Three days later, in the Tokyo safe house.
Li Bencheng chewed on a piece of sushi with green wasabi and looked at Zhao Yu in disbelief.
Zhao Yu had already transformed the living room of the safe house into a case analysis room. The walls, whiteboards, and tables were densely packed with information about the case.
"My Mad Detective," Li Bencheng exclaimed. "It's been three days and three nights. You're really persistent. I've already given up investigating the rich people who bought Van Gogh's famous paintings, but you're still insisting on your art exhibition.
"Um … How is it? Still no clue?" Li Bencheng took a bite of the sushi, then puffed up his nose and said, "Why don't we follow the footsteps of the murderer and see if we can find any clues?"
"You're really good at talking," Zhao Yu said. "Do you think we should travel around the world at this time?"
"But, this is not the way to go, right?" Li Bencheng said. "Can we find the murderer with this kind of analysis?
"Look, you've been looking for so many days. It can't be an art exhibition, right? It can't be a rich person either, "Li Bencheng said." So, it can only be someone who does business!
"Should we reconsider from this perspective?"
"Old Li," Zhao Yu said. "Cut the crap. I asked you to investigate Luofu Road. Have you found anything?"
"No, no …" Li Bencheng shook his head and said, "There are very few people who know about this kind of witchcraft, and it happened in your country. If you can't find it, how can I?"
"This kind of witchcraft is mainly used to treat illnesses," Zhao Yu said. "Now, they suspect that Peter, who committed the Red Bathtub Case, and Zhang Fengyi later believed in this kind of evil witchcraft, using young girls' blood sacrifices to overcome their illnesses!
"Peter didn't have the ability to be a man, and Zhang Fengyi suffered from a blood disease … I now suspect that the murderer with the left ear that we are looking for might also have some incurable disease or terminal illness."
"You mean, these people are all crazy?" Li Bencheng asked. "Are they all fools? After killing one or two, they should know that it's all a lie. Why kill so many people?
Especially the killer with the left ear, 19 of them! This is clearly killing for the sake of killing! "
"Yeah," Zhao Yu said. "I've seen a lot of cases like this. At first, he might have been trying to save himself, but when he realized that it didn't work, he became addicted and couldn't help himself!
"Just like the Left Ear Assassin. At first, he did it for the blood sacrifice, but later on, he might have done it for his own desires!
"Old Lee, look," Zhao Yu pointed at the tracks on the whiteboard and said, "Left Ear Killer stopped for a short time between 1995 and 1999!
"At that time, something must have happened to him! You can either go to jail, stay in the hospital, or … "
"Or, he went bankrupt and had no money to go abroad!" Li Bencheng continued.
"Yes! That's what I mean, "Zhao Yu said." I think this is our first breakthrough! "
"Oh? The first one? "Li Bencheng raised his eyebrows." Is there a second one? "
"The second is the last few cases. As the age of the murderer increases, and the techniques used to solve cases improve, he will definitely leave important evidence in the later cases!
So, I'm planning to go to the places where the last few cases happened to see if the local police have found any information about the murderer's identity … "Zhao Yu said.
"Hey! There's no need to go through so much trouble, right? " Li Bencheng pointed at the whiteboard and said, "The 2001 case happened in Paris. We just need to call Senior Tuo Qiang and we'll know everything!"
"No," Zhao Yu said, shaking his head. "I don't want to contact her anymore! Can't you tell? The last time we met in Paris, Juliet's attitude was very clear! "
"If we look for her again, it might have a negative impact on her …" Zhao Yu said.
"Besides," Zhao Yu said, "it might be bad for us too!"
"Okay," Li Bencheng said. "It's not that difficult anyway. I can help you with it! I'm just afraid that the murderer didn't leave any clues … "
"No, there must be!" Zhao Yu said, pointing to the picture on the whiteboard. "In the Lisbon case, the injuries on the deceased's body were obviously more serious than before. This shows that the murderer is getting older and is no longer as controlled as before!
I guess that's why he hasn't made a move since 2003.
"Also, I feel that the murderer should only have a chronic disease, not a fatal disease," Zhao Yu guessed. "So, he may still be alive! Even if he's gone, as long as we find him, we should know what the successor wants us to do! "
"Well, maybe you're right!" Li Bencheng said, then stuffed a large piece of sushi into his mouth.
The taste of the green wasabi didn't seem to irritate him, as he was completely fine.
Seeing this, Zhao Yu also picked up the same sushi on the table and ate it like Li Bencheng. As a result, the pungent smell suddenly made Zhao Yu cough violently.
Cough cough … Cough cough …
He coughed so violently that he even spat out the rice in the sushi. It was so embarrassing.
Li Bencheng wanted to laugh, but just as he raised the corner of his mouth, he suddenly thought of something. His eyes widened and he said to Zhao Yu,
He opened his eyes wide and said to Zhao Yu, "Zhao Yu, Zhao Yu! Stop and listen to me … "Li Bencheng said hurriedly." Didn't we talk about the similarities and differences between the Left Ear Case and the Red Bathtub Case? "
"Cough cough … Cough cough …" Zhao Yu's face was as red as the wasabi. He couldn't speak, so he made an OK gesture.
"We guessed that the killer with the left ear was also the disciple of the wizard of Luofu Dao. So, like Peter and Zhang Fengyi, he used blood sacrifices to kill people in order to get rid of his chronic disease and seek longevity? "
"Cough cough … Cough cough …" Zhao Yu opened a bottle of mineral water and rinsed his mouth. Then, he could finally speak. "What do you want to say?"
"I want to say, why didn't Peter and Zhang Fengyi cut their ears, but the killer with the left ear did?"
"This …" Zhao Yu still didn't know what he meant, but he instinctively felt that Li Bencheng's words were very important.
"Zhao Yu!" Li Bencheng grabbed Zhao Yu's arm and said, "He cut off the dead man's ear. Could it be that he had only one ear to begin with?!"
"Huh?" Zhao Yu was stunned and couldn't speak anymore.
"All along, because of the sunflowers, because of that report, we all linked the murders to Van Gogh. But did you ever think that the murderer wasn't because of Van Gogh?
"Pingcheng Xin Jia just happened to die in the sunflower field? The dead man in Seoul happened to have a sunflower on him, but in the other cases with the left ear, there were no sunflowers, right? "
"One ear …" Zhao Yu creased his eyebrows and said, "You mean, the murderer also had one ear? Because he lost one ear, he wanted to use this method to grow another one? This … "
"Mm … Yes …" Li Bencheng and Zhao Yu thought of the same thing. "It doesn't seem necessary to kill so many people just for one ear, right?"
"Unless … Unless …" Suddenly, Zhao Yu thought of a possibility. "The murderer's ear is very important!!!"
"Oh? The murderer's ear is very important? "Li Bencheng didn't understand." What … What do you mean? "
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