PFC Chapter 3040 Mercury Notes (26)
Chapter 3040 Mercury Notes (26)
Chapter 3040 Mercury Record (Twenty-six)
"Do you think he is poor?" Schiller listened patiently to Jenna's long story before asking.
"He's not poor, but he's short of money." Jenna scratched her hair and said, "The money he originally had was only enough for him to live on. As the economic situation worsened, his financial situation also took a sharp turn for the worse."
"Do you think he didn't do better because he had no money?"
"No, that's not enough to make him feel humiliated. A person like him won't feel humiliated because he has no money. He was even able to commit a serial murder case that no one has been able to solve until now under the noses of so many police officers. It's easy for him to make money."
Many students made noises of sudden realization, but soon began to whisper because Jenna's words were a bit inconsistent.
At the beginning it was said that the murderer felt humiliated because he could not complete the work well, and then it was said that he was not short of money. So if money was not the limitation, what was it?
"This case is very special." Jenna spoke again: "The identity of the victims is more special than the murderers. They are all law enforcement officers."
This point was not clearly stated in the handout, so a student raised his hand and asked Schiller, who nodded and said, "Yes, if you open your phone now and search for the Gotham Scarecrow serial murder case, you should be able to see the identity of the victim."
Some students took out their cell phones and started checking. As Schiller said, this case was quite famous because the three dead were all FBI agents. Therefore, the wanted level of the murderer was very high. It was a pity that he had not yet appeared.
But this is public information after all, so it's not surprising that Jenna found it on her cell phone. At this time, Jenna continued.
"It's not that he doesn't want to do this case more perfectly, but because he really can't kill any more law enforcement officers, otherwise there will be a risk of being exposed."
"You think he's scared?"
"No, he wasn't afraid of being caught. He just felt annoyed. Once the clues were linked to him, his life would be disrupted. He didn't want to pay such a price, so he stopped."
Jenna continued to analyze: "From this point, it can be seen that his mental state is different from that of ordinary people. He is not a crazy sadist. He does not commit crimes out of instinctive enjoyment, because indulgent people often do not think so much. They will kill once and for all before stopping."
"He was rational and not blinded by desire. He understood very well what kind of plan would allow him to vent his anger without affecting his life. However, this restrained approach made him feel constrained and very depressed."
"But Miss, these mental characteristics are still not obvious enough to help us identify the murderer. Do you have any more opinions?" Schiller asked.
Jenna nodded and said, "That's what I was going to say. Since he is a rational person, he should be able to think that doing this case can neither make him happy nor remove obstacles for him, so why should he do it?"
"I previously assumed that it was because law enforcement officers had offended him. This may be part of the reason, but not all. It can only be said that this was one of his motivations for committing this crime."
"It's similar to when he wanted to solve a case and remembered that he had conflicts with law enforcement officers, so he chose them as his target. Revenge on them was not his first motive, but a secondary choice."
"So what do you think his primary motive was?"
"This is exactly the key point. He can neither gain material progress nor spiritual satisfaction by doing this case. He may still feel unsatisfied after completing it. It may also attract the attention of more law enforcement officers and cause trouble for him. From this point of view, it is full of disadvantages, but he still has to do it."
"This proves that his motive for committing this crime is not in the past. Whether it was a conflict with law enforcement, his pursuit of art, or financial difficulties, these are all reasons from the past. They are not valid. The only possible motives are now and in the future."
"The motive is naturally passion killing, but we can also see from the overall method of the case that this is not a case that he could have done on a whim. It required careful planning and arrangement. Now the motive has been ruled out."
"Then it can only be future motive," Jenna said with certainty.
The students below began to whisper to each other again. One of them said, "I have heard of past motivation and present motivation, but I have not heard of future motivation. Can he predict the future?"
"He can't predict everyone's future, but can't he predict his own? Can't you predict what you're going to have for dinner?"
"How can this be called foresight? Isn't this my decision?"
"Of course, you can decide your own future, and he can decide his, and once he decides, he will naturally know what his future will be like, and this will generate motivation."
"You mean he's paving the way for the future?"
"That may be only part of the reason." Jenna thought for a moment and said, "Killing these people is profitable for him, but it also gives him spiritual satisfaction."
"But didn't you say he was not satisfied?"
"These are two different things. He does feel depressed that he can't do better, but it's better to do it than not to do it."
More and more people couldn't understand what she was saying. Schiller knocked on the table gently to make them quiet down. He looked at Jenna and said, "Don't keep us in suspense, miss. Do you want to see the monkeys dancing?"
Jenna couldn't help laughing. Seeing the unfriendly looks around her, she tried to control her expression and said, "Well, I never mentioned monkeys or anything like that."
"What I mean is that a certain decision he made is likely to prevent him from committing crimes for a long time in the future, and he knows this himself, so even if the timing is not right now and he can't produce a perfect work, he still wants to satisfy his addiction first."
"That's why he feels satisfied but also depressed. He is restricted by various conditions and cannot produce perfect works. But he knows that he won't be able to do it in the future. So he doesn't care whether it is perfect or not. He just makes one first. That's what he thinks."
