Chapter 2 first quarter
At 5:50 am on July 3rd, in front of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo.
Gu Junyan gasped and looked up at the eastern sky. The orange-red and light-pink dawn was whiter than before.The sun is about to rise.
However, it has only just entered July, and the air is so humid and heavy, and the geothermal heat is constantly evaporating from the asphalt road.The clothes and pants were soaked with sweat.That's right, the Meteorological Agency has long predicted that this summer will be hotter than last year, and if the sun is shining, the body temperature must be even higher!Just finish running before the sun comes out, and take a shower as soon as you get home!Three days later, the city marathon meeting and representative selection meeting will be held. On the eve of this meeting, it is too reluctant to do it!
Gu Xing quickened his pace a little, ready to run south along the third street next to Kichang Park.There are few traffic lights on that street, and there are quite a few ups and downs with appropriate slopes, which is perfect for running.And he really liked the moment when he stepped from night to day, so he adjusted the running time a little.
Even though the speed increased, the rhythm of breathing remained the same.The frequency of lung breathing is not necessarily proportional to the speed. In fact, the running time and speed in the aerobic state can be adjusted to a certain extent, and excellent runners will adjust the calorie consumption within this range.
After experiencing the National College Sports Meeting and the University Track and Field Club, Gu Xing is currently joining the industrial team and becoming a professional athlete.In the past seven years, he has been completely out of touch with the colorful and lively events that are often seen on the pages of sports magazines, but his results have finally improved by leaps and bounds recently.After changing the coach, the guidance method changed, and the effect was immediate.The time can be shortened a little more!He was so sure of it that his legs kept moving forward.As long as physical strength and willpower can meet in a higher realm, winning the ranking is no longer a dream.No, maybe you can still stand on the highest position on the podium!
Athletes have a special body intuition, not theory or common sense, it is the body that tells the truth.A task that was impossible until yesterday, once overcome today, the finish line will be within sight tomorrow.The enhancement of motor ability will form a specific image in the brain.At this moment, Gu Xing's mind was reflecting the heroic figure of himself being the first to cross the finish line in the crowded open-air stadium.
The road along Kiba Park was originally a one-lane road, but once it crossed the Suehiro Bridge, it widened to a second-lane road.There are still about 700 meters to go to the next crossroads, and I can just let myself sprint happily.
So as soon as he ran across the intersection with Kasai Bridge Road, Gu Xing stared at the imaginary finish line, adjusted his breathing and prepared to rush over in one breath.
At this moment, a strange thing flashed into Gu Xing's sight.
Ten meters ahead on the left is the activity pool in Kiba Park.A tubular railing surrounds the pool.Just outside the railing, a man leaned lazily with his back to this side.
Seeing that moment, Gu Xing only thought that he should be a tramp!In Kiba Park, in addition to the people who call it home, there are also people who make a living by recycling empty cans in the park.It's no surprise to see them here.
However, Gu Xing turned his head again, because the person leaning on the railing had long hair.Men's tramps are common, but women's tramps are rare.
Curiosity held back Gu Xing's pace.If that man wasn't a homeless man, who was it and what was he doing there?
Maybe it's a violently ill person, or maybe it's a drunken female alcoholic.In any case, it cannot be ignored.Anyway, the Shenchuan Bureau is just across the road, so it's not difficult to carry a woman there, and at this juncture, explain the whole story to the police, and ask them for help!Walk into the park and walk around the railing into the pool.The woman's arms were hanging on the railing, just looking up at the sky.From the back, because of the white top, it can be seen that her figure is very slender.
"Hi!" called her from behind, but there was no response.
Are you really drunk?Miss who still looks so young, why...
"Miss, even on this kind of day, you will still catch a cold like this!"
As soon as he got close to the place where his voice went, a stench suddenly burst into his nostrils.
This is not the body odor emanating from homeless people, but a stronger, even more hopeless, rancid smell.
