criminal profiling

The search has been carried out for several days without any progress, and almost half of the forest has been searched. Except for a few more corpses, no other clues have been found.

Covered in thick fallen leaves, the corpse has rotted into bones.

The old man guarding the forest has been helping out for the past few days. The black dog he raised is more useful than a police dog. Almost half of the corpses were found by this black dog.

He didn't expect so many corpses to be buried in the forest he was guarding. Sadness appeared on the old man's wrinkled face, and he talked a lot less these days.

When the old man smoked silently with a pipe, the dog squatted quietly beside him.

One person and one dog, looking at the mountains in the distance.

In the next two days, Zhuang Sheng also participated in the search. He carefully searched several places where the body was found.Shi Ke asked him what he saw, but Zhuang Sheng didn't answer right away.

"There are already seven corpses, and the fatal injuries are all in one place - what kind of fantasy can turn a person into a murderous maniac?" Shi Ke's tone was full of puzzlement, he was a very ordinary normal person, I can't understand the thinking of these perverts.

Zhuang Sheng stood up from the ground, still staring at the ground, "It wasn't like this from the beginning."

"What?" Shi Ke didn't understand.

Zhuang Sheng looked up at him, not filled with righteous indignation like him, with a calm expression, "The murderer didn't move so neatly from the beginning, he also gradually honed his killing skills."

Shi Ke frowned when he heard this, "Only a truly vicious criminal will hone his killing skills. What is in his fantasy world that makes him live in the deep forest and kill so many people?"

Zhuang Sheng was silent for a while, and said: "He didn't kill people, but the 'monsters' in his eyes."

Shi Ke stared, and his voice suddenly raised, "That's just a 'monster' in his eyes, but he is actually a real person. From this point of view, this murderer hiding in the deep mountains and old forests is the real monster."

Zhuang Sheng stopped talking, he was not as vicious as Shi Ke.When he looked at the forest that covered the sky and the sun and was isolated from the world, he thought in his heart that if he had been hiding in such a place alone for many years and was tortured by illusions, he would definitely not be able to survive.

The investigation has reached a deadlock, and the scenic spot has been closed for the safety of passengers.It was still the off-season, and there were not many people, but the corpses carried down from the mountain still caused an uproar in the small county.

It's one thing to have someone disappear, quite another to see someone dead.

The news of a murderous maniac living in the forest spread like wildfire. Those who came here were not only not scared away, but stayed with great interest, saying that they wanted to watch the police arrest the maniac.

In Songxian County, some people are worried, while others are excited.The ones who are worried are the local residents. After all, they have lived here for many years, who is not afraid of a murderous monster hidden by their side; the ones who are excited are the tourists who come to see the excitement. .

Because the area of ​​the forest was too large and there was not enough manpower, the city bureau sent reinforcements again.

Among the seven dead, all of them have been identified—this task is not difficult, because the murderer did not take their wallets, and the wallets basically contained ID cards.

The deceased came from different provinces and cities, and had different genders, ages, body shapes, and jobs.It can be said that apart from entering the mountain alone, there is no other common ground.

The youngest among them is a young boy who just finished the college entrance examination and came out to play with his own backpack during the summer vacation.After the results of the college entrance examination that year, the boy got a very good score, and he also filled in the university he wanted.

Unexpectedly, when the acceptance letter finally came down, the boy did not go back.He was admitted to the university he liked, but he would never be able to go to that institution.

Over the years, the boy's family has never given up searching.Especially his older sister, who spends all her spare time looking for her younger brother and is still unmarried.But she didn't know the boy's exact travel route, so she could only follow the places her brother liked to go, one place at a time.

In addition, as soon as she heard the news that an unidentified corpse was found, she would rush there as soon as possible.After recognizing the younger brother who was not his, he showed a relieved expression.

This time, she finally found her brother.Although the corpse was so decomposed that it was impossible to recognize its appearance, she still recognized it at first sight.

——That was the younger brother she had been looking for for four years.

The body has been found, and the murderer has been found, but he has not been caught yet.After learning the reason why her younger brother was killed, my sister couldn't accept it.

"Xiaohui is a smart and sensible child. He never causes trouble and doesn't fight with others. This time, because he has finished the college entrance examination and has worked hard for three years, his family hopes that he can relax. Originally, I wanted to accompany him, but the temporary job has changed. , I can’t go. Xiaohui also advised me not to work too hard, he went to explore the road first, write down which places are fun, and next time... next time I will come with me..." My sister was crying as she spoke, and her words were out of tune. , the voice was full of pain and self-blame.

"...It would have been nice if I had been with him that time, so that he wouldn't get lost... Even if he got lost, he wouldn't be killed."

There are also families of the victims who do not believe what the police said, believing that it was their inaction that led to the disappearance and death of their family members.If they were quicker, more active, and found someone, how could they let the missing person die in the deep mountains and old forests, only to be discovered after so many years.

