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Chapter 134 - 118: The Murderer: A Fusion of Angel and Devil (An additional 5 updates for the Alliance Leader ’Brilliance of the Night’)

Chapter 134: Chapter 118: The Murderer: A Fusion of Angel and Devil (An additional 5 updates for the Alliance Leader ’Brilliance of the Night’)

Arrived at the precinct.

Green was already waiting at the door, "Boss Brian, Hader has been temporarily detained. He behaved very honestly throughout, with no extreme actions."

Hearing this, Brian had a bad feeling, "Are you sure?"

Green nodded affirmatively, "Sure. Hader didn’t pay for his drinks because someone stole his money. He hit someone because that person was drunk and kept insulting Hader’s mother. He got angry and that’s why he lashed out."

This made Brian even more uneasy.

At the crime scene of the massacre he had investigated before, the pheromones he smelled were clearly secreted by someone with XYY syndrome.

XYY syndrome is a congenital genetic disorder exclusive to males.

Such individuals naturally have one more chromosome than normal people, leading to abnormal hormone secretion from a young age, affecting physical development, often making them tall and strong with asymmetrical facial features. Under the stimulation of these hormones, they have abundant energy, are easily excited, often feel unsatisfied desires, and can be quick to anger and aggression.

To some extent,

These individuals were natural-born warriors in the age of cold weapons.

In modern times,

Without proper guidance, they can easily become perpetrators.

Hader, whether in terms of appearance, physique, including the approximate age of the person whose pheromones Brian had smelled, all matched. Plus, the timing of his quitting his job and when the victim Sherick acquired those stolen goods were close.

With so many coincidences, Brian believed that Hader was a major suspect.

But according to what Green implied,

This Hader seemed to have a rather good temper?

..

With doubts,

Brian interrogated Hader.

Under the dazzling incandescent light,

The naïve-looking and tall Hader, handcuffed, sat obediently on the chair.

Brian immediately activated his enhanced sense of smell.

Hader’s scent rushed into his nostrils.

The next moment,

Brian’s brow furrowed slightly.

This Hader was definitely not the one who left the scent at the crime scene!

However, there were too many coincidental pieces of information about the other party.

Brian still prepared to interrogate him.

Because it wasn’t an official interrogation, Brian did not mention the formidable warning of Miranda, and went straight to the questions.

"Name?"

"Hader Dion.."

"Age?"

"31."

"Hader, why did you drink without paying in the bar and hit someone?"

Hader honestly said,

"My money was stolen at some point; I didn’t intend not to pay.

I wanted to work to repay the drink money, but the bartender said I looked stupid and didn’t want me to, then one drunk kept mocking me and even sent regards to my mother.

I love my mother, so I asked him not to insult her.

He didn’t listen, and I got angry, so I pushed him."

Looking at Hader, who spoke slowly and seemed gentle, Brian tapped on the table and got straight to the point, "Why did you quit your job as a temporary storage worker in Las Vegas and suddenly come to Los Angeles?"

"Sherick asked me to come," Hader honestly said,

"He’s someone I met at the storage. I helped him move things.

Sherick said I was very honest and looked imposing, so he wanted me to come and work as his bodyguard. After he left, I quit my job and came to Los Angeles. But, after a little over half a month, for some reason, Sherick suddenly told me to get lost."

"Are you saying you lived with Sherick for a while?"

Hader nodded, "I even helped re-tile the balcony at his home. Sherick’s wife was very nice, she would massage me when Sherick went out to buy materials."

"Massage?"

"Yes, like taking off my pants and then putting on a rubber massage bag...

It was my first time, and it felt very comfortable, even though when Sherick’s wife massaged me, she would get a bit scary and liked to scream, often scaring Sherick’s son into crying.

Then one day, Sherick came back early.

He saw his wife massaging me and got very angry, and told me to get out."

Brian: ..

Green, who was listening: ...

The two exchanged glances, suspecting that Hader might have some intellectual disability.

...

Brian stood up and asked the final question, "Where were you the night before last?"

Hader looked down, seemingly embarrassed,

"After leaving Sherick’s home, I couldn’t find a new job.

Sherick didn’t pay my previous wages either.

I was short on money and missed Sherick’s wife’s massages, so I went to see them again.

Sherick was out and wouldn’t return until late; his wife welcomed me.

Seeing me covered in sweat, she took me for a bath first.

She was really nice, washing me herself and even giving me a massage.

I was so comfortable that I fell asleep.

Later, when I woke up, I found myself under a bridge; I guess Sherick saw his wife massaging me again and, getting angry, threw me out."

"I slept so deeply that even if someone had dumped me somewhere, I wouldn’t have known," said Hader, following his previous statement.

