Ships were moored at Pier No. 3, and there was a mixed flow of people. Many workers stood with their arms crossed, looking at the police working inside the cordon. Their faces, which were furrowed by the wind and sun, were expressionless.
On the other side, the media were like beasts smelling meat, gathering in increasing numbers. They formed a circle outside the cordon, each holding up a gun, and the sound of snapping photos could be heard.
Further out were cars everywhere, including many more media cars than before, blocking the dirt road and causing more serious obstruction to the transportation work at the dock.
The merchants at the dock bypassed the cordon to find the body and summoned the workers to continue working.
As usual, vehicles were loaded with freshly-preserved seafood and products, taking detours and heading straight to the markets in the city.
In a building farther away, on the dining table of a thousand-foot mansion, there were still uneaten steamed scallops.
These scallops came from Pier 3, and the people who ate them were now paying attention to where they came from.
A large telescope with a complex structure was mounted on the window. In the past, its owner used it to monitor the dark alleys of Yau Ma Tei and to examine the circulation of certain secret goods under his territory.
Now, the telescope was aimed at a figure on the beach.
After the figure made a series of movements and turned to look, the middle-aged man who was watching her through the telescope narrowed his eyes slightly. He caught the sharp gaze of the slender figure and realized that the other party did not seem to be looking at him meaninglessly, but more like knowing that he was looking at him. His eyes were focused and his expression was unruly.
The middle-aged man crushed the cigarette butt in the ashtray, groped to the side, and grasped a dragon-head stick with force.
...
At the scene where the body was found, Inspector Guo Yongyao of the Public Relations Department lifted the cordon, leaving his subordinates to deal with the media, and strode over to the forensic officer Xu Junhao and the new inspector Wagner of Group B who were standing on the side .
Looking at Yi Jiayi who was holding the wooden stick, he whispered to Xu Junhao:
"Yi Jia...what is the sergeant doing?"
Forensic officer Xu Junhao frowned and stared at Jiayi, and suddenly reached out and took the notebook of his assistant beside him.
There was a rough diagram of the body's injuries drawn on the notebook. The stripe-shaped scar on the forehead of the deceased was marked with the number [1], the scar on the left side of the neck was marked with the number [2], the scar on the right side of the neck was marked as [3], the messy scars on the body were marked as [4], and the fatal wound on the front of the neck was marked as [5]...
These marked numbers were exactly the same as the series of actions that Yi Jiayi Shazhan had just performed with the wooden stick!
"I understand." Xu Junhao said calmly.
"What do you mean?" Sir Guo raised his eyebrows and asked.
Wagner glanced at the marks on the notebook held by Xu Junhao and immediately realized that his guess was basically the same as Xu Junhao's, so he answered first:
"Yi Shazhan is using her judgment of the order in which these scars appeared, and with the help of reasoning, she is tracing back the entire process of the murderer killing the victim."
"Criminal profile?" Guo Yongyao raised his eyebrows and turned to look at Yi Jiayi.
At this moment, the female police officer had retracted her hand swinging the wooden stick and was looking into the distance, and no one knew what she was looking at.
"Yes." Wagner nodded.
"That's exactly right." Xu Junhao suddenly interjected, "The series of actions that Yi Jiayi performed completely match my examination and speculation of the wounds and fatal wounds of the deceased before his death. Experts also need to rely on their rich experience to judge which injuries occurred first and which occurred later based on the appearance of the wounds... She made all the correct judgments."
"Didn't you tell her?" Guo Yongyao turned his head and looked into the distance following Yi Jiayi's gaze.
"I only gave a simple introduction to the injuries, and I haven't told you the specific sequence and details of these wounds." Xu Junhao suddenly looked at Wagner.
"?" Wagner.
"I wonder if Yi Jiayi is interested in the work of forensic medicine."
"Of course she is, but I'm afraid she won't want to be transferred to the forensic department. Forget it." Wagner spoke mercilessly, then turned his head and looked at Jiayi again.
"..." Xu Junhao sighed. There are too few forensic scientists in the police force. It is not easy to find a forensic scientist with potential and professional aspirations.
"What conclusions did you draw after this set of profiles? What is she doing now?" Guo Yongyao followed Yi Jiayi's gaze for a while and finally couldn't help but speak.
As an inspector of the public relations department, he is very good at dealing with the media and how to operate the police force. But he was very puzzled by these strange behaviors in the process of investigating cases.
"You have to ask Yi Shazhan himself." Wagner shrugged, "I can't guess all the ideas of a genius."
"..." Guo Yongyao turned his head and looked at Wagner, his eyebrows raised high. He and Wagner are also old acquaintances in the police force. This is the first time he has heard such undisguised recognition from him.
Xu Junhao suddenly let out a long breath, then clenched his fists tightly, as if he had made a decision.
