Madness of the Heart

The special operations team quickly ascertained the personnel composition and operating mode of the "deep jungle".

"The Ninth Battlefield" is a secret room series of this company, the overall tone is dark wind, which is different from the other four secret room series. In order to highlight the characteristics to the utmost extent, the upper management of the company did not participate in the design of the "Ninth Battlefield", and recruited heavily, eager for "individual" designers.

"The first store of the Ninth Battlefield opened two years ago, and the Dongye City store started preparations as early as the beginning of last year." Liu Zhiqin said: "Xichuan Lingmei, that is, Cao Zhiya, had a relationship with him in March last year. The Ninth Battlefield project department contacted and brought some of her works. At that time, the Ninth Battlefield was developing well in other cities. The project leader Xu Jin was ambitious. Firstly, she looked at her nationality and secondly. In her feminine and dark style, there are no women in the chief designer of Sanlai's Ninth Battlefield. So she signed a contract with her almost immediately. The other designers in her team are all recruited by her. "

Xiao Yuan said: "Xu Jin didn't verify her identity? There must be a lot of procedures involved in the contract."

Liu Zhiqin said: "The identity of Xichuan Lingmei is real."

"Has it been'replaced'? Or is someone fabricating this so-called true identity out of thin air?"

"It counts." Liu Zhiqin said: "Xikawa Reimi came to our country ten years ago and runs a cheap sushi restaurant in Haichuan City, while selling her own paintings. Two years ago, the sushi restaurant closed and she moved from Haichuan. The city disappeared. Many of her guests thought she had returned to China."

Xiao Yuan said: "Two years ago, Haichuan City...Cao Zhiya also disappeared in Haichuan City two years ago. Since then, the real Xichuan Lingmei has been'replaced' by Cao Zhiya?"

"It's very likely." Liu Zhiqin said: "Foreign status is sometimes inconvenient, but sometimes it is useful. I have done a comparison of images between Cao Zhiya and Xichuan Lingmei. In terms of looks, they have some similarities. When Xu Jin signed the contract, because Xichuan Lingmei was a foreigner, she gave the green light, and many procedures were simplified, allowing her to enter the job in the'depth of the jungle' with ease."

Xiao Yuan said: "Later, in the process of recruiting people, the ‘deepness of the jungle’ was completely ignored?"

"No." Liu Zhiqin said: "This is similar to the'Ninth Battlefield' in other cities. By the way, Zhaofan will take Xu into Dongye City to assist in the investigation. I guess he will be there soon. I came into contact with him. I don't think the problem is big, he is a businessman who looks at all interests, and until now, he seems to have not discovered that his project is being used by someone who is interested."

Xiao Yu settled down for a while, and then said: "Since Xichuan Lingmei's identity has been replaced, it is necessary to investigate around her."

Liu Zhiqin said: "She may have been killed."

"Yeah." Xiao Yuan said: "But her legal documents have been used by Cao Zhiya more or less, so you have to trouble you to follow up on this line."

Liu Zhiqin smiled, "No problem."

"The Ninth Battlefield" closed its doors behind closed doors, and all the employees were called into the lobby. Everyone on the design team has arrived-except for the lead designer, Suzumi Nishikawa.

Perhaps it was the first time facing the criminal police, they all looked very nervous, Ming Shu saw in their eyes dumbfounded, overwhelmed, and panicked.

This is a bit unusual.

It stands to reason that when designers carry out a design, they all include certain intentions. They know what they are designing, and they also understand the possible impact of the design. They should know that when these things are shown in countless pairs of eyes, sooner or later, they will enter the sight of the police.

The fact is, they don't know anything about the current situation they are in.

It is possible that they did not participate in the core part of the design at all, nor did they understand what certain secret rooms wanted to express or convey. They were dragged onto the boat by Cao Zhiya, but they didn't know what kind of boat it was.

They are not even designers.

"Deep in the Jungle" has been determined, only contacted by the chief designer, Nishikawa Suzumi, other designers were hired by Nishikawa Suzumi. In recruiting people, Nishikawa Suzumi has absolute initiative.

