I opened my eyes. (3)

The nurse who listened to Shin Hyuk doubted her ears.

The tone of a 10-year-old child who miraculously woke up… no, more than that.

‘What, what? criminal?’

Standing with his back to the nurse, Shin Hyuk opened his mouth again.

“Give me your official name, please.”

It was intended to induce subconscious thinking that, in the future, this phone call might cause unfavorable situations for you.

– ···There is no obligation to do so. could you say it again? The criminal is in the same hospital room?

There is absolutely no reason to announce the official equivalent statement.

It was a fact Shin Hyuk was well aware of.

It’s just that it opens the way for the other person to think new things.

However, the longer the call, the more your words gradually lose their effect.

Her voice hadn’t even changed yet, so anyone would think she was a child.

Even if you change your voice, it will be obvious.

Then you can dismiss it as a prank call.

“Are you recording? I’ll say it again. It seems that the patient who is in the same hospital room as me is the culprit. Left-handed, his name is Jo Jung-hwan. Daehan Hospital Room 1407. You may be discharged today.”

Shin Hyuk put the receiver down.

the nurse asked with her eyes wide open.

“Shin Hyuk, what does that mean? Are you saying patient Jo Jung-hwan is the culprit?”

Shin Hyuk pondered for a moment.

How should I say it.

Even if you have only one characteristic, you are very different from the general public. Shall we explain that you have all three characteristics?

Small Amygdala (amygdala), low HR (heart rate), and a tendency to control others.

Shall we say that the location of the cutting wound on the index finger is likely to be a wound caused by slipping when stabbing something with a knife?

not all

If you consider my situation or environment objectively, you might think that a child who is not very conscious is talking nonsense while suffering from delirium.

I had to act plausibly, like a child.

Like a child telling what he really sees and hears.

Shin Hyuk brought his palm to his lips as if whispering, and the nurse brought it to his ear.

Shin Hyuk said softly.

“Are you Jo Jung-hwan? I heard someone quietly talking on the phone in the bathroom.”

The nurse’s eyes widened once more.

“really? Really?”

“Yeah. I stabbed him and ran away, and I got into a car accident.”

Just then, the phone that Shin Hyuk had been talking to rang.

The nurse reflexively answered the phone.

“Yeah. Daehan Hospital…”

– This is the police. The person named Jo Jung-hwan is not yet discharged from the hospital, right?

The nurse’s eyes fell on Shin Hyuk.

“Yeah. It is, but…”

– We’ll be there soon, but please delay the discharge process as much as possible.

“Ah yes.”

The nurse who finished the call shook her head about what the situation was.

Due to the lack of circumstances, he couldn’t even say that Jo Jung-hwan’s discharge date was not today.

“Shin Hyuk-ah, is it really? Did you hear it in the bathroom?”

“Yeah.”

I didn’t hear it directly, but I heard it indirectly.

“Please don’t say that I reported it. scary.”

The nurse made an effort to laugh and stroked Shin Hyuk’s head.

“No, I will never tell you.”

If patient Jo Jung-hwan is really such a criminal, it’s really creepy.

“then.”

Shin Hyuk bowed his head and left the front desk.

Shin Hyuk, who was getting farther and farther away from the front desk, thought.

Not a psycho pass.

Not all psychopaths commit crimes.

Jo Jung-hwan…

“oh my. Is it okay to walk around like that already?”

Jo Jung-hwan approached before I knew it and asked with a grin.

Shin Hyuk smiled like that.

You have to be like the criminals to read their actions and thoughts.

“Yeah. it’s okay. Are your fingers okay?”

“Oh, this?”

Jo Jung-hwan looked at his hand for a moment.

In the meantime, the movement of Jo Jung-hwan’s pupils was caught by Shin-hyeok’s gaze.

The pupil is directed upward to the left. (Recalling past images)

This time, quickly head down to the left. (sensation or touch, past feeling)

Jo Jung-hwan smiled again and opened his mouth.

“Nothing. It was slightly cut by a knife.”

He pretends not to know how he was injured by a professional doctor, but he vomits the truth to the child without hesitation.

That is, the number of cases is not taken into account.

low level of education

Middle school or high school dropout.

It is highly probable that it is a first-time offender.

“I hope you get well soon.”

“Thank you. Congratulations on waking up.”

Jo Jung-hwan stroked Shin-hyeok’s hair as if it were messy and passed by.

Shin Hyuk brushed his hair as if dusting it, then turned around and fixed his gaze on Jo Jung-hwan’s back.

The probability that Jo Jung-hwan is the culprit is 99%.

The 1% variable is what I chewed up now.

To learn the guy.

The more I knew, learned, and felt the criminals, the more I could understand their psychological state.

* * *

The nurse who exchanged stories with Shin Hyuk was searching for articles on her cell phone.

