Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Legend of the Man-Eating Beast
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Things are not complicated, one morning a week ago, sanitation workers in Shinonome City found a female corpse on one of the busiest streets in the downtown area of Shinonome City. If it is just a female corpse, it is not surprising to be honest in a modern city, in the current era, suicide or other murder in the city is not to mention that everyone has to see it so many times a year. Generally, when this happens, the public looks around for a while, and then the police enter the normal process of evidence collection, investigation, and pursuit.
However, a new situation appeared in this female corpse, when the police collected evidence at the scene, the surrounding people found that the wounds of the female corpse were unusual, and the forensic doctor made several exclamations at that time and a series of subsequent conversations were listened to by several people at the scene, and then spread out.
In less than half a day, the legend of a fierce beast eating people quickly spread in Dongyun City, and he couldn't stop it. The widespread use of the Internet has made this rumor rapidly develop from word of mouth among citizens to the Internet, and netizens are amazed that there are still such a swift beast hidden in the city now, and at the same time, the voices calling for everyone not to travel to Shinonome City have gradually increased.
That is, Mao Qiang and them, who are on the case all day long, and people who don't care about the surrounding and online news don't know how hot it is to hype Dongyun on the Internet now. Dongyun was originally a key tourist city in Nanyun Province, and its annual tourism revenue accounted for the majority of the entire fiscal revenue, but this week, not only were the streets sparsely populated at night, as cold as a ghost town; During the day, the number of people who have nothing to do to go shopping has decreased by a large part; Tourists from other places have left for home, and many tour groups that had been booked have cancelled their orders that have already been scheduled.
Wang Lei and the others were fascinated by what they heard, and everyone was deeply surprised, it was unheard of for a female corpse to bring so much harm to a city.
Xie Dahua was reluctant to reveal his scars again and again, his voice became smaller and quieter as he spoke, and when he reached the end, he simply lit a cigarette and was in a daze, alone and depressed. Kong Zhaodi glanced at him, she saw it in her eyes and remembered Xie Dahua's forgetfulness of sleep and food this week, and she didn't want to blame him. So, Kong Zhaodi herself went on to say something that made the people in Linhai even more unbelievable.
In fact, this case was not under Xie Dahua's jurisdiction at first, and after the forensic inquest, it was concluded that the female corpse was bitten to death by a wild beast, and the tooth marks on the deceased's body were the most direct evidence, fortunately, all parts of the deceased's body were not eaten by the beast, and it is estimated that there were other people coming over or other sounds interfering with the predation of the beast.
The first police officers to arrive at the scene were officers from the criminal investigation team of a sub-bureau in Shinonome City, and in their opinion, the problem was not so thorny. Catch the beast, and the case will be closed! To say, the sub-bureau did not think wrong, but there was a big problem in the process of searching for the beast, this road itself did not have a surveillance camera, and there would be a probe until it turned left out of the alley and walked a hundred meters up the avenue.
The police of the criminal investigation team of the sub-bureau called up all the videos of dozens of surveillance probes on the avenue, and more than a dozen people in the bureau sat in front of the screen and watched for several hours, and after watching it for the first time, everyone exchanged videos and continued to repeat the above steps, until everyone had seen all the surveillance, and they found that there was no probe to shoot the beast that attacked the woman, and even, no police officer saw the shadow of the beast in any surveillance video!
Some people don't believe in evil, it's hard to meet a monster that will be invisible, and it's not a fantasy novel. So, they went to find the surveillance on several adjacent avenues, one day and one night, after everyone's eyes were seen as panda eyes, and the results they got were exactly the same as the last time. At this time, some people who are timid, believe in Buddhism and religion, and usually like to read horror novels on the Internet began to beat the drum in their hearts: Could this be a powerful ghost and a murderous soldier?!
There are still strange things, after Xie Dahua took over, at the venue of the Municipal Bureau's case seminar, someone actually put this forward as a formal conclusion. At this time, Liu Xiaolin couldn't hold back, and said with a smile: "I guess Di Renjie has seen too much, right?" I remember that this sentence is the dialogue in Detective Di Renjie. Haha......ha
Facing everyone's slightly mocking eyes, Kong Zhaodi chose to turn a blind eye and continued to talk about the case. It's no wonder that people look at themselves like that, thinking that when they heard this sentence at the meeting, they were not equally angry and felt very funny!
Two days after the case was shelved to the sub-bureau, under the strong response of the Internet and the masses in the city, the Dongyun Municipal Party Committee and the municipal government directly issued an order, and Xie Dahua officially took over. In fact, when Xie Dahua took over, he thought that there was a fuss in the city, and this kind of thing had nothing to do with the Public Security Bureau and the Criminal Investigation Team, and who should come forward the most - Dongyun City Zoo.
