After a burst of output from the Director, many senior officials were able to speak.
Saji raised his hand: "Director, we have some clues about the serial murder case."
Logically speaking, Kai is in charge of the Special Department, and it should be Kai who reports to the director, but Kai is often absent from work, so Saji becomes the de facto deputy director. He also attends high-level meetings, where most of the top officials
Manager, while Saji is considered the head of the front-line department, not even close.
But...the reality is this, Saji enjoyed the promotion in advance.
When the director heard the news, he immediately felt relieved. At least his men were not all trash.
"Thank you, Saji, this is the only good news I've heard these days."
The director's words are definitely an exaggeration. The New York Police Department has a strong force and a very high crime detection rate. At least based on the performance on paper, it is definitely worthy of praise. But the problem is that the public does not see it that way. They actually don't care how many cases the police department solves.
cases, they care more about the unsolved cases!
The more bizarre it is, the more attention it pays!
So many times, it is really unfair to be a police officer. You have worked so hard to solve so many cases, but if you fail to solve one case, you have to take responsibility...
But the reality is like this. After all, it is a public sector and must be responsible to the public.
"Hurry up and tell me! What's the progress?"
The director has also worked on the front line, and he knows that solving cases is actually quite mysterious. Most cases are actually not difficult. They can't be like detective TV series, where every episode has weird cases... If it were done every day
To experience that kind of life, absolutely no one wants to be a police officer.
In fact, many crimes are impromptu, and it is easy to obtain evidence and arrest people. After all, there is evidence everywhere and there is no shortage of surveillance in modern society, so it is even easier.
But some cases just can't be solved.
Especially the kind of serial murder cases that seem to have no connection... Fortunately, if a police station encounters this kind of case once in decades, it is considered a lottery.
So it's pretty good.
"We have found the connection between all the victims!" Saji said, with a little pride in his tone.
After all, all departments were scolded, so they were fine, so of course they were proud.
Saji quickly took out the evidence, which was a circus promotional brochure.
"circus!"
It is said to be a circus, but it is actually a freak show performance troupe... The freak show originated in the United States in the 1840s, and reached its peak in the following thirty or forty years. In that era when culture and entertainment were scarce, the horror show was used to attract attention.
"Freak shows" are very popular. Most of them are cooperated with circuses, and the contents of the performances are also all kinds of weird. For example, people who are incredibly tall, people who have both male and female secondary sexual characteristics, or people or animals with other weird conditions
; Performances such as fire-eating and sword-eating can also be part of the exhibition; in addition, some extreme tattoos and piercings can sometimes be seen in freak shows. The term "freak show" is usually considered inappropriate and inhumane
of.
In the United States, except for the state of Michigan, which has a legal ban on the display of human deformities except for the purpose of scientific research, most other states and other countries still have freak shows from time to time at carnivals, exhibitions, nightclubs and television talk shows.
Appear.
Of course New York State doesn’t ban it either.
However, with the development of the times, this kind of curiosity-seeking circus has less and less room to survive. Firstly, it is easy to be targeted by human rights organizations. Secondly, modern people have too many ways to receive information.
Showing is nothing.
"This is a carnival-type circus that likes to hold carnival events all over the country. We found out that all the victim families participated in this circus last year, and this is one of their connections!"
"But what does this mean? There are many people who have been to the circus."
A senior executive asked.
It's not that the top management doesn't like Saji... Even if they don't like it, they have to endure it. Others have a backer. It's also helpless to say that Kai doesn't participate much in the struggle for power in the police station... Don't think that this doesn't happen in the police station. On the contrary
This phenomenon exists in any organization. After all, the power struggle is only related to power and has nothing to do with the attributes of the organization. Even FIFA has a power struggle. (The power struggle in FIFA is quite fierce. Those who are interested can go online
Check it out, that’s a lot of fun)
Many people are actually happy to see Kai join the power struggle... Of course, it's not because they really support Kai or anything... Politicians can't have such emotions, they only calculate power! If Kai joins the power struggle, it means that the original
The power structure will be broken, and the next step is to reshuffle the cards!
This is good for those who want to fish in troubled waters - especially the losers.
Although the police chief and police commissioner are directly appointed by the mayor, this also requires a power struggle. The words of the chief and the commissioner have nothing to do with the appointment of the mayor!
Rules are rules, and execution is execution.
No matter what the rules are, people need to enforce them.
No matter how much you are the director or commissioner, if the people below you don’t look down on you, you can’t do anything.
Therefore, even when the mayor appoints the police chief, he will not pick anyone at random. He must be able to control the people below! So the chief needs a resume! On the contrary, the commissioner does not need it. The commissioner is a civilian and can be appointed by
The mayor can be selected, even if he has no connection with the police department before, but the police chief cannot!
Therefore, for the current director to take office, his direct relationship with the mayor is actually not that big!
He just goes along with the trend. Unless there is a big conflict between the mayor and the director, the mayor will not take any special action.
He is simply the winner of the power struggle.
Wherever there are winners, there are naturally losers, and those losers are naturally not happy to see their opponents sit on the director's throne safely.
So Kai becomes the best choice to break the situation. If Kai is dissatisfied with the new director and gives him a stumbling block, that's great. There will definitely be a group of people willing to help and overthrow the director!
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! But unfortunately, Kai is not involved in these things, so the director will naturally reciprocate. The key is those losers, there is no good way to counter Kai. If Kai stands up
As for the director, if the director directly purges his political opponents, then he won't be the least bit lenient.
So the senior executive who just asked the question was not unhappy with Saji... Even if he was really unhappy, he would not jump out at it. As for whether anyone is unhappy with Saji... then only God knows.
