Shen Zezhi asked: "Let's go directly to the scene to see, is the body still there?" ”

The person in charge said: "It has been transported back to the bureau." ”

Shen Zezhi said: "It's okay, let's take a look at the scene first." ”

Several people drove to the place where the deceased was found, a secluded coast that had not yet been developed for tourism, and the shallows of the coast were full of black reefs. The waves crash against the reef with a loud sound.

Shen Zezhi stood on a reef and looked at the sea, there was nothing there.

He came down and asked the person in charge, "Who found the body?" ”

The person in charge said: "It's the nearby villagers who come to the beach in the morning when the sea tide is low to pick up some edible shells and other things. When a villager came this morning, he saw a white thing floating on the beach, and he went down to pull it over, only to find a girl lying inside, and immediately called the police. ”

Shen Zezhi nodded, he looked at the scene with the cordon and said, "Let's go back." ”

By the time they got back to the bureau, Guan Xin had already sorted out the things they would use in their makeshift office.

Shen Zezhi and the others sat down, and they opened the information and began to analyze the case.

So far, five dead have appeared. The first deceased, Zhao Shu, was 14 years old. He is still a high school student. Excellent grades, good interpersonal relationships, typical good girl. The second deceased, Sun Miaomiao, was 15 years old, a junior high school student, with excellent grades, good interpersonal relationships, and no bad habits. The third deceased...... The fourth deceased...... and the fifth deceased, Wang Danyang, who was found this morning, are all good students with excellent character and learning.

Ji Ziyue looked at the information of several deceased people and said: "The characteristics of the murderer looking for the victim this time are obvious, between the ages of 14 and 16, a student in school, excellent in character and learning, pure and lovely." ”

"These children generally have a set schedule, when they go to school and when they come home. How did the killer catch them? And they are all teenagers, they will not be taken away by the murderer without resistance, and they will not be easily deceived and abducted at this age. Moreover, the father of the first deceased, Zhao Shu, took her to and from school every day. Just one time he didn't go, and the child was gone. Zhao Jiyong said.

Qi Kai said: "This just shows that the murderer should have observed their lives before starting." The killer didn't choose them randomly. ”

Shen Zezhi continued: "According to the interrogation records of several victims, it can be seen that it was no more than two days from the time they found the victim missing to the time when the witnesses found the body. According to the regulations, a missing person can only be reported missing within 24 hours. According to their preliminary autopsy reports, they had already been killed at that time. ”

Qi Kai said: "That is to say, the murderer killed the victim soon after he caught him. During this time, he had to put on makeup, change clothes, and throw their bodies in the sea. What was the purpose of his killing? ”

Shen Zezhi frowned, it was the first time he had seen such a murderer. No blackmail, no torture of the victim, no sexual assault. Immediately kill the victim and dump the body in the sea. What was his purpose in doing this?

Zhao Jiyong said: "From the discovery of the first deceased to the second deceased, the time interval is exactly one week, the second to the third deceased is six days, the third and fourth deceased is five days, and from the last deceased to this deceased is only four days. Based on this frequency, he would commit another crime within three days. ”

Shen Zezhi nodded: "We only have three days, it shouldn't be a day and a half." We're counting the time to dump the body, and we're going to find him before he gets to the next victim. ”

He stood up and wrote down all the clues he had received on the case analysis board. At the same time, the range of the murderer's body is marked.

He said: "It can be seen from the scope of his corpses that the coasts where these corpses are dumped are all in the relatively sparsely populated and undeveloped northern area. It can be seen that the North District is a safe area for the suspects. According to an analysis of the weather at sea the night before the body was found, he should have dumped it at the surface between 1 and 3 a.m. Then the body floated to the shore with the waves. The suspect has a boat or has a job related to the ship. To be able to go to sea in the middle of the night without being detected, his ship will not be large, and it will not be from a regular port. So our attention should be on those small boats, such as the boats of the villagers in the nearby fishing villages. ”

Qi Kai asked, "Is it possible that he has a speedboat?" ”

Shen Zezhi shook his head: "Impossible, judging from the grade of the cosmetics he used to make up the victim and the simple music player, the suspect's income must not be high." He wouldn't have something so expensive as a speedboat. ”

Ji Ziyue said: "Why did the suspect dress up the deceased like this, what is the special significance?" "The sea, the girl, the mermaid's tears." I know. ”

Everyone looked at him, and Kiko's eyes lit up: "I know who he dressed these girls up into." He dressed the girls as mermaid princesses from Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale "The Daughter of the Sea". ”

"This fairy tale is so famous that almost all children are told to them by their parents when they are young. Does it have any special significance? Qi Kai asked.

