Dow and Carbon-Based Monkey Breeding Guidelines

Chapter 1029: Overlooking the Abyss (Part )

The girl's body was broken into two pieces because it was crushed by a truck. Not much was left of the lower body. Only the upper body was relatively intact, crawling motionless in the middle of the street.

Faced with this situation, the first few police cars that arrived were obviously helpless and could only hastily cover the body with a white sheet. It was five in the morning, and there were already many early risers and revelers who had just finished their all-nighters on the road. They stood in the clean areas on both sides of the street, pointing at the body, exclaiming and discussing.

Due to the particularly eye-catching size of Ono Kudzu, the three did not get too close to the scene, but stood in the shadows of the street corner and watched from a distance. After seeing the body covered, Li Li asked, "Where did she jump from?"

"The tallest building on the left."

“I remember it was a hotel.”

"Yes, it ranks among the top three in the city."

"I'm curious about the criteria you use to make this assessment, Mr. Kono-Kuzou. Did she jump from the rooftop?"

"No. The rumor just now said that she jumped from one of the rooms on the top floor. You see, there is an open window there, and the glass is a different color from the others. The light is on brightly, but there is no one at the window. I think it must be that room."

"I can't see which window you are talking about."

Xiao Ye Kudzu clicked his tongue and began to count the windows with his fingers.

Before that, Zhou Yu asked, "Is it the broken window?"

Xiao Ye Ge suddenly glanced at Zhou Yu quickly: "Can you see that the glass is broken?"

"Isn't it clear? The edges are so irregular that the glass must have been broken. I don't think it could have been caused accidentally to make such a big hole."

"I can't see any big holes." Little Kudzu said, "You may not know the average standard, my friend. To the average person's eyesight, that layer may be just a few glowing dots. What do you think, boss?"

"You don't have to ask my opinion. I don't wear glasses or contact lenses unless necessary."

"That doesn't stop me from having a little fun. And, it's the fifth window from the left. Do you want me to find out the number?"

"Yes, but not now. You can do it later."

Li Li suddenly pulled up her hood and covered her head. She stared at the sky in the distance and said, "The crows are coming."

Xiao Ye Ge frowned and said nothing more. He lifted Zhou Yu up roughly and walked towards the van. Li Li followed closely behind him with his head down.

"I still don't understand." Little Kudzu suddenly said after starting the engine, "You had several chances to kill the short fat man - at least, you could let me stuff him into an iron barrel, fill it with cement, and then throw him into the deepest ditch. That way we could at least have peace for two years."

"I don't think he did that."

"No matter if it's true or not, there are benefits to killing him. At least I can be happy for half a year. Besides, who else could it be? No one is more suitable than him to do such a disgusting thing."

Li Li just shook her head. "This method is inconsistent with his previous behavior pattern." She pondered, "It is more consistent, more stable, and more procedural. This is not a cruel act of entertainment, but has a clear goal... some kind of plan, or a symbol."

As she was thinking, she gradually relaxed her body and leaned her neck against the back of the chair. Zhou Yu thought that the posture seemed to reveal a certain fatigue. "It is important to keep a balance." She finally said, "I don't intend to conflict with the Red Forest District Agent until all the doubts are clarified."

Konokudzu stopped talking. He seemed a little angry, but he finally controlled his emotions and drove the car back to the bottom of the coffee shop without any damage.

While he was parking his car, Li Li walked up the steps, came to the door of the coffee shop, and began to ponder over his reflection in the glass.

Seeing her appearance, Zhou Yu, who had remained silent all along, walked forward.

"...Li Li."

"I'm investigating a case, Mr. Zhou Yu. More accurately, a series of cases."

Li Li said without looking back: "In recent years, there have been a total of 106 cases of people jumping from buildings in this city. Five of them were determined to be accidents, and 96 were suicides. Do you know what people who commit suicide have in common? Among all the suicides, 92 of the victims were women, with an average age of 21, the youngest was 15, and the oldest was 34. Some of them can find reasonable reasons for suicide, such as emotional conflicts and financial difficulties, but most of them are puzzling... They are young, healthy, and have a bright future, so why do they all choose to jump? If you still remember my story, it is not difficult to find that their deaths are very similar to my sister's. All the resources, energy, and future I have devoted, Mr. Zhou Yu, are all for this answer. I just want to know the answer, even if I have to stand on the rooftop."

She suddenly pushed the door open and barged in almost violently. Zhou Yu hurriedly followed and watched her walk into the employee lounge behind the counter.

Although there was a sign in front of the door saying "No entry for non-staff members", Li Li did not close the door when he entered. Zhou Yu paused for a moment, but finally regarded it as permission to enter and walked into the dim room.

The interior space was a narrow rectangle, much larger than it looked from the outside. In the corner farthest from the door was a statue of a fire-breathing dragon lying on a sedan, which looked a bit out of place.

On the long wall to the left of the statue, there are many photos. When Zhou Yu found that the protagonists in the photos were almost all young women, he immediately realized that these were the victims of suicide.

"There will be another one here tomorrow, and I'm going to find a place for it in the middle."

Li Li stood in front of the wall and looked at the photo. She stood with her feet slightly apart and her hands behind her back in a similar "at ease" position. That made the whole scene look like a commander studying a strategic map.

When Zhou Yu came closer, she added, "When I look for photos of the dead, most of the time I choose the latest one they posted on social networks. In other words, it is usually the last photo before they passed away. Look at them, Mr. Zhou Yu, these wandering phantoms, the echoes of the dead, they are all smiling happily. They are eager to leave a good impression in their social circles, beautiful, optimistic, and full of charm. Then a few days later, they climbed up to a high place and jumped down. They made themselves unrecognizable. Is this a real suicide? Is this some kind of murder beyond our cognition? If I think about it in the most clichéd way of thinking, I would attribute it to some kind of supernatural force with personality tendencies, which retaliates against women with some kind of resentment. However, there are almost no absolute standards for the dead except age and gender. The poor and the rich, the beautiful and the ugly, are evenly distributed in the proportion of death. This does not conform to the psychology of perverted avengers. They often have preferences when choosing targets, and they must announce their existence to the world-if it is not to prove their own existence, it is meaningless to insist on using the same method to kill people continuously."

Zhou Yu listened to her story quietly. He didn't think that Li Li, who had prepared all this, would have considered it less than he did, so there was no need to say more. In the end, he just said: "Let me pour you a cup of coffee."

"Thank you, that helps a lot."

Zhou Yu walked to the coffee machine outside, but found that he didn't know how to use this capsule-type machine. He had to use the kettle next to him to make a cup, and then took it into the inner room with his gloved right hand.

At this time, Li Li was still standing in front of the wall, with almost no idea of ​​her posture. When Zhou Yu was about to remind her that the coffee was hot, she said absentmindedly, "Thank you," and then reached out to take the coffee.

Zhou Yu was stunned.

"Li Li, you..."

Hearing his surprised voice, Li Li lowered his head and looked at his hand holding the coffee cup.

The palm of her hand was already red from the heat, but she seemed unaware of it and could not feel the cold or heat at all.

(End of this chapter)