Chapter 244: The murderer's provocation, 72-hour countdown
"Since the address of those military rations is the carpenter's shop, the shopkeeper must have some connection with the murderer, and it is impossible that the murderer just filled in a random place of receipt and then secretly took the military rations that were transported to the carpenter's shop without being seen and stolen - this is also confirmed by the shopkeeper's attempt to convey something to us.
If the shopkeeper received the military rations under the threat of the murderer, then the military rations signed by the shopkeeper would definitely be handed over to the murderer himself through the shopkeeper's hand. Luo Miao speculated.
"Quite possibly. Han Momo nodded, Luo Miao's speculation was the same as what he thought, "According to the cautious cunning shown by the murderer, maybe these military food items were not picked up by the murderer himself or the shop owner personally delivered them, it is likely that the shop owner placed these military food items in an unnoticeable corner, and then the murderer came to take them away - with the murderer's habit of committing crimes, he will most likely stagger with the shop owner in this way, so as not to leave any clues." ”
"It is also possible that the person who took the military rations was just another person who was used by the murderer, and it is also very likely that the murderer's methods and habits are also very likely. Hearing the discussion between the two of them, Xu Ruo, who was attracted to their attention, joined their discussion, "But no matter how the murderer takes those military rations from the shopkeeper, he will definitely leave some traces in the process - if you want to enter and exit the carpenter's shop, you can't escape the camera's sight." ”
"If that's the case, then the surrounding surveillance cameras will definitely be destroyed by the murderer in advance! Don't forget that the murderer has not been caught by us until now, and there is no reason for the murderer to ignore even what most ordinary people can think of. Lin Weiwen on the side also joined the discussion, he had almost finished sorting out his thoughts, "Besides, it's not difficult to dodge the surveillance cameras, originally the surveillance cameras were arranged to prevent ordinary people from committing crimes and play more of a deterrent, wanting to restrain mage criminals...... How likely is it?
Let's just say that a psychic mage can rely on telekinesis to fly, a space mage can use space magic, and a shadow mage can stealth - which one can't perfectly avoid the camera?"
Lin Weiwen's words made Xu Ruo stunned, she lowered her head and muttered, "Indeed, I forgot this......"
"In that case, we can only hope that the murderer is not a mage, or that the shopkeeper has walked out of the store to hand over the military rations to the murderer himself. Quan Rongsheng shook his head and said helplessly.
"If the surveillance equipment on the street where the carpenter's shop is located is damaged, then the surveillance footage in that area can be retrieved within a radius of a certain distance from the street, and I think it is very likely that the murderer asked the shopkeeper to transport the military rations to a hidden place and then he will take them.
If this is confirmed from these surveillance footage, then we have a clue.
In addition, if the killer himself actually set foot in the carpenter's shop, even if it happened after the street's surveillance equipment was destroyed, then whether it was the murderer himself or the person he used to instruct the carpenter's shop and the surveillance equipment, some clues may be found in these surveillance footage. Luo Miao added.
After speaking, he paused, and looked at Han Wuyin's position: "Miss Han, as far as I know limitedly, there should be an artificial intelligence to assist in handling cases in every city guard substation, right?
If the artificial intelligence of the Sixth District City Guard Team is unable to perform this task, then Luo Miao is ready to retract his words - if the work of checking surveillance footage is done by manpower, then I don't know how many months it will take to deal with it, the fourth victim and the fifth victim are in critical condition, and they must follow a quick and feasible line of thought to catch the murderer.
In this state, adding a job that cannot be completed in a short period of time will slow down the investigation overall.
"Yes. Han Wuyin nodded, "But if we want the artificial intelligence in our bureau to analyze these surveillance videos, if there is no murderer information, I estimate that the artificial intelligence will not be able to distinguish any suspicious people, and it is useless to lock the people who have repeatedly appeared in the surveillance video, and there are many ordinary people living in the streets."
But as far as the shopkeeper is concerned, the AI should be able to find some clue if the shopkeeper actually walked out of the store and handed over the military rations to the killer himself. ”
Luo Miao nodded slightly, this result is relatively acceptable, even if it is carefully checked by pure manpower little by little, there is a certain possibility that no suspicious person can be found: "Then please ask Miss Han to tell the special investigation team about this matter." ”
"It's a matter of duty. ”
After a short silence, Lin Weiwen suddenly mentioned another matter: "In other words, if the shopkeeper is not the murderer, it means that the testimony he provided earlier still has a certain degree of credibility...... Tsk, oh no, not necessarily, the shopkeeper may well have been threatened by the murderer, and the testimony he gave us was not necessarily the truth.
