Chapter 170: Masking
"What do you want to say...... That's it? ”
The middle-aged detective behind the desk put down the photo in his hand and glanced up at a man and a woman in front of him.
"Yes, as we mentioned earlier, in the selfie on the road a few days before Zhao Jie's disappearance, this person in a military coat appeared in the background, probably following Zhao Jie." Xiaolu nodded lightly and said without being humble or arrogant. "In addition, this person's first appearance was in Lin Yutang's bullying video, and that video is related to the victims of these cases, so we think this person is very suspicious."
"Well, that's true, but I remember I warned you before, right? It's not your turn to intervene in this case! The middle-aged criminal policeman pointed to the three printouts on the table and said with a displeased expression. Also, where did you get these things? ”
"No matter where we get these photos, at least the authenticity of the thing is guaranteed." Xiaolu was not shaken by the other party's intimidation, and replied lightly.
"And for the current grim situation, if we insist on distinguishing between you and me, it will not be conducive to handling the case. I've heard that a death order has recently been issued from above, asking you to solve the case within a time limit, but it seems that the previous case has not progressed, and a new case has appeared...... Officer Sun, as the person in charge of the case team, you must be under a lot of pressure, right? ”
The middle-aged detective known as Officer Sun changed his expression and snorted dissatisfied.
"Hehe, don't get me wrong, we don't mean to interfere with you in anything, in fact, we also hope to be able to help you, and the leadership of this case will always be in your hands." Xiaolu observed Officer Sun's expression, and suddenly changed her words.
"We just stumbled upon some clues while on other secret missions, so I'll give them to you by the way, even if you solve the case through these clues in the future. Naturally, the credit goes to you. And, you know, since we are on a secret mission, the less people know about it, the better, and you must not mention the clues to others that we provided them~"
Officer Sun looked at Xiaolu with a "sincere" smile on his face with some hesitation, and after a moment of silence. Finally, he spoke again, and this time his tone was much more relaxed.
"Okay...... I'll tell you the truth, we have indeed hit a bottleneck in this case now. Officer Sun sighed softly and pulled up a document from the computer screen and displayed it in front of the two of them.
"Previously, we followed the common social relationship of Zhao Jie and Cao Yan to investigate the suspects, and we did find a few suspicious ones, but unfortunately we found that none of these people had the time to commit the crime, so we could only rule them out."
"So, you don't have a clear suspect at the moment, do you?" Xiaolu asked with a quick glance at the information.
“…… Not for the time being. Originally, we wanted to expand the scope of the search, but after seeing the situation of this new case, we ...... I also began to gradually shift my focus to ...... Well...... Didn't pay attention to the clues before. Officer Sun seemed to be worried about something, and his face suddenly became a little embarrassed; And Xiaolu naturally knows what he said about the "clues that are not taken seriously", so he tacitly did not break it.
Officer Sun paused, and after sorting out his expression, he continued to narrate with a serious face.
"The two new victims this time are really the perpetrators of the video of Lin Yutang being bullied."
"Wait, two?" Ye Yu was surprised. "Could it be that more than one person was beheaded this time?!"
"Yes. We haven't disclosed this to the media yet...... The body parts found in the garbage heap in the vegetable market belonged to the victim Mo Li, but we found the internal organs and body tissues of another person at the scene of the first murder. It was identified as Mo Li's companion Wang Tian. These two people dropped out of school very early, and they have been mixed in the bad social groups, and they have recently had a relationship with Zhao Jie, and they are also the two remaining bullies in Lin Yutang's bullying video in addition to Zhao Cao. ”
Officer Sun said, and handed another document to Ye Yu and the others. "Same as the previous two cases. The heads of both are missing, but the difference is that this time the killer also dismembered the corpses...... This is a photo of the scene, and the picture is relatively bloody and may cause discomfort. Please be mentally prepared. ”
Ye Yu took the profile photo, and as soon as he glanced at it, the extremely impactful blood-colored picture suddenly made his stomach twitch violently, so he quickly looked away; On the other hand, Xiaolu on the side was unhurried, and after looking at the photos for a long time, he said lightly:
"Judging from the photos, the scene can be compared to a slaughterhouse, presumably the movement at the time of the crime will not be small, and no one around will notice it?"
"The first crime scene is a vegetable market utility room in the suburbs, not far from the garbage heap where Molly's body was found, it is usually in an abandoned state, the location is also very remote, there is no one after nightfall, and the vegetable market is not equipped with a monitoring probe, so we can't find out whether anyone went in and out of there on the night of the incident, and there are no witnesses."
"When did Mo Li and Wang Tian die?" Ye Yu asked.
"According to the forensic examination, the two men died at about the same time, the night before Molly's body was found." Officer Sun replied.
