Stay away from Conan

"Brother Mingzhi, what I am going to say next is something that has not been disclosed to the public so far, so I hope you will keep it a secret after listening to it!"

Time goes back to this morning, after Gao Yuan was brought back to the Office of the Investigation Section 1 by Akechi Kengo, Officer Megure emphasized this sentence in response to Gao Yuan's questioning.

"Of course."

Gao Yuan couldn't help but nodded and responded.

"Um……"

Seeing Gao Yuan's statement, Officer Memu nodded silently, and then began to tell the whole story of the incident——

"The earliest discovery of this incident was that one and a half months ago, a body with hands and feet believed to have been severed from the body of a young woman was found in a mountain outside Tokyo."

"A month and a half ago?"

Hearing this time point, Gao Yuan asked subconsciously, feeling a little surprised——

After all, the police had discovered this case a month and a half ago, but there was no relevant report in the outside news, which seemed a bit strange.

And judging from what happened last night, it seemed that the police had not confirmed the identity of the victim before he provided clues to Officer Megure. So what have the police been doing for more than a month?

"Yes, a month and a half ago."

Officer Megure repeated affirmatively, and then sighed helplessly, but then his expression became extremely serious and continued:

"At that time, we investigated the severed hands and feet we found, and discovered a shocking fact - there were reflections of life in the broken parts of the hands and feet!"

——In other words, it was cut off while it was still alive!

Hearing this, Gao Yuan couldn't help but swallowed his saliva, and felt the cruelty of the murderer.

"Furthermore, through DNA testing, we have determined that these hands and feet belong to the same person...and, through the analysis of the bones, it can be determined that the victim was a man between ten and fourteen years old. girl!"

When Officer Megure said this, there was suppressed anger in his tone that could not be concealed.

In this regard, when he realized that the victim turned out to be a young girl whose limbs were cut off alive, Gao Yuan also felt an inexplicable anger in his heart——

What kind of murderer is it that wants to brutally kill a girl in such a way...

kill?

Thinking of this, Gao Yuan suddenly froze for a moment, suddenly showed a shocked expression, widened his eyes, looked at Officer Memu, and then asked a question that made Gao Yuan himself a little unimaginable -

"Officer Megure... that... body of the murdered girl..."

"Unfortunately……"

Officer Memu closed his eyes silently, seeming to be struggling a little inside, and said slowly:

"We did not find the main torso part of the body... except for the limbs that showed signs of life at the incisions, we found nothing. We, the police, cannot even be sure whether the owner of the hands and feet is alive or dead! After all, , based on current medical technology, cutting off limbs may not lead to death as long as the treatment is timely..."

Saying this, Officer Memu struggled even more——

"Although, from my position as a police officer, I certainly hope that the victim is still alive as much as possible... but when I think about it..."

Having said this, Officer Megure fell silent and did not say what he said next.

But Gao Yuan roughly understood what Officer Megure wanted to say——

Even if the murdered girl did survive, her limbs had been cut off, she couldn't move on her own, she couldn't take care of herself, and she could only be kept in captivity by others, then it would be better to die.

Thinking of this, Gao Yuan actually hoped that Shirozuka Jade was a girl who really had "psychic" ability. In this case, based on the situation seen on the Ferris wheel, it was at least certain that the murdered girl did not continue. To remain in this world and suffer...

However, based on the current situation, it is speculated that Chengzhong Jade most likely does not possess such supernatural abilities.

and--

"Zi Feiyu..."

Gao Yuan murmured some sighs in his heart, and Gao Yuan thought of this with some self-deprecation——

Is it too natural to wishfully think that if others suffer such a situation while alive, it is better to choose to die yourself...

However, just when Gao Yuan thought of this, a vague picture appeared in Gao Yuan's mind -

It was not a realistic picture, but a somewhat blurry, hand-drawn picture.

In the picture, there is a beautiful young girl with long black hair. Her hands and feet have been cut off. She is completely unable to move on her own and is locked in a box.

But her face was filled with a happy smile...

--what is that? Why does such a picture appear in my mind? Where have I seen such a scene?

Gao Yuan was a little confused, but still followed Officer Memu's words and began to ask:

"Didn't the police find anything during such a long period of time?"

"No……"

Officer Memu pondered in a heavy tone, and then explained:

"No useful clues could be found on the victim's limbs found at the scene, and the limbs were found in a very remote stream in the mountains. Even if there was evidence, it would have been washed away by the stream. Moreover, if Unless it happens to be on the daily patrol route of the local police, no one might go there at all.”

"Didn't you try to conduct a large-scale investigation into the identity of the victim?"

Gao Yuan asked.

"That was the original plan."

Officer Memu nodded, but his tone was full of helplessness:

"After visiting the surrounding areas and investigating the recent disappearance of a girl, we were unable to confirm the identity of the victim. We originally planned to expand the search scope and obtain clues through the news media...but..."

Hearing this, Gao Yuan felt that things were not that simple yet——

"However, not even a week had passed since the first girl's limbs were discovered. In another mountain pond on the outskirts of Tokyo, police officers on patrol discovered the second girl's limbs!"

Officer Megure’s tone became more serious:

"Same as the first one. It comes from the same girl. There are reflections of life in the incision. She is between ten and fourteen years old..."

Speaking of this, Officer Memu looked at Gao Yuan and said somewhat seriously:

"The identity of this victim, through last night's investigation, has been confirmed. She is the girl named Mizuhara Yuki who disappeared after completing the withdrawal procedures from Sakuraba Girls' College."

As he spoke, Officer Megure paused for a moment, seeming to collect his thoughts, and then continued:

"Due to the emergence of the second victim, we were originally planning to contact the news media, but we were worried about causing panic, so we temporarily stopped the plan. Moreover, Wise Police, who had just returned from abroad temporarily, also believed that it would not be beneficial to report this If this case is made public, I am worried that it will have a worse impact.”

"Worse effects?"

Gao Yuan couldn't help but ask.

"Copycat!"

Officer Memu said helplessly:

"The prisoner's novel method of murder would easily cause commotion if reported in the news. If someone imitates the crime, the matter would be even more troublesome. Moreover, the prisoner only cut off the girl's hands and feet and put them in a place where the police could find them during inspections. It seems to be a provocation to the police. If the situation is allowed to escalate, it may actually serve the prisoner's purpose. Therefore, it is better to keep this matter suppressed and not let the public know, which may make the prisoner himself unable to hold back. come out--

"This is a judgment made by Wise Vigilance."

Officer Megure explained.

Gao Yuan couldn't help but nodded at the judgment made by Mingzhi Jianwu. He felt it made sense, but he still couldn't help but ask:

"But apart from these, the police have never thought of launching an investigation from other aspects... After all, no matter how low the probability is, there is still a chance that the victim is alive!"