Chapter 40 Section 3

He parked his car in the supermarket's rooftop parking lot.It is a white single compartment commercial vehicle.He moved from the cab to the back of the car.He had removed the seat in the back of the car to install equipment next to the sliding doors. After making sure no one was around, he opened the sliding door. There is a special mirror installed facing the sliding door, which is used to observe the situation outside the car.After adjusting the focal length of the lens, a building made of thick steel bars came into his field of vision.He saw a man in work clothes standing at the highest point. The height of this man was at least twenty meters from the ground. From the perspective of him in the car, he only needed to raise his head slightly.

He focused the mirror again on the construction workers.The construction workers squatted down, as if they were doing some kind of work.As before, there is no lifeline on my body, perhaps because I am used to working at heights and have full confidence in my experience and sense of balance. The construction crew looked to be in their early fifties, but their vision wasn't clear enough to make out gray hairs mixed in with the hair peeking out from under their hard hats. Now that you've lived for so long, it's almost the same—the man muttered, and pressed the switch of the device.

Kusanagi scratched his hair in front of the monitor.The screen shows data about traffic accidents that have occurred in Tokyo in recent days. There were about 800 traffic accidents in total, three of which resulted in fatalities, and a total of four people were killed as a result. In the first case, the car crashed into a power pole because of speeding and was unable to turn deftly around a bend. The college student driving the car and his friend in the passenger seat died.Both had ingested large amounts of alcohol in their systems.According to the analysis of the traffic department, because there were no traces of braking on the road, the driver was probably in a state of sleep at that time.In addition, there are several people who have witnessed the two people appearing in the izakaya.

This has to be said to be a self-inflicted accident.Whether it is drinking or driving while intoxicated, it is all caused by the perpetrator's own will, and there is no room for the "devil's hand" to intervene. However, Kusanagi wondered whether he should conclude that the accident had nothing to do with the "Devil's Hand".What puzzled him was the fact that the parents of college students who were driving said, "That kid can't drink and drive."Of course, if it was the usual Kusanagi, he had decided early on that there was room for the "Devil's Hand" to intervene.

However, Kusanagi wondered whether he should conclude that the accident had nothing to do with the "Devil's Hand".What puzzled him was the fact that the parent of a college student who was driving said, "That kid can't drink and drive."Of course, if it was the usual Kusanagi, he would have thought it was a "stupid parent who protects the child", but now that strange letter keeps flashing in his mind. Could it be that someone instigated that college student to drink and drive?Like, hypnotize him or something— Kusanagi sighed.If you think about it like this, then no matter what kind of accident it becomes suspicious.Let's say, the second fatal accident.This is an old man who ran a red light and was hit by a pickup truck.It can also be regarded as the result of the old man being hypnotized by someone.

Kusanagi didn't know whether something like hypnotism could control human actions to this extent.He also wanted to ask Tang Chuan, but he was afraid of being ridiculed by him, so he couldn't make up his mind. Sensing someone behind him, he turned his head and saw that it was Gamiya. "Did you find anything?" Kusanagi shook his head straight: "To be honest, I really have no choice. Although these accidents seem to be pure accidents, if they are really far-fetched, they are all possible." "Exactly." Mamiya nodded. "If that strange letter was nothing more than a hoax, it can only be said that this fellow has a very bad character. For even if the other party did not actually cause any accident, we are only forced to speculate.

"Indeed, I'm afraid the other party is planning to further take advantage of our current mentality." "What do you mean by that?" "I don't want to make you more distressed," said Mamiya, raising the paper in his hand, "but here comes another thing. The original document has already been handed over to the forensics department." Kusanagi took the piece of paper, and saw the following paragraph printed on it with the same font as the last strange letter—— Dear members of the Metropolitan Police Department: As previously announced, I have demonstrated the power of the devil's hand. On the 20th of this month, the workers working on the construction site in Ryogoku, Sumida District fell from the sky to their deaths. You may wish to go and confirm. Associate Professor Y will probably also tell you that I am not talking nonsense.

