I Have Countless Ability Cards

Chapter 242 The Murderer's Purpose

When Gu Fan and Ma Xiaoling returned to the police station, they happened to see Captain Zhang holding a plastic bag to observe carefully.

Seeing Gu Fan approaching, Captain Zhang immediately said.

"No, this is what was found in the soil, and it should have been accidentally left by the murderer."

Gu Fan took it and observed it.

I saw what was contained in the plastic bag, which seemed to be a damaged piece of cloth.

Inside the cloth, there is also a mesh structure like sportswear.

Judging by the condition of the piece of cloth, it was indeed recently settling into the soil, probably left behind by the killer.

"This seems to be left by the murderer's damaged clothes. Have you found out what kind of clothes it is?"

This doesn't need Gu Fan's reminder, Captain Zhang and the others already have a special person in charge of this matter, and it has achieved results.

"From its material, structure, and color, it is likely to be the school uniform of our No. 3 Middle School in Nanshun City."

Gu Fan glanced at Captain Zhang, quite puzzled.

"Oh? Why can you be so sure?"

Captain Zhang's expression suddenly became a little smug.

"Because this is Jing'an District, Nanshun City, which is known as a rich area by people."

"The mesh structure material inside this cloth is normally only used by some very expensive sports brands. In the market, most of them use inferior materials to shoddy."

"The No. 3 Middle School of Nanshun City, located in Jing'an District, is quite rich. They don't need to use inferior materials, and only they will not use inferior materials."

Hearing this, Gu Fan nodded.

Anyway, now there is a clue.

"Since you have confirmed that it is the school uniform of the No. 3 Middle School, you must have started to check it."

However, Captain Zhang felt a little ashamed at this time.

"Not yet, because it's difficult."

Then, Captain Zhang looked at Gu Fan's puzzled expression and explained.

"Nanshun City No. 3 Middle School has more than 5,000 students, and we cannot rule out the case of others wearing school uniforms to commit crimes. Therefore, the number of people we need to investigate is likely to exceed 6,000."

"In addition, the most important thing is that it is difficult for us to check the students of No. 3 Middle School."

Hearing this sentence, Gu Fan became even more puzzled: "Why?"

Captain Zhang sighed helplessly.

"Because most of the students who go to No. 3 Middle School have complicated family backgrounds."

"If we want to follow the normal process to investigate them, we will be hindered by their teachers, including their parents."

"Only after all the formalities are completed, they will cooperate reluctantly."

Gu Fan blinked and thought for a while.

"Well, in fact, we don't need to investigate them one by one."

"First of all, the situation of others wearing school uniforms to commit crimes can be ignored for the time being."

"Secondly, those students who live on campus don't need to check."

Hearing Gu Fan's words, Captain Zhang scratched his head and asked doubtfully, "Why? You should know that the No. 3 Middle School is not managed in a semi-military manner. Students who live on campus can also leave the school at ordinary times."

Gu Fan lowered his head and touched his chin with his fingers.

"When we first looked at the information on those missing persons, it was wrong to say that their disappearances had no common ground."

"Their disappearances have one very important thing in common, and that is time."

"The time they disappeared includes morning, noon, and night. Have you found it? It's all the time for students to rest."

"In this way, we can determine with a high probability that the murderer is a student, and at the same time we can rule out the case of others wearing school uniforms to commit crimes."

"In addition, students who live on campus can indeed leave the school gate, but pay attention, the time when the six missing persons disappeared was around twelve o'clock in the middle of the night."

"I don't believe that a resident student would risk being discovered and go out to commit crimes at midnight. If this is the case, it can only show that he is too reckless and does not meet the status of a person with high IQ abilities. "

Hearing this, Captain Zhang nodded.

"If that's the case, it would be much simpler."

"There are more than 5,000 students in the No. 3 Middle School, but less than 1,000 of them don't live in the school. Most of them are eliminated at once."

At this time, Gu Fan continued.

"Exclude those who come to Jing'an District No. 3 Middle School from other places to study."

"We just need to investigate, a native of Jing'an District."

Hearing this, Captain Zhang was puzzled again.

But just as he was about to ask a question, Ma Xiaoling at the side had already explained it to him.

"Only people who are born and bred in Jing'an District are so familiar with surveillance cameras, various roads, and various hidden places."

"Especially because he has to go underground, and he needs to have a good understanding of the overall structure of Jing'an District."

Captain Zhang nodded half-understood.

"In this case, the number of investigations can be reduced by more than half."

Gu Fan blinked, his expression gradually serious.

"Then let's check it like this first, rule out the situations we mentioned, and send the information of the remaining people to me as soon as possible."

Captain Zhang nodded, and immediately went to work.

But after Captain Zhang left, Gu Fan's brows became more and more wrinkled.

Seeing this situation, Ma Xiaoling asked, "What's wrong?"

Gu Fan shook his head and said helplessly.

"I always feel a little strange, but I can't say it."

Ma Xiaoling looked at Gu Fan and said seriously.

"Strange? It's really strange."

"Generally speaking, when a murderer commits a crime, especially this kind of missing person case, the murderer will not stop easily. But when the number of missing people reaches 15, no one has disappeared for a long time."

"Then what is his purpose? Does he only need 15 people for what he is going to do?"

Gu Fan looked at Ma Xiaoling and nodded.

"It is true that his purpose is indeed very strange. But what I am worried about is that since those 15 people disappeared, there has been no news."

"There were no bodies, nothing weird happened, it was as if he had 15 people and just hid them first."

"If I were a murderer, I would need 15 people to help me on the 10th. To be on the safe side, I would catch everyone within three days on the 7th, 8th, and 9th, and there wouldn't be such a long delay in between. Because, the longer the time, the easier it is for others to discover."

Ma Xiaoling also frowned, thinking seriously.

"Then what do you mean?"

Gu Fan shook his head, as if he wanted to shake some bad things out of his head.

"Maybe I was overthinking. I was worried that the reason why the murderer took so long was because he was waiting for us."

"To accomplish his purpose, he probably needs a superhuman like us. Therefore, he arrested so many ordinary people in advance, just to lure us over."

"Of course, this is just my wishful thinking. However, you still have to be careful."

Ma Xiaoling listened and nodded.

"Don't worry, I understand."

After a while, Captain Zhang returned excitedly.

"Gu Fan, according to what you said, we excluded the students from No. 3 Middle School, leaving only 186 students."

"Their information is here, you can take a look."

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