Chapter 727: Andes and the Prophet
In the rest area of the illusion troupe, Gao Cheng, accompanied by several police officers, followed Ohara into the Andean lounge, which can also be used as a make-up and dressing room, but it is more private, and he will not come back when changing scenes, and it is more time-saving to change clothes directly behind the stage.
The first thing Gao Cheng noticed was the laptop used in the Andean before.
"Does Mr. Andes bring his computer with him every time he performs?"
"Yes, teachers often need to make schedules, and sometimes they will change the performance plan on the fly, especially in the design of the performance effects, which must be simulated by computer every time." Oha explained.
"That's ...... Can I take a look? ”
"I guess it's okay, but the Andean teacher doesn't usually allow us to touch ......."
"I need to find the truth about the killing of the Andes."
Gao Cheng tried to turn on the computer, but unexpectedly there was no need to enter the password, and the computer desktop was still working.
That's right, Andean just closed the computer at the time, and the process was not over.
The first thing that catches your eye is a picture viewer, several photos of the troupe performing in various places, as well as photos of the troupe's hard rehearsals behind the scenes.
"Mr. Ohara," Gao Cheng asked, looking at it, "Are these photos of all the members?" ”
Ohara, who took a closer look, explained, "I've only been here for a few months, and it seems that many people have resigned before...... This recent photo of us when we arrived in Tokyo is all of our current members. ”
Gao Cheng said unexpectedly: "There are still people who resign? ”
"Yes, illusion is originally stricter than magic performance, a little light mistake will lead to the failure of the performance, it is not easy to get to this point, and the teacher has only become famous in recent months."
Oharara was quite emotional, and he was very sorry between his eyebrows, after all, he had just followed a popular performance team, but the core of the team was suddenly killed.
"The Andean teacher usually doesn't offend people much, even if he has some conflicts with his peers, but he doesn't go to the point of killing...... Detective Joto, didn't you really see the murderer? ”
"There really is no ......"
Gao Cheng still believes that he is relieved about this, no matter what, there will be at least a lot less resistance to handling the case.
There was a storm waiting for him outside, there were so many spectators at the scene, the police couldn't block the news at all, and they didn't know what it would become.
Fixed, Gao Cheng continued to check the computer, switching to the next process, it is a control interface, it seems to be the exclusive software of the illusion show, there are detailed step settings for the performance, and the operation status of the strange device on the stage, temporarily in automatic lock mode.
This is the main control port, and it should be that the Andes are temporarily adjusting the situation, because the role of the lucky audience is replaced by him here, which even the other members are quite surprised, after all, he has not been rehearsed, and the chance of an accident is very high.
"Has anyone been here during the show?" Gao Cheng asked carefully.
He still wonders how the computer doesn't have a combination lock......
"No," Ohara's head shook his head, "Everyone was in the control room on the other side at the time, and I only went over when I heard Detective Joto shout, is there any problem?" ”
"Why isn't there anyone in the locker room?"
"This is all the request of the Andean teacher, everyone should observe the performance to avoid unexpected ......"
"Really?" Gao Cheng thought about the room layout behind the stage in his mind.
The dressing room is at the back of the stage, the control room is on the second floor opposite the stage, and the lounge is in the middle of the passage, and it takes a few minutes to get to the backstage from the passages on both sides.
If the prisoner was really in the troupe, he would probably hide in the rest area, and finally pretend to follow everyone to the scene of the murder, but unfortunately he didn't know who the last person was, and the others probably didn't remember it.
But what the hell is going on in this Andes, the various arrangements are exactly like creating opportunities for the murderer, the audience is affected by illusions, the staff needs to observe the performance at all times, and even he stays on the stage for a minute or two because of the script......
Gao Cheng sighed secretly.
The strange script made him the most suspicious person, but he couldn't blame the Andes, so he could only find out the truth as soon as possible, help himself clear his grievances, and give an explanation to the killed Andes.
In the stage dressing room, the Andean body has been taken away by the police, and Twilight is still trying to find the staff for questioning, but all the testimony is still quite unfavorable to Gao Cheng, Gao Cheng is the last person who was alone with the victim, and he is the first to find the body, it seems that only Gao Cheng has the opportunity to kill.
"Joto, I've already asked, all the staff were indeed in the control room at the time, and everyone had alibi......"
Twilight hesitated to find the lounge, and then the forensic personnel took over Gao Cheng's check on the Andean computer, and hurriedly reported: "Police Department, there are network records of the victim in the computer, as well as fax operation records, and the victim seems to be the "prophet" himself......
