↢ The first crime ↣ ⌜Taekook⌝ Part 1

Chapter 4

Taehyung went to Yoongi as fast as he could, even picking up Jongsuk on the way. As soon as the policeman found out that Jeon hadn't been killed, he was shocked. On the other hand, Taehyung had the impression that the murderer had started playing games with them on many levels.

On the way to the hospital with Jongsuk, they both pondered the whole matter.

"Taehyung you think Jungkook has been kidnapped and the killer is playing some sick game with us? Why did he place the doll? After all, it was known that Yoongi would quickly recognize that it was a dummy." He said honestly.

"I don't know, but maybe that was what the murderer meant. I think the killer knew Yoongi is meeting Jungkook and knows that he is my enemy. The murderer wanted to argue us together.  Do you understand what's going on?” He asked in a serious tone.

"What our Yoongi meets with our worst enemy?" Jongsuk did not hide his surprise.

"Look, I don't think it's a good idea either, but the killer kidnapped Jeon made a bit of a mess. Yoongi is in love with him, which means that he will want to find him as soon as possible. The murderer will then be able to wipe the three of us off the board faster." Taehyung was in his head as usual, and his observations looked extremely accurate.

"So you think one of the three of us is the main target of the murderer?"  Jongsuk wanted to make sure he understood Taehyung well.

Admittedly, the two had not seen the victim list, but together they had to find the last victim and also had to be careful of each other.

"It must be me or Yoongi, I don't see any other choice. If it were otherwise, the killer would not be interested in Yoongi and me, and most of all would not want our argument. After what he did, I think it must be Yoongi. If we had argued, he would be an easy target, because he would be looking for Jeon on his own."

Their conversation ended when they stood in the parking lot in front of the hospital. The two boys got out of the car and started walking towards the morgue.

When they got there, they saw Yoongi sitting in a chair, not believing what he had just seen.

"Yoongi, is something wrong?" Taehyung put his hand on Yoongi's shoulder, and Yoongi only shuddered when he realized the presence of another human being.

"Oh that's you. Look, something's wrong here. This doll is soaked all in ethanol.  This substance is present in small concentrations in crude oil. Additionally, it consists of an ethyl group, it is toxic and poisonous. If someone inhales its fumes for more than an hour the next day, they may be dead."

Taehyung and Jongsuk did not expect to hear such information.  They thought the doll was just soaked in some smelly, non-hazardous substance.

However, this news effectively brought them back to earth.

"Okay, so we know that the murderer by displaying the doll not only wanted us to quarrel and it was not only a warning that something bad could happen with Jeon, the murderer wanted you and me to possibly finish off Jongsuk as well.  The three of us work the longest close to the body. Why is this doll still here?  Do you want to kill yourself?"  Taehyung screamed when he saw the image of Jungkook lying on the table.

"Look, this doll no longer has a gram of ethanethiol in it. I tried to minimize the odor for four hours until it finally evaporated. Later I had to cut open the doll, which was not so easy, because it turned out that with one cut I could reactivate the bomb that would kill me."

“Oh, please, the killer knew you could handle the substance, but he missed the detail that you learned to disarm the bombs. Here he made a mistake. I wonder if he put something inside this time in case you managed to get in."

Taehyung laughed out loud, expecting the killer not to miss a single detail, unless there was something else that could kill any of them.

"I found a dead rat inside and this, come closer will show you."

The policeman and Taehyung approached the doll and looked inside.  There was nothing inside but a dead animal and some inscriptions on the bottom.

"Without a magnifying glass I will not be able to see what he writes there, that's why I called you."

Taehyung took a small magnifying glass from his pocket and placed it on the surface. When he recognized the text, he quickly threw the magnifying glass out of his hand and grabbed his lips.

"Tae tell us what the subtitles are.  Is that a warning?" Jongsuk couldn't stand it, he was very curious what the murderer was up to this time.

'These aren't signs, they are the signatures of victims who died from the beginning of the serial murders. Starting with the first and ending with the last one, which is marked with a question mark. Oddly enough, there is no Jeon's signature here, but the penultimate one was signed by a woman who didn't die at all. No one had ever found her body yet." Taehyung could not believe that everything was so well thought out.

The murderer did not want to kill them, at least not yet. He wanted these signatures to be found, and that this penultimate body be found, but why did the murderer want to bring them closer to himself? It didn't make any sense.

"Gentlemen, we need to go back to where the doll was found.  Another woman's body is abandoned nearby."

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I am sorry if you don't understand something.  My English is average but I hope it gets better soon.