St. George's 13th Block Apartment

The cloudy sky does not give even a little starlight, leaving a darkness to the earth. This is a dilapidated warehouse, full of weeds, fine dust floating in the air, even the darkest night is blocked out of the warehouse, the occasional leakage of a few traces of night breeze is also cool, the dim light bulb is hung on the main beam of the warehouse with ropes, gently swayed by this cool night wind, and the shadows of different shades on the wall formed by the light also move lightly, as if trying to take advantage of the time to sneak away from this bloody crime scene.

A woman.

To be precise, it was a female corpse, which was hung in the center of the warehouse.

Like a lamb being slaughtered, she was pulled by ropes, the other end of which was tied to the pillars of the storehouse, and she was hung on all fours. Her scalp was peeled off, and the assailant seemed to have grabbed her hair and tore off her scalp, leaving jagged tearing wounds on her forehead and behind her occipital, the blood vessels in her scalp were torn, and blood flowed down her forehead and jaw corners, through the deep cut on her neck, the carotid artery that turned out, the severed sternocleidomastoid muscle, and finally through the smooth skin on her chest, dripping onto the gray floor, and she opened her eyes as if watching her blood drip under her feet, until those eyes finally lost all light.

When she was found, she was hanging in such a strange position, dying of blood loss.

The walls of the warehouse were splattered with blood, the color of the blood that gushed out when the carotid artery was severed.

With a weird, terrifying, and shocking feeling, it was as if Satan in the depths of purgatory had come to the world and carved the blood words of death on the wall with his fingernails.

In addition to the most striking corpses, there was also a wooden table in the warehouse, and on the small wooden table were neatly placed some knives, hammers, ropes and other tools, most of which were splattered with blood, which were obviously sprayed when the deceased's carotid artery was cut, but there was only one knife, a knife that fell at the deceased's feet, with the exception.

Adam walked around the wooden table and over to the dead, and he crouched down and looked at the knife in silence.

It was a steel knife with a notched blade, but still sharp enough to slice through a human's fragile skin, slice through a soft artery, and kill a man.

It just fell at the feet of the deceased, in the pool of blood, and the smooth surface of the knife reflected the dead man's death, which looked very terrifying.

"This is the murder weapon......"

Adam muttered, stood up, and looked at the dead man in front of him.

It was a young woman, no more than thirty years old, and her face was covered with blood, and the blood ran down her forehead, cheeks, and lips, and it looked like her tears. She also wears false eyelashes, with contact lenses, red lips I don't know if it's blood or lipstick, although she has no hair, but she looks weirdly beautiful, she has no hair, she is naked, like a doll in a shop window, waiting to be put on display after dressing up.

Or, at this moment, she is someone's most satisfying artwork, which is exhibited in another form.

It's just that the target is not the customer, not the audience appreciating the art, but the police.

Adam lowered his head and flipped through the file in his hand.

"The deceased's name is Lily, twenty-six years old, an ordinary graduate student, and the last time she was seen was at a graduation dinner a year ago, after which she drove home alone, and after that, she was not seen again......"

Adam muttered, his eyes falling on the photo of Lily at the party on file, which showed a little blonde with long, silky blonde curls, but that long hair was now stripped alive.

The murderer was a sadist, cut off the girl's hair, and let the girl be hung naked, so to speak, tortured the girl with extreme cruelty, and finally cut the girl's carotid artery and killed her.

"By the time the police found the body, she had been dead for a month...... The cause of death, excessive bleeding. ”

Adam looked at the corpse in front of him, his gaze falling on the smooth, tight skin of the corpse.

"The autopsy report realistically showed that the deceased had been poured preservatives by the murderer before he died, and after his death, the murderer also treated the body with formaldehyde, so that the corpse did not decompose even after a month."

Adam was silent for a while, and then deduced: "In other words, the murderer cherishes the corpse very much, and even regards the corpse as his own work, and does not want the corpse to rot...... Or is this actually the murderer provoking the police, mocking that even if the body is left intact with the police, the police may not be able to catch her? ”

He thought about it for a moment and looked at the on-site investigation report again.

"After investigation, the murderer did not leave any traces at the scene, but the murder weapon found a man's DNA."

"After investigation and comparison, it was found that the DNA matched Sheriff Osborne to a 99.9 percent degree."

Adam looked up at the corpse.

"Is that him? Osborne Lamb, is it the one who killed you? ”

But the female corpse only lowered her head slightly, and her eyes looked at the ground blankly.