"I didn't work well in my original company, so Hai submitted my resume, but I didn't expect to be selected." Liu Wenhao, 31 years old, used to be a magazine beauty editor. He claimed to be confused and joined the design team of Nishikawa Suzumi. His salary exceeded him. As expected, all that needs to be done is to give advice to the main designer’s work.

"Actually, I can't make any comments." Liu Wenhao touched the back of his head awkwardly. "Although they are all designs, my previous design and the current design are completely different from the same concept. I don't know how she fancyed me. I've asked her, and she said she thinks I am alive. Work here is easy and there is a lot of money, so I didn't quit."

"I am an art student, studying graphic design. I changed three-point jobs a year after graduation, but I was not happy." He Yinian, 23 years old, with long hair to waist, quiet and beautiful, "Last year I submitted my resume with the mentality of giving it a try. After receiving the interview notice, I chatted with Sister Lingmei for a few words, and she let me come to work. I was very nervous and felt that I might not be able to do the job, but Sister Lingmei encouraged me to talk about learning endlessly and who is facing new things. There is always a process of adaptation, as long as you survive, you will find a brighter world."

Ming Shu asked: "What is your usual work? Like Liu Wenhao, give opinions on Nishikawa Lingmei's work?"

He Yinian nodded, but frowned, as if he had something to say.

Ming Shu said: "Have you ever had a work dispute with Remi Nishikawa?"

He Yinian asked in surprise: "How do you know?"

"Judging from your expression." Ming Shu asked: "What are you arguing about?"

He Yinian hesitated for a long time, and said: "I am a design student after all, and I still understand some theoretical things. I think sister Lingmei did not let us look at the core part of her work, nor did she discuss the core part with us. Just let us look at the "leftovers", which is actually meaningless. Before the construction of the secret room, I went to her to talk about the most important secret rooms and offered to see the core part."

Ming Shu said, "She refused?"

He Yinian shook his head, "It's not true, but after reading it, I felt that some of the details of the design were terrible, and it seemed too dark. I told her that the design of the secret room was not very good. She did not accept it, and said that each The design team should stick to their own ideas. If they blindly follow the market trend, they will one day be eliminated by the market. She also said that in her home country, this kind of twisted style will last forever."

Ming Shu interviewed the designers one by one, and found that they were completely laymen in the design of the secret room. Cao Zhiya didn't hire a designer who really knew the secret room. The reason was probably that the insider must have noticed the problems in her design and asked her to modify it. She needs a team to highlight and hide herself. The members of this team can be anyone who comes to apply for the job, but they cannot be genuine designers.

Zhou Yuan found the application record of last year's "Ninth Secret Room". In the personnel mailbox, there are many designers with several years of working experience and secret room fanatics, but they were all brushed down by Cao Zhiya. In the end, all laymen were hired. , Like He Yinian and Liu Wenhao, they are still tied to the design, while others are completely cross-line.

"I questioned Nishikawa Lingmei's recruitment standards." Xu Jin, the project leader of the "Ninth Battlefield", has come to Dongye City. "But the headquarters does not interfere with the choice of the chief designer in principle, and her reasons convinced me. "

Ming Shu asked: "What reason?"

Xu Jin smiled bitterly, "Art needs the collision of strange souls."

Ming Shu sighed, "She, a'foreigner', really knows how to use Chinese characters to play games."

Nishikawa Suzumi, also known as Cao Zhiya, last appeared on the "Ninth Battlefield" before the Spring Festival this year, the 22nd of the twelfth lunar month. That day was the day of the "Ninth Battlefield" Regiment Year. After the New Year's dinner, she wrapped a red envelope for all members of the design team, saying that she would return to China and trouble everyone to take care of the "Ninth Battlefield".

After the opening of the "Ninth Battlefield", Nishikawa Suzumi did not appear too many times, and her job as a designer has ended. The rest of the design team still needs to be on duty in the secret room, but she often leaves for a long time on the grounds of seeking inspiration and preparing for the next secret room. So after the Spring Festival, she has not reappeared so far, and everyone does not feel surprised.

