Kurohoshi Agency
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"Hello boss, how are you getting on with the case? I hope you are having fun. I am. In this case I remembered to send you a souvenir. Ha! Ha! It's the lady's fingernail. Ah, her well manicured, fine polished pink nails. Don't you just love it?"
Sawakita frowned, clenching his hands into fists, "Damned that cocky ripper,"
"Speaking of 'ripper', these two murders really remind me of Jack the Ripper, haven't you people noticed the similarities? Ripped up bodies, sneering notes, and did you realize that even the 'jobs' of the women are similar? Lounge hostesses and prostitutes, like that's some difference," Mitsui examined the note, and his vision fell on the bloody object placed on the brown envelope, "Sick person, really. Fingernails!"
"Well, Jack the Ripper existed more than a century ago, and he'd be a freak if he lived till now, and he lurks in London, England, not Tokyo, Japan." Sendoh added.
"Like that's some helpful fact," Sawakita snorted, "Oy, Rukawa, you haven't been saying anything,"
The silent one placed his notebook on the desk and turned around on his armchair to take a drink.
Sendoh picked the notebook up, and in it was scribbled the various details of the victims.
File KA-MD-02/11/0987:
Victim: Kawasaki Hanako (known as Jennie)
Occupation: Lounge Hostess
Height: 5"6
Weight: 50 Kg
Detail: About 10 visible cuts on face, stomach ripped open, exposing intestines. Bruises on arms, probably due to struggle with assaulter. No signs of rape or robbery. Could be planned murder or random work of a psycho.
Objects: Torn clothes and handbag with the usual necessities. There was a note written in blood, addressing the police.
File KA-MD-02/11/0988:
Victim: Sayukiko Marii (Known as Mary)
Occupation: Lounge Hostess
Height: 5"7
Weight: 53 Kg
Detail: About 13 visible cuts on face; stomach and chest ripped open, exposing innards. No signs of rape or robbery. Could be planned murder or random work of a psycho.
Objects: Torn clothes and handbag, rice sack with bloodstains – suspected to be used to muffle the screams of victims to avoid alarming the public. There was a note written in blood, addressing the police.
"Similar work, and obviously the work of the same person," Sawakita analyzed.
"Not necessarily," Rukawa swung around in the armchair.
"Why not?"
"The depths of the cuts on the two bodies are different, the first one was done using a knife that is probably a little blunt or jagged, judging from the wounds, and a little rusty too," Rukawa drank from the mug, looking up at Sendoh, who nodded and continued, "The second body showed that a longer and sharper knife was used, and did you notice, the rug sack? The second case was done by a professional, or someone who had obviously planned and knew exactly what to do."
"So you were saying that the two deaths were probably caused by two different murderers?" Mitsui looked baffled, "How do you explain the notes? Same handwriting, same tone and all, oh yes, and they are linked, remember the 'souvenir' thing?"
"Precisely, that was what got us perplexed," Sendoh nodded, "They could be the same person after all."
"Well, that was what we are supposed to do, right?" Sawakita smiled, "To find the murderer."
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He stood, smiling at the young man before him, "You had her killed, yes?"
"Yes, sir."
"And the note?"
"Yes, sir."
"Good."
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