Eden's rich experience allows him to use the word 'extreme', which means that the person found in this investigation has a high probability of being the murderer!
Is it redundant to open up another path on your own?
Lynn was a little skeptical.
Although it was driven by himself, Eden chose to lead people to search door to door, but would the task really involve non-cleanup personnel to help break it open?
I hope so.
After all, the Sheriff's Bureau has its own guidance every step of the way, and they themselves accounted for a large part of the reason why they found the murderer.
Linn was full of hope and followed the sheriff to the residential building where Eden was located.
"Mr. Linn, Deputy Eden is on the second floor. Please follow me." Sheriff Gotha was waiting for Linn downstairs. When he saw Linn coming, he hurriedly took him up.
"What's the specific situation?" Linn asked as he walked.
"You'll know right away." Gotha didn't elaborate too much during the few dozen seconds of traveling, and took Linn directly to the door of the extremely suspicious person's home.
At this time, the door of the house was open, and there were police officers coming and going inside and in the corridor.
Many neighboring residents also opened their doors and stopped to watch.
Listening to the whispers, Linn walked into the room, which looked normal from the outside, and came to Eden, who was standing in the center of the living room: "What's going on?"
"This family looked very unnatural when they were being investigated, so I sent people in to search it." Eden said briefly, pointing to the materials placed on the table in the living room, "This is what we found."
Linn picked up the two notebooks on the table and looked through them.
The first book uses mythical ghosts to explain why the five previous victims died. Their deaths were punishment from the devil. As for the reason for the punishment, it was attributed to the fact that these ten people were not pious enough to the gods.
The second book is a rough storybook, which fictionalizes a god that has never existed before and tells how this god fights against demons. Believing in this god can provide you with protection, which can eliminate diseases in small cases and extend your life in large cases.
.
The most important thing is that in this book, a man is ‘handpicked’ to be the descendant of the god, and he will serve as the ‘spokesperson’ of the god in the world.
And this man is the male owner of the household.
Combined, the contents of these two notebooks are an attempt to use the dead victims to create an image of refuge in the minds of panic-stricken residents, and then to make profits.
No wonder Eden said this person was an 'extremely suspicious person'.
This should be the only person currently investigated who has a direct interest in the victims.
If he killed these ten people, he specifically wanted to create an evil organization, convince people to believe in it, and make wealth from it.
Then the case makes sense.
However, there is still a little problem.
If they were the ones responsible for the murders, why were there no entries in the notebook for tonight's five latest victims?
If they wanted to make a profit from this, why did they choose to end the attack tonight? Then they came back again after a year?
"Where is the person?" Linn roughly read the contents of the notebook and asked Eden about the suspect's location.
"In the bedroom, come." Eden led Linn into the bedroom. The male and female owners of the room were handcuffed and sitting on two chairs, waiting for interrogation.
Lin En first used [Peeper's Eye] to take a look.
The male protagonist’s corruption value is [160].
The mistress’s corruption value is [110].
Basically consistent with his prediction of the murderer.
"What else is there to quibble with?!" Eden glared at the two of them and shouted, "Tell us all your circumstances truthfully, so that you can be given a lighter sentence!"
"Sir, we really didn't kill anyone. We just saw that everyone was scared, so we had a weird idea and wanted to take this opportunity to make a fortune..." the hostess cried.
"It's all your fault! You had to instigate me to do this!" The man of the house put the blame on his wife, "Sir, I was bewitched by my wife, and the things in the notebook were also written by her. It has nothing to do with me. I have nothing to do with it.
I haven’t read any books, how could I possibly write those things——”
"Shut up!" Eden stopped the two of them, "Both of you will gain the stolen goods! Are you still dreaming that you can deceive us and continue to commit crimes in the future?!"
The male host shook his head wildly: "No, no, no, you must believe us. We did something wrong. We shouldn't have done such a shameless thing, but we really didn't kill the person."
"We just compiled the story tonight, and it hasn't even been published yet. How could it be possible that we did it..." the hostess agreed.
"I asked you to sit at home and explain it carefully. If you don't explain it, it seems that you really want to go to the Public Security Bureau to experience a real interrogation." Eden did not give the two a good look, seeing that they still refused to admit that he was responsible for the serial murder case.
Therefore, he planned to take them to the Public Security Bureau, "Paul! Prepare the car!"
"Yes!" Paul, who was waiting nearby, responded loudly and walked outside.
"Don't, don't, don't, I beg you, please let us go. We know we were wrong, we were greedy for profit, and we have lost the bottom line of being human, but we really didn't kill anyone, and we really haven't had time to cheat...
"The male master plopped down and knelt down in front of Eden, crying bitterly.
Linn listened for a while, then raised his hand to stop the angry Eden: "I'm going to the toilet."
"...Okay." Eden was a little confused, wondering why Lin En suddenly needed to go to the toilet at this juncture.
Lin En didn't explain anything. After leaving the bedroom for a minute, he returned and sat down: "You two, I have a few questions to ask."
"You say, you say." This couple was very cooperative.
"When did the content in the notebook start to be compiled?"
"From...the day before yesterday," the man of the house recalled, "five people died in a row, and people outside were panicked. My wife and I had recently lost our jobs, and soon we couldn't even afford to eat, so we started to think wrong.
