I, the outlaw, was caught again

Chapter 268 The Source of the Curse! [Three-in-one monthly ticket request! ]

What can spread quickly and on a large scale?
virus!

Are these banknotes related to the virus?
Mr. Xu was thinking about these things. In order to avoid them, he asked all the police officers to wear protective suits in advance, such as masks and essential rubber gloves.

Especially rubber gloves!
"No one is allowed to take off their gloves and touch counterfeit money in the case handling area without my order!"

Before driving, Xu distributed rubber gloves to the police around him.

His face looked very solemn.

Anyone who touches the coins disappears. Whether it is to reassure the police or to avoid accidents, gloves are indispensable. No one can take off their gloves to touch the coins without permission!

One side is to prevent physical factors, the other side is to prevent mental symptoms.

Many people think that the police do not believe in any evil spirits, but in fact they just cannot believe in them during the investigation process. As criminal police, they often encounter some strange cases that cannot be explained for the time being.

For example, when the murderer dumped the body into pieces in the river, the police could not find the murderer no matter what. However, the body that could not be salvaged in the river swam upstream on its own, leading the police across dozens of kilometers to the place where the body was dumped and found the murderer.
Or maybe someone was frightened to death in the middle of the night, or there was some sacrificial ritual to an evil god.

Some people can see the ghost of the victim after killing someone, and are forced by the victim to report to the police
The emergence of various cases makes ordinary police officers more or less in awe.

When they arrived at the scene of the crime, all the police officers were already dressed in their uniforms.

"what happened!?"

Looking at the cordon in front of him, Xu Sheng frowned.

The area they were in was located in an undeveloped seaside spot.

There are steep sea cliffs, seafood markets, and small villages around.

The place where we are standing now is the door of a two-story self-built house. There is a cordon three meters away from the door, and several policemen are surrounding it, constantly doing something.

These people were carrying pesticide sprayers and spraying something around.

Well, the overall appearance is very similar to that movie character who taunts "country bumpkin, this is the latest development."

"Alcohol? Is this a disinfectant?"

Wang Chao leaned in and smelled it, and immediately a pungent smell of alcohol filled his lungs.

“Is this caused by a virus?”

Wang Chao asked suspiciously.

Several policemen who were spraying disinfectant alcohol looked around and saw that the villagers were still standing around watching the excitement. They could only sigh and say:
"The rumors have been spreading too much these past two days."

"Some say these people were taken away by ghosts, others say they were eaten by goblins, and some old people firmly believe they angered the gods."

"There is no other way. In order to stop the rumor from spreading, we just spray some alcohol to disinfect it and let them think it is a disease."

Infectious diseases, in the eyes of educated people in this era, are more terrifying than so-called gods and ghosts!
But for the elderly, they don’t understand what viruses and bacteria are.

As long as we can stop these people from talking, it will be enough. After all, there are not many young people around and they don’t have much education.

"Go in and have a look."

Mr. Xu didn't dwell on this matter too much. He climbed over the cordon and walked inside.

The moment they entered the door, everyone instantly understood the internal environment.

What's inside?
chaos!
It’s extremely chaotic!

The decorative potted plants were smashed to pieces, the soil was scattered all over the ground, and the surrounding area was full of destruction!
The living room isn't much better.

The TV that not many people had had was smashed to pieces, the things on the table were in a mess, and some of the dishes had gone sour.

The sofa was littered with discarded clothes.

"The victim's name is Han Le, a 27-year-old male who lives alone. He has a stall in the seafood market, selling all kinds of freshly caught seafood."

"The case was reported at around five in the morning. After the police inspected the scene, they found that it was related to the counterfeit money case and thought it was the same case, so they merged it!"

"According to preliminary investigation, we found that Han Le disappeared at least two days ago."

The policeman nearby took out a notebook, looked at the clues recorded on it and started reporting.

"The person who reported the case was Han Le's mother. She missed her child so she came home and called the police after she found that he was not there."

A 27-year-old man living alone with his parents at home.

But two days ago, the other party disappeared without a sound! ?
Transform into a living person?
Why did he disappear? Where did he go? Is he dead or still alive?

"Was he dragged away by force?"

Wang Chao looked at the surroundings and saw signs of struggle everywhere.

"No, not by force."

Xu Sheng glanced at his surroundings. He stood in a messy area where clothes were scattered but his movements could be judged from their shapes, and thought for a moment.

What traces of fighting would ordinary people have?
First of all, the most basic thing is the presence of blood!
No matter it is a sharp weapon, a blunt object, or a fist, as long as it involves life safety, the appearance of blood is inevitable!

But there was none on the scene.

The mess at the scene was not caused by fighting;
"struggle?"

Suddenly, this word popped up in Xu Sheng's mind. He looked at the scene around him with a frown.

"There were no signs of a fight, but there was a struggle!?"

