Chapter 437 "I Want to Chop Something Different."

"What about the other dead?"

"I haven't seen it yet, but I guess it's about the same."

Gu Tianqing smiled slightly and said: "However, the person who manipulated the 'leech' in the dark is very clever. He deliberately left the slime of the leech everywhere in the scene, trying to hide the 'entrance' of the real invasion of the leech army. Besides, the target he chose , seems to have been carefully selected, the version of the AI ​​housekeeper in the house is the one without video surveillance, which is a bit interesting."

"In fact, if you really want to hide it, you can't hide it. After all, this simple method may not be able to deceive even a criminal policeman with a certain seniority who graduated from the Special Warfare Department. It's just because ordinary people have never seen it. It's a battle, so I don't know how to deal with it for a while."

Gu Tianqing withdrew her smile, looked at Yi Lin, and said slowly, "Oh? You mean, the other party already expected that she was almost exposed?"

"In this circle, don't underestimate anyone who can survive the trial, even if he looks very funny and unbeatable. By the way, I am temporarily assuming that 'he' is an apostle." Yi Lin said to Gu Tianqing He said something he deeply understood: "I'm even more curious, why did the man who manipulated the leeches kill eleven people in the same place?"

Gu Tianqing nodded and agreed: "That's right. If it were me, killing one and changing another place would reduce the chance of exposure."

"Oh, very experienced."

Yi Lin looked calm and looked at Gu Tianqing.

Gu Tianqing replied with an elegant smile: "I'm just giving you an example."

"hehe."

Yi Lin smiled without saying a word, without pointing out.

"What next?"

Gu Tianqing asked with a smile.

Although she knew that Gu Tianqing was changing the subject tactfully, Yi Lin didn't bother to say anything, and walked out of the community.

"After investigation, although we can confirm that a group of cute little leeches are hiding in the sewer. However, the area is too large, and it is very impractical to conduct a carpet search. Besides, if our opponent is really a group of If there are intelligent leeches, there is no way to catch them all under the current conditions."

"So, we just have to wait."

Erin nodded.

Agree.

That's right.

wait.

This is currently the only way.

"Wake up and talk."

Yi Lin yawned, leaving Gu Tianqing behind.

Gu Tianqing looked at Yi Lin who was leaving quickly, chuckled suddenly, and said to Yi Lin's back: "I don't know if it's my illusion, but now you seem a little impatient. What happened?"

Yi Lin paused.

But he didn't look back.

"This is your illusion. Besides, what does it matter to you if I am impatient?"

"Yeah, it doesn't matter."

...

...

This wait is three days.

In the past three days, Molly finally sent a reply.

"Awesome. How did you get this information?"

Molly highly affirmed Yi Lin's work efficiency.

"Hehe, commercial secrets."

"Bah." Molly spat, but didn't ask further: "I've checked. The information shows that there are currently seven research institutions that hold Star Steel, except my laboratory. Yes Yes, you are in Cangyang City now, right? I don’t know if it’s a coincidence, but there is one of the research institutes specializing in new semiconductor materials, not far from Cangyang City. I’ll send it to you later, and you can find a place to receive it one time."

"clear."

After hearing the news, Yi Lin narrowed her eyes slightly and didn't say much.

There are some things that Molly is destined not to be too clear about the details.

Regarding the search for Star Steel, Yi Lin is not in a hurry for the time being.

To be precise, there is no rush.

Although Yu Meng and Zhao Yulong paid more attention to what happened in the scientific research department, they did not focus on a mere document in Area A. But Yi Lin was not entirely sure that the loss of the documents would not attract anyone's attention. Therefore, Yi Lin can only temporarily put all her thoughts on solving the "leech murder incident" in Cangyang City first.

After investigating the place of death of the latest deceased with Gu Tianqing, Yi Lin has roughly figured out the context of the incident.

There is a person who has the ability to manipulate leeches.

For a certain purpose, he manipulated leeches to kill eleven ordinary people within a month.

The eleven deceased had nothing in common except that they were all living alone.

In fact, "single, living alone" is also the common point of most serial homicides without a specific target.

Because of this type of goal, it's easy to start.

Generally speaking, the perpetrators of this type of homicide will also be collectively referred to as "perverted serial murderers".

