Ke Xue: This police officer is too martial

Chapter 26 Serial Arson

Only after the two men got into the car did Officer Megure take out a handkerchief and wipe the sweat from his head.

"Sorry! It's so sudden..."

"It's okay, Inspector. What exactly happened?" At this moment, Makino wanted to know what the case that was rated as an "A-level incident" by the system was.

Seeing that Makino had no intention of blaming him, Inspector Megure felt a little touched and recognized.

As expected, he is the brother Makino that I have recognized!

The next moment, Inspector Megure sorted out his thoughts and explained the whole story to Makino.

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Three years ago, a fire broke out in Haido Town.

Fortunately, a neighbor discovered the fire in time and called the fire department, so the victim's body was not completely destroyed.

Since the case was related to fire, the Fire Crime Investigation Division 1 of the Metropolitan Police Department directly took over the case.

During the investigation, they carefully examined the victim and found a fatal knife wound on the victim's neck.

Obviously, this was not just a simple case of arson.

The victim had already died before the fire broke out.

The fire that broke out afterwards might have been set by the murderer to destroy evidence.

Later, the "Investigation Section 1, Criminal Division 3" led by Inspector Megure also joined the case.

After some investigation, they quickly identified the victim, Ikutajima, who was an employee of a nearby bank.

After further investigating the scene, they also found a black pen at the scene.

But the strange thing is that there are no fingerprints of anyone on this pen.

However, the investigation has unexpectedly reached a deadlock at this point.

Not only were there no eyewitnesses to this case, but the victim also did not have any "problems" with his interpersonal relationships.

The victim, Ikutajima, had a cheerful and generous personality and almost never argued with anyone.

Whether it is his family, friends or colleagues, they all speak very highly of him.

In addition, valuable items such as watches and cash were missing from the victim's home, which almost perfectly meets the characteristics of a "robbery case."

Therefore, the focus of the police's investigation has shifted from "crimes committed by acquaintances" to "crimes committed by strangers."

As a result, the difficulty of the investigation immediately increased a lot, and the case has not been solved yet.

Just a month ago, a fire broke out in Toriya-cho 2-chome.

A convenience store clerk named Ichiro Ishiguro died in the apartment with a fatal knife wound on his neck.

In addition, valuables in the house were also taken away.

Not only that, the police also found a pen next to the victim.

After comparison, the model and color of this pen are exactly the same as the pen in the case three years ago.

The case three years ago was not solved, so the police did not release any details about the case at all.

Therefore, the police immediately concluded that both cases were committed by the same murderer, which is the so-called serial murder case.

After learning about this, the two cases immediately attracted the attention of superiors.

After sorting out and summarizing the two cases, the full picture of the two cases appeared before everyone:

"The murderer entered the victim's room, killed the victim with a knife, stole valuables in the house, and then set fire to destroy the evidence."

Later, although the police invested a lot of time and manpower, they were still unable to find more clues.

Once the details of these two cases become known to the outside world, it will surely cause panic among the people, and the Metropolitan Police Department will be criticized by the public for its "incompetence."

And just last night, the third case occurred.

——After telling the story, Inspector Megure looked at Makino with eager eyes and said, "Brother Makino, when I first met you, didn't you use that technique called crime... side-by-side to accurately portray the image of the criminal?"

After hearing what Inspector Megure said, Makino also understood why he came to the school to find him.

"Inspector, do you mean criminal profiling?"

"Yes! That's right, that's it! I'll take you back to the Metropolitan Police Department and take a look at the case files first." Inspector Megure nodded excitedly.

"Okay, if I can help~"

Not long after, Makino and his companions arrived at the Metropolitan Police Department.

Inspector Megure took Makino into the small meeting room of the First Investigation Division.

At this moment, the small conference room was packed with police officers and the scene was filled with fog.

Although Makino had been to the Metropolitan Police Department before, he was brought in as a suspect and did not see many police officers.

Strictly speaking, this was the first time Makino saw so many police officers gathered together.

Moreover, almost all of them are middle-aged men with ferocious faces.

No wonder Officer Sato even had a special "fan club" later on...

After seeing Inspector Megure and his companion, the police officers in the conference room immediately turned their attention to the unfamiliar Makino.

Under the curious gazes of the police officers, Inspector Megure introduced: "This is Makino Ryuichi. Maybe we will work together in the future. This time I specially called him to help."

Although everyone was a little curious about what Inspector Megure said about "working together", since it was Inspector Megure who called them to help, no one said much.

After everyone nodded and greeted Makino, they continued to work on their own tasks.

Inspector Megure handed the information of the three cases to Makino, gave him a few simple instructions, and then went to the side to ask his subordinates about the progress of the investigation.

Half an hour later, Makino finally finished reading all the information in his hand.

After reading all the information, an idea suddenly came to his mind:
——Rather than calling this criminal a serial killer, it would be more accurate to call him a serial arsonist.

Although the two seem to be similar on the surface, from the perspective of behavioral analysis, the difference between the two is very large.

At this moment, Inspector Megure walked up to Makino and asked seriously, "How is it? Did you find anything?"

Makino crossed his hands in front of him, closed his eyes and thought for a while, then stood up and walked to the whiteboard where the victim's condition was recorded.

Under the curious gazes of Inspector Megure and several surrounding police officers, Makino slowly spoke: "Murder and robbery are probably not the criminal's real purpose."

"what?!"

"Isn't that the criminal's real purpose?!"

"..."

Not only was Inspector Megure surprised, but several police officers on the side also looked at Makino in surprise, not understanding why he said that.

After noticing everyone's gaze, Makino added: "That's a little inaccurate. Strictly speaking, the murderer only intended to 'kill' when he committed the first crime."

Seeing that everyone seemed to be half-comprehending, Makino said, "Don't you think it's strange? Since the criminal took the initiative to leave 'clues', why did he set the fire?"

Inspector Megure asked in confusion: "Isn't it to destroy the evidence?"

Makino shook his head and said, "If that were the case, he wouldn't have left the pen behind. Moreover, no evidence such as the criminal's fingerprints and hair were found at the three crime scenes. This shows that the criminal had already made sufficient preparations before committing the crimes."

"From the way the murder was carried out and the fact that there was no evidence left at the scene, this was a very careful and intelligent murderer."

"A guy like this wouldn't do anything meaningless."

At this point, Makino looked up and said, "When facing a murderer like this, we can't just observe the 'unchanging' part of the case, but we must focus on the 'changing' part."

"I think the murderer was 'enjoying the feeling of setting the fire'."

Hearing this, a terrible thought suddenly came to Inspector Megure's mind.

(End of this chapter)