"These two details, combined with previous speculation, can show us the way and narrow the scope of the murderer's suspicions." Zhou Daoan said. He paused, organized the known conditions a little, and continued logically and clearly—

"The Semites, the old women, are pregnant...... The murderer targeted such a group of people, and by no means simply hated this nation. On the contrary, he may well be a member of this nation himself. Because as far as I know, this people did not establish their own state, but because of their faith and other reasons, they were rejected by the world. However, they are appearing in all corners of the world...... Imagine if it were a Semitic child, abandoned by his mother who was engaged in bad work since he was a child, and grew up in a social environment full of discrimination...... When he becomes an adult, even if he already has a stable life, he will definitely be full of hatred for his mother! ”

"The victim was in his thirties and forties, probably because his mother, if she was alive, would have been at this age. And he is pregnant, which obviously inspires his hatred for his past experiences. Coupled with a cross-shaped stab wound - he is a believer, but he wants to break away from his own race and distinguish him from other people by believing in the Messiah (the name of Jesus in this world, who has been in this world for several weeks, and Zhou Daoan knows the faith of this world). At the same time, he used such a symbol to punish this group that brought him pain! ”

So, that's why the places where these victims died were near the church! And it's St. Mary's Basilica...... Oh damn it, St. Mary is the Virgin! Everything he does is directed! "Inspector Harold is not sluggish, and his thinking has become clear after being guided by Zhou Daoan.

"A Semitic who is no more than twenty-five years old, and a follower of the Messiah—I think that trait has narrowed down quite a bit. And ......" Zhou Daoan added, while stretching out his left hand and gesturing at the void, as if he was in a posture of cutting his throat with a knife, "There is a high probability that he is left-handed, or his left and right hands are very dexterous, which has been reflected in the autopsy report." ”

Speaking of which, Zhou Daoan has undoubtedly sketched a rough "portrait" of the suspect. Inspector Harold put his hands behind his back and paced thoughtfully in the morgue, walking twice before he stopped and looked at Zhou Daoan again.

"So, what do you think we're going to do next? Go directly to someone according to such characteristics? There are more than 900,000 people in the Eastern District, and it is true that there are not many people who meet such characteristics, but there are also many ......."

"Nope." Zhou Daoan did not follow Harold's words.

"Although I speculate on some characteristics of the murderer, this does not guarantee that the murderer must be a person who meets these characteristics...... "Even if the above inferences are true, we are on the side on the surface, and the murderer is in the shadows." At this moment, he has just committed another big crime, and he will definitely pay special attention to the actions of the police. As soon as we show the slightest hint of narrowing the scope of suspicion, he will immediately keep a low profile, and even change his behavior to hide himself...... But, that's exactly his weakness! ”

"A person like him naturally likes excitement and challenges, especially when he thinks that the police are helpless to commit consecutive crimes, he will be even more rampant. Therefore, our target should not be the suspect, but the victim. ”

"We already know his tastes, and then, just quietly focus on the next person who might be killed – trust me, sooner or later he will deliver himself to us."

Zhou Daoan's words were loud. He dared to make such a plan precisely because he knew that the Ripper would soon commit another crime. Although this is another world, and he can't use foresight to determine the next victim, he believes that with his involvement, the police investigation will get on the right track faster.

Harold's expression when he looked at Zhou Daoan changed again. Indeed, what Zhou Daoan said is the right path. As an experienced detective, of course, he also reacted immediately. The reason why he asked whether he had started to investigate the murderer was because the portrait of the murderer was given by Zhou Daoan. As one of the suspects, if he deliberately misled himself, then he would definitely follow his words and encourage the police to investigate these wrong objects. Now that Zhou Daoan has given the right idea, Harold can't help but trust him a little more in his heart.

After a little consideration, Harold also quickly made the arrangement:

"Let our men change into civilian clothes, change the defense zone they are familiar with, and find out to me how many Semitic women are still in St. Mary's Church on the East End. In addition, a notice was issued to citizens to solicit clues and set up a reward...... Let this bitch continue to think that we don't have a clue yet! ”

The order was quickly laid out. After lunch, a lot of plainclothes were quietly dispatched to the police station. They left their familiar area so as not to be recognized by those who had a heart to it, and then began to quietly investigate what the Inspector had arranged.