After reading it, Kusanagi raised his head and asked, "A fall accident at a construction site?" Mamiya turned out his lower lip and nodded repeatedly: "I have already checked with the police station in the jurisdiction. Such an accident did happen on the 20th, and the deceased was indeed a construction worker named Shigeyuki Ueda." "Has the accident been reported in the media?" "Some morning newspapers seem to have published it, so the other party may have fabricated such a criminal statement and sent it after reading those reports." "That is to say, is the other party trying to say that this accidental accident was caused by him on purpose?"

"It's possible, but the last sentence is a bit intriguing." Kusanagi looked at the last sentence again and said, "Why did you ask Yukawa to tell us that he wasn't bragging?" "I don't know." Jian Gong shrugged and shook his head. Kusanagi stood up, took his coat and said, "I'll go find Yukawa." As soon as he walked out of the Metropolitan Police Department, Kaoru Utsumi's call rang to his mobile phone. "You called at the right time. I'm going to find Tang Chuan now. You should go there too." "I'm already on my way. I just called to let you know."

"Did something happen?" "Teacher Tang Chuan called me and said that another strange letter had been sent to him." The letter is the same as last time, and it is also printed on A4 paper. good luck.Have the investigators from the Metropolitan Police Department come here?Even if you haven't been here, you will definitely visit in the near future.For no other reason, you will take the initiative to call them over. Actually, I want to ask you to do me a favor, the matter is extremely simple, you just need to open a certain web page on the Internet and show the content to the searchers.