"If the missing people were officials or wealthy people, the police would not be so slow in solving the case. They might have been found in less than 24 hours. Why would they be killed by a lunatic!"

Some even scoffed at the fact that the murderer was a mentally ill patient with doomsday fantasies.I think it is an excuse used by the police to fool people to cover up their incompetence that they did not find the murderer at all.

"Kill people like zombies? Have you watched too many movies? You are the police solving crimes, not writing novels—even if you do, please make up a decent reason."

The family members were emotional and even acted excessively. As a law enforcement officer, we can only reason with them.Zhuang Shengyou is not good at this, the intense situation is a kind of trouble for him.He locked himself in a small room, isolated the sound from the outside, sat on a chair with his eyes closed, and constructed a topographical map in his mind.

Zhuang Sheng's spatial memory is very good, and he can completely construct a three-dimensional topographic map in his mind.He marked the places where several bodies were found and found that, except for the first body, the other dead were all on the other side of the mountain.They scoured the forest on one side of the mountain, but rarely set foot on the other half.

The pieces of information stored in the brain are recalled for screening and matching.If Zhuang Sheng's brain was turned into a computer, he could see a huge stream of data falling rapidly on the screen.

Shi Ke came in and saw Zhuang Sheng sitting on a chair with his eyes closed, thinking he was asleep, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion.People who have read the book are different, even sitting so straight when sleeping.

Thinking that he and the search team went to the mountains every day for the past two days, he must be tired. Anyway, there is nothing important now, so Shi Ke didn't want to disturb his rest.Just about to exit lightly, Zhuang Sheng who was sitting on the chair suddenly opened his eyes.

Scott paused, thinking he had woken up Zhuang Sheng, and smiled awkwardly.

"The murderer is not alone."

As soon as Zhuang Sheng opened his mouth, Shi Ke's expression changed suddenly, he stood up straight and stared at him and asked, "What did you say? There is another murderer?"

It seemed that there was another person in the room only now, Zhuang Sheng turned to look at him, "It's not that there is another murderer, but that the murderer is not alone."

Shi Ke was confused, and asked with a frown, "What does 'the murderer is not alone' mean?"

Zhuang Sheng lowered his eyes and lowered his voice, "There is another child with the murderer, who should not be more than eight years old." He looked up at Shi Ke with serious eyes, "There must be caves on the mountain. can find them."

Shi Ke looked confused, feeling that he and Zhuang Sheng were not in the same dimension, that's why he couldn't understand Zhuang Sheng's words at all - he didn't get an answer to one doubt, and immediately had a new doubt.

In order not to embarrass his own IQ, Shi Ke decided not to be ashamed to ask.He was not afraid to ask Zhuang Sheng annoyance, no matter how many questions he asked, he didn't know where to ask.

"Why do you say that the murderer lives with a child? Even adults can't stand such an environment, let alone a child."

Fortunately, although Zhuang Sheng has the brain of a genius, he does not have the conceit of a genius. If someone asks him what he doesn't understand, he will answer patiently and earnestly.

"I have read the local case files for nearly ten years, and there are several burglary cases. The loss is not property, but some daily necessities, as well as clothes and food, including children's clothes. Five years ago, the only one in the county The door of the powdered milk store was broken open, and the money in the cash register remained unchanged, but several cans of powdered milk were taken away.”

Shi Ke still didn't understand, "How can you be sure that it was stolen by the murderer?"

Zhuang Sheng was silent for a while, glanced at Shi Ke, and said slowly: "Have you not seen it? The owner of the milk powder store was sleeping in the small room behind the store. The shopkeeper died on the spot, but the murderer made up a few more times and smashed half of his head before stopping. If this kind of excessive killing was not because of personal grievances, it was because the murderer thought that only in this way could he completely kill the person."

"What's more——" Zhuang Sheng paused, and said slowly, "I've lived away from the world for so many years, if I was alone, I'm afraid I would have gone crazy long ago. But if there are people who need to take care of me, maybe I can persevere."

Scott: "..."

No, wait, what does that look at me mean?Who would read the old case from five years ago without knowing it was related to this case?Besides, even if you turn it over, who can read through so many files in just a few days and remember them?

Although he was dubious about Zhuang Sheng's words, Shi Ke had no choice but to believe it when the progress of the case was stagnant.

—they changed the direction of their search.

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Meng Yan, who was far away in Danteng City, suddenly received a call from Shi Ke from Song County.

As soon as the phone was connected, Shi Ke's anxious voice came over.

"Second brother Meng, it's bad, Zhuang Sheng is missing."

Meng Yan suddenly sat up from the sofa, slurring every word, his voice as cold as ice.

"--Can you say that again."