According to the Imitator’s pattern, the next crime would happen one week from now. The police covered all their bases investigating the case, but in the face of such a mysterious criminal, the more we discovered, the further away the murderer seemed!

I continued searching through the recent cases in Nanjiang City and on the third day, a case in the Taoyuan Precinct caught my eye. It was also a case of uxoricide that happened three weeks ago with aspects that matched the Imitator’s MO.

The suspect, Mr. Jia, had been transferred to the detention center awaiting trial. Xiaotao phoned the Taoyuan Precinct and asked for all the files pertaining to the case.

Without delay, the files were delivered and spread over the desk. I picked them up one by one and perused the information.

Here were the facts: three...