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After such a long time, I felt a bit parched. However, creating such a meticulously planned murder case was far more challenging than just talking. Yet, the Murderer managed to pull it off flawlessly. If it weren't for the fact that the Murderer didn't know there was someone who knew her secret of being a lesbian, I doubt I would have suspected this woman at all.
I swallowed and continued, "During the subsequent murders, the Murderer seemed to be able to kill based on the personalities of different individuals, which is quite strange. How could the Murderer know these people so well? Even if she studied them for seven years, without any communication, there would be no way to understand them. Now I realize that if the Murderer was classmates with these individuals seven years ago, all the puzzles would fall into place."
I went on, "After pretending to be insane, the Murderer left her home multiple times. The first time was to kill Liu Ruijie. The Murderer knew that after Lu Zhiqiu's death, Hu Pei received the insurance money, so she suspected that Hu Pei might be colluding with Liu Ruijie. The Murderer learned that Liu Ruijie, who owed hundreds of thousands in debt, had paid off his debts and bought a house, which seemed quite suspicious. The Murderer believed that Liu Ruijie must have also received some of that insurance money."
I chuckled and said, "The Murderer continued her methodical approach; this time she mixed Corrosive Liquid into a spray. When Liu Ruijie saw a beautiful woman and opened the door with excitement, he was sprayed in the eyes by the Murderer. Liu Ruijie hurriedly wiped his face clean of the Corrosive Liquid but couldn't remove it from his eyes. He quickly locked the door but fell and died while trying to claw out his eyeballs."
"I think the Murderer was also somewhat anxious," I looked at Jiang Xiaochun and said. "Because she couldn't be sure if this method would work on an adult. However, when no one came looking for trouble afterward, it became clear that this tactic was effective against adults as well. Liu Ruijie's action of locking the door led the police into a dilemma about whether it was a ghost killing."
"And what happened next made the ghost killing theory even more convincing," I continued. "To find out who killed Lu Zhiqiu, I organized a gathering through a counselor. However, this gathering not only failed to yield better results but also plunged the entire case into a stalemate due to unfounded accusations and speculations among those present."
I said, "In fact, the Murderer naturally got wind of this news and appeared at the hotel that night as well. She disguised herself as a cleaner and secretly replaced someone else's contact lens solution with her prepared Corrosive Liquid. The Murderer didn't know who would die or when they would die, but it didn't matter. Just imagine if four people died at once; then ghost killing would become an undeniable fact. Even if the police couldn't trace any clues left by the Murderer, it wouldn't matter because she had planned for double insurance."
I continued, "That night only one person died, and Xing Yafang's death location once again aided the Murderer. I must admit that the Murderer's luck was indeed remarkable. We witnessed Xing Yafang's bizarre death and all believed she had encountered a ghost."
"That night Luo Ding was terrified; in fact, the Murderer had already planned everything out. If she wanted to use ghost killing tactics, they had to be applied to someone who could be scared to death. Thus Hu Pei and Luo Ding were the most suitable targets. The Murderer used sleeping pills to put Hu's Mother to sleep and then created some eerie phenomena around Luo Ding. Since Luo Ding was a classmate of the Murderer, she could easily find an excuse to enter his home; moreover, Luo Ding's talk about ghostly revenge likely originated from the Murderer's own words."
"And that night Xing Yafang's strange death had pushed Luo Ding to the brink of collapse. After replacing the contact lens solution with Corrosive Liquid at the gathering that night, the Murderer left early and returned to Luo Ding's place where she set up something terrifying enough to scare him to death."
"I had been puzzled about one thing: what exactly was that giant face of Zhang Yi that flashed by? I only found out yesterday what it was. I have a good habit of drawing inferences from one instance and my memory is quite sharp too. After experiencing irritation from chili peppers in my eyes, I instinctively thought of how the Murderer used Corrosive Liquid to harm eyes as part of her killing method; I realized that this face likely appeared on someone wearing fluorescent clothing."
I chuckled again and said, "When I got back, I researched extensively and found out that it's quite easy to buy luminous materials based on Zinc Sulfide on the market now. This is a type of photoluminescent Luminous Powder that absorbs light energy under sunlight or fluorescent lights and glows in darkness."
"I found something that fits perfectly," I said, looking at Jiang Xiaochun. "In Luminous Powder based on Zinc Sulfide, when copper is added as an activator, it can absorb a lot of light and emit a bright glow in the dark. It's a light yellow glow that appears almost white in darkness."
I continued, "This Luminous Powder is easy to obtain and has a peculiar property. It exhibits infrared quenching; under electric light, it almost instantly loses its brightness. That's why the giant face disappears the moment we turn on the lights, as if it passes through glass. In fact, if we had turned off the lights at that moment, the giant face would have reappeared after a while. The murderer must have applied it to the back of the glass."