"In various senses, it can really be said to be 'abnormal'."

During these three days.

The mysterious "leech man" seemed to know that a big net was about to be spread in Cangyang City, and had no intention of bubbling at all.

It's like it's gone completely.

Because of the special circumstances of the case and the "abnormality" involved, the whole case was forcibly concealed.

At present, Cangyang City is still a peaceful scene, and has not fallen into chaos because of this.

But nothing special happened in these three days.

At least, today, a special person came to the temporary office temporarily set up for Yi Lin and others in the Cangyang City Police Station.

...

Yi Lin looked at the girl in front of her with a long black scabbard knife hanging from her waist and ostentatiously passing through the city, and felt quite a headache.

"How did you come here?"

Oda Mai raised his eyelids slightly, his eyes were cold, and he spoke slowly in a tone that was neither salty nor light: "I can't come?"

"Ah, no, that's not what I meant." Yi Lin retreated behind Gu Tianqing indiscriminately, "I mean, if you're not at home practicing your saber well, what are you doing in this muddy water?"

Oda Mai said in a muffled voice: "My knife has encountered a bottleneck."

"so?"

Is there any direct or indirect relationship between the bottleneck and your coming to Cangyang City?

Keep practicing!

Maybe the bottleneck will be broken through the practice!

Yi Lin was stunned and couldn't connect these two things together.

"So, I wanted to chop something different."

Oda Mai said it as a matter of course.

Yi Lin: "..."

Wang Bing: "..."

Yuan Zhiye: "..."

I am most afraid of the sudden silence of the air.

This girl is too murderous.

Yi Lin was even more puzzled.

He once met Oda Mai in the trial of Styx Junior High School.

By the way, do you have any ghosts and ghosts that you haven't cut?

Gu Tianqing clapped her hands and smiled, smoothing things over: "It's okay, just in time, we are also short of people."

While Oda Mai was pressing the sword at his waist, Yi Lin had already slowly asked Zhao Yulong a question mark.

A question mark already contained all of Yi Lin's emotions.

Zhao Yulong seemed to understand.

He giggled in the communication channel: "Are you satisfied with the pink assistant I arranged for you? According to my rich experience, I'm definitely a fan, absolutely—"

"Crack."

Yi Lin snuffed out Zhao Yulong's channel with a backhand, and blocked it.

When the mood is better, Zhao Yulong will be released.

In short.

Yi Lin probably understood.

Zhao Yulong didn't know how to trick Oda Mai into the special group.

According to the behavior style of the special group, most of them act in groups of two to three according to the ability characteristics of each team member. There are not many weirdos in the group who like to solve cases alone.

Oda Mai is currently considered an official.

In this regard, Wang Bing and Yuan Zhiye had received Zhao Yulong's notice long ago, so there was no surprise.

On the contrary, it was Gu Tianqing.

As soon as Wang Bing saw Gu Tianqing's harmless smile, he sounded the alarm frantically.

In his opinion, Gu Tianqing is obviously not a good person.

If it wasn't for Yi Lin's promise, Gu Tianqing should, maybe, might be able to help, and Wang Bing might just press Gu Tianqing down and check him out.

With Mai Oda in charge of military force here, the field team obviously has no place to use it.

Yi Lin didn't hesitate, and directly used the field team as an investigation team, and sent it out to search for various intelligence in Cangyang City.

The key search areas are places closely connected to the sewer exit.

For example, sewage outlets, light factories, and large communities.

on the other hand.

Yuan Zhiye is in charge of identifying the next possible victim and narrowing down the scope of the leech attack in advance.

Regarding Yi Lin's decision, although Gu Tianqing did not veto it, of course she was not qualified to do otherwise.

But Gu Tianqing only said one thing about it:

"Oh, this is a stupid way."

That's right, this kind of blanket search, in Gu Tianqing's view, is an impossible solution.

Strictly speaking, it is not even a solution.

It's just that under limited conditions, he went crazy to find the murderer.

During the three days when the leeches were completely hidden, Yi Lin even used high-tech means to try to use a mini robot with a camera to enter the sewer to see if he could find some traces of leeches passing by. But after trying this method for a while, it failed.

