Simulating_Crimes_C48
by MarineTLChapter 48: Major Breakthrough! The Mastermind Is Right Next to Us?!
The information intentionally revealed by Su Ming was undoubtedly a thunderclap to Huang Yan at this moment.
She never imagined…
That her best friend, Zhang Wan, had suffered so much tragedy and abandonment in her life, and the real reason for her departure from this world was not to completely escape this damn world and pursue the freedom she had longed for.
Instead, it was because she had been manipulated and deceived, losing her young life in just fifteen short days.
Huang Yan could not suppress her thoughts…
If it weren’t for this so-called “Blue Whale Game,” would Zhang Wan have never resorted to such an extreme action?
Maybe, after various tragic events, she would have been sad and silent for a while, but in the end, she would have wiped away her tears and faced the world bravely.
If that were the case…
They could still chat, chase stars together, and eat snacks on the rooftop of an abandoned building…
But now, everything had changed!!!
Zhang Wan would never become a blue whale, because it was all a false brainwashing scheme.
The quiet, chilling funeral home still held her body.
Thinking of this, Huang Yan, who had been filled with shock, now showed an expression of indescribable anger and determination, with tears of sorrow for her best friend glistening in her eyes.
She then looked at Su Ming and Xu Changsheng in front of her and, surprisingly, began to explain the details about the Blue Whale Game.
“This so-called Blue Whale Game was not something Zhang Wan and I came up with ourselves.”
“About a month ago, I suddenly received an invitation to the game in my email.”
“I still remember what it said…”
“If you’re dissatisfied with your current life and complaining about the injustices that have happened to you, then come and join the Blue Whale Game.”
“It will allow you to be reborn without pain, to become a blue whale that swims freely in the deep sea.”
“There was also an additional video. I don’t remember the details clearly, but it was about…”
“A foreign middle school girl who suffered from campus bullying, chose to participate in the Blue Whale Game, and after completing many pre-game tasks…”
“She chose to jump from a high building, looking up…”
“There were many self-inflicted wounds on her arms, and before we saw the fall, the screen switched to a blue whale swimming in the deep sea.”
“On the giant fin of the blue whale, there appeared to be wounds almost identical to those on that foreign middle school girl’s arms.”
“That was my first time seeing the Blue Whale Game process, and it was the special invitation it sent.”
“From then on, we communicated only via email.”
“By the way!”
“I never deleted those emails. If you want, I can log in for you, and you should still be able to see them!!!”
Upon hearing this, Su Ming immediately became curious about those emails. Without hesitation, he opened the laptop he had brought.
He double-clicked the QQ chat software and said firmly, “Give me your email account and password.”
“I’ll log in.”
He didn’t let Huang Yan log in herself, to avoid the possibility that she might delete the emails during this process.
Although they were now on the same side, Su Ming’s vigilance as a criminal investigator could not be neglected!
…
Thirty seconds later.
Su Ming successfully logged into the email account after Huang Yan read out the account and password.
He immediately opened the inbox and set the time filter to a month ago.
An email with a light blue title and a blue whale pattern appeared on the screen.
He placed the laptop in front of him and Xu Changsheng and opened the so-called game invitation letter.
The content inside was almost the same as what Huang Yan had described, all using words like “escaping pain,” “avoiding suffering,” “rebirth,” and “eternal freedom”—aiming to exploit the immature mental state of minors to manipulate and control them.
After finishing the text, Su Ming opened the attached video.
The video began with a blonde foreign middle school girl being doused with soda and trapped in a restroom.
In the video, after suffering from campus bullying and being powerless to resist, the girl received an envelope with the words “Blue Whale Game” written in English.
She then followed the instructions in the envelope, engaging in self-harm, taking drugs, staying up late, and other behaviors.
In the end, she jumped off a building, her posture almost identical to that of Zhang Wan!!!
Without showing the death scene, the camera switched to a blue whale swimming in the ocean.
The scars on the whale’s giant fins were indeed very similar to the wounds on the blonde middle school girl’s body.
After watching the video, Xu Changsheng could not help but frown and tap on the table, saying, “This is too fake, full of holes.”
“This video can probably only deceive high school students. Forget about the content…”
“Just one question: Who could have filmed those videos? Who could have coincidentally captured so many scenes of campus violence and the video of the envelope communication?”
“Although it seems full of holes to us, to those rebellious middle school students, it must be an irresistible temptation.”
“Also, using email to contact them?”
“That means the criminal suspect is likely in the country, too afraid to use real-time communication software.”
“Because…”
“Although email is highly discreet, hard to expose, and difficult to trace…”
“If the criminal suspect were abroad, we would have no jurisdiction, and he wouldn’t bother to go through the trouble of using email.”
“This is good news for us, it means we have a chance to catch him domestically!!!”
Su Ming nodded in agreement.
He quickly scrolled through the email titles with the mouse wheel, hoping to roughly understand the methods used by the criminal suspect to control the victims’ minds.
But after just browsing once, Su Ming discovered an extremely important detail!!!
That was…
All of Huang Yan’s and the criminal suspect’s communication emails were dated within the past fifteen days!
From receiving the email to starting the communication, there had been no contact for more than ten days.
Why was that?
Had the communication emails been deleted?
No.
Huang Yan had no reason to delete the emails.
Because her parents didn’t care enough, Huang Yan had indeed planned to commit suicide, even buying paraquat.
Not only to see if she would regret it, but also to see if her parents would regret it.
In the end, the paraquat turned out to be fake, and the misunderstanding between her and her parents was resolved.
So, what about the blank fifteen days…
Did Huang Yan not contact the criminal suspect at all?
Thinking back…
According to their former class teacher Liu Yan, a month ago, Huang Yan had specifically asked her on QQ if a person could become something they couldn’t forget after death.
If that was possible, she wanted to become a blue whale, carefree and free from the pain of her limp legs.
The reason she asked Liu Yan was probably because, apart from her parents, Liu Yan was one of the few adults who made Huang Yan feel warmth!
Now that she thought about it…
Her limp legs weren’t actually her biggest pain; it was her parents’ lack of care that was the main reason she wanted to commit suicide.
Because…
When Su Ming checked her phone gallery earlier, he found that even with her limp legs, Huang Yan had once gone alone to the Ferris wheel at Fantawild World.
A fifteen-year-old girl…
Specifically trying to challenge her parents, not wanting them to know what was on her mind.
The so-called limp-leg suicide…
Was merely Huang Yan’s way of masking her true feelings.
Because of this…
The freedom and ease promised by the Blue Whale Game didn’t really move Huang Yan, which is why she hadn’t replied to the criminal suspect for fifteen days!!!
At the same time, why did the emails suddenly resume communication after fifteen days?
This indicated…
There must have been another factor involved, and that person was most likely Zhang Wan!!!
In the past fifteen days…
Zhang Wan had frequently mentioned the Blue Whale Game and had become increasingly lethargic with a poor personal condition!
Huang Yan had only recently started communicating with the criminal suspect, and all these inferences pointed to one possibility…
Zhang Wan had also received the Blue Whale Game invitation!!!
Furthermore…
This was not Huang Yan informing Zhang Wan about the Blue Whale Game.
It was Zhang Wan who informed Huang Yan, and even brought her into it!!!
The most critical point was…
Being able to send emails specifically to these two best friends essentially ruled out the possibility of a random killer.
It could even be boldly speculated…
The mastermind was likely right next to them!!!