Gu Xing simply went around to look in front of her, and was immediately overwhelmed by an inexplicable strange feeling.
Looking left and right, this is a ruined fashion mannequin. Although the head and limbs are still intact, the upper body is sunken in very awkwardly.
No, not right!
Look carefully, the body has been neatly cut open, with messy blood vessels and tissue debris hanging down inside, the ribs and spine are completely exposed, even now, there is fat, soft and greasy yellow fat on the cut surface, which seems to be overflowing of!
There was a faint sound that seemed to be absent.Gu Xing immediately recognized the source of the sound. It was two flies flying from his side to the exposed body.
With a bang, he fell to the ground.The two hands that landed on the ground were slippery, and the open palms were covered with red liquid.
This is not a mannequin, it is a real person!
"How did you do it?!" Gu Xing wanted to yell but couldn't make a sound, his two lips could only open and close dryly.
If it was just a corpse, it wouldn't be so frightening!
However, not only is the body sunken in an extremely weird way, but even the internal organs have been gutted out, and the inside is empty...
Isn't this just an empty shell of a human body? !
The police rushed to the scene, but it was actually just across the road from Kichang Park.This is the first time that a preliminary investigation can be carried out so quickly after receiving a notification. However, the investigators lined up, all of them are either disgusted or humiliated. The disgust is because of the horrible corpse, and the humiliation is aimed at The location of the murder.
The first investigators who saw the corpse, without exception, turned their faces away like buns, and some rushed into the toilet in the park in a panic.It is considered elegant to describe it as "unbearable to see". Not only is a corpse with its internal organs gutted to the extreme, but is it even a corpse?The feeling of disgust stems from such disgusting death, and the fundamental inability to feel awe of the corpse.
What's more, the murder was committed under the nose of the Fukagawa Department.This shows that the murderer is daring, and he doesn't take the Fukagawa Department seriously. The ridicule is self-evident.For the Fukagawa Bureau, which is the largest bureau in Tokyo, and the Metropolitan Police Department on top of it, it is the greatest insult to hang a dead body in front of their eyes.
"How dare you break ground on Tai Sui's head!"
Looking coldly at the pool where the corpse was from a distance, Aso muttered in a low voice.Although the words were said inadvertently, several police officers beside him nodded in agreement.
The body was surrounded by blue canvas, and the forensic personnel were busy walking around inside.After the on-site forensic work is over, it is the turn of the investigation team to face the corpse. However, judging from the time when the corpse was discovered, it is certain that the preliminary investigation will be difficult to progress.In any case, it is better to set up the search and investigation headquarters at the first time of the notification.
The investigation team commanded by Aso immediately split up with the criminal police in the jurisdiction to inquire around.Usually, when paired with the criminal police of this department, the criminal police of the jurisdiction mostly take the auxiliary position, but this time, the criminal police of the Fukagawa Bureau seem to be running ahead.It's no wonder that such a big incident was caused in front of their own house.
"Mr. Aso, excuse me!"
When Aso turned his head, he saw a familiar face from Fukagawa Department.
"Ah, Mr. Jinnai, this time..."
I didn't say any more.As far as the police department in the jurisdiction is concerned, it cannot be dismissed with a sentence of "What a disaster!"
"Trouble for you!"
At most, it would be to set up a search headquarters, but this imposing man bowed his head, which alone showed that the Shenchuan Bureau really couldn't hold back this time.If the Shenchuan Bureau, which has been humiliated and humiliated, cannot solve the case as soon as possible, it is very likely that the top management will be replaced in one fell swoop.
At this time, it is strange that I can not think wildly, and can only focus on my work, so I should worry about it!
"Has the identity of the victim been found out?"
"Her bag contains a driver's license and an insurance card. Her name is Yumika Rokugo. She is 21 years old, single, and works at a credit bank in Tokyo."
"Live alone?"
