By this time, the Protagonist had become suspicious, yet facing the evidence he had to obtain, he didn't hesitate.
The commission was completed quite naturally.
The Protagonist received the reward.
With this success, the commissioner introduced even more friends here, and naturally, the mysterious phone calls continued to assist the Protagonist.
Success after success made the Protagonist's reputation soar.
Although the Protagonist had repeatedly asked who the caller was.
The caller never answered, simply placing important clues in crucial spots for the Protagonist to retrieve.
Days went by, one after the other.
Despite his continuing curiosity about who this 'good Samaritan' was, the Protagonist needed their help and had to suppress his curiosity, until one day... the police showed up.
The police came with a search warrant and an arrest warrant.
They suspected the Protagonist was involved in five murder cases.
And they had quite a lot of evidence.
More than one person had seen the Protagonist appearing mysteriously at the crime scenes.
Once could be a coincidence.
As the police questioned why the Protagonist was present at the scenes of the five murder cases, he suddenly realized that these were the places where he had picked up the 'clues'.
By this point, the book was more than halfway finished.
In the remaining part, the second protagonist appeared.
A killer who murdered one target to conceal his own identity, and then selected four similar targets, blending the real one amongst them.
Moreover, this killer was extremely cautious.
To make his plan more perfect, he even chose a 'scapegoat'.
'The appearance of a scapegoat makes the crime perfect!' that's what the other side had said.
Unfortunately, in the final conclusion, the killer was still caught by the Protagonist.
Because the landlord's dog recognized the killer's scent.
The killer, wanting to set the Protagonist up, specifically stole the landlord's dog and treated it well, which made this ever-vigilant dog wag its tail non-stop upon seeing the killer, thereby allowing the Protagonist to discover the trick.
Then, the killer was arrested in one fell swoop.
Having finished reading the book, Jason closed it, deep in thought.
How to put it, the creativity is fine.
But there are quite a few loopholes.
First, despite five murders, the newspaper didn't publish any news, yet when the Protagonist caught the killer, the reporters swarmed in.
Second, the killer didn't have even a trace of a killer's behavioral pattern, instead, he seemed like a joyful criminal.
Third, from beginning to end, the one who hired the killer was never revealed; instead, there was constant description of the crime scenes, as if they were real.
"The first case, armless woman, a female corpse without arms, hung upside down in a narrow, dark alley, with blood writing: Boring, boring, no fun."
"The second case, crushed man, except for a head, a completely crushed body stuffed in a box and thrown onto the road, with a note on the head: Meaningless, no fun."
"The third case, very normal, a woman whose throat was cut for a swift death, was the real target, and there was also blood writing: This is only the third, it's getting less and less fun."
"The fourth case, drowned person, a woman was drowned, and there was a note left by the bank: I'm ready to finish."
"The fifth case, woman burned to death, outside the burning house, leaving a clear message with a note: It's over, I'm not playing anymore."
Jason went over the five cases one by one in his mind.
It should be the first case now.
Thinking this, Jason turned on the TV.
He needed more information to confirm the progress of the cases.
And just at that moment, the phone rang.
On the third ring, Jason answered the phone.
"Hello, is this Jason?"
The voice on the other end was somewhat deep.
"Yes, it is. And you are..."
"I'm John, I sent you a letter before, I've been waiting for your call but you never called, so I reached out."
"I apologize for that, I acknowledge it."
"But, I believe this issue might be related to you."
At this, the deep voice paused for a while.
Then slowly continued—
"My dog has been stolen."