4:10 p.m. Classroom 102 in the teaching building.
Yang Ye called all the players who were still alive here for the last concentrated discussion before voting.
And before the discussion in this episode, Gu Liang and Yang Ye also talked to other players intentionally or unintentionally. Sure enough, several people were wondering whether the murderer might be Li Yingwen.
After everyone sat down, Yang Ye walked up to the podium and said directly: "In this round of reasoning, Squad Leader Gu has deduced the whole process of the case very well, and how the real murderer decided the order of killing. Next, Gu The squad leader is here to explain to everyone."
Yang Ye arranged the explanation process to Gu Liang. On the one hand, it was naturally because Gu Liang himself had a lot of bright moments in the reasoning process this time; The logic is naturally considered for the final vote.
Gu Liang's reasoning clearly helped Li Yingying and Meng Yuwen clarify and relieve their suspicions.
But whether this reasoning is said by Yang Ye or Gu Liang, the effect is different.
After all, in everyone's eyes, Gu Liang is also one of the suspects.
If it was Yang Ye, it would only be able to dispel the suspicion of Meng and Li.
But if Gu Liang said it, it can basically guarantee that at least these two people will not vote for him. Because they knew that they were not the real murderer, from their point of view, Gu Liang's speech was completely a good man's game, and he was helping the good man to analyze it.
Gu Liang and Yang Ye looked at each other, passed him by, walked up to the podium, faced the crowd, and began to help everyone sort out their thoughts.
"On the whole, the real murderer is to ensure that he can enter the top three in the Olympiad. Then the first person he wants to kill is of course the person who hinders him the most, or he hates and envies the most people. Zhao Mathematics, who is number one, bears the brunt of the victims.”
"But starting from the second case, the thinking of the real murderer has been adjusted."
"Before the murder happened, everyone was equally suspected, and anyone could commit the crime. So the first victim, Zhao Xuexue, was killed only because of his good grades and the first place in the exam. But since the first case happened, Everyone started to analyze, look for clues, and draw logic, and everyone’s suspicions were no longer equal.”
"Out of self-preservation, when the real murderer kills someone, he starts thinking about how to get rid of his suspicions and blame others instead of just looking at the rankings. Because he only needs to kill 5 people at will, and he can actually Achieve their goals."
"This is the reason why the last deputy, Gu, was killed in the second round. Because his suspicion of committing the crime is very small, and he can no longer be used and blamed by the real murderer."
"If everyone agrees with this logic, let's move on..."
Immediately afterwards, Gu Liang described the sequence of the real murderer's hypnosis, stealing keys, throwing blood cloth, etc., and showed everyone the video he shot - Yang Ye wiped off the blood on the chair with a new cleaning cloth, exposing the chair surface The complete process on the crack.
After Gu Liang finished talking temporarily, two players raised their hands one after another.
The first one was Li Yingwen. She opened a book on hypnotism and made supplements. "Actually, if the murderer has enough time, he can kill five people directly on the second night. If there are only three people left, he will definitely be in the top three."
"But it is written in my book that when ordinary hypnotists perform deep hypnosis, they need to control the time within 20 minutes. Because hypnosis is a matter that consumes a lot of money. If you are not careful, the hypnotist himself may I will also fall into some kind of dream, and may never come out again, until my mental power is exhausted and I die."
"Attention, there is another key point. It is written in this book that ordinary hypnotists will impose certain imagery in the dreams of the hypnotized before performing deep hypnosis."
"If the hypnotist has a temporary accident and fails to wake up the hypnotized person at the end of the deep-level hypnosis, then it doesn't matter. After entering the deep-level hypnotic state for 20 minutes, the hypnotized person can rely on the established image in the dream. Switch from a deep dream to a shallow dream on your own, that is, enter a shallow hypnotic state, and wake up on your own after a period of time."
"So, I want to revise Squad Leader Gu's restoration of the case."
"At 7:55 this morning, the real murderer put everyone under deep hypnosis, and used a special hypnosis for me alone, allowing me to steal the key. But after that, he only had about 10 minutes to kill."
"The reason why we didn't wake up in time was only because we entered a shallow hypnotic state when no one woke up."
"And the state of shallow hypnosis is not much different from our usual sleep. We may wake up at any time because we hear some kind of movement. This is the reason why the real murderer only has time to kill one person."
"I see, thank you."
Gu Liang nodded to Li Xiaoyu, and continued, "So, based on the successful calculation of being hypnotized at a deep level at 7:55, each of us only has 20 minutes to be in a state of deep hypnosis. Then at 8:15, we will all enter the state of hypnosis. A light-level hypnotic state, not much different from ordinary sleep. From then on, if we hear a little movement, some of us may wake up."
"So the time for the real murderer to commit the crime has been further shortened to less than 20 minutes, which also includes the time for hypnotizing Li Xiaoyu and letting her steal the key. Therefore, although this is an excellent opportunity, he dare not kill him in such a short time. too many people."
"Counting the time it took to take apart the chair, put it back together, wipe the blood, dispose of the cleaning cloth...he only had time to kill one person."