In the distance, Jiayi threw away the stick, stared at the body for a long time, and repeatedly added many details in the notebook before meeting with Xu Junhao and the Daguangming brothers who were communicating about the progress of the investigation.
Her actions just now have already deciphered the series of actions the murderer took before killing the victim.
While approaching the Daguangming brothers, she was thinking about how to explain her actions just now. Unexpectedly, as soon as she got closer, Xu Junhao turned around and said:
"Jiayi has grown up."
"I have heard from Sir Xu that these scars appear in an orderly manner. You probably have the same speculation. Such "orderliness" can basically eliminate the possibility of passion killing."
Wagner also looked clear and nodded at Jiayi.
"..." Jiayi.
When did she come up with the same guess?
Not at all, sir...
Wagner looked as if he knew her, and continued solemnly:
"The murderer's treatment of the body and his behavior before killing the victim probably all reveal the murderer's mentality... something like 'I think he deserves to die.'"
"Execution." Jiayi remembered the description of this kind of killing behavior by the criminal psychologist when she was talking to Brother Yue on the phone about 'The Murder of Mother and Son in a British Town'.
"Right." Wagner savored the word and nodded.
That's the feeling, right.
"W sir, I brought the body back." Xu Junhao had completed the preliminary autopsy, and Brother Da Guangming had also done two rounds of inspections, and everyone was ready to go back to the police station.
"OK." Wagner nodded in response, then turned to Jiayi and continued, "You have just prepared a partial behavioral profile of the murderer before the crime, and Sir Xu said that the sequence and so on are all correct. Do you have any reasoning? Or discovery?"
"..." Jiayi.
Eh? She hasn't even started making up stories yet, so how come Inspector Wagner is so self-righteous and believes that she has made another profile?
Jiayi originally had a lot of explanations for her strange behavior, but after seeing the reactions of Wagner and the others, it seemed as if they all 'understood' her behavior on their own and had their own inferences, and then...she didn't need to say anything more?
Pursing her lips and tilting her head to look at Wagner for a long time, she suddenly realized that when the people around you have enough trust in your abilities, as long as you don't do anything too outrageous, they will not question her too much.
More than half a year of hard work... At this moment, Jiayi felt relieved.
"If it is an execution, there may be 'spectators'." Jiayi thought for a while and answered while walking.
In the [Mother and son murder case in a British town] shared by Brother Yue, the 'spectators' were the son of the female victim, that is, another young female victim.
She still remembered the description of the case by British criminal psychology experts that Brother Yue had shared with her on the phone. The summary of the 'spectators' happened to be the theoretical basis for her to release the 'flow image' information at this moment.
In the 'flow image', the murderer killed people, which was very much like killing a chicken to scare the monkeys, and there were many 'monkeys' surrounding him.
At this moment, the detectives who had collected statements from the witnesses who found the body and the nearby workers also turned back one by one, followed Wagner and Jiayi and listened carefully to the two people's discussion of the case.
Liu Jiaming held a notebook and took notes like Jiayi.
Seeing that Liu Jiaming was so eager to learn, Xu Shaowei immediately took some notes in his pocket. He scanned a few people and although he thought that taking notes was a bit "too obedient", he still took out the small notebook he had prepared in advance, held it in his palm, and followed Liu Jiaming's example to take notes.
"You mean, the murderer has an accomplice?" Wagner raised his eyebrows.
Jiayi thought seriously for a while, resisted the urge to tell the truth directly, and said cautiously:
"Based on the description of such situations in criminal psychology, it may be an accomplice, or there may be another victim."
As long as there are other people, there is a chance to develop them into tainted witnesses.
This will be an important breakthrough!
"Has this kind of killing been mentioned in criminal psychology?" Wagner turned his head and stared into Jiayi's eyes.
Jiayi nodded and said very calmly:
"Yes, some experts call it 'ritualistic killing'."
She is very familiar with using the content of books as a banner to cover up.
After a long period of self-psychological strategy, she no longer feels guilty about it. When she looks at Wagner, she may look more sincere than him!
Sure enough, Wagner looked at her for a few seconds, then nodded solemnly and said, "Criminal psychology is such a useful subject... everyone should study it in depth."
"Should." Jiayi nodded.
"???" The people walking behind immediately looked up and stared at the back of Wagner and Jiayi's heads: Why did they suddenly add learning tasks to them?
Moreover, it seems that as long as they learn criminal psychology, they can be like Jiayi.
Who didn't learn this course in the police academy?
They have memorized all the items, but who can see a case and immediately find the correct matching answer from the vast knowledge points in the book?
Liu Jiaming, the ultimate academic failure, wrinkled his face even more, stared at the back of Inspector Wagner's head, and said in distress:
I have memorized ancient poems, you said the first sentence, do you think I can continue the next sentence? Not to mention that I can really apply the content of criminal psychology to real cases... Arabian Nights!