The URL is as follows.Don't worry, it's purely a movie's official website and doesn't require you to have any interest in the movie. After opening it, you will see a place for people to post their thoughts on the movie. Go there and have a look. There is a message from a person named "Construction Worker" on the 19th of this month.In your opinion, it may be a plain text, but in the eyes of the investigators, it is enough to shock them.And you will therefore believe in the existence of the Demon Hand. devil hand Kaoru looked up from the letter, and met Yukawa who was sitting there expressionlessly. "I heard that this letter was dropped into the mailbox of the physics major this morning." He said, "What's going on? I don't think there's any need to involve me in this matter, right?" "It's not that we're going to get you involved, it's that the other party is talking about getting you involved." Kusanagi explained, "Speaking of which, have you read the homepage?" After hearing this, Tang Chuan kicked the ground and slid the chair.Moving to the computer desk, he quickly typed on the keyboard, and soon, a gorgeous picture was displayed on the monitor, with background music playing. He moved the mouse, switched the screen, and switched to the interface where he could leave his impressions of the movie.Of course, you can also browse other people's thoughts on this interface. "The message the other party wants you to read should be this one. It is indeed a plain text." Kaoru and Kusanagi leaned in front of the computer to take a closer look, and there was a paragraph of text in the box between them. The title was "Full of Love", and the content was as follows—— After reading your comments, I want to see it too. Go see it on the 20th and look forward to it from now on.Please take care of yourself.I will see it with a deeper love for the buildings being built in both countries.In addition to being moved, I have to be careful not to fall off the building. 40-year-old male construction worker 2008 05/19 22:43 Kaoru and Kusanagi looked at each other.They had already heard about the content of the second letter sent by the other party before they came here. "It seems that the sender of the strange letter is not completely bragging." Tang Chuan said, "What part of this text will make you panic?" Kusanagi looked at Yu Chuan with serious eyes: "It's a notice letter. Yu Chuan, this is a crime notice." "Announcement?" Kusanagi told Yu Chuan the whole story, and Yu Chuan's expression changed from sunny to cloudy in the blink of an eye: "It turned out that such an accident happened. The construction workers on the building under construction in the two countries fell to their deaths. If it was accidental If so, it's too coincidental. And the date is also the same..." "Is there such a possibility that the other party found a message on the Internet that is almost the same as the content of the accident after learning about the accident?" Kaoru said. "The possibility is not zero, but I think it is quite low." Tang Chuan said, "The date of the message was the day before the accident. This is indeed a crime notice." "But under normal circumstances, the notice should be before the crime is committed. It is almost unheard of to wait until after the incident to say that it has been forecasted in advance." Kusanagi said. "That's because the reason for the person who caused the accident to write the notice letter is a bit special. The other party didn't want us to think that he just hitched a ride in an accident and made the notice on purpose. But if the other party informed the notice letter in advance If there is no existence, then the difficulty of committing the crime will naturally increase suddenly, so the other party chose the method of notifying after the event." Kusanagi pondered: "Let's investigate the death accident in the two countries. If it is really a murder case, it will be a big problem." "However, is this kind of thing really possible? Pushing people down from a tall building can still be disguised as an accident? Since the district police station judged it as an accident, it must be because nothing suspicious was found." Kaoru said to Tang Chuan. The physicist curled his lips, shook his head and said, "That's not necessarily the case. There are too few materials at hand to make a hypothesis. And I have always said that I am a complete layman when it comes to crime research." "But teacher, didn't you say before that there are as many powers in this world that are invisible to the naked eye?" Kaoru asked. "It does exist. For example, magnetic force, and furthermore, there is gravitational force. There is also a kind of gravitational force between you and me who talk like this. But I haven't figured out what the perpetrator is using this time. There is no Clues. All in all, the most urgent task is to collect information. As long as the perpetrator does not use magic, there will be some clues, and there is no such thing as magic in the world." Tang Chuan's tone gradually became excited. "What kind of information should we collect? Please tell us what is necessary." "First, the information related to the accident is needed, and then the scene is inspected. The weather of the day, what happened around the scene, as long as they can be found out, all are needed." "I see. I'll let Utsumi go and collect all the materials." Kusanagi said and stood up. "But there's one thing I can't figure out." Hearing Yukawa's words, Kusanagi turned his head: "What's the matter?" "Why did the perpetrator take such a big risk? If you leave those words on the homepage, the police will be able to locate the computer very quickly." "It's probably a message left in an Internet cafe or something." "Probably yes, but even so, this is an extremely dangerous practice. Because it is also possible to be photographed by the security cameras of Internet cafes. If it were me, I would not adopt this method. Although the anonymity of the Internet seems to require It is higher, but from the perspective of concealing the real identity, mailing is much safer. In fact, the perpetrators did send those strange letters by mail. Although doing so will have the risk of allowing the police to identify the printer and text Dealing with software type negatives, but the world is overrun with both, so the risk of being traced from this is zero. Am I right?" Hearing Yukawa's question, Kusanagi put on a bitter expression.In fact, judging from the results of the Forensics Section's analysis of the letter sent by the perpetrator, it is indeed difficult to narrow down the scope of the perpetrator's investigation. "You mean, the other party should send the crime notice by mail?" Kaoru asked. "That's right, mail it to the police on the day of the murder. Because the warning letter will not be delivered until the next day, there is no need to worry about the police intervening in the murder. In addition, because the postmark on the mail records the time of delivery, it can prove that the perpetrator is committing the crime. Send out the notice letter before. Why didn't the other party do this?" Kaoru glanced at Kusanagi, "You're right." Kusanagi frowned: "Maybe it's because of some special circumstances of the perpetrator himself?" "I think so too." Tang Chuan said, "Maybe as long as this is clarified, the true face of the 'Devil's Hand' will also surface." "Indeed, we'll keep an eye out." Walking out of the research room, Kusanagi looked at Kaoru and smiled meaningfully: "Although what the perpetrator did is irritating, but this trip is still rewarding after all, it just whetted Yukawa's appetite." "I have the same feeling, but this is also the purpose of the perpetrator. Probably the other party is also deeply convinced of his tricks, and even Mr. Yu Chuan can't see through it." "Maybe that's the case, but Yu Chuan won't lose. Of course, we won't lose either." After finishing speaking, a sharp gaze unique to criminal police returned to Kusanagi's eyes.