Where did the wooden cabinets used to imprison the victims go...... If the information about the wooden cabinets provided to us by the shopkeeper is true, then the five wooden cabinets must have been taken away by the murderer.
Miss Han, through the surveillance video of the shop street, can you confirm that those wooden cabinets were removed?"
"According to the street surveillance footage, the five wooden cabinets were indeed removed from the store, but we have no way of knowing where the wooden cabinets were finally signed. Han Wuyin sighed and shook his head, "The vehicles that transport the wooden cabinets will inevitably pass through some areas that are not monitored, and the monitoring equipment in the city cannot be 100% covered."
Our city guards are still following up on this tracking, but not all of the surveillance vehicles that transport the wooden cabinets are under the jurisdiction of our sub-bureau, and in order to get the full footage, it is necessary to find the jurisdiction of these surveillance, and to go through the necessary procedures of obtaining permits.
However, at the moment we have followed a vehicle to lock the final place of receipt of a wooden cabinet - an underground parking lot of a business, but we have not found the wooden cabinet from inside.
It was not difficult for the murderer to hide these wooden cabinets. ”
Han Wuyin's words were not complete, but everyone understood what she meant.
Even if the vehicle transporting the wooden cabinet can be found through a lot of surveillance, it is not very meaningful, and the murderer can even complete the transfer of the wooden cabinet halfway through some unmonitored road sections, and there are too many ways for the city guard to disconnect the tracking of the wooden cabinet.
Lin Weiwen rubbed his temples lightly, he had more headaches in the past few days than he had in a year combined: "Tsk, Miss Han, is this kind of case that your city guards face all day long?"
"There are countless old mystery cases that have not been investigated and are still piled up in the archives, and this kind of case that still has the slightest clue but is difficult to start...... I don't know how to classify these cases, but there are only a handful of cases in which the influence on the masses is gradually expanding, the murder method is so cruel that it does not cover up at all, and provokes the city guards, so that the investigation team has not caught a single clue in a short period of time after three increases. Han Wu said calmly.
Lin Weiwen grinned, this is the reason why he didn't want to join the City Guard in the first place: It's really tiring!
"If only I could find those wooden cabinets...... The shopkeeper is the only one who knows a little about the murderer at the moment......" Wu Fengyu muttered, his voice was not loud, but it could indeed be heard by everyone.
Wu Fengyu's words were the voice of everyone at this time - it would be good if they could find these five wooden cabinets, so that they could learn the clues of the murderer from the shopkeeper and rescue the girl who was tortured.
But it is precisely because they have not been able to trace the location of these wooden cabinets that they are forced to focus all their energy on the murderers behind the scenes, seeking a breakthrough - all they are doing so far is to rescue the imprisoned victims.
While everyone was thinking about it, a paragraph suddenly appeared on the screen of the fifth victim, who had been in a black screen since just now, but still did not choose to turn it off.
The first to notice the change was Shen Bai, who lowered his head and glanced at it casually, and even Han Wuyin, who was always sitting in front of the computer, didn't notice the change in the fifth victim's live broadcast because he was busy with the work at hand.
Shen Bai suddenly raised his head and stared at the live broadcast screen where a line of words appeared: "There are words on the screen!?"
Everyone followed his gaze to the position of the curtain, and only a passage kept appearing in the picture:
"Do you think that the murderer behind this case is the shopkeeper? But unfortunately, I guessed wrong.
Speaking of this shop owner, he almost caused me a problem just now, thinking that he might repeat the message to the camera at any time, so I simply cut off all the live video and sound.
After that, I won't resume the live stream and the sound, but the stream will always be on, and if it turns off one day, it means that the person is dead.
Yes, the shopkeeper does know one of my clues, but can you find it?
You've got your eye on the carpenter's shop, so I can't continue to make wooden cabinets, so the fifth person will be the last victim.
You have made it impossible for me to continue to commit crimes, so I will add some more to this 'game'.
Three days - I will only give you three days.
If, in three days' time, you still stop at the current stage and don't find even a trace of me, then I'll kill these two!
If you are given three days and you all stop here, how long will it take you to find me to stop committing crimes......? So, you only have three days.
72 hours countdown from now on!"