"The night before the body was found...... Ye Yu thought about it and quickly turned his head to look at Xiaolu. Wait, wasn't that the night we arrested Liu Ziheng? ”
"Yes, if that's the case, then Liu Ziheng can't be the murderer......" Xiaolu nodded and said.
"We have also checked the junior high school boy you brought before, and there was an alibi when the first two cases occurred, and there was no evidence that he bought the murder, so we have ruled him out of suspicion." Officer Sun said.
"Now the direction we can investigate, there is only the person in the military coat you said, we plan to start with Lin Yutang's social relations again, and check whether there is such a person who will kill people for Lin Yutang's revenge." Officer Sun sighed as he spoke. "But now that the few bad girls who committed violence in that bullying have all been beheaded, since the murderer has completed his revenge, he should probably hide from the limelight in the near future."
Completed the Revenge ...... Is it? But Lupe ......
Ye Yu thought about it, and always felt that there seemed to be a knot in his heart that had not been unsolved, so he asked again:
"Judging from the video, this person in a military coat obviously appeared at the scene of the bullying, if this person is really the person who helped Lin Yutang, then why didn't he save her at that time?"
"This ...... Maybe you didn't pay attention at the time? ”
“…… Then let me ask again, did the victims this time, Mo Li and Wang Tian, have they also been bullying Lin Yutang before? ”
"According to our investigation, these two people have just met Zhao Jie, and they don't seem to have been involved in similar incidents before." Officer Sun replied.
"I remember that in that bullying video, these two people seemed to be just looking out for Zhao Jie on the sidelines, but they didn't actually do it, and they were completely the role of a passerby......" Ye Yu recalled the video screen and said slowly. If the murderer is to avenge Lin Yutang, who was bullied and committed suicide, then there is one person who may be more hated than Mo Li and Wang Tian......"
"Do you mean Lupe? That's right...... In the matter of Lin Yutang's suicide, it seems that Lu Pei's responsibility is greater. Shinoru thought to herself. The logic of the murderer's choice of the target seems to be a bit unreasonable, is it ...... Not to avenge Lin Yutang? ”
"If not for revenge, then for what...... Why kill all the people in that video? Ye Yu lowered his head and muttered to himself. Speaking of the people who were filmed in that video, the only one who was still alive was the one who inadvertently entered the camera in the background...... Yes!! ”
Ye Yu raised his head suddenly, and a terrifying assumption suddenly crossed his mind.
"Wait, maybe we went in the wrong direction from the beginning...... The murderer's purpose in killing may not really be revenge! Ye Yu suddenly shouted.
"Not revenge? That...... What was the murderer's motive?? ”
"The killer probably killed the victims in the video only because they were ...... That is, at the time when the video was filmed, right in that place! Ye Yu said excitedly.
"I don't understand what you mean......" Officer Sun was still at a loss.
"If the murderer just wants to avenge Lin Yutang, then this person's priority should be Lu Pei, who had abused Lin Yutang in the school, rather than Mo Li and Wang Tian, who are equivalent to passers-by, and after the first two cases caused a sensation, the murderer's criminal risk has increased a lot, but this person is willing to take the risk to kill the two Mo Wang who are passers-by, which shows that this person has a great reason to kill these two people, and the only thing these two have in common with the previous victims is that they appeared in that bullying video at the same time!" Ye Yu explained.
"Let's assume that the murderer inadvertently passed by the bullying scene at that time, and was seen by the bad girls in the video, and for some reason he didn't want others to find out his face and whereabouts, then he would probably kill those who saw his face, and the murderer who passed by was the one wearing a military coat!"
"This assumption you are talking about...... It's too fantastical! Officer Sun shook his head. Although the person photographed in the background is suspicious, he went to kill because he saw his face, this reason is too far-fetched! ”
Is it far-fetched? But if that person ...... If it is a man who has "come back from the dead......
The more Ye Yu thought about it, the more frightened he felt, although he admitted that the development of events was progressing more and more in an almost absurd direction, he still couldn't restrain the thoughts that came to him, and he suddenly felt as if he had inadvertently stepped into a conspiracy.
“…… If, as you say, the man in the military coat targeted the person whose face might have been seen near the scene of the bullying at the time, I think ...... In addition to the four who have already been killed in the video, there may be one left. Xiaolu suddenly looked at Ye Yu with a solemn face.
"Do you remember that a girl once said that when Lin Yutang was bullied, she happened to inadvertently pass by near the scene, and this girl was followed by a mysterious person a few days ago......"
"Ahh Ye Yu's face changed, and he suddenly thought of something.
"Oh no, Chen Xin is in danger!!" (To be continued.) )