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Chapter 75 Love Fantasy (5)
Zhen Ai pressed her temples hard, she couldn't stand it anymore.

Looking at the people around him, Yan Su frowned lightly, with an expression of serious thinking as usual; the rest of the profilers also watched seriously, as if they didn't see the pain and evil.On the contrary, several agents of the CIA do not have these daily contacts, and their expressions are not very good.

The fourth video is unexpected and not bloody. The victim is replaced by a man, the disappearing Mr. Writer.

Zhen Ai immediately turned her head to look at Su Qi, who clenched her fists and stared at the display with a stiff face.

The camera only captures the writer's upper body, which bears scars from whiplash.He clenched his fists tightly, his muscles clustered together, reminding Zhen Ai of a frog in a laboratory.He looked at the camera with loose eyes: "I have nothing to confess to you. As a man, I don't bully women; as a policeman, I don't use my power to insult others."

This answer seems to make people dissatisfied. I don’t know what happened. The writer trembled violently and sweated profusely: "I killed my boy. This is beyond my control. This is the only crime in my life."

When the fifth video appeared, someone gasped slightly.

There was a stool under the big cross, and a little girl stepped on the stool and was tied to the cross. She was naked and her body was covered with scars.Her eyes were wide open, and her voice was childish and ignorant: "I confess, I quarreled with Jimmy and pushed him out of the car. Mom said I sent him to heaven, and I'm very sad."

The voice is very obedient, and the hearts of those present are tugged at the words. The CIA's Benson agent clenched his fists.

The screen went blank and it was over.A line of black words popped out on it: "SA, are you enjoying?" Are you enjoying SA?

Zhen Ai was taken aback, was it for Yan Su again?

Yan Su's face was calm.Everyone else was fine, except that Rice looked at Yan Su with a complicated expression, and asked, "What do you think?" Yan Su didn't know if he heard what he meant, and replied, "The people in the video should all be dead. gone."

Rice looked more subtle: "How do you know?"

Zhen Ai didn't like his tone, so Yansu didn't mind. Looking at Rice, she seemed to be playing with words: "Everyone here knows it."

Rice squinted, he was just the superior executive leader of the BAU team, not a profiler, he didn't know.

Reid took up Yansu's words: "Our statistics last year showed that 98% of specific purpose sadists kill their victims after achieving their goals. Judging from the current situation, unknown figures torture these people to make them repent .After repenting, their existence loses its meaning.”

Cooper looked solemn: "In the eyes of the unknown person, his method of torturing victims is a legitimate way to force them to confess their sins. He tied them to a cross with religious significance, like Jesus was tortured. He was performing a ceremony, standing A master of ceremonies with a high moral point. It is very likely that he is a person with a very high sense of morality in life."

Twirling his ballpoint pen, Reed added: "All he repeats is 'Repent, my child.' In that tone, who does he think he is? A savior? A priest? A God?"

Neil: "A few victims said 'please forgive me'. The 'you' refers to the suspect. It means that he communicated with the victim during the abuse. But in the video, when the victim did not press his When the will repented, he did not answer and reprimand, but repeated that sentence. What does this mean?"

"He kept his distance from them," Smith went on, "why? He was too arrogant, he regarded himself as the judge, and he was too high to condescend to communicate with them; or was he not sociable?"

Zhen Ai listened for a while, felt that this description seemed similar, but couldn't remember it, and then realized that Yan Su hadn't spoken a long time ago, he was sitting upright with his back straight, as indifferent and quiet as ever.She knew that he was listening and thinking deeply.

Like the CIA agents on the scene, he knew that he was in front of a professional criminal psychology profiler, so he just listened and didn't speak.

Neal speculates: "This unknown figure is punishing evil."

When Lopez heard this, he stopped in time: "It's just a preliminary inference. Before the details of the victim come out, let's go here first!"

Everyone else had no objection. Rice was a layman, and he didn't understand behavior analysis, so he should avoid preconceived ideas and empiricism, and wondered why such a powerful brain exchange came to an abrupt end.

Reed agreed with Lopez, but he was thinking about other things, and couldn't help tapping the marker pen in his hand, thinking to himself: "I always feel that something is wrong."

He looked at Yan Su with straight eyes, thinking, "The unknown person did not record the torture process, and it seems that his purpose is the confession of these people. His behavior is like the 'self-proclaimed defense' we encountered in other cases." ', fits very well with BAU's portrait of this type of criminal: ritualistic, dark. But..."

But what?
He was talking to himself, but the attention of everyone else who ended the discussion was drawn.

Yan Su, who had never participated in the crime portrait, suddenly spoke, and took Reed's words: "However, why is there a little girl among the victims? If the unknown suspect wants to act as a defender, the goal is to force the sinner in his eyes to repent, then the little girl Does not meet the definition of 'sinner'. Even if the little girl accidentally hurt her partner, it is too far-fetched to define it as a 'crime'."

"Yes." A light flashed in Reid's eyes, "It's like..."

