Chapter 133: Whitechapel Serial Murder Case Something is wrong, she didn’t bring Conan…
The scream attracted everyone's attention.
The crowd became agitated.
"what happened?"
"there……"
"It seems someone is dead!"
"What?!"
"Is this true? At the press conference..."
Thomas Schindler frowned.
The bad premonition in his heart came true at this moment - he was really unlucky recently, and even the press conference that he hoped would go on smoothly encountered an accident.
"Interrupt the press conference and call the police to handle this matter."
He whispered to his secretary, "Calm the guests down."
"Let that lady come down first."
"yes."
The secretary quickly ran up to the stage and whispered a few words to the tour guide, asking him to control the situation, and then called the police as quickly as possible.
Zhu Fu Jingguang walked onto the stage holding a coconut and knocked on the hatch of Lin Xi's [Cocoon]. Lin Xi immediately woke up from the dreamlike scene.
She opened the cabin door, took advantage of Zhu Fu Jingguang's outstretched hand, and stood up and left the cabin.
"What happened?"
Morifushi Kagemitsu: "Someone seems dead down the hallway. A murder has occurred."
Upon hearing this, Lin Xi looked at Thomas Schindler at the edge with sympathy.
Then he reacted:
No, she didn’t bring Conan?
How come the accident still happened?
Is it her own fault? Is she actually also a hidden accident-prone person?
Impossible, absolutely impossible!
Lin Xi shook his head in his heart, rejecting this terrible idea.
"Go and have a look?" she asked.
The young man nodded.
The audience had already been distracted by the sudden murder, and no one paid attention to Lin Xi and the demonstration of the functions of the [Cocoon].
Except for two children and a young girl.
"Sister Lin!" Hiroki shouted.
Lin Xi patted the child's head and said, "There was an accident at the launch of [Cocoon]."
"Uh, it wasn't me." Sawada Hiroki responded reflexively. Seeing Lin Xi's playful look, he hurriedly said, "It really wasn't me this time."
Not this time, does it mean it was before?
Poor Thomas Schindler, Lin Xi once again felt sympathy for the cigar-smoking shark in his heart.
No wonder he is so unlucky, everything has a reason.
"That's okay, let's see what happens."
Lin Xi led everyone towards the source of the commotion.
That's a bathroom at the end of the corridor.
Before reaching the end, Lin Xi smelled the smell of blood.
Such a rich flavor...
How much blood was shed?
At the same time, the system panel flashes and a prompt pops up.
Lin Xi clicked it and saw that a new story mission was indeed triggered.
[Unfinished]
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Lin Xi and Huiyuan Ai arrive at Schindler's company. While attending the launch of the new product, Cocoon, they stumble upon a murder. The launch is forced to be interrupted. The murderer's methods are extremely cruel, and it seems this is not the only case.
Why did he kill the victim? Why did he choose Schindler's company? Among the people attracted by the case, Lin Xi saw a familiar figure...
[Reference option A: Find the murderer, 'The Ripper', and hand him over to the police. Expected experience points x10,000.]
[Reference option B: Find and kill the murderer 'The Ripper'. Expected experience points x30,000.]
"Extremely cruel"?
Lin Xi was attracted by this description.
She looked towards the bathroom curiously, not forgetting to use her body to shield the two little ones, and saw blood all over the bathroom floor.
Through the half-open door, she also noticed the scattered pieces of meat.
Well, it was indeed "extremely cruel." No wonder there was such a loud scream just now.
Even without seeing the whole scene, Lin Xi could imagine how bloody the crime scene was.
This is not something that the average person can endure psychologically.
Did the murderer disembowel the victim?
…
...Huh?
Lin Xi saw a familiar figure flash past behind the door.
A white-haired figure in a gray trench coat.
…What was he doing at the crime scene?
Lin Xi raised his eyebrows.
The police arrived quickly and cordoned off the scene. The tour guide explained the situation to everyone and apologized to everyone that the press conference was suspended.
But the audience was told they couldn't leave yet.
"We need to check the surveillance footage and confirm the murderer's identity before we can let you go." The police said coldly, "The murderer may be among you."
"What..."
"I finally made it to the press conference, and this incident happened!"
"Hey, you were closer, did you see what happened there?"
“…Ah, don’t even mention it. It’s like hell… I want to vomit.”
"So you really saw it? What happened to that person?"
"...Meat and offal are everywhere. Haven't you seen the news recently? I'm afraid this is the same as the previous two cases, the work of the Ripper again."
"Ah, you mean that! Is it really 'him' again?"
"...But how could it be? Why would 'he' choose to be here? I thought 'he' would only choose to be here at night..."
"Who knows...anywhere is not safe now anyway."
Lin Xi listened to the discussions of the people around him, thinking deeply.
Serial murder case?
There are police officers who play the good guy, and naturally there are also police officers who play the bad guy.
"I'm so sorry for the inconvenience. But please cooperate with us," the white-faced policeman said gently. "We've already contacted Schindler and have borrowed their lounge for your use."
"Please move on."
The crowd moved slowly in an atmosphere of dissatisfaction and fear, following the instructions of the police and heading towards the lounge.
However, Lin Xi noticed that shortly after the police arrived, several new faces entered the exhibition hall and walked straight towards the crime scene.
She passed them by.
Lin Xi turned around and glanced at the leading woman.
She was a tall, blonde, blue-eyed lady, wearing a business suit and glasses, and looked very capable.
The system refreshed her character information.
