"Leader, look, because there's a background of sea waves and spray, people boarding from the front can't see much, only from the side can you get a clear view."

"And this horrifying scene was only discovered because the blood sprayed onto the passengers' faces. The situation at the scene was much more chaotic at the time. Several female passengers were almost scared out of their wits."

Luo Fei nodded.

It seems that this scenic murder case was either committed by a psychopath or someone with a deep blood feud. Otherwise, they wouldn't have used such vicious methods.

I hope the scene can provide some clues.

Upon arriving at the scenic area, it had already been cordoned off, simultaneously preserving the scene.

After all, before the criminal investigation personnel arrived, no matter how disturbing it looked, the scene had to be protected.

The forensic personnel nearby had already prepared their notebooks and were waiting for their arrival. At this moment, the three suspended spines were still hanging there, and the blood on the heads had coagulated.

There were bloodstains everywhere, looking utterly shocking.

"Leader Luo."

The forensic officer's surname was Cheng, commonly referred to as Xiaocheng. He was experienced and capable, but a year younger than Luo Fei.

"Xiaocheng, how's the situation?"

Luo Fei approached the pirate ship and looked at the scene, feeling a lingering fear. What terrifying methods these were.

The head and upper spine were forcibly peeled off.

The carving skills for deboning or the methods for cutting flesh were precisely executed. Truly a terrifying butcher.

Zhang Wei and He Xin took just one close look before supporting each other to find the restroom.

If they dared to vomit here, Luo Fei might just skin them alive.

"Leader Luo, according to our preliminary judgment, the time of death for the victim was between 9 PM last night and 3 AM today, meaning the actual time of murder was around midnight. However, because the blood in the neck area had coagulated, it hadn't drained completely at first."

"Then, because the pirate ship was operating, with its intense swinging motion, the last of the blood and brain matter was expelled from the cranial cavity, splashed up, and was only then discovered."

Luo Fei took a deep breath, received the information they brought over, and it clearly detailed the specific circumstances within.

"Have the identities of the deceased been clarified?"

"We're investigating. Although the facial features are somewhat severely damaged due to friction, a portion of the facial characteristics has been preserved due to rigor mortis and the skin hardening, requiring restoration. We should have results by tonight at the latest."

"Good, let me know as soon as possible."

"Okay."

Xiaocheng withdrew with his materials, leaving the scene to the others. His work was done, and next would be to verify the identities of these three deceased.

Luo Fei raised a hand to signal to the few people behind him.

"Lin Jie? How come it's just you? Where are the other two?"

"Probably still in the restroom. The scene was too horrifying. It's understandable they couldn't handle it."

"Hmm, understood."

Then Luo Fei instructed Lin Jie to start searching for other clues in the area while he began profiling around the scene.

In sight, three heads hung under the pirate ship, spines connected, suspended side by side. It seems they were murdered elsewhere then moved here.

But if that's true, why are there no other bloodstains around the grounds?

If this was the primary murder scene, then where are the rest of the bodies?

No matter, let's start by examining the appearance of the corpses and analyze the killing process.

The profiling field expanded instantly, and before Luo Fei's eyes appeared not just these three hanging heads and spinal columns, but three complete bodies.

Each victim's head had a crack at the connection with the shoulder blade—a trace of a knife chop, though there's no obvious break at the neck.

Although the hair remained intact, the connection under the spine was quite unstable.

So, it became apparent the perpetrator had neither excessive nor insufficient strength; definitely within normal human limits.

The neck and torso had been forcibly severed, then the ribs within the chest cavity and bones of the back torn apart and pulled along the muscle fibers.

In this way, the half spine was completely taken out.

As it was drawn out, the muscle and joint grooves on it were polished clean with a knife, flesh shaved off, and joints not snapped—truly the work of a veteran.

Could there be a killer lurking here?

Luo Fei stood up and took a look around. Apart from the police guarding the scene, only the pirate ship's management staff was standing not far away.

A middle-aged woman, appearing close to fifty.

From what they understood, her surname was Tang, known as Aunt Tang among the park's staff, making her the only current person of interest.

Lin Jie had gone to gather information from Aunt Tang, while Luo Fei continued to watch the surroundings.

Aunt Tang herself seemed unworried because he had glanced at her just now and didn't see a dark aura on her.

If there wasn't, it meant she had no direct involvement in this, even if she did help, it wasn't much...

Back at the crime scene, Luo Fei circled around the pirate ship, profiling from every angle in hopes of reconstructing the crime scene.

He wanted to know where these three bodies' remains were brought from before being hung here.

Profiling isn't about prophecy or predicting the past; it's about enlarging all the details, then using one's habitual thinking to link them together.

"There's nowhere around this pirate ship to hide a body. If they were killed at dawn, then where did these three bodies go?"

"According to Xiaocheng's report, the entire ecological garden area can't locate the rest of the bodies, which is very strange."

Luo Fei paced back and forth in thought, carefully observing every detail but finding no leads.

The profiling field had expanded to its maximum, and theoretically, everything he saw should be a clue.

Suddenly, he thought of a new possibility!

The premise of profiling is treating this as the crime scene, that sufficient evidence can connect the dots, but he had been momentarily blinded, making an assumption.

Who said seeing bodies and abundant bloodstains necessarily makes this the primary crime scene?

That was a habitual misdirection from the beginning!

Someone is using this sinister method to obscure suspicion, leading investigators astray.

"Xiaocheng, pack up the scene, send it for forensic examination, and keep the surroundings secured. We'll have to come back for repeated investigations over the next few days."

"Understood."

After organizing everything, Luo Fei and Lin Jie prepared to leave.

The inquiry about Aunt Tang ended too, and Zhang Wei and He Xin only returned when they got into the car, looking bitter, having smoked a whole pack to calm their nerves.

They hadn't expected that witnessing the scene up close would leave them so affected.

Zhang Wei appeared pale and expressed his own thoughts openly to everyone.

"I don't want to look at it for even another second. For the next few days, you can give me all the running and evidence gathering work, leader. You can ask me to go from the south to the north of the city, no problem. I fear I'll have nightmares if I return to the scene."

"You still need experience."

Luo Fei teased him with a smile.

Soon they returned to the station, everyone else had clocked out, and Luo Fei looked at the few people sitting at the table.

"How is it? Tired?"

"Tired?"

Zhang Wei and He Xin exchanged a glance, both wearing bitter smiles.

"Forget tiredness, I don't dare to close my eyes at all now, afraid of nightmares. I definitely won't get any sleep tonight."

"Alright, then we'll do some extra work tonight. Three lives are at stake here, let's review, no matter what the situation is, put forth your hypotheses."

"Alright!"

Then Luo Fei pulled out a board and started drawing on it with a pen.

"Ugh, leader, come on, why're you drawing it out again?"

Seeing Luo Fei sketching a rough diagram of the crime scene, everyone was dumbstruck; this was way too professional.

This wasn't just a criminal police officer, he seemed like a professional detective!

"Let's start with the processes I discovered concerning the deaths of these three women."

Afterwards, with grim expressions, Zhang Wei and the others listened to the completion of Luo Fei's explanation.

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