After saying hello to Thomas, Linn and Reiner decided to go to Upton. They not only confirmed the matter of joining the God-given Society, but also relied on similar connections to ask Upton to speak to them and ask their people to cooperate with their investigation.
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It's just that Upton probably went to the God's Gift Association to report on their situation, and the office door was closed.
"Then let's..." Reiner looked at Linn.
"We don't know when he will come back, so let's not waste time here." Lin En picked up the file, "Let's decide on a case first and see it on the spot."
"Okay." Reiner's eyes were fixed on a certain file, "Let's take this, the Joker case."
The clown case is one of the three major unsolved cases chosen by the two.
The reason why it is called the Clown Case is because two months ago, in just one week in the Imperial Capital, seven corpses appeared in succession with their bodies cut off from the navel.
In addition to the consistent characteristics of being cut into two pieces, these corpses also have one most obvious thing in common, that is, their mouths were cut along the corners of their mouths, and their mandibles and biting muscles were also severed.
The wound extends to the earlobe.
It looks like the victim is wearing a weird smile - a clown's smile.
The horror of this case is that the murderer's methods were extremely cruel. After killing seven victims in seven consecutive nights, he did not leave any clues for the Public Security Bureau to trace.
After that, the murderer disappeared and has not committed another crime so far.
But the fear hanging over many people's heads has not dissipated over time.
No one is sure whether this 'killer clown' will appear again, and whether the next victim will be him.
"I also want to check this first." Lin En grinned and walked out of the Public Security Bureau with Reiner.
Generally, a second-level peace officer can apply to be equipped with a car to perform official duties.
However, Reiner had already rented a good car, so he didn’t bother to apply again.
The two of them did their job neatly, got in the car and went straight to the scene of the incident.
The seven victims were all gathered in the southern district of the imperial capital. This is the area with the largest number of residents and the highest population density.
Therefore, it stands to reason that even at night, if the 'Killer Clown' commits murders, dismembers and dumps the bodies for seven consecutive days, it is impossible for anyone to notice.
Especially when the second victim appeared, the Public Security Bureau realized that they were facing a ruthless serial murderer. They deployed a large number of additional police officers to patrol the South District at night, and the intensity invested in the following days was unprecedented.
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Under such circumstances, it seems very scary that victims still appear every night.
On the fourth day, the clueless Public Security Bureau began to use every means to block the news in order to reduce the impact.
There is no way to catch the murderer, but they have many means to keep many people from knowing that there is a murder around them.
Therefore, currently, the vast majority of citizens in the Imperial City know that there was such a killer, but they do not know that this killer killed seven people in a row, leaving the Public Security Bureau helpless.
"This man only killed seven, so the Sheriff's Department should be relieved." Linn, who was sitting in the passenger seat, guessed the psychology of the Sheriffs.
"If they continue to kill them, they won't be able to hide their extraordinary abilities. Panic will erupt throughout the city, which will do no good to anyone." Reiner concentrated on driving.
Lin En took a deep breath and looked out the window: "Why did the murderer only kill seven people? He killed one person every day until the seventh one started to disappear... I think there is something hidden here that may help us solve the case."
"The only thing I regret now," said Reiner, "is that I couldn't come to the Imperial Capital when he just killed someone. He was committing murder at that time, so it was relatively easy to find him. And as long as he succeeds, he can
It would have prevented many deaths in time."
"My intuition tells me that this clown killer will commit crimes again, but there are only more than two days left before the start of our new mission, and we probably won't be able to wait any longer." Lynn's mood was calm.
From a rational point of view, if the clown killer starts committing crimes again in recent days, it will be the best for them.
Because as long as a crime is committed, it is impossible not to leave clues.
Just because ordinary police officers can't be found doesn't mean that they [extraordinary beings] are equally powerless.
But this also means that there may still be victims who die.
Therefore, Linn and Reiner are willing to catch the killer clown before he commits another crime.
The difficulty evaluation of such a task should be higher.
But unfortunately, the highest level mission that [Extraordinary] can receive is only level four.
If the conditions were relaxed, Lin En might not dare to try Level 5 or Level 6.
"Do you think it's possible that the same kind of people did it?" Reiner asked, "Judging from the information currently available to the Public Security Bureau, they have indeed made great efforts on this case. In this case, they still have little effect.
, I think the possibility that the clown killers are the same kind cannot be ruled out."
"If that's the case, it would be difficult." Linn sighed, "If the clown killer stopped killing on the seventh day, not for other reasons, but because he failed to complete the cleanup task and was wiped out, then our preliminary work
It’s all in vain.”
"Calculate the time." Reiner said.
"Yeah." Linn opened the file and looked at the time when the clown killer killed his first person.
November 16 last year.
That night happened to be the fixed mission date of [Superman].
"Do you think it's possible?" Lin En looked at the date and fell into deep thought. "The time of his first murder and his last murder both coincide with the date of the supernormal's cleanup."
"This is a bit of a coincidence." Reiner was a little surprised when he learned the time. "On the day the cleanup mission started, he completed the mission and started killing people every day. After seven days, enough cause and effect accumulated, which led to his new mission.
The difficulty increased and he failed to survive, so he was erased by the mysterious existence, and there were no similar cases in the Imperial Capital."
Lehner's derivation has certain possibilities.
Lin En groaned: "Then let's find a way to verify it today. If the clues we have are not enough to reduce this possibility, to be on the safe side, we can only change other cases to investigate."
"Haha." Reiner said calmly, "I hope other cases are not the same."
"A case that even the General Public Security Bureau cannot solve must be much more likely to be committed by the same kind of people than ordinary cases. I'm not afraid of involving the same kind of people, as long as they are still alive and it won't take us a long time to find out a dead person." Lin En.
After finishing speaking, he added, "Of course, the premise is that the level of the same kind should not exceed ours. If you cause trouble for people like Ulysses, you may die without knowing how to die——"
"Bang!"
Accident strikes!
Before Lin En could finish speaking, a car behind them slammed into the back of their car.
The impact caused the two people in the car to stumble forward.
Fortunately, Reiner had a good psychological quality and remained calm even after being hit. Regardless of the situation, he parked the car firmly on the side of the road.