In fact, the first thing Xie Dahua did when he took over the file was to notify the relevant people of Dongyun City Zoo to come to the meeting. Not to mention, the initiative also played a role, as the zoo sent a deputy director to the meeting with several zoological experts, at which several experts identified the tooth marks on the deceased's body as belonging to the canine.
According to several animal experts, the canine family includes about thirty-seven extant species of wolves, jackals, foxes and other wild animals and domestic dogs. All of them are carnivorous animals, and their bodies have evolved into forms that are particularly suitable for hunting life. However, when it comes to this, animal experts emphasize a "but" - those who have the courage to attack people in crowded cities are nothing more than wolves and several large dogs.
Xie Dahua and the others first ruled out the possibility of wolves attacking people, although Dongyun City is a tourist city, with green mountains and green waters outside the city, and dense forests. But the scenic area has been developed for many years, and now in addition to some birds, rodents, even hares are rare to see one, and there is a wolf living environment. The deputy director of the zoo also confirmed: there are a total of six wolves in the Dongyun City Zoo, all of which are well kept in cages. Moreover, these are all wolves that have been artificially fed in the zoo since they were young, and if you let them out, they will not come out, and even if they run out, they will only starve to death, and their wild nature has long been wiped out.
Xie Dahua presided over the discussion meeting, and when the discussion was here, Xie Dahua was already smiling. Aside from these known conditions, all that's left is a few species of dogs. The large dogs in the city are all licensed dogs, and this is very easy to check. For the sake of consideration, Xie Dahua still consulted a few experts, which types of dogs are most likely?
The experts drew up a list and the merits discussion was then brought to a successful conclusion. According to the list, Xie Dahua immediately sent out his manpower to play the entire Dongyun, especially the pet hospital near the place where the crime occurred, the animal epidemic prevention supervision station and other places to inquire about the registration of dozens of large dogs such as Tibetan mastiffs, Caucasian shepherds, Italian Twist Polyton, and Brazilian feler, as well as the identity of dog owners.
As for why there is no trace of large dogs found on the surveillance video, the experts of the zoo also gave an explanation: at night, because of the light, it is not conducive to probe shooting, and secondly, some large dogs are fast, and it is normal to not shoot them, which is not surprising.
This investigation lasted for two days, during which Kong Zhaodi also held a special press conference for the city's live broadcast, while announcing the clues obtained by the police, he promised to find the large dogs that attacked people within three days and exterminate them, and also warned the public to pay attention to all kinds of large dogs around them when traveling. At this point, it can be regarded as dispelling some of the bizarre rumors in the city and on the Internet.
Two days later, all the city's large dog information and dog owner identities were basically collected, and the Dongyun City police mobilized to visit all dog owners and collect all the tooth marks of large dogs for comparison. As soon as the results of the investigation came out, everyone was silent - there were no large dog tooth marks that matched the bite marks on the deceased's body.
This conclusion is unacceptable to Wolf Kong Zhaodi, and her declaration has been released at the press conference, three days! Many reporters and citizens of the city are waiting for the police report to come out! Someone gave Kong Zhaodi an idea, find a large dog to shoot on the street, and then publish the photo.
Kong Zhaodi herself was a little moved, she tested the director and was scolded by the director. It's easy to kill a dog, but what if, on the day after the killing, or on the day after the killing, there is another case of a beast attacking a person and killing him? Who will carry this black cauldron? At that time, it will be the director who will take the blame, how can the director not be like thunder!
Kong Zhaodi broke out in a cold sweat, and was busy admitting her mistakes and apologizing, but the director didn't say anything anymore, after all, Kong Zhaodi was also for the reputation of the bureau. There was no other way, Kong Zhaodi had to give Xie Dahua a death order, withstand the pressure herself, give Xie Dahua ten days, and get out if she couldn't solve the case.
Today is the seventh day, Kong Zhaodi and Xie Dahua have no choice but to ask for the Linhai City Bureau again. Moreover, because of the renegade at the press conference, Kong Zhaodi didn't go shopping in Dongyun these days, and she would be poked in the back when she went out, which is one of the reasons why Kong Zhaodi personally led the team to Linhai.
The conference room was silent for a few minutes, Mao Qiang felt that the case was a little hot, looked up at Lu Haitao, and then got up and walked out. After standing at the top of the stairs for half a minute, Lu Haitao came out and asked, "What, is there any problem?" ”
"Lu Bureau, this case is a bit hot? What we're good at is tracking people, not animals, if we go and can't gnaw on it, but your face? Mao Qiang said half sincerely and half teasingly.
"No matter how difficult it is, it will follow!" Lu Haitao handed Mao Qiang a cigarette and lit it for him personally: "The brother unit is willing to come to us, which shows that we are strong." If we refuse, it will not only affect our reputation in the province, but also be detrimental to our unity with fraternal units. Xiaomao, I believe in your team, and I believe in the ability of your whole team! ”