Neighbourhood (11)

The Days I Clear Escape Games Pretending to be an NPCCh26 - Neighbourhood (11)

For some people, killing is not an end but a means to an end. ​​

Ren Yifei once again remembered the wastes of society he had been in contact with. Y9W36q

Among them were serial killers. Although all their victims seemed to be selected at random, the reality was that the logic behind them all was completely incomprehensible to normal people.

The 'ghost' was the same as them.

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It killed young women and then dressed them up like dolls, but there weren't any traces of abuse found on the victims. This suggests that it was not sexually motivated and that the 'ghost' had no hatred for them per se.

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Ren Yifei raised his eyebrows, put down the water glass, and directly stood up.

He went to his computer and started looking up all the details and information about the 'serial murder case', especially information on the victims.

The screen's cold light was cast on his expressionless face, emitting a slight chill.

On the other end, Saman had returned next door, he close the door and turned on the lights; the cold light of the fluorescent lamps flooded the entire dilapidated room with the same eeriness of a funeral home.

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There was nothing in his room but a computer sitting on the table with a broken corner. It contained all the clues and dubious details he had written down.

At that moment, he turned on the computer and typed in 'X City Serial Murder Case' then click search.

There were many rumours on the Internet but not many genuine clues.

To avoid copycat crimes, most of the details were not disclosed by the police to the Internet. To find out more about the truth, one either had to hack into the official system or into the computer of an insider. 6KHTPM

However, the official system belongs to the internal network system, therefore, it would take some effort if outsiders wanted to come in and browse through the database.

Looking at the closed door of the official system, Ren Yifei frowned and thought carefully: he does not need to know very detailed information, there was really no need to take that risk.

People who are familiar with the case? ...

"A defence attorney," he thought of a person, the same lawyer who had defended the suspect that was caught earlier. They must have known the details of these cases and had checked the case materials to understand the progress of the case. YNw9bd

The splintering and rhythmic tapping filled the room.

At the same place and at the same time, separated only by a wall, two people were simultaneously typing on their keyboard and their faces were also simultaneously reflected on their screen.

This lawyer was a public figure and has his own website. Ren Yifei has already found out the other party's IP address and used a virus to temporarily gain control of that computer.

Saman went to the official internal website where he quickly found the details of the first victim, this included the estimated time of death, last appearance, the witnesses, the time of discovery, the first site of death and so on. uRQaxj

Liu XX, 23 years old, a company receptionist, living alone, currently living at XX Road XX apartment unit 306. The time of death was around 1:00, the last appearance was about nine o'clock, the body was found at six in the morning the next day, no traces of aggression, the first scene of the crime was her own residence.

This was followed by the autopsy report and on-site photos as well as the extraction of physical evidence and so on.

The documents they needed began to be copied.

Both men were scrambling against time while trying to make as little noise as possible. However, Saman was still quickly discovered. Within this time, he had gone through the records of three victims.

Saman frowned and immediately exited before wiping away all traces.

Separated by a wall, Ren Yifei crossed his fingers as he looked solemnly at the screen until he copied the entire folder, he then exited before wiping away all traces.

After a slight delay of two seconds, he opened the folder along with a blank document on the side and began to record key information as well as information with a high degree of overlapping.

These victims all have similar characteristics: they were young women, they lived alone, and lived in an average environment, which was all the old apartment buildings in the old city that had no elevators and no surveillance around. ndcwda

This kind of living environment provided many conveniences for the murderer.

They all died from some kind of neurotoxin injection, with ether residue found in their bodies, and the time of death was concentrated between 1:00 and 4:00, with their bodies dumped in garbage dumpsters or on the side of the road, they were found at dawn the next day, all wearing beautiful dresses from their closets with makeup on their faces.

As for the rest, the women's cell phones were missing, and the door lock showed signs of being tampered with. However, no valuables were stolen.