In communication and network records, both the identity of Cao Zhiya and the identity of Xichuan Lingmei have disappeared.

Cao Zhiya disappeared from the world two years ago, and now she is missing again.

Ming Shu came to Xichuan Lingmei's residence-an old residential area in Qiulong Alley, Dongcheng District.

Qiulong Alley is diagonally across from Fanglong Alley where Xiang Haoming had an accident. It is the place with the worst conditions in Dongcheng District.

Xichuan Lingmei holds an upper middle salary in Dongye City, but lives in Qiulong Alley. It is no longer justified to "find inspiration" and "experience life".

She chose this place simply because there was a mixture of fish and dragons, and the monitoring facilities were not in place.

She needs to avoid people's eyes and ears, but according to Xiao Yuan's analysis-she is just a person who was pushed to the front of the stage, then the real need to avoid people's ears and eyes is actually the person hiding in her shadow.

This may be where they meet.

5 houses 6-2, rented by Nishikawa Suzumi. The dusty lock was opened, the door made a strange "creak", and a long-term unventilated smell rushed toward the face.

Xiao Man immediately went in to collect the traces, and Ming Shu noticed a shoe rack at the door.

The shoe rack looks dirty and old, with a pair of low-quality cotton slippers and a pair of ladies sneakers on it.

"Xiao Man." Ming Shu said, "Take them back and compare them with the mud footprints that Fang Yuanhang brought back from Country E."

Xiao Man responded, "Yes."

The house is a structure of one room and one hall. It has a history of more than 40 years. It is the same as the Fanglong Alley on the opposite side. It will be demolished soon.

Ming Shu wore shoe covers and walked around the room.

Obviously, the room has been cleaned up, the furniture is covered with anti-layer cloth, the quilts and cotton batting are all put in the cabinet, winter clothes are hardly available, but the summer is still there, and the leather bags for commuting are also put in the cabinet. .

"It seems that Cao Zhiya is planning to leave for a while, so she packed her winter luggage." Ming Shu said, "She thinks she will be back soon."

"Team Ming!" Xiao Man shouted from the balcony.

Ming Shu walked immediately, "What did you find?"

"Two sets of footprints." Xiao Man said: "One of them should belong to Cao Zhiya herself, which fits the pair of cotton slippers, and the other is a man with different shoe patterns, but judging from the walking habits reflected by foot length and wear and tear , Which is similar to the mud footprints you found in Country E. However, there is no comparison now, and I am not sure yet."

The messy clues began to connect with each other and gradually took shape. Ming Shu looked out of the window. The old buildings in front of him were Fanglong Alleys.

The man behind the scenes has yet to show up. His most important person died in a game planned by Yin Zhen three years ago. When he found out the truth, a revenge plan appeared in his heart.

He wants to kill those who do evil, and let them who play with bugs, in turn, be played with by bugs.

But he knew that it might not be possible to complete revenge with his own strength alone. He needs one, two, or more assistants.

But the assistant must not be found casually.

What kind of person can be his assistant?

Just like him, he lost his love, and hated Yin Zhen and other people who are in the bone of the devil!

He may be trying to find other relatives and friends of the victims of that game, but he finally found that none of these people could be used by him. They either didn't hate enough, or, like Yu Dalong, had independent thinking and was difficult to control by him.

He probably observed Yu Dalong for a long time, but eventually had to give up. In his mind, women are more easily controlled by men.

He is unwilling to take the risk of choosing an assistant.

He Yang was Yin Zhen's guest. One year later, He Yang planned a game himself. Liang Xiaojun is the victim of this game, and Cao Zhiya happens to be the assistant he needs.

This person is thoughtful, has a higher IQ than ordinary people, is good at hiding himself, and has superb anti-reconnaissance capabilities.

He could not only find out Yin Zhen's game three years ago, but also design a secret room now. In order to get Cao Zhiya's identity as a foreigner, he might have killed an innocent person.

After that game ended three years ago, another game has begun!

But what is puzzling is, what is the reason why he has bothered to design the secret room? If it is just for revenge, the design of the secret room is unnecessary.