[The case of Ms. Jung (25), who was attacked in an alley three days ago, is in the dark. There is no CCTV at all, and there are no clues in the black box of the vehicle, so the victim’s statement and the witness’ […]

After confirming the article, the nurse raised her hand and hurriedly covered her mouth.

The place of the incident seemed to be less than 30 minutes from the hospital.

What’s even more surprising is that

[The victim, who was stabbed in the back with a weapon twice, was fortunately found to have no life problems. In response, the police […]

The content of the article was in line with what Shin Hyuk said.

Just then, a voice suddenly came from the front.

The nurse raised her head.

“It is the police. Is Jo Jung-hwan’s hospital room number 1407?”

The nurse brought a finger to her mouth and nodded.

“Are you in now?”

“Yeah. Probably… there will be. I saw you go in earlier.”

The two detectives headed for the hospital room without looking back.

Then, he walked past Shin Hyuk, who was sitting in a hospital bed, and approached Jo Jung-hwan.

“Mr. Jo Jung-hwan?”

“Yeah. But who…”

Two detectives estimated Jo Jung-hwan’s height, looked at the bandage wrapped around his left finger, and exchanged glances.

“It is the police. As of the present time, we are urgently arresting you. You can exercise your right to remain silent…”

When the detective tried to handcuff him, Jo Jung-hwan shook his hand.

“What do you mean? Why am I being arrested?”

“Let’s go and talk.”

“Let go! Can I do this to a patient!? Why are you holding a live person? Can I just drag a sick person away!”

Even when Jo Jung-hwan shouted, the cold faces of the two detectives did not open up.

“We will listen to the doctor’s opinion and decide. Let’s go.”

Eventually, the two detectives handcuffed Jo Jung-hwan and dragged him out.

The senior detective said to the junior who was dragging Jo Jung-hwan.

“Take each other. I will follow you soon.”

“Yeah.”

The junior detective disappeared as if Jo Jung-hwan was crushed into an elevator, and the remaining detectives approached the nurse at the front desk.

“The person who called 112, is it you? Don’t worry. All you have to do is file a report. How did you think it was the culprit and report it?”

The medical staff who were beside her were agitated.

said the nurse.

“Ah, that’s… A child who shared the same room as him said he heard it in the bathroom. I heard what patient Jo Jung-hwan said.”

“Are you a child?”

“Yeah. It’s Lee Shin-hyeok…”

“Is this Shinhyuk Lee? How old are you?”

“Ten years old.”

“Ah, the child who was in that hospital room?”

“Yeah.”

The detective nodded and wrote something in his notebook.

“All right.”

The detective turned around and headed back to the hospital room, where he could see Shin Hyuk sitting on the hospital bed.

“hi. Are you Lee Shin-hyeok?”

Shin Hyuk nodded.

“Yeah.”

“Where are you sick?”

Shin Hyuk shook his head.

“I’m fine now. It doesn’t matter.”

The detective made a smile just in case Shin-hyeok was scared.

“Good thing. You are very handsome.”

“Thank you for your concern.”

“Mister, I have a few questions to ask Shin Hyuk.”

“Yeah. You can do that.”

It was a normal procedure for the police.

The detective, on the other hand, scratched his cheek.

It’s something that doesn’t sound like a child.

After being in the hospital for a long time, the words of becoming an adult seemed to be somewhat true.

“who···?”

Then, a voice suddenly came from behind.

He was the professor in charge of personally managing Shin Hyuk.

The detective held up his ID to the professor.

“It’s the police.”

“Yeah? police?”

Was it because of this person that the medical staff were agitated outside?

said the detective.

“Yeah. It’ll take a while. I have a few questions for you.”

“I don’t know how you came here, but Shin Hyuk needs absolute stability right now. Have you regained consciousness…”

Shin Hyuk smiled.

Then I thought.

It’s really hard to act like a child.

“I’m fine. professor.”

“Is your chest stuffy, dizzy, or something like that?”

Shin Hyuk nodded and nodded.

The professor looked at the detective and said.

“In the opinion of the attending physician, it seems that lengthy questions are not permitted. He is a child who should not be exposed to stress.”

“It will be over soon.”

With the professor’s permission, the detective immediately asked Shin Hyuk.

“Isn’t there a man who has been arrested right now? Did you hear what the old man said?”

Shin Hyuk couldn’t repeat to the detective what he said to the nurse here.

This was because the person on the phone with Jo Jeong-hwan could be annoyed by being involved in crimes of aiding and abetting a crime or concealing a criminal.

With my words, I couldn’t make the person on the phone do that, who might have been the next victim.

Shin Hyuk, who was asked such a simple question by the detective, told the truth.

“Yeah. I heard I said I was depressed. This is an early characteristic of serial killers. Depression after the first murder or attempted murder.”

The professor’s and detective’s expressions changed strangely.