"The deceased's name is Heido Doji and he is a criminal psychologist.

Not long ago, in an interview on television, he issued a provocation to the serial murderer 20 years ago.

In a radio interview, he said, "Wataru Takagi is introducing today's victims to Takuya Munee and Kiyocho Matsumoto.

Just as Takagi was about to repeat what the victim had said in a TV interview, he was interrupted by Takuya So.

"It's okay Takagi, that's all there is to it." Zong Takuya waved his hand to say that there was no need to repeat what the deceased had said on TV.

In this era, if you want to be famous in the news media, the most important thing is to be able to catch people's attention.

Even if Zong Takuya doesn't have to think about it, he knows that this guy must be very ugly.

Most importantly

At the scene, the deceased Ping Dongtang fell on the computer desktop, with his left hand on the table but there was no blood.

Stained with blood but hanging under the table, and clutching the mouse.

The back of the corpse was carved with a large "Z", and there were scars on the neck from the scars burned by the electric shocker.

Looking at the letters behind the corpse, Twilight Thirteen's pupils shrank sharply, and then said to Zong Takuya and Matsumoto Kiyocho:

"I'm afraid the murderer this time is really the same person 20 years ago, but why did this guy kill Heidong Tangji at this time?

Is it because of those provocative words he said on the TV program? ”

Twilight Thirteen couldn't believe that a man who had been in hiding for 15 years would commit another crime three days before the prosecution period was about to expire.

Didn't he wait for the previous 15 years in vain?

Matsumoto Kiyoshi was silent for a long time and didn't speak, but he touched the scar on his eye that had been left by the serial murderer in the first place.

Not long ago, when he saw Takahei Kusumoto, the scar left by the gangsters seemed to remind him, and it hurt hotly.

But just as he entered the scene of the crime today, when faced with this corpse, which was very likely to be made by a serial murderer, his scar magically no longer felt any discomfort.

It's as if to say it's all in the past.

Zong Takuya looked at the corpse for a long time, and said slowly: "No, I think this case should be done by some imitator. ”

"Copycats?!" The many detectives in the room all looked at Zong Takuya.

Zong Takuya nodded and pointed to the corpse and said, "You see, there are blood stains on the "Ctrl" and "C" keys on the keyboard, but there is no blood on the left hand on the keyboard.

The corpse hung under the table, and the right hand holding the mouse line was stained with blood.

"Ctrl" and "C" mean copy, while the mouse refers to the mouse, and grabbing the mouse means the cat.

The message of death means copycat, which means copycat. ”

As for Heidong Doji, why was he so sure that it was not the original serial murderer who came to kill him, but a copycat

Takagi, help take off the corpse's shirt. ”

Zong Takuya said that he took it off, but in fact, the forensic police officer on the side directly used scissors to cut the deceased's clothes from the back.

Just enough to expose the entire wound.

"Section Chief Matsumoto, your first reaction when you saw the scars on the back of the corpse, what kind of letter is this?"

"It's an 'N', which represents the 'N' of the north."

"yes. Because the three people who died before were engraved with the English letters E, S, and W on the backs.

The police officer in charge of the investigation also judged that there was a high chance that there would be a corpse engraved with the letter N next, right? ”

"That's right, but for 15 years, the fourth body has not been seen until today." Matsumoto Kiyoshi nodded in reply, but his gaze never took off Heido Doji.

"You all think it's N, but the first time I see it, I think it's a Z.

If you don't take into account the inertia of thinking, anyone who sees this letter for the first time should think that it is Z, right?

Conan? ”

Sotoya called Conan.

Conan nodded immediately when he heard this, and he thought it was a little strange to say that the name of the letter was a Z.

Although the police can't mistake it for thinking it's N, it always sounds a little strange.

"It's normal for Conan not to know about this, because I remember that in order to prevent the appearance of copycats, the police force deliberately did not announce the clue that serial murderers would carve letters on the back of the victims.

Therefore, the only people who know about this matter are the people involved in the original case and the police officers who have access to the files at the beginning and now.

The reason why he was so sure that the murderer was a copycat and not a real murderer was probably because"

Zong Takuya shouted to Yumi Gunda on the side: "Gunda Police, please come and take a look at the wounds of the deceased." ”

"Yes, Counsellor."

Ikumi Kisada nodded, took the toolbox to the corpse, and then began to examine the corpse carefully.

After a while, Ikumi Gunda, who had finished the examination, got up and reported to Takuya Zong: "There is nothing wrong with the wound, it was caused by the murderer using a sharp object to cut three times in a row.

The murderer was very decisive, and basically did not hesitate, but there was something wrong with the wound on the top of the deceased.

Upon examination, the skin underneath the deceased's last wound was likely a scar across both shoulders. ”

"Across both shoulders. Scars?! At this moment, everyone present instantly realized something.

Then he looked at Zong Takuya in shock.

"Counsellor, do you say?"

"I'm afraid that's it." Zong Takuya nodded and looked at the victim lying on the computer desk:

"The reason why the deceased is so sure that the person who came was a copycat is probably because he is the serial murderer.

As for the man who killed him"

Sotakuya quickly thought of what Takagi had reported at the beginning, and Hirado had only recently made a big splash on a TV program.

And the only people who knew that the serial murderers would engrave letters on the back of the victims were the families of the victims back then.

Coincidentally, when Zong Takuya checked the file, he really found that a victim's family might have heard the voice of Heido Doji.

It was 15 years ago when the victim was killed, and the deceased's son was taking a nap at home when he woke up to the sound of the deceased's moans.

The son who woke up was so frightened that he hid in the corner of his room and shivered, from the time the gangsters left until his mother returned home.

He even went to the hospital for a long time.

Of the family members of the three people killed by Heidong Hall in the past five years, only the victim's son heard the murderer's voice.

If the voice of Heido Doji is just the same as the murderer's voice heard by the deceased's son 15 years ago.

Seeing that there are only three days left in the prosecution period, it is not clear that the son of the deceased will really choose to avenge his father in his own way.

Thinking of this, Zong Takuya immediately ordered his opponent: "Sato, Takagi, you take a few people to the deceased's son's house and invite people back to the Metropolitan Police Department."

Be careful, he is likely to be the murderer of this case, and he was found by the police again for the first time

Maybe there will be a stress reaction. ”

(End of chapter)