Chapter 21 20. The second challenge letter

The next day, the Bo Yue police department held a regular meeting with the doctor in the reception room of Pan Liu's house.The doctor's house is located in the middle of the Metropolitan Police Department and Bo Yue's mansion. Just take the provincial line and get off halfway, and walk a few steps forward.So when Bo Yue came home, he couldn't help but visit the doctor's house again and again. Regarding what happened the day before, the doctor felt very sorry that the original plan could not go smoothly, and the police department immediately argued that it was impossible not to chase the murderer under the circumstances.After the general talk, the doctor told him the new clue brought back by Nozaki's assistant - the fact that the farmer yesterday was definitely not a suspicious person - and told him that the host and the guest had been thinking for a long time and were still puzzled.Where did the rogue escape to, and how did he escape?

"It can only be said that the guy is made of glass. In this case, it is no effort for him to disappear in the car driving in the open field. It is like the challenge letter sent to my study in the secret room last time, isn't it just him who is elusive? What did you do?" said the doctor. "He is simply a monster. After being a policeman for so many years, this is the first time he has encountered such a monster. Hey, I can't imagine it at all." The police department echoed. "Speaking of monsters, Nozaki was really scared this time. After he came back last night and reported the incident to me, he said that he would quit the office. I asked him why, and he said that he suddenly felt very scared. To him Saying that this is the first experience in his life, it is no wonder that he is afraid. As a result, Nozaki did not come to work today."

"I can understand his mood. Even an old detective like me who has experienced various cases feels horrified. The murderer this time is too deep and unfathomable. To be honest, sometimes even I am quite scared." Bo Yue took off his reserved coat in front of the doctor, and confessed the unknown fragility in his heart. "Hahaha! You say this too, so it's troublesome, the battle is just about to begin." The doctor said with a smile, and then changed the subject, "I heard from Nozaki that this map is from the farmer named A Zuo together with I picked it up with the clothes, guess what it is?"

The doctor spread out the map of Tokyo on the table.The map contains various areas of Tokyo, and some places are marked with X marks in red ink, and each mark is numbered from one to forty-nine.In other words, a total of forty-nine Xs were marked in the Tokyo area. "That's odd. We police make maps like this quite often, but this is not a police map." "I think so. But it's not something the actor who plays the rogue puts in his costume pocket, I've called him himself to make sure. I think this map is where 'the guy' puts the cumbersome clothes from When it was thrown out of the car, it was accidentally thrown out together. In other words, it obviously belonged to 'that guy'."

"so?" "In this way, this old map that looks nothing special is of great significance. This map belongs to the murderer Bluebeard, if the mark on it is also drawn by that guy—" "I see. If the map hints at his plans, it does matter. But what do the forty-nine marks mean?" "I don't understand that either. I can assume, though. If you will allow me to make such terrible assumptions." "What do you mean by that?" "Look, these marks are not marked all at once, but drawn one by one at different times and in a certain order. Not only are the inks used to mark the marks different in color, but some parts have been rubbed by fingers so that even the numbers are gone. It's a bit blurry. However, these brightly colored ones should have been marked just now. The murderer must have added a mark on the map as soon as he found something. So what exactly was found and marked? I want to make a bold one Hypothetically, these marks should refer to the type of woman the killer prefers. This is actually his victim shortlist. Whenever he finds a new prey, he marks on this map which district and town the prey lives in. Chichome. This plan must have started after he recruited the female clerks of the Kanto Building. There are no addresses of Satomi Yoshie and Kinuede, nor Fuji Yoko in the sign, so Yoko is also an exception."

"It makes sense, your inference should be the closest to the truth." "The way he behaves, it's a piece of cake. But if I'm right, it's a frightening kill list. If the police do nothing to stop him, he'll kill forty-nine people in the future." "Hahaha! Anyway, forty-nine people are too..." "No, your attitude of underestimating the enemy is a big taboo. If you don't believe me, just recall his previous modus operandi. 'Anyway, forty-nine people are too...' The bold and whimsical behavior, he didn't do it easily one by one. Did it happen?"

The doctor's tone was cautious, with an attitude of preferring to believe that the murderer planned a plan to murder forty-nine people.Hearing this, the Boyue police department had an illusion, thinking that these words did not come from the mouth of the doctor, but from the mouth of Bluebeard.So, both of them were silent. The silence lasted for a while, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense. The fear of the powerful enemy hidden in the dark rippled in the chest bit by bit, forming a huge pressure on them. While thinking about it, Dr. Pan Liu unconsciously picked up the police cap placed on the table by the Boyue police department, and played with it repeatedly.The gold wire trim and gold wire badge on it reflect beautiful brilliance, and the mirror-like brim of the hat reflects a small half-view of the room.

Next, the Doctor nonchalantly turned the hat over and lifted the sweat-absorbent lining inside.Immediately afterwards, a small folded piece of paper fell out from the lining. "Sorry, I'm so engrossed." While apologizing, the doctor tried to slip the note back into the lining, but was stopped by the police: "Let me see. I don't remember putting anything in there." The police department took the note and opened it, and it turned out to be a piece of letter paper that he had never seen before.He only glanced at it, and jumped up reflexively: "We've been fooled again! It's that bastard's letter of challenge!"

The content is as follows: "Damn it. To use my hat as a mailbox for your correspondence. How absurd." The Bo Yue police department was flushed with anger, and the murderer's move can be said to kill two birds with one stone.Because of this weird communication method, on the one hand, it fooled the doctor, and on the other hand, it also treated the police department known as the devil as a messenger boy, which really insulted the police department. "However, what method did this guy use, and when did he put this thing in my hat?" Only then did the police department realize this, and they were shocked.He tried to recall his actions during the day, and doubtless never once did his hat come within the reach of a thief.

"It's really like a magician." For some reason, the doctor smiled silently and whispered.