MISPER
Dirty Discovering
Inspector Natsume and his team studied the photos Mikan made. They were all high quality photos of a black haired man stalking young pregnant women. There was a photo of him standing behind a street lamp, staring at two smiling women with big round bellies, who just walked by. Another photo showed him sitting in a cafe, staring at another pregnant woman who was standing in front of the counter to pay her tea. The other photos showed him stalking many other pregnant women, but there was one particular that caught their interest.
It was a photo of Persona taking photos himself of another pregnant woman. The handle of a huge knife could be seen from his belt. He was smiling evilly.
''He is seriously stalking them…'' realized Misaki, one of Natsume's co-workers. Natsume nodded, staring at the mass of photos on the huge table. There were a few hundreds, showing the man all around the city.
''Why is he doing that?'' asked Andou, then looked at Natsume. ''This Mikan Sakura made the photos, yes? She's pregnant too. Should we do something about this?''
Misaki spoke up. ''She needs protection and someone has to stop her from doing this. It's too dangerous. We have enough to work on it now.''
''Yes. She'll receive protection. I've told her to stop, but unless we involve law enforcement, she won't. She's stalking him.'' Natsume told them.
They were silent for a moment. ''And there's nothing about her mother…''
''Do we have enough for a warrant?''
''Yeah… The papers are on their way. The judge wants him arrested.''
''Still… This isn't enough for a positive conviction.''
''We need a confession.''
''And a few women…'' Misaki added. ''I checked the list of missing pregnant women in this area in the last five years. More than hundred…''
''It couldn't be just him alone, could it? We don't even know if this is really about kidnapping.''
''We're gonna get him and ask a few questions. We've got nothing else. Mochu and Koko, go find out more about the missing women. Misaki, Andou, you're coming with me. The others check connections and his past cell mates. Ask around, but subtly. We don't need panic.'' Natsume gave instructions and walked out with his two co-workers behind him.
Once they arrived at the place, Natsume banged on the door of the apartment where Persona officially lives. ''Police! Open the door!'' Misaki, Andou and the janitor waited behind him.
No one answered. Natsume turned to the janitor. ''Unlock the door, please.''
The janitor fished out the millions of keys of every apartment of the building and unlocked the door. Natsume pushed him aside, his gun ready. The other two mimicked him. They walked in.
There was only silence.
The three of them moved forward.
There was no one there. They each checked the rooms.
''Clear!
''Clear here!''
No answer from Andou.
After a a few moments. ''Hyuuga-san!'' Andou called and Natsume and Misaki made their way towards the bedroom that Andou was checking. Their guns ready. When they walked in, they stopped dead in their tracks.
''Kami-sama…'' whispered Misaki, placing her phone to her hear, already calling backup.
Andou gulped, looking around the place with disbelieve.
Natsume cursed like a sailor.
The whole room, from the ceiling to the floor, was a huge photo album of thousands of photos of pregnant women, babies, and… dead woman with lots of blood streaming from their lower section of the body.