Chapter 50: The Ghost of Rashomon
Looking out the car window at the city, it seems that everything is calm and normal. The vendors selling breakfast are busy, the people who go to work are hurrying, and the new day starts silently like every day before.
But Officer Yao didn't think so, he knew that in this peaceful little city, there was a bloodthirsty demon hidden. It hides in the darkness of the city, conceals its whereabouts, silently kills people and drinks blood.
He rolled down the window, pulled a cigarette out of his cigarette case, and held it to his mouth. He had quit smoking, but since the day before yesterday, he has been smoking cigarettes again every day, and he is smoking almost two packs a day.
"Officer Yao, the on-site investigation believes that this rape and murder case was committed by the same murderer as the one two days ago." Tang Min, a young policewoman, sat on the side, looked at the tablet and said.
"Weird scratches? Excessive blood loss due to a ruptured vein? The deceased also did not have any bodily fluids of the murderer in his body? Officer Yao spat out a cloud of gray smoke out of the car window.
"Yes, exactly the same. We all have the witnesses of the deceased in the case the day before yesterday, and they all have alibis, so this case cannot be a crime of imitation. Tang Min nodded.
"It's only been a day later, and the crime is committed in the same way, this is a provocation to our police!" The police car stopped, and Officer Yao smashed the half-smoked cigarette in the car ashtray, put on his coat, and walked out of the car.
The yellow cordon had surrounded the crime scene, and Officer Yao squeezed through the crowd of onlookers, showed his police ID to the police guarding the cordon, and slipped under the cordon.
The investigation of the scene has been completed, and the woman's body has been removed, leaving only a white chalk outline and a dried black stain of blood on the ground.
"Break away? Why do you conclude that it was not the work of the departed? Officer Yao asked, looking at the blood on the ground.
"Reporting to the police officer, the Academy of Sciences has proven that the virus can attack the human brain and cause great damage. Therefore, they do not possess human intelligence, they only attack others for no reason, and it is impossible to complete such a well-planned murder. "A police officer reported to Officer Yao.
"Well-planned? What is the method? Officer Yao asked, touching his chin.
"The deceased in this case and the deceased in the rape and murder case two days ago are both female anchors of online games, and after investigation, it was found that they were raped and killed in a secret place after being asked out by the murderer. It can be seen that the targets of the murderers are all chosen, and such a complex plan cannot be completed without people. The policeman replied.
"Any clues at the moment?" Officer Yao continued.
"There are no special clues, the murderer acted meticulously and left no traces. However, we have found the online account of the victim through the online live broadcast platform. Unfortunately, the information of that network account has been deleted internally, and we only found the ID name of that account. ”
"What's it called?" Officer Yao looked strangely into the eyes of the police officers who came to report.
"It's called 'Rashomon Ghost.'"
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"Xiaolan, shall I take you out to buy new clothes?" Gao Zhen stepped forward and touched the head of his sister, who was still angry with him.
"Hmph, no. I'm going to punish you today. Sister An Lan clasped her hands on her chest and twisted her head to the side.
"Then let's go eat something delicious, brother will take you to eat cake?" Gao Zhen thought of a way to coax her.
"If you want to eat, you won't go out with your brother to eat!" An Lan's little face was puffed up, biting her lip, and her eyes didn't look at the high pillow.
"Xiaolan, don't be angry, my brother won't play in the future......" Before Gao Zhen finished speaking, he heard a police car siren downstairs, and the sound of many people chattering and discussing.
An Lan and Gao Zhen glanced at each other, both of them leaned next to the window and looked downstairs, and found that there were many people in a small alley next to their old residential building, and there was a cordon in the crowd, and there were many policemen walking around, not knowing what case they were handling.
"Could it be the invisible man from yesterday?" An Lan looked at her brother and guessed.
"Let's go down and have a look." Pillow stood up, washed, changed, and made the door ready.
"Humph! Stinky brother, I was coaxed out by you again! An Lan pouted.
After getting ready, before going out, Gao Zhen deliberately walked to the side of the balcony, closed the glass door between the balcony and the living room, and put a hair of his own in the middle. He was going to buy a new lock for the door today, and before that, he wondered if the weird invisible man would break into his home again.
There were too many people in the alley watching the excitement, and when Gao Zhen and An Lan arrived, they could only stand on the outermost part and listen to the discussions of others. I heard that the death was a pretty good-looking female game anchor, and the murderer may have committed serial murders......
"Grandma Tian, what's going on over there?" I didn't hear anything particularly useful from the crowd, so I chose to ask this gossipy old lady. With her character, some of the circumstances of the case, she must have learned a lot.
"Oh yo, these girls now, they are so exposed, and they run out to have a tryst with a man in the middle of the night, and the other party will inevitably have bad intentions!" When Grandma Tian saw someone to talk to, she couldn't stop gossiping.
"I don't know why you young people like to watch live broadcasts on the Internet so much. Hey, it's a good girl, why do you have to scratch your head in front of the screen, why don't you come to my store and help me this old woman......"
"Grandma Tian, can you get to the point?" The pillow is full of black lines.
"Eh, look over there!" Grandma Tian stood up tremblingly and pointed to the lively crowd behind her.
Curious, Takazuki turned back and found that the crowd had been separated by the police, who took a man out and put him in a police car. It was a chubby young man, wearing a pair of round glasses, and his face was full of pimples and greasy.
"That's Xiao Luo, who lives in the building across from you. This morning he was the one who found the body and reported it to the police. At that time, he didn't have a mobile phone, but he came to the wired phone I borrowed to call the police. He should now be taken back to the police station to take a statement. Grandma Tian explained to Gao Zhen.
"Well, poor boy, he is alone at home, and he doesn't know how to spend his days. It's really worrying to be involved in such a big deal now. Grandma Tian sighed.
"You said his family lives in the building across the street from us?" Something suddenly occurred to Gao Zu.
"Yes, it's also the sixth floor, I remember that your house is also the sixth floor, maybe you can see Xiao Luo's house from the balcony." Grandma Tian said.
"Standing on the balcony and seeing his house? Why look at his house from the balcony? He muttered to himself.
"Xiao Gao, are you okay?" Grandma Tian saw that Gao Zhen's expression was a little strange, and asked worriedly.
"Ah, grandma, I'm fine. I just think it's better to let Xiaolan know less about this kind of thing, after all, what kind of dead person, case, easy to scare children. "Sitting back and prevaricating.
"Mmmm, take her out to play, don't let her join in the fun, it won't have a good impact on the child." Grandma Tian nodded, relieved that Gao Zhen always remembered his sister's affairs, and felt that he was a good brother.
"Xiaolan, let's go, let's go to the mall." Gao Zhen walked out of the commissary and took his sister's hand.
"Cut, brother, I'm not a child." An Lan pinched Gao Zhen's hand.
"Did you hear it all?" Gao Zhen smiled awkwardly.
"I heard it all!" An Lan took a step forward, leaving the high pillow behind her.
"Xiaolan, don't run, be careful." Gao Zhen shouted in the back.
"Oh, by the way, brother, I gave your computer to Jidi as a toy, and I don't know what it will become when I come back." An Lan suddenly turned around and said.
"This ......" Gao Zhen couldn't wait to kneel down for his sister in the street.