, I thought that I could use the deaths of these people and the panic of civilians to defraud money... My wife is relatively well-educated, so she will make up the story, and I will be responsible for the actual deception..."
"Are you sure you haven't used this rhetoric to deceive others? Let me remind you that it is not difficult at all for us to find out about this matter. If you lie now, it will only reduce our trust in you." Lin En.
Asked again.
"There really isn't one, not even one. I haven't even finished the story yet, and you guys are here..." the hostess said, sitting paralyzed.
Lynn looked at Eden: "Don't stop the investigation, but add an extra line and ask other residents if they have heard of similar rhetoric."
"It has been arranged," Eden said.
"Okay, then the third question -"
"Adjutant Eden! Mr. Linn!" Before Linn could ask the third question, Gotha hurried in and said ecstatically, "The victim Peter is awake!"
Eden looked at Gotha in disbelief: "What did you say?!"
"Thanks to Mr. Linn for discovering it early! He gave Peter first aid immediately! Then he was sent to the hospital in time! Now, with the unremitting efforts of the doctors, Peter has recovered more than half of his body!" Gotha said.
Eden stood up with a face full of joy, looked at Gotha, and then at the timid cheating couple: "The victim has woken up, and your last chance is gone! No matter whether you decide to confess now or not,
, we can all learn the truth from the victims’ side!”
"We..." The male host looked at the hostess blankly.
The calm Linn saw the behavior of the male host and hostess after learning that the victim had been rescued.
This is actually his temptation.
He had just gone out in the name of going to the restroom, and he specifically found Gotha and asked him to act out a play with him, through which he could judge whether the couple was lying.
Now it seems like they are lying.
It is unconvincing to identify them as the murderers.
"Lynn, let's go!" Eden was kept in the dark and really thought Peter had woken up, so he excitedly pulled Linn over to ask questions.
"Okay." Linn followed Eden out of the house and stopped Eden in the stairwell, "Eden, wait a minute."
"What's wrong?"
"Peter didn't wake up." Lynn told Eden the complete story.
Eden understood that this was Lin En testing the couple, and his expression froze: "Do you suspect that they are not the murderer?"
"Probably not." Linn really hoped that they were, but after analysis, the cruel reality told him that they were still treading water.
"Why?!" Eden was under tremendous pressure. This pressure finally poured out after uncovering the couple. Now the situation has changed again and again, and he can't bear it anymore.
"If this couple is the murderer, the story cannot only include the first five victims. The five people who happened tonight must be among them." Lin En knew that this was a very shocking thing, but
He had to explain his analysis point by point to make Eden understand the current situation.
Eden shook his head and disagreed with Lynn's words: "Maybe they haven't had time to write it yet!"
"If they were the murderers, they would have known that something would happen to these five people tonight, so how could there be no time to write? Well, even if they didn't have time to write, then do you think that they could bewitch ten people to death?
Is it possible for my mind to scare me into this state? Is it possible for us to search out these notebooks?"
"They are pretending! Pretending to be timid and innocent on purpose! Your temptation must have been seen through by them, so they took advantage of the trick and continued to pretend, waiting for us to be helpless!" Eden was a little excited.
Lynn pointed out the errors in Eden's words that could not be ignored: "If their acting skills were so good, why were they so nervous and unnatural when you first interrogated them? Could it be that they were deliberately letting you discover them? They wouldn't survive.
Are you impatient?"
"Because..." Eden couldn't say it.
This really doesn't make sense.
He was able to trick ten people into committing suicide, and his method was extraordinary.
It was impossible for him to reveal his secrets during their cross-examination, and yet he somehow resumed his acting skills during the interrogation.
It is even more impossible to make sufficient preparations when instigating others to commit suicide, but to make such slow progress when making up stories for profit.
"They should really be just impromptu scammers who want to make money without conscience through this matter." Lin En said word by word, "They should be arrested, but they are not the people we want to catch the most."
"Huh..." Eden leaned against the wall and squatted down.
His eyes were dull.
A huge feeling of despair came over me.
Is the murderer really so difficult to deal with? They have put in so much effort, even digging three feet into the ground on Clint Street, but they still haven't found the murderer.
Could it be said that nothing will help?
"Lynn..." His mood reached a high point and then fell back quickly. Eden suddenly became tired and depressed, "I realized that I really seem to be a joke."
"Don't say that." Linn stood next to Eden and patted his shoulder, "It's not time to admit defeat yet."
"I don't know what else I can do." Eden laughed miserably, "Oh, maybe the most important thing I should do now is to write a letter of apology. Apologize to the victims who died, and give some time to those who have been tortured during this period.
I apologize to the innocent residents who disturbed me and apologize to the Public Security Bureau..."
Linn was speechless.
"Sometimes I hate myself..." Eden, who was exhausted mentally and physically, said what he had buried in his heart, "I am a person with little ability, and I can't change the atmosphere of the Public Security Bureau. I used to be very arrogant, and I feel that since I can't change
Sheriff's Department, then I will do what I can do. But... As a police officer, I can't even solve the case. It seems that there is nothing beyond my power... Maybe I am really not suitable for this job.
Work cannot fit into the intrigue and intrigue of the Public Security Bureau, nor can it help people live in stability..."