Wang Chao was also stunned. He looked around, very confused.

The difference between signs of struggle and signs of fight.

The marks of struggle can be seen as the marks left on the sheets after you twist and turn in bed for no reason.

The signs of a fight would be that there would be very obvious scenes of attack at the scene, at least on the table, the plates with unfinished food on them would be broken.

The scene is the former.

The clothes were disheveled, and the cushions on the sofa looked as if something had rolled over them.

In general
"What is he struggling with?"

"Or is it a mental disorder, an unconscious action?"

Li Sheng frowned and looked at the furniture around him, feeling confused.

"And where did he go?"

"Who took him away?"

Xu Sheng didn't think much about it and said directly, "Check the surveillance and the phone."

These two are the powerful channels for solving cases in modern criminal investigation. After the popularization of the Jinwu system, the time for solving the case can basically be limited to 72 hours. Even an ordinary person can solve the case!

As for checking the phone number.
The communications company’s backend has records. Although we cannot hear the specific content, we can at least confirm some information.

For example, whether the missing person made any phone calls before disappearing.

“This requires permission.”

The subordinate was a little hesitant.

The first thing the police will do is check the phone, but it is limited to checking the mobile phone.

If you want to ask a company to check, you need to apply for certain permissions.

"Consult the National Security Bureau regarding authority matters."

Xu Sheng casually said that he was ready to rely on Shayuan. It was better to have the authority than to apply for it himself according to the process.

"Yes!" The subordinate nodded and immediately went to investigate.

Xu Sheng did not go with them.

"Have you checked the information on site?"

"Did you find any counterfeit money?"

Xu Sheng looked at Li Sheng standing beside him and asked.

"No, due to the special nature of the case, no detailed investigation has been ordered for the time being." Li Sheng shook his head.

I won't rush into places with a lot of germs, or places that are special and difficult to clean.

Mr. Xu nodded.

He didn't say anything and took the lead to start the investigation.

The room is a typical one with a living room in the middle and bedrooms on both sides. There is a separate kitchen outside the living room. Opposite the kitchen is the parking entrance, which also has a bathroom and toilet.

A very ordinary, extremely ordinary small rural residential building.

What’s unusual is that there is a second floor above. Of course, it’s cold in winter and hot in summer, and no one lives upstairs, so people only go to the second floor to dry clothes.

"Snapped!"

When Xu Sheng pushed open the bedroom door, what came into his sight was an extremely messy bedroom. The sheets, quilts, drawers and wardrobes were all in a mess.

"What did he look for in the house before he disappeared?"

Xu Sheng frowned, squatted down and observed these things carefully.

There are obvious signs of searching. How can we confirm that this was done by the disappeared person?
When a special light is shone on the cabinet, Han Le's fingerprints can be clearly seen, and a quick comparison will tell.

"What is he looking for?" Xu Sheng frowned.

After a pause, he turned his head and looked at Li Sheng behind him.

"Do the other disappeared people have this scene in their homes?"

Li Sheng thought about it for a moment and then nodded, "Yes, all the disappeared ones are there."

"Check it out."

"What on earth is he looking for?"

After the words were spoken through the masks, several people immediately took action.

To infer a person's purpose, you can guess from what he has done and where he has searched.

If the other person searches every corner, they are probably looking for something small, like a remote-controlled cell phone.

This is not easy to determine accurately.

So, Xu Sheng chose another way.

Contact the case!

"Han Le's money disappeared!"

About a few hours later, the police, who had even searched the toilet thoroughly, looked at the people around them with frowns.

The money disappeared!

Not counterfeit money, but real money!

"Is there such a phenomenon in the family situations of the previous disappeared people?"

Xu Sheng turned his head and looked at Li Sheng.

Li Sheng took out his cell phone and asked several squadron leaders. After about a few hours, he got the answers and sighed.

"Have."

“All the money of the missing.”

“It’s all gone!”

All disappeared?

"No, I don't quite understand this logic."

Wang Chao was stunned. He felt that after getting a new brain over the past year, he was now a little behind.

It is known that the murderer was dealing in counterfeit money. If he wanted to make money, why didn’t he make more efforts on anti-counterfeiting and make the counterfeit money as close to the real money as possible? ?
If the other party's purpose was not money, then why did the missing person take the money away before disappearing? ?
No money is required, but the missing persons take money with them.

If you need money, what can be faster than printing money?
Everyone was a little confused for a moment.

What is the other party doing?
what are you doing!?

"They can't be idiots, right!?"

Wang Chao couldn't help but spoke awkwardly.

There are a lot of idiots in the world. After all, there are nearly 10 billion people, and each person has a different personality. This base number is enough for any idiot personality to appear.

but.
If you took a computer that could make counterfeit money, get acid-free paper and color-shifting ink, and print money, and also make a bunch of people disappear,
Then this is not stupid.

