Simulating_Crimes_C84

Chapter 84: Code Names for Murder Methods or Occupations? Lin Tian’s Special Discovery!

[“Never actively look for prey; instead, let the prey come to you…”]

There is no doubt.

This sentence is undoubtedly the murderer of the Magic City University dismemberment case, sharing his experience of selecting the perfect victim.

Rather than searching for a suitable target on his own, it’s better to let the prey come to him.

At first glance, this statement may seem ordinary, something anyone could say.

But if placed in the context of the Magic City University dismemberment case, it becomes particularly significant.

Because the victim of the Magic City University dismemberment case was a first-year student who had come alone from a remote area to study in the city, and had only been in the Magic City for less than a year.

Their social circle was very simple, and there was no such thing as telecom or online fraud at that time.

The notion of letting the prey come to you seems to significantly narrow the range of possible suspects.

Of course, after twenty years, it’s hard to clarify the specific situation now.

But at the very least…

This piece of information is definitely a breakthrough.

……

At this moment.

As the mouse scrolled quickly down, the content of the post briefly appeared, only for the page to suddenly fail to load, displaying a 404 error.

Su Ming sighed in helplessness, shaking his head as he explained softly.

“They are very cautious.”

“I suspect they are carrying a laptop, using it as a server.”

“And after receiving the alert text, they immediately used some method to shut down the server.”

“If only we had a few more seconds…”

Although he didn’t finish, Su Ming’s tone was filled with regret and disappointment.

Lin Tian stared at the computer in front of him, suppressing his excitement as he shook his head authoritatively.

“Xiao Ming, there’s no need to regret or blame yourself.”

“Being able to gather so many clues and pieces of evidence is already a pleasant surprise.”

“Not to mention…”

“We have the agent information from various cities, and tonight, we will definitely be able to completely dismantle the drug trafficking network!”

“However, now we still need to see…”

“Whether the last moments that flashed at the end were captured on video.”

After saying this, Lin Tian started repeatedly trying to play back and pause the video, hoping to catch the final moments.

Though there are more advanced frame-extraction techniques, Lin Tian naturally didn’t know how to use them, so he could only rely on the traditional methods passed down by old detectives.

About two minutes later.

After countless attempts, Lin Tian finally paused the video at the fleeting moment at the end, using the traditional method of playback and pause that had been passed down.

This was the beginning part of the post.

Although the words were not many, the information contained within was enough to shock anyone.

The content was as follows…

[“The police are neither as stupid as you think, nor as smart as you think.”]

[“To create a perfect murder, the best method is actually to ensure that the police can never find the body, and the victim is always missing.”]

[“Just like those children who are abducted, as long as their parents don’t find the body, they will always believe the child is still alive. Exploit the emotional vulnerability of the victim’s family, and remember that the investigation into a missing person is always less intensive than a murder investigation.”]

[“If you can’t do this, then throw the victim’s body somewhere far enough away, a place where they won’t suspect you right away, to give yourself enough time to cover up.”]

[“Never proactively contact the prey, and absolutely never let anyone know that the prey’s final moments were spent with you. The best approach is to let the prey willingly help conceal the truth.”]

[“The prey you choose should be someone with a vastly different social status from your own. No matter whose status is higher, it should be someone who appears to have no possible connection to you in the eyes of anyone else.”]

[“If in the eyes of others, there’s no chance you could have had contact with the prey, how could you ever become a suspect in the eyes of the police?”]

[“Remember, the best prey is the type of person whom others would never suspect you could have interacted with.”]

[“If you can’t make the prey mysteriously disappear, or find the right target, you must remember how to handle the traces afterward.”]

[“And dismemberment is the simplest and most effective way to deal with the prey. But remember, you must carefully hide all your traces and characteristics during the dismemberment process, even using completely opposite techniques and methods to make sure the police never suspect you.”]

[“If you view the prey as a work of art, you must guide them, even deliberately leaving misleading clues and evidence, so the police will never suspect you. This is double insurance.”]

[“Just like what I did…”]

Because there wasn’t enough time earlier, the post ended abruptly here.

The subsequent content was impossible to know.

But ironically…

Just as the murderer of the dismemberment case was about to begin detailing his methods and process, the post was cut off at the critical moment.

Looking at the interrupted post, Xu Changsheng sighed helplessly, shaking his head bitterly as he muttered from the heart.

“I really don’t know if we’re unlucky, or if this murderer has incredible luck.”

“To think it stopped right at this point!”

“Maybe if we had just a few more paragraphs, we’d have been able to learn more detailed methods of the murder and some key information about the murderer.”

“Being stuck here, in this in-between, is really frustrating.”

Lin Tian, who had been focusing on the dismemberment case for many years, shared the same feeling.

But with his sharp detective instincts, Lin Tian suddenly seized on some details, suppressing his initial impulse and daringly speculated.

“Xiao Ming, Ah Sheng.”

“Did you notice?”

“The code names for those organization members don’t seem to be random. They seem to relate to their method of committing murder, or their profession.”

“For example…”

“The murderer of the [Private Cinema Cyanide Poisoning Murder Case] in Gusu used poison to kill, and the code name for the person responsible in that case was ‘Poison.’”

“The code name for the murderer of the [Red-Clothed Boy Hanging Suicide Case] in Jinling, which was mistaken for a haunted incident, was likely ‘Witch.’”

“And the murderer in the [Villa Chainsaw Dismemberment Case] used the name ‘Bub,’ the same name as the chainsaw killer from a foreign film.”

“So, I’m wondering…”

“Could it be that the code name of the murderer in the Magic City University dismemberment case also appears in the contacts interface?”

“And maybe, to join this drug trafficking organization, they committed another crime?”

“Based on the similarity of the murder methods, perhaps these two code names are more likely.”

With that, Lin Tian switched the video to the contacts interface and pointed to two organization member code names, narrowing his eyes.

“Just like…”

“’Bub,’ the one who also dismembered the victim, and this one below, the one with the code name ‘Ghost,’ who represents someone with extremely strong hidden abilities?”