Capital.

Half past nine in the evening.

Office of the Stinging Serial Murder Task Force, remote meeting.

The streets outside were already shrouded in darkness, while the conference rooms were brightly lit.

Zhang Yuefeng sat on the chair, his fingers tapped lightly on the wooden conference table, and after the last police officer on the screen was connected, he immediately stood up:

"Okay, everybody's due. In addition to the previous serial murder case, there were also the responsible persons of the provincial and municipal public security departments involved in the case today, as well as the special experts in this case: Professor Qi Senyan, a professor of criminal psychology and an expert in negotiation. ”

Zhang Yuefeng said: "I went to meet with the chief just now, and the chief attaches great importance to this case. Now this case can be said to be the case with the greatest impact and the most egregious nature since the founding of the People's Republic of China. ”

"Today, that is, the third day of the 'referee' publishing criminal information and leaving messages on the Internet, ten entrepreneurs who have considerable prestige and status in society in ten provinces, cities, and municipalities directly under the central government, including Wuhan, Taiyuan, Linfen, and Tianjin, committed suicide at the same time. ”

Zhang Yuefeng's face was extremely serious: "Although these ten people committed suicide, they were obviously killed by the 'referee' in some way that we can't understand for the time being. And according to the current intelligence, although the ten people committed suicide in different ways, the time of death was accurate to the same minute......

To be honest, I have never seen such a way of killing people in all my years of handling cases, and it is obvious that after more than a month of silence, the killer's killing methods have escalated and become more tricky, and we don't even have a chance to meet him at all.

If you have any opinions and clues, please let them know. As for those glamorous things, don't say it, China is a materialist country that believes in science, and behind this seemingly miraculous case, there must be an unknown modus operandi, and cracking this modus operandi may be able to unveil the mystery of the 'referee'. ”

After Zhang Yuefeng finished speaking, the other police officers looked at each other.

Needless to say, those police officers who were involved in the last case would not wait until today if there were any clues.

As for the newly involved police officers, they were all staring at each other - they had set up strict security around the victim and were fully prepared, but how could they have thought that this time the victim would commit suicide in an extremely resolute way under their noses?

From beginning to end, they didn't even know what the "referee" looked like, how tall and how tall they were, and they didn't even see the shadow of the "referee", so what did they think?

After a period of silence in the conference room, Professor Qi finally spoke: "As far as I can see, this invisible way of killing people is very similar to hypnosis...... The referee first contacted the victim before we were completely unprepared and unaware, administered hypnotic cues to the victim, and gave them instructions to commit suicide at a specific time.

In this way, the fact that the address of the crime information and message posted on the Internet came from the victim's home, which can also be explained. He can completely use the victim's hand to complete the work of disseminating information without revealing the slightest trace. ”

"Do you mean ...... 'referee' or a hypnotist?" Zhang Yuefeng nodded, thoughtful: "You are an expert in psychology, technically speaking, is there a hypnotist in the world who can do this?"

"This is exactly what I am puzzled about...... Professor Qi said, "There is indeed a precedent in the world for hypnosis to make people commit suicide, but this situation is generally under the premise that the suicide person is very psychologically fragile and has suicidal tendencies, and only after hypnosis induces suicide will there be suicidal actions."

However, people's instinctive consciousness is very powerful, and even the most skilled hypnotist cannot hypnotize and kill a normal person who has no will to die. The hint of death will be opposed to people's sense of survival, and some strong-willed people can even wake up directly when they are given this hint, even ordinary people will fall into chaos at most. ”

"It is simply impossible to have ten people of great fortune who are of sound mind or even more determined and persevering than ordinary people to complete a suicide order perfectly at the same time!

If someone can do it, then that person is absolutely extremely dangerous and deadly in society...... Especially if this person is still a murderer, then things are even more tricky......"

"I see. Zhang Yuefeng's face was even more solemn: "Then we might as well think of the worst-case scenario, if the 'referee' is really such a superb hypnotist......

Professor Qi said: "If the 'referee' can guarantee the success rate of hypnotic suicide, then his modus operandi is almost perfect and impossible to crack, he can hypnotize the target first and then release the information, we can't predict who his next target is, there is no way to prevent it." There is no way to arrest them. ”

Zhang Yuefeng said: "If you invite the best hypnotist in China, can you ...... Dissolve this hypnotic command?"

Professor Qi said: "Minister Zhang, you may not know much about the hypnosis circle, for various reasons in China, there is no profession of 'hypnotist', hypnotist is just a folk name. In China, there are no disciplines, textbooks, or certifications related to hypnosis.

Hypnosis is just one of the methods of psychotherapy, a mysterious word, but in fact exaggerated by too many literary and film works.

Internationally, there is a hypnotist profession, and there is a "GPST-IH International Hypnotist Certificate" issued by the Global Professional Talent Certification Center, but as far as I know, even a senior hypnotist who has obtained this certificate may be able to dispel the death hint issued by a hypnotist master of this level as a 'referee'......"

"But no matter what, what needs to be done is still to be done. Zhang Yuefeng said: "Please ask Professor Qi to draw up a list, both at home and abroad, and you must be an experienced hypnotist or psychotherapist."

In the name of the Ministry of Public Security, I will send an invitation to these hypnotists, and once the next 'referee' issues a 'death declaration', I will let these hypnotists provide psychological treatment for the person who received the death declaration, and also provide information on whether they are willing to participate in this case to assist in the case. ”

Professor Qi nodded: "I'll sort out the list tonight." ”

"Thank you. ”

Zhang Yuefeng took a deep breath and clapped his hands: "Okay, that's all for today's meeting, please cheer up your spirits and report any clues immediately! In addition, the police at the place where the crime occurred today belong to the police, please handle the follow-up matters very properly and minimize the impact on society!"

"Yes!"