"It's over, it's over..." In the safe house in Tokyo, Zhao Yu scratched his scalp and said, "The case is in trouble, oh no, it has mutated!
"Old Li Tou, how can there be such a coincidence in the world
"We are investigating the Zuo Er case here, but my wife is also investigating the exact same case? Oh no, it can't be considered exactly the same..."
"I'm very curious..." Li Benzheng said seriously, "How can a crazy detective who is not afraid of anything and everything be at a loss for his own good
"You have seen so many strange cases, why are you still so surprised
"What happened to this case?"
"My Miaomiao said that in the 1980s and 1990s, there was a red bathtub case in Yunzhou where a crime was committed around a bathtub!
"The victim was also a young woman, and the way she was killed was by cutting an X-shaped wound on the wrist of the deceased... "
"Red bathtub?" Li Benzheng bit his lip and recalled, "Why is it so familiar? That guy Gu Zhao seemed to have told me, oh no, it's not Gu Zhao, who is it? Is it Miao Kun?"
"Have you ever told me? Do you also know about the red bathtub case?" Zhao Yu was curious.
"Yes," Li Benzheng nodded, "The murderer is an architect or a British man, right? What is his name?"
"Call Bond, oh no, Peter, or... Peter?" Zhao Yu continued to scratch his head, "Why is my brain still not clear? But it doesn't matter, my cat has already packaged and sent me the information..."
"What? The case we are investigating is related to the red bathtub? How...how could this happen?" Li Benzheng frowned and asked, "Did the victim also have his ears cut off?"
"This is really not the case, and," Zhao Yu said, "the case is basically solved! They have found out who the murderer is!
"Also, the nature of the case is also different. The murderer killed multiple people in one place in Yunzhou, which is different from the Zuoer case where he shot and changed places!"
"The ears were not cut off, so...are there any sunflowers?" Li Benzheng asked again.
"It doesn't seem to be the case!" Zhao Yu replied.
"Then... the two cases may not be related!" Li Benzheng said, "Maybe it's just some kind of coincidence?"
"However, the X-shaped wounds, as well as the charcoal powder and white candles left at the scene, are all the same!" Zhao Yu stretched out several fingers, "Also, the deceased were all young women, and none of them were violated... "
"Hey..." Li Benzheng gritted his teeth and said, "Did the case change?"
"Judging from the data," Zhao Yu continued, "the earliest red bathtub case occurred between 1980 and 1982, but the murderer has been caught and died mysteriously!
"Now, my girlfriend has found out that the red bathtub case was still happening from 1989 to 1992, but this time, the murderer chose to do it in his own home, so it has not been discovered yet!"
"Nothing has been found so far, so how was it discovered?" Li Benzheng was surprised and asked some unexpected questions.
"Fool, the murderer buried the deceased in his own home after killing him. Oh, it seems to have been dug out of the wine cellar..."
"Oh, that's how it is… "
"The murderer may be the owner of the house, a single woman suffering from a terminal illness! The woman died of illness in 1994..."
"Then... now that the murderer has been found, is it still connected to our case?" Li Benzheng was puzzled, "Do you think the Zuoer case also has the same murderer?"
"No!" Zhao Yu said firmly, "The left ear case in Toronto occurred in 1995. By that time, the woman was already dead!"
"Then... what else can be done?" Li Benzheng spread his hands.
"We..." Zhao Yu said with a melancholy face, "Maybe we have overlooked some important things! For example, those charcoal powder and white candles, the murderer should be performing some kind of ritual when killing people, and the killings also have a certain purpose!"
"It seems that it must be some kind of occult cult..." Li Benzheng murmured, "The murderer wanted to use the killing to complete some kind of ritual, and... um... "
"Furthermore," Zhao Yu continued, "there should be some connection between the Zuo Er case and the Red Bathtub case. From this, it seems that the successor has a profound meaning in asking us to investigate this case!
"What exactly does he want us to know?"
"Is that evil secret technique something that the successor wants you to know?" Li Benzheng was full of doubts, "What does he want?"
"Old Li Tou," Zhao Yu turned around and said, "No matter what happens to this case, the Zuo'er case does indeed exist, and our previous idea is not necessarily unfeasible. I think we still We have to work hard on this case!”
"But, have you forgotten?" Li Benzheng said, "I have already checked and found that during the time when Nobuoka Heijo was killed, there was no major art exhibition held in Tokyo at all!
"If there are any, they are all small and medium-sized. However, there is no way to check the small- and medium-sized ones!"
"You... um..." Zhao Yu asked thoughtfully, "How did you find out?"
"I can't tell you this secret," Li Benzheng said calmly, "but the results are 100% credible!"
"Okay!" Zhao Yu said, "According to our previous analysis, if it is not a large-scale art exhibition, then the exhibits will have to go through ordinary entry channels, so it will be difficult to take the murderer's ears out!"
"I think it's hard to deduce this," Li Benzheng said, "I have a hundred ways to take an ear out of customs!
"For example, put it on your armpit," Li Benzheng said. "How do you think the customs will check it?"
"..." Zhao Yu narrowed his eyes and muttered in a low voice, "You pervert... But it seems that there is some truth in it!"
"Zhao Yu," Li Benzheng said, "could it be that the murderer is a rich man who is not short of money? Maybe he is not participating in an art exhibition, but doing business!
"He kills people in his spare time while doing business!"
"Hmm..." Zhao Yu followed Li Benzheng's thoughts and started thinking.
"For example, this rich man worships Van Gogh," Li Benzheng added, "that's why he collects the victim's left ear?"
"But..." Zhao Yu shook his head and said, "I always feel that the murderer is more likely to engage in art! Because if he is a rich man, he can buy whatever he lacks, and he will feel more satisfied than ordinary people!
"If he didn't have serious psychological problems, I'm afraid it would be difficult to commit such a crime, right? He already has everything, so why bother to commit another crime?"
"Sacrificial rituals, evil secrets," Li Benzheng said, "Could it be the same as the woman you mentioned? The murderer has a serious disease, and he wants to use killing to gain immortality
"Just like... Detective Chinatown..."
"I'll go, you've seen a lot," Zhao Yu smacked his lips, "But if you really want to gain immortality, why cut off someone's ears?"
"Huh?" Li Benzheng suddenly thought of something and said, "Weren't the murdered girls not violated? Is it possible that the murderer was a eunuch
"He wants to use this secret killing technique to regain his fame?"
"Holy shit... So, you've also watched "Sword Rain"?" Zhao Yu narrowed his eyes.
"Of course I have seen it," Li Benzheng said, "The male protagonist is Li Yusheng, from South Korea..."
(End of chapter)