Chapter 847: Hancheng Strategy (I)

Alice was sitting next to Jubal and watching him flip through the documents. Before she could react to Jiejie's reminder, she saw that Jubal had already turned to the page with the photos of the scene.

"My God, what happened to her face?" She turned her head away subconsciously, but then felt that this action was too unprofessional for an FBI agent, and forced herself to move her eyes back.

The photos were taken very clearly, but they also made the viewer feel a strong discomfort from a physiological level, especially after just seeing Jessica Townsend's daily life photos.

The body should have been discovered more than 3-4 days after death. It has already shown the early form of giantism, with eyes wide open, eyeballs slightly protruding, lips swollen and tongue protruding.

Although the body is covered by clothes and the surface condition is not clear, the dirty green branch-like decayed vein network is clearly visible, extending from the neck to the face.

However, this is only the appearance caused by the decay of the body. The most uncomfortable thing is the face of the body. Jessica Townsend's originally beautiful face is covered with various knife wounds.

The longest cut extended from her temple along her cheek to her jawbone, as if the murderer had tried to peel off her entire face.

"At least hundreds of knife wounds, and the bones of the bridge of the nose and the chin seemed to be broken." Apart from Jack who carefully examined the photo, only Jubal could look at such a tragic photo of the body without changing his expression.

"Itaewon is the most famous entertainment district in Seoul, so the identity of the suspect is likely to be complicated, local, foreigner, and even..."

Although Jubal said half of his words, everyone could understand what he meant later.

Itaewon is located on the east side of the mountains in the southern part of Yongsan District, Seoul, and next to it is the Yongsan Base, one of the former US military camps in South Korea.

This military base is only a few kilometers away from the Blue House, and it is not too much to call it a "personal bodyguard", but the cost of the universe superpower to support this "personal bodyguard" is also very high.

In addition to providing food and drink, the "personal bodyguards" are all young and strong men, and naturally they also have to help solve physiological problems.

So Itaewon, located between the two camps in the north and south of Yongsan Base, prospered. At first, it was a "pub" and "tea house", and later it became a variety of bars and clubs with bright neon lights.

At that time, the economy of the universe was extremely bad, but the "bodyguards" were all wealthy. They could enjoy the emperor-like service in these bars and clubs with the money of a Marlboro cigarette, so they naturally flocked to them.

However, even the strongest cows can be exhausted, not to mention that good fields and bad fields are mixed, leading to epidemics.

Seeing these strong "bodyguards" say that a little rain is a pity, but their bodies are visibly haggard, and the infection rate even reached 60% at one time.

The authorities of the universe were so distressed that they spent a lot of effort to rectify the situation, demolished all the dilapidated and leaky bungalows, and built a prosperous commercial street.

At the same time, millions of young women were organized to receive English and "vocational skills" training, and all of them were named "civilian diplomats", declaring that they were engaged in a "patriotic cause" of "improving the morale of Allied officers and soldiers, ensuring national security, and boosting the national economy".

In addition, the authorities would regularly provide physical examinations for these "civilian diplomats", and would not hesitate to spend a lot of money to buy penicillin, providing high-dose penicillin treatment for the "few" women who were unfortunately sick, encouraging them to make persistent efforts and earn more foreign exchange for the country.

Although the Yongsan base has been relocated and more than 20,000 "bodyguards" and their families have moved into the Humphrey Barracks in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, Itaewon has not declined.

This has become the most famous "fashionable" place in Seoul, with countless foreign tourists having fun in bars and nightclubs here, and of course there are still many soldiers in camouflage uniforms.

Jack guessed that this was also the reason why the Korean National Police Agency showed such a cooperative attitude towards the arrival of the FBI. Given that the murderer's possible identity was too sensitive, it seemed that there should not be many prosecutors willing to take on this hot potato.

The reason why it is prosecutors instead of Korean police is naturally because of the special independent prosecutor system of the universe superpower.

Anyone who has watched a few Korean dramas knows that the Korean police are probably one of the most cowardly police in the world, because they do not even have the basic independent power to handle cases.

In this country, all criminal case investigations are initiated and completed in the name of prosecutors, and the power to investigate and convict a case is entirely in the hands of prosecutors.

In other words, even if a criminal kills someone in front of the police, everything is recorded by the police recorder. As long as the prosecutor does not nod, the police can only let him go.

It is precisely because the more you lack something, the more you want to shoot it. In Korean dramas, the image of prosecutors who are upright and selfless is also deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, as if this group is the blue sky above all Chinese people, and the only hope for ordinary people to fight against the bullying of chaebols.

However, in fact, the independent prosecutor system of the universe superpower is like the "Special Investigation Department" in the neighboring Neon country, which is also located in the prosecutorial system. They are just an extremely sharp and easy-to-use knife in the hands of the United States.

Those former presidents who died in disgrace all expressed their sincere admiration for this.

A country with troops stationed by other countries cannot have complete sovereignty. Their proud independent prosecutor system, which claims to have more power than the president, has been a deformed freak since its birth.

However, these have nothing to do with the FBI from their home country. They only care about finding the real murderer. As for the identity of the real murderer and whether the case will eventually enter the judicial process, that is left to the upper echelons of the two countries to argue about.

After reading the information, everyone's expression was a little serious. They didn't need to consider the twists and turns behind the case, but just looking at the method of committing the crime, it was already quite tricky.

"Let me guess, this case was not just photographed by reporters, and public opinion could not be suppressed, so we were called here? Usually only serial murders will have such an orderly public dumping of corpses. I bet $20 that this is not the first corpse."

Jack leaned lazily on the sofa and closed the folder and handed it to Clay who was waiting on the side.

"It shouldn't be done by the military, at least no relevant clues have been found so far, otherwise it shouldn't be us who appear here, but NCIS (Naval Criminal Investigative Service) or the Army Military Police Investigation Team." Clay expressed his opinion from the perspective of a veteran.

"It doesn't look like a cult, at least there are no religious symbols or ritual scenes in the photos of the scene." Hannah said and turned on the TV.

I randomly changed a few news channels, and sure enough, one was reporting on this case. Although no one here except Jack could understand Korean or read Korean letters, the TV station surprisingly released a headshot of the victim Jessica Townsend.

"If it is really a serial murder, such a high-profile report is likely to stimulate the murderer and increase his killing efficiency. We must hurry up before seeing more bodies."

Jubal got up from the sofa and looked at the decoration of this high-end suite with a rather regretful look.

"The police and the embassy will deliver our pistols and documents soon, and then Aubrey and Alice will rent a house as our base of operations for the next few days. Remember to find a place with good network."

"Why?" Aubrey was puzzled, "Aren't we staying in a hotel?"

"How many people do you think will be watching us and want to know the progress of the investigation of the case?" Jack looked at him like a fool, and finally sighed helplessly.

"We are operating overseas. Have you forgotten all the counterintelligence knowledge you learned at Quanti Science?"