Noriko Yue said: ""The Daughter of the Sea" tells the story of a mermaid princess who saved a prince who was shipwrecked, and she fell in love with the prince, but the prince married another girl he mistakenly thought had saved him, and the little mermaid princess melted into a bubble on the first morning after they got married. ”

Shen Zezhi said: "This fairy tale must have a special meaning for the murderer. Qi Kai and Teacher Zhao talked to several parents of the victims separately to collect information, and Guan Xin checked the Internet to see if the children had revealed anything on the Internet. Ziyue and I went to meet the parents of the deceased this morning. Yun Qing had already gone for an autopsy. Remember, we have limited time, so we have to race against time. ”

Everyone: "Understood." ”

Shen Zezhi and Ji Ziyue met Wang Danyang's parents in the reception room, and their daughter's misfortune hit them very hard. Wang Danyang's mother had fainted several times from crying.

"Hello, we are from the Special Task Force. We are very sorry for Wang Danyang's matter, and please mourn and change. "Shen Ze's way.

Wang Danyang's father's name is Wang Fan, and he is a middle-level manager of an enterprise. He is in a terrible mood now, his expression is wilting, and he is in a very bad state.

Ji Ziyue sat down opposite them, picked up the pen and asked, "When did you find out that Wang Danyang was missing?" ”

Wang Fan said: "Danyang usually goes home after school, and rarely goes outside. His mother and I were working overtime that day, and it was almost 10 o'clock when we got home. I went back first, and when I got home, I found that Danyang didn't come back. I hurriedly called her mother, but her mother didn't know where Danyang had gone. We immediately started searching, relatives, friends, schools and places she usually goes, but we couldn't find them. We felt something was wrong, and we called the police. But the police said the disappearance could not be processed for less than 24 hours. ”

Shen Zezhi said: "Later, the police still helped you find it?" ”

Wang Fan nodded: "Yes, I don't know why they filed a case later." But I didn't expect Danyang ......"

Wang Fan's voice was choked and he couldn't go on.

Shen Zezhi: "Does Wang Danyang have a mobile phone?" ”

Wang Fan nodded: "Yes, her mother and I have to work overtime at every turn, and we don't worry about her being home alone, so we let her go to her grandmother's house for one night." There is a mobile phone to contact. ”

"So, you also called Wang Danyang on the night she disappeared?" Shen Zezhi asked.

Wang Fan nodded.

"What time did you call her?" Noriko asked.

Wang Fan said: "Around five o'clock in the afternoon. ”

Shen Zezhi stood up and said, "That's all for today, you go back first." We'll definitely find the killer. ”

Looking at the couple who supported each other, Shen Zezhi and Ji Ziyue both felt indignant. Be sure to catch this pervert.

Shen Zezhi looked at the clues he had obtained so far, and all the victims were girls with excellent character and learning. They have a regular routine. I don't have bad habits, and I don't know people with complex social backgrounds. But there are not a few such people in a city, why did the murderer choose them? And most crucially, what was the motive and purpose of the killer to kill them? Certainly not for money, because the victim's family did not receive any information about the extortion during the period between the girl's disappearance and the time her body was found. Nor is it because of sex, that girls are not violated, or even abused. The murderer caught them as if it was for

Kill them. But what good is it to kill them? What does he get?

Kiko thought for a while and said, "I think the breakthrough in this case is still in the special costume of the deceased. I think his motive for killing must be hidden in this. If we can find his motive for killing, we may be able to get ahead of him. ”

Shen Zezhi nodded: "He dressed the deceased as the mermaid princess in "The Daughter of the Sea", he was very attentive, although the tools were simple and cheap, but he was very serious. He maintained the deceased's appearance after death to the greatest extent. It's like...... Faith! ”

Noriko was puzzled: "Faith? ”

Shen Zezhi nodded: "Yes, I think the murderer is taking these dead people as a kind of sustenance." He wants to achieve his dream through them. So he was careful and dressed them carefully. ”

Ji Ziyue: "That's bad, if that's the case, it means that the murderer is out of control." He may no longer be able to tell the difference between reality and illusion. The time for him to kill is shortening, which shows that he has begun to be anxious. ”

Shen Zezhi nodded: "Yes, he is starting to get agitated." Because these dead girls didn't bring him what he wanted. It makes him feel panicked, he gets agitated, and even angry. But there was a bonus to that he probably didn't even think to hide it. It was speculated that he might have put the body into the sea as a means of counter-reconnaissance, but now it seems that this should be a kind of ritual. It's like the mermaid princess is supposed to be in the sea. Let's go to Wang Danyang's school. ”