"The circumstances of the first victim's death were essentially the same as those of the subsequent victims, the first case was a 'planned' murder, not a 'passion' murder. The killer had carefully obtained prior knowledge of the victim, he knew that she lived alone and had formulated a detailed and effective plan." fmIVBo

Saman frowned, tapping on the keyboard with both hands as he jots down some of his thoughts.

It may not be professional, but it verifies the final result.

"For everything to go according to plan, he would need to be in the neighbourhood several times and carefully observe to be sure. Information about living alone and the fact that they are young women could be inferred from the clothes on their balconies. But to know the exact time they get off of work and go home would require several days of observation. The murderer was able to enter and exit several times without arousing the suspicion of the residents and his identity should enable him to disguise and protect himself."

Ren Yifei wrote his conclusion in the blank document. 24gdic

The main targets of the police's suspicion now were perpetrators who commit emotional fraud against young women over the internet, as well as professionals whose jobs would be convenient for stalking but won't draw attention to themselves. Such as street vendors, couriers, delivery workers, workers who unclog sewers, and so on.

The reason why the police could not find anyone was because the number of personnel going in and out of the apartment building was too high, there was no surveillance and witnesses at the scene in addition to the scope of the search being too large. However, Ren Yifei and Saman are different, they condensed the suspects to nine people.

Nine players, excluding the two full-time housewives who have died, the rest were the mysterious ninth man (Ren Yifei), the real estate agent (Saman), the NEET (Saman's follower), the student who repeated a year (student player), the delivery staff (deliveryman player), the street gangster (Floral Shirt), and the old trash collector (veteran player).

Ren Yifei opened his computer then pulled up a map of the old city and marked the victims' addresses one by one. k1gSMy

Saman also pulled up the map and checked the bus routes near the apartment building.

The former opened his hand and pressed his thumb on the address of the apartment building as the centre of the circle. The distance between the thumb and the index finger, which is equal to a half-hour long trip by an electric vehicle, was used as the radius.

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With a centre and a radius, a circle appears on the map and contains the addresses of all victims.

Ren Yifei stared at the circle and smiled slightly. TpzZM8

The latter ruled out the possibility of the killer using the public transportation system as well as ruling out the old trash collector. This narrowed the suspects down to private cars, motor wagons and electric vehicles.

It's not very convenient for a private car to enter the alley, and no one uses a motor wagon, so only the electric vehicle is left.

Except for the mysterious ninth player, there were only two other players who own this type of vehicle and have time to commit crimes: the deliveryman and the gangster.

Delivery workers have the occupational convenience of having access to these victims without alerting others. Taking away the phone can be explained by not wanting to be found through the ordering information. 8ov DA

The gangster wanders around every day and is said to have many girlfriends, therefore, using the internet to commit emotional fraud cannot be ruled out, taking away the phone can be interpreted as him not wanting to be found out through the chat records.

Ren Yifei preferred the former because the gangster had many girlfriends, he shouldn't have such extreme attachments to a blind person.

Moreover, since there is no trace of aggression, the possibility of a relationship between a man and a woman will not be particularly high, unless the girlfriend of the gangster is all fake and was used as a distraction.

Saman was missing some of the key information, he has doubts about these two, as well as the mysterious ninth person. The degree of suspicion of these three people, when ranked from highest to lowest, is the ninth man, the deliveryman, and then Floral Shirt. aRyHxg

But the two men had similar ideas. Since the 'ghost' had an obsession with Song Bozhi and was a serial killer, there was no way that no traces would be left in his room.

Ren Yifei wanted to see the deliveryman's residence, but he was also worried that he would be caught in the tiger's mouth.

Saman was going to take a look in the gangster's room and find the 'ghost' using elimination.

The gangster was dead and his apartment was locked, thus, the only way to get in was to get the key from the administrator or to directly pick the lock. However, there are risks in doing so. His identity may be exposed and he'll become the next target of the 'ghost'. EcfrX0

Ren Yifei cleared all traces and turned off the computer. He sat down on the sofa and picked up the glass of water that had gone cold.

Going directly to the deliveryman's house was a risky move. The other party's patience was exhausted, so if he sends himself to their door... Ren Yifei shook his head and took a sip of cold water. The cold temperature of the water calmed him down a little.

