Shinhyeok Lee. (9)

Entering the front door, Shin Hyuk looked at the switch right next to him.

Click.

When the lights were turned on, the brutal scene was revealed.

Drop marks, drop connection marks, breakaway marks…

Plates and bowls that fell to the floor and were sharply broken.

The fishy smell of blood seeped into his nostrils.

The bloodstains stamped here and there turn into water droplets as if against gravity, and rise upward and disappear.

The field of vision is mixed like paint, distorting the scene.

Shin Hyuk closed his eyes.

And it floated again.

* * *

The front door slammed open.

Seo Jeong-woo, who appeared, opened his mouth.

“@#$^#%#[email protected]#$?”

When I go inside, Seo Jung-woo turns to the room.

pounding, pounding.

When I see the back of Seo Jeong-woo’s head, my heart races like an adrenaline explosion.

puck!

Seo Jeong-woo stumbles after being hit by a blunt weapon, and straw cutlery spills out.

I hit it so hard, but I don’t faint.

Runs away as if collapsing into the room.

I chased after him in a panic and hit Seo Jeong-woo’s head as he tried to raise his body like a bizarre zombie.

puck! puck!

Seo Jeong-woo let out a slurred tone and spread his hands in the air.

“^%#%·······?”

puck! puck!

Hot drops of blood hit my face as if in protest.

puck!

Seo Jeong-woo’s blood-soaked fingers twitch on the floor.

puck!

Only now, the midong disappears.

puck!

Every time I hit it, only my head shakes powerlessly.

dead.

“Whoa… Whoa…”

I tremble thinly, as if my rapid breathing is about to stop.

Seo Jeong-woo doesn’t even budge from death, but the blood spreads sticky as if trying to catch me.

I came to my senses and stepped back.

Then I saw my reflection in the window.

“Kyung… you… Fri…”

A strange noise is heard from behind.

I didn’t even hear the door open.

“······ Sa··· Nim···”

dry saliva passes

Goosebumps rain

I am an eyewitness.

The protagonist of the voice should not be spared.

I tightened my grip on the blunt weapon and quickly turned my body.

police?

* * *

When the police saw Shin Hyuk, they unknowingly backed away.

The sight of him glaring at himself with his back to the dried blood makes him feel as if he is facing a murderer.

The police opened the door.

“Ah, sergeant, the withdrawal order was issued.”

Shin-hyeok, who couldn’t find the look in his eyes from a moment ago, brushed his hair and made an awkward smile.

“Ah yes. You worked hard.”

“Yeah. Good job.”

The police glanced at Shin-hyeok as he approached the window, recalling the look in his eyes.

‘What kind of person’s eyes are…’

It felt like goose bumps were running up my spine.

It was that of a beast glaring at its prey.

After the police left, Shin Hyuk opened the window.

It’s so narrow like an alley that cars can’t park.

It doesn’t make sense to jump out of a window after committing a murder.

Then, in the first place, the culprit would have been exposed to the CCTV coming into the one-room building.

Breaking in through a gas pipe?

The first attack started from the front door.

No traces of cooking were found in the kitchen adjacent to the entrance.

Judging by the departure marks on the inside of the front door, I was hit with a blunt weapon from behind with my back to the door.

The attack started from the front door.

Someone who can naturally open the door for the victim, someone who can naturally let them into the house despite being late.

The victim and the suspect know each other.

is a scapegoat

What the stranger wants is the death of the victim, not money.

The reason why I had to make a meticulous plan to kill him.

motivation.

Shin-hyeok, who nodded slowly, took another look at the scene before exiting into the hallway.

At that time, a man who appeared to be in his early 20s came up the stairs and approached the lake next to the site.

Before he could enter the password for the door lock, Shin Hyuk spoke with his ID.

“hello. It’s the police. Can I ask you something?”

“ah···. I told you everything.”

The man had thick dark circles and looked very tired.

“sorry. Just a few things briefly, thank you for your cooperation.”

Shin Hyuk briefly threw out a psychological technique that could help the opponent rule out rejection.

It doesn’t matter that they bother the police in this way.

The profiler should recognize any person who seems relevant to the clue as a subject.

Their environment or their feelings are not important.

What words are vomited, how they move, and what actions are taken due to action and reaction must be seen as objects.

Because the culprit must be caught.

Whenever this happens, they become cynical and often become disillusioned with people.

So, outside of the incident, I try not to observe the other person’s language or fine facial expressions.

I constantly press the professional unconscious that is trying to pop out.

Only then can you enjoy the joys and sorrows like ordinary people, and not be devoured by yourself who becomes cynical.

“Yeah. ask.”

