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Jennie

Jennie could barely hold back the shudder that went through her body at the sight of the dead body laying before her. Seven years doing that job and she still felt sick every time, she was sure it wouldn't change. Maybe it was better, though. It made her a bit more human, when she felt like she was getting further and further away from that.

Jinyoung was beside her, waiting for her to say anything, as she was analyzing the scene around them, trying to notice anything odd before they actually started moving everything around to look for clues.

The brunette cleared her throat as she crouched down next to the body, trailing her hand, that she had carefully covered with a glove, on the dead's man bare chest. "He's tied up." She noted and her partner hummed softly, following her hand with his eyes as it got closer to his neck. "And he has some mark around his neck, like someone choked him." She added as she enclosed her hand around it, following the mark, like the killer had probably done a few hours prior.

"Do you think that's how he died?"

"I don't know, we'll have to wait for the forensic report, but I doubt it. It doesn't really look like it anyway, more like..." She paused, trying to hide her disgust. "More like it was part of some kind of kinky shit. I mean, look at him." She scoffed, before getting up, facing her partner again.

"Yeah, it's... weird as fuck." He chuckled awkwardly, "If- if you were right, then it's the same woman who robbed him who killed him, right?"

"Yup, it seems likely at least."

He nodded, "Then shouldn't he had been scared? I mean, if he knew she robbed him before, then this time... I mean we don't know if she just showed up or if he contacted her, but he should've known she wasn't up to anything good? Why let her tie him up?"

Jennie furrowed her eyebrows, staying silent for a few seconds to find a logical explanation to it, finding only one. "He doesn't look like he's been forced, not physically at least, so I guess manipulation is the way." She started, her tone dropping lower, "A lot of people become irrational when it comes to sex, human beings are weak, especially men. No offense."

"None taken." Jinyoung chuckled, and Jennie could barely hold her smile back.

"Whoever our woman is, I bet she seduces her victim to get what she wants, and it seems to work pretty well. Yang didn't look like the smartest man ever anyway, so..."

"Mhm, that makes sense." He paused, looking at Jennie with a frown on his face, "Maybe we could actually use that to catch her. The dating app seemed like a failure, probably because Yang lied to us about it, but we could use a similar method. I'm sure a detective can go undercover for a while and try to pretend to be some kind of rich asshole, we'll monitor each of his move while looking for her on our own like we're currently doing, by looking for the stolen items and everything." He said, and Jennie nodded, trying not to let her partner know that the dating app had not been a failure. His plan was actually not stupid, but the brunette knew better. That woman knew they were looking for her and probably wouldn't fall for such a basic trap.

It would at least serve as a distraction for both her captain and Jinyoung while she was investigating on her own. Their serial killer might be into women too, after all, or she made it seem like it in the messages she exchanged with Jennie at least. The detective was aware she was currently a mess, unable to achieve anything good after her failed marriage, but she also knew she was still good looking when she put effort into it, Irene wouldn't take that away from her.

Jennie could play the seduction game too, and she would, if it was what it took to stop the woman. Her own method, the one that made the detectives completely lost and confused, was about to be her downfall. The brunette couldn't wait for it.