Copycats gradually became more common.
Even with powerful arresting methods, the number of people imitating serial killers and committing crimes is constantly growing. Just like the widespread news attracted more people to study, by the end of the week, more than fifty people had been arrested, and fourteen others were still at large. This also means that a corresponding number of people were kidnapped or even killed, and the crime locations spread directly to most of the eastern provinces.
This number is naturally not worth mentioning compared to the vast land, but the sustainable increase is becoming more and more worrying. Nowadays, almost everyone who commits imitation crimes has been exposed by netizens. The characteristics of these people are also very similar - their lives are extremely unsatisfactory, lonely, and have a certain tendency to violence. They may usually be frightened by legal control and dare not do anything. , but now it seems as if he has been stimulated by something, completely releasing his most violent and vicious side.
Under the incitement and fermentation of the Internet, calls for the death penalty for these people are getting louder and louder, and photos of suspects who have not yet been arrested and brought to justice are posted everywhere.
"Someone has already posted this matter on the Internet." Ying Caiyi said while lying on the bed and scrolling through her mobile phone. "Serial killings and the contagious 'killing imitation addiction' are all new things. I guess those unscrupulous foreigners The media is going to start spreading rumors about this matter again."
"If they do this, copycats will start to appear in their own countries," Li Xian said.
Lu Ning felt that Li Xian might have been wrong.
"But in fact, all those who appear now are imitators, right? None of them are the real culprits who continue to commit crimes. I am very surprised that although this person did something outrageous, there is nothing special about him. Why are so many people rushing to imitate him? "Ying Caiyi raised her confusion, "Do you think this development is a bit too weird?"
"It's certain that someone is adding fuel to the flames." Lu Ning said, "Maybe it's someone with super powers who is causing trouble."
"What kind of superpower is causing trouble?" The door of the dormitory was suddenly pushed open, and a chill blew in from outside the door, but the three of them got up immediately when they heard the sound.
"Sister Lu!"
Lu Chunxiao was carrying a small suitcase with a smile on his face, which was no different from before. She quickly closed the door behind her, put her suitcase on the ground, opened her arms and hugged Lu Ning, then pointed to the two people on the upper bunk: "I knew you were hiding under the quilt."
"Sister Lu, you have to run back from the capital in such a cold weather." Li Xian quickly changed the subject.
"Well, I've been away for too long, and Chewie has recovered, so it's time for him to come back to class."
"Did Chu Wei send you back?"
"Actually, there are a few people with us. I seem to want to see if there is any progress in the recent imitation serial murder incident." Lu Chunxiao took out a few boxes from his bag and said, "I'll bring some for you too. I asked for some gifts, I heard that Brother Meng and Sister Ji caused some trouble here before."
"Not really, we don't know what happened that day." Li Xian said, "Lu Ning encountered some troubles, but she came back safely later, so... look for her."
"Lu Ning, I heard..."
"It doesn't matter." Lu Ning waved her hand, "It went well after that. How is Captain Emmy's situation?"
"Haha, Emmy? Captain Emmy took another group to the south. She still has an impression of you and asked me to say hello to you."
"The situation here is not good. The previous imitator also killed a girl from the school next door, and now everyone is very nervous. Besides, the weather has not changed." Lu Ning shrugged, "By the way, what did you do after you went there? "
"Actually, I met some members of the superpower group, and then I lived in a small villa. Everything was in order and people delivered it regularly. But general communication was banned. I contacted my parents to report it. As long as we are safe, we have to keep it a secret from others, that's it." Lu Chunxiao gave a rough description.
"...So you don't know what they are busy with." Ying Caiyi said.
"Well, after all, I have nothing to do with this. Of course, after Chu Wei gets better, he will come over and tell me some information that he is allowed to tell me. That's when I learned about your affairs."
"So Chu Wei is also a superpower? In this case, do you want to continue talking to him?" Li Xian asked.
"What's the meaning?"
