The days of being a spiritual mentor in Meiman.

Chapter 3512 Research on Cats and Dogs (Sixty)
Schiller arrived at the police station. The man who greeted him was the policeman he had met several times before, who was probably Malafak or Ron.

He was holding a stack of photos in his hand, which showed how Yodon died.

"The blood sample has been sent for analysis," Schiller heard the police say outside the door. "The results will probably be out this afternoon. If that doesn't work, we'll have to borrow a forensic doctor from the city."

Schiller knew that such a remote town had basically no technical means. It would take some time to find out the cause of Yoton's death. Even criminal investigation technicians had to be transferred from the city.

Somehow, Schiller didn't have the same feeling of being spied on as before, which proved that no one was reading his mind.

But this is understandable. Ron wants to live like a human being, and Malafak is afraid of exposing himself in front of his powerful brother, so he will not easily use his psychic abilities. So for the time being, they only use human methods to investigate the case.

The policeman on the opposite side asked Schiller some detailed information, such as when Yoton left home, how he left, what he did that night and so on.

Schiller answered them one by one. Just as the conversation was getting better, the female police officer rushed in and said, "We found Betty!"

"What?!" The male police officer stood up quickly and said, "Where? Where is she?"

"In the cellar of the Yoden house. We also found a lot of blood there, probably her mother's. There was also some corpse fluid, which looked like it was two or three days old..."

The police in the police station ran out in a hurry. The police in front of Schiller hesitated for a moment, but chose to stay.

The partner who had been on duty with the female police officer knocked on the door and said to the police officer in front of Schiller: "John, this gentleman's daughter may know something. Do you want to ask her?"

The policeman named John pushed the door open and walked out. He came back a few minutes later and said to Schiller: "Your daughter may have seen the scene of Yoden leaving the house to dump the body, or at least heard something."

Schiller nodded, signaled John to close the door with his eyes, and then said: "I have to be honest with you, Mr. Officer. Aisha is not my biological daughter. In fact, she is the child of one of my students. You must have heard of the name of her biological father."

John frowned deeply, staring at Schiller's expression as if trying to find a clue from it. But then, the name Schiller uttered made his heart skip a beat.

"Elsa's full name is Elizabeth Wayne. Her father is Bruce Wayne and her grandfather is Thomas Wayne."

John put his hand to his forehead, pinching his temple with his middle finger and thumb and said, "You mean she's Bruce Wayne's daughter?"

"Yes. I am Mr. Wayne's university professor. He was recently on a business trip in Metropolis, so he left his daughter in my care. To avoid trouble, I pretended to be her father."

"I'm telling you this to warn you. If anything happens to Aisha in your territory, your career may be over."

John's eyes grew darker, but he still walked out the door quickly, preventing his colleagues from asking Aisha more questions.

After a while, he returned and sat down again. Schiller also sat opposite him.

"Does Jotun's death have anything to do with you?"

"No," Schiller said. "I have neither the motive nor the ability to kill him. Do you think I can defeat a farmer who may have a gun without getting hurt?"

"Little Yotun is not a farmer, and it is not impossible to attack by surprise."

Schiller shook his head and said, "Again, I have no motive for doing so. What good would it do me to kill him?"

Schiller was actually testing whether the policeman sitting in front of him was the same policeman who had come to the backyard to talk to him before.

Even though they look the same, it's possible that one is Malafak and the other is Ron.

It was the policeman in the backyard who warned him that Yoton might be dangerous. If the person speaking was the one in front of him, then Schiller's motive could actually be fabricated.

For example, Schiller realized the danger and wanted to leave, but Yotun tried to stop him and then he was killed. This is possible.

But if he didn't mention this, it would prove that the policeman talking in the backyard was not him, so it could be Malafak.

Schiller was relieved that John raised this possibility. He said: "I warned you before that Jotun might be in danger. You might have had a conflict with him and killed him."

"That's a possibility. But if it was a sudden conflict like this, then I couldn't have subdued him quietly. This contradicts your previous assumption of a sneak attack."

John also frowned, as if he was thinking about what was going on. But soon, the female police officer came back.

"Thank God, Betty is fine. She only had some scratches on her body, no signs of sexual assault. And she said that it was Yoden who killed her mother. He tricked them into going to his house, then attacked from behind and killed her mother."

Schiller looked calm because he had known this would happen. Betty had obviously been brainwashed by someone and only knew this set of words. She would say the same thing to everyone who came. If you were not a professional, you would not be able to detect the problem at all.

Schiller did not remove her brainwashing in order to prove Jotun's guilt. Although this may also be what Malafak wanted, it is harmless.

John went out for a while, and when he came back, he looked a little hesitant. Schiller knew that he might have been under some external pressure.

The death of a person was not a big deal, but it was not a small matter either. However, the previous serial disappearances had already caused panic among the people. Now two more people died, and even Wayne's daughter was involved. The police would not be able to explain themselves unless they found some results.

"I looked you up on the Internet," John said bluntly, "and heard that you are a famous psychologist and have done a lot of research on criminal psychology."

"Psychoanalysis, to be exact," said Schiller.

"I don't want to discuss any academic issues with you." John put a pile of photos in front of Schiller and said, "I want to know who the murderer is. Will he commit crimes again?"

Schiller lowered his eyes and focused his gaze on the pile of photos.

Jotun was laid flat in the middle of the land, lying on his back, but the entire body had been shaved off.

His eyelids, nasal cartilage, lips, and the skin of his chest and abdomen were peeled off.

A bunch of wheat ears was inserted into his mouth, passed through his esophagus to his stomach, and pierced his intestines all the way down. The other two bunches of wheat ears were placed horizontally on his chest facing each other, forming a cross with the vertical wheat ears.

His hands were also placed on his chest, with his palms cut off and turned over. The horizontal ears of wheat were placed on his palms, as if he was offering a gift to someone.

He lay in the middle of his own wheat field in a very calm and sacred posture, so peaceful that it seemed as if he was not dead, but just taking a rest in the field.

Schiller didn’t move, leaning back in his chair, but reached out and held the photo a little closer, then whispered, “Interesting.”

"What did you say?" John's tone was slightly dissatisfied.

"I mean, the murderer is interesting."

"……What's the meaning?"

"I think you know the cross, right?" Schiller continued before John got impatient, "The cross made of wheat ears. This is a typical Christian metaphor. The meaning of wheat ears varies, but if combined with body movements, I think it represents 'Cain'."

"what?"

"Cain and Abel were brothers. Cain was a farmer and Abel was a shepherd. One day they both offered sacrifices to God. God accepted Abel's sacrifice but not Cain's. Cain felt jealous and killed his brother Abel."

"Cain's sacrifice was a bunch of wheat ears." Schiller tapped the photo with his fingertips and said, "The murderer is comparing Jotun to Cain."

"What's the point?"

"Cain killed his brother out of jealousy, which was his greatest sin. The murderer was not unfounded in comparing Jotun to Cain. He believed that Jotun was guilty of the same sin."

John seemed to suddenly remember something. He took a half breath and then suddenly said, "You mean Yotun might have killed his brother, too?"

Schiller suddenly looked at him and said, "You should know this better than me because you are the policeman."

John was obviously choked, and then showed a thoughtful expression. Looking at his expression, Schiller knew that he was right. The death of the youngest daughter of the Yotton family was closely related to little Yotton.

The police must have found out something at the time, but they were unable to convict him due to the obstruction of the Yodon couple. John must have been one of the people who knew about it.

After standing in front of the table and thinking for more than ten seconds, John let out a long sigh and said, "Thank you, Professor. It's a great help."

After saying that, he walked out quickly. From the sound of his voice afterwards, he should have gone to contact the Yodon couple.

Schiller could probably guess what happened back then. The Yodons might not be unaware of what Yodon Jr. had done, but they didn't let the police convict him, not entirely out of a desire to protect their son, but more out of a desire to protect their own reputation.

The more remote and poor a place is, the more feudal it is. The same is true for the United States. Many places in the United States are much more feudal than many people imagine, and are even completely dominated by religion.

Most Americans are Protestants. Although Protestants are called Protestants, they are not as open as Catholics after the Reformation. The famous anti-abortion "heartbeat bill" was created by them.

In this kind of place, reputation is everything. Brothers and sisters killing each other is defined as original sin in the Bible. If this gets out, the whole family will have no chance of staying here.

As expected, John came back looking a little depressed. He shook his head and said, "Whatever Jotun did, I'm afraid it can't be investigated. What we are discussing now is his death..."

"Really?" Schiller stood up, walked up to John and said, "When I first entered Yoden's house, he told me that he had a sister. He said his sister was very cute and they had a good relationship..."

"Bullshit!" John suddenly shouted, "He always takes Catherine to dangerous places! Once he almost drowned her!"

"It seems he deceived me." Schiller lowered his eyes, then looked up at John and said, "Since you knew it, why didn't you stop it, Mr. Officer?"

His voice was very low, but it seemed that every word hit John's heart directly.

"Because you didn't stop it, Katherine died. Because you didn't investigate further, Betty almost died. If Jotun hadn't been killed, perhaps Elsa would have died too."

"Is this what you want, John? You become a policeman just to watch these innocent girls die one after another? Do you have daughters? If you do, can you watch them die like this?"

"enough!"