The sky is showing off...
The sky doesn't need to do anything to mock the sense of arrogance in the beings below it, its mere presence is enough to crush any pathetic attempt by a mortal at pride and self-conceit.
A young man under the age of 20 with a normal face but deep eyes with a sense of coldness and mystery in them, wearing a simple coat and a white shirt, what made him different was the black cloth with which He tied his left hand, if it was a red cloth, it would look just like the famous Chinobio in anime...
He was accompanied by a middle-aged man in a more stylish suit with a pocket watch, his appearance was also ordinary, his eyes were deep but different from the coldness and mystery of the boy's eyes, his eyes are like a mirror, inside instead of the surface appearance. It has the feeling that it seems to reveal the inside of anyone who looks at it, and ... with a beard that was quite a testament to his occupation ...
The two were walking in a strangely empty street, in fact even if it was busy, the careful look in the middle-aged man's eyes made others uncomfortable.
And they made the way for it twice...
Ethan: There was also a mark on that man's hand, a mark on two people who are related and both died...
There is no similar case in my received memory, the police did not mention such a commonality between the victims killed by a serial killer, so it must not be his work.
Someone must be staging...
Someone who has done at least two murders so far...
But how am I going to explain this to the police?
I can't say because I was attacke, Right, then I have to explain how I survived.
Here is a semi-medieval society, surely the first thought when seeing strange things in an ant is dissection...
But the result of not telling is also death... So far, no action has been taken and I was a little careless, but actually the The main owner of the body is dead...
If there was no other person who was dead, it could be said that the killer becomes cautious and hesitates for a while when he sees that the target is alive.
But another person has also been killed, if I don't say anything now with my power that you can hardly cut off a chicken's head, it only means showing off for the angel of death...
Not saying death, saying death then... so...
the only way is lie...
Two murders happened. I have to say that it is only one murder,
And the suspect changes from a serial killer to another killer who is trying to blame the serial killer for the murder, However, the eyes of the original owner of the body were not opened
So it should not be the work of a serial killer,
Also, why should a serial killer target someone, the reason for a serial killer being a serial killer is the aimless killing of random people with psychopathic reasons...
Now is the time... Dozens of crime movies and novels should be used... Poirot, Miss Marple, Sherlock Holmes, please help...
What would he say if he were Sherlock Holmes?
Sherlock Holmes: When the superabundance of detail is gone, what remains are exceptional possibilities.
Ethan: I think this dialogue is for the lack of proof of the killer's identity at the scene of the murder, not to make others guilty...
Sherlock Holmes: Cough!... When we remove all the impossible possibilities, what remains, no matter how incomplete and demeaning, is surely true.
Ethan: This is also due to the lack of evidence... wait... Maybe it will work, I have to say as if the killer is not possible to be that serial killer in this case...
Detective: "You should have calmed down by now, right?" Can you tell me what you think now?
...
Ethan was a little shocked by the detective's sudden speech and said helplessly, "I think it's not the work of that serial killer?"
Detective: "That's right... What!! ...
What did you say? Who what!??
Ethan: "Cough...Why should the murderer go to someone's house to kill? I mean, when the frequency of murder is too high, we should eliminate the impossible possibilities, so ummm...
Can't someone try to blame the serial killer for the murder? ..."
Detective: "Is this a question or a hypothesis..."
Ethan: "Cough... I mean, ummmmm, that demon usually commits murders on the street, and well, the professor is usually not in the public eye much and doesn't show himself much, so he's not social... there's no logic to being targeted by that crazy person. ...
I mean, serial killers usually crave attention, right?”
The penetrating eyes of the detective, who was full of doubt and confusion, this was very inconsistent with him and he said helplessly: "Yes"
Ethan: "I mean... hmmmm... a serial killer who is extremely arrogant and has practically lost all sense of human emotion that is related to or even close to compassion is doing this murder... a Psychopath..."
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Psychology in this world should not yet reach the stage of recognizing diseases like psychopathy, I even saw something like hysteria in my new memory or that boy... wait! I was talking...