"Live with her family. I just got in touch with her family. Her parents should be on their way here. When they arrive, we can't just let them see the miserable state of the corpse..."
"I heard that the first person to discover it was a marathon runner?"
"It's a player from the industrial team. His surname is Gu Junyan. It seems that he often practices running in this area. The discovery of the body is purely accidental! The time of discovery is 5:10 in the morning. He didn't bring a mobile phone, and there is no phone or anything like that here." , and ran directly to us to report the crime, so we arrived faster than the Jishou (mobile search team). The Gu surname and the victim do not know each other, and they are now explaining the incident in the department.”
"Aren't there many homeless people living here in this park? Someone must have seen the corpse earlier than that ancient surname?"
"Their tents are in the south, where there are many trees, it is cool in summer with shade, and it is not too hot at night, so they all settle there. Near the activity pool where the corpse was found, it seems that there are not many people passing by at night. Now We are also calling them together for questioning, but we haven’t gotten any strong information yet.”
Having said that, there is no sign of disappointment in the formation.
Aso understood.The buildings around Kiba Park are more eye-catching than the shops. Due to the promotion of energy saving, many high-rise residents will open their windows.The team should be thinking that if they put in manpower to ask the nearby residents one by one, they might be able to get powerful information from that.
"Judging from the situation at the scene, this should be the only scene of the murder!"
Aso recalled glancing at the surroundings of the corpse just now and said.There was a puddle of blood within about one meter of the corpse's feet. Because of the large amount, the wet part was gelatinous.
"We still have to wait for the autopsy report to come out. I took a rough look at the horrific state of the corpse. Assuming that the stomach was opened after death, how much blood would it bleed?... I don't know whether it's lucky or unfortunate, this is the first time I have encountered such a case, but I think the evisceration must have been done here!"
"Although it was the middle of the night, it was unbelievable to conduct an autopsy in the middle of the park, but seeing the pool of blood, I had no choice but to believe it."
"The biggest mystery is why the murderer did such absurd behavior? I really can't figure it out."
Aso also couldn't figure this out.It would take too much trouble if it was just a simple murder case.
"I don't know how long it actually took to dig out the internal organs, but the murderer must have been dug out from the corpse very quickly. I'm afraid this guy had carefully prepared before dissecting the victim. Why on earth did he take such a big risk?" Where is the danger?"
"Prepare carefully, I agree with this point of view! Dissection tools, clothes not stained with blood, these are important clues."
Not only to cut open the human body, but also to remove the internal organs. General household knives cannot be used, and a special scalpel must be used.With such speculation, the operator who specializes in scalpels can be locked, which is also a search clue.Moreover, the murderer will definitely wear a coat or something, so it doesn't matter if he is splashed with blood. If this is the case, it will not be difficult to obtain eyewitness testimony.
However, the biggest doubt is what the team pointed out, why did the murderer remove the internal organs?
"Sooner or later, the whereabouts of mentally ill patients with criminal convictions must be tracked down!"
To what Aso said, Jinnai just nodded disconsolately.The first investigation meeting held next, as expected, was ordered to conduct an investigation in this area.In this way, there will definitely be protests from groups that protect the human rights and privacy of mental patients. At that time, 99% of the hard work to deal with them will fall on the head of the jurisdiction.It is conceivable that the expressions in the formation cast a shadow.
"This kind of murder must be dealt with more calmly... Is there such a cheap thing?" There was something in the words, but the meaning couldn't be more clear.
A circle of "KEEP OUT" yellow tape was placed around the scene to block the swarming media.Mass media reporters have a sense of smell that is different from ordinary people. They can't see the movement on the blue canvas, but they seem to have already understood that this is an unusual event.
Had they learned of the misery of the dead body, they would have rushed back to the office in ecstasy, packaging their vulgar curiosity as sublime social criticism and reporting it.Then, people who read or see the news will have needless fear and cause an uproar irresponsibly.Regarding the progress of the case, there is no doubt that they will point the finger at the search headquarters. All these are just obstacles to the investigators who are busy at the scene.Dealing with miscellaneous tasks such as the media is likely to fall on Director Fukagawa.