"Then why do you think he can't do it in the future?" Schiller asked again.
Jenna touched her chin. She knew that the really difficult part had begun, because as long as she figured out this part, she would be able to basically identify the murderer.
Jenna stared at the photos for several dozen seconds. She said, "Very strange. I feel there is a strange black humor in these works. It seems that they are reflecting something. Professor, have you heard of other cases related to this case?"
"Do you think there should be?"
"He must be echoing something, maybe a case, maybe a place, maybe a name."
"Why do you think so?"
“Putting a tall, vertical object in the middle of a flat field has a strong sense of display, and can even be considered a provocation.”
"totem?"
"Yes, just like the totems in primitive society, the mission of this kind of design is to attract attention." Jenna's speech speed began to slow down, and it was obvious that this was also beginning to reach her limit.
"It means he was provoking something, and given the identity of the victim, he was probably provoking law enforcement."
"The best way to provoke law enforcement agencies is to mock their incompetence, as if to say, I've put the answer in your face, and you can't figure out who I am."
"So I think this is definitely not his first crime. He must have had dealings with law enforcement before. Then he used this case to echo something he had done before, to give the law enforcement officers the answer in another way, to mock them. Even if I told you the answer, you wouldn't understand it."
Schiller laughed. He gently put down the lesson plan in his hand, looked around and said, "I think some of you may have heard that there is a super criminal in Gotham named Scarecrow."
The whole classroom was in uproar.
Jenna's eyes also lit up, which meant that this part of her inference should be correct, but she didn't expect Schiller to continue to strengthen her.
"I had some experience with him in a case long ago. Tell me, miss, what kind of man is the Scarecrow?"
Jenna felt sweat starting to form on her forehead, because she knew that the relationship between Schiller and Scarecrow was probably more than just a matter of dealing with each other before, which meant that if her judgment was slightly off, the professor might be greatly disappointed.
Jenna could even feel the wind created by her rapidly working brain, and she could only breathe through the gaps in the air flow.
But the high level of tension made her consciousness more focused, as if she had jumped directly into the sea from a very high place. She felt surrounded by countless emotional information.
"The Scarecrow is a very arrogant man, extremely conceited, but he is also a coward, full of escapism. He believes that he can defeat anyone, but he does not think that he can defeat anyone head-on. He is... a very contradictory person."
"This contradiction made him fall into a self-torn struggle. When he defeated others by sneaking up on them from behind, he was proud of his wisdom, but he also realized that he was a poor guy who didn't dare to face the enemy head-on. He loved himself and hated himself, which almost tore him apart."
"The biggest impact of this self-tug-of-war on his spirit is that it turns him into a radical person. In order to escape his own contradictory problems, he will invest his energy in a certain aspect to make himself forget the mental pain."
"It's very possible that this is what he's best at. He's mastered a skill and has reached the pinnacle of it, which makes him more arrogant, but also makes him more cowardly and makes him feel more miserable."
"He is like this in almost every aspect, fully committed, and then achieved success with his excellent talent, but he is not completely happy about it, and is more likely to fall into more intense pulls. The strong sense of contradiction is his unique spiritual characteristic."
Schiller finally smiled, and then he said, "Very good, then let's put this reasoning into practice. How do you think we should find him?"
"I don't know what he was good at before," Jenna said. "It could be math, it could be literature, these are too broad to start with, but at least through this straw man case we know that his most recent interest is murder."
"If nothing unexpected happens, he has devoted himself to this work in the past year. Of course, this does not mean that he has been killing people all year long. He may also be studying various murder cases and learning various murder methods."
"At the same time, he is very proud of his methods. This is the conceited side of his character. He will definitely read those reports that criticize him, which will satisfy his ego."
"So I think he would be very angry if someone were to judge this murder, and I mean, to analyze it or just lump it in with other murders and say that someone else did it."
"He will certainly take some measures to clear his name, but considering the cowardly side of his character, he will not fight head-on, that is, he will not argue with others in reports or in the public opinion arena. Instead, he will avoid the sharp edge and take other measures."
"What do you think that is?"
"He will commit crimes again." Jenna said confidently, "But since he himself believes that he will not be able to commit crimes again in the future, it proves that the environment he is in now is not suitable for him to commit crimes. If he acts rashly, he will definitely endanger himself."
"In this case, if he is provoked by public opinion and takes the risk to take action, he will definitely reveal his flaws. We may even not need to take the initiative to search or arrest him, and he may fall into our trap."
"Well said, miss." Schiller led the applause, and applause also rang out in the classroom. However, Jenna saw Schiller's bared fangs at this moment.
"So today's homework is to write a random analysis of Scarecrow's serial murders with the goal of forcing him to reveal his flaws. I will publish these reports through the Gotham police and other law enforcement agencies."
"If Scarecrow's flaws are revealed because of these articles, then it will be considered a great victory for you to have caught the murderer."
The students cheered and looked at Jenna, because if this method was really successful, it would mean that Jenna's analysis was completely accurate. Could it be possible to catch the murderer through such a mysterious method?
But Jenna felt that this matter was far from that simple.