Focus on the wording, Ethan!
"No, well, that means he must have some kind of mental illness, something like a lack of something...
And killing an isolated person... Well, it's inconsistent and it doesn't seem like someone forced his way into the house. If it was the work of a serial killer, it must be some kind of show of strength like breaking in... Well. ..
and...
..."
The detective, who at first was trying to make a polite announcement, seemed to think for a moment when he saw the expression on Ethan's face.
And with a tone full of admiration for Ethan's great achievement, he interrupted and said
"Right, I'm surprised you were able to figure out that you definitely have a great talent for detective work...
I heard you just graduated from the academy, how about coming to the police department for an internship?"
Ethan: "Huh?...Uh, yes, yes, sure...
Ummm... What are you doing now about the murder, you mean now that you know that it is not the work of a serial killer, but there I saw that you announced to the journalists that it is the work of the devil of eye .
The detective: "This... well, there is definitely a very good reason, that is, hmmm..."
The detective thought for a while
And after feeling awkward, he came a little closer to Etan
The face of a kind uncle who took the possibility of him and lying together in one place
And he said in a mysterious tone:
In fact, when we deal with suspected cases of another mysterious killer who pretends to be a wanted serial killer, the protocol is not to announce it because it will disrupt social stability...
Serial killers are usually secretive and silent for fear of being caught so as not to be noticed...
Ethan: "So you let him do whatever he wants!"
Detective: "Well, exceptional problems require exceptional solutions.
That is, if the killer does not want to be found
We also pretend it doesn't exist and secretly look for it...
But if he is looking for attention and fame, we have no choice but to make an announcement. In any case, if he wants to make an announcement, he cannot be stopped, and when people find out later that we were hiding, the situation will get worse..."
Ethan: Why don't you make everything clear, that means the truth shouldn't be more important than anything else?
Detective: "Well, it goes back to politics...
How do you think the government maintains order and security?"
Ethan: "Police, ummm, job creation?" , education and expansion, goodness and kindness? »
Detective: "These things also exist, but you should know,
History has proven many times that few people come out of the test of temptation unscathed, When you can commit a sin without fear of consequences, how many people can really withstand the temptation?
Big sins maybe not from the beginning,
But big sins also start from small sins...
The government cannot only use the police to maintain order, the number of places that the police can protect is limited, but the temptation is everywhere...
What the government does is to create social stability, the concept that everything is safe and secure...
Anyone who is arrested as soon as he commits a crime, it is obvious that at the end of the story, he always wins over evil...
One of the most serious tasks of the government, which does not allow negligence in any way, is to create social stability, and for that, it is ready to do anything... must do anything..."
Ethan's mind was well distracted from the main question and, like any fool, falling for a trickster's word game, he said, "What do people think?"
Detective: "People?
Most people these days are trying to survive...
When living things are trying to survive, they have no choice but to follow instinct...
I am sure that if a vote is held to create security using any means or no security but following benevolence, people will choose security..."
Ethan: "I still think your opinion about people is a bit biased"
The detective said with a grin:
"Hee! So what do you think!?
Ethan: "All human beings are not alone and suffer...
All children are pure and innocent when they are born.
Everything people do,
whatever they say,
It is a manifestation of the encounters that they face in their growth environment,
Any behavior or personality they show is the result of a defensive wall that has formed around them over time...
Turning his grin into a smile, the detective said, "Right, as I said, a healthy environment is the most important... Anyway, why do today's young people all talk like old men..."
Etan went to himself for a while and then he said in a calm tone: "According to a poet, people make people old, not time."
The detective said in surprise, "What a wise poet, what is his name?" »
Ethan thought that such a person does not exist in this world, he said, "He is not very famous. I only heard this quote and did not hear his name."
Detective: "It's a pity...
Wait! Didn't you say that humans are lonely and innocent, why did they suddenly make you old?"
Etan: "The people I say are different from the people the poet says"
Detective: "Does a people differ from another, what does that mean!?"
