The smell of death did come from outside the school, but because so much time had passed, it was no longer obvious, and Lu Ning could no longer track it very far. But just the aura that lingered nearby at least pointed to the direction where the murderer had come.
Of course, Lu Ning is still an invisible person on the surface, and she has nothing to hide from Li Xian and Ying Caiyi, but she still has some reservations about Lu Chunxiao for the time being, after all, she is directly related to Chu Wei. This time the investigation also asked Chu Wei to come over and help. Chu Wei failed to catch up during the previous on-site investigation, and now it was time for him to show off.
Previously, Chu Wei was able to catch a monster produced by a distortion point alone, and Lu Ning knew that he must have some unique skills of his own. Moreover, Chu Wei is currently on reserve duty, so he has taken advantage of the regulations and can still use his superpowers to track down criminals.
After discussing with Chu Wei and adding "encouragement", Chu Wei finally agreed to come down and help them take a look. He uses a super power he awakened called "Sky Pan", which is actually a compass technique. He uses one or several items to find similar objects. The more items in his hand, the more targets he can find. accurate. Of course, there are also things like the previous distortion items that have extremely obvious special characteristics, and can be positioned relatively accurately with just one item.
But this time I’m looking for someone.
"I can't control this ability myself. Generally speaking, it is like an inductive machine. The more samples you input into it, the better the results will be. If you... are looking for someone, it may not be possible. Easy to handle."
"How do you say it?" Lu Ning was also a little curious about this ability.
"Because keywords cannot be extracted, do you understand? For example, according to your inference, this person is a campus, copycat, and murderer, but I can't find three characteristics from the object."
"I don't understand." Li Xian was confused.
"You'll understand after you try it. In short, I'll leave the relevant things to you, right?" Lu Chunxiao simply said, "Will that consume materials?"
"No, but my energy will be consumed, up to ten times a day." Chu Wei said quickly.
"Ten times is enough. When this is done, we will treat you to a big meal to reward you." Ying Caiyi said happily, "Look for something."
The items at the real crime scene had been cleared away long ago, and there was no way to get any evidence in this regard. Ying Caiyi and others first handed over the information related to the imitators collected online to Chu Wei, but this alone was definitely not enough. Ying Caiyi thought about it and pulled Li Xian over.
"Hello!"
"You are the most relevant person in this matter. What if it can be locked?"
Chu Wei looked helplessly at the lives of these girls. Lu Ning did not participate. She knew from Chu Wei's description that the ability was not a particularly accurate thing, and it was definitely not what he used when fighting before. an ability.
However, Chu Wei still accompanied them to try it out, and the place they finally pointed to was the study room.
"...It seems that even Tianming thinks you should study." Ying Caiyi looked at Li Xian teasingly, "paper, students, and school are not just study rooms."
Chu Wei sighed: "Let me just say, it is difficult to locate the murderer without something particularly representative. For example, the weapon used in the murder, clothes stained with the blood of the deceased... But these things are usually found It also means that the murderer has been found, but if you really have to use this ability to find it, it will be more time-consuming."
"Hmm... wait a minute, try another combination." Lu Ning suddenly had an idea.
She found a mop, a knife and a rope, and handed them to Chu Wei along with the previous information.
"These things? This... knife and rope can still be understood. What is the mop for?" Li Xian was even more confused.
"Chu Wei's ability does not actually allow us to find similar items. On the contrary, the less relevant the items, the better. The less they can overlap, the more they can narrow the scope of intersection. Give it a try."
"Hmm...school guard." Chu Wei used his ability to calculate again and said.
"Do you know which school janitor it is?" Lu Ning asked.
"There's no way, after all, you found these, and they have nothing to do with the case, right?" Chu Wei said.
Indeed, it seems that if there is no evidence of a direct relationship, it is impossible to continue to pinpoint the location.
After finally getting such a result, the three girls were a little discouraged. Lu Ning knew that this was normal, and Chu Wei obviously also understood the nature of his ability. There were nearly a hundred school janitors in the school. Even if he turned out to be a school janitor, he didn't know this. What does the result mean? I can't use this to check one by one.
