"It's easier said than done... We have too few clues now..." Eden still felt that another person would die tomorrow.
"Next, let's talk about the third possibility I guessed, which is the motive I think is the most likely." Lin En was still steadily expressing his views, "I suspect that the murderer is deliberately creating panic, and
Once the purpose of creating panic is confirmed, we can find the murderer."
"On what basis?" Eden asked.
He could understand the first two possibilities mentioned by Lin Ent.
Only the third possibility, he couldn't figure out.
"We have determined that the murderer is very smart. The murderer arranged for the deceased to commit suicide. The purpose of the accidental death was not to reduce the attention of the Public Security Bureau." Lin En drew his conclusion, "Then the direction and impact of the incident should have been within his expectations.
.Even, it was deliberately guided by him."
"Um……"
"What impact does this have now?" Lynn asked.
"People in Crean Street are in panic. They say there is a ghost that likes to wander around at eleven o'clock. The devil is looking for life."
"Yes, the current impact is that the residents of Klin Street have begun to suspect the existence of ghosts and demons. Those who live alone have moved out one after another, and the remaining residents dare not go out late at night." Lin En did not elaborate blindly, but would throw out words from time to time.
I gave Eden a few questions to get him thinking, "I think panic is the superficial purpose of the murderer's frequent attacks at fixed times."
Eden was stunned for a moment: "The superficial purpose?"
"There is another deeper purpose, which is to create panic, and for what purpose." Lin En said.
"I feel a little dizzy." Eden gradually couldn't keep up with Lynn's mind.
He only remembers two things now.
The first thing is to deepen the investigation of the five deceased people and see if they have overlapping social circles.
The second thing is to visit the people living alone on Kling Street to see if they have been followed recently.
"Then let me put it simply." Lin En organized his speech, "I suspect that the murderer killed people just to create panic. Through panic, he gained profits."
"I understand, I understand." Eden tried hard to absorb the new information.
"Why do I think he did this to create panic?" Linn slowed down and said, "It's a very important point. I just need to ask you and you will understand."
"What?"
"Please step in. You killed me, you faked the scene as an accidental death or suicide, but you also wanted others to know that I actually did not die of suicide. What is the reason for such contradictory behavior?" Lin En asked
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Eden glanced at his subordinates and thought hard: "Is it to make people think there are ghosts and demons?"
"Yes!" Linn was very happy that Eden's IQ was above the passing mark and did not hold him back. "I'll ask you a very simple question again. Why did he do this to make people think there are ghosts and demons?
Instead of making people aware that there's a serial killer on Crean Street?"
This question is very simple. Eden immediately said: "If it is to make everyone realize that the deceased died of homicide, then the murderer can reveal this at the beginning. There is no need to expend a lot of effort to make them appear to have died unexpectedly or committed suicide."
Look."
"So, do you understand my point now?"
"I... seem to understand." Eden suddenly understood, "There is only one reasonable explanation for such contradictory behavior, and that is that he is deliberately pretending to be a ghost."
"Very good." Lin En nodded several times, "We have figured out half of the purpose of pretending to be a ghost, and we are not far away from the murderer."
Eden did not rush to ask questions this time, but thought alone about what benefits the murderer could gain from pretending to be a ghost: "Could he deliberately want to drive out the people living alone? We should think about who lives on Clint Street after the people living alone leave.
Can you get the most benefit?”
"You can search along this line of thinking." Lin En also thought the same. "In addition, I can briefly describe the murderer. The murderer should be between twenty-two and thirty-five years old, with a very high IQ.
Life will not be too difficult. I will not be thin, have no job or be very idle at work..."
"Remember, write everything down." Eden urged the subordinates beside him.
The subordinate hurriedly took out his notebook and wrote down Lin En's words.
After finishing speaking, Lin En elaborated on the reasons for each description: "It is said that he is in his prime and is not thin because he is too young, too old, and too thin. It is difficult to kill five people in a row without leaving any traces."
People say that he has no job or is very idle at work because if he is busy at work, he will not have enough time to complete the investigation of the victim and have the energy to commit murder late at night..."
Eden was convinced and did not find fault with Lin En's portrait: "It makes sense, just follow the investigation you mentioned. The target range has been narrowed so much, it shouldn't take long to get a clue."
"At present, we are mainly focusing on three aspects. One is to check whether the relationship chains of the deceased people overlap. The second is to visit people living alone and ask them if they feel that they have been followed recently. The third is to check whether the people living alone have moved out and many changes have taken place in Kelin Street.
Who are the people who will benefit in the end?" Seeing that the Sheriff was still writing down, Lin En simply summarized the direction of the next investigation.
"Manpower is still quite tight. I have to ask the director for instructions when I get back tonight to recruit more people." Eden roughly estimated in his mind the number of manpower needed to carry out the three aspects simultaneously.
"Well, let's go back to the bureau first. If possible, I would like to see the bodies of the deceased." Lin En actually had no experience with autopsies, but he still wanted to discover something important with the eyes of modern people in the original world.
After all, finding the murderer and confirming the target are only part of it.
Without strong evidence, everything can only be regarded as conjecture.
You can rely on guesswork to investigate the case.
But there has never been a conviction based on conjecture.
"Part of the body is already...can you?" Eden asked.
What he didn't say was actually rot.
The earliest body appeared nine days ago.
Moreover, there was no suspicion of homicide from the beginning. The body was rushed for burial without freezing or any treatment to delay decomposition.
Now the most severely decomposed body can no longer be seen, and at most it can only cause a burst of vomiting.
"It's okay. I'll go over and check it out when the time comes. I won't do anything if it's valuable. I won't do anything if it's worthless." Lin En's attitude was very good.
If he were placed in the original world and asked to do an autopsy, even though he is a mystery novelist who has written countless bloody contents, in fact, it would be very difficult to handle it psychologically.
But now, with enough lives on hand to raise a reinforced company, autopsy is really not a big deal for him.
What is lacking now is not courage, but criminal investigation technology.
If it were at the level of the original world, Lin En would be sure to bring the murderer to justice tonight.