Ke Xue: This police officer is too martial

Chapter 111 Holy Grail Tarot
Search the Class 1 meeting room.

Seeing Makino coming, Manager Matsumoto, Inspector Megure and others in the conference room quickly stood up and saluted.

After sitting in the main seat, Makino got straight to the point: "What's wrong?"

Upon hearing this, Inspector Megure in the audience quickly winked at Inspector Shiratori beside him.

Officer Shiratori immediately stood up, looked at the notebook in his hand and said, "A month ago, the police officers in Beido Town received a report that residents of a certain community found the body of a girl in the garbage dump when they were throwing away the garbage in the morning.

According to the investigation, the girl was a child in a nearby nursery (orphanage). The cause of her death was carbon monoxide poisoning, and she died about 8-12 hours ago.

Although the local police immediately investigated the nursery and primary school where the little girl was, they failed to find any witnesses or useful information, so the case ended up being..."

Having said this, Officer Shiratori paused with a complicated expression.

The other police officers present all showed complicated expressions, and Officer Sato even gritted his teeth and closed his eyes.

Makino frowned and understood why everyone had such expressions.

Generally speaking, even if the police do not find any clues, the case will not be "ended" so quickly.

Even if the police want to stop the investigation without authorization, the victim's relatives and friends will not allow it.

But the victim in this case is an orphan who almost no one cares about...

After calming down, Officer Shiratori continued, "The only clue is that the police found a tarot card in the little girl's pocket."

Upon hearing this, Officer Takagi hurried forward and handed three evidence bags containing tarot cards to Makino.

The moment Makino took the evidence bag, a familiar voice sounded directly in his mind.

——【Task triggered, event level: A+.】

After learning the level of the incident, Makino looked down at the evidence bags. Each of the three evidence bags contained a tarot card.

All three of these Tarot cards are Holy Grails.

One is the Ace of Cups, which is the first card of the Holy Grail. This card generally represents "the happiness of family life."

The other is the Six of Cups, which represents "credulity and being cared for by others."

The last card is the Ten of Cups, which represents "family happiness and perhaps unexpected success and good news."

After looking at the three tarot cards, a solemn look flashed in Makino's eyes.

Putting aside the level of the incident, since the case and the evidence have been handed over to the Metropolitan Police Department, and there are three evidence bags...

Thinking of this, Makino looked up at Officer Shiratori and asked, "Have there been two similar cases recently?"

Officer Shiratori nodded and said, "That's right! Two weeks ago, a similar case occurred in Haido Town. Another girl was killed, but the cause of death of this victim was cyanide poisoning.

A week ago, a similar case occurred in Beihua Town, where the girl also died of cyanide poisoning. The three tarot cards were found in the victim's pocket.

And so far, the information about the Tarot cards has not been leaked..."

After explaining the general circumstances of the case, Officer Shiratori bowed slightly and sat back in his chair.

The next moment, Manager Matsumoto beside him said, "Counselor, I suspect that this case was committed by the same criminal, but the evidence we have at present is not enough..."

"What did Section Chief Shida say?" Makino asked calmly.

"Ahem... the section chief asked us to ask you first. He said he would follow your instructions in everything." Manager Matsumoto whispered in Makino's ear.

Makino: “…” After hearing this, Makino finally understood why Manager Matsumoto asked him to come over.

In short, they were not sure what "level" this case had reached, and their immediate superior, Section Chief Shida, was a complete jerk...

Moreover, as a counselor of the Criminal Department, it is indeed one of his duties to analyze and handle such cases and report to Minister Odagiri.

After sighing, Makino glanced at the police officers beside him and in the audience, and nodded, "Let me take a look at the case file first."

After saying this, Makino directly picked up the case materials on the table and looked through them carefully.

The other police officers present all looked at Makino on the stage with bated breath, fearing that any noise would disturb Makino's thoughts.

A few minutes later, Makino put down the documents in his hand, crossed his hands on the table, closed his eyes and began to think.

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The victims in these three cases were all girls who had not yet reached the age to leave daycare. Judging from their appearance, all three had similar long black hair.

And they all have a Holy Grail Tarot card in their pocket.

All three tarot cards were as clean as new, and there were no fingerprints of anyone on them, which meant that the tarot cards were most likely put into their pockets by the criminal after he killed them.

The cause of death of the three victims was poisoning, but the first victim was poisoned by carbon monoxide, while the latter two were poisoned by cyanide.

The three cases occurred between 8pm and 12pm, and the time interval between the crimes was one week.

According to the autopsy report, there were residual sleeping pills in the bodies of the three victims.

Apart from this, when they were found, their clothes were very clean and tidy, and there were no obvious marks or scars on their bodies.

It is obvious that the prisoner has no special hobbies.

If we ignore the Holy Grail Tarot cards, the criminal's purpose seems to be simply to kill.

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After thinking for a few seconds, Makino opened his eyes and said seriously: "At present, it is certain that this case must be committed by the same criminal. Judging from the criminal's modus operandi and the time interval, he is likely to commit crimes again in the near future. I will report this to Minister Odagiri in a while, and you will start the investigation first.

The inmates are between 25 and 35 years old, have received higher education, and are currently working in medicine or chemical-related professions. They have mental problems and may be followers of certain religions.

Judging from the time and place of the crimes, the criminal's job seems to have a certain degree of mobility, so we should pay more attention to this during the investigation."

Having said this, Makino paused.

Apart from the meanings of those tarot cards, there were two other things he was unsure of.

One is the gender of the offender:

According to a large amount of data, the vast majority of criminals who kidnap and kill children are men.

But if the criminal was a man, it would be impossible to explain why the three victims were neatly dressed and had no scars on their bodies, because the purpose of such criminals is usually...

But if it was a woman, her motive for committing the crime...

At this moment, a police officer suddenly walked into the meeting room and said in a panic, "Sorry to bother you! We just received a report from Detective Maori that a kidnapping case occurred in Beika-cho 3-chome. The criminal sent a letter to the victim's mother, and there was a tarot card in the letter!"

"Mouri...wait, what did you say? Tarot cards?!" Inspector Megure stood up and shouted to the police officer at the door.

The police officer at the door was startled and stammered, "Yes, that's right! It looks like it's also a... Holy Grail Tarot card!"

(End of this chapter)