Harold himself felt that his goal was too big, so he regarded himself as the kind of paralyzing opponent on the surface, and quietly asked his sidekick Frank to take Zhou Daoan with him and began a secret investigation.

At this time, Frank had already been remodeled, dressed like an unemployed young man, and together with Zhou Daoan, who was also dressed as a civilian, they formed a temporary group and began to walk the streets.

The leader is naturally Zhou Daoan, and his thinking is very clear: I have the impression that the time interval between the second and third cases of the ripper is not long, it seems that it is only seven or eight days. This means that the other party will quickly set the next target for the next move – or rather, the other party has already found a goal and is just waiting for the plan to be made. As a result, he did not go directly to the prostitution like other plainclothes police officers – that was still too inefficient.

He first went to St. Mary's Church, found Father Green, and asked him if there was anyone suspicious in the crowd that had recently taken repentance.

Although priests cannot disclose information about confessors in violation of professional ethics, given the heinous nature of such cases and the fact that the murderers have been at large, priests will not be too rigid about such wicked people. It's just that this ripper from another world probably knows that he will become the target of public criticism, so he didn't find someone to repent and exonerate.

Then, Zhou Daoan took Frank to several clinics.

To Frank's surprise, Zhou Daoan didn't ask the doctors at those clinics any questions related to the case, just lined up, and then when he saw the doctor, he hastily looked at it a few times under the pretext of a toothache. There were even one or two clinics, and Zhou Daoan didn't even see the doctor, just wandered around the waiting room, and then pretended to be impatient and left.

"Hey, I said...... What are we doing? After the fifth clinic, the two of them had almost visited all the small private clinics in the area, and Frank finally couldn't help himself and asked in a low voice.

"Do you know those prostitutes?" Zhou Daoan didn't answer positively and asked a question.

“…… Of course not! I've never dealt with any of those women! Frank, who was not yet twenty years old, blushed and immediately denied it.

"I think so. So you wouldn't have noticed that one of the five clinics we went to didn't see gynecology at all. Because there were women in their waiting room, they were all surgical injuries, so there was not even a single female nurse. The other one, which is more expensive, is by no means the kind of woman who sells herself can afford it, so I just turned around and came out of these two. ”

"The other three, all with gynecology departments, are relatively inexpensive. But I didn't find any women in the waiting room of any of them who stayed up late at night and didn't wake up until the afternoon, were more depressed, and were more dependent on cigarettes and coffee. And when I saw the doctors, I asked them to take a look at my mouth under the pretext of a toothache, and without exception, they were all right-handed. ”

"This ...... What does it mean? Frank was stunned, obviously not reacting from Zhou Daoan's words.

"It means that the doctors just now, like you, have not had much contact with those women who are engaged in special work. Obviously, their clinic is not favored by these ladies either. Therefore, they are not in a position to know the specific information of these special workers, so they have nothing to do with this case at all and can be ruled out. ”

"What do you mean...... Suspect the killer is a doctor? ”

"Even if you're not a doctor, it's probably related to a doctor or a clinic. In addition to the murderer's calm hand and certain anatomical skills, the most important point is that he must have a channel to know which prostitutes, and which prostitutes, who are pregnant! The former can be visually inspected, but the latter ...... I'd be hard-pressed to think of anyone other than the doctor or the clinic staff who could get close to the water. ”

“…… Wouldn't that be too simplistic? These women don't necessarily like to come to the clinic! As you said, they are poor and unpopular, and as long as they are not seriously ill, there is no need to see a doctor. And...... Pregnancy doesn't come for a few months...... Wouldn't you know what it was? ”

"Oh, Frank, it doesn't seem like you don't know anything! You're right, pregnancy doesn't need to be determined by a doctor. But, believe me, in addition to customers, the person who this kind of special worker is the most inseparable person, is the doctor. ”

Zhou Daoan smiled and glanced at the puzzled Frank, and did not continue to explain - this kind of special work has a very high probability of suffering from venereal diseases, and as the lowest level of society, in this era of backward defense measures and material levels, they still need to rely on doctors who can have some kind of "special technology".

"So, we didn't get anything this afternoon?" Frank scratched his head, a little annoyed.

"The same cannot be said. Because I at least know that the environment here is more complicated than I imagined, and the clues we are looking for have to go a little deeper. ”

After that, Zhou Daoan patted Frank on the shoulder, "However, before that, the two of us still have to rehearse a small play." ”