The perfect murder

　Bill is a professional killer who has never missed a shot since his debut. He is bold, ruthless, and does not like to make a big noise when he strikes. He originally completed those jobs, even the police thought the victim was a suicide, not filed, each time can be described as a perfect murder.

　　This day, a gentleman wearing sunglasses came to the door, calling himself Higgins, asked Bill to take out a man: Congressman Simon.

　　Higgins makes a condition: to let Simon die, but not to make people think that the death was other than a murder. The fee is extraordinarily attractive: $500,000 up front, and the other half when the job is done.

　　Higgins' offer was so in keeping with Bill's professional nature that he took the job with little thought.

　　Knowing the old Chinese saying that if you know yourself and your enemy, you will never be in danger, Bill began to gather all the information he could about Simon. Publicly available information shows that Simon is nearly 50 years old, has a strong family history, has served three terms in the U.S. Senate, and is currently registered to run for governor.

　　Since Bill took the job, he had to do some comparative research on several gubernatorial candidates. In addition to Simon, who is running on behalf of the Democrats, there is also a candidate running on behalf of the Republicans, Garrett. The poll results show that Simon's support is slightly lower, but not without the possibility of flipping. In terms of campaign ideas, Simon is slightly better than Garrett, but Simon's speech talent is average, in the explanation of their political ideas, often not the right words. While Galit image is quite good, likeable, speech wisdom and humor, full of passion, with their own three inches of the tongue can incite some people.

　　Bill has almost guessed the employer who wants Simon's life is, but what does it matter to him? The point is that he wants to kill Simon without leaving a trace, and then get a good payoff.

　　Next, Bill began to implement his plan of action. He read the newspaper and learned that on Monday morning, Simon had a campaign rally in Williams Square, where Simon would speak in front of a large crowd, and Bill decided to check it out.

　　On Monday, Williams Square was crowded, with Simon's fans and opponents standing by early. Simon showed up as promised and began his speech.

　　Simon's speech today is particularly impressive, friendly and polite and passionate, clear and humorous, it seems that Simon in order to win the election, in the speech spent some hard work, which is evident from the progress of his speech level. The cheers were so high that even the opponents who were trying to cause trouble were silenced.

　　Bill thought that if Simon continued to run like this, it would be hard to predict who would eventually die.

　　The next day, the latest polls showed that Simon's support was two points ahead of Garrett's.

Reasoning Short Story: The Perfect Murder

　　Bill felt it was time to implement his plan of action. For several days, he lurked in a grassy area outside Simon's residence, looking for an opportunity to strike like a hunter.

　　Simon's residence is a three-story single-family house, luxuriously decorated. There is a large pool outside.

　　Seeing the pool, Bill's heart was happy, there is a way!

　　It was the height of summer and Bill noticed that every day Simon's family came to the pool to swim, but did not see Simon, he could only continue to bide his time.

　　Finally, at dusk, a familiar figure came to the pool alone in the sunset glow, only to see Simon "jump" into the pool, swimming freely.

　　Bill said, "Here's your chance! He dove into the water, quickly diving behind Simon, not waiting for Simon to float, a punch to the back of Simon's head, then quickly with a thick arm lock Simon's throat.

　　Simon was suddenly attacked, and began to resist, choked a few mouthfuls of water, gradually lost consciousness. Bill saw that Simon did not move again, know that the plan is a success.

　　Bill was confident that the operation had left no trace. The next day's front page of the newspaper was sure to be full of "Simon drowned in a private pool" news.

　　The next day, Bill went to the newsstand to buy a newspaper, but went through every page, there is no news about Simon's drowning, he bought a few other newspapers, still no news about Simon.

　　Bill wondered: the death of such an influential political figure, the newspaper could not not not report it, could not Simon did not die that day? Bill didn't dare to think about it anymore.

　　Two days later, Bill saw the news of Simon's appearance on TV, and he realized that Simon really didn't die. He was so depressed that for the first time since his debut, he had missed a shot!

　　Not waiting for Bill to contact Higgins, Higgins took the initiative to board the door.

　　"Mr. Higgins, you're just in time, I let you down." Bill knew he had come to claim his fee and had been prepared to return it.

　　"No, you have satisfied me with your performance! This time, I'm here to make good on my promise." Higgins wrote out a check for $500,000, "Here's the other part of the fee, please take it."

　　The job is not done, the bounty is paid, there is such a good thing? Bill was confused.

　　See Bill doubts, Higgins reassured: "Simon did not die, but you do not have to blame yourself, your payment is definitely worth the 1 million!"

　　Higgins, before leaving, remembered something else and said, "Oh yes, there is a televised debate for Simon tomorrow, I hope you don't miss it."

　　The next day, Bill was waiting for the TV set early, and the TV debate between Garrett and Simon started on time. In the first round, the two men were still very close, but in the next questioning session, Simon was clearly at a disadvantage, his answers were either biased or unclear, especially in the face of Galit's aggressive cross-examination, and his response was weak. Seeing Simon's embarrassment on TV, and then thinking about Higgins' emphasis on him watching the debate, he couldn't help but slap his own head, and suddenly realized.

　　It turns out that Higgins is the Galette campaign camp. In the political tug-of-war, which relies heavily on speeches to win, Simon had planned ahead, knowing that his own speech skills are inferior to others, he found a double who looks the same as himself and has excellent eloquence, a few days ago in the square speech is a double appearance. Simon's political enemies have long been aware of Simon's tricks, they will not rest? Therefore, they spared a lot of money to hire Bill to kill the double. As soon as the double died, Galette was sure to win the election. Although Higgins looking for Bill named him to take out Simon, but really Simon deep in the house, throwing his head, are his double, so Bill to take out the doomed can only be the double.

　　No wonder no one called the police that day, a little man's death who would take him seriously? Thinking about it, Bill had a feeling of being fooled.

　　A month later, the election results were announced, and Galette was, unsurprisingly, elected governor.