More than ten minutes later, the police and Cotton's parents arrived at the house. 【. Kirton opened the door and walked out of it. The sweaty mother stepped forward and hugged Kirton: "Son! Are you okay? ”

"It's fine." Kirton shook his head, then looked at the three policemen in the room.

One of them, a policeman in civilian clothes, was about thirty or forty years old, with a straight waist and a stern expression, giving people a sense of oppression without anger and self-authority, and at first glance he was the head of the three policemen. He glanced at Kirton and asked, "You said a gangster broke into your house and killed the dog?" Where is it? ”

Kirton gestured to the kitchen, "In there." ”

The policeman in civilian clothes walked into the kitchen with two other uniformed policemen. Kirton's parents followed, and when they saw the Pekingese dog brutally killed by disembowelment, Mom screamed and Dad was stunned.

A policeman took a few photos with his camera, and the policeman in civilian clothes put on gloves and squatted forward to inspect the body of the Pekingese dog, then stood up, pulled out the knife "inserted" in the knife holder and examined it, and carefully observed some details of the scene. Then he walked out of the kitchen and searched the living room and several rooms one by one. Finally, he checked the lock on the door of the house in particular, and then sat down on the sofa in the living room, thinking about something.

Kirton's father also looked at each room from room to room, then sat down and asked anxiously, "Officer, what do you think is going on?" ”

The plainclothes policeman did not answer the question, he frowned in thought, his fingers lightly tapped on the leg that was raised, and after a while, he looked at Kirton and asked, "When did you find out that the dog was killed?" ”

"Just a minute before I call you." Kirton replied.

"Did you pay attention to whether the security door of the house was closed at that time?"

Kirton was stunned: "This ...... I was so panicked that the killer was still hiding somewhere in the house, so I ran back to my room and locked the door - I didn't notice if the security door was closed. ”

"Then I'll tell you." The plainclothes policeman said, "The door of your house is hidden, and it is not closed or locked at all—otherwise how could we three policemen enter your house as soon as we come?" You locked yourself in your room and didn't come out to open the door to us. ”

Kirton opened his mouth: "So...... Did the murderer slip out and not close the door? ”

"Did he not bring it with him, or did you not lock the door in the first place, so you let the gangsters take advantage of it?"

Remembering that it was Mom who had closed the door when she went out last, Kirton asked, "Mom, didn't you lock the door when you left?" ”

"No way. I must have locked the door, because I heard a distinct 'pop' when I closed it – it meant it was locked. I pay attention every time I go out. The mother looked at her son anxiously, "Unless it's ...... Kirton, you opened the door and went out afterwards, and came back unlocked—you didn't listen to my advice, did you? ”

"No!" Kirton said firmly, "I haven't been out!" I haven't even opened the door once. ”

"How could the door not be locked?" Mom asked.

"Maybe it's not locked properly, it's the gangsters who pried the door open?" Dad said.

The civilian police officer said: "But I just carefully checked the lock of your house, and there is no sign of being picked. ”

Mom and Dad looked at Kirton in unison, and Kirton said, "I swear, I never opened the door!" ”

"Forget it, don't dwell on the problem of this door just yet." The civilian police officer asked, "What were you doing at home alone before the incident?" ”

"I took a shower and lay on the bed in my room and read a book......

The cop interrupted Kirton: "Where was the dog at that time?" ”

"I ...... I don't know. I was afraid that the dog would disturb me, so I closed the door and let him play between the living room and the kitchen by himself. I didn't go out to see and didn't know what was going on outside. ”

"Then how did you find out that the dog was killed?"

"I lay in bed and read," Corton recalled: "I was lying in bed reading, and after a while I felt tired, so I put it down and went to sleep. It was probably a few dozen minutes, or maybe ...... More than ten minutes later, I heard a scream from the dog and ......"

At this point, Cotton stopped abruptly, his face pale and his mouth stammering. He remembered an important detail, but it triggered a terrible thought in his mind that made him afraid to continue.

