Chapter 39 chapter 2

While writing the letter, Kaoru felt someone approaching her.Looking up, Kusanagi was looking down at her. "Who are you writing a love letter to?" "It's just a letter of thanks. Didn't we ask the geology teacher to assist in the search before?" "Oh, that matter. I remember asking someone to help analyze the mud attached to the corpse. Well, it turns out that you write thank you letters every time." "I don't write it every time, but I usually insist on writing it. And I may have to trouble others next time." "I—" Kusanagi touched his nose with his fingertips, "Will you also write to Yukawa?"

"what?" "Hasn't he helped us several times?" Kaoru straightened his back, blinked, and said, "Yes. It seems that I really need to write a letter." Kusanagi suddenly laughed: "Forget it. I heard that guy always picks on the thorns in the papers written by students, not only the content, but even the words and sentences. If you write him a thank you letter If you don't, he will only modify it for you and send it back. And that guy didn't care about that kind of thing in the first place." "That's right. But I think I have to do something to thank him..."

"Don't worry, I often buy him drinks." "Isn't it a store with pretty girls?" "Of course. Isn't that what entertainment is all about?" Kusanagi was proud of himself, Mamiya came from behind him: "You two come with me." Kaoru immediately stood up: "Is there a case?" "I still can't tell, the matter is a bit tricky." Gamiya's face was not good-looking. Mamiya took Kaoru and Kusanagi into the small conference room, and the manager Tatara was waiting in the room.Duo Liang started to work slowly from the first investigation department, and has created several legends of tough police detectives.Although his hair is neatly combed and his face is wearing glasses, which gives people a calm feeling, he is actually extremely impatient, and he has the nickname of "instant water heater".There is also an anecdote about him: because he couldn't restrain the anger in his heart, he punched the wall with a fist, which made a hole in the wall and broke his hand.

Kaoru, Mamiya, and Kusanagi sat down on a chair side by side.Just facing Tatara, she already felt a cold sweat. After scanning a document, Tatara's eyes fell on Gamiya. "Have you spoken to them both?" "Not yet. I'm afraid that it will be troublesome if others hear it." "Well, that's true." Duo Liang put the document on the table, "Someone sent such a letter to the section chief. This is a copy, and the original has been sent to the forensic department for identification." "Let me see." Saying that, Kusanagi reached out to pick up the file, and Kaoru followed suit to read it.

The document was lined with words that appeared to be typed on a printer.After reading it, Kaoru couldn't help but gasp.The content is as follows: Dear members of the Metropolitan Police Department: I am the one with the devil's hand.As long as I use this hand, I can bury anyone's life at will.You policemen are absolutely unable to stop me, because human eyes cannot see the hands of demons, and you policemen can only judge the death of the victim as an accident. You fools might take my warning as a hoax.Therefore, I will demonstrate to you in a few days, so you can know my strength.My real duel with you will not begin until then.

If you feel powerless to deal with it, then as usual, go to Associate Professor Y from T University to help out.It would be a pleasure to have a showdown with him to see who is the real genius.You Lao said hello to the associate professor. Kusanagi put the file on the table. "what is this?" "It is said to be a letter addressed to the section chief. It arrived this morning. The postmark is Tokyo Central Bureau. It is estimated that it was mailed during the day yesterday. The address on the envelope was also printed by a printer. Now we have entrusted the forensic department to identify the printer and computer. The type of software." After Tatara stared at Kusanagi and said, he turned his gaze to Kaoru, "Let me tell you what you think. What do you think of this letter?"

Kaoru and Kusanagi looked at each other.Seeing the perplexed look on Kusanagi's face, Kaoru guessed that she must have the same expression at the moment. "Posting." Kusanagi said, "Do you think you are?" "You say it was just a simple prank?" "No." Kusanagi shook his head. "Although the letter is written in a pretentious manner, once you read it, you won't think it's a simple prank." "Based on it?" "Generally speaking, people who play pranks on the police will take pleasure in observing the police's reaction. For example, the other party will specifically inform the police in advance that they are going to blow up a certain facility, and then look at the relevant personnel However, the letter did not contain details, and the other party did not make a clear request. The police cannot respond to this letter alone. I think the person who wrote the letter I know this very well. If the police have no response, then there is no point in pranking."

Tatara nodded, and turned his gaze to Kaoru's face again: "Let's ask the newcomers what they think. What do you think? Do you think this is not a simple prank?" "To be honest, I don't know very well. But I noticed one thing," Kaoru replied nervously, "that is, the other party has been emphasizing Mr. Yu Chuan from Teito University, and the word 'associate professor' appeared twice in the letter." "I've noticed that too," Dodara said. "A few months ago, Mr. Tang Chuan was mentioned by several media. The opportunity was that a reporter noticed Mr. Tang Chuan's contribution to the Metropolitan Police Department, so he wrote a report. Although his real name did not appear, if it is Those who know Mr. Yukawa should be able to immediately understand who he is referring to."