"Okay, don't be downcast, there are other ways." Lu Ning clapped her hands.
"What can we do?" Lu Chunxiao immediately raised his head.
"The police can't fish, but we can."
Copycats will not end after imitating them once. Among the previous copycat crimes, there is no one who is not prepared to continue committing crimes. They seem to believe that by doing so, they can truly become the serial murderer. After the kidnapping, they have already made preparations to continue committing crimes. preparation. Those on the run are also continuing to try to commit crimes. If people hadn't been more alert, I'm afraid more cruel cases would have happened.
At this time, Lu Ning wanted to create some "opportunities" for the imitator. Anyway, she herself was within the age range, and if she guessed correctly, the thorn in her back this morning was that imitators were targeting her and others. [Requiem] will enhance the effect of one's sixth sense. It is not useful for people with super powers, but it is an excellent early warning mechanism for ordinary people.
"It just so happens that classes have resumed. I will go to the evening self-study tomorrow." Lu Ning thought for a while, "I remember that the snow at the door of the D2 building has not been cleaned up, right? Then there is the self-study room there."
"Wait a minute! How do you know that person will definitely target you?" Ying Caiyi said hurriedly.
"Feel."
"No need...it's a bit dangerous..." Lu Chunxiao hesitated.
"I'm different from you guys. I can become invisible, and you are not as convenient as me. Since the imitators have no superpowers, I am invincible. As for you, stay in the dormitory, Chu Wei Just go over and prepare to arrest people." Lu Ning said.
"Uh...but...there's no evidence to arrest people like this." Chu Wei was still a little hesitant.
"As long as you catch something when fishing, are you afraid that there will be no evidence?"
These imitators were not Lu Ning's target. If they weren't in school, she wouldn't even bother to care about them.
Soon, the plan was put into action as Lu Ning said. First of all, she deliberately went to the cafeteria to have dinner alone at close to seven o'clock in the afternoon. She came out nearly half an hour after eating. She hesitated for a moment while pretending to think about which study room to go to for self-study, and then said " The principle of "nearby" has entered the D2 floor.
D2 is an old teaching building, and the study rooms are relatively small and the lights are slightly darker. However, some students still like the softer light here, but in this freezing and snowy time, the new teaching building with heating and air conditioning turned on at the same time is more popular.
Lu Ning randomly found a study room to sit down and study quietly. Time passed quickly. After she finished a set of exercises, she looked up and found that she was the only one left in the classroom.
Perfect timing.
She lowered her head again and continued to take another textbook. It is now half past ten. Normally, the study room closes at half past eleven, but due to the weather, it has now been moved to eleven o'clock. It is estimated that someone will come to ask her to leave soon.
After just reading two lines, she heard the door knock. A school janitor wearing a fat cotton-padded jacket, a mask on his face, a mop in his hand, and a small bag walked in.
"Still studying?"
The school guard said in a thick and hoarse voice.
"Oh, sorry, is it time?"
"It's such a cold day, don't study so late. There's no point studying even if your body can't stand it. Go back quickly." The school guard raised his hand and gestured towards the door, signaling Lu Ning to pack her things and leave quickly.
Lu Ning nodded, stood up, put her things into her schoolbag, and then walked towards the door. The school janitor was also standing at the door, taking out a broom from the corner, as if he wanted to sweep the floor first.
However, the moment Lu Ning passed by him, the school janitor quickly took out an electric shock device from the pocket of his cotton coat with a different agility than the slow movement just now, and took advantage of the moment Lu Ning passed by to detect it. Towards her neck.
There was a flash of electric sparks, but Lu Ning did not fall down. Instead, she rushed forward two steps, turned to look at the school guard, and then started running towards the stairs in a "panic". The school worker cursed, stuffed the electric shock device back into his pocket, took long strides and ran after Lu Ning. All the lights in the classrooms on this floor had been turned off, and he even knew that Lu Ning could not escape easily - because He had made sure all escape routes were locked.