"People with superpowers, and they are like law enforcement organizations, they should encounter a lot of dangers in the future, right? You have no abilities. If you are retaliated by someone, you don't even have the ability to protect yourself." Li Xian said worriedly , "Sister Lu, although Chuwei people are not bad, you can't just consider this when it comes to love, right?"
"You think too far..."
"I think Sister Lu, you should really consider this." Ying Caiyi also agreed.
The topic was interrupted by the two of them, but Lu Ning was not very interested in this topic. After all, what happened to the people in the scene in the future had nothing to do with her, a person who would leave sooner or later.
This cold air has invaded the south, and many provinces have begun to report freezing rain. Some provinces and cities have encountered heavy snowstorms that have not been seen in decades. Now no one regards this as an ordinary weather disaster, because all over the world The same ultra-low temperature wind and snow weather began to appear.
At the same time, as Li Xian said before, the imitators "went abroad". These people all used the same routine, kidnapping one to four boys and girls between the ages of 18 and 24. In twenty-four to forty-eight hours the first murdered body would appear.
Along with this, people began to be wary of those "isolated", "alien" and "weird" people around them, and discrimination began to arise quietly, becoming more and more obvious as the imitators continued to breed. Even some students in the school who do not participate in group activities have begun to be wary. After all, the victims have a certain age range, but the imitators so far have people of all ages.
People who have gradually adapted to the cold air are starting to go out again. The infrequent snowfall has been a big help. Traffic has finally recovered a bit and people can travel normally.
"Nothing good has happened since December." Li Xian sighed as she looked at the notice to resume classes.
"Come on, you don't plan to go when the class starts anyway." Ying Caiyi laughed at her.
"I want to, but it's almost the end of the semester!" Li Xian scratched her head, "Teacher, please hold on tight at this time!"
"Think of something good. At least we can end this semester normally. If it is postponed for various reasons, then it will be almost the Chinese New Year before I can go home? I want to stay at home when it is so cold." Ying Caiyi said.
After the four people packed their things, they went out. It is now 7:30 in the morning. It is rare for the four of us to get up early and go to the cafeteria to eat together, just to adapt to the terrible weather as soon as possible.
Li Xian was undoubtedly the one with the weakest resistance to the cold. Even though she was bundled up tightly, she was still shivering when she went out. She felt better after arriving at the cafeteria.
"Today's class is..." Li Xian said after drinking half a bowl of hot porridge.
"G2107 large classroom, eight thirty...is also the earliest." Lu Chunxiao immediately replied, "I really can't wait, you know? Although it is good to have a vacation in that small villa, it is really a bit too long to stay there. Miss school and classes.”
"No, I will definitely miss the small villa... No, I have to go to the bathroom." Li Xian threw the porridge bowl away and rushed to the bathroom next to the canteen as if running away.
"She probably doesn't want to go to class yet." Ying Caiyi said with a smile, "She has been lying in bed ninety percent of the time these days, and her happy days have passed like this."
Several people laughed together.
After about five minutes, Li Xian came back. The three of them were talking and laughing, but after Li Xian sat down, everyone saw her blue face.
"Li Xian, what's wrong?"
"That...bathroom...there's something wrong."
"What's wrong?" Lu Chunxiao stood up immediately, "Let's go over with you and take a look."
"No, I think we may need to call the police!" Li Xian shouted hurriedly, "I smell a strong fishy smell in a toilet cubicle, but I dare not look from underneath..."
"Let's go and take a look. If anything happens, call the police. Yes, inform the class teacher first. And, Sister Lu, call Chu Wei too." Lu Ning said.
Several people took action immediately and followed Li Xian into the bathroom. At this early hour, no one was using the bathroom next to the cafeteria. It was too cold to mop the floor, so the school janitor would come later.
As Li Xian said, a fishy smell can be smelled near a stall in the bathroom. Li Xian pointed tremblingly, Lu Ning reached out and pushed twice, and the door was indeed locked. She knelt down and looked inside through the gap under the toilet door. There was some accumulated red and black dried matter on the ground.
