Chapter 3029: Mercury Notes (26)

"Do you think he is very poor?" Schiller patiently listened to Jenna's long story before asking.

"He is not poor, but he lacks money." Jenna scratched her hair and said, "His original money was only enough for him to maintain his life. With the deterioration of the economic situation, his financial situation also plummeted."

"Do you think he didn't do better because he had no money?"

"No, that's not enough to make him feel humiliated. Such people won't feel humiliated because of no money. He can even commit a serial murder case under the eyes of so many police officers that no one has been able to solve it until now, so making money is easy for him."

Many students made sudden realization sounds, but soon whispered again, because Jenna said it was a bit contradictory.

At first, she said that this murderer felt humiliated because he couldn't complete the work well, and later she said that he actually didn't lack money. Then if it wasn't money that restricted him, what was he?

"This case is very special." Jenna opened her mouth again: "The identity of the victim is more special than the murderer. They are all FBI agents."

This point was not written in the handout, so some students raised their hands to ask Schiller. Schiller nodded and said, "Yes, you open your mobile phone to check the Cat Getan Scarecrow serial murder case now, and you should be able to see the identity of the victim."

Some students took out their mobile phones and started checking. Sure enough, as Schiller said, this case was quite famous, because the three people who died were all FBI agents, and therefore, the wanted level of this murderer was very high, but unfortunately, he has not been brought to justice yet.

But this is public information after all, so it's not strange that Jenna checked it with her mobile phone, and at this time Jenna continued to say.

"It's not that he doesn't want to make this case more perfect, but because he really can't kill more law enforcers, otherwise there will be a risk of exposure."

"Do you think he is afraid?"

"No, he is not afraid of being caught. He feels very annoyed. Once the clues involve him, his life rhythm will be disrupted. He doesn'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 ordinary people. He is not that kind of crazy abuser. He is not committing crimes out of instinctual enjoyment, because the indulgent will often not consider so much. They will kill until they are satisfied and then stop."

"He is rich in reason, not blinded by desire, and deeply understands what kind of plan can vent his anger without affecting his life. But this restrained means makes him feel bound, feeling very stuffy."

"But Miss, these mental characteristics are still not obvious enough and cannot help us lock onto the murderer. Do you have more opinions?" Schiller asked.

Jenna nodded and said, "I'm just about to say it. Since he is a rational person, he should be able to think that committing this case can neither make him happy nor remove obstacles for him. Then why does he do it?"

"I assumed before that it was because law enforcers offended him. This might be part of the reason, but it is not all. It can only be said that it is one of the motives for him to commit this case."

"It's similar to him wanting to commit a case, and remembering that he had a conflict with law enforcers, so he chose them as the target. Revenge on them is not the first motive, but a secondary choice."

"Then what do you think is his first motive?"

"This is the key. Committing this case can neither make him gain material progress nor spiritual satisfaction. After doing it, he might still feel unsatisfied, and it might attract more attention from law enforcers to find trouble for himself. Looking at it this way, it's all disadvantages, but he still wants to do it."

"This proves that the motive for him to commit this case is not in the past. Whether it is the conflict with law enforcers, the pursuit of art, or financial embarrassment, these are reasons of the past, and none of them hold up. Then it can only be the present and the future."

"The present motive naturally refers to passion murder, but from the overall technique of the case, it can also be seen that this is not a case he can complete by patting his head when his blood rushes to his head. It needs to be carefully designed and arranged. The present motive is also excluded."

"Then it can only be a future motive." Jenna said very definitely.

The students below started whispering again, and one of them said, "I have heard of past motives and present motives, but I haven't heard of future motives. Can he predict the future?"

"He can't predict everyone's future, but can't he predict his own? Can't you predict what your dinner is?"

"This is not called prediction, isn't this my decision?"

"Of course, you can decide your own future, and he can also decide his. And once decided, he naturally knows what his future is like, and thus can generate motives."

"Are you saying he is paving the way for the future?"

"This might only be part of the reason." Jenna thought for a while and said, "Killing these people is profitable for him, but it will also make him feel spiritual satisfaction."

"But didn't you say he wasn'

"These are two different things. He is indeed depressed because he cannot do better, but doing something is better than doing nothing."

More and more people couldn't understand what she was saying. Shiler tapped the table lightly to make them quiet down, looked at Jenna, and said, "Don't keep us in suspense, Miss. Do you want to watch a bunch of monkeys dancing?"

Jenna couldn't help but laugh. Seeing the unfriendly gazes around her, she tried hard to restrain her expression and said, "Ahem, I never mentioned anything about monkeys."

"My point is that a certain decision he made is very likely to prevent him from committing crimes for a long time in the future. He knows this himself, so even if the timing is not mature enough now and he cannot produce a perfect work, he still wants to satisfy his craving first."

"This is the reason why he feels both satisfied and depressed. Limited by various conditions, he cannot produce a perfect work, but because he knows he won't be able to do it in the future, he doesn't care if it's perfect or not, he just wants to do one first. That's exactly what he's thinking."

"Then why do you think he won't be able to do it in the future?" Shiler asked again.

Jenna touched her chin. She understood that the truly difficult part had begun, because once this part was figured out, the culprit could basically be locked down.

