The Mystery of the Inner Demon

Chapter 215 Cold-blooded Animals
With unimaginable patience, the cyber assassin meticulously searched for any trace of the Supreme One online. He even wrote a detailed analysis of the photos posted online by the Supreme One using alternate accounts, including the angle of the sunlight and the features of the shops in the background. By comparing these with online maps and street views, he determined that this person was indeed in Nancheng.

Next, based on the Supreme Being's online time and the number of words in the updated chapters, including the effort he put into urging readers to pay to subscribe to the novel, he deduced that the author was a full-time writer.

Based on the writing style, it is believed that this person is not a local of Nancheng and is in his early twenties. It is speculated that he is a college graduate who is unemployed and has no house in Nancheng, so he can only rent.

After calculating various factors such as the author's number of fans and author level, it was determined that the author's income was meager and that they could not afford to rent a house in the core area of ​​Nancheng. Several areas with rent prices that the author could afford were identified.

Based on the pictures previously found on the smaller account, a supermarket sign was discovered across the street from Jiangbei Village.

At the end of the article, he posted a photo of Hao Weiwei eating alone at a noodle shop at the entrance of Jiangbei Village.

From the angle of the camera, the murderer was sitting right across from Hao Weiwei at that moment.

Clearly, Hao Weiwei in the photo had no idea that the person sitting opposite him had gone to such great lengths to find him from the vast sea of ​​people.

Little did they know that this stranger would soon turn on them and turn on them.

At the end of the article, Cyber ​​Killer wrote, "I'm usually a very lazy person, but I never skimp on my patience when it comes to things I want to solve."

Everyone fell silent after reading the long article.

This person, seemingly a cold-blooded animal, recounted how he identified the Supreme Being as Hao Weiwei.

It was as if, from the moment he initiated this plan, he had already destined Hao Weiwei to have nowhere to escape.

"He said he wanted to solve the problem, but what problem would killing Hao Weiwei actually solve for this person?" Liu Tong asked, puzzled, then turned to Qi Fei and asked, "By the way, has there been any progress in investigating Hao Weiwei's online conflicts with people?"

"Basically, this Hao Weiwei gets into online flame wars every day. Basically, as long as someone disagrees with his statements or novels, he will relentlessly attack them, posting their works or usernames on his homepage to hurl insults and criticisms. Because there are too many people involved, we can only list the people who have had conflicts with him this year for investigation first," Qi Fei reported.

No sooner had he finished speaking than Zhong Kui immediately refuted his statement: "If you ask me, the list you have should be excluded instead."

Qi Fei looked at her in surprise: "Why?"

“It’s very simple, because of this article.” Zhong Kui pointed to the new chapter projected on the electronic screen. “It clearly records the process by which the murderer collected information related to Hao Weiwei. This amount of work would take him half a year even if he didn’t eat or drink. It’s impossible for him to complete it in just four months.”

"As expected, it has to be Zhong Kui. That makes perfect sense," Liu Tong said, praising her without reservation.

Zhong Kui wasn't particularly pleased: "Isn't this a problem that anyone with eyes can see?" Her words drew disdain from everyone present. From the side came Wu Shanqiu's dejected voice: "Ah, all that extra work for nothing!"

“Hmm~~~” Zhong Kui’s eyes were filled with appreciation as she reread the article titled “Finding the Supreme Being”. “Actually, can’t we just use the reasoning and analysis methods he used in this article?”

"What do you mean?" Wu Shanqiu asked, puzzled.

“For example, he deduced that the Supreme Being himself was in China, saying that this would significantly reduce the cost of meeting him, at least indicating that our cyber assassin is in China,” Zhong Kui said with a smile. “Of course, those who can use these analytical methods are obviously highly educated, so when you're screening people who communicate with Hao Weiwei, you can look at their language habits and word choice. Generally speaking, just like a person's speech, everyone has their own style. Since this person used this cold and concise style when writing this article, their vocabulary in daily communication won't be particularly flamboyant or ornate.”

Furthermore, judging from the wording and context, this lengthy essay of over 10,000 words was not prepared in advance, indicating that he possesses the ability to quickly and fluently write long texts. This ability is often not innate but requires practice. The most plausible explanation for this case is that this person, like Hao Weiwei, is also an online writer.

"How do you know?" Qi Fei asked immediately. "I mean, how do you know this article wasn't something he prepared from the beginning, like a crime plan? The photo at the end could have been added by him before it was published."

"First of all, from the perspective of the writing logic, his focus is on Jiangbei Village, which means that he had already found Hao Weiwei when he was writing this."

Given this person's demonstrated efficiency, the time between finding the target and taking action wouldn't be particularly long. Even if this article was written before the murder, the time spent on it would definitely be within a week, which is a conservative estimate. It's very likely that it only took two to three days, or even just one day.

It would be difficult for an average person to complete such a mature and lengthy narrative in such a short period of time.

Moreover, this document is less about planning and more about a post-mission debriefing.

Now that we've already done a review, the ultimate goal should have been resolved.

"Let me put it this way, if it were you..." Zhong Kui suddenly turned to Qi Fei, her big eyes staring straight at him, "Your case isn't even solved yet, do you have the mood or the ideas to write a case-handling report?"

Qi Fei shook his head.

"Therefore, the person we are looking for is another online writer who had a conflict with Hao Weiwei online before this year. He has published novels online, has a high level of knowledge, and judging from his initiative, he is likely engaged in a profession that requires efficiency and rigor, so he would not be online very often."

"This way, ordinary readers and those who spend a lot of time surfing the internet can be excluded," Zhong Kui said.

Qi Fei nodded thoughtfully.

“However…” Zhong Kui said, turning her gaze to Liu Tong, “Your question is very important. At the end of the story, this cyber assassin wrote that he was solving a problem, not completing a revenge. So in his view, killing Hao Weiwei was just solving a problem. If it was just about revenge, he could have just written it down and completed the revenge. So, what problem was he trying to solve?”