Great, It's the Pervy Neighbor. We're Doomed

Chief Pete said, "Give me a reason."

Michelle said, "These criminals, these serial killers—each one has their own personality, behavioral patterns, and hobbies. Based on these traits, the cases they commit all have their own most distinct characteristics.

Take Aisen Town, for example. Looking at those cold case files you gave me from this small town, the biggest commonality is that the victims in each case were mostly alone, not multiple people. At most, two victims, and even that was rare.

But those three cases yesterday? All multiple victims. Even the smallest, the Orchard Lovers' case, had two. That's extremely rare in Aisen Town.

That's why I judge this series of cases as the work of one person.

Therefore, I suspect that the puppet master behind Alice Apartment sent over a deranged criminal who enjoys mass murder."

Chief Pete said, "The family of five and the bar case I can combine as one person, since both involved multiple deaths, which almost never happened before. But what about the lovers' case? Why couldn't that be someone else? And isn't the timeline for these three cases too tight?"

Michelle said, "Aisen Town has had lover death cases before, but in those, the couples' valuables were always taken. More importantly, the female victims were always raped.

But this time? The couple's valuables weren't stolen. Neither the woman nor the man showed any signs of sexual assault. It was just murder.

The family of five? Their valuables were completely untouched too.

For the first case, I speculate the killer had a grudge against the husband. The brutal beating, especially pulling out all his teeth—that suggests a verbal conflict. After that, the killer slaughtered the family in front of the husband but didn't kill him, probably to make him live in eternal pain.

For the second case, why target that couple? Didn't your subordinates previously investigate and find that the wealthy couple drove a sports car to town? But that car is still missing. Perhaps the killer targeted them for the car, wanted to take it for a spin. Of course, it's also possible the couple provoked the killer first.

As for the third case..."

Suddenly, Michelle, who had been waving his hands animatedly while laying out his theories, fell silent like a dud cannonball.

"This one... I just can't figure out what the killer was thinking. My own guess, though I'm not sure, is that he was just recently sent here by the puppet master behind Alice Apartment. He wanted to prove himself, get attention, so he pulled off something this big.

I think this is very possible. He's a fresh arrival—a deranged criminal, a psychopathic serial killer who hasn't yet been absorbed or subdued by locals like him. That's why he took out so many people at once. Still, while Aisen Town's previous cold cases could all be linked to paranormal activity and ghosts, this last one can at least be tied to the horror movie character Jason..."

...

In the inner landscape world.

When the main personality of the evil memories was controlling the body.

After driving away from Bar Street, he took the cement truck to a remote area, abandoned it there, and left.

After destroying all evidence linking him to the crimes, he returned to the 25 Hours Hotel.

Then the System forcibly sent him back to the inner landscape world.

"Damn, you're really a handful, aren't you? You were out for such a short time and managed to do so much shit."

"That white man just insulted you a few times, racially discriminated against you a few times, and you actually killed his entire family? You're way too cruel!!!"

Right now.

The main personality of the evil memories, Jiang Ran, stood beside the fountain statue of Jiang Ran in the town square of this inner landscape world.

And around him.

Apart from a few alternate personalities, the rest were all a hundred meters away, staring at him with extreme vigilance.

Not that it was surprising.

After all, he was the main personality of the evil memories. Who knew what this bastard would do next?

So keeping distance was the smart move.

The person who had spoken earlier with a teasing, mocking tone was Blue-Haired Jiang Ran.

Blue-Haired Jiang Ran hadn't distanced himself far, but he was still about five or six meters away.

After he finished speaking, the main personality of the evil memories, Jiang Ran, smiled:

"Cruel? I believe if it were you, you'd do the same."

Blue-Haired Jiang Ran shook his head decisively: "I'd kill that middle-aged white man who racially discriminated against me, but I'd absolutely never kill his family. I have no grudge against his family—why drag them into it?"

He was telling the truth, not lying.

"Oh really? Then you're quite a good person, huh! But you might act that way, but the ones around you might not think the same. Take this one, for example—Smoky Makeup Jiang Ran."

Smoky Makeup Jiang Ran, seeing himself called out, laughed: "Come on, I might be a bit cruel, but I'm not as twisted as you. You kill entire families. I'm like Blue-Haired—at worst, I'd just get revenge on the person who wronged me."

"And hey, that couple with the sports car? You're a real animal! Not only did you steal their car, but you killed them too."

The main personality of the evil memories, Jiang Ran, thought for a moment and said, "No choice. They pissed me off. Especially that guy—he looked at me with contempt, looked down on me. It really hurt my feelings!"

He made an exaggerated sad expression.

Smoky Makeup Jiang Ran asked, "And the white woman?"

The main personality of the evil memories, Jiang Ran, shrugged: "She was slightly better than her boyfriend, but not by much. I'm this handsome, and when she came out of the restaurant, she just glanced at me once and completely ignored me."

Noble Jiang Ran stood beside Smoky Makeup Jiang Ran, holding a scepter encrusted with all sorts of colorful gems.

Today, he was still dressed like a Western aristocrat.

He chuckled and said, "No wonder Blue-Haired and Smoky Makeup look down on you, think you're cruel. Even I find you ridiculous. Take the last thing you did, for instance—to chase those few people, you drove a cement truck into a bar, killed quite a few people, then got out and hacked down more, then drove that cement truck and caused even more chaos! Ugh! Seriously! You're way too bloodthirsty!"

The main personality of the evil memories, Jiang Ran, opened his mouth in surprise: "Huh? It's fine when those two call me out, but you too?"

He tapped his head lightly with his right hand: "In my memories, before you time-traveled back then, I think you once killed an entire boatload of people. Compared to that night of yours, my little stunt is nothing. And you have the nerve to call me out?"

Noble Jiang Ran sighed softly and shook his head: "You don't understand. I was helping them escape life, leave this evil world."

The main personality of the evil memories, Jiang Ran, said, "Then that's what I'm doing too."

Noble Jiang Ran said, "No, you're not."

The main personality of the evil memories, Jiang Ran, didn't bother arguing further with Noble Jiang Ran.

He just swept his gaze over the alternate personalities in front of him and those far away.

Then, he said something that made every alternate personality's scalp crawl:

"When fifty million points are gathered, you'll all get your freedom."

"Once you're free, obediently contact me and become my dogs."

"Otherwise, I'll send every single one of you to hell."