Chapter 165: Transfiguration Skill
Kung Fu is only one aspect, there are other skills that he must learn, such as transfiguration. In fact, the so-called transfiguration technique is a high-level makeup technique that can change one person's appearance to another, plus pay attention to words and deeds, even relatives standing in front of them will not be recognized.
There is a scientific basis for this, and in reality, agents or killers use this disguise to change their faces.
The human brain recognizes the appearance of other people by a specific part of the brain tissue, which is extremely efficient, and it only takes 0.2 seconds to identify a person you have seen. Even the world's fastest computer, running the best facial recognition system, can't reach that speed.
When you see a person from a distance, the eye acts like a video camera to transmit a blurry image to the brain.
The brain doesn't wait for all the clear images to start working, it searches for blurry images and then finds a similar memory to compare it with. If the brain thinks it's the person, it will automatically recognize it as the person you remember, and will automatically supplement the blurry image with the person's memory image.
In addition, the human brain's recognition of a person's appearance does not depend solely on the facial features. A person's body characteristics and movement characteristics are also important factors in identification.
Alex's disguise technique learned from the Crazy Eight also involves changing body shape, habitual movements, etc., just like trained agents, who first try to change their physical characteristics.
For example, put something like silicone on your shoulder pads, which will make your shoulders look wider. Then consider stuffing something in your mouth to change the contours of your face.
Of course, wigs and hats are also used. Change your hairstyle. There is also changing the skin color, sticking something on the face to change the shape of the facial features, and so on.
A change of costume can also confuse the other person. For example. Suddenly from bright clothes to low-key gray and black colors.
Sometimes, even some grains of sand are put in the shoes. Change the way you walk. Trained killers or agents will recognize a fake walking posture, and the presence of sand in the shoe is a natural alteration, making it difficult for the stalker to judge the anomaly in the walking posture.
These changes to the hair and skin are not too troublesome, and there are special potions that can be used to give an instant makeover with just one stroke. Only the color of the pupils is troublesome, after all, if an Asian has blue eyes, it must be weird.
At first, he thought of contact lenses, and PMMA polymethyl methacrylate had already been invented in this era, and the first all-plastic contact lenses had been manufactured as early as 1947.
Alex soon found out. This type of contact lens is a hard lens, which has a good visual correction power and a long lifespan, but unfortunately the disadvantages are brittleness, poor air permeability, and strong foreign body sensation. After wearing it, it feels weird, and it doesn't have the effect of contact lenses.
If you can't change the color of your eyes, it's hard to change into someone else. Alex quickly solved this problem, and based on the knowledge of later generations, he made PHEMA hydroxyethyl methacrylate himself. Created the first soft contact lenses, and also had a contact lens effect to change the color of the eyeballs.
Originally, PHEMA was not discovered until 1960, and Alex found a chemist to copy the other party's skills in order to make this material. Then, according to the knowledge of later generations, he made this super-modern product according to the map.
With this contact lens, Alex was able to disguise himself as a person of other races, and to appear in front of Kane in his current form. And shoot it under the gun.
He now likes his current status a little bit, and he can walk freely on the streets. without attracting onlookers. If Alex showed up in his true form, he would soon be discovered. and then surrounded by groups, it is difficult to move an inch.
In order to make this identity real and credible, he also went to improve his personal information, and soon got a social security number and driver's license and other information in the hands of a smuggler in the black market of New York.
He is now known as Wang Long, 21 years old, from Chinese mainland. His father is an American, and his mother is from Shandong. In 1949, he followed his parents to the United States and soon received a U.S. green card. His father was killed in battle for his participation in the Korean War, and his mother died of illness soon after, and Wang Lung lived alone after that.
These are real people, no matter who investigates, they can find Wang Lung. It's just that the real Wang Long is no longer alive, and only the "Wang Long" pretended by Alex can be found by others.
Ever since Alex took over the Carpenter family's business, he has been planning to slowly shift his focus to family management. Originally, he thought that family management would be time-consuming, but soon, he realized that he was thinking too much. Alex, who has the ability to copy the information of other people's souls, can easily probe the hearts and pasts of other people.
Management is a profound science, and many times, superiors need to spend a lot of time to understand their subordinates, and then they can arrange the right people to the right positions. In this way, it will not lead to misemployment, which will cause various problems in the entire organizational structure.
Many successful bosses are masters of power and can easily play with others. They can do it because they can see people's hearts, they can understand what their subordinates are thinking, and they can manipulate and control them.
Those who seek fame will be given fame, and those who seek profit will be given profit. As long as you can hang carrots in front of people, and then add whips from time to time, you can make them work like donkeys.
But people's hearts are complicated, and they often don't have the right mouth, obviously what they want in their hearts is such things, but what they say in their mouths and what they do in their hands are different. It takes a lot of time to talk and figure it out.