The civilian police officer noticed the change in Kirton's expression, and he "forced" to look at Kirton and asked, "What's next?" Go on. ”

"I ......" Kirton felt the fierce gaze of the police, forced himself to swallow his fear, and said truthfully, "I woke up after hearing the screaming of the dogs." But...... I found myself not in bed, but standing at the door of my room, like ...... In sleepwalking. ”

"Ahh......h You say, you were in ...... Sleepwalking? ”

Dad also felt a chill rising from his back bone, and he rose up, and a layer of cold sweat quickly broke out on his forehead. He glanced at the three policemen and saw that they were staring at their son as well—the expressions on each of them evidently confirmed that the same terrible thought was being born in their hearts.

Kirton looked left and right and saw that everyone was staring at him, he snorted, twisted his body unnaturally, and said, "You guys...... What are you staring at me all for? Do you doubt it...... Did I kill Kyoba in sleepwalking? ”

"We didn't say that." The plainclothes policeman said, "But you think so yourself, don't you?" ”

"Nope! It's absolutely impossible! "I woke up when I heard the dog bark, and I was standing in the door of my room!" If I had sleepwalked and killed Kyoba, I would have been standing in the kitchen when I woke up! ”

"As far as I know, sleepwalking people may not remember exactly what they have done, and they may wake up in a state of 'confusion' for a short time – so don't trust your judgment too much." Said the civilian policeman.

"Officer, stop talking!" The mother said excitedly, "Impossible, my son he ...... It is impossible to do such a terrible thing! ”

"Calm down, ma'am." The civilian policeman said, "I don't believe that your son did this, in fact, it's just a possibility of 'sex' - we will continue to investigate in the community in a moment to find out whether there are gangsters who have entered your home." But—"

Halfway through his words, he got up from the couch and paced back and forth in the room. Everyone in the room looked at him.

"There's something strange about this case." He froze and looked at the crowd, "If the murderer came in from the outside, the gangster who was about to burglarize, then his actions and intentions are too 'touchable' - judging from the signs in the house now, no signs of theft have been found, and you don't seem to have lost anything valuable; And a very crucial point: the dog was killed in the kitchen. This shows that after entering the house, the gangster went directly into the kitchen and killed the dog - in this case, it leads to two problems - first, the murderer does not seem to have come to steal at all, he has been here to kill the dog from the beginning; Second, if you kill the dog for fear of getting in the way, you can simply stab it with a knife, but the murderer disembowels the dog and brutally rips out its internal organs and intestines - what does this mean? In my opinion, there are only three possible "sexuality" for the murderer's purpose. ”

The civilian policeman paused for a moment, then said: "One possibility is that the murderer is a mentally abnormal and psychopathic person; The second possibility is that this is an act of intent to intimidate you. Think about it, have you offended anyone recently, or offended someone's interests? ”

The Corton family looked at each other with big eyes and small eyes, then shook their heads together. Dad said, "We live an ordinary life every day, and it's impossible to grudge with anyone." ”

The mother asked her son, "Kirton, you didn't mess with anyone outside, did you?" ”

Kirton shook his head affirmatively.

Dad asked, "Officer, didn't you just say that there are three possible 'sex'?" What else is it? ”

"Didn't you say it at first?" The plainclothes cop glanced at Kirton. Dad was stunned for a moment, frowning unacceptably.

After a few seconds of silence, the plainclothes policeman said: "In this way, although there are no casualties or property damage in this case, it is a vicious 'sex' incident after all-we will file a case for investigation." You should also be careful these days, lock the doors and windows, and keep a few more people in the house. ”

"Okay, thank you, officer." Kirton's parents got up from the couch.

"Also, I'd like to talk to both of you alone—let's take a step."

Kirton's parents were stunned, and his father said, "Come and talk to us." ”

"Wait for me." The plainclothes cop said to the two uniformed cops, and then followed Kirton's parents into the room and closed the door.