"Call the police."
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Another copycat shows up.
The deceased was not a student of the school, but a senior high school student who had disappeared before. The student was a dormitory student. Two days had passed since he was reported missing, but now he was found in the university bathroom. No one knows why the murderer moved people to this place. The police car came to the campus again, and Lu Ning also met Meng Bin and Ji Changting again.
The two people were investigating some traces at the scene. After seeing Lu Chunxiao, they looked at each other and walked over.
"Chunxiao, did you discover it?"
"To be precise, it's my roommate." Lu Chunxiao pointed at Li Xian.
Ji Changting thought for a while: "Didn't Chu Wei come over? You should call him. The number of imitators has been increasing recently and it's quite dangerous."
"I called him." Lu Chunxiao said immediately.
"We have Lu Ning here." Ying Caiyi said, "You also know that, right?"
Ji Changting was a little embarrassed: "Yeah, but it's not easy for Lu Ning to protect the safety of all of you. If the imitator is still nearby and targets you, it will be very dangerous."
"We know." Ying Caiyi replied.
Then Lu Ning asked: "Did you find anything on site?"
"This imitator left no traces. If you use super powers to track him, you can find him, but...it will be difficult to convict." Meng Bin said.
"Why are you so particular about it?"
"The case search requires sufficient evidence to prosecute the suspect. As for sentencing, more complete information is needed, and the results of superpower tracking cannot be used as widely recognized evidence, at least not yet. We We can only deal with superpower crimes." Meng Bin sighed, "Let's see if some terms can be relaxed in a few years."
"Okay, that means the murderer didn't use any supernatural power this time?" Lu Ning asked again.
"Yes, the murderer is a copycat. In fact, we went to the scene of the earliest murderer and there were no traces of superpowers. The murderer probably also used ordinary criminal methods to commit crimes." Meng Bin said, "If there is anything here If superpowers existed, it would be uncanny contagious mimicry.”
"Do you see anything wrong with this?"
"At the moment... there are no obvious problems. However, from the perspective of psychological testing, there is some kind of psychological suggestion function, which can induce certain people who meet certain factors to become copycat criminals."
"This... you can tell without testing, right?" Ying Caiyi said.
Lu Ning suddenly felt a thorn in his back, but when he turned around, he saw nothing.
At the end of the on-site investigation, Meng Bin received a phone call. He walked to the corner and answered a few words, then came over and called Ji Changting and left in a hurry. The remaining people were responsible for cleaning up the scene.
"The transcript can't record anything."
"Because there are no traces left at the scene. The snow on the road has been shoveled away in the past few days. Even if there is still some traces, it is estimated that the murderer will find some way to remove the traces." Ying Caiyi said.
"But if you think about it this way, you can also know that the murderer is someone who knows the snow removal work of our school." Lu Ning continued, "Although it hasn't snowed recently, most of the snow has not been cleared yet. Even if it is There are still some roads in our school where the snow has not been removed, and the road from the gate to the cafeteria is relatively clean, but outsiders don't know this."
"Yes." Lu Chunxiao nodded and said, "Our school does not allow outsiders to come in casually, and there are no visitors after it snows."
"Is it someone from the inside?" Li Xian was a little scared.
"Maybe. But there are a lot of people in the school, and it's impossible to deduce who did it." Lu Ning scratched his chin, "As long as you know this fact, it is actually very easy to bypass the guard, especially in the This school will get easier as time goes by.”
"But if you came over the wall from somewhere, it would definitely leave traces, right? The snow in the corner of the wall has basically not been removed." Ying Caiyi said.
"No, there are many paths beside the wall of our school, so it is not difficult to find the place except for the snow." Lu Ning shook her head, "If you want to find the murderer, you cannot start from this aspect. The police have not found any traces, and we cannot expect the murderer to make stupid mistakes. , what traces and evidence are left behind.”
"You mean..."
"The police can't use super powers to continue the pursuit, but we can."