"What?" Twilight exclaimed, "Prophet? ”
"The hard drive contains the information of the prisoners in the previous four cases, as well as records of contacts with different identities......"
"The teacher is actually the prophet?!"
The staff was completely confused.
"But how is that possible? If the teacher was a prophet, could he have predicted that he would be killed? ”
"Impossible......"
Gao Cheng's eyes also shrank slightly, and he silently looked at the information files and network records called up by the identification personnel.
At first he did doubt the Andes, but would any fool sacrifice himself to fulfill the prophecy?
Something must have gone wrong......
Gao Cheng closed his eyes, from the time the Andes invited him to watch the show, until now, he felt that there was still a hand in the darkness that controlled everything.
Thinking unfolded, Gao Cheng wholeheartedly reviewed the whole thing, as if he was detached from the whole world, and countless pictures and sounds flashed in his mind quickly......
He only took the stage when the show began, and it was a while before the Andes came on stage...... Later, when the body was found, the Andean bleeding was also a bit heavy, and it didn't look like it was only for a minute or two......
There is also the light on the stage, which is too strong, if it weren't for his superb swordsmanship at that time, would he really be able to successfully complete the performance?
The media didn't really report much on his swordsmanship, and the Andes were too big.
"Hmm, do you still use hypnosis in illusion shows?" Twilight looked at the computer materials, and thought with a fat face, "So, it is very likely that Mr. Andes chose Joto to assist in the performance in order to fulfill his prophecy, and he originally wanted to attack Gao Cheng through illusion hypnosis, but he was accidentally seriously injured and died......"
Gao Cheng's forehead was slightly sweating: "Officer, it's not acting on TV, I'm not hypnotized at all, the installation here is at most to let the audience experience virtual images, and it also combines stage performances and special lighting effects." ”
"But if that's ......"
"The murderer is someone else, and he is a staff member within the troupe, and Mr. Andes was also unknowingly used."
Gao Cheng has already entered the thinking space with the help of the system for a minute, even if there are many people in this world who have the ability to remember instantaneously, but they can't fully grasp all the information like him, and they collect and summarize a huge amount of information clues like cheating, and the neglected places also emerge one by one.
"Taken advantage of?" Twilight said in a daze, "But at that time, there were only you and Mr. Andes on this side of the stage, even if a staff member killed Mr. Andes, in a minute or two, it would be too late to kill and then run back to the control room, if you accidentally splashed blood, it would be ...... trouble."
"Yes," explained one of the staff members, "when the Joto detective contacted the control room in the locker room, everyone was there, and there was no one on the way to the locker room......
"Mr. Officer asked us, and of course no one hid in the break room, and then followed us when we passed."
"Is the murderer someone from outside?"
"It's impossible, we didn't see anyone going backstage at the time, and if anyone did, it would be clear from the control room......"
"Could it be that someone else has snuck in?"
"It's impossible, except for the staff, everyone else wants that ticket to enter the venue, and the total number of people is not wrong......"
A group of staff members quarreled by themselves, and when they saw Ohara's face darkened, they had to interrupt: "Enough, what is the quarrel?" Detective Joto must have a reason for what he said! ”
"But he's suspicious of us!"
The staff looked dissatisfied and looked at Gao Cheng with strange eyes.
"After all, isn't he also a suspect? Maybe he came backstage and attacked and killed the teacher......"
"Actually, Mr. Andes," Gao Cheng said calmly, "was killed before he came to power." ”
"What?" The break room suddenly fell silent.
"Although I was not hypnotized, I was deceived into my eyes......"
Gao Cheng glanced around and continued: "Yes, I was deceived by the light and disguise...... It was not Mr. Andes who was with me on the stage at all, but the murderer who took the stage after killing Mr. Andes! ”
I almost thought that Gao Cheng was stupid, and his eyes suddenly narrowed: "It was the murderer who took the stage?" This...... What's going on?! ”
"It's the time difference," Gao Cheng reasoned in detail in the face of the crowd surrounding him, "If the murder is done within a minute or two before I find the body, the murderer will indeed not be able to return to the control room, and may even be hit by my head, but......
"What if the murderer didn't go backstage when he left the scene disguised as Mr. Andes, but took off his clothes in the break room and rushed back to the control room? It took me about a minute or two to contact you when I found the body, and if it was a member of the troupe, it might not be impossible......"
The members of the Illusion Order swallowed and looked at each other, distrusting each other.
"So, ...... murderer?"