DEATH NOTE:NOTE OF DEATH

When I heard Lucy Smith's voice, I couldn't help but be stunned. Could it be that customer? We can't draw conclusions too early. All this needs evidence to support it. However, we can't say that the customer is not the murderer.

Alex Johnson nodded, already thinking: "Well, I'll have someone check on that person."

I frowned, looked at Lucy, and asked, "Tell me what happened when you went to the scene."

"I went to the scene again this time and took a special look at the situation there."

Looking at me, Lucy said softly, and when she saw that I had no intention of answering, she curled her lips and continued talking.

"After investigating and comparing the scene, we found two sets of footprints other than those of the victim and the witness. Based on the distance between the feet, we estimated that the owners of these two sets of footprints were between 5'9" and 5'11" tall, respectively. However, the footprints were too shallow, and there were too many people walking back and forth at the scene, which destroyed the scene."

"Later, Captain Alex and I went to investigate the second victim. However, according to Michael Bloom's wife, Michael had a bad temper and was very reckless. He had made many enemies during his lifetime, but they were all trivial matters and would not be enough to kill someone to silence him."

I nodded, my mind a little confused. Continuing the investigation like this would be like looking for a needle in a haystack. It would be extremely difficult.

After taking a deep breath, I asked again, "Did you bring back the soil sample from the first deceased?"

"The laboratory will have the results in three hours," Lucy said, then thought for a moment and looked at me. "Chief Carter, I think we can do a toxicology test. The deceased was strong, and there were no other wounds on the body except for minor scratches on the hands, not even bruises from fighting. I suspect the murderer may have poisoned him."

After hearing Lucy's analysis, Alex had to look at this young woman with new eyes. He gave her a thumbs up and said, "Not bad, a top student. Ryan, don't be mean to her. She has a clear mind and careful thinking logic, which is not bad."

Lucy raised her head proudly, looked at me, and raised the corner of her mouth: "I have to prove with my own strength that I am not just a pretty face, otherwise how can I deserve such special care from Chief Carter? Right?"

After saying that, Lucy chuckled, and I turned my head away. "That's right, Lucy can go off work now. Alex and I will go to the crime scene of the last case again."

I don't agree with Lucy's suggestion of a sneak attack and poisoning. On the contrary, I think the two victims should have died from the same thing, a mysterious plant of unknown species.

But the soil sample that Lucy mentioned reminded me that when I first went there, I didn't see anything. Maybe I overlooked something, such as the soil of the burial ground.

"I'm going too!"

After Lucy finished speaking, Alex stopped the enthusiastic Lucy behind me and said, "Okay, okay, okay... Ryan is not a person who would take revenge on others. He will not hesitate to exploit you for what you can do. Get off work!"

Alex got into the car right after me. He had a lot of doubts in his mind, but knowing my personality and that I wasn't talkative, he just drove away and kept silent.

"Stay in the car and don't come out."

When we arrived at the crime scene, I took my things and got out of the car. Alex sat in the car waiting, bored.

He lit a cigarette, followed the smoke, put his face close to it, and closed his eyes.

It was pitch black, with only the sounds of small animals moving around and the wheels of passing vehicles to be heard.

A figure appeared in a black windbreaker and a black hat, covering his face tightly so that his facial features could not be seen clearly. His technique of digging and burying the body could even be said to be very skilled, but he seemed to have poor physical strength and got tired easily.

Faintly, I smelled a familiar yet strange smell, a faint fragrance, and then suddenly I heard someone calling me...

"Ryan! What are you doing? Why are you smoking?" It was Alex. He didn't know that I had this habit. After opening his eyes in a daze, he put out the cigarette and shook his head.

In fact, synaesthesia is not an isolated case. Many people with special physiques have it. Some people perceive it through touch, but some people need a medium to feel it. But I can do both. It's just that with the hypnosis of the medium, I can feel what happened at that time more deeply.

Maybe I am an exception among them.

In order to prevent others from discovering that I have this ability, I seldom mention it to anyone. The only person I have ever told is my father. Even Alex cannot be allowed to know.

