Ammon's Grand Adventure (15)

"Time of death was probably yesterday. Cause of death: dehydration. Judging by the condition of the bodies, the killer's method was extremely professional. He precisely destroyed the two victims' central nervous systems, leaving them in a state of high-level paralysis. Then he made them watch themselves become incontinent, dehydrate, and slowly die... As for the tongues, they were probably cut out afterward, and the handling was rather crude. But I think the killer deliberately did that to make the two suffer as much as possible."

Inside the overwhelmingly foul-smelling room, the forensic examiner described the killer's methods. The perpetrator seemed to have had no intention of concealing anything; the entire process had been laid out with startling clarity.

At this point, her expression suddenly carried a trace of awe as she said in a somewhat exaggerated tone:

"This was an extremely difficult procedure. Even under anesthesia, a skilled surgeon would need some time to achieve such precision. Yet each person had only one wound. The killer must possess exceptionally professional medical knowledge. Even with considerable natural talent, he would still need clinical experience from at least several hundred neurosurgeries to make such an accurate cut. We can use that to narrow down our search for the killer."

"No, that won't be necessary." The young police officer shook his head, his tone complicated. He exchanged a glance with his mentor and found the same disbelief in the older man's eyes.

"???" Surprise appeared on the forensic examiner's face. Had they already caught the killer?

But then she heard an answer that left her utterly incredulous:

"The killer was probably a six- or seven-year-old boy."

"That's impossible! You have to trust my professional judgment! This is absolutely not something a child could do! I'm not talking about the cruelty—I mean the technical