Chapter 712: Southern Killer

Seeing that Nan Ming was unharmed, Chen Wei couldn't be happier.

For Chen Wei, this exchange is very rare. In the past ten years, as China has developed faster and faster, the relationship between China and the United States was once tense and rigid. It was not until the news that Chinese high-level officials were about to visit the United States that the relationship between the two sides began to break the ice. .

Since the beginning of the year, there have been more exchanges between China and the United States at the provincial and ministerial level, all of which are to prepare for the future visit of the big bosses to the United States.

In April, high-level personnel from the public security department visited the United States, which also led to a series of mutual exchanges. The two sides set the tone and will conduct multiple exchanges from the grassroots to the high-level. There will be mutual visits and learning.

And Chen Wei's exchange this time belongs to the exchange at the grassroots level. Although he has been promoted, from the perspective of the country, he is still at the grassroots level and cannot be at the grassroots level.

As for Chen Wei and the others, there should actually be seven people who came together this time, three grassroots personnel from each of the forensic and serious case departments, and one mid-level and high-level official in charge of leading the team.

However, because each department took care of the expenses this time, in order to save money, Chen Wei and the others directly took a special plane to Washington, saving money on air tickets. They also came two days earlier than the others, and the team leader hadn't arrived yet. , Many official activities are not yet available.

How to spend the remaining two days? Chen Wei had already made up his mind a long time ago. He proposed to join his colleagues in the FBI to participate in law enforcement. A director of the FBI thought about it and agreed.

Then, after signing a statement to relinquish part of their power, which is the so-called life-and-death certificate, Chen Wei, Jiang Sanjia, and Li Ying were assigned to a task force.

Although the three people signed the contract, the FBI didn't want their Chinese counterparts to be in danger when they first arrived, so the case assigned to the three people this time was a wonderful case.

"Southern killer... what is that? A serial killer?" Jiang Sanjia muttered the name, very curious, Chen Wei frowned, but his expression was serious.

In an archive room with various materials piled up like a mountain, the three of Chen Wei met several of their American counterparts. This is a small team of five people. One is a middle-aged Mexican man named Atano with a square face like a stone. Ren is the team leader of this task force, and there are two other men and two women. One of the male detectives has a quarter of Chinese descent and can speak not-so-fluent Chinese.

The three of Chen Wei are not fluent in English, but they can also speak, and there is no problem with basic communication.

"You call us a task force, but you might as well call us archivists." Attano touched his black and white hair, his square face was full of helplessness, and he introduced the three people he was tracking. case.

"About the end of the 1990s, when we were digitally entering information across the country, we discovered a series of regular but extremely strange serial murders. The dead had no motive and were killed seemingly randomly. But their names are very similar. Seth Bright, Benjamin Bright..." Attano touched his hair again, "At that time, there was a theory called statistical nomology, and this example was even used by some Best-selling author quotes that people with these names are more likely to be murdered."

Atano handed several yellowed files to Chen Wei, Chen Wei squinted at them, some records were handwritten, full of scribbled English, a bit difficult.

"At that time, this strange phenomenon had attracted the attention of some detectives. As more and more information was entered, we found that the scope of the dead quickly expanded to more than 20 people. There are also some people with different names who were murdered. The dead who died in a very similar manner were also included in this file, and the list continued to expand to more than fifty people." Attano handed another list to Chen Wei.

The long list, and the matching photos of different ages, appearances and races, some of them are teenagers in their prime, some of them are kind old people. The long list gives people a heavy sense of depression.

Sure enough, a serial killer...

"Later, our semanticists joined in and discovered the pattern. All the names of the dead have a specific meaning. Sass, South; Benjamin, Son of the South; San Francisco, Corsican South; Polo Tignes, Polish, Sol, Spanish... Their surnames also have the same meaning, mostly light and bright, and a small part of darkness and death. The United States is a country of immigrants, and even the names of many people Those who use a less common dialect can still be murdered. After the efforts of our semantic scientists, the list of this archive has finally increased to 137 people, and the earliest time can be traced back to 50 years ago. An extremely long-lived killer, or group, maybe even a family of killers... as we call them, the Southern Killers."

Atano swallowed his saliva. In the past fifty years, more than one hundred and thirty people have died. This is a heavy pressure.