She couldn't hear him, she couldn't answer his questions, she couldn't tell what happened to her before she died, just like he couldn't find out the truth about the murder now.

"Ahh

Suddenly, a woman's scream sounded, startling Adam, the file in his hand fell to the ground, just smashed into the [virtual projector], and the 3D imaging of the virtual murder scene in front of him flickered a few times and disappeared, and the surroundings returned to the living room of Adam's apartment.

Adam turned around and saw Qi Han standing at the bedroom door with a frightened expression.

“…… Are you awake? ”

"What was that?! I seem to ...... It seems that I saw a female corpse?!! Still undecided, she looked around and touched the wall as if to make sure she was in the real world.

"It's [virtual projector]." Adam picked up a ball from the ground, "This is a common case analysis tool used by the police, it can reproduce the murder scene 100%, as long as it is recorded in time, even if the murder scene is destroyed, with this instrument, the murder scene can be reproduced anywhere." ”

Adam placed the spherical projector on the table. Qi Han frowned and took a few steps forward, she leaned against the sofa and saw that it was a black ball, the size of a baseball, with some small buttons on it, and several imaging holes, which could project images in all directions.

Hearing this, Qi Han breathed a sigh of relief.

She almost thought that she hadn't woken up just now, she had a nightmare, and she dreamed of such a bloody picture, as soon as she pushed the door open, a female corpse was hanging in the middle of the room, the floor was covered with blood on the wall, and Adam stood in front of the female corpse, looking at the female corpse.

"I thought you were still sleeping, I'm sorry, I'll use it next time when you're asleep." Adam closed the file and stood by the window looking at Qi Han.

Her complexion looked noticeably better.

In the past few days, the process of quitting alcohol has been a bit difficult, and she has experienced the withdrawal symptoms that will occur when she quits drinking, including dizziness, vomiting, tremors, restlessness, and even hallucinations in severe cases, and she has seen her dead father and sister who have been sent to the [Minghe System] appear in the living room of Adam's house several times. Quit drinking, most people think that as long as you hold back and don't drink, you can succeed, but in fact, the most dangerous thing is that these withdrawal symptoms will not only torture your body and consume your physical strength, but also frustrate your confidence and reduce your reason.

In order to better help Qi Han get through the withdrawal stage, Adam also specially contacted the professional medical staff of the Alcohol Rehabilitation Association who was in charge of Qi Han and quit alcohol, accompanied by them, to observe her physiological state, and treat the symptoms as soon as there are withdrawal symptoms in her eyes, in addition to giving the abstainer confidence at all times to help her divert her attention. For this reason, Adam bought a lot of drawing paper and pens, so that Qi Han could draw those strange beasts in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" to divert his attention, although the virtual painting system could not be repaired for the time being, but the most primitive way of painting could make her calm down and focus on the sketch one by one, so as to reduce the adverse symptoms caused by the lack of alcohol in the body, and reduce the anxiety caused by the lack of alcohol in the brain.

After four extremely difficult days, Qi Han's condition improved significantly.

Although she still wants to drink, she still has the idea of sneaking out of the door, or even rummaging out the window on the 18th floor to find a drink, but compared to the anxious and abnormal state of the previous days, she has improved significantly.

In addition, she no longer drinks every day, her complexion has improved, her cheeks are no longer sallow, and she has begun to have a girl's ruddyness.

Although she still wears dreadlocks and exaggerated eye makeup, she looks at least ...... It's not that much like a walking corpse.

It was a small change, but it was enough to make Adam happy.

Qi Han wore a wide sweatshirt, walked to the sofa, and looked at Adam: "That girl...... Was it recently killed? ”

"No, she was killed a year ago." Thinking of the case, Adam's expression became a little serious.

"A year ago?"

"The sheriff who took me before was named Osborne Lamb, he betrayed the murder charge and was sent to the [Minghe System] because his DNA was found at this murder scene."

Qi Han secretly glanced at Adam: "That's what you said before, only the Sheriff Osborne you believe he won't kill?" ”

"And Uncle Lamb, who doesn't believe it either."

"Aren't there any other clues at the scene?"

Adam shook his head.

