Conan: I am really a good person

Chapter 271 Blonde Sweetheart

The Bronx High School of Science is a well-known old high school with a large number of students. The "Blonde Sweetheart" has already specified the gender and hair color characteristics.

There are many people with blond hair, but blond hair that can be described as gold is somewhat rare.

The FBI spent several hours, starting with questioning two or three school staff and looking through student information. They also pretended to be students and walked around the entire school several times, checking all the students to confirm that they had been Without missing a beat, three suspected victims were found.

The two victims were sophomores in high school, one of them was a member of the cheerleading team and the other was a member of the student council. They were both relatively popular, usually optimistic, generous and popular types, but occasionally a little careless, very much in line with a 'blond sweetheart'.

The other victim was a senior in high school and had only a few friends. He did not socialize too much with other people and basically did not participate in club activities. He had also been ostracized and rarely attended parties.

This was a very un'blonde sweetheart' student who wasn't screened out simply because her hair was so light that it almost literally shone like gold in the sun.

During the meeting, Judy posted the photos of the three suspected victims on the whiteboard. "Note, we don't know the identity of the murderer yet,"

"However, the first greeting card Mr. Akai received said 'noon', and last night, Mr. Mystery said 'evening', which means the murderer may have already targeted the victim,"

"We don't know whether he is a cleaner, a security guard, or an ordinary passerby, whether he is on campus or outside campus," she said in a serious tone, "and whether he is aware of the FBI's movements."

"During the necessary preliminary investigations, we have tried our best to hide our traces. When questioning teachers, we have selected specific teachers before they go to work and ask them to keep their confidentiality,"

"When checking the information, I went directly to the school entrance. Only the principal knew about it. When checking the whole school, I pretended to be a student. When I confirmed the name of the blond student, I used a chat."

These are the efforts of the FBI. The FBI has tried not to alert many people and the murderer who may be on campus.

"But," Judy added, "the murderer is most vigilant when he is planning to kill and is about to commit suicide. Any slightest movement may alert him."

"We think we have been very quiet, but in his opinion it may not be the case, and if he has been prepared, then our planned 'substitution' plan in advance may encounter some trouble."

For example, the FBI has replaced the victim, but the murderer already knows that it is a fake, so he turns around and goes to the victim's real location.

Another example is that before the FBI takes action, the murderer suddenly strikes out.

What is more likely is that the murderer remained silent and lurked quietly.

He may strike again after the limelight has passed, he may find another victim, or he may never commit another crime again.

Compared to the first two, Judy hoped that the murderer would lurk after being discovered, giving them time to investigate for clues.

Most of the FBI investigators participating in the meeting looked at the whiteboard with serious faces. Not only did it have photos of the three suspected victims, but also the names of several people were written at a separate angle. The names were surrounded by a circle with " One mark: the insider.

These are all in the corners, with the photo in the upper left corner, the insider in the upper right corner, and several blondes and photos of the scene posted in the middle.

It's the 'blond hunter''s other cases.

This is not the first time this serial murderer has committed a crime. Before he was noticed by the 'Mr. Mysterious', the 'Great Savior', the 'White-haired Criminal' and the 'Master', he picked him out like a mole and nailed it to a greeting card. , has committed four crimes.

The FBI file records it as four times. There may be other cases that have not been noticed, or the murderer is the same and the modus operandi is different, so it is not included in the serial case.

There was a special team within the FBI to track this case, so there were more than ten people attending the meeting than in the early morning.

These more than ten FBI agents provided very important information: the murderer's behavioral habits, methods of committing the crime, the characteristics of the preferred crime location, the characteristics of the victim, etc.

These include profiling of the murderer: low education level, relatively handsome or gentle and harmless appearance, or with a special identity that can make the victim lower his defensive mentality, aged between 30 and 45 years old, with a car .

"It doesn't matter if there is an accident," said an FBI agent who was originally in charge of the case. "Isn't it because of an accident that we can sit together and discuss this 'blond hunter' now?"

"According to the original progress, I'm afraid we won't notice until the blond student dies and his body is found. But now we have discovered it in advance. We have an opportunity. Whether we seize it or not, it is something to be thankful for. thing."

He and his colleagues looked at each other, "To be honest, I'm a little curious about the 'master' you are talking about,"

When called 'Master', the 40-year-old FBI agent kept his face straight and was quite calm, as if he was not calling someone a shameful name, but saying that he wanted to drink a cup of coffee later.

"A highly intelligent person who targets other criminals. He is good at provoking the FBI and seems to be willing to cooperate. His origins are mysterious and his purpose is unclear."

Thinking about a characteristic of the future, the FBI became more and more thoughtful and added, "Good education, good family conditions, many skills, strong ability to capture and refine information, very keen on special information, good physical strength, The force value is better than that of most criminals, and the driving skills are very good,"

"White hair, suspected to be underage,"

"As long as you give relevant information, there will be many psychology professors willing to study him."

Judy had to correct him, "It's not 'suspected to be underage', he is an Asian, with white hair, he looks younger, but he is definitely an adult."

Compared with New Yorkers, they look like minors. This is a racial issue.

She smiled, "I will consider your suggestion carefully,"

Weird.

To deal with this kind of criminal, when you are about to bite the bullet, you may be able to explore and explore, exhaust all efforts to review his growth and withering process, and study every wound and deformation in him.

But the other party obviously wants to cooperate now, so it is difficult to deal with him in the same way as a criminal. Instead, he should be more tactful. For example, during the review, it should be more subtle, at least until the cooperation between the two parties has not been reached. This time, the relationship has not gradually eased, and when it reaches the point where we can joke with each other, it is best not to let him know.

This is difficult.

