, so there will be no blood dripping on the ground."

Lin Xinyi thought out of inertia before, thinking that since the bear had been shot, it should bleed profusely.

However, there was no trace of blood at the scene, but it was likely that the bear was injured too lightly and shed too little blood.

That sounds a little incredible.

But contrary to what most people subconsciously think, not all guns are so powerful that a single shot can devastate wild animals.

Some of the guns are too powerful to effectively kill large creatures like brown bears.

For example, 1.8J is also considered a gun.

Another example is a police pistol.

In order to minimize casualties in action, police pistols are generally designed to be less powerful.

Speaking of which, Lin Xinyi doesn't have to think of the domestic Type 05 police revolver he came into contact with when he was working before.

This gun is known as the "gun of kindness".

There have been policemen who used this gun to shoot the bandits at close range, and all the bullets were blocked by the bandits' down jackets.

There were also policemen who tried to shoot a mad bull with this gun, but shot more than 40 shots in front and back to no avail.

The bull said, "What about you scraping the master?" ”

Of course, the New Southern M60 revolver currently used by the police is much larger than the "good gun" that Lin Xinyi had seen when he worked before.

But this "big" word is only relative.

is also a police pistol, and the power of the New South M60 revolver is actually very crotch-pulling.

It's barely possible to use it to kill people, and if you want to use it to kill bears, it's basically wishful thinking.

Adult brown bears are so rough and thick that the fur and fat on their body are like biotank armor.

If the mysterious man used the police New South M60 revolver, even if he shot at close range, he would definitely not cause any serious injuries to the brown bear.

The brown bear received only minor injuries and then fled with injuries and was frightened by the gunfire.

And because the injury was too light and the bleeding was too little, there was no blood at the scene.

"It seems that everything makes sense..."

These clues were connected in Lin Xinyi's mind.

That bold guess became clearer:

"Murderer, is it a policeman?"