"From these two cases, I couldn't sense that twisted humor or message. They were beautiful works of art, like nightmares, but they lacked something fatal."
"...What was it?"
Akane Tsunemori had been completely drawn in. Her thoughts involuntarily followed Yan's train of thought, and she asked almost impatiently.
Yan thought for a moment, then the answer slipped from his mouth.
"Originality..."
"...Originality?"
"Although the killer went to great lengths to murder, their own message was very faint. This was self-satisfaction. At the very least, I can't feel any assertion from the killer."
"A message... When it comes to murder, what reason could there be besides the intent to kill...?"
"At least Kouzaburou Fujima had one. To him, murder was merely preparation for gathering materials. This place and these murders were the same. But after that? The corpses'... you could call it style. It was completely different. You could see the image of an entirely different criminal."
"Um... I... This... But..."
"Highly intelligent. By Sibyl's assessment, they would be classified among high-income earners. But they're very young. Or rather, their mental age is very young. They have a psychological dependence on their parents. They have an accomplice... If the culprit is male, he lives with his mother. If female, she lives with her father. Since the corpses were not sexually violated, we can infer that the culprit was not abused in childhood."
"This is..."
"Criminal profiling simulation... Inspector, I request permission to leave."
"Why are you requesting permission to go out... If that's the case, then I have to go with you." Akane Tsunemori shouted in alarm.
Yan's behavior really was a little too abrupt.
One moment, they had been rationally analyzing the case. The next, Yan had done something that caught Akane Tsunemori completely off guard.
"That's why I said