"From 8:15, someone may wake up. So he must ensure that he has processed all the evidence before the first person wakes up."
After Gu Liang finished speaking, someone raised his hand again, and it was Wu Shengsheng.
After Yang Ye signaled, Wu Shengsheng said, "Actually, after listening to Squad Leader Gu's analysis, I really want to applaud. But I immediately had a question, that is, why didn't the murderer take advantage of the opportunity to hypnotize everyone and kill a few more... Thank you With Li Yingying's sharing, this problem has basically been solved."
"Now I'm raising my hand just to add a detail. About the crack in the chair."
"When everyone moved the chairs last night, although I didn't move them, I watched from the sidelines. Later, when I entered the classroom, I also put snacks on the chairs. If there are such obvious cracks on the chair surface, I can definitely pay attention to them. Yes. But I really didn't notice the crack in the chair last night."
"So I just corrected it a little bit. I think the real culprit's chair might have just a crack, but it's not serious. That is, if we don't look carefully, we won't be able to see it."
"Last night he moved the chair near the classroom, and after letting everyone move in, he may find other opportunities to completely crack the chair. For example, when playing cards, he sat on the chair even more cracked, so that we can It was easy to break open and use it as a murder weapon before killing people."
"Of course, I just corrected the details a little bit, and the whole thing doesn't seem to affect anything for the time being. So what does Squad Leader Gu think... who is the murderer?"
After hearing this, Gu Liang shook his head and said, "I don't know. I can only exclude myself, Li Yingwen, and Meng Yuwen, who was wronged on the first day."
"Among the others...in fact, anyone is possible. Although I basically restored the whole case, I didn't find the most critical evidence with obvious direction."
"But the detective seems to have some ideas. Let's ask Mr. Yang, the detective, to talk about it."
When Gu Liang said this, he turned his head and took a deep look at Yang Ye, the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked, he walked to the side, and returned the position of the podium to Yang Ye.
In fact, in Gu Liang's entire narration just now, one point was intentionally left out - the reasoning about the Tarot card exchange.
There is no guarantee for the real murderer, but I will definitely be able to imitate the appearance of the tarot cards carried by the deceased at the murder scene, especially at the scene of the second crime—the classroom is a closed environment, and everyone was searched before entering. pass away.
Therefore, if the real murderer wants to do this, he must have exchanged the Tarot cards in advance.
This is a very simple logic, but just like the chair in front of everyone's eyes, few people can think that it is the murder weapon.
The murder weapon is always hidden, but this time the murderer not only put the murder weapon next to the corpse to flaunt it, but also used the blood on the murder weapon to cover up the murder weapon itself. It is the murder weapon.
The same goes for Tarot.
It just appeared at the crime scene aboveboard. And everyone had drawn tarot cards beforehand.
Everyone will naturally think that it is just a symbol of serial killings, which is taken from the dead after killing people. If there is no magic setting in this script, then it will have no other use.
Gu Liang also thought so at first.
He also considered what Li Xiaoyu said about blood tarot, magic backlash and other settings, but after this path failed, he put the line of tarot cards aside for the time being.
It wasn't until later when he reviewed the case that he thought of the possibility of the Tarot cards being swapped.
Gu Liang didn't say anything about it just now, of course it was to cooperate with Yang Ye in defrauding the murderer.
Gu Liang is confident that he has basically restored the details of the entire crime, except for the fact that the Tarot cards were swapped. Especially after Li Yingying and Wu Shengsheng made supplements, the whole process of the crime became clearer.
Well, even though the suspicion has not been completely locked on one person.
But the real murderer must be panicking now.
At this time, the possibility of Yang Ye successfully defrauding him is very high.
Yang Ye passed Gu Liang again.
It's just that this time the person who walked onto the podium became him.
During the process, he turned his head and looked at Gu Liang, and saw Gu Liang's dizzy eyes with admiration, and the slight smile on the corner of his mouth.
Yang Ye's heart melted.
In this world, there is nothing that can compare to the affirmative eyes and smile of your sweetheart.
The affirmation of a sweetheart can be turned into the most indestructible sharp weapon, holding it, Yang Ye feels that he can cut off all thorns.
After a while, Yang Ye calmed down a little bit of the throbbing in his heart, and stood calmly on the podium facing the players.
Then, he directly raised a box of Tarot cards, and let the cards inside slip down into the palm of his other hand.
At the same time, he did not let go of the expressions of every player under the podium.
"I thought of a brain hole. Is it possible for the real murderer to steal the tarot card of the deceased?"
"After all, every tarot card has a meaning. If the murderer is not Li Xiaoyu, but he knows hypnosis, he may also know occultism like Li Xiaoyu. Then he will be a superstitious person. He may have drawn bad cards, so He exchanged the good cards drawn by the deceased. What the real murderer did was to seek a good fortune."
"Next, I would like to ask each student to take out the tarot cards they have drawn, and I will take a look."
Hearing this, many people felt that this brain hole was a bit unreliable, and many people frowned and showed doubts.
