Chapter 93: This is the Perfect Killer’s Portrait—Twenty Years of Persistence Finally Gets a Response!

Inside the Huaihai Criminal Investigation Team’s meeting room.

When Su Ming mentioned the profession of sculptor, it immediately stunned Lin Tian and Xu Changsheng for a moment.

Then, both of their eyes lit up.

Because the profession of sculptor was indeed rare, with a pitifully small number of practitioners.

There was certainly a need to cover up the characteristic of being left-handed.

The key point was…

From all angles, the sculptor profession seemed to completely fit the characteristics of the killer in the 5.13 Magic City University dismemberment case.

A sculptor often needs to use hammers and chisels to shape and carve an entire block of plaster.

Therefore, calluses would naturally form on the palms from years of work, and scars or recently healed wounds would appear on the sides of their fingers, which would seem perfectly normal.

After all, sculptors require very delicate work, so it’s easy to injure oneself.

At the same time, a good sculptor must learn human anatomy, even personally dissecting and feeling the structure of human limbs.

Only then can they carve exceptional human figures in plaster.

In the Magic City University dismemberment case, the victim was meticulously cut into hundreds of pieces, a task that could only be done by someone very familiar with human anatomy.

A sculptor would be able to meet this requirement perfectly.

Then, in terms of social status, a young and famous sculptor was indeed far different from the average college student.

Under normal circumstances, it would be impossible to connect this case with a rare profession like that of a sculptor.

The most important point was…

Regardless of the type of sculptor, they would be constantly striving for perfection in their work, and many of them suffer from severe obsessive-compulsive disorder because of it.

The so-called golden ratio is frequently applied in various sculptural works.

Once the profession of sculptor is considered, all the uncertainties and questions had a remarkably reasonable explanation.

In criminal investigations, if a suspect matches about 80% of all discovered clues, they can generally be considered the likely killer.

Without real-time video or witnesses from the crime scene, everything relies on police simulations, which inevitably have slight discrepancies from the actual situation.

If the match is 80%, it is already highly accurate and worthy of using extensive memory recovery techniques.

But now…

After incorporating the sculptor profession, the match isn’t just 80%; it almost reaches 100%!

This proves beyond doubt that the killer in the 5.13 Magic City University dismemberment case is most likely a sculptor!

…

After sorting out his thoughts, Xu Changsheng suddenly slapped his head and said excitedly, “Damn…”

“Thanks to Xiao Ming’s reminder, all the doubts and confusion I had instantly made sense.”

“The profession of this killer is definitely that of a sculptor, someone who would refer to murder as a work of art and suffers from extreme OCD.”

“It really… just like what was written in the killer’s post.”

“Under normal circumstances, we would never have thought the killer was a sculptor. It’s not only because the profession is niche, but also because it’s hard to associate with college students.”

“But now, once we’re sure the killer is a sculptor, searching becomes much easier!”

“Twenty years…”

“This case, unresolved for twenty years, finally feels like it’s going to be solved!”

Compared to the excited Xu Changsheng, Lin Tian remained calm, or perhaps, he couldn’t quite believe that after twenty years, the real killer was about to be found.

But the next second, Lin Tian suddenly thought of something. He picked up the remote control on the table and reopened the dark web video previously recorded by An Quan.

He skipped to the part about the drug trafficking agents.

Then, Lin Tian slowly stood up and walked to the blackboard in the meeting room, where he began writing down the code names of all the organization members that appeared in the video.

Doctor, Poison, Witch, Babu, Priest, Rose, Ghost…

Looking at the eleven organization member code names that appeared on the forum, Lin Tian frowned instinctively because none of the code names seemed to have any connection to a sculptor.

Based on the earlier special analysis, the code names of the large drug trafficking organization members should have originated from their usual methods of killing or their profession.

But none of the code names here had anything to do with sculptors.

Could this mean…

At this point, Lin Tian suddenly turned to Su Ming, looking at him with a serious and respectful expression.

“Xiao Ming.”

“You might be right.”

“The reason why the killer of the 5.13 dismemberment case was able to join this drug trafficking organization and didn’t need to take on the responsibility of expanding or maintaining the drug sales network…”

“It’s likely because…He is an old member of this drug trafficking organization, and the connection with the organization probably started when he began buying high-purity drugs.”

“Many artists like this turn to drugs for so-called inspiration.”

“Plus, with no shortage of money, they certainly wouldn’t settle for low-quality drugs that are full of impurities, which could shorten their lifespan with just one hit. They would naturally seek out high-purity drugs.”

“Through this line of high-purity drugs, they would naturally come into contact with the leader of this drug trafficking organization.”

“Then…I can also roughly confirm one thing.”

Lin Tian paused for two seconds, collecting his thoughts before continuing.

“The killer of the 5.13 dismemberment case is probably someone hiding in our Magic City, and yesterday, he even forced Qu Pengfei to his death.”

“Because, based on previous inferences, the organization member known as Poison in Gusu City should have returned urgently to Gusu after putting down the dog carrying the poison, without staying too long in Magic City.”

“So, the other members of this organization are most likely stationed in their respective cities.”

“I don’t believe that two members would be sent just to monitor the Skinny Dog’s family.”

“This means…There are other members not listed here, and right under our noses, they took care of Qu Pengfei.”

“Also, recalling that provocative dismemberment video, it seems clear that this killer is still in Magic City, or perhaps… has always been living here.”

“So no matter what, the top priority now is…”

At this moment, Lin Tian showed an unprecedented sharp glint in his eyes, slammed his hand on the blackboard, and suppressed all his emotions as he said:

“Identify the killer and put him under surveillance, controlling his movements.”

“This time, we absolutely cannot…Give him any chance to escape!!!”