Seated behind the expansive desk, Aoyama Xiu Xin examined the files of seven victims closely.
The seven individuals did not know each other. Apart from all being young women, they shared another striking common trait: they were loners, unemployed, residing at home in Sapporo without close relatives or friends to stay in regular contact with—perhaps the reason why no one reported them missing after their death.
Clearly, the murderer had meticulously stalked and selected each victim with premeditation, and since these seven had no connection to each other, it was impossible for the killer to bear a grudge of love or hate against all seven of them at once.
Moreover, it was also unlikely the motive was monetary gain; one wouldn't need to resort to such brutal means for money, nor would they specifically use severed heads to create panic after the killings.
Thus, ruling out revenge and money, the only remaining motive for the murder was to satisfy their twisted psychology and desires.
