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On Thursday, the daily newspaper of the city of Kotatar.

Isad sat silently in his office chair.

After following Mr. Issad yesterday afternoon, investigating the location of the crime and visiting Detective Morabi, Mr. Issad prepared the manuscript that afternoon, and began to release it in the early hours of this morning, and the effect of the release will basically be reflected by this time.

As the first report on the event, Issad merely described Salman's tragic experience of losing his son and the horrific scene of the crime, but added some speculation at the end.

Through a visit to Detective Morabi, Issad learns that the killer is likely to have left a hint at the crime scene to alert certain people who may well be the next victims.

Roddy added a cup of coffee to Mr. Issad, who didn't quite understand why Mr. Issad took this issue so seriously.

"Knock knock. ”

There was a knock on the door, and Issad shook his hands and almost didn't hold the cup, but he quickly adjusted, because Roddy had already opened the door first.

Roddy remembered that he was the receptionist at the front desk in the office area on the first floor, and he was holding a rather large wooden box that resembled a mailbox, with a document pressed on top of the box.

"Hello, Mr. Sudman, this is the first batch of replies from today's delivery data and readers. ”

Isad pretended to be calm and pointed to the coffee table.

Mr. Receptionist put things on the coffee table and bowed slightly, and took the door lightly before leaving.

Roddy was trying to help Issad get his things, but Issad took the first step to occupy Barty's throne (guest seat) and looked through it directly, but he didn't forget to explain it to Roddy accordingly.

"Usually, after the daily newspaper is launched, a mailbox will be set up at a fixed location for readers' reply. ”

Roddy nodded curiously, and looked through the reader's reply at the suggestion of Issad.

There were a lot of replies, basically filling the entire mailbox, and most of the content was curses for the murderer and sympathy for the victim's relatives, such as:

[Such a murderer should be hanged immediately, and let all his relatives try the feeling of being mutilated, even better if he has children.] 】

[Oh my God, the Seven Gods are above, there are still such cruel villains, I hope the police can take effective action to catch the murderer quickly, I will pay close attention to the Kotar Daily!]

[Why is it the victim who encounters such a cruel thing, and not others?It is possible that the victim is not a good thing either!]

[I sincerely hope that the relatives of the murderer are classified according to their gender: men are castrated and then their limbs are cut off and sent to beggars, and women are stripped naked and sent to slums to be bullied. 】

Seeing this, Roddy didn't know how to describe his feelings, and it was true that he thought that the murderer must be punished as he deserved, but most of these replies gave him a sense of "straight to the heart".

Compared to Roddy, Issad is much calmer, but he also shows much more disappointment.

Issad deliberately does not speculate about why the murderer killed, but focuses on reporting the murder itself and the speculation reached by visiting Detective Morabi from an objective point of view.

But the speculation he focuses on is almost unattended, as if no one cares what clues the killer is hiding.

"Mr. Issad... You'd better take a look at this reply. ”

Roddy's trembling hands clutched a note that read:

They won't realize it, even if I kill one of them again. 】

This reply can almost be concluded to be the murderer himself, and his reply confirms Mr. Isad's suspicion, and the murderer did leave a special hint, and this hint also represents the next victim.

Isad and Roddy hurried to the police station and learned that the victim was also a sophomore at the Crane Imperial University of Grammar and History, and Horn's classmate Rick, and that the crime took place on Black Willow Street.

Rick's mother, still wearing an apron, slippers on one foot and naked on the other, was in a very confused state of mind at this time, her language was unknown, and her world was completely changed by the great grief of losing her son.

Isad and Roddy don't have time to grieve because the officers are already ready to go to Rick's house, and this time it will be the first crime scene, and they can see the crime scene in its entirety.

Leading the team was Coleman, who wore a different set of officer uniforms from the officers on duty, and Roddy remembered that until yesterday he was only a police officer on duty.

After Coleman finished the team, he took the initiative to invite Issad and Roddy to accompany him, expressing his deep feelings for the case and then expressing his gratitude along the way.

"Mr. Isad, you are a good editor, and we Sheriffs are very attentive to your reporting, and thank you very much for complimenting me in the article. ”

Isad was slightly stunned, he didn't expect that just mentioning the name of this attentive police officer in the report would raise him to a higher position, although it was something to celebrate, but Isad was not in the mood.

"We received a reply. Issad handed the note to Coleman and waited for Coleman's answer.

"This is so important!" Coleman looked at the note in shock, apologized slightly, and quickly assigned an officer to give it to the sheriff.

"Sorry, we didn't find any clues to the killer, and this note you provided will be a breakthrough. ”

This was Coleman's explanation for the unauthorized handling of the note, and Issad didn't think it was inappropriate, as long as the killer could be found out.

Soon the police force had arrived at Rick's home, 2-13 Black Willow Street.

It's very close to Cross Street, which is already relatively close to the upper town.

The door was open, and a lone slipper had fallen on the threshold, corresponding to the single shoe on Rick's mother's feet.

The officers worked together to quickly set up a cordon and arrange for the officers on duty, and Coleman led Issad and Roddy to the crime scene quickly.

The crime scene was on the second floor, Rick's bedroom, and everyone smelled a strong smell of blood before they arrived.

It was still a brutal dismemberment, and unlike Horn, this time it was not the head that was left alone, but a right hand with a broken finger, prominently placed in the doorway, and the first thing you could see as soon as you opened the door.

At this time, a man wearing gel gloves was squatting in front of the severed hand.

Roddy and Isadad knew him as Detective Morabi.

"The blood is still warm, and the preliminary judgment is that the time of death is no more than twenty minutes. ”

Then Morabi went to the desk in his bedroom, his brow furrowed.

Coleman also knew Morabi, but was not the detective he contacted, so he immediately stopped Morabi's behavior and prepared to kick him out, even if he was a detective, and was not allowed to enter the crime scene without permission.

"Let him stay, maybe he can help. ”

Issad covered his mouth, so his voice was a little muffled, and Coleman thought for a moment before agreeing to Issad's proposal.

After careful observation, it can be tentatively concluded that the murder method is consistent with Horn's case, and three handwriting in blood are found on Rick's desk.

[I was wrong. 】

The handwriting is sonorous and powerful, and it is even deeply seared into the table.

"It seems that the person the killer wants to prompt is Rick. ”

Molabi still had a gloomy face, he said slowly, but the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, at this time, his eyes burst into light, he had a new perspective on the case, as long as the murderer committed another crime, he was confident that he would find the murderer directly!

Maybe there is no need for a third victim at all!

"It's not just Rick. Roddy looked at the disgusting corpse, trembled, told Morabi about the note, and guessed:

"It's them. ”

This means that there will be a third victim, or even a fourth, a fifth.

Morabi was not surprised.

The police still had no useful information at the crime scene except for the same dismemberment in the form of blood left on the desk, and Detective Morabi left in a hurry after a short investigation.

After continuing to search Rick's room for a long time, Coleman could only start disposing of the body with a gloomy face, while Issad returned to the police station before Coleman with Roddy after gathering enough material.