Chapter 13 12. Bluebeard

Soon, across the round table in the reception room, Dr. Pan Liu, who had changed into his nightgown after bathing, sat opposite to Police Department Boyue of the Metropolitan Police Department's Search Division.This is the second visit by the police department after the incident. "Your prophecy has come true. After reading the newspapers this morning, all middle schools and girls' schools were in chaos. I was afraid that my own school would also receive a plaster cast wrapped in a corpse. Unexpectedly, the remaining parts, namely the head and body As well as the left hand and left foot, all were found. They were sent to four schools: S Middle School in Azabu, T Girls' School in Kanda, O Painting School in the same district, and B Middle School in Aoyama. These four parts have been sent today The Metropolitan Police Department, I sent it to the university immediately, and asked Dr. F to check whether it belongs to the same corpse. However, if the six incisions are put together, it must fit together to form a woman. Even a layman can see this. "

Bo Yue has a kind face, completely inconsistent with the nickname of the devil. He is full of smiles and looks calm, as if he is negotiating a deal. "It's too exaggerated. This guy is simply daring, and he doesn't know how to live or die. Otherwise, he is a lunatic. By the way, is there any progress in the investigation?" Compared with the other party, the doctor remained calm and said in a businesslike tone. "Of course, we have notified the various police stations, collected the characteristics of Inagaki we learned at the Kanto Building, and issued arrest warrants for all the car dealers in the city, looking for the vehicle that Inagaki and Yoshie took near the Ryogoku Bridge that day. They were in The only reason why I got off at the Ryogoku Bridge was to hide my whereabouts, so I had to change cars halfway. We have searched the town of S near the Ryogoku Bridge, but we haven’t found any effective clues.”

"You have cut into a good investigation angle, and the result?" "There are no new discoveries yet. In addition, when Inagaki rented the office of the Kanto Building, we also checked the merchants who bought furniture and art. But his idea is so thoughtful that every store is ordered by phone Goods, I haven’t shown up. Of course, it’s the first time to do business, and no one has dealt with them before. To be cautious, we also checked Inagaki’s residence and went to Inagaki’s registered address in the Kanto Building, just as you expected , There is no such person in that place, it is all fabricated by him."

"and then?" "That's it. We have no way to start. It can even be said that until the car they took from the Liangliang Bridge is not found, there is no hope for the investigation. However, this case is not trivial, and the newspapers reported it. I was going crazy when everything was brought to me. I was really uneasy, so I came to visit you again and wanted to borrow some of your wisdom." "I don't have any other ideas at the moment, just waiting." "Waiting for what?" "Wait until the murderer takes the initiative to approach me."

"What do you mean by actively approaching?" "He considers me his enemy, and must hate me, and perhaps be afraid of me, and no one will ignore the enemy, you will see. He will certainly watch me, and probably follow me, and spy on me. Thinking, trying to pre-empt strikes. Such a crazy murderer will never stay away from the enemy, and will instead actively approach the enemy. The only way to be safe is to approach." "Is that so?" The Bo Yue Police Department's expression revealed a little disbelief. "There is a ready-made example. That guy has been close to me since I intervened in this case. He has been following us that day, otherwise he would never be able to take Hirata from my house. Anyway, just wait. Two or three days later Within days, he will definitely appear around me again. At that time, my duel with him will officially begin, and I’m afraid I will have to rely on your help at that time!”

Dr. Pan Liu's tone was very firm, as if there was some basis for his conviction.The Boyue Police Department always felt that there seemed to be some reason behind the doctor's self-confidence that could not be explained to him now. "As you said, there is no other way to find the suspect in this case except to find the car and use the portrait of the murderer. But I think my passive response may be more effective than those methods." As the doctor said, a strange smile appeared on his face for some reason, but the smile disappeared in a flash, and he said seriously: "Speaking of which, did you bring the thing I asked you to find before?"

"I almost forgot. I brought it here. It's a picture of a woman who left home and disappeared, right?" "Yes. I want to collect photos of young women who have disappeared within the past two months and have been reported to the police." "I have collected as much as I can. There are still many cases without photographs, but I have found about fifty." "very good." The doctor took the photos, carefully looked at them one by one, and finally took out three of them and placed them side by side on the table. "These three people, don't you think they look alike?"

"Well... from what you said, there seems to be a similarity." The police department replied in surprise. "Speaking of which, in your impression, have you ever seen someone who looks like the people in these three photos recently?" Bo Yue looked puzzled, but he still thought about it for a while, and then he shouted in shock as if he suddenly realized something: "Have you seen Kinue?" "They look alike, right? Even if they don't look like twins, they are both beautiful women, with flat noses and extremely short faces. Miss Kinueda and the murdered Miss Yoshieda are sisters. As far as I know, they They are very similar. That is to say, the victim Fangzhi and the three girls in the photo have similar facial features."

"I still don't understand what you mean." Bo Yue was quite impatient with the doctor's twists and turns. "This is just my personal hypothesis. Although it can be found on the psychological level, it is easy to be classified as fantasy in terms of ordinary people's thinking. In short, I think the murderer this time may be similar to the so-called blue beard in the West. That kind of pervert. 'Bluebeard' is a general term, such as the notorious French bluebeard - Landroux, the purpose is women's property, but this time the murderer's intention does not seem to be that. He just had sex with women one by one He is a brutal psycho killer. So, I guess this may not be the first time he has killed, and maybe many people have been victimized in the past, but they were not discovered."

"What do you mean by that?" "Because he is facing a girl who has no old grudges with him, she is just a stranger who applied for the job after seeing the recruitment notice, and he can kill such a person, dismember the body and even process the body parts and send them to different places. If This is his first time killing people. Unless he is a lunatic, he is too taboo? Maybe he just killed people at first, but this kind of stimulation can no longer satisfy him. So the cruel behavior intensified, and finally evolved into dismemberment of the dead, and The body parts are displayed in different places in the city. In other words, killing Yoshie is one of his countless killings, isn't this a natural idea?"

"You are not wrong to think so." "Basically, I am convinced of this hypothesis. In addition, I have also thought about the significance of his recruitment of victims in the newspaper. First of all, of course, in order not to leave clues, because there is nothing safer than killing irrelevant people .Secondly, in this way, the woman who suits his taste best can be selected. Judging from the result of choosing Miss Fangzhi, Miss Fangzhi's appearance must be the type that the murderer likes. But Miss Fangzhi actually has a very obvious feature, that is, a flat nose, People are extremely short. So, I immediately thought of the photos of the missing girls. Having said so much, I think you should understand that the girls in the three photos I have selected now, if you reorganize them when they disappeared It is possible that the identity of the murderer can be found out indirectly. Of course, this is only a hypothesis, but at present you have no clear clues to track down, so I think you can try to pay the same amount of effort in this regard as finding the car the murderer was in. , this direction should be correct." "I understand, now I can only treat it as the last straw. Even if it is a hypothesis, it won't take too much effort to verify it. I will follow your suggestion to investigate in this direction. Thank you, visiting you is indeed rewarding. You still don’t have any ideas, isn’t this a fairly complete reasoning? Hahaha!” Police Department Bo Yue smiled, but he didn't really believe in the doctor's hypothesis in his heart.