[CM] THE CASE

The first condition for all victories is to defeat yourself. — Siranpa

It was already afternoon when Griffith was back at the bureau.They were unable to find small presents at the other two crime scenes, despite scouring the scene with colleagues from the scene investigation team.

Garcia called up the monitoring near the scene and was analyzing it.But the analyst said helplessly that it might not be of any help, because when looking for the person who delivered the bomb, there was only a blurry image of him wearing a helmet and riding a motorcycle.

"This guy is really cunning!" Garcia said angrily, "He delivered the things before dawn, and the surveillance system couldn't take a clear portrait of a person at that distance."

The previous interpersonal relationship has also been cleared up. The three children are in the same training institution, but they are in different programs.

The clues seem to be broken here, but Garcia said that the staff will continue to investigate.

Griffith was going through the files, hoping to find some clues. Morgan came in with a new document: "This is the analysis report for the bomb."

"What do we know?" Hotch asked.

"Well, a simple detonation circuit and device, but the placement of the detonator is very careful, and they are all fixed, and a slight collision during transportation will not cause an explosion."

"The unknown person is very cautious and has a certain basic knowledge of circuits." Hotch concluded.

Gideon asked, "Where are the relatives and friends of the victim?"

"There are no useful clues," Hotch replied, "William said he didn't know much about Linda's work in the training institution, so he didn't know anything suspicious."

"Griffith, where's the gift box?"

"The report hasn't come out yet." Griffith put down the document in his hand. "The gift box is sky blue. I remember Mr. William said that Linda likes sky blue the most. And it's hidden in a very hidden place. The fence next to the bushes It's broken, you can put things in from the outside. But the place is too low for adults to usually be noticed, so I suspect, it's a kid's... kid's secret garden or something."

"That may have been told by the child to the unknown person, who must be very trusted by the child," Morgan said. "But why did he give this? The bomb is already a gift, isn't it?"

Gideon asked, "What about guilt? What is he trying to make up for?"

"He didn't kill AbelWilliam." Reid added, "We analyzed before that although the unknown person wanted to free the child, the child didn't want to be separated from his family, so he let them die together. But this time it was different, AbelWilliam survived , he didn’t fulfill the child’s wish. Also, I don’t think this is his first crime.”

"How to say?"

"His actions are very comprehensive and his goals are clear. This kind of action power is not available for the first time. I think there should be some similar cases before. The methods may be different, but the types of victims are similar."

Hotch nodded: "Morgan, call Garcia and ask her to look up the unsolved murder cases in Los Angeles in the past five years, and compare them with our current case. JJ, call everyone, we are ready for the initial profile."

Jareau stood up. "Yes, sir."

When releasing the profile, BAU team members had to stand in front of the police and speak to a dozen or twenty adults. They had to remain calm and confident throughout the process, and they had to cooperate with other team members.This is not difficult for ordinary people, but for Griffith who is nervous to talk to the team members, the difficulty factor is not as simple as one or two points.

During Jareau's free time as the convener, the BAU team did some psychological construction for their newcomers.

Morgan is the most direct: "Man, take it easy. It's no big deal, just give your opinion. Reid also listed a lot of data at the beginning that no human on Earth can understand. If Hotch didn't interrupt, he I don’t know where I will go off topic.”

Griffith kept fiddling with the bracelet: "Hmm..."

Reid glared at Morgan in dissatisfaction: "Don't talk about that, okay? It seems that you are not nervous when you do this for the first time."

"There's nothing to be nervous about, shy boy."

Griffith didn't want to get involved in their quarrel at all, he was still tense - obviously direct Morgan didn't change him for good.

There are so many eyes looking at you, so many ears listening to you, and if you make a mistake... Griffith doesn't dare to think about it.

Those familiar fears crawled out of the graveyard, drilled into his veins through every pore, and then devoured his nerves, as if there were many small voices saying "you can't do it" to him contemptuously.He seemed to have returned to those times that he didn't want to recall, and saw that thin and weak self over and over again.

"That sucks," Griffith thought desperately as he nearly tore the bracelet off.

Gideon walked behind him at some point and patted his shoulder.The old detective keenly captured Griffith's momentary trembling and tiny resistance movements.

Griffith looked up and met his gaze.

"Can you?" Gideon asked.There are daggers honed by the years hidden in his black eyes, which seem to be able to cut open people's hearts with ease.

Griffith bit his lower lip and nodded firmly, "Of course."

Jareau came into the room: "Everyone is here."

Hotch, who was always on the sidelines, nodded: "Okay, let's go there."

Griffith was the last to go in.In front of him was Reid, and the little doctor gave him an encouraging smile. Griffith is still standing in a delicate position, the boundary point of everyone's attention range.He tried his best to calm himself down. Although the hands behind him kept touching the bracelet, he still forced himself not to avoid those gazes.

Hotch stood in the middle and started: "We are looking for a white man, male, between 30 and 40 years old, good-looking, good-looking, healthy, of average build, and gets along well with children. He has an ordinary Motorcycle, black, American made, probably well maintained."

"The harmonious relationship here has nothing to do with pedophilia. He is friendly to children and is a character that both children and parents can trust. If parents have something to do, they can entrust their children to him with confidence." Morgan continued, "He is gentle and gentle. He is polite, can talk to children, and children will not resist him, on the contrary, he is very popular."

"He's well-educated, careful, careful, thoughtful. If you ask him to do something, he does it quickly and perfectly," Gideon added.

Jareau's phone rang and she picked it up quickly.She left quietly so as not to disturb the publication of the profile. Hotch's eyes flicked across her figure, too, quietly, and he continued to listen to his crew's profile.

"Although most of the bombers are cowardly and incompetent men, our unknown character is different this time. Considering the type of his victims, we think he may have been very good since he was a child, with parents of high social status and strict family education , which made his childhood stressful. But he behaved with grace and confidence," Reid said, standing at the edge of the whiteboard.

Griffith, the only one who did not speak, spoke only after his colleagues had finished speaking: "We also believe that his work allows him to contact these children, training institutions, nearby grocery stores, snack shops, etc. are all possible. Moreover, he may have recently expressed interest in Abel William started, so you should also send someone to protect Mr. William."

Gideon picks up his words: "He can be cranky these days and have trouble concentrating."

"That's all, thank you for your time," Hotch concluded, "Now you can go back to work—"

"Hotch." Jareau cut off his summary with a grave face.She had just hung up the phone before putting the phone back in her pocket.

Hotch paused: "That's all for now, if there is anything to add, we will explain it to you."

The sheriff quickly broke up the meeting and assigned patrol tasks.

Hotch asked Jareau without waiting for the others to gather around, "What's wrong?"

"I just got word that Abel William has been shot."

"what?"

"Today is the day he was discharged from the hospital. He was shot at the gate of his relative's house. Although there were police officers, they were separated by a road, and I didn't expect him to be so bold." Jareau said, "The scene is blocked, you are now You can go and have a look."

"What about the details?"

"A black motorcycle, a man in a helmet, a 22mm revolver. The police chased down a side road and then lost their target."

"Okay, Morgan, you and Gideon go to the scene; Reid does geographic profiling, trying to find out where the unknown people live; Griffith stays to perfect the profiling, and JJ and I go to the training facility to have a look. We need to hurry."