Judy is very cautious, and would rather slowly find reliable experts than tell a future person directly: Hi, yes, I plan to 'pick up the bowl to eat meat and put down the bowl to curse', haha.

This is not a tacit understanding between the two parties, but a deliberate attempt to cause trouble because they think they are taking it too easy.

But if she were the FBI in her forties, and she was interested in the criminals being pursued by another group of temporarily merged teams, she would also say something like this seriously, introduce a professor by the way, and get information about the criminals. Professor dodge is unavailable.

So she just smiled and changed the subject, "I'm going to pretend to be the blonde lady at the end."

The FBI agents looked at each other in surprise, "Huh?"

Before Judy spoke to confirm, they actually assumed that Judy would disguise herself as a cheerleader or student union member. After all, the probability that these two students were victims was very high, more than 80% in total. The possibility of the last blond student being the victim is somewhat low, only 10%.

"According to the investigation, No. 1's area of ​​action after school is in this area," Judy drew somewhere on the map on the whiteboard, drawing the area of ​​action of the cheerleaders, "the upper left corner,"

"Her home is nearby, too."

"And No. 2's action range is here," Judy drew the action range of the student union members in the lower right corner, "lower right corner."

"Choose one, when an accident happens to the second one, I won't be able to arrive. Choice two, when an accident happens to the first one, I won't be able to arrive. The two of them are single-choice questions."

"But," she drew the scope of No. 3's actions, "No. 3's actions are very fixed. Every day after five o'clock, he will go to this or another fast food restaurant to work part-time. The two fast food restaurants are not far apart, and they both happen to be in the same place. Two middle,”

"If you choose her, no matter where there is a situation between No. 1 and No. 2, I can get there."

Moreover: “One of the other two victims went on a date in an amusement park and the other went on a date in a bookstore. In those two places, they knew few people. As long as the agents put on camouflage makeup, it would be easier to replace them and monitor them at close range. If it doesn’t work, we can replace their boyfriends altogether,”

"This blond student works in a fast food restaurant. She works in a fixed location. Many clerks and customers in the fast food restaurant know her. We can only use close surveillance. After she leaves the convenience store, we can try to replace her. , to catch the murderer.”

This line is more difficult than the first two lines, but the benefits are less.

If other FBI investigators go, it's like getting a debuff, but if Judy goes, she can't disguise and can only monitor at close range, which is an advantage: when monitoring the target person, she can do it remotely Monitor the dynamics of the other two lines.

The FBI investigators all nodded.

"And," Judy said again, "Mr. Akai will show up,"

Her eyes turned to the only empty seat in the conference room, still smiling, "According to Mr. Akai, he has some experience with sniper rifles and can help from a distance,"

A little bit involved?

Sniper rifles are not something you can touch with just a little dabbling. It would be fine if you accidentally missed the enemy and hit a friendly force, but it would be terrible if you accidentally hit a passerby.

Some FBI investigators couldn't help frowning and looking at each other, but most of the FBI investigators remained calm, seemed to have no idea, and didn't seem to care, such as the FBI investigator in his forties.

He just politely explained in advance, "We don't have much contact with Mr. Akai. This is the first time we cooperate. Please don't shoot until Mr. Akai hears the shooting order."

If there was no accident, even if the murderer fled on the spot, he would not ask Shuichi Akai to shoot.

Judy glanced over and smiled, "Of course."

"Mr. Akai will contact the person in charge of the operation for instructions before planning to shoot,"

"However, there are many target persons, and Mr. Akai is very busy. I have summarized the current information and told him. At noon, he will take action and go to the places where he thinks he is most likely to come into contact with criminals for remote monitoring."

After briefly explaining the whereabouts of Akai Shuichi, Judy clapped her hands again, "So, start taking action?"

The FBI investigators nodded, dispersed, and went their separate ways.

*

Fast food restaurant in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

Williamsburg is prosperous, dotted with moons and sixpences, the arts are thriving, and catering products are everywhere.

There are not too many fast food restaurants here, but you can come across one every time you walk. Target No. 3 is a fast food restaurant in the central area.

When Judy went there wearing young people's casual clothes, she chose to sit by the window.

The clerk who came to inquire about ordering food was target number three.

During lunch, the FBI investigators explained the current situation to the three suspected victims and calmed them down, letting them know that they were under the protection of the FBI, no matter how they were before or in the future. There will definitely be no misfortune.

Considering the reputation of the FBI, and considering the strange thoughts and adolescence of high school students, this is actually a comfort that the victims do not believe.

But target No. 3 believed it because the person who came to protect her was a leader who obviously had a high status in the FBI.

She smiled at Judy and said, "Hello, what would you like?"

When she was in school, this student had always had long golden hair, and she would often lean on the table with her head propped up during class. Her long hair was enough to cover her face. She had no pretty face, and was taciturn. Except for the weird and unsociable weirdo, When she was pregnant, few people noticed her.

But when she was at the convenience store, her blond hair was all tied up, and her whole face was exposed. Her facial contours were soft and clean, her cheeks were fair, her eyes were darker blue, and her clothes were the red uniform of a fast food restaurant. , with a smile that belongs to the server on his face.

Seriously, this smile is actually a bit cramped and stiff.

But this was a teenage blond girl.

When she revealed her complete face and bent her eyes, her narrow smile was tainted with a bit of youthful charm, like a freshly baked cake, shining in the sunlight by the window.

Compared with herself in school, she is almost completely different.

Judy was talking to Akai Shuichi on the phone to confirm his whereabouts. When she heard the sound, she raised her head. The moment they looked at each other, they were suddenly startled.

A few clues from what she said in the future flashed before her eyes, and her expression changed subtly, as if she realized it in hindsight.

She opened her mouth and said, "Uh, have you found the wrong church?"

"I feel like I've found my blond sweetheart..."

(End of this chapter)