Chapter 7: The True Face of a Vampire
The takeaway brother chattered for about fifteen minutes, until he saw Zuo Tian tearfully start eating beef rice in a hurry, and then he realized that he had stayed too long, for the takeaway industry, time is money, the real meaning of money. He quickly smiled apologetically and left in a hurry.
When it was time to eat, it was finally quiet, and the four of them sat side by side on the stone steps at the door to eat takeout, which was a little too harmonious.
Kawajin tried to integrate the information in his mind, but the result was that he had no clue. Knowing the clues of these details is certainly helpful, but he is always missing the core piece of the puzzle, he doesn't know which piece he is missing, or which piece of information he doesn't know, and he still can't determine the identity and purpose of this vampire.
His actions are full of confusing points, if he is to suck human blood, then in the information found by Saten Tears, his attacks are chaotic, there is no similar time period, and there is no fixed target group. If it is said that he committed a crime, then first of all, he has a better way to commit the crime, such as sneaking into other people's homes to steal by turning into fog, and so on, secondly, these victims only claim that they have been sucked blood, and only a small number of people say that their property has been stolen, but considering the previous impostor thugs......
The first thing that comes to mind is probably these two possibilities. There are other possibilities, such as pleasure criminals, testing their own strength, etc., these possibilities are too slim.
Kawajin finished eating quietly, and finally came to the conclusion that he couldn't come to a conclusion by himself.
He needed more systematic database support, and he needed a more systematic surveillance network, for example, if he could call up the surveillance footage of that night, it would be much easier to confirm the identity of the teenager.
After all, the location was the 10th school district at the time, and I knew the clothes of the offender, so late, it was already completely out of school, similar to [curfew], there were not many students who were still wandering outside during this time period, and even if there were, most of them would not wear school uniforms, such as the kind of men who wore school sports uniforms, or there must not be many men wearing school uniforms.
It doesn't matter if it's a blind spot for monitoring, a camera is a dead end, and it can't be all of them, right?
Kawajin didn't realize that the other party's superpowers were not limited.
The superpowers of the school city,More or less have their own limitations.,Even if it's LV5's superpowers.,It's just that their abilities are too strong.,Give people the illusion that they're invincible.。 If it's a superpower that can turn into smoke, then the most likely limit is time or travel distance.
In this way, even if he can escape a surveillance, he can't escape the dense surveillance network, after all, not everywhere is a small alley.
Moreover, if there is logistical support, if you can call the information in the library and directly retrieve the superpowers related to atomization, you can also determine the identity of the other party. After all, all the materials of students and researchers in the school city are logged here.。
The more Kawajin thought about it, the more he felt that he should join forces with the members of the Discipline Inspection Commission.
"Now, little detective, I'll just ask for reference: Do we want to communicate with the Discipline Inspection Commissioner? If they help us, they will definitely be familiar with solving the case, right? ”
"Nope. No way. ”
She shook her head hard from the takeaway box, her golden ponytail swaying like two whips.
"Well, why? Isn't it more efficient? ”
"But, wouldn't that be the credit of the Discipline Commissioner?!"
She retorted unwillingly, frowning tightly, her cheeks pursing angrily, and her eyes aside.
In the mainstream detectives, the police are mediocre, and then one or two elites occasionally pop up, but unfortunately, in the end, they will definitely be preempted by the resourceful detective adults, find clues, find criminals, and peek into the mystery.
But now, isn't it the other way around?!
If you ask for the power of the [police], that is, the members of the Discipline Commission and the garrison! In this way, as a detective, where can you still be qualified?
Her unwillingness was almost transmitted directly to Kawajin's mind through her face.
"So, what else? Can we still explore it point by point? ”
Kawajin smiled bitterly and quipped.
"It's a good idea, too."
"Good way?!"
Kawajin was obviously just joking, but she didn't expect her to think about it seriously, Kawajin didn't know how to complain, and he didn't even know what to say. He's not very good at dealing with this kind of tendony girl......
"If you use my ability to search the range step by step, I should be able to exclude some people, so that the range is narrowed down little by little, plus your speed advantage, I think it's okay."
She said this quite seriously, looking at her posture, she was in the mood to pull the Sichuan god into the water together.
If it was the previous Kawajin, I would probably feel troublesome. After all, he essentially still wants to easily live in the school city.。 But just now, he himself had aroused his curiosity about this vampire whom he had never met, and he was ready to take a look, so it didn't matter.
The more Shi Zhihui spoke, the more he felt that this matter was reliable, and he spread out the map while nodding, and Satian tearfully looked at it curiously, and found that it was a map of the tenth school district, which was like a map of mineral deposits to be used in geography class, with squares, triangles, circles, and other unknown symbols arranged all over the map.
These are the ranges determined based on different search criteria.
Megumi Tokieda's ability is only LV3, and although the accuracy is trustworthy, the search conditions are still too few.
It's like,Let you use three words to describe a person.,And the three words must be precise to designate a certain person.,What a difficult proposition.,You know,2.3 million people in the school city,How many surnames are there in Japan? A coincidence, there are many people with the same name and surname, not to mention three vague descriptive sentences.
It would be nice if you could know the details more clearly.
However, it is not completely impossible.
After all, stupid work is always better than no effort, if a person does not know how to multiply, and can forcibly calculate the multiplication formula directly with addition, it is just slower. Now Shi Zhihui uses this method, by giving 3 keywords, determining a large range, and then replacing the other three keywords, determining a range again, and intersecting the two, so that you can determine some?
Then, just repeat this process repeatedly, about three or five times, and the scope of the target can be narrowed down.