The guy's question about Saji was just the police's instinct. He would ask it without asking anyone else. Even if others didn't ask, the prosecutor would still ask it when the court comes.
This is normal.
"We have investigated and found that the carnival held a lottery for families. If the whole family comes to the carnival, with the family ticket, they will have the opportunity to receive a reward from the carnival. And this event requires all family members
information and address.”
Now everyone nodded, and now it could be explained how the murderer obtained the victim's information.
"In addition, we combined the family information of all the victims with the information obtained from our police interviews and found that these families, regardless of their economic status or education level, have one common characteristic, which is family harmony and the mutual respect between family members.
The relationship is very harmonious.”
"We believe that the murderer seems to be targeting those happy families!"
The director looked at the information submitted by Saji and curled his lips: "This is really bad news! This guy is a lunatic! What else?"
"We contacted psychological experts, who gave a guess based on the characteristics of the victim."
"All the victims have the status of 'children' in the family. The murderer killed those 'children'. In addition to jealousy, it is more likely that he hoped that he could replace those 'children' and that he wanted to integrate into the family! Or
Said, he hopes to have a happy family."
"Experts have given inclinometer measurements and believe that the murderer must have experienced abandonment and may even have been adopted. However, he did not have a good childhood. He must have been abused. He longed for the warmth of his family and his parents' love."
"Then we followed the clues and went to investigate the circus. The circus is now performing in Alabama, but luckily we contacted them and got some clues." Then Saji took out some photos again.
.
There are also some promotional brochures.
Among them is a blue figure. He is called Nightcrawler and is one of the circus freak show performers.
This guy has blue skin, yellow eyes, pointed ears, fangs and a long pointed tail, and wears a circus tights.
"His name is Kurt Wagner, and he fits all the profiles. He was adopted by a gypsy fortune teller in the circus a long time ago, and he grew up in the circus. But you know, those freak show performers...
Most of them were marginalized people who were rejected by society. His adoptive mother was an alcoholic, so his life was not good since he was a child. But after coming to New York, his adoptive mother finally died, a normal death, and there is a hospital certificate. Then
He disappeared."
"Missing? They didn't call the police?" a senior executive asked.
"Since the birth of the freak show, many people with body deformities have regarded it as a refuge because it is difficult for them to live in normal society. Only in a place full of heterogeneous people will they not be discriminated against. But also because of such a special environment
, they are also out of touch with normal society. Apart from performing, they will not have contact with outsiders, and they don’t like contact with the outside world, so they did not choose to call the police regarding the disappearance of Kurt Wagner.”
Sage said.
"Hmm..." The director looked at the photo of Kurt Wagner: "Is this guy wearing makeup?"
After all, it looks so strange.
"No, he just looks like this. Since he has been performing acrobatics in the circus for a long time, most people think he is wearing makeup. I suspect... that he is a mutant. As for what kind of abilities... I don't know, we
I have asked people at the circus, and they don’t know what Kurt Wagner’s abilities are. They originally thought that he just looked weird. We suspect that his special abilities have been suppressed by his adoptive mother until his adoptive mother
After he died, he no longer cared about it, and maybe his perverted behavior was only caused by the death of his adoptive mother."
"Didn't his adoptive mother treat him badly?"
"I don't understand either, but our experts say that the adoptive mother was a sustenance in Kurt Wagner's mind. When the sustenance was gone, his mentality changed, which caused his transformation... You know, psychological
Learning always sounds confusing to those of us who don’t understand.”
"Yes... Anyway, no matter what, just catch this guy!" The director is too lazy to care about this, as long as he knows who the murderer is... In fact, it doesn't matter whether this blue-skinned guy is the murderer or not, he just needs an explanation.
enough!
"Then what's the progress in arresting him?" the director asked expectantly.
"I'm sorry... No. The carnival lasted for a month in total. From before Christmas to New Year, there were too many people participating in this event. We got a list from the circus. At least how many families meet the criteria?
Hundreds, we don’t know how he will choose his next target. As for where he hid after he disappeared, we don’t know. So we hope that the bureau can issue a wanted order so that we can get more clues."
Don't underestimate the idle people in New York. As long as you publish the photos, a bunch of people will be willing to provide clues. Of course, it's hard to tell whether they are true or not... There are too many idle people in New York, just those who like to take pictures everywhere with their mobile phones...
"But..." The director hesitated a little.
After all, this guy is a bit unsightly, especially at this moment, when you know that the government's strategy towards mutants has changed, focusing on coaxing and appeasing them.
If this wanted order brings any bad effects... Don't underestimate the power of idle people in society. They may be useless in doing business, but they are very convenient for fanning the flames and creating confrontation.
If that situation really happens, the higher-ups should be dissatisfied with him.
"Our police force is limited and is simply not enough to protect all the families on the list. If we don't do this, it will be very difficult for us. Kurt Wagner grew up in the circus and has never had contact with the outside world and has no social connections at all.
We checked and found out that he didn’t even have a driver’s license, so even if we were to find him, there was nothing we could do.”
Saji put the difficulties directly.
The director thought about it and forgot about it. He couldn't bear it if serial murders continued to happen, so he turned to the public relations department and said: "When issuing a wanted order and holding a regular press conference, bring the psychology expert with you.
Talk more about the abuse and experiences, try to downplay the elements of mutants, remember to guide public opinion, and don’t let public opinion turn to the conflict between mutants and normal people.”
"yes!"
A good police chief does not need much ability to handle cases, but his sensitivity to public opinion must not be low, especially in a poor place like New York... If you are not a New Yorker, you can't imagine how picky and bitter the New York media is.