At this time, everyone is acting in groups, and it is too dangerous to attack students in a group. On the contrary, it is easier to deal with a single student. Maybe the imitation wasn't so perfect, but... he couldn't bear it. The desire burned him like a raging fire, forcing him to take risks.
Lu Ning didn't run very fast, or that school janitor ran too fast, as fast as he was the one being chased. He rushed towards the stairs and almost jumped to chase after him. Lu Ning's footsteps were downstairs and he could hear them clearly. He tightened his grip on the mop in his hand. If the electric shock didn't work, he would just knock him out. Any method would do -
"drink!"
As soon as he ran downstairs, the school janitor felt a heavy blow to his abdomen. Even though the heavy cotton-padded clothes slightly slowed the impact, the pain still made his vision black.
Chu Wei's physical fitness is quite good, and it is easy to deal with an ordinary person. As for a locked door...it can't stop a person with super powers.
"Caught?" Lu Ning asked from the front, while continuing to pretend to be a harmless invisibility user.
"He has never practiced martial arts, and he can still struggle." Chu Wei knocked the school guard unconscious with a knife, then took out the rope and tape from his bag and tied him up. After taking a breath, he began to give Meng Bin called to report the situation here.
As expected, after being criticized first, Meng Bin and Ji Changting drove to the school.
"You two -" Ji Changting came in and saw the two people and wanted to speak, but Meng Bin stopped him.
"Okay, okay, these two superpowers can still deal with an ordinary person. It's not like you haven't suffered from Lu Ning before." Meng Bin said with a smile, "Catching someone is also a great achievement."
"But we..."
"Chang Ting, let's handle it one by one." Meng Bin knelt down to check on the still unconscious imitator, nodded and said, "Since Lu Ning was attacked, it must be this person. There is also something wrong with him. It has that weird inciting effect... Changting, let's take the people back and interrogate them carefully. But I think they are still the same as those before."
"Can I ask? Brother Meng said we would handle it one by one, so what case are you handling?" Lu Ning asked.
"This is confidential." Ji Changting said immediately.
Meng Bin looked at Lu Ning: "Lu Ning, if you agree to use your invisibility ability to help me, I can tell you something..."
"Meng Bin! She is just a college student!"
"Changting, Chu Wei is also a college student and is already our reserve member. This copycat incident is not trivial. Since there are people with super powers who can help us, why not ask for help?"
"Of course, this will affect our normal life, won't it?" Lu Ning would not let this opportunity go.
"look."
"Whatever you want! I'll take you away first, and I'll pick you up later." Ji Changting reached out and picked up the school janitor, then turned around and went out with a look of displeasure on his face. Meng Bin waited for her to leave before quietly saying to Lu Ning: "She has always opposed allowing students to participate in formal cases, no matter what they are."
"Brother Meng, are you quite afraid of her?"
"Hahaha, being afraid of your wife is nothing to be ashamed of."
"Are you married?"
"Ahem, let's get down to business." Meng Bin hurriedly brought the topic back to the distant topic, "Lu Ning, if you want to help us, I will tell you... Actually, you remember that I hurriedly answered the phone this morning. You’re leaving, right?”
"Um."
"Actually, another incident occurred, and our people in the special task force determined that this time the crime was committed by the murderer who originally committed the crime."
"Why do you see it?" Lu Ning asked.
"Actually, many people are alert now. They go out in small groups, especially the students who have prepared complete precautionary measures. It is very difficult for ordinary people to carry out kidnappings. At best, like today, they will pick on the lone person. "Meng Bin said.
"Together again this time?"
"That's right, this time it was two college lovers from the south. They arranged to go on a self-driving trip. However, the cold wave in the north passed, but they did not return."
"The real murderer traveled a long distance."
"Yes, but this does not mean that we can relax our vigilance. Because the real murderer can travel long distances in such windy and snowy weather, and he has the kind of contagious super power, it is difficult for such a person to predict what he will do next. What is the next action? It will be even more difficult for us to find a way to rescue those students who were caught."