"The colleagues of the forensic department carefully checked around, and did not find the murderer's fingerprints, the murder scene is in the middle of nowhere, it is an abandoned warehouse, there are no other farmhouses around, there are no surveillance cameras, and even the traces of the car tires have been cleaned up by the murderer, that guy is a bastard with strong anti-investigation ability, and he seems to know everything we will investigate, and he has cut off all the clues in advance." Adam angrily slammed the file on the table, "Will such a murderer leave his DNA on the murder weapon?!" This is obviously a false accusation! ”

The file fell on the table, half outside the table, and the file was scattered all over the ground, just like Adam's thoughts now, in chaos.

He sat down on the couch slightly discouraged.

He had seen this crime scene countless times, and he had carefully examined every detail, and even dreamed of wondering if there was something he had overlooked.

But even then, he did not find any other evidence that would overturn Oss's case.

Could it really be that he is incompetent?!

Or is the murderer too cunning?!

Qi Han was silent for a while, and then said, "I saw that corpse just now...... No hair? ”

"Well, it was stripped by the murderer."

"Why?" Qi Han frowned suspiciously.

"I don't know, but according to criminal psychologists, these murderers are more or less psychopathic. Some murderers will leave special marks on the corpse, some murderers will deliberately damage and dismember the corpse, and some murderers will take away the corpse's teeth and hair as souvenirs......"

Hearing this, Qi Han shivered.

It's hard to imagine anyone keeping these eerie things in their own homes as souvenirs.

Adam looked at Qi Han and further explained: "In the eyes of some murderers, the crime is not a crime, but the completion of a work, and the corpse is their work, some murderers will return to the scene of the crime again to appreciate their works, while some murderers will take some things and put them by their side to keep a memorial for themselves, they have 'special' feelings for the deceased, which is a kind of distorted feelings, mostly related to the distorted psychological state of the murderer." ”

“…… I remember reading reports of girls who disappeared for some reason and were stripped of their hair, cut their necks and died. ”

Adam nodded, "Yes, this is not the first case, but a serial murder case. ”

Serial Murder ......

Qi Han remembered the bloody pictures reported by the media before, although she played the mosaic, she still couldn't see the cruelty of the murderer, and she couldn't help but gasp.

"In fact, Sheriff Osborne has been investigating this serial murder case for the past three years, and there have been eight victims before and after."

"Eight? Why do I remember that the media only reported on five corpses?? ”

"There are three corpses that are incomplete, only a head and upper body were found, and one corpse still has hair on its head, which is the first victim, it seems that the murderer was not mature in scalping at the beginning, so the hair was not completely peeled off and was abandoned by the murderer."

“……”

Skilled.

It's a word that gets weirder the more you hear about this place.

"If Sheriff Osborne is the one responsible for this serial murder, why would he be suspected of being the murderer?"

"Because of DNA, the murder weapon at the last murder scene had his DNA on it."

"But ......" Qi Han shook his head, "this doesn't make sense, who will investigate the case they committed?" What if you accidentally shake yourself out? ”

Adam sighed: "I think so too, I know better than anyone how hard Sheriff Osborne is to track down serial murders, he sometimes even doesn't sleep for three days and three nights, running back and forth between the murder scene, the autopsy office, and the office, just to determine a small clue...... How could such a person be the murderer of a serial murder......"

“…… What did the police officer who decided the case say? ”

"They said that he wanted to cover up, and using his identity as a police sergeant to gain insight into the progress of the police investigation." The more Adam spoke, the more angry he became, and he clenched his fist and slammed it on the couch.

Qi Han looked at his indignant appearance and didn't speak again.

She didn't understand any of this, and she didn't know Osborne, but judging by Adam's expression, it seemed that Osborne was really wronged.

It's the same as her, everyone thinks her sister is a criminal, but only she still believes that her sister is innocent.

Stubbornly sticking to their own point of view, believing in the person who they think is innocent.

That's where they are similar.

Thinking of this, Qi Han didn't seem to be so angry with Adam in his heart.

She crouched down, picked up the papers scattered on the floor, put them in order, and placed them on the table.

Adam glanced at the picked up papers, only to suddenly see something strange written on one of the pages.

"This is ......"

He leaned over and pulled out the document, and found that it was a chemical composition analysis table, he had never seen this chemical composition report before, and when he was picked up by Qi Han just now, he suddenly saw something strange written on the report.

The report was a table of the results of assays on substances taken from the site.

The first few lines of the table are all routine things, including the chemical composition of human blood cells, tissues, wood chips, straw, and other substances from the warehouse.

But there is only one more substance in it......

"Dimethicone?"

"Huh?" Qi Han heard Adam's muttering and looked up at him in confusion.

"Why is there a dimethicone on site......