"In other words, it doesn't matter whether it's a prank or not, but the other party's target is probably Associate Professor Yukawa—do you think so?" "Of course, I'm not sure that my point of view is correct..." "What do you think about this?" Tatara asked Kusanagi. "I think it makes sense. Rather than saying that this is a statement of crime, it is more like a letter of challenge to Yu Chuan." After hearing Kusanagi's answer, Tatara sighed deeply: "The letter of challenge. There are really many people in this world who are just looking for trouble. But as Kusanagi said, even if we receive such a letter, we still can't do anything. He responded. Although the letter stated that he wanted to protest against us, he did not specify what he wanted to do. He said that he wanted to disguise the murder as an accident, but if we don’t even know what kind of accident it is, we can’t take any measures. Countermeasures."

"Then let's discuss it with Yukawa first." Kusanagi said, "If the opponent's purpose is really to challenge Yukawa, maybe he will have some clues." "You mean that Associate Professor Yu Chuan may know each other? If that's the case, things will be easier..." Just when Tatara pouted, Kusanagi's cell phone rang. Kusanagi said "Sorry" and took out the phone.As soon as he checked the caller ID, he immediately looked up at the administrator. "What's wrong?" Dodora asked. "Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here." Kusanagi flashed the LCD screen in front of Tatara's eyes, "It's Yukawa calling."

After handing him the mug of instant coffee, Yukawa then handed him a document.After reading the document, Xun thought to himself: Sure enough!The document was printed with the same content as the document sent to the first search department. The only difference was that there was an extra sentence at the beginning: To Associate Professor Yu Chuan of Teito University: I sent a letter to the First Investigation Division of the Metropolitan Police Department, the content of which is as follows.Presumably those incompetent people will come and cry to you, so you just wait for the searchers to arrive. Yukawa sat down on the chair, picked up the mug, and looked back and forth between Kaoru and Kusanagi's faces. "I am most afraid of waiting for someone. I thought there would be investigators anyway, so I might as well settle the matter as soon as possible, so I called Kusanagi." "We are also discussing whether we should talk to you." After hearing Kusanagi's words, Yu Chuan frowned in surprise: "What's the use of talking to me? I have nothing to say." "Are you confused too?" Kaoru asked. "I was at a loss. After reading the letter, my first impression was: What is the trick. Although I did assist in several search operations out of my national obligations and a sense of mission as a scientist, I also repeatedly I have told you many times not to divulge my personal information. It is because you did not keep your word that things will become like this. I am afraid that the sender who calls himself 'Devil's Hand' is precisely because I feel unhappy after seeing the report exaggerating the achievements of Associate Professor Y of University T. As long as the media creates heroes, there will be people in the world who will jump out to fight against them. In other words, everyone who read the report is all suspects People. And whether the other party really has any 'devil's hand', there is no way of knowing." "You misunderstood. We have never disclosed any information about you, teacher to the media. It was those newspaper reporters who noticed that the physical evidence in many cases was related to the physics major of Imperial University. Through their unique investigation methods, they tracked down the personal information of the teacher. information." "I know that. The person who came to me to interview me told me the same thing. What I mean is, shouldn't you think about this in advance and set up the cordon in advance? If the person who assists in the search If your identity is easily leaked out, who else is willing to assist your police in the future?" "You are right." Kusanagi said, "We are also reflecting on what you said. We will deal with it carefully in the future to avoid similar incidents from happening again." "Although personally, I feel that it is too late, but I can only say 'then trouble you'." "After frankly admitting our mistakes, we would like to check with you again. Maybe you will feel that we are a little entangled: Do you really have no clue at all? From the reading between the lines, it feels hostile to you .” "Even if the other party has a sense of hostility towards me, I may not necessarily know it?" "The other party knew it was you just by the keyword 'Associate Professor Y of University T'. I guess this person has nothing to do with you. All in all, I'll trouble you to think about it. Think about you Is there any scientist that I've met before who could possibly do such a thing." "I can't think about it." Hearing Tang Chuan's refusal so firmly, Kaoru couldn't help staring at his upright and handsome face, Kusanagi was also speechless. "I do know quite a few scientists, but I know nothing of their temperament. All I know is their results. Therefore, I cannot judge any of them who might write this Kind of trustworthy." Kusanagi looked at Kaoru, and she also had a completely helpless expression on her face. "I see, then let us handle this matter. Can you give this letter to us for safekeeping?" "Please, there is no need to return it." Tang Chuanyan handed him the envelope along with the side and said, "By the way, I heard that you have been appointed as the director? Congratulations." Kusanagi showed a look of disappointment, and responded to him: "In the end, nothing has changed, and we still do the same thing." "Utsumi-kun belongs to the Kusanagi team? That's reassuring." Tang Chuan looked at Kaoru and smiled. "Who are you talking about reassuring whom?" Kusanagi asked. "You each other each other." Kusanagi hummed, stood up and said, "Let's go." Kaoru followed Kusanagi out of the room, turned her head in front of the door and asked, "What do you think the 'devil's hand' refers to?" Tang Chuan shrugged: "How could I know? It should be a force invisible to the naked eye, but there are many such forces in this world, and it is difficult to see any clues from those words alone. And just like me As I said just now, we don’t know whether the other party really has this kind of power.” "That's right... I'm bothering you." "It's just that," Tang Chuan said, "this letter doesn't seem like a simple threat." "How did you see that?" "Because the word 'scientist' appeared in the letter. Those who write this way at least claim to be scientists. It is best to think that the other party has some basis for what they say." Xun nodded: "We will refer to it." Tang Chuan frowned and waved his hands: "It's just laymen's opinions, you can ignore them completely." -------------------------------- Note: