Chen Zhong took a severed hand and looked at it carefully for a while, then sniffed it with his nose, "This hand has the smell of almond oil hand cream, musk cologne, and cigars." The palm is soft, the nails have been professionally cared for, he is a rich man, there are very shallow ring marks on the little finger, he used to wear a tail ring, and now the ring is gone. The hand was cut off after death. I'm sorry, that's all I can see. ”

Esposito wondered, "You can get so much information from a severed hand?" ”

Chen Zhong smiled and said, "If you observe more, you will know this, this is not magical." ”

Seeing that Beckett got the fingerprint information and walked out, Chen Zhong said to Kassel: "How is it lately?" Is Beckett still mad at you? ”

"Well, it's been getting better lately, I've apologized to her, I was going to buy a pony for her to make amends, but she refused."

Chen Zhong jokingly said, "Maybe she doesn't like horses, maybe you can give her a ring." ”

When Cassel walked to the door, he said, "Oh, by the way, my colleagues from the police department are coming to my house to play cards in the evening, and you must come." ”

……

At Cassell's house, Director Montgomery, Beckett, and Cassel and his mothers, Martha, Ryan, Esposito, and Chen, play DE state poker together.

Martha's hand was very bad, threw the cards on the table and said: "Actually, I don't like DE state poker, I like strip poker, even if I lose, I win." ”

Beckett's hand is very good, bet on a few big chips, facing the hesitant Cassel with the card, Beckett said provocatively: "Cassel, how long do you have to think about it, don't you dare to act?" ”

Cassel pushed all the chips in front of him into the middle of the table, looked at Beckett and said, "Actually, daring to act is my motto, and I'm all in." How about now, see who is afraid to act. ”

When the two looked at each other fiercely, Chen Chong coughed and attracted everyone's attention, "It seems that it is time for me to appear, you don't have to fight, I am a straight flush." ”

Cassel said curiously: "Chen, you have been winning all night, can you tell us the trick?" Are you out of the woods? ”

Chen Zhong smiled and said, "I don't have any tricks, I just know how to remember cards." It's actually very simple, everyone can do it. ”

Martha was also interested and said, "How to remember the cards, that's too difficult." ”

"In my mind, every card has a vivid image, like the jack of hearts, which is a ballet dancer with devil's horns. Each card is a living thing, and their place in the card is their dwelling in my memory palace. ”

"And what is a memory palace?" Beckett asked.

Chen Zhong continued: "The so-called memory palace, it clearly exists in your brain, you can visit everywhere in it, everyone's memory palace is different, it is large, nuanced, and vivid. ”

Cassel pointed at Chen Zhong and said to Beckett: "I think our case should involve Chen, now the two biggest suspects are professional gamblers, if Chen can push them to the end of the table, they may take out the special chips on the deceased's body and turn it over." ”

Chen Chong looked at the people suspiciously, and Esposito explained to Chen Chong: "The owner of the severed hand you once checked is a shareholder of the casino, Jim. Meyer, we've found his body, but the $100,000 special chip around his neck is missing, and now there are two suspects, Carl, a regular casino customer, and Daniel, the deceased's son-in-law, but there's no evidence to prove who the killer is, and if you can force them to take out that particular chip, then the problem is simple. ”

System prompt: You have received the side quest [Vertical and Horizontal Card Field].

[Vertical and horizontal card field]: Win win, win, win until others show their feet. (Reward for quest completion: 1000 evolution points.) Failure Penalty: 500 evolution points are deducted. ）

After listening to this, Chen Zhong readily agreed. It's been a long time since I've gambled in a casino, and I can win some pocket money and help my friends, so why not say yes.

……

In the VIP room of the big customer in the casino, Carl pressed all his remaining chips, and Chen Zhong and Daniel followed.

When it came time to the showdown, Carl was three eights, Chen Zhong was three nines, and Daniel was a full house of three kings and two queens, and Daniel won.

Carl, who had lost all his chips, reluctantly picked up his coat and walked out, walked to the door and turned around and said, "Good night, Chen, Daniel." ”

Chen Chong also picked up his suit jacket and put it on, Daniel looked at Chen Chong who was about to leave and said, "All the money tonight is in the hands of the two of us, why don't we fight it out." ”

Chen Zhong looked at his watch and said, "No, let's do it another day." ”

Daniel scoffed, "Chen, are you scared?" ”

When Chen Zhong heard Daniel's words, he took off his freshly worn coat, sat down and said to the beautiful female dealer, "Can you open a new deck of cards?" Nancy. ”

The game continued at the table, but Daniel had fewer and fewer chips in his hand in the face of Chen Zhong, who had a superhuman memory.

Chen Zhong looked at the chips on the table, felt that the time was almost up, and secretly used telekinesis to push down the glass on the table behind him, and when the dealer Nancy and Daniel were attracted by the sound of the cup falling on the ground, Chen Zhong lightly rearranged the playing cards in front of the dealer a few times.

At the beginning of the game, Daniel's cards were three kings, an ace and a two, and Daniel used a 2 to exchange for a king in the dealer's hand, which became four kings and an ace.

The cards in Chen Chong's hand are three 7s and one 8 of hearts and a 9 of hearts, when Chen Chong took the cup to drink tea, he pretended to be careless and let Daniel see the three 7s in his hand, put down the teacup in his hand, Chen Chong exchanged two 7s and the dealer for 2 cards.

Chen Chong, who had changed his cards, said to Daniel: "Your cards are good? ”

Daniel said confidently: "Very good, I can't lose. ”

Chen Zhong looked at the chips in front of Daniel and said, "It's a pity, you have nothing to bet on." What else can you bet on? ”

Daniel, who had already seen Chen Chong with three 7s in his hand and four Kings in his hand, was ecstatic, but his chips were too small, and Daniel, who was eager to turn over the book, took out a special metal chip from his body and said to Chen Chong: "I almost forgot, friend, this chip is worth 100,000 US dollars." ”

Seeing that Daniel finally took out the special chips, Chen Zhong smiled and put the 100,000 chips in the middle of the table, "Okay, I'll open the cards with you for 100,000 dollars." ”

Daniel proudly put the cards in his hand on the table, "I told you, I can't lose, I'm four kings." ”

Chen Zhong still kept smiling and spread his cards on the table, "Although your cards are very beautiful, they are not as good as mine, hearts 78910J straight flush." ”

The angry Daniel stared at Chen Chong, angrily picked up his coat and opened the door to leave, and Ryan and Esposito, who had been waiting outside the door for a long time, took Daniel back.

System Prompt: You have completed the [Vertical and Horizontal Card Field] task, and you have gained 1000 evolution points for Evolver 1313.

After interrogation, Daniel quickly confessed his crimes.

Daniel lost all his money because of his bad luck recently, so he borrowed $50,000 from Carl, a big customer who often played cards, and bet his wife Jessica to Carl.

But good luck didn't come to him, and Daniel, who was still losing his money, had no choice but to dress up his wife and send her to Carl's room.

Jessica's father, Jim, is a shareholder of the casino, and accidentally discovered Daniel's behavior in the surveillance, and after finding Daniel, he scolded him for being a perverted pimp, and demanded that he leave his daughter Jessica immediately, and Daniel killed Jim with a bat, taking away his cash jewelry and the special chip worth 100,000.

The case was over, and Chen Chong saw Jessica, who was waiting outside the morgue to pick up her father's body, came to her side, and put the special chip in her hand, "Your father died to protect you, and he loves you very much." ”

Jessica hugged Chen Zhong and said, "Thank you, Mr. Chen." ”