In this era, no one believes in such weird statements, and if you are not careful, you might even be considered as spreading ghost culture.

Seeing me hurriedly get in the car, Alex was a little puzzled and kept asking me what I was doing. I made an excuse that I was lighting a cigarette and didn't say anything else. Alex knew I was lying, but the reason why I trusted him so much was because he stopped at the right time and knew in his heart that I was hiding something from him.

As long as it is not illegal, he is willing not to interfere.

"Return to the bureau, we have found something..."

"You discovered something just by smoking a cigarette? Do you want me to call a few people back to the bureau to help?"

"No, I want to re-examine the body."

Back at the bureau and sitting in the autopsy room, I took a deep breath.

Looking at the dried corpse, it was found that it did not become stiff after being frozen. Instead, it remained in the same state as when it was first discovered. Except for the appearance of livor mortis and normal decay on the head, all other parts, including the dried arms and the plants inside the body, had begun to solidify.

My mood was at its worst.

Solidification, as the name suggests, means it starts to change into another form of solid state, which is exactly the opposite of the liquid state. However, his current state is not normal.

Not only is it not rotten and smelly, but it has a faint fragrance. DNA testing shows that all substances in his body are the same as those of a normal person. Except for the internal organs, all normal tissues and cells are present.

Alex looked at me with a thoughtful expression and muttered, "This is not a solution. If we don't know the deceased's interpersonal relationships before his death, we won't be able to start. Frank has checked the traffic surveillance video and there is still no news."

After thinking about it and combining it with what I saw before, I said directly:

"Alex, it is preliminarily determined, and even confirmed, that the deceased was a homeless man with no source of income and no social circle. He was mentally impaired. It is easy to kill him, but how did the plant seeds or things enter his body? Obviously, there are no scars on the body, but have you ever thought about why he didn't die when his internal organs were full of plants when he was alive?"

Alex didn't understand what I meant. He was stunned for a moment and curled his lips: "Isn't he dead now?"

I showed him some dead grass connecting the blood vessels and subcutaneous tissue in the body.

"These have grown inside the body of the deceased and have been receiving nutrition for a long time. So the murderer is not just a pervert, but an expert who understands the human body and plants. Plants cannot take root and grow in the stomach if they are swallowed directly. The acidic environment of the stomach makes it impossible for many plants to survive, and this plant is no exception."

"Another point is that the deceased has been dead for more than a week. Even if he is frozen in a corpse cabinet, it is inevitable that he will rot and smell bad. But do you smell it now?"

"There's also a slight fragrance? I still don't understand, what does this have to do with the case? How can I understand anthropology? Do you think this is a physiology and hygiene class?"

"Where is the best place to grow plants? A greenhouse or a shed, a place where photosynthesis can be carried out so that plants can grow normally. Whether they are alive or dead, they must first have sunlight to prevent them from withering. So, when I examined the second dead person during the day, I also smelled this strange fragrance. However, the second dead person did not have any physical changes. This is what surprised me the most."

The same strange fragrance is the biggest connection I have found between the two dead people. But it is obvious that the first dead person's internal organs disappeared because of the mysterious plant, and his body was even full of dead grass, while the second dead person, Michael Bloom, did not have any difference in his body.

Alex quickly got into the state through my words.

"You mean, the two murders might have been committed by the same murderer? Where did the fragrance come from?" Alex asked.

I shook my head and didn't give Alex a definite answer.

This cannot be confirmed yet, but after synaesthesia, I did smell the same smell on the two murderers. Since there is no actual evidence, there is no evidence to determine whether the two victims were killed by the same person.

Moreover, Michael Bloom is the owner of a flower shop, so it is normal for him to have the scent of flowers on his body, and the cases cannot be merged arbitrarily.

"It looks like we'll have to work hard tonight. Let Frank copy the video to the police station and look for the suspicious vehicle together. Let's go check out the beggar now."

Just as we were about to leave, Alex's phone suddenly rang, breaking the originally dull atmosphere in the autopsy room.