Not to mention that the route of a city's underground drainage pipes is too intricate, more outrageous than a maze. Moreover, the sewer is dark and humid, and it can almost completely wash away the mucous membrane components and residual secretions left by the leeches when they pass by. Unless it is an army of thousands of robots in the sewers, it will not be effective at all.

Everything is back to square one.

As the field team and investigation team headed by Wang Bing and Yuan Zhiye sent one after another "no discovery" feedback, Yi Lin, who was sitting in the temporary office, did not show much fluctuation on his face, but it is undeniable that, There was indeed a sense of anxiety in his heart.

Just as Gu Tianqing saw through at a glance: he was too impatient.

Yi Lin thought of that guy's smiling face, and couldn't help but pick the dead skin on his forehead, and asked himself.

... so obvious?

It is true that there are indeed many things that make Yi Lin unable to help becoming impatient.

He felt that he shouldn't spend too much time on this kind of thing.

But at present, the preparations are not sufficient, and it is not yet time to completely leave the specific group.

Compared with Yi Lin's impatience, Gu Tianqing is strangely laid back.

He even opened a recently popular game on his mobile phone, and played qualifying happily.

"Well, so this hero is dressed like this?"

"Ah, it turns out that mages will be scolded for producing meat outfits..."

"Forget it, just surrender."

"..."

Gu Tianqing had a great time.

Oda Mai moved a small stool, sat in the corner, took out a flannelette, and carefully wiped the blade.

Another four hours passed.

into the night.

Yuan Zhiye walked in hurriedly with a heavy expression.

"It's not good! Someone was killed again! It's a leech man!"

I don't know who gave the murderer such a down-to-earth name as "leech man". Yuan Zhiye thought the name was weird at first, but he got used to it after shouting it out of nowhere.

The three apostles sitting in the temporary office suddenly got up with different expressions.

Yi Lin and Gu Tianqing looked at each other and said at the same time:

"Five days!"

...

...

It was different from Yuan Zhiye's heavy heart.

Yi Lin breathed a sigh of relief when she heard the news that another person had been killed.

Finally waiting for you!

Three days, three days, three days.

Yi Lin wasted three whole days here.

Do you know how I got here these three days?

Yuan Zhiye who broke in was suddenly taken aback.

What happened to these two guys standing up suddenly with fierce eyes?

"where?"

Yi Lin didn't wait for Yuan Zhiye to get entangled, and asked directly.

Yuan Zhiye also quickly reported the location.

When hearing the news.

Once again, Yi Lin and Gu Tianqing had a tacit understanding and thought of a piece.

It was five days since the last time the leech man was dispatched.

This is also something Yi Lin finds strange.

Before they came, the leeches had committed eleven murders in just one month.

On average, once every two or three days.

This time it took five days.

There are only two possibilities.

Yi Lin: "Either there is a reason to wait."

Gu Tianqing smiled: "Or, he found out that someone was looking for him."

I have a tacit understanding again!

Yi Lin kind of hated this feeling.

But I have to say that dealing with such weird things with Gu Tianqing can indeed save a lot of brain cells.

While thinking, Yi Lin glanced at Oda Mai who was also standing silently not far away.

In fact, it is not without any benefits to act together with Oda Mai who doesn't use his brain and only uses knives.

At least if something happens, it can save a lot of energy.

half an hour later.

Yi Lin, Oda Mai, Gu Tianqing, and Yuan Zhiye arrived at the scene.

This is the scene of the twelfth homicide in the leech serial killings.

- fresh.

The scene has been cordoned off by the police.

The informant is a neighbor.

After a simple investigation, the police directly ruled out the suspicion of the first reporter, who was the neighbor of the deceased.

After all, the neighbor was having sex with his girlfriend at the time.

There were still wet marks on the sheets.

There are all witnesses and material evidence, there is nothing to say, it is very innocent.

...

Inside the cordon, Liao Jianbai, the director of the Cangyang City Police Department, arrived at the scene in person.

Yi Lin has also seen her in the past three days, so the steps of introduction are omitted.

"Detective Yi, you've worked hard." Director Liao is in a high position, so he is naturally aware of the extraordinary identities and backgrounds of the strange-looking people in front of him, so he dare not underestimate them. After learning that Yi Lin and the others have arrived, He was the first to step out of the cordon to meet him.

"Tell me about the case."

