[Shen Xia] Son of Great Britain

Lestrade had not been back in Pall Mall for several days.

Mycroft's phone call to Favors focused on the incident.

Pall Mall Street, where Mycroft lived, was within walking distance of both his Whitehall offices and the Diogenes Club.It is also very close to Scotland Yard. Lestrade would be willing to live in it at the beginning. On the one hand, it is because of the extremely short commuting route.

Mycroft is a person who doesn't like to go out. He goes out at [-]:[-] every afternoon and walks a few steps to the Diogenes Club, and then walks a few steps back home at [-]:[-]. All the exercise is done②.

If his opponent is crazy and bold, it is not unforeseeable to seize the opportunity to blow him up at this time.

Unfortunately, even after resigning, there are still countless people secretly protecting him.

After Lestrade's arrival, Mycroft's schedule and amount of exercise have undergone considerable changes, in all aspects.

Before Favors moved out, they would try their best to cooperate with Lestrade's work and rest situation, and they would have a warm dinner together almost every day.Even if Lestrade had some big case in his hands, he would try his best to find time to go home for dinner, and then go to work overtime after dinner, anyway, it was close.

After Favors moved away as an adult, so did Mycroft and Lestrade.

As a result, when Mycroft said that Lestrade hadn't come home for a few days, Favors' first reaction was not to work overtime, but that Lestrade had been kidnapped.Of course, as soon as the thought flashed, it disappeared.After all, Mycroft would not wait for someone to disappear for more than 24 hours before acting. Once something happened to Lestrade, this seemingly lazy man would definitely act immediately.

What's more, Favors's subordinates did not report any abnormal news. Obviously, Lestrade was still fine, and he had other reasons for not going home.

Broken relationship?This conjecture is ridiculous for Holmes, this group of wolf-like guys never let their prey go away.

Then there is a case, but there have been no cases published in the media recently.And if it was a special incident that would continue to endanger the safety of the people, Lestrade would never hesitate to ask for help.

In fact, Favors faintly noticed something.

The media did not publish any special cases, but the number of obituaries appearing in newspapers recently is much more than in the past.

Favors hacked into the Scotland Yard system while talking on the phone, called up the recent report records, and quickly pulled up a few comparison pictures. He immediately understood the cause and effect, and also understood why his father didn't take action himself.

He twitched the corner of his mouth, but agreed to his father's request.

Scotland Yard's recent report records are not problematic at first glance, even Lestrade can't find anything for a while, and most of these cases are accidents, from the cause through the result to the forensic report or examination The results of the injuries are all clearly recorded, and it doesn't seem to be the result of covering up something.

However, if we compare the reporting rates and types of cases in other cities during the same period with the reporting rates and types of cases in London in the same period in previous years, we will find that the recent reporting rate in London is significantly higher.What is even more striking is that recent reports in London are not such trivial things as stealing wallets and losing mobile phones, but cases of fatal injuries. It seems that accidental death cases are all concentrated at this time, revealing a strange .

Favors came to Scotland Yard, because he had helped Scotland Yard solve crimes many times in the past, was a nominal consultant (he was more likeable than Sherlock here), and was Lestrade's son, so the road was almost unimpeded.

Arriving at Lestrade's office, a small police officer was coming out, and Lestrade saw Favors through the glass door at a glance.

"Why are you here?" He was a little surprised.

"Something happened in London recently." Favors sat down under Lestrade's signal.

Lestrade recalled it for a while, then shook his head, "No, there is no special case recently, and I haven't received any news."

After he finished speaking, he seemed to have thought of something, and his tone became a little more vigilant, "Did McCoff ask you to come to me?"

Lestrade has complained many times about McCoff's amazing control/control/desire. Under his complaints, McCoff has no choice but to promise not to monitor him anymore, but he can figure it out with his toes. If McCoff would give up easily, and Sherlock wouldn't yell at him often.

So, as long as Mycroft didn't show it and kept it secret, Lestrade just turned a blind eye and pretended not to know.

This is also the reason why Mycroft didn't come in person or find Sherlock this time, but asked Favors.

"Of course not." Favors didn't look like he was lying at all. "You know, my organization is also concerned about the safety of London. Recently, some extraordinary things have obviously happened."

Thinking of the organization Favors established, Lestrade reluctantly nodded, "Okay, but what happened?"

Favors sent the case records and comparison charts to Lestrade's computer.

When looking at the records, Lestrade didn't respond, but when he saw the next two pictures, he gradually frowned.

"There are indeed a lot of accidental death cases, but I don't see any connection between these cases." Lestrade called the police outside and brought over the death case files for the past three days.