"In any case, the direction of the search will have to wait for the results of the autopsy and forensics. At this stage, I just hope that the search targets will not be expanded for no reason... Then, I will go back to the office."
After speaking, he turned around and left.I'm afraid he wanted to return to the headquarters as soon as possible, waiting for the news from the investigators who went door-to-door.If possible, he really wanted to fight in person, but as the squad leader who forcibly violated the law, this was not allowed.There is nothing more painful than being unable to act and waiting in vain.
Occasionally the wind blows.The dry wind blowing shortly after the sun rose, the wind direction was so bad that it just happened to face the direction where Aso was standing from the murder scene, and a stench of animal protein that had begun to rot was blowing.
If he covered his nose and changed his position at this time, the media reporters would definitely notice his sudden move and frantically press the shutter.Aso could only frown to suppress the stench.
After a while, the stench subsided a little, and the coroner's chef came out from the blue canvas.Aso quickly seized this good opportunity to leave the downwind of the scene and walk towards the imperial chef.
"How's the situation?" Aso asked straight away, Yu Chu squinted and shook his head.what happened?Every time you ask him a question, he answers immediately.
"Nothing." The chef said unhappily while taking off his gloves.Such wording is also rare for him.
"Stomach, intestine, small intestine, large intestine, pancreas, and liver of the digestive system; heart, spleen, and kidneys of the circulatory system; lungs of the respiratory system; urinary tube to bladder of the urinary system: ovaries, uterus, and all organs of the reproductive system They were gutted. As you know, the time of death can be calculated from the temperature in the rectum, but the rectum is gone; if you want to check the digestion status from the contents of the stomach, the stomach is gone."
"It means that the time of death cannot be determined?!"
Could this be the murderer's purpose of removing the internal organs?Realizing this, Aso pondered for a while.
"Don't panic! There are other ways to calculate the presumed time of death, such as stiffness after death, corpse spots, and the state of the cornea..."
When the heart stops, the water supply will stop, and the water in the body will evaporate.The most dry organ in the human body is the cornea, so the time when the heart stops beating can be deduced from the dryness of the cornea.
"The cornea started to become cloudy ten minutes after death. The cornea of the corpse was a bit cloudy. Judging from this point, it was probably five to eight hours after death."
Aso looked at his watch.It is six fifteen.Backwards, the presumed time of death should fall between ten o'clock last night and one o'clock this morning.
"Again, judging from the stiffness of the whole body's muscles, the range of death time can be narrowed down to six to eight hours, that is, around ten o'clock to twelve o'clock last night, but this is related to the temperature outside, so it cannot be determined."
In other words, the detailed situation can only wait for the judicial autopsy report to be released?However, Aso thinks that Yu Chu's judgment will not be too outrageous.The number of corpses he handled in the past was the first in the Metropolitan Police Department's jurisdiction, and his judgment has never been significantly different from the autopsy report.
"What's the direct cause of death? Is it massive blood loss?"
"There is no vital response to the stab wound of the abdomen, so it is completely impossible to be dissected alive. This is at least comforting to the victim."
The so-called life response refers to the general term of the response of the living body to injury.Once injured, the skin will tighten and become elastic, and wounds will appear.In addition, when bleeding occurs, white blood cells activate the defense system, and pustules develop in the wound.But none of these reactions occurred after death.
"There were no stabbing wounds other than the abdomen, and no beating wounds were seen. But there was an obvious rope scar on the neck. From the intersection part, it should be wound twice from the back. There was blood on the face, and there was also a 'Yoshikawa line'. (resistance to defensive traces), so the cause of death can be regarded as hanging!"