Upon hearing Hader’s words, Brian, who was about to leave, revealed a playful smile and sat back down, "Hader, are you saying that you’ve woken up before to find yourself dumped in different places?"

Hader nodded, "I’m often bullied, my mother said it’s because I’m taller and bigger than others, but I have a good temperament. People feel accomplished when they bully me. They’re all bad people. If you’re bullied, don’t argue with the bad guys."

"Was your mother good to you?"

"Very good. My mother was the best mother in the world. She was afraid of me being bullied and didn’t let me work before, but later she fell ill, and we had no income at home, so I had to start working. Unfortunately, she left me all the same."

As he spoke, the man over one meter ninety in height, in his thirties, began to wipe away tears.

Seeing this, Brian shrugged at Green, "Let’s go."

...

Leaving the precinct.

Green was somewhat puzzled, "Boss Brian, is this Hader the killer?"

Everything fitted together too coincidentally.

But he really doesn’t look like a bad guy!

Brian nodded, "Sherick’s family was murdered by him, but we’ve encountered a very special killer."

Seeing the confusion in Green’s eyes,

Brian explained,

"Hader likely has multiple personalities.

His usual personality is that of a simple and honest child, but when triggered, he becomes another evil personality, a combination of an Angel and a Devil.

From what Hader said, his mother must have known this long ago. That’s why she never let him work outside, afraid that Hader might harm others.

You know.

We’ll investigate Hader and his mother’s information in detail tomorrow, and we’ll know."

This would explain many of the doubts in the annihilation case.

Why didn’t the killer touch any money at the scene?

Because Hader’s evil personality doesn’t care about such worldly possessions.

Why does Hader match the killer’s writing so well, but his scent is different from what was left at the scene?

This is related to the changes in hormones caused by the switch in personalities.

Hormones are closely linked to human emotions and character.

For instance, the drugs that control depression work by regulating certain hormone secretions in the body, preventing the host from feeling depressed, giving them an opportunity to self-regulate.

For example, women tend to be more gentle and yearn for the opposite sex during ovulation.

These emotional changes are all influenced by hormones.

Similarly,

the switch in Hader’s personalities also causes changes in hormones in his body, which in turn affects the pheromones he emits.

Green, however, found Brian’s explanation difficult to accept.

Thinking of the horrific scenes at the crime site, he said emotionally, "Boss Brian, if Hader really is mentally ill, doesn’t that mean the family of three was killed for nothing?"

"According to federal law, pretty much," Brian said, lighting a cigarette in silence, "The mentally ill are not guilty, but the Supreme Court hasn’t defined the standards for mental illness. Whether Hader is mentally ill will be determined by the trial court."

The problem is.

If the investigation reveals that Hader had symptoms similar to schizophrenia long ago, then the likelihood of Hader being declared mentally ill is high.

Mentally ill persons, according to current federal law, are not held criminally responsible.

...

Green was young and his feelings were still pure,

"This is so unfair to the victims!

Boss Brian, every time I close my eyes, I see that child, curled into a ball, charred.

He was so young and will never get to experience the beauty of the world again!

Death by oven roasting!

At that time, I even thought, if only the murderer could be punished in the same way... and now it turns out the murderer is a psychotic...

FK! FK! FK!"

As he spoke, he became more angry, eventually kicking the barricades in the police station parking lot several times in a fit of emotion.

Brian understood Green’s emotional reaction.

The empathy for young ones is an emotion imprinted in DNA by humans for the sake of lineage continuation, just like the special hormones that babies secrete to prevent being discarded by their parents.

It’s not Green’s fault.

Actually, Brian also preferred the murderer to be someone else, not Hader who might be mentally ill.

If the murderer was a normal pervert, he could at least follow through with the victims’ obsessions for revenge, and incidentally, let the scum of a murderer receive the punishment he deserved, like what Green suggested about using an oven on the murderer, which sounded quite fitting.

But if the murderer was Hader, who was usually harmless and didn’t know when he might have an episode,

Brian felt putting him in an oven... was somewhat inappropriate.

Ever since his uncle Billy had spoken of the dangers posed by Mutants,

Brian, to avoid drowning in the thrill of killing and becoming a puppet to the Blood Moon, had made "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" his anchor and bottom line for action.

He was also conflicted about Hader’s situation.

...

However...

Schizophrenia...

Quickly, Brian thought of a solution.

If Hader truly had schizophrenia, he might still have a chance to fulfill the victim Sherick’s obsession and bring the guilty to justice.

It’s just a bit unprincipled.

Thinking of this, Brian laughed.

What even is integrity?

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