The first one: the management staff violated the rules for smoking indoors, causing a fire in the beer warehouse. Fortunately, it rained that day, they took off their clothes and rolled into the pond, and were discovered in time. The burns of the two management staff were not serious;③

The second case: The taxi driver drove drunk at night, killing a couple and injuring the other. The driver has pleaded guilty and is in custody;

The third pile: An office worker was crushed to death by falling building materials due to loose screws on the construction site on the way to commute;

The fourth pile: The doctor took drugs before the operation, resulting in the death of the patient who failed the operation;

Fifth pile: The depression patient committed suicide after his condition improved, and the family sued the psychiatrist;

The sixth event: The old lady walking the dog ran into the horror atmosphere decoration of the haunted house theme pavilion, and died of a heart attack due to fright;

The seventh incident: Five junior high school students played in the pond, one of them was entangled in the discarded fishing net in the water and then drowned, and the other drowned while saving others...

"I don't think these people have anything in common. They live in different areas, ages, occupations, experiences, work and rest, etc., as you said, the only strange thing is that their events collide. ...like Death Comes."

Favors went through the documents, focusing on the transcripts. Finally, he closed the documents with a snap and replied to Lestrade: "This is not caused by the gods, it is just a probable serial murder case (probable murder) )④."

"You mean probabilistic killing?" Lestrade was a little unbelievable. He had been handling cases for so many years and had never been exposed to probabilistic killings. At most, it was an oolong death caused by some coincidence. This is an extremely rare case.

Probability kills, this is more like a story in a mystery novel.

"Yes, this is the most perfect criminal method, but this murderer has obviously become obsessed with it. He keeps trying, and now only a small part of the success comes to the surface. His method is too rough, just a clever If it wasn’t for the lack of surveillance⑤, I don’t need to say anything and you can catch him.”

Probabilistic killing refers to increasing the probability of accidents, so as to achieve the purpose of causing the victim's accidental death.

Favors pointed to the seventh case and said: "Under normal circumstances, the pond itself has a certain probability of drowning. Even if there is a sign prohibiting swimming, some people will stand up and take the risk. What the murderer needs to do Just throwing an abandoned fishing net in the pond will increase the probability of people drowning in the pond. He didn't target specific people. He hoped that someone would drown here. It doesn't matter a few days or years later, someone will always do it And die. He doesn't care who dies, he just enjoys the pleasure of manipulating human life like a god."

Favors' explanation made Lestrade shudder.A randomly discarded fishing net is a well-planned murder method. Maybe one day, a billboard that fell and hurt people in a rainstorm was because someone loosened the screws a few months ago, but it seems to be just a case. An all-too-common "accident".

"He must be stopped." Lestrade said firmly, and he immediately summoned people to set up a task force.

Favors participated in the meeting as a consultant, but in the face of Lestrade's explanation, the others looked at each other in blank disbelief, distrustful.

"I understand that there are reasons for the increase in cases in this way, but isn't this really too much imagination? ... I mean it's unbelievable." A police officer said.

"Suppose we think that the drowning case is indeed the layout of people who discarded fishing nets, but what about the others? We can't attribute all accidents to probabilistic killings." Another police officer followed suit.

"This is a matter that has been closed from beginning to end. There is no need to restart the investigation because of groundless speculation. We are already busy enough."

Favors really couldn't stand listening to the speeches of these idiots, he pressed his temples, feeling deeply that he should learn more from Sherlock instead of becoming more and more "tolerant" when he grew up.

"Shut up, you idiots." He did learn from Uncle Sherlock, "Open up these case materials and use your brains. In the construction site incident, from the office worker's home address and company address Looks like his commute doesn't go through a construction site, apparently something happened that made him have to take a detour. I think the killer put a barricade on a certain section of the road, and there won't be a shortage of witnesses who did the same detour , anyone you ask will know that the office worker is the only one among a group of targets who was hit."

Lestrade added: "The dog-walking route for the old dog-walking elderly also needs to be confirmed with the family members. The haunted house theme pavilion has been open for many days. If you pass by often, you will not be scared only today. Maybe the roadblock has changed. The old man's route."

"It's not a roadblock. Judging from the character of this old man, if it was a roadblock, she would just keep walking instead of changing the route. The haunted house is set up on this young street, and walking the dog on this road is not in line with the habits of the old man. The killer must have said something to her - maybe a supermarket discount."

"So suicide doesn't count, does it?" a police officer muttered softly.

"A patient whose condition is improving suddenly deteriorates. I think anyone with a brain knows what stimulus she may have suffered. You should check her call records and investigate her course of action instead of closing the case hastily."

With the lessons learned from this police officer, the others became more honest and asked questions quietly one after another.

"The fire in the beer warehouse seems to be completely caused by the employees. Is this also the layout?"

Favors replied patiently: "Warehouse managers often sell goods privately, especially beer. If someone uses cigarettes as a bribe, then it is understandable that there are cigarettes on the managers who are not allowed to carry cigarettes. Because they are usually asked by the company to ban smoking, they will not be able to resist trying the cigarettes when they get them. It was raining that day, even though the country banned indoor smoking, they would still smoke indoors secretly, and they would have a fluke mentality. I feel that it is not easy to catch fire when it rains, and it is more bold and bold when it is smoked. In specific circumstances, you should contact the person concerned to make a new record."

"Wait!" asked Lestrade. "You mean the man who bought the liquor from the storekeeper is the murderer."

Favors looked at him and nodded, "Not only that, he was also the one who sold the beer to the driver."

According to the driver's transcript, he was drinking because that night he was driving a young man who had just left a party.There was a lot of beer and unopened pizza left at the party⑥. He planned to empty the trash can, but later found that he lost his wallet at the party, so he took those things to pay the driver for the fare.

As the night deepened, the back seat exuded a strong smell of pizza, and the hungry driver couldn't help but ate the pizza with wine. As a result, drunk driving and bad weather prevented him from noticing the two young men in front of him immediately. People, bumped straight into it, causing a tragedy.

Finally, there was some news about the demon who was manipulating people's lives behind the scenes. Everyone cheered up and prepared to interrogate the driver as soon as the meeting was over, asking about the characteristics of the suspect as much as possible.

Unfortunately, it was raining that day, and the suspects were dressed very tightly. They could not obtain much information. This serial murder case, which was already difficult to determine, had no clues.

Looking at some serial murderers in history, they all have something in common between their cases, or they love the same image of the victim, or they like the same method of killing, or they hide the body in the same way. It is often the breakthrough point for the police to solve the case.But this time the serial murderer makes people unable to find the "serial" point.

In fact, for Favors, the man's crimes were not perfect.

"He likes to control people's lives, but his layout often takes a long time to realize, so he must use other methods to enjoy his 'results'."

Lestrade mused. "You mean obituaries? If you're looking at newspaper subscribers, that's too broad."

"Not only that, but if I were a murderer who committed multiple perfect crimes, I would definitely laugh at the incompetence of the police. I am the god who controls life, and the police? They are just a bunch of fools who don't know why. I will make fun of them You have to turn around." Favors showed a mocking smile, as if he was the real culprit.

Like the police provocation, many serial murderers will do this, and many of them were arrested because of this.

"Fucking around..." Lestrade realized for a moment. "He's looking at Scotland Yard! He lives around here!"

However, most of the people living near Scotland Yard are either rich or expensive, and it is not easy to check.

"He was a doctor in the past, and his license was revoked because of medical malpractice. Now he may be the manager of the community where the depressed patient lives. You can compare the social circle of the doctor in the fourth case," Favors said. answer.

No matter how many times, Lestrade couldn't help asking, "How do you know?"

"Fire cases, drunk driving cases, falling objects cases, dog walking cases and drowning cases, in these cases, the murderer actually doesn't care who the victim is and what the consequences will be. But in the doctor's case, he is very targeted. Obviously. At the same time, he will know that the information of the depressed patient is also very suspicious. Considering that the depressed patient lives in a nearby community, I suspect that he may be a member of the community. He cannot afford to live without a background to settle medical malpractice If there is a house here, then he can only be a community employee here and live in the staff dormitory."

"Then why not the patient who died due to medical malpractice?"

"It's too easy to let a patient 'accidentally' die, but he chose to start with the doctor and chose the least unexpected method. How can ordinary people know that a highly skilled doctor is an addict/junker? He I know that doctor, and I have some troubles. His medical license was revoked, and he can no longer be a doctor who saves lives and heals the wounded. So his heart was distorted, and he went to the other extreme—killing people. He has learned Doctor, so he can see that the old lady walking the dog has a heart attack. When he commits many crimes, complacent, and gets carried away, he thinks of revenge. Once this kind of twisted person Once you have control of your power, you will never let go of those who have a problem with you."

According to Favors, Lestrade had indeed found the murderer. The window of the murderer's dormitory room happened to be able to see the gate of Scotland Yard, and several obituaries of the deceased were posted on the wall.

For this kind of probability killing, it is very difficult to obtain evidence.He could not be prosecuted in several cases in this incident, but because of his many successes, he gradually became arrogant and left some clues.For example, the fishing nets purchased in the drowning case, the drugs in the doctor's case, etc., and some "accidental" homicide cases that have not been implemented, are enough for him to go to jail.

Not to mention that with the help of a man who had been waiting at home for a long time, all the indictable evidence for this murderer had been collected.

After this incident came to an end, Lestrade finally returned to his normal off-duty time.

When Favors's subordinates told him that Lestrade had gone on a trip with his "family" because he broke a big case, he couldn't help murmuring: I'm just a tool man.

The conscientious tool man decided to call in another bear boy to give the old father a headache.

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