CALL THAT CHANGED MY LIFE Chapter -1

A bright moon shone through the Exmoor mountains and deep canyons on the side of a mountain range. The birds are flying away from the sound of the vehicle.

There are a lot of reporters here, and they're all looking at a group of cops digging at

the ground. Then there was a loud noise.

"Sir, we found something,"

The sound of people became loud. Then the captain of the criminal Investigation "team F" came near me, And then he lowered his head and spoke in a slower tone.

"I think you were right; that call comes from a serial killer."

Yes, I was right. "The game of the serial killer is started."

Everything starts with a call that I pick up on my first day of a criminal investigation. That shifted the course of my life.

My name is Satoru Takahashi. My mother died after giving birth to me, and I have two big sisters and two big brothers. Saito Takahashi, my father, is one of the Richest men in the world. My father, brothers, and sisters only care about money and business, so they never give me attention, which damages my mental health. I became ill as a result, and occasionally when I sleep, I wake up three days later. For that reason, every day, I try not to go to sleep. My days were spent reading books before starting college. My identity was not revealed in college to avoid bringing any negative attention to Father, and as a result, I didn't get any attention from others. I was very afraid to speak to others; I didn't have proper communication with anyone. I see some girls secretly admiring me because of my good looks, but because of my gloomy demeanor, they quickly lose interest in me.

The same loneliness that I experienced at home followed me to college.

On May 20, 2018, a serial killer who only targets college students killed a student at our university. The police tried everything to capture him, but the killings continued. All the families were afraid to send their children to college, and after a student died at our college, the college itself was in disarray. Then one day a police officer came to our college, And he solved the mystery by finding the killer. He explained how he found the killer.

"The only thing the victims had in common was that they were all college students; but there was another point in common: how every victim was kidnapped without a fight or struggle; and the last victim was also kidnapped in a place where there are a lot of houses, and if the victim cried loudly, at least somebody who lived there would hear," the police officer paused his sentence for a brief second and continued.

"However, the student was kidnapped at 10 a.m. in that location, implying that the killer knew the victim would undoubtedly accompany him, despite news reports about serial killers targeting college students. So if we can conclude that the victim trusts the killer very much, then the killer can only be his family, friends, lover, or teacher. So we checked the last victim's family, friends, lovers, and teacher's alibi, and only three people didn't have one alibi at that time. Then we checked the three people's alibi for that time when the past kidnapping occurred. The game then concludes that there was only one person who had no alibi for every time the crime occurred, and that is you, Mr. Professor Kenji Agawa".

Everyone in the college, including myself, was taken aback. We never thought the professor, who even didn't react when people made fun of him, was the actual serial killer. Everyone looked at the professor, who showed no signs of fear or guilt. He spoke calmly.

"Do you have any evidence that points me towards killing them?"

The police officer came closer to the professor and said,

"Do you think I'll come here without that?

We get a warrant to search your house, and there is a document with the students' names, Who were murdered by the serial killer on it. So we investigated all the victims' friends, and we found that you gave them special tuition, but you didn't take money from them, and you told the students not to tell your family about the special tuition. If my deduction is correct, you must have informed the studying students that it was the practice of studying students before entering college, so you did not need to inform anyone about this. Then you chose a group of five people who were weak at studying at one college, and the special training was completed in one year. After six months, you kidnapped and killed one person from the group, and by the time six months had passed, they had forgotten about the special tuition. You avoided killing the same person from the same student group so the students did not doubt you, and you repeated this process for five years. The pattern changed in the last victim due to your being overconfident when you killed a student who was under your instruction in the college. My question is, What is the reason for this killing?"

Then the professor started laughing.

"Haaa haaa Oh man, how many days have I thought that today would be the day that I would be apprehended by police? But, as the day went on, none of the cops came to me, and that's the end of that, right? It was a good experience. You asked me why I was doing this. Because these students didn't give me respect, they made fun of me every day, and this was true for every college I attended. The frustration grew, and I needed something to relieve it. At first, I killed chickens, dogs, and other animals, But after a few days, that didn't fully satisfy me, so I started killing students, which I enjoyed, and there was a thrill in fooling the police officers, society, and my students."

The officer then hit him in the face, dragged him out, and placed handcuffs on him.

"Every criminal will think that they will never be captured by police, but do you know what is the biggest punishment? The fear of being apprehended by a police officer will hunt every criminal once they commit a crime."

I was so amazed at that moment that he became my first hero, and then later, all the academies in the state thanked him. That was the moment I realized I wanted to be a cop like Haruto Hada, my first hero. Then I tried everything to be a perfect police officer: I read many books, watched many mystery-solving movies and dramas, learned kickboxing, and then I passed the exam with the highest score. But my father didn't approve of my becoming a police officer; the same goes for my brothers and sisters, But I didn't give their opinions any attention, and finally, the day came.

May 20, 2023, is my appointment day. I was assigned to the criminal division, and my team is known as "Team F," which stands for "failure team." I was eager to get my first job, so I came early, at 5 a.m. I can't find any members of my team, but then I hear "ring, ring, ring." The phone was ringing.

then left a message beep Beep

"Hello Detectives, this is a call from a murderer; are you people ready to play a game with me?"