Can the secret room attract He Yang? Maybe it can. But he has already killed Yin Zhen, Jiang Xiyang, and Yue Shuqing. He should have another way to deal with a He Yang.

What is the meaning of the secret room?

"A person, even if he was a normal-minded person earlier, has experienced this revenge, I am afraid he has become the devil he once disdained." Xiao Yuan said: "What's more, the person who planned such a game is not an ordinary person."

At this time, after careful comparison, Xiao Man has sent a footprint analysis report. The footprints in Xichuan Lingmei's rental house are extremely similar to the mud footprints of Country E. This similarity cannot be used as key evidence. For the crime team, it is an important clue to clarify the next direction.

"Cao Zhiya told the employees on the 22nd of the twelfth lunar month that she would return to China. In fact, she went to country E—with the man who manipulated her. That might be the first time she went to the place where Liang Xiaojun was killed. She prepared for him I used incense candles and firecrackers to commemorate him in the way of their hometown.” Ming Shu said: “From the situation in her family, she thinks that after completing this worship, she will return to Dongye City to give He Yang Revenge. Now He Yang is missing, and she has not returned to her residence."

Xiao Yuan said: "She may have become a part of revenge."

Ming Shu turned around, "What?"

"Compared with Jiang Xiyang and Yue Shuqing, He Yang is more difficult to deal with, even harder to deal with than Yin Zhen." Xiao Yuan said: "It is very difficult to lure him into a trap. Perhaps, for the Avengers, Cao Zhiya is not only It's an assistant, and it's a decoy. Of course, this is just my guess. The decoy may also be the Ninth Battlefield, Lai Xiuliang. In short, what he showed He Yang made He Yang say, "I found something more interesting." game'."

Ming Shu was silent for half a minute, "There are still some unclear explanations in this case, but what I am more concerned about is that the Avengers seem to have He Yang as the last goal. But in fact, Yin Zhen played the game. Guests, there are three more alive."

Xiao Yuan said: "Why do you think he takes He Yang as the last goal?"

"He seems to have deliberately exposed himself." Ming Shu twisted his eyebrows very tightly. "In the previous three cases, he did a very clean job. Although the bodies were found, it is difficult for the police to find clues about the murderer. This time, the'Ninth Battlefield' is an exposed point. He grandly built a place in Dongye City to specifically influence anti-social personality offenders. Even if there is no accident with He Yang, we will follow Zhou Lan's line sooner or later. Will find him on his head."

Xiao Yuan's eyes changed slightly, "While taking revenge, is he still provoking the police?"

Ming Shu looked solemn, "Brother, what do you think?"

It took a long time for Xiao Yu'an to say: "The people of close relatives were killed as bugs and revenge for them. The internal logic is complete. But what is the reason for provoking the police? It is believed that the inaction of the police caused the guilty to go unpunished? But he did not. The police who provoked the location of Yin Zhen's family business came to provocation the police in Dongye City. Is it here that we have someone he wants to target?"

On the southern border, Xiangshan City.

Fang Yuanhang was supposed to stay in Dongye City, but came to this small country town with Xu Chun.

On the way, he received messages from Yu Dalong, each of which had a long section. This guy had never spoken to him so seriously, explaining that making friends with him really didn't want to use him, and hoped that he could believe in himself.

Fang Yuanhang wrote and deleted, deleted and wrote in the reply box, and finally replied with a seemingly irrelevant sentence: "I'm not in Dongye City, I'm on a business trip."

The head shows that Yu Dalong is typing.

Fang Yuanhang sighed and wrote: "I went to investigate the case to prove your innocence. After the case is solved, I will come back to invite you to dinner and apologize to you."

Yu Dalong called and cried aggrievedly.

Fang Yuanhang was a little at a loss, not knowing what to say. Fortunately, Yu Dalong was over after crying, saying that he had to apologize to him, and that he would not disturb him in investigating the case. See you later.

At the same moment, He Yang’s hometown of Luchuan City, the head of the Criminal Investigation Division of the Municipal Bureau, and Mingshu’s old classmate Yang Jing, finally slapped his forehead, remembering what he forgot to say to Mingshu that day.