I sighed, "But when Luo Ding's scream attracted the neighbors' attention, we couldn't stay long and had to leave in a hurry. After experiencing this incident, even I began to hesitate—could there really be supernatural phenomena? But in reality, these are just simple and clever tricks."
"When the police investigated here, they must have found it unbelievable. However, there are no ghosts in this world; it's impossible for spirits to commit murder. What the police need to do now is to bring this case back into the realm of normal investigations, rather than attributing it to ghostly murders."
"The murderer knows this too. So after Wang Qianduo's death, the murderer deliberately left behind a clue that was easy to see through." I continued, "At that time, Wang Qianduo was suffering immensely from Corrosive Liquid but lacked the courage to gouge her eyes out. She kept banging her head against the wall, hoping that the pain would distract her from that unbearable itch. But Wang Qianduo went too far. I think by then she was out of her mind; she ultimately fell from the seventh floor and became a pile of flesh."
I shook my head. "By this point, the murderer probably anticipated that police might guess the eye-gouging method of murder and thus deliberately left behind a very obvious flaw. That night, the murderer contacted former classmates like Sun Shouwang, who naturally had no suspicions and followed their arrangements. Little did they know they were putting their lives in the hands of the murderer."
"The murderer knew Sun Shouwang and the whereabouts of three others and was aware they would definitely drink water after bathing. This time, the murderer pretended to be a waiter and brought in three cups of water laced with deadly poison. The murderer probably didn't even realize that there were no surveillance cameras in that establishment. Otherwise, we should have seen that the murderer's height and build were similar to Deng Xuemei."
"This deliberate flaw left by the murderer went unnoticed; otherwise, the police would have already started investigating someone with that height and build." I continued, "But this also informed the police that it wasn't ghosts committing these crimes; there was indeed someone killing people."
"At the same time, the murderer made a bold decision." I said, "She knew Wang Yikai was going to join us but still poisoned Wang Yikai before us because she understood many people wouldn't be able to resist leaving Dongxing City; she had to kill before that happened. So later I found it strange—these people shouldn't know Deng Xuemei; why could Deng Xuemei poison them? But if we change our perspective—the murderer knew these twenty people—it all makes sense."
"The murderer used poison powder from a Moth and fed it to Wang Yikai, who suffered from hemorrhoids. The murderer knew Wang Yikai wouldn't panic after experiencing blood in her stool. This time, the murderer guessed correctly again. We stayed at Wang Yikai's house for one night; Wang Yikai started having stomach pains early in the morning and reached her peak discomfort after arriving at Yang Licheng's home—ultimately dying from stomach pain."
"And while we were talking with Yang Licheng and Zhao Pingjuan in their dormitory, the murderer wasn't idle. She arranged to meet Wang Xin and saw her fiddling with an incense burner. At that time, Wang Xin hadn't received Yang Licheng's call yet and had no bodyguards. The murderer pretended to offer Wang Xin some incense and easily placed Calomel into that burner. It was only later that Wang Xin hired bodyguards; afterward, Yang Licheng also arrived at Wang Xin's home."
I shook my head and continued, "The murderer's understanding of Wang Xin's character was clear. Wang Xin would never think she didn't understand how to use that incense burner; she would assume someone else did it. Therefore, Wang Xin would never reveal the murderer's name. And indeed, Wang Xin didn't do so; once again, the murderer guessed correctly. At this point, an unexpected development occurred: Yang Licheng ended up dying alongside Wang Xin—this way, the murderer wouldn't need to kill Yang Licheng herself."
I said, "I'm afraid the Murderer didn't expect the killing plan to go so smoothly, without a single mistake. The mutual suspicion among these people has made the case even more confusing, trapping the police in a web of circular clues. However, at this point, the Murderer had already conveyed a message to the police: the killer is a woman who is knowledgeable in chemistry, standing at about one hundred sixty-five centimeters tall, with a well-proportioned figure. Of course, the latter detail was not communicated because the Murderer did not anticipate that the bathing center had no cameras."
"But," I shifted my tone, "the police were still able to gather information through their investigations. They learned that seven years ago, Lu Zhiqiu had funded a female student from the Biology Department, which involves studying chemistry. This brought Deng Xuemei into the police's line of sight. Deng Xuemei met all the criteria: she had a motive for murder, an opportunity, and the capability to commit the crime."
I continued, "By this time, the Murderer knew that the other three women—Zhang Xue, Zhao Pingjuan, and Zhou Moli—were certain to die; it was merely a matter of time. Of course, looking back now, those three women are already dead. But at that moment, there was still one person who did not wear contact lenses; the Murderer had to eliminate this person as well..."
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