Chapter 31 Murderous Case

It was late at night and snoring could be heard from all over the dormitory. Some people turned a deaf ear to it, while others prepared earplugs in advance.

The door of dormitory 102 was still open. The door and window formed a transparent convection, and the night breeze blew gently, which was extremely cool. Even in midsummer, one could still feel some chill.

Cui Jian suddenly opened his eyes. Perhaps it was the sudden change in the wind or the change in the light that made him feel that danger was approaching him. His left hand touched the knife pen at hand. This was an antique ballpoint pen, very beautiful, with a knife-shaped tail. It was not a sharp weapon in the hands of ordinary people, but it was a deadly weapon in Cui Jian's hands.

Cui Jian looked at the left side of the dormitory door, and a dark shadow quietly climbed onto Jin Ge's bed. A cold light flashed, a hand covered his mouth, and a knife fell. Jin Ge opened his eyes instantly, his legs twitched a few times, made some noises, and then stopped moving.

The shadow fell from the second-floor bed without making any sound. Just as the shadow was about to leave, Yu Ming, who was sleeping in the same bed as Jin Ge, made a sound, as if he saw something and tried hard not to make any sound. It is speculated that the sound of Jin Ge's feet on the bed woke him up.

The shadow paused and took two steps towards Yu Ming's bed. With the help of the light outside the dormitory, Cui Jian saw the inverted cross on the mask. Unlike the Qi Sha mask, there was an X drawn on the inverted cross.

Cui Jian suddenly took a deep breath like a patient with dyspnea, then sat up and coughed violently, as if he was choking. The shadow immediately retreated to the end of Wang Ping's bed upon hearing the breathing sound, and quickly left the room while Cui Jian was coughing.

As soon as the shadow left, Yu Ming immediately sat up: "Cui Jian, Cui Jian."

Cui Jian apologized, "I have breathing difficulties. Sorry to bother you."

"No, Brother Jin, Brother Jin seems to have had an accident."

"What?" Cui Jian asked in surprise.

Yu Ming got out of bed, turned on his desk lamp, and turned it towards Brother Jin. Cui Jian saw blood dripping from Brother Jin's bed. Seeing this, Cui Jian hurriedly got out of bed, but Yu Ming stopped him: "Don't move, protect the scene." Then he took out his phone and circled the instructor in the group: 102 murders.

……

Su Chen was still wearing a suit. He stood on the stepladder and examined Jin's body. He said, "The weapon went from bottom to top, avoiding the ribs. It was a fatal blow. It was a good move. Yu Ming, you said the murderer was wearing a mask and a headscarf?"

Yu Ming: “Yes.”

Su Chen got down the ladder, signaled the school administrator to take the ladder away, and asked, "Is there an inverted cross?"

Yu Ming: “Yes, but I drew an X.”

Su Chen asked: "An inverted cross with an X?" It was the first time he saw it.

Yu Ming nodded: "Yes."

Yu Ming and Cui Jian stayed in their beds as requested. A cordon had been set up outside. Li Ran glanced at the two of them and said to Su Chen, "I once met the woman who sang a few days ago. She is a killer and seems to have a mental illness."

It was at the beach at night. Li Ran was driving and taking his employer back from his girlfriend's house. When passing a beach, Li Ran and his employer saw a woman in the moonlight. The woman was barefoot, stepping on the waves, singing to the moon with her back to them. The employer wanted to go down to see, but Li Ran didn't agree. A few days later, Li Ran had a day off. That night, the employer took the same route to meet his girlfriend and saw the woman again at the beach. The employer asked the bodyguard driver to stop the car and wait for him, and he walked towards the woman. The singing was like a spell, bringing the employer to the woman. Then the bodyguard saw the employer pause and fall down. The bodyguard immediately drew his pistol and ran towards the employer's body, while the woman plunged into the sea and disappeared.

Li Ran said: "After seeing this woman again, I asked for the college to improve security measures. But the company didn't take it seriously."