“What is your name?”

“I’m Kim Hyungjin.”

“Kim Hyung-jin, did you hear any strange noises from next door at the time of the incident, or were there any disturbances?”

Hyungjin Kim shook his head and sighed.

“I stayed up all night at the concert hall with the teams because of practice that day. The police came and came. He confirmed that I was there through the CCTV and went. Are you okay?”

“You mean you weren’t home the day of the incident?”

“Yeah.”

Shin Hyuk nodded slightly.

When speaking, pupils move periodically only on the left side.

From tiredness to the stress of the police coming to the right reaction.

“Thanks for your cooperation.”

“Yeah. work hard.”

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Kim Hyung-jin opened the door and entered.

Even though there was a clicking sound, Shin Hyuk did not leave his seat.

It was to listen to what Kim Hyung-jin might say.

You have to take everything into account and keep your eyes open.

That moment.

A call was heard from inside.

Shin Hyuk sharpened his hearing.

“Yes brother, it’s okay. Is it your brother’s fault that the murder happened? I’m not the kind of person to be afraid of something like that. ha ha ha! The sun is good too. Yes Yes. thank you brother

See you during the performance. Yes, please go in.”

In Shin Hyuk’s head, the typefaces Kim Hyung Jin said were scattered like countless puzzles.

Types were recombined, subtracted, added, discarded useless ones, and compressed only necessary ones.

‘Is it your brother’s fault that the murder happened? The sun is good too. thank you.’

As Shin Hyuk descended the stairs, he started searching for something on his cell phone.

The address of this studio and the lake where Kim Hyung-jin entered.

[Dong-A Real Estate]

It was an ordinary advertisement by a broker, with pictures taken inside the studio, and emphasizing that it faces south.

[Transaction complete]

It was a sale that was traded two months ago.

Then, the story that Kim Hyung-jin entered the studio two months ago is established.

Shin Hyuk searched for the address of Donga Real Estate.

10 minutes on foot.

Fortunately, it was located not too far away.

After escaping, Shin-hyeok looked up at the building and then turned around and walked away.

Then, the type of culprit was estimated.

Intellectual ability and judgment.

– Meticulously prepared and executed the crime process.

– Comprehensive judgment and thinking ability about crime is quite good.

personality traits.

– A person who is able to adapt well to society by virtue of his meticulousness, comprehensive judgment, and excellent level of thinking in his crimes.

– Judging from the fact that the crime was committed with a sense of purpose other than money and valuables in a closed space, the culprit was in his mid-thirties based on his murder behavior and psychopathology at the time.

However, considering that the overall ability to judge the crime is quite good, it is possible that he is in his late 20s with a high level of education.

Let’s put this together with profiling.

– The culprit is a man in his late 20s with good social skills.

– It is possible that the victim knew a secret he wanted to hide.

– What the criminal gains after killing the victim is not money or valuables.

As Shin Hyuk was organizing his thoughts, a real estate sign caught his eye.

[Dong-A Real Estate]

When Shin Hyuk went inside, the middle-aged man who had been sighing stood up.

“welcome.”

“You are suffering a lot. It’s the police. There are a few things I want to ask you.”

When Shin-hyeok held out his ID, the broker looked him up and down.

“which···?”

“You know there was a murder in a nearby studio, right?”

“I know. Everyone knows.”

The broker’s eyes twinkled. It was as if he was interested in the dull daily life.

“I know. Please sit down.”

“thank you.”

When Shin-hyeok sat down, the broker clicked open a bottle of drink and held it out.

“You are suffering a lot. Eat this.”

“thank you. I will drink well.”

“What are you going to ask? Have you outlined the suspect?”

“yet···.”

“There are rumors that even the police don’t know if the culprit fell to the ground or rose to the sky…”

The broker, who hastily shut his mouth, gave off an awkward smile.

“hahahahaha, this mouth is the problem, the mouth. Ask anything. I’ll tell you everything I know. I’m a native here…”

The broker continued to draw out words without pause.

Shin Hyuk listened to him quietly and waited for it to end.

“So there are no people I don’t know. doesn’t exist.”

“I see. Do you remember, two months ago, that you brokered the house next door to the crime scene?”

“ah! of course. I remember.”

“May I know the name of the lessee who signed the contract for the lake?”

The broker’s eyes widened.

“Oh, does he have something?”

“It’s just conventional rhetoric.”

The broker rose from his seat and opened the iron box.

“Now, let’s see…, but is this going to be a breach of privacy… or a warrant… Oh, here it is.”

He pulled out the yellow file folder and hummed as he flipped through the papers.

“Let’s see~ Let’s see~ What’s your name~”