Alex didn't need to spend so much time, he only needed to stretch out his small hand, and immediately understood what the other party knew and wanted. He knows what the other party wants, what he can do, and what he can't do.
Then there's the issue of trust and loyalty, which is sometimes fragile and sometimes strong. Generally speaking. Only when you have trust can you hand over the responsibility to your subordinates. in order to exert the maximum work efficiency. In this way, the subordinates will slowly develop a sense of trust, and then increase loyalty.
These are for Alex. There is no problem, he only needs to meet and talk once, and he can know who can be trusted and who is the most loyal. If someone is found to be unreliable, he will quietly let someone else take over, and then complete the transfer without panic.
As for the accounts, Alex didn't even need to look at them closely, he only needed to meet the person in charge of the finances every once in a while, and he would be able to know the whole situation immediately. There is no fear that they will do anything in it. Even if they wanted to do something, they were quickly noticed by Alex, and then they were transferred to another position, and then they were swept out of the house.
In short, the main purpose of these so-called disguises is to deceive the eyes of those who are familiar or unfamiliar. Because when they try to compare it with the memories in their brains, these confusions are enough to mislead their judgment.
Generally speaking, the longer you spend together, the easier it is to see through the disguise, so it is generally important to minimize the contact time.
At the time of the assassination. It is the most testing of a killer's skills in disguise and makeover. Once the horse's feet are exposed, it is a matter of life and death, and there is no room for mistakes. Kung Fu can also find puppets to fight, as for the disguise technique. Then there is no practice at all.
"You have to use it a lot to master this skill!" Alex thought to himself.
Fortunately, his current puppet is still from the Crazy Eight, which means that when he wants to use the disguise technique, he can use the puppet skill. It's a little slower to get to grips with this way. But after all, it is a safe and reliable path.
Alex took the time to prepare everything he needed to dress up, such as makeup, clothing, wigs, wigs, wigs, etc. The key is to match the target of the pretend in terms of tone and demeanor. For this, Alex thinks that he has "simulation ability". It shouldn't be a problem.
To test his own transfiguration, Alex disguised himself as a middle-aged gentleman, an obese woman, a priest, a black teenager, and more. At first, he only dared to show his face in front of strangers, pretending to be another person to contact other people, and observing everyone's reactions by chatting.
It didn't go well at first, and from the demeanor of those people, it could be seen that they were surprised by the person Alex was playing. Because a person's behavior and habits are in line with his own gender and image, if he suddenly becomes another person, there will be all kinds of inconsistencies.
Alex quickly adjusted, and he used "analog memory", which allowed him to simulate the target behavior of the costume just right.
This is not the hardest part, the difficult part is the psychology, you have to think from the perspective of your own character. For example, if he pretends to be a black man, then he must behave like a black man, and if he does not conform at all, it will make people feel strange and be recognized.
This psychological level is very difficult, even if you are a professional killer like Crazy Eight and Kane, you can only find some fixed characters to dress up. They don't deliberately look for a target with a very different cultural background to dress up, but choose a target from among the characters they are familiar with.
In addition to familiarizing yourself with the culture, mannerisms, and thinking of the target of the dress, the most important thing is to fully immerse yourself in the character. It's like splitting one's own personality, and that's the only way to do it seamlessly.
Alex didn't train like a crazy eight, but found a way that suited him better. He uses his "simulated memory" ability to simulate the psychology of his target, which is surprisingly useful and more efficient.
After a while, he went out of his way to the people he knew. For example, people like Chuck, Little Richard, and Dill were all tested by him, and none of them found out that the person he was talking to was Alex.
Of course, Alex still didn't dare to spend too much time with these acquaintances, and usually just said hello and had a few conversations. His ability is vividly displayed at this time, and his expression, demeanor, eyes, voice, walking posture, etc., are perfectly reflected in the simulation ability.
Slowly, he extended the contact time, and at the end of the day, he was sure that he could deceive these more familiar people. This level has long been far more than those professional killers and agents. He even has the confidence to be able to become a man of a thousand faces, if necessary.
When it was almost the same, I came to Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter and their younger siblings. At this time, it is more difficult, after all, they are all relatives, I don't know if there is a so-called electrocardiogram or something, and there will be mistakes after a long time. There were a few times when he almost got exposed, but luckily he reacted quickly and hurried away before he could be seen.
He has not yet reached the level of "Man with a Thousand Faces" in graphic novels, even professional killers like Kane have only deceived strangers through disguise, and if he has been with someone he knows for a long time, even if he only sees a back, he may be recognized.
From this point of view, he has come out of the blue and is better than the blue, which is remarkable.
Alex is familiar with one character before changing to another, and he plans to do something he has never done before when he has mastered this skill. (To be continued......)