Personality Broken Hero

84 – Episode 84

I guess I wasn’t the only one who thought that the murder case of a woman in her 20s who had a dog wouldn’t stop there.

The Hero Association moved quickly to catch the criminal before the third victim came out.

As soon as the second victim was found, the Hero Association immediately set up a special team.

When there is a third victim, it is classified as a serial murder. Objectively, it is a minor difference between killing two people or three people, but the media attention and the degree to which it becomes an issue is the difference between heaven and earth.

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The ability to kill two people right away Even if a murder case happens, it happens occasionally, so most people don’t feel greatly afraid or fall into anxiety and pass it over without much inspiration, but serial killings are a little different.

This is because serial killings, in which murders are committed against an unspecified number of people without any ties for pleasure or satisfaction, come closer.

Compared to accidental murder cases where people feel that they were just unlucky, a serial killer who might be the target is more frightening and closer.

For that reason, the Hero Association and the government spared no support, such as dispatching profilers or dispatching high-ranking people like me, as if they had already faced serial murder cases.

Not much information was obtained from the cases of the first and second victims, but what was revealed was that the suspect possessed physical enhancement-type abilities, and abilities that are generally difficult to find, such as invisibility, acceleration, liquefaction, and vaporization. I was just guessing there was.

The reason why it is generally assumed that there is an ability that is difficult to detect or detect is that there were no marks on the door at the first scene, and the victims had no defense marks at all in common.

Even putting aside the defensive scars, the victims showed no stance to respond to the threat.

If there was no special ability, it should be found that the victims rebelled or at least tried to defend themselves, but there was no such trace.

Because of that, experts unanimously judged that the victims were attacked without being aware of what the suspect was attacking.

Nikolai was involved in the incident, albeit slightly, and readily agreed to the request.

Nikolai, who had joined the investigation team the other day and was listening to the profiler’s predictions, wondered if the profiler’s predictions were a bit far-fetched or overblown.

“I think the culprit must have had triggers such as recently breaking up with a man in his 20s and a lover who keeps a dog, or being ignored by a woman who keeps a dog. They are also ostentatious, predicted to be proud and arrogant.”

There hasn’t been much information yet, but it didn’t make much sense to predict gender, age, and personality.

‘How the f*ck do you know that?’

I figured out the type of shoes I was wearing from the footprints left at the scene, so I wondered if it was too harsh to predict that far.

For Nikolai, who usually hates things like personality tests and blood type superstitions, the profiler’s prediction seemed to be at that level.

Other heroes and detectives listening to the profiler’s announcement didn’t seem to believe in that information.

In fact, the profiler’s predictions are correct to some extent, but there are many cases where they are wrong.

‘No. It was hard to get rid of the thought of predicting things like that.

“Are we going to continue this criminal activity? I’ve already committed two murders, and the two cases weren’t completely disclosed to the outside world, so it hasn’t become a big controversy yet, but the article went out. Wouldn’t they stop committing crimes with the thought that they might soon be caught?”

Another member of the investigative team asked a question, and the profiler answered confidently.

“No. The murder will surely happen again.”

“On what basis?”

When the profiler frowned slightly and looked at the questioner, the questioner hurriedly made an excuse.

“Ah… …. It’s not that I don’t believe you, Profiler, I’m just curious why you think that way.”

“It’s a cycle.”

“Give me?”

“You can tell by looking at the killing cycles of serial killers. The suspect now committed a series of murders in a very short period of time, right?”

“Yes.”

“Those who kill for pleasure usually take a break after their needs are met. Because the need is satisfied, there is no need to take risks. I act like a normal person again until the next urge arrives.”

The profiler continued talking despite the questioner’s shy expression.

“In the case of this case, the period until the desire was pushed was very short. It’s not just my guess, but in most serial murder cases around the world, when the cooling-off, psychological chiller is a short case, most cases don’t break the cycle until at least the third murder case. Of course, if there are eyewitnesses or unavoidable cases, there will be some errors, but I expect that similar incidents will probably happen again in the near future.”

It was honestly hard to trust to guess the personality or the past, but after hearing the prediction based on the actual case, I wondered if there was such a valid basis for the profiler’s prediction.

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In the end, as expected by the profiler, the third victim came out, and it spread to the media as well.

As the profiler predicted, the third murder occurred while keeping the killing cycle. Unfortunately for the victim, it was a good opportunity for the investigation team to get a lot of information from this case.

The third incident took place at the victim’s home, and the crime scene was filmed on a companion animal CCTV that the criminal could not identify.

Of course, it was a pity that the shooting angle was for taking pictures of companion animals, but there was no problem in finding out important information.

The first thing I found out was that the suspect had the ability to become invisible.

I tried to find out the criminal’s ability and investigated the ability database, but of course it was impossible to narrow down the suspect only with that information.

Some of the talented people registered in the database did not have an alibi at the time of the incident, but as a result of the investigation, no suspicious circumstances were found.

Of course, those with no alibi will keep an eye on them for a while, but the investigation team didn’t expect anything to come out of them.

In fact, the fact that the suspect in this case was an uncertified person was predictable enough even for a country with little investigation experience.

This is because the invasion of privacy inflicted on those with the ability of invisibility is famous enough to be known to everyone, and most of them are kept secret unless awakened in childhood.

Of course, the government wanted to keep non-certified invisible powers under its management, but it was canceled due to the resistance of the Hero Association and the public.

