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hi how is the situationThe man in the gray suit asked, and asked the calm and fat Louis.Detective Martinez was taken aback. He is Rona.Bell's subordinates are here to perform protection duties.The bodyguard was sitting on the couch in front of the television, Sunday's New York Times on his lap.Dude, you startled me.He nodded to greet him, his eyes first fell on the police badge and identification card on the newcomer, and then carefully looked at his face.Are you here for a shift change? That's right. how did you get inDid they give you the key? It was given by the bureau.He said his voice was very hoarse, like he had a bad cold.

Take care, Louis whispered: I've had a cold recently, too, and it was a pain. Where's Mr. Grady? In the kitchen, with his wife and Chris.Why did you come early? I don't, the man replied, they want me to help, tell me to come here at this hour. This kind of thing happens all the time, doesn't it?Louis said, but frowned again.But, I don't seem to have seen you. My name is Joey.David, the man said: I was mostly on duty in Brooklyn. Louis nodded.Seventh Division, where I spent my rookie days. This is my first rotation.I mean, first transfer as a bodyguard. Suddenly there was a loud commercial advertisement on the TV.

Sorry, Louis said: I didn't catch you just now.You said this is your first rotation? That's right. So how about making this your last?After finishing speaking, Louis opened the newspaper and jumped up from the sofa, holding a Garak pistol firmly in his hand, aiming at this he already knew was Eric.Will's man.He who has always been calm, now excitedly shouted into the microphone: He is here!He's in!In the living room! Staying in the kitchen were the other two cops, Detective Bell and the fat Ron.Officer Sellitto, they rushed out of the kitchen, grabbed Will's hands left and right, and pulled the pistol from his waist.Both of them looked surprised.

Get down!Hurry up!Sellitola roared in a high voice, putting the pistol in the man's face.The expression on this face is really wonderful!Louis thought.Over the years, he didn't know how many suspects' surprised expressions they had seen when they were arrested, but this guy's expression can be crowned champion.He gasped with his mouth wide open, completely speechless in astonishment. How did this guy come in here?Sellitto asked, panting, but Bell just shook his head unhappily. After Luis roughly handcuffs the magician, Sellitto leans over him and says: Are you alone?Or is there help out there?

No. Don't fool me! My hand, you hurt my hand!he gasped. Is anyone else coming with you? No no.I swear. Bell radioed the others.God, he came in and I don't understand why. Two uniformed officers, assigned to protect witnesses, hurried down the corridor and into the gate, where they had been lying in wait near the elevator.He probably jumped in through the window, and one of the police officers said: It may be through the window of the escape door. Bell glanced at Will and immediately understood.Did you jump over?From the cornice of the Lanhang Anse Hotel? Will didn't say much, but jumping over was the only possible answer.They ambushed the police in the alley between the Lanhang Anse Hotel and Grady's residence, and there were people stationed on the roofs of the two buildings, but they never expected that this person would walk on the high-altitude catwalk and then jump over two buildings. Gaps between buildings.

Bell questioned the other officers.Didn't find anyone else? No.It seemed that he should be alone. Sellitto put on latex gloves and searched the suspect up and down, only to find a lockpicking tool, several pieces of rope and a magic trick.The weirdest thing is the fake finger cots, which are very sticky.Sellitto unplugged them one by one and put them in plastic evidence bags.If the situation were not so tense, the hired assassin would have entered the house of the protégé, otherwise the man who saw the ten fingers in the same bag must have felt amused. All eyes were on the suspect as Sellitto searched.Will was a muscular, well-built man, but the fire did burn him pretty badly, leaving extensive scarring on his face and neck.

Do you have any documents?Bell asked. Sellitto shook his head.Only toys from Schwartz's.What he meant was that the NYPD badges and IDs on the suspects were crudely forged, no better than a child's toy. Will looks into the kitchen, but it's empty.He frowned. Oh, the Gladys aren't here.It seemed obvious, Bell said. The suspect closed his eyes and pressed his head against the old carpet.how come?How did you know it? Sellitto offered what was barely an answer.There is someone who will be more than happy to tell you to your face about this.Come on, let's go by car. Seeing this killer with handcuffs and feet appearing at the door of the laboratory, Lincoln.Lyme said: Welcome to the second visit.

Wasn't that fire already the man turned his head to look at the stairs leading upstairs, and said with displeasure on his face. Sorry we ruined your show, Rhyme said coldly: I guess you still can't quite get rid of me, right?Will? He turned his head and looked back at the forensic expert, and said unhappily: That is no longer my name. You changed your name? Will shook his head.No official name change, but Will is who I used to be, and I'm different now. Rhyme thought of psychologist Terry.Dubailin, who has commented on the case, said the fire had murdered Will's old personality traits and made him a different person.