"In the years since we set up the task force, the list is still growing. One of the victims, who was followed and protected by our agents for a long time, was still murdered. Even our agents..." Atta Nuo shook his head, "This killer is very cold and meticulous, and almost never misses, so our investigations have been very hard these years. Our agents have collected evidence everywhere, but there has been no progress. Sometimes there have been breakthroughs. , but always encountered a lot of resistance, the reason for this is indescribable..."

Atano waved his hand: "When the task force had the largest number of people, there were dozens of people running back and forth across the country to collect evidence, but now, there are only five of us left to conduct some conservative investigations and data collection. Excavation work."

Atano pointed to a corner: "This is the evidence collection of the last two murders. If you are interested, I can show you. I am afraid that there is no chance to take you out of the field recently..."

As Chen Wei and Jiang Sanjia listened, their complexions gradually changed.

Li Ying was vaguely aware of something, but he didn't make it clear, he just stared blankly around.

Chen Wei considered his words and said slowly in his unproficient English: "Mr. Atano, there have been many murders in our country, which meet the same conditions. According to the information I have collected, they meet the relevant requirements. There are 17 murder cases that can be confirmed. They were also killed because of the same combination of names. It is also difficult to catch the murderer. However, in our country, the order of the names is reversed. The people killed by them, They all have the same name."

Nanming!

Attano's eyes widened, almost bulging.

Li Ying yelled out even more.

Jiang Sanjia was not surprised. Nan Ming didn't know, but he knew.

One of the reasons why Chen Wei was willing to give up his prosperous career and status in Wubei and transfer to the capital was because of Nan Ming, because of the two people with the same pronunciation who also died in front of him, the liar Nan Ming and Da Ming brother Nan Ming !

In the confrontation between Nan Ming and Miss Abi, he can't intervene in many cases, but he has already set his sights on these killers. He will use his best method to find them out and kill them to protect his family. .

Protection and justice are Chen Wei's lifelong pursuit.

However, the country has a large population, and some information is relatively closed, and there is no police agency like the FBI. There are only local police organizations that specialize in nationwide operations, and little progress has been made in information collection and evidence gathering.

Chen Wei's department is actually an experimental department that imitates the working methods of the FBI, but it is still in its infancy.

Chen Wei never dreamed that he found a file room with 137 people in this distant America. This is simply a treasure given to him by God!

"The Southern Killer doesn't just act in the country? He also acts in China?"

Atano was also stunned. He quickly grabbed Chen Wei and said, "Can you disclose some information? The information you have will be very helpful to us!"

"Don't dare, we communicate with each other and help each other!" Chen Wei said in a deep voice.

Atano and Chen Wei held each other's hands tightly, and suddenly felt like an underground party meeting in an old movie.

"Comrade Atano, I saw you..." Jiang Sanjia whispered.

Was quietly kicked by Chen Wei.

Several other people were also dumbfounded. Is this pie in the sky, or what?

How could there be such a coincidence?

At this moment, a female detective who was operating in front of the computer stood up: "Boss, there is a situation. We just searched for a new case that fits the characteristics of the southern killer..."

"What? Who is the victim?"

"There is no victim." The female detective looked strange. "The person who was attacked was named Seth Bright, the daughter of a small rancher. They... caught the attacker."

"Someone caught... Southern Killer?" Attano suddenly stood up and ordered, "Where is it?"

"In Boise, Idaho," said the female detective.

The three of Chen Wei were startled and also stood up, Boise!

"Contact BPD immediately and ask them to protect the scene and witnesses, and we will rush there immediately!" Attano stood up abruptly.

"Mr. Atano, I hope to go with you too." Chen Wei said hastily.

Atano thought for a few seconds, and then said: "Okay, let's go together. Since you are with us, it will be more convenient for us to contact a special plane."

At the FBI headquarters, there are many special planes for some departments to use. Atano’s southern killer task force is a small transparency of the FBI. They have never had this opportunity before, but now Atano has an indomitable momentum, abruptly from the top The supervisor, with his square head, smashed out a special plane and flew directly to Boise.

The three of them, Chen Wei, took a special plane for the past two days, which was interesting.

Along the way, Chen Wei was a little apprehensive, but because Atano and others were nearby, it was not convenient for him to contact Nan Ming directly. However, the case file has been sent over, the killer was injured, and the victim and witnesses were unharmed. This made him feel a little relieved.

All the way to BPD, Chen Wei saw Nan Ming's eyes of surprise as soon as he entered the lobby. (To be continued.)