Gu Tianqing, as Yi Lin's special assistant, has Oda Mai's speech and communication skills. Therefore, the hard work of communicating with ordinary people naturally fell on Yi Lin's head, and it deserved it.

Liao Jianbai looked at the time, his complexion sank, and he spoke extremely fast:

"The time of the incident should have been twenty minutes ago."

"The death of the corpse is more than 90% similar to the previous ten cases, and the scene is covered with fresh mucus. The possibility of copying the crime can be ruled out initially, and the murderer should be the same person. However, the specific autopsy report has to wait for the forensic doctor A conclusion can only be drawn after an autopsy."

"Decedent, male, 24 years old, fresh graduate, living alone, single. Because the various attributes were too low during the retest, he did not find an ideal job. In the past six months, he has been running around looking for a job. There is no official report yet. Work, addicted to computer games and live broadcasts, he is considered a standard otaku."

Director Liao Jianbai wiped the sweat from his brow.

I don't know if it's because I'm scared or anxious.

While talking, Liao Jianbai didn't dare to delay, and brought several people into the house.

Gu Tianqing nodded slightly towards Yi Lin, and took the initiative to go to every room to search for clues that the police might have missed.

Oda Mai didn't bother to pay attention to so much, and simply glanced at the scene, there seemed to be no enemies to cut, so she simply held the knife and stood behind Yi Lin, as if she was a super female bodyguard.

However, Yuan Zhiye quickly and skillfully joined the other members of the investigation team in the house, preparing to summarize a report for Yi Lin.

really.

It's good to have someone under your command.

When Liao Jianbai saw that Yi Lin and his party had already split up without any communication after entering the murder scene, Liao Jianbai couldn't help but secretly nodded.

Really professional.

After a short pause, Director Liao Jianbai continued to say to Yi Lin: "The first person who discovered the deceased was a neighbor, a 32-year-old male. His identity has been checked. There is nothing special about it. He is a small employee of an IT company."

"About 20 minutes ago, the neighbor of the deceased was having sex with his girlfriend on the bed. While in the same room, the neighbor of the deceased described that there was the sound of smashing things from the next door, as well as the screams of the deceased. Because the intercourse was emotionally disturbed. Interference, the neighbor of the deceased was very angry at that time, so he rushed to the next door and slammed on the door."

"Oh?" Yi Lin raised her eyebrows, the process of discovering the murder was rather dramatic.

"In short, we have preliminarily ruled out the neighbor's suspicion. The murderer should still be... a leech."

I don't know when it will start.

After the murderer was inexplicably assigned the codename "leech man", even the police began to shout.

——Although many people feel that there is something wrong with this name.

But although the murderer's code name is hard to describe, the state of death of the corpse and the tragic scene at the scene, if Liao Jianbai was not used to many big scenes in his career, he might have to spit it out the moment he saw the corpse.

Because the incident happened in less than half an hour.

The police don't have much information.

After briefly understanding what happened, Yi Lin smiled slightly and said to Liao Jianbai: "Thank you for your hard work. From now on, we, the 'professionals', will take over here. Remember, keep it secret."

"Yes Yes Yes!"

Liao Jianbai wanted Yi Lin to say that, and when Yi Lin nodded, he took the other police officers away without saying a word.

After a few minutes.

At the murder scene, only Yi Lin and his party were left.

Wang Bing had been in Cangyang City for a long time, but when he saw the "mummy" corpse again, he still felt a slight numbness in his scalp and itchy skin all over his body. It seems that the brain can empathize with the feeling of countless soft-bodied creatures wriggling on the skin and sucking blood.

After ordinary people leave.

There is no hindrance for their professionals to work.

In five minutes, the group reunited in the living room.

Except for Wang Bing and Yuan Zhiye, the other toolman team members were driven outside to watch out.

Several people looked at each other in blank dismay.

After a moment of silence.

Gu Tianqing coughed twice, and smiled: "Then let me do it first, can it be considered... throwing bricks to attract jade? Judging from the superficial clues, the family of the deceased should be quite wealthy."

Yuan Zhiye: "?"

Wang Bing: "?"

Oda Mai: "?"

A question mark popped up on the heads of the three of them at the same time.

Whether the family is rich...has anything to do with how the deceased died?