It's the ones who think he's an idiot!

Chaozi was not like that, he just felt a little depressed after his brain was tangled. "The facts are before us, even if he is confused, that is the fact."

Mr. Xu was not so conflicted.

He pondered for a moment, and suddenly something happened to him.

【Thousands of faces for thousands of people】!
【Master of Psychology】!
【Nonsense】!
The three skills came into his mind, and the next second, Xu Sheng seemed to have changed completely, with his mind extremely clear!
"Suppose, I am Han Le, why should I disappear?"

"I'm Han Le, an ordinary person, so ordinary that I couldn't be more ordinary. But one day, I disappeared with all my money. Why?"

Xu Sheng's mind was empty. He stood there, feeling isolated from the world.

The superposition state of skills!
This is a kind of deductive method, a method of deduction that if you are born with the ability, you will be able to it in the future, and if you are not born with the ability, you will not be able to it in the future!

It is the method most frequently used by the police in criminal technical investigation.

Something that is loved and respected by countless police officers!
"First of all, I took this thing willingly without any resistance."

"What would make me willing to do it? Something that arouses my interest and can add a little color to my monotonous life."

"What is this thing? Maybe I know, maybe I don't."

"But, no matter what, I am very passionate about this 'thing', so I disappear and take away the money. Is that an equivalent transaction?"

Suddenly, Xu Sheng stopped.

He frowned.

“That’s it.”

"The murderer organization's goal is money!?"

The reality is that all missing persons do disappear with their money.

So, no matter how flawed the logic is, the reality remains that the other party must be after real money!

That is, the murderer went after the money!

In this way, we fall into the previous logical confusion, the first line of thinking.

If the murderer was after the money, why didn't he make his counterfeit money skills more sophisticated?
You have to know that counterfeit money is rampant in this era. Before this, Xu Sheng’s haunted house had received many counterfeit money, and ordinary residents would often see counterfeit money when shopping.

A large number means that the inspection is not strict, which is also evidence of lax anti-counterfeiting work.

Then why don’t they just make counterfeit money?
"Could it be that the counterfeit bills are not valuable enough?"

Wang Chao scratched his head and asked in confusion.

You can only sell 10 million counterfeit bills for less than 1 million.

It does sound like it’s not profitable, but the volume is so large that hundreds of millions can be printed in one day!

If you can find a buyer in a month and make a deal once, you can earn at least 10 million.
It can't be that the other party complains that the speed of printing money is too slow and they don't make much money.
"Then why make counterfeit money?"

Xu Sheng thought of another question.

Why counterfeit money?
Of course it’s because of lack of money. This is the common way of thinking. Because they lack money, they create money.

But the problem is, if the previous inference is correct, then the murderer’s way of making money must not have considered focusing on counterfeit money!
If this is the case, then what role does the counterfeit money play in the other party's "plan" to make money?
“Is it widely circulated?”

"Yes, it has wide circulation and fast speed. It only takes a short time to cover the suburban areas of Jiangsan City."

"But their methods obviously won't allow counterfeit money to circulate."

The opponent's method is obviously that the counterfeit money will end up in the hands of a valid person, and then the other person will become the target.

In this case, since the other party has left with the counterfeit money, what is the point of talking about liquidity?

"No, maybe it's because counterfeit money is very easy to make and it's also very 'popular'."

"But if that's the case, what's the use of counterfeit money?"

Mr. Xu didn’t quite understand.

Counterfeit money can make people crazy. This includes everyone, such as all the police officers present, or any villagers around. They can all go crazy and then disappear.

Or is it that the other party is only targeting a certain group of people?

Like, the first person to disappear.

The other party took the counterfeit money from the vendor, so why did it work for the first person who disappeared, but not for the vendor?

Why is this?

A piece of paper, a dead object, can identify a human being just like an electronic component?

Or what exactly was it about the victim that the other party targeted?
"There are differences between the two people. What are they?"

Xu Sheng frowned.

He thought about it for a moment but couldn't figure out why.

Then he took Li Sheng to the place where the other disappeared people lived.

There is no problem at all. The images you see are all produced by the person before he disappears. There is no other person online during the whole process.

It can be said that there is no difference between this and Han Le’s living room!
Likewise, money disappears from the household.

In addition, there is a new message.

"According to the phone number problem investigated by the internal staff, we found that the mobile phone card in the name of the murderer had called someone."

"But when we followed the address, there were no clues."

“And all the calls made by the victims before they disappeared were different.”

Li Sheng hung up the intercom, looked at Xu Sheng, and told him the good news.

"Phone number?" Xu Sheng paused, came to his senses, and turned to look at Li Sheng.

"Yes, that's the phone number. There are no duplicates. They have only been used once."

Li Sheng nodded.

In 24 years, telephone numbers began to be registered with real names, and it was difficult for ordinary people to get anonymous phone cards.