Etan: "According to the poet, anyone who looks like a people is a people
But in my opinion, people are no longer human when they cross a series of lines..."
Detective: "Then what are they?"
Ethan: "Monster"
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"What!! We have to pretend in front of that boy that the murder is not the work of that serial killer.
The middle-aged detective was standing in front of an officer in police uniform.
The look of the officer was normal, he had a beard, but he had serious eyes
And there was a companion next to him who also had the same uniform.
That man had a normal face without a beard, the officer's eyes were simple with a beard and seemed indifferent to sadness, anger or any other incident.
Detective: "Stephan, after a long time of fruitless efforts, we finally came across something like a thread, do you know how angry the higher-ups are! Can you imagine the pressure we are facing?" "
The officer with a beard and serious eyes, or Stefan: "But, Mr. Detective, as you know, there is a rumor among the general public that the devil takes out the eyes before the murder, but we know that taking out the eyes is for after the complete death of the victim. ..
How can we tell such a lie, why should we..."
Detective: "In response to the first questions, about how, heh, tell me what is the best way to lie, Stephen?"
Stefan: "Looking into the other person's eyes and talking without stuttering and with a serious tone?"
Detective: "It's just a detail, the best way to tell a lie is to put one lie in between several truths, which unconscious people are always doing...
And well, about why, as you know I'm the best at reading faces, that's why I was sent here in the first place, anyway, that boy's face showed worry and anxiety, like he was afraid of something, not afraid of seeing a corpse. , the boy was not a coward, but a more existential fear, a fear that exists within every living being with any degree of power and is inevitable... fear of death..."
Stefan: "Well, maybe he's afraid of being targeted."
Detective: "You are calling me Stephen, why if he is scared should he analyze as if it was not the work of a serial killer, apart from the fear of death his eyes also had another fear, a fear that is the result of what he wants to say but is afraid to say...
Stefan: "Why don't we just bring him back and force him to open his mouth, you know our people can make even a mute speak"
Detective: "Stephen, why did you become so stupid today, if he was really hiding something, I would have opened his mouth..."
Stefan: "Then why..."
Detective: "You are very nervous today! ... I didn't say it now!! who was trying to lead us to the direction that it is not the work of the devil... it is clear that everything he knows is wrong,
It's just that my senses say that the combination of this mistake and the fear of death will lead us to something, at least it's better than what we are going around now...
Anyway, send someone to watch out for him...not a weak one because there might be a conflict, watch out that a hair of that boy's head doesn't fall off.
Stefan: "Yes sir"
The detective was leaving when he realized that there was another person and he had heard all their conversations, his eyes became serious and after looking deeply at him, he stared at Stephen...
A man with simple eyes: "Hello sir, seeing you again has brought light back to my dark soul, your name is heard all over the city, you are the biggest role model in my life, definitely all orders..."
The detective jumped in the middle of his speech and said, "Who is this?"
The simple eyes of the man showed a trace of sadness and he said: "We have met several times before, it is an honor to meet you..."
The detective jumped in the middle of his speech again and said, "Can he cover his mouth or is it necessary to ...?"
A man with simple eyes: "Hello sir, seeing you again has brought light back to my dark soul, your name is heard all over the country, you are the biggest role model in my life, definitely all orders..."
The detective jumped in the middle of his speech and said, "Who is this?"
The simple eyes of the man showed a trace of sadness and he said: "We have met several times before, it is an honor to meet you..."
The detective jumped in the middle of his speech again and said, "Can he cover his mouth or is it necessary?"
"I guarantee that nothing happened, sir," Stephen said quickly.
The man with simple eyes: "Be sure that I will never betray you, in fact, I have always admired you, I read all your works, even your photos..."
Stefan: "Cough, enough boy, bye sir, I'll take care of everything"
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If social stability goes pear-shaped, you have a choice between anarchy and dictatorship. Most people will opt for more security, even if they have to give up some personal freedom.
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Margaret Atwood