"It's like he's misleading us." He spoke very quickly, as if his thoughts collided with sparks, "This person is very smart, he will set misleading options,"

"Double misleading options." Reed only communicated with Yan Su at the moment, "He is playing games, no, not only playing games, but also writing games."

"Yes. He is manipulating, he understands behavior analysis and profiling." The words were traced tightly, "It is very likely that he guessed everything that was analyzed just now."

"More than just guessing, he is guiding us to do analysis."

The two came and went, like two machine guns, no, the machine guns were not as fast as their thinking.

A conversation made everyone on the scene stunned for an unknown number of seconds.

For a long time, needles could be heard in the meeting room; until a police officer knocked on the door, saying that the family members of the missing person were ready to ask questions.

Only then did everyone make preparations one after another.

Zhen Ai followed Yan Su slowly, feeling moved in her heart.

Yan Su lowered his eyes, his face froze slightly: "What are you doing with such a happy parental expression?"

"Oh," Zhen Ai explained, "I think you behaved really well after Professor Hill scolded you last time."

Yan Su: "..."

Administrator Rice walked at the end, looked at Yan Su's leaving figure, and asked Lopez and Cooper: "You may know behavior analysis very well, but have you overlooked the most critical question?"

"what?"

"That audio and this video are all sent to SA."

Lopez disagrees: "We didn't ignore it, Rice. But in our business, you have to understand one thing: Perverts don't degenerate into perverts because of your actions. Is it your fault that he wants to challenge you?
Instead of blaming someone, put more effort into finding the perpetrator. "

Zhen Ai walked out of the conference room, and seriously thought about the conversation between Yan Su and Reed.

At first glance, what the unknown person expressed through these few videos is very clear: I am a defender of morality, and these five people have committed crimes, and they are the fish that slipped through the law.On behalf of the law and God, I will make them suffer and make them repent. BAU profilers, analyze me and find out who I am!

But after talking about it, it seems that things are not that simple.

This unknown figure understands the criminal mind, and he is misleading everyone into thinking that he is a moralist; but in fact, his purpose is not that.Instead of punishing the sin in his heart, what exactly is that?
Thinking about it, Zhen Ai made another detour.If this unknown person is so smart that he can set the misleading option, is it possible for him to set the misleading option to be correct?Like guessing rock-paper-scissors, it becomes an endless loop.

Should she remind Yan Su?But I am a layman, it seems wrong.

Still thinking, Yan Su lightly touched the back of her hand with the back of his hand, and said in a low voice, "Don't worry, I won't draw conclusions so early."

Zhen Ai's heart sank, she was really worried.He is always so meticulous that nothing goes wrong.

Lopez, who is best at dealing with people, went to ask the family members of the missing person alone. The crowd would cause them psychological pressure, so the others stayed in the next room.In order to be seated according to the number, the order of inquiry is in the order in the video.

The first is the girl's father, who appears to be of a lower social class in terms of clothing.He said that the girl's mother ran away with someone long ago, and he raised her daughter alone.The daughter is well-behaved and sensible, introverted, and never has disputes with anyone.The video was a bolt from the blue for him.Seeing his daughter being abused, he covered his face and cried bitterly: "Why did that pervert come to my daughter?"

Regarding the little boy mentioned by his daughter in the video who abandoned the helper’s house, the father did not believe it: “She must have been tortured and talked nonsense. She is the most gentle and gentle, it is impossible to do such a thing.”

The second is the parents of the kindergarten teacher, which is a happy middle-class family.

Father and mother held hands tightly from beginning to end, with tears in their eyes, but they were extremely controlling.They said that the kindergarten teacher is a perfect daughter with a good personality, fraternity and kindness.Seeing that part of their daughter's body organs had been cut off, the parents were in severe pain, but because of self-control, they never cried, and only cried with their eyes wide open: "We didn't know that she abducted the little girl from the kindergarten. When Meagan Zora disappeared, the whole city was looking for it. We helped put up flyers and sent flowers to Zora's family. God, we are sorry for that couple."

Zhen Ai stood beside the glass wall, her eyes were moist.A family is an inseparable bond; especially parents and children.

Psychoanalysts like to analyze the childhood of criminals most, and believe that the guilt of parents often leaves a lifelong shadow and scar on the child; but in turn, the guilt of the child will give the elderly parents the pain that will be brought to the grave. Deeper and unrelieved sorrow.

The daughter of the third mother is the most miserable blood man in the video.The mother cried into tears, saying that her ex-husband died early and spoiled her daughter too much since she was a child, which made her arrogant and indulged, and went to New York alone at a young age.She heard from the video that her daughter and her stepfather were getting together, she scolded the man for a while, and scolded her daughter for a while, crying for a long time.

The fourth pair, the writer's parents, looked extremely sad, but acted calmer than the others.The mother leaned on the writer's brother's shoulder and wept, while the father said with red eyes: "This kid seldom came home 5 years ago. He has a special job. We have already prepared to lose him." That being said, the voice But choked up, "The last time I saw him two months ago, he was fine. My son, he has always been an upright boy."

At this time, Nier came in and distributed the missing person information form collected to everyone.

Zhen Ai took it over and took a look, and was terribly stunned.