Of course,Even if it's [very small],With the area of the school park city,There are about 30 households.,Do you want to ask these 30 households one by one?
And also do a good job of people not being at home, or not cooperating.
There is also the danger of scaring the snake.
Either way, it's quite chaotic and unproductive.
However, looking at the excited light in Shi Zhihui's eyes, Kawajin knew that he couldn't persuade him. After all, she's the kind of kid who longs for a detective, yes, she's still a first-year junior high school student at heart. is the same as Shirai Kuroko's early spring ornament, only the first year of junior high school.
For a student who is passionate about detectives, it is very rare to have a chance to catch the bad guys who can actually play the detective.
It didn't take long for Saten's lunch break to end.
The afternoon was physical education class, and as a user of the fantasy master, she didn't want to be late or skip class, after all, it was her own problem, and she couldn't get over a hurdle in her heart.
Therefore, although she was very curious about what happened after this, she didn't force her to follow, but repeatedly told Kawajin to explain all the details clearly after she came back.
Leaving school, Good Friday for Kawajin and Shimazaki began.
Urged by Shi Zhihui, the two returned to the 10th school district and began to search for the 30 homes that were finally identified.
Now it's class time...... In other words, why did Megumi Tokieda come out during class time? Could it be skipping class?
Kawajin glanced at her, saw that she was on the rise, smiled bitterly, and gave up asking questions, and honestly went with her.
Most of these locked places are apartments.
When she arrived at the apartment, she definitely couldn't know from the [map] that the target was on the floor of the apartment, and Megumi Shieda also had a way, she took a photo with a Polaroid camera, and then used the photo as a background, and retrieved and investigated, so that she could determine the location of the other party on the photo.
With this method, the three-person carpet search began.
"Vampires? Haven't heard of it? Q me last night's action? I went to get a new pair of glasses, what's wrong? By the way, who are you? ”
This was said by a student with thick glasses. This is an example of a more fit.
"Vampires? Is this a new type of pyramid scheme? I don't have the money to order any mess, so if you know that, I'll go back! ”
This is said by someone who has messy hair and looks like a bad student. He probably confused the three of them with the people who sold newspapers, milk, and the like. angrily urged the three of them to leave quickly.
"You are? Bloodsucker? Huh? Isn't that one of the city's legends? Could it be that you're here to investigate? Oops, hey, you're so idle......"
This is an example of banter, presumably treating the three of them as idiots. That's right,In the school city, the master of the scientific side,How can a non-scientific thing like a vampire exist?,His mentality is more normal.。
He looked at Kawajin with pity, probably thinking that he was a man who had been dragged out by his classmates and forcibly investigated, and the wry smile on Kawagami's lips convinced him even more.
This pointless search continued in more than a dozen homes.
According to probability, the probability of hitting a shot is so low that it is not good, but it is not more than a dozen in a row, and this probability is also a bit subtle.
Shi Zhihui is in a very good mood, she always says after she doesn't find a clue, "The probability of finding it has expanded again." ”
After all, the total number is limited, and after excluding one person, the natural chance of the next time will increase. It's like when you draw a lottery, if all the prizes except the jackpot are taken away, the only thing left is the jackpot!
With such a positive mood, Megumi Tokieda knocked on the door of the last house.
The person who opened the door was a woman, probably high school age, wearing a text shirt and hot pants casually, holding the door with one hand, and asked, "Who are you?" ”
It's a line I'm getting tired of hearing.
Shi Zhihui didn't think he had heard of it at all, and took the initiative to say: "We're here to explore the vampire legend in the school city!" Hello! Do you know of vampires who attack people in the middle of the night? ”
"Huh, what's that? Haven't heard of it. You're brains bad to explore this thing, right? ”
Impatience and sarcasm were exaggerated on the woman's face, and she snorted in her mouth to express disdain.
"In fact, there are already multiple victims."
Shi Zhihui said this to her with a heavy expression, and when she heard that there was a victim, the woman's brows furrowed, and she asked rhetorically, "Really?" ”
"Yes, we are detectives, and we heard that someone had been attacked, so we started investigating."
"Well, but I've never heard of anything like that."
"Do you live alone? Did you go out last night? ”
"Ah, living alone, I was doing my nails all the time yesterday and didn't have time to go out."
She shook her wrist as she spoke, and sure enough, the five fingers of her right hand were pink and shiny, like five gems.
"I see, so please be careful not to walk at night. Especially don't go down the alleys. ”
Shi Zhihui instructed two more words, and then left with the two of them. It wasn't until the door slammed shut that Kawajin and Megumi Tokieda stopped together, and Chiyuki Shimazaki, who was unaware of the two of them, slammed into Kawagami's back.
"What's wrong?"
She didn't move her body, but leaned behind Kawajin and asked, her voice a little dull because it was blocked by Kawajin's back.
"Didn't notice? We've found it, vampire. ”
Kawajin smiled mysteriously, Shimazaki Chiyuki couldn't figure it out, and asked rhetorically, "Isn't that vampire a man?" The one just now, it must be a woman, right? ”
"yes, it's because ...... Vampires are men, and that person is a woman, so that's them. ”
Kawajin deliberately did not break it, but used a very roundabout statement. Shimazaki Chiyuki figured it out, raised her head suddenly, and understood what Kawajin meant.
Because that vampire is a man, Megumi Tokieda's search criteria include the keyword [male].
Therefore, it is impossible to search for [apartments where women live alone]!
It's understandable if you say it's a co-ed dormitory. Why didn't she say it? It can only be explained that she knows that once the identity of this man is exposed, it will be over.
Either the man is the offender.
Either...... It's the three of them who found the current vampire himself!