Jenna stared at the photo for another few dozen seconds and said, "It's very strange. I feel a kind of bizarre black humor in these works. He seems to be reflecting something. Professor, have you heard of any other cases related to the situation of this case?"

"Do you think there should be?"

"He must be echoing something. It could be a case, it could be a location, or it could be a name."

"Why do you think so?"

"Placing a tall, vertical object in the middle of a flat field has a strong display meaning, and it can even be said to be a kind of provocation."

"A totem?"

"Yes, just like a totem in primitive society. Attracting attention is the mission of this type of styling." Jenna's speaking speed began to slow down; clearly, this was also approaching her limit.

"This means he is provoking something. Considering the identity of the victim, he might be provoking law enforcement agencies."

"The best way to provoke law enforcement agencies is to mock their incompetence, as if saying, 'I've put the answer right in your faces, and you still can't figure out who I am.'"

"So I think this is definitely not his first crime. He must have dealt with law enforcement departments before, and then he used this case of his to echo some of his previous things, using another way to tell the answer to the law enforcers, mocking them: 'Even if I tell you the answer, you can't understand it.'"

Shiler laughed. He gently put down the lesson plan in his hand, looked around, and said, "I think some people present might have heard that there is a supervillain in Cat Getan called the Scarecrow."

The whole classroom was in an uproar.

Jenna's eyes also lit up. This meant that her deduction for this part should be correct, but she didn't expect Shiler to still be increasing the intensity for her.

"In a case from a long time ago, I dealt with him. So tell me, Miss, what kind of person is the Scarecrow?"

Jenna felt sweat starting to break out on her forehead because she knew that the relationship between Shiler and the Scarecrow was probably not as simple as just having dealt with each other. This meant that if her judgment was slightly off, this professor might be very disappointed.

Jenna could even feel the wind fanned by her brain running at high speed, and her breathing could only pass through the gaps in these air currents.

But the high tension made her consciousness more focused, as if she had jumped directly into the sea from a very high place, and she felt herself surrounded by countless emotional messages.

"The Scarecrow is a rather arrogant person, incomparably conceited, but he is also a cowardly person, full of escapism. He thinks he can defeat anyone, but he doesn't think he can defeat anyone head-on. He is a... very contradictory person."

"This kind of contradiction makes him trapped in self-struggle. When he defeats others by means of a sneak attack from behind, he is proud of his intelligence, but he also realizes that he is a pathetic worm who dares not face the enemy head-on. He loves himself and hates himself; this almost tears him apart."

"And the biggest impact this self-struggle has on his spirit is that it makes him a radical person. In order to escape the various problems of his own contradictions, he will devote his energy to one aspect to make himself forget the mental pain."

"This aspect is very likely to be what he is best at. He masters a certain skill and reaches the pinnacle in this aspect, which makes him more arrogant, but also makes him more cowardly, causing him great pain."

"He is like this in almost every aspect: fully devoted, and then achieving success with his excellent talent, but he is not completely happy about it, and is more likely to fall into more intense struggle. A strong sense of contradiction is his unique spiritual characteristic."

Shiler finally showed a smile, and then he said, "Very good, so 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 mathematics, it could be literature; these are all too broad to investigate. But at least through this Scarecrow case, we know that what he is most interested in recently is murder."

"If nothing goes wrong, in the last year, he has been fully devoted to this work. Of course, this doesn't mean he has been killing people for a year; he might also be studying various murder cases and learning various murder methods."

"At the same time, he feels very proud of his modus operandi. This is the conceited side of his personality. He will definitely read those reports that curse him, which will satisfy his conceited psychology."

"So I think if someone makes arbitrary judgments about this murder case—I mean, come up with a bunch of messy analysis, or just put it together with other unrelated murder cases and say that this case was done by someone else—he will definitely be very angry."

"In order to vindicate himself, he will definitely take some measures. However, considering the cowardly part of his personality, he will not fight head-on—that is, he will not curse at others in reports and the public opinion field, but will avoid their sharpness and take other ways."

"What do you think that is?"

"He will commit another crime," Jenna said very firmly. "But since he himself thinks that he cannot commit another crime for a period of time in the future, it proves that the environment he is in now is not suitable for him to commit crimes at all. If he acts rashly, it will definitely endanger himself."

"In this case, if he is stimulated by public opinion and takes the risk to act, he will definitely reveal flaws. We might not even need to take the initiative to search or arrest him, and he might just throw himself into the net."

"Well said, Miss." Shiler took the lead in applauding, and applause also rang out in the classroom. However, Jenna saw the fangs Shiler revealed at this moment.

"Then today's homework is to write a messy analysis of the Scarecrow serial murder case with the goal of forcing the Scarecrow to reveal his flaws. I will have these reports published through the Cat Getan police and other law enforcement departments."

"If the Scarecrow really reveals his flaws because of these articles, then it naturally counts as you having caught the murderer. A great start!"

The students cheered and then looked at Jenna one after another, because if this method really succeeded, it would mean that Jenna's analysis was completely accurate. Could it really be possible to catch a murderer through such a mysterious method?

But Jenna felt that this matter was far from being that simple.