In addition to the kindergarten teacher and the writer, the first girl in the video is a maid working in the Candy House Castle, the third bloody person is a real actress, and the little girl is the one who gave Yan Su the alarm clock in the municipal kindergarten.

Zhen Xin's heart skipped a beat, and she looked at Yan Su worriedly, but the latter only frowned slightly, with a calm expression, without any superfluous emotions.

Beside her, Su Qi said to Lopez: "The little girl is sent to the club by the kindergarten teacher, and the actor is the connector."

Zhen Xinxin has lingering fears.It turned out that the writer was lured to Silverland to investigate the club, but he was actually caught.As a result, the finger pointed at Yan Su again.The murderer came for Yan Su, and he was killing the people Yan Su had come into contact with.Shouldn't...

But she remembered that Burt didn't like the tape; at least, not of these women.

The fifth pair is the parents of the little girl. The child is too young. The mother held her forehead several times and cried in the middle of speaking: "Our baby is very cute, she is not a bad child. Jimmy is her brother, it was just an accident. She is so Little, what's the crime? How could that lunatic torture a child like this."

Zhen Ai was stunned.The little girl's confession is the accidental death of her brother?

She remembered the little girl who said "my mother said he went to heaven," a mother who told a white lie to her erring daughter after her son's unexpected death.But now, the only remaining daughter is also in danger.

After the interview, except for the kindergarten teacher and the little girl, there was no similarity or overlap in the family background, occupation and other information of the other missing persons.In the analysis of the target population, we encountered difficulties.

Without a fixed type of victim, it is difficult to judge the psychological starting point of the unknown suspect.The only connection is the CIA's club investigation.

When a group of people sat in the meeting room, trying to explore the way unknown people choose victims from various angles, Yan Su suddenly said quietly: "Recently, I have seen these five people."

In a word, the room was completely silent.

No one spoke, but each had their own thoughts.Rice said meaningfully: "The audio and video are all pointing at you. Mr. Yan, someone is killing those around you..."

Reed interrupted: "This is a good clue, we can check for suspicious people around SA."

Lopez also said: "No matter why he tortured these people, he must have left a unique imprint on the dead. Our task now is to discover these imprints and find the people behind them."

Zhen Ai knew that they were defending Yan Su.

It's too late, everyone go back to the hotel to rest.

Zhen Ai was worried about Yan Su's condition, so she sent him to the room, but when he reached the door, he suddenly pulled her into the hallway without turning on the light, and pushed her against the wall, he lowered his head and kissed her lips.Harder than usual, but always gentle.

More intimate in the dark, she did not refuse.

He gradually kissed her ear, his voice low and mellow: "Ai, don't be afraid, I'm always here."

Only then did Zhen Ai realize that his kisses were for encouragement and comfort.He must have been worried that those videos just now were too bloody and that she would be frightened.But she was not afraid: "SA, I am stronger than you think."

In the darkness, he suddenly laughed silently: "I've always known it, but I forgot it recently."

Zhen Ai's heart warmed up, he didn't forget, but he wanted to protect her more habitually.

She turned on the light, looked at him stupidly for a while, and opened the door to go out.But he held her hand stubbornly and refused to let her go.

Zhen Ai blushed slightly, embarrassed: "No, there are other people next door, so it's not good to find out."

"Why not? We're not having an affair." After pondering for a while, "Oh, you're afraid that others will hear. But the walls are very soundproof, and I don't intend to have sex with you tonight."

Zhen Ai was embarrassed and insisted on going back.But he got excited and held her wrist, but he didn't let go.

Zhen Ai struggled for a while, then suddenly came to her senses and felt pain in her heart: "SA, you are not worried about something happening to me, are you?"

Yan Su was slightly taken aback, and replied, "No."

But she knew he had: "Don't you think in your heart that those people died because of you?"

He answered faster this time: "No." His face inadvertently turned cold for a while.

Zhen Ai lowered her head, raised her smiling face after a while, and hugged his arm:

"The first time Burt heard a girl scream, it was me. He thought it was funny, so he looked for girls screaming all over the world and collected them. But people only scream when they are in pain and fear. so he……"

"Ai, don't say it." He took her into his arms, "don't say this. You know, it's not because of you; it's not your fault."

She pursed her mouth: "Can't grasp the point, stupid."

He was a little dazed, and smiled suddenly: "Okay, it's not because of me; it's not my fault."

The body was found the next morning, in the woods on the town border.

Surprisingly, the five corpses were thrown together, put on sleeping bags, and placed neatly.At first glance it looks like 5 campers sleeping peacefully.The body was found by a group of local morning joggers, who were terrified by the neat row of dead people.

All five of the deceased had business cards tied around their necks.

Eva opened the sleeping bag. The body was naked, naked, and obviously washed.She frowned: "Where is this sleeping bag? It's just a body bag."

Yan Su squatted down, looked at the pollen falling from the sleeping bag, and looked at the surrounding environment, and said, "It bloomed at noon, at least the body was thrown out before noon yesterday. The family of the deceased only received the video in the afternoon, so he was very cautious."

(End of this chapter)