"He was wearing a Seven Kills mask and headscarf, but it was marked with an X. Brother Jin is a nobody, not qualified for the Seven Kills to attack, and does not meet the characteristics of a fugitive in the Seven Kills' target." Su Chen seemed to be talking to himself, but also seemed to be talking to Li Ran, saying: "The killer found that Yu Ming woke up and wanted to kill Yu Ming, but he was not resolute enough to execute it. It did not match the professionalism he showed when he attacked Brother Jin with the knife."

Li Ran was a little puzzled: "Is this information useful?"

Su Chen did not answer directly: "The key question: Does the murderer have support? Such a professional person is wearing a Seven Kills mask. You said he was trying to frame someone, so why put an X on it? I feel that the murderer might be someone from the Seven Kills, but Brother Jin's death was not ordered by the Seven Kills. Yu Ming, you investigated the business dealings between the human organization and the Seven Kills. Can you help me ask if there is a traitor among them? Or a killer who is out of their control? No, don't ask, don't ask."

Su Chen narrowed his eyes. "No, this is definitely not Qi Sha's style. The murderer has no logistics, so how did he know that the target lived in bed number 102 in 1? The murderer should be inside the college. It takes several minutes to drive to leave the college. No cars leave during this period, so it takes even longer to walk. Outside the college is a city road with bright street lights. There are almost no pedestrians at this time."

Su Chen: "Why did the murderer want to kill Yu Ming? It wasn't because Yu Ming saw his mask. The mask was to cover his face. It can only be said that the murderer hesitated at the time. The only reason was that he was discovered too early and could not escape. If he killed Yu Ming, he could still evacuate smoothly. But Cui Jian also woke up and forced him to leave."

Su Chen: "In this situation, he had to gamble. He either gambled that he could escape from the academy quickly, or gambled that we would think he had escaped from the academy, or gambled that we could not find him in the academy. From the details of your description of the singing, I analyzed that he would not flee in a hurry and then be chased by us for ten blocks. With his cold and arrogant personality, he is likely to still be in the academy." He has already profiled the murderer's character.

Su Chen waved his hand and Li Ran lowered his head. Su Chen explained something in Li Ran's ear and Li Ran nodded.

The police arrived, set up a cordon, and began to take statements and conduct an on-site inspection. A person in charge of school affairs accompanied the police. All the students and instructors returned to their dormitories, waiting for the police to come and understand the situation.

……

In the canteen kitchen, a shadow flipped out of the freezer. The moment it landed, the kitchen lights came on, and Li Ran's tall body blocked the only exit of the kitchen. He was 4 meters away from the shadow. This was a -meter wide aisle with cabinets on both sides, and various kitchen supplies were neatly arranged on the cabinets.

The black shadow stood still. Just as Yu Ming described, he was dressed in the Seven Killers outfit, but an X was crossed out in the inverted cross.

Su Chen appeared outside the exit and said with a smile, "Showed up on Monday, killed on Thursday, what kind of stupid student took several days to locate Brother Jin? So the murderer is not a student, not an instructor, not a school administrator, who else could it be besides them? It can only be the chef. The chef does not live in the academy, he goes to work at 6:30 am every day, takes a break in the middle, and leaves work at 8 pm. It is okay not to leave work, after all, you can sleep in the kitchen."

Su Chen: "Only people in this position need three days to confirm Jin Ge's dormitory bed. Secondly, the kitchen is a place with a strong smell, and even if you cover your hair while working, you can't prevent the erosion of oil smoke. Washing hair is a very troublesome thing. So there is a faint smell of oil smoke around the body."

Su Chen: "The third reason is that this is the only hiding place I can think of. If I don't guess it right, I won't lose anything. I can just take it as a walk."

"The most fatal point." Su Chen picked up an evidence bag: "I found a piece of fish scale. It's so pitiful. Without the help of the hellhound, you don't even have a pair of clean work shoes."

Li Ran: “Are you done?”

Su Chen said: "Be gentle first, let me see it clearly first."

(End of this chapter)