But one of them showed a mocking and disdainful smile.
That smile was fleeting.
But Yang Ye caught it.
Yang Ye didn't change his expression, but when everyone took out the tarot cards from their backpacks and coat pockets, he stepped off the podium, and walked towards a certain person seemingly casually.
On the surface, Yang Ye pretended to check everyone's tarot cards next to each other, and at the same time said: "I really don't know the situation of the first deceased, Zhao Xuexue. But I want to share something new with you. That is The second deceased, Gu Fuban, actually asked me to exchange tarot cards."
"That happened after class ended at noon yesterday. When Squad Leader Gu and I were eating in the cafeteria, Deputy Squad Gu came to see me."
"Deputy Gu said he was quite superstitious. The tarot card he drew had a bad meaning, and it actually meant sacrifice [The Hanged Man]. This may be the reason why he ranked last in the simulation test. So he I want to get another one."
"I said that drawing tarot cards before the game is just a school tradition. I am not superstitious myself, so I told him not to care. If he is really disturbed, he can draw another card."
"I don't know when he returned to the classroom, and what Tarot card he drew again. But I asked him yesterday afternoon when he was investigating the case, and he said that he drew a card with a good meaning again, which is [ chariot]”
"The [Chariot] card depicts the chariot of the king who overcomes obstacles and wins, implying to overcome obstacles and achieve success."
"So, the card that Gu Fuban drew for the first time was [The Hanged Man], but he drew another card later, which became [Chariot]."
"But the card at the death scene of Gu Fuban became [Justice] inexplicably. I think it was replaced by the real murderer. The justice card may have been drawn by the real murderer himself. He is superstitious and thinks that the justice card only means justice, honesty and so on. , there is no meaning that the game must be won. After killing the person, the real murderer felt that the deceased's tank plate was more auspicious, so he changed it. Then the problem comes—"
Yang Ye stopped in front of Qian Huahua, turned over the card in front of him, stared into his eyes, and asked in a low voice, "Why is the card in front of you [Chariot]?"
"You have calculated thousands of times, but you haven't counted... I know that the Gu Fuban has a chariot plate, so you dare to change it?"
Qian Huahua frowned: "What nonsense are you talking about? My card is not a chariot!"
When Qian Huahua took out the tarot cards just now, he didn't look at them carefully, and put them directly on the table.
Because he simply scoffed at Yang Ye's brains and reasoning—heh, what kind of superstitious murderer is superstitious about swapping Tarot cards? So is the detective.
In fact, what Qian Huahua originally got was not a chariot license.
Just now when Yang Ye walked up to him and turned the cards, he did something wrong.
The chariot card was originally one of the eight remaining cards in the card box that were not taken away by the students. Yang Ye took it out and hid it in his sleeve beforehand, and quickly replaced it when he opened the card in front of Qian Chemical.
When Qian Huahua opened his eyes and saw the cards in front of him, his expression changed drastically.
"How... how is it possible?! Mine is clearly the emperor card! What... what the hell..."
Yang Ye looked down at him from above, with sharp eyebrows and sharp eyes. The sense of scrutiny and oppression in his eyes made Qian Huahua, who was watched by him, unavoidably lean back subconsciously.
Yang Ye stared at him, and said word by word: "But the card in front of you is obviously a chariot. This should belong to the deceased. I can be sure that the card on the deceased is [Chariot], but it is now Appeared in your hand. Why?"
In a blink of an eye, Qian Huahua figured out something, widened his eyes, pointed at Yang Ye and said, "Your reasoning is nonsense. No, it's not right! You deliberately lied to me! You must have changed cards! I can't have a war here." license plate!"
Yang Ye: "Oh? Isn't the deceased's card a chariot? Could it be the first Hanged Man? But how do you know that the first one he drew was the Hanged Man?"
Qian Huahua's tone was a little anxious: "The first card he drew was not the Hanged Hanger, his was—"
Qian Huahua suddenly fell silent, not daring to continue.
Yang Ye rolled his eyes and smiled. "How do you know he didn't draw the Hanged Man first?"
"Also, why don't you dare to continue talking? If from your perspective, the card of the deceased is [Justice] at the scene of the crime, you can say the words 'his card of justice' directly with certainty. Well, there's absolutely nothing to worry about."
"You almost made a slip of the tongue just now. When you said the cards that the deceased really owned, you realized that something was wrong, so you quickly stopped talking. Right?"
"The card that the deceased drew at the beginning was indeed not the Hanged Man. The Hanged Man was drawn by Squad Leader Gu. Of course, the card the deceased drew was not a chariot either. The deceased did not draw either the Hanged Man or a chariot , Only you know the cards he really drew."
"You were 'tricked' by me and almost said it. Your hesitation has already shown one thing—you are the real culprit."
"Tsk, you just said that I deliberately changed the cards to defraud you. If you are not the real murderer, why should I defraud you?"
"It's actually the same trick. Half an hour ago, I asked another suspect, Zhu Physics, alone. Do you want to know what his reaction was?"