Saman looked at the computer screen that showed his reflection.

When no one's identity is exposed, the 'ghost' will start to kill randomly, he may or may not be selected. But once he intrudes into another person's room, he would be deemed as 'disrupting the neighbourhood's harmony' and will 100% be targeted. 3nqufG

Saman needs to think about which option was more in his favour.

The two people separated by a wall frowned and fell into a state of contemplation.

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Tick, tick, time passed by slowly.

When the cold light hit their faces, although they were obviously two completely different people, at that moment, they were somewhat similar. tL7foY

Upstairs, the player with the identity of a NEET was pacing around in his room.

The killer was dead and it was not long after they met on the second night.

"How can there be such a coincidence? We only connected once online before, and then Floral Shirt died right after?" The young man was annoyed and restless, his face was covered in sweat.

The more he thought about it, the more he thought that it was Saman's doing. xXNVkj

The killer was a veteran player, how could he have taken the initiative to mess with the NPCs, and right after they had made an appointment to deal with Saman?

"Does he already know what I'm up to?"

The NEET was terrified, he remembered Saman's ferocious accomplishment, he was in the top 100 most rustless people on the Star List.

The NEET player took out a prop. Before he came, one of Hong En's head executives sent this to him, it was a powerful prop, one that he could not afford even if he sold himself. F3tiXj

If Saman dies here, he will get a five-figure sum of white shells and a small leader position when he gets out.

In all the days he's been in the Cape of Desolation, he has never seen that much money, much less enjoyed the taste of being a high-ranked person.

His face was distorted by greed. Even if his life was in danger, he was still tempted by the thoughts of those things.

The Cape of Desolation has neither moral, ethics nor laws; all the sins of humanity had taken root in that land. Perhaps there were still people like Saman who have a bottom line, but more people lose their humanity when they entered this world and become beasts. mA1sxC

The NEET player's days in the Cape of Desolation were few, but he had already felt the benefits of being rich and powerful. He craves money and power and Tian Hong had promised them to him.

"The way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape ..." The TV in his room was on and was replaying yesterday's news with a huge amount of wanted notices for the serial killer in the lower right corner, hoping that the general public would actively provide clues.

The young man was upset at this moment and he was even more irritated after watching TV. Just as he was about to turn it off, a knock come from the door.

His heart trembled slightly: Outside, it's probably... 34Pt0v

However, it was not Saman but a player.

"Your breakfast takeaway," the deliveryman at the door smiled and lifted the take-out box in his hand.

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The young man breathed a sigh of relief and laughed, "It's you? You really have the conscience to still deliver food?"

"There's no other way, it's work," the deliveryman handed the item over with a meaningful smile. iaf50V

The NEET player took the take-out box while the deliveryman took a look inside, "It's just you? How come you're not with your boss?"

"What boss?!" The NEET player jumped up in anger as if he had just got his eyebrows burnt.

"Anyone with a discerning eye could see it," the deliveryman smiled, "Which district are you from? Mine is Dong Xing district."

"You too?" The NEET player looked at the deliveryman a little bit more kindly. kci 9U

"I see that you seem to have some conflicts, you follow him, but he doesn't take you seriously. It's also true that veteran players would be a little impatient in novice games," the deliveryman said with a face full of emotion.

"If he didn't want to bring then don't bring, no one was begging him but he just pretended to be a good person to earn other people's goodwill," hearing this, the NEET player became even more stimulated and his expression turned to one of being 'ashamed to the point anger'.

"Hey, I didn't mean that," the deliveryman realised that he had said something wrong and waved his hands, "Forget it, I'm leaving now, the more I speak the more mistakes I'll make."

"Wait a minute, wait a minute, do you want to come in and sit down? Just for a chat?" Qs8h75

The NEET player unknowingly lowered his guard, the other knew so much, at least he wouldn't be the 'ghost'.

The deliveryman smiled and narrowed his eyes, "Okay."