With the cooperation of the Hero Association, it was possible to pass a bill for the management and supervision of those with invisibility abilities, but there was too much opposition to treating all uncertified invisibility abilities as potential criminals and strengthening the punishment.

Nikolai was anxious about the premonition that he would find a needle on the sandy beach, because there were several discussions about deploying a large number of people capable of detecting invisibility or thermal imaging cameras.

Fortunately for Nikolai, such an ignorant operation involving large-scale manpower was still only in the consideration stage.

The investigation team prepared several countermeasures based on the crime pattern and the time of the crime, and Nikolai, who was assigned to one of the many operations, was put on standby with McCoy in two shifts.

“Can I call you hyung?”

“… …. Call me whatever you feel comfortable with.”

Normally, he wouldn’t have thought of living with someone he wasn’t very close with, but Nikolai reluctantly allowed it because he didn’t know if he would be forced to spend a long time with Kim Young-seung, a man with a strong sense of smell, because of the operation.

Kim Young-seung, who is in his early 20s, works in the hero support team because of his excellent sense of smell. From the first time he met, he did not hide his crush on Nikolai.

“Nikolai hyung. Being able to call you hyung feels like a real dream.”

“No, what… …. Are you that happy?”

Nikolai was a little embarrassed at the reaction of Kim Young-seung, who idolized him too openly.

“It’s because I don’t know how popular my brother is. Almost all young men will like it, right? Even on the Internet, he is famous for memes and memes, so if you don’t know the real hyung, you’re treated as a foreigner.”

I knew that it was so popular on the Internet that people used my serious or angry expressions as short cuts, or used only my photos as emoticons, but I didn’t feel that they would like it this much.

“Especially when mothers like hyung… …. Ah!”

It was a fact that I did not know that the mothers liked me, so I was curious and frowned a little, and Kim Young-seung made a mistake.

“Ah… …. Sorry.”

“No, I’m not angry. But why do mothers like me?”

After scratching his head for a moment, Kim Young-seung answered cautiously.

“That… …. It is widely known that the older brother is a virgin. The ability is great and the income is huge, but the fact that such a person is also a virgin makes the mothers courage…….”

Covering his face with his hands, he shook his hand as if to say that it was enough.

I wanted to ask a reporter at the time when the nickname of the sympathy tank would disappear.

It was a topic I didn’t want to talk about, so I turned around.

“Aren’t people with a sense of smell picky about food?”

Nikolai knew a little about the ability of smell, but it was the first time he had ever had a private conversation with him, so I asked him about his ability.

“Aha! I hear a lot of questions like that. Well, like other abilities, beginners or those who have just awakened to their abilities are very picky.”

In the case of always-activated abilities, there are many abilities that beginners experience discomfort with, and the sense of smell seemed to be similar to those abilities.

“Beginners have a hard time eating because they can’t stop their abilities.”

As Kim Young-seung said that, he gave a confident look in his eyes, as if he thought he was a beginner.

“Ah well, as long as the support team hires you, you won’t have to worry about that at all.”

“I am also famous for my ability on this side. Of course, it’s not to the extent of playing around the world like Nikolai hyung.”

“Then, what is difficult when you are a beginner?”

“Ah… …. It’s a bit difficult to say otherwise, but the people are more painful than the food.”

“A person?”

“Yes. People don’t know about it, but people smell a lot.”

“Don’t dogs with good noses obey you?”

“This is a bit dirty to talk about, but they have such nice noses, but they snore in the ass when they eat sh*t or sniff each other… ….”

“Ah! I know what you’re talking about It’s lunchtime soon, so I don’t have to go into too much detail. Do you see a lot of things like underarm smell or sweat smell when dealing with people?”

“A. It’s nothing like that. No matter how clean people are, they can’t completely get rid of things like urine and feces. Think about it too. I’m with you, but I can smell the pee or excrement of the person in front of me…….”

This guy is nice, but he seemed like a two-much talker.

“Well, for that reason, there are many children with antisocial phobia.”

“It must be much harder than I thought. I didn’t know it was to that extent.”

“Still, the situation is much better than skills that have a difficult interpersonal relationship. I can’t even control my ability, but it’s better than the ability to smell.”

“Not really. The last time he was on the air, he seemed to be having a really hard time.”

“Yes. People with dysregulation disorders have to live in isolation from society.”

Sometimes, there are people who cannot control their abilities no matter how hard they try due to ability control disorder. The person with the ability to smell mentioned by Kim Young-seung recently appeared on a broadcast and became an issue, and Nikolai also made a small donation.

“Brother. This is a little personal question, but can I ask you one?”

“Yes. If it’s not a strange question, I’ll answer it.”

Kim Young-seung’s slightly cautious expression made him uneasy, but Nikolai agreed, thinking that it was not a question related to virginity again.

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“That… …. By any chance, did you shave your head because of hair loss or because of scars and burns?”

“… ….”

At that moment, I wanted to pull out all of Kim Young-seung’s hair roots, but when Kim Young-seung saw my expressionless face, he hurriedly made an excuse.

“Ah! That’s what I call a community called Higal, and people fight a lot over it these days. Sorry if this was an rude question.”

The Hero Gallery was a place that Nikolai was familiar with, so it was both warm and a little welcome.

At once, Nikolai could understand why Kim Young-seung asked such a question.

Since I did so much, it seemed that I did a lot of galling to the point where I didn’t have much resistance to questions that would normally never be asked.

As expected, I thought it was right to say that Hi-Gallums were embarrassed no matter where they were presented.