But now, phone cards can be purchased directly, there are a lot of anonymous cards, and one person can buy unlimited numbers of them, which is completely different from later generations!
This is also the reason why there is not much information that can be confirmed after checking the phone number now.

"Where did you get the number?"

Xu Sheng fell into thought, "Counterfeit money?"

Judging from the scene, the murderer not only took away real money, but also took away counterfeit money, without any trace at all.

If it is really a fake bill, then the difference between a fake bill with clues and a fake bill without clues is that.
"phone number?"

Xu Sheng's brows furrowed.

It is not uncommon to see mobile phone numbers on banknotes.

In order to prevent their money from being swapped by colleagues, many workers these days write their names and phone numbers on it.

Let’s take the most common example.

For example, during primary school time, the school collects cafeteria fees.

School teachers ask students to write their names on the money and then submit it, and the names on the money will not be erased.

Who knows, after the money with your name on it is circulated, a stranger may touch his chin and mutter your name with suspicion.

Only after the country collects and destroys them, will it be possible for your name to disappear from a banknote!

So, there are too many banknotes with words on them.

It is very difficult to quickly and accurately locate certain people by this means.

Besides, the murderer would not be an idiot to do such a thing. It is impossible for him to distribute counterfeit banknotes with mobile phone numbers printed on them in large quantities.

"That shouldn't be the case. If there's a cell phone number, then besides that, there should be at least something that can cause mental problems."

"Otherwise, this is just an ordinary counterfeit bill."

Xu Sheng frowned.

The difference between the other party's counterfeit money and the police's counterfeit money is not a mobile phone number.

But it's something that can drive people crazy!

But what is the essence of this thing?
The vendor took out the money and handed it to the victim, and he held the money with his hands. However, the vendor was fine, but the victim was in trouble.
If a child holds it, he will commit suicide directly
The difference is too huge.

The same thing, three different results!

“Allergens?”

"Similar to allergies, some people perceive something differently from the people around them, and the resulting image is also different?"

"That's not right. If that's the case, the number shouldn't be so large."

"The problem is not the counterfeit money, but"

Xu Sheng suddenly paused, and he narrowed his eyes as if he had thought of something.

"The particularity of the victim himself?"

"Speciality? Or is it the same as physical allergies?"

Wang Chao looked puzzled.

If a fruit is allergic to one person but not to other people, is it the fruit that is special or the person that is special?
Just like, some people eat too much watermelon, which will cause stomach cold, and then trigger a series of things.

But some people have no problem eating watermelon. Is it because people are different, or are watermelons different?

And in this case.
The coins in the hands of the vendor and the missing person must be the same, so the one that is different can only be the missing person!
But if it is different.
How is it different?
"Check the surveillance, check the files!"

Xu Sheng thought for a moment and then spoke immediately.

The number of missing persons is very large, reaching double digits.
There might even be dark places!

Those who are experiencing it but haven’t exploded yet!

If we count these people, how many would there be?

Anything involving the word contagion.

It's like cockroaches. When you see one on the surface, there will be countless cockroaches lurking in the dark, waiting for you!
This is a.
A battlefield without smoke is far more terrifying than seeing dead bodies in front of you!
By the time you react, it's too late.

"The child who committed suicide by jumping into the sea, according to surveillance footage, picked up a counterfeit 100-yuan bill that afternoon, and soon after touching it, he jumped into the sea to commit suicide."

"The first missing person had been at the seafood market and had received two-yuan paper and fifty-yuan counterfeit bills several times before disappearing."

"Han Le, before he disappeared, used large-denomination money to buy very small-value goods from multiple vendors. He then had a lot of change in his hand, and it is very likely that he had hidden a fake fifty-yuan note among it."

Li Sheng's voice sounded, introducing one surveillance screen after another.

However, Xu Sheng's eyes were not on the counterfeit money;
Focus on the hands of both parties.

What do the hands of middle-aged fishermen and vendors look like?

Cocoon, very thick cocoon!

These calluses are like armor, attached to the palms, and even if a knife cuts them, not a drop of blood will flow!

On the other side, the hands of the children and the missing person are so white and tender!

At this moment, pictures emerged in Xu Sheng's mind and countless thoughts appeared in his mind.

until
"Brother Xu, what's going on?" Wang Chao thought for a long time, and finally frowned, not knowing what was going on.

what happened?

"Superchild."

Xu Sheng was silent for a moment, then he suddenly took a breath and spoke in a deep voice.

“When you were a kid.”

"Is it like a magical girl sticker?"

如果
If that's really the case.

Mr. Xu thought he could call the armed police.

This detective can't do anything about it.
Can’t control it!!!
you know.
How scary are the things around you?

Xu Sheng read it many times and finally sighed.

"Call Guoan."

(End of this chapter)