Strangled from behind and then dissected.Did the murderer think it was more humane to do so?However, this makes it impossible to understand the need for anatomy.
"The police department has clarified this doubtful point! At first, I also suspected that the murderer was a person with a little knowledge of forensic science, and deliberately misled the estimated time of death before removing the organs. But this inference was wrong."
"What's wrong?"
"The first is the tool for cutting the abdomen. It is a very sharp knife, and it should be shaped like a doctor's scalpel!"
There is a layer of fat under the skin. If you want to cut the human body, the fat will adhere to the knife and it will be difficult to cut.Therefore, the surgical scalpel is not only sharp, but also shaped so that it is not easy to attach fat.If evisceration had been planned in the first place, it is not difficult to imagine that the murderer had prepared such tools in advance.However, Yuchu's words are disturbing.
"There is another point that must be mentioned, which is the way of cutting."
"How to cut the knife?"
"The corpse is stabbed in this way. First cut from the left and right collarbones toward the chest, and then draw a central line from the chest to the lower abdomen. This method is called the 'Y-shaped incision method'."
"So……"
"Then peel off the chest skin, use a sharp object like rib scissors to cut off the joint between the ribs and the costal cartilage, cut off part of the ribs, and then dig out the heart and lungs. Then remove the abdominal organs, and finally remove the bladder and uterus. Follow this If you go in sequence, you can dissect efficiently without wasting time. This method was used to remove the organs from the corpse. This is a very reasonable method, but the only people who know this method are those who are familiar with vivisection People. Ordinary laymen can only draw a straight line in the center of the body'I-shaped incision method'."
Uneasy doubts are expanding with this explanation.
"Is the murderer a doctor?"
"It cannot be determined casually. But it is certain that the murderer must have knowledge of anatomy! People related to forensic science courses, active doctors, students, butchers... Ah, of course, including us coroners!"
Yu Chu said in a self-deprecating tone, but to Aso's ears, it was more than alarmist!Most of the anatomy experts belong to the investigation side. If someone goes to the criminal side, wouldn't the criminal investigation be turned upside down?
"So, the murderer didn't intend to mislead the estimated time of death. It is impossible for a person who is so familiar with human anatomy to be completely amateur about life reactions and rope strangle marks. So I also suspect that there may be other bad intentions .”
"...Aside from misleading the presumed time of death, what reason does the murderer have for removing the internal organs?"
"You are right. The autopsy itself was done quickly and accurately. The police station is across the road, and there are homeless men's dens nearby. The murderer can do it so calmly! It's just me as an autopsy The official's personal opinion... can I report it to you?"
"Please say."
"If the specific motive and suspect for killing the deceased are not found out, the murderer is likely to use the same method to commit another crime!"
"Coroner, this!"
"Didn't I already report to you that this is purely my own speculation? However, if the first human autopsy is so fast and accurate, the murderer won't have a bad conscience! This feeling is just like our usual Just like routine business, even if there is a second incident, we will not be surprised... Phew!"
The chef let out a sigh of relief.This is also a rare action for this man.
"I have one more question." Yu Chu knew that asking further questions would be too much for his brain, but he couldn't ignore it.
"What is the murderer planning to do with the internal organs removed?"
"what……"
Then, Yu Chu turned around full of suspense, turned towards the direction of the blue canvas, shook his head and left.
Aso, who was left behind, chewed the last words of the imperial chef alone.
What is the murderer planning to do with the removed internal organs...?
Two extremely disgusting thoughts popped up suddenly, and Aso quickly dismissed them.Then, he found that the person he wanted to ask for help at such times was still missing.
Aso grabbed an inspector who was passing by and asked, "Has Quanyang not come? I don't seem to have seen him!"
"Kuyang hasn't been on duty yet! I heard he's going to the hospital this morning, so he'll be late. Oh, it's the same as before, going to see his daughter!"
"Tell him to return to the team immediately after finishing his work!" Aso couldn't help roaring out.
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