Leech people are greedy for the body of the dead, not for robbery.

Unexpectedly, Yi Lin nodded, with an unsurprised expression, and said calmly: "Well, a fresh graduate, without a job for half a year, can still live in a high-end residential area, and his family is indeed well-off."

Finally Wang Bing couldn't bear it anymore, scratched his head, and asked, "Whether... the family is rich or not, has something to do with the case?"

Gu Tianqing smiled without saying a word.

Yi Lin explained briefly: "It can be said that it has something to do with it, and it can also be said that it has nothing to do with it. Forget it, let's not mention it for now. There is no objection to the method of death of the deceased. Like the other eleven deceased, he was also killed in a short period of time. Drained all blood and died."

Gu Tianqing smiled and continued: "This time, the other party seems to be 'too lazy' to hide the way of intrusion. The secretions on the surface of the leeches did not spread all over the house, but concentrated in several drains. Obviously, these army of leeches are Invaded from all the drains, then gathered in astonishing numbers in a short time, alarming the dead."

Yi Lin pointed to the ground, all kinds of broken glass, and scattered furniture decorations, and said, "This time, the leech marching route seems to be getting more and more proficient, directly blocking the exit, and swarming up. Well, the classic dumpling-making tactic."

Gu Tianqing pondered for a few seconds, although she still had that smirk on her face, she shook her head helplessly: "We are very passive."

"Not necessarily." Yi Lin smiled: "When the leech man was committing an attack this time, a neighbor outside knocked on the door, forcing him to retreat early without any aftermath. It is very likely that other murder scenes were left here. A clue that never left. And..."

Yi Lin only spoke half of her words, and looked at Gu Tianqing.

Gu Tianqing smiled and nodded as a response.

Damn it.

Can you make your flirting less obvious?

Except for the indifferent Oda dance, Wang Bing and Yuan Zhiye felt like outsiders.

I can't understand it at all!

Can you say some lines that normal people can easily understand?

When Yi Lin and Gu Tianqing were playing riddles in front of other people, Yuan Zhiye suddenly remembered, and hurriedly raised his hands as if offering a treasure.

"By the way, we have found something here! The AI ​​housekeeper used in the deceased's house is a high-end version with in-house monitoring. In fact, shortly after the neighbors called the police, the home AI housekeeper also automatically sent out a distress call because it detected an abnormality in the screen. alert."

"What about the video?"

"Need to go back and watch. We didn't bring the tablet with us when we went out."

"You are not professional."

"..."

Yi Lin waved her hand: "Yes, then take it back and take a look."

Yi Lin already knew the information she wanted to know.

Yi Lin believed that Gu Tianqing also had an idea.

Just, not sure yet.

But the idea is the idea, how to find out this leech man is even more difficult.

After returning to the temporary office, Yuan Zhiye used the fastest speed to retrieve the surveillance video saved in the AI ​​housekeeper.

There are many video angles.

Before he died, the deceased was squatting in front of the computer, playing games with an arrogant expression.

Next to it is a quick snack.

The room was tidy and tidy, it was ridiculously clean.

Soon, the "dead" seemed to have noticed the change, his expression changed, and he left the bedroom and went out.

What happened next was brutal.

From the exits of each drainpipe, an army of black leeches squirmed frantically, almost covering the entire house. This vivid scene made Yuan Zhiye's face turn pale. The point is not the horror and gore, but that human beings will always involuntarily react with scalp numbness and increased stomach acid to this kind of wriggling creature.

This is a normal physiological phenomenon.

But the bloody scene didn't last long. The army of leeches squirmed extremely fast, separated a few groups, and directly blocked the camera. In the following video, only the sound of leeches wriggling, the sound of smashing furniture, and the short and frightened screams of the deceased remained.

Within thirty seconds, several people heard the dead man's voice change from high to hoarse, then weak, and finally stopped abruptly. Just by listening to the change in the voice, several people were able to comprehend the despair of the deceased when he was covered in leeches and sucked blood crazily.

Seeing a few groups of leeches methodically blocking the camera, Yi Lin and Gu Tianqing frowned at the same time.

In the video, only the "chirp" sound of the leech wriggling remains.

suddenly.

Yi Lin's gaze fixed, and she blurted out: "What's that sound?"