[Judy Stelling: FBI investigator, skilled in shooting and fighting. Does she seem to be connected to someone in the organization?]
Good, good, another important person with a name.
Why, today's press conference is a gathering of many talented people?
Why are there so many characters with and without names?
However, Lin Xi expected the FBI to come.
After all, judging from the information I just heard and the information written in the system plot mission, the culprit of this murder should be a serial killer.
It is not surprising that the cruelty of its methods, the vile nature and the great social impact attracted the attention of the FBI.
Moreover, they would have a bigger headache later on—because of the press conference, so many media had come to the scene. Originally, they had come for [Cocoon], but now the headlines had changed and they were all reporting on the murder case.
If the murderer is not found and caught quickly, the fear and anxiety will have a very bad social impact, right?
Judy Stelling seemed to sense something, turned around, and met Lin Xi's gaze.
Seeing her with two children and dressed as a tourist, Judy Stelling's inquiring gaze softened a little and she smiled at her friendly.
Lin Xi was stunned for a moment.
Oh, another beautiful lady.
Why are all the important characters so good-looking? Is the system just like her, obsessed with looks?
She withdrew her gaze, took the coconut from the young man's arms, stroked the cat from time to time, and followed the crowd to the lounge.
I feel that the most interesting guy is still that one... Lin Xi thought of the white-haired figure she had caught a glimpse of.
A curator who calls himself "Lin Xi".
He is obviously a curator and should be engaged in an art-related industry. Why did he get involved in the crime scene like a detective?
Does he have a part-time job as well?
No, maybe being a curator was just a part-time job for her in the past, and other things were her main job.
What that “other thing” is remains to be explored.
"This may be a serial murder case." Seeing that she seemed to be thinking, the young man next to her said in a low voice.
"You know?" Lin Xi looked at Zhu Fu Jingguang.
"There were reports in the newspapers," he said. "The first case occurred on May 7th, in a small church at night. A young Asian woman was murdered, her stomach ripped open, and her internal organs scattered throughout the church, frightening the elderly priest who had just opened the church for morning prayers. Because the case occurred in a church and was similar to the methods of the legendary British 'Jack the Ripper,' the media dubbed it the 'Whitechapel Murders.'" (Note 1)
The young man spoke slowly, always paying attention to the girl's expression. After seeing that she did not show any discomfort on her face, he continued:
"The second case occurred on May 18th in Knowlton Park. Also at night, the victim was also an Asian woman. The difference was that this time, not only was her stomach disemboweled, but the killer also chopped off her hands and placed them on a park bench. Her internal organs were removed whole and placed side by side with her severed hands. The killer then dumped her body, a shell, into the park pond, staining the entire area red with blood."
"Because the two cases happened not long apart and had similar modus operandi, the media, when reporting on them again, merged this one into the 'Whitechapel murders' and treated it as a serial murder case."
"The third incident should be today's incident. It happened on May 23rd during the day in the bathroom at the end of the corridor on the first floor of Schindler's company. Judging from the scene we just witnessed, the means used were equally extremely cruel."
Lin Xi seemed to be lost in thought.
"The time is getting shorter and shorter," she said. "If this is really a serial murder case, the next one won't be far away."
"But..." Lin Xi looked up at the ceiling, "There are cameras everywhere here. The first two times he chose to do it at night, in relatively secluded places with less security. Why did he choose Schindler's Company this time? It's very strange."
The young man nodded. "That's what I'm confused about. Although the murderer's methods were brutal, it's clear this wasn't an impulsive crime, but rather a carefully planned one. The previous two crimes were handled very meticulously. There were no footprints or fingerprints. The police found no valuable clues and were unable to identify a suspect."
"Unless he was absolutely confident that he could kill someone in the heavily guarded Schindler & Co. and escape undetected, the murderer wouldn't have chosen to do it here."
"So, Ms. Lin, I suspect... this is a copycat murder."
…
"This is a copycat murder."
In the bathroom, the white-haired man took off his blood-stained gloves, handed them to the policeman holding the plastic bag, turned around and spoke calmly to the visitor.
"……reason?"
Judy Stelling, holding a small notebook and pen, pushed up her glasses, raised her eyebrows, and looked at her overly conspicuous colleague.
A man with white hair, blue eyes and thin cheeks stood in the middle of a floor covered in blood, minced meat and internal organs. His leather shoes stepped on a small piece of white tile in the middle that was not stained red by blood, and he made a conclusion with an indifferent expression.
It looks like a cold and indifferent god who is detached from the world, standing in the midst of the hustle and bustle of the world.
A bit too cold.
He was so apathetic, almost inhuman—didn't he see the police officer next to him staring at him strangely? He had no reaction to this bloody scene.
In sharp contrast to the man, the police who followed and the new FBI agent brought by Judy Stelling were all pale and shaky, and could hardly suppress the urge to vomit.
But Judy Stelling knew her colleague and knew that this man had always been like this, so she didn't express any feeling that he was inhuman, but just asked the reason.
"Different style," the man said.
"Killing is like painting. When a murderer commits a crime, he or she projects his or her own personality into his or her 'work.'"
"The more skilled a killer is, the more clearly his personality will be reflected in the course of his crimes. It's a 'mark' that even he can't avoid."
"This case is completely different from the previous 'signs' in churches and parks."
"A poor imitation."
There was even a hint of disgust in his calm tone.
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(Note 1: "Jack the Ripper" is the nickname for the murderer who brutally killed at least five women from the lower classes in the Whitechapel area of East London between August 7 and November 9, 1888.)
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