The killer looked at Rhyme's body and said: "You know that, don't you?I think you must also want to forget the past and become another person. what do you call yourself Only me and my audience know that. Ah yes, his beloved audience. Will was handcuffed twice, with a confused and displeased look on his face.He was wearing a gray suit now, the suit from yesterday was gone; his real hair was dark blond, thick and long.Under daylight, Rhyme could see the scar on his collar more clearly, and he could see that the burns were really serious. How did you find me?The man said in his characteristic hissing voice: I have brought you to

Take it to the fantasy circus?You did.Whenever Rhyme outwits a suspect, he's in a particularly good mood, willing to talk about any issues.You mean, you misled us there.But when I look at the evidence list, I can't help but think: This whole thing is just too easy. Too easy?He coughed lightly. At a crime scene, there are two types of evidence.One was left by the suspect by accident, and the other was left there on purpose to mislead us. When everyone rushed to the circus to find chemical bombs, I suddenly had a feeling that these evidences were left by design.This is evident on the shoes you left at the second victim's apartment scene, with dog hair, dirt, and plants from Central Park.It made me think that a clever suspect might have purposely smeared dirt and hair on the soles of his shoes and dropped them on the spot so that when we find them we'll be reminded of the mound of dogs next to the circus.Also, when you came to see me last night, it was all about fire.He turned to Kara.It's called misleading words, right?

Will's bewildered eyes fell on the young woman too, looking her up and down. Yes.she said, pouring some sugar into a coffee mug. But I'm here to kill you, Will hisses, and if I mean to mislead you by saying those things, I'll have to live.Rhyme laughed.You didn't intend to kill me at all, it never occurred to you.You're just trying to make things look alike so that what you're telling me has credibility.You set the fire, left my bedroom, and the first thing you did was go to a public phone booth and call the fire department.I checked the contact records, and the caller said he could see flames coming out of the window from the phone booth, but the phone booth was on the corner of the street from my room, and it was impossible to see my bedroom window from there.Thomas went out to check, and the only thing nearby was the phone booth.Thank you, Thomas.cried Rhyme, as the orderly passed the door. You're welcome.He hastily responded. Will closed his eyes and kept shaking his head, regretting the serious mistake he had made. Rhyme also narrowed his eyes and looked at the evidence board.All of the victims' occupations or interests represented different positions in the circus: musicians, make-up artists, and horse riders, and the methods of killing were also magic tricks.However, if your real target is Kadeski, you must be misleading us away from the Fantastic Faire instead of pointing at it, so this means that you deliberately want to keep us away from a certain target.However, what is this goal?I looked at the evidence again.In the third scene, by that river, we pop up and scare you. You don't have time to take the jacket with the pass and the hotel key in the pocket, which means that these things are not clues that you left on purpose, they There must be a reasonable connection to your real target. There were three possible sources of the key card, one of which was familiar to Inspector Lanhang Ansbell, and he checked his notebook.As a result, he found out that he had met Charles in the restaurant in the lobby of this hotel a week ago.Grady had coffee together and discussed the details of protecting his family.Rona told me that the Lanhang Anse Hotel was next door to Grady's.Then there's the passport.I called the owner of this pass, and he said that he is currently in charge of interviewing Andrew.Constable's case, with Charles.Grady met several times and we also found some brass shavings and thought, worst of all, it was from the bomb timer.However, the copper filings could also come from a key or some kind of tool. Sachs on the side interjected: And the New York Times we found in your car that fell into the river.Yes, it was about the circus, but there was also about Constable's trial. She glanced at the evidence board. □□□ National Army conspiracy murder case to open Monday □□□ Rhyme added: And that restaurant receipt, you should throw it away. What receipt?Will frowned. The same was found in your jacket pocket, two weeks ago on Saturday. But that weekend I stopped in the middle of what he was saying. Outside New York City?Are you trying to say that?Sachs asked.We already knew that the receipt was from a restaurant at Bedford Station. I don't know what you are talking about. A state trooper investigating patriotic groups in Kendong Falls called me and said he wanted Rona, and Rhyme said, I know the area code this caller is in, and the area code on the restaurant receipt. same size. Will's eyes returned to calm, and Rhyme continued: Bedford Station is in the town next to Kendon Falls, where Constable lived. Who the hell are you talking about Constable?He asked quickly, but Rhyme knew from the look on his face that he knew the man quite well.Sellitto went on to say, "You're having dinner with Barnes, aren't you?"Jedi.Barneys. I do not know what you're talking about. And what about the Patriotic Comrades? I read about them in the newspaper. Come on less, we don't believe you.Sellitto said. Believe it or not is up to you.Will growled.Rhyme saw the anger in his eyes, exactly as Dubailin had predicted.After a while of silence, he asked again: How did you find out my real name?No one answered, but Will's eyes stopped on the last few details added to the evidence board.His face suddenly darkened, and he gasped and shouted: Someone betrayed me, right?He told you about the fire and Kadeski.Who is this guy?With a vicious smile on his face, his eyes flicked from Sachs, Carla, and finally Rhyme.It's John.Ji Ding, right?He told you I called him, right?What a cowardly piece of shit, he will always be that bird in front of me.I see Arthur.Ross also has a point, right?They're all fucking traitors.I will remember them, I will never forget those who betrayed me.He suddenly coughed a few more times, and after finally suppressing it, his gaze turned to everyone in the room again.Carla, is that what he called you just now?who are you I am an illusionist.she summoned up the courage to say. It was a colleague, Will said sarcastically, looking her up and down again.Illusionist, what are you doing here?Be their advisor?Maybe I should come visit you when I get out of prison, maybe I'll magically make you disappear. Sachs interrupted him.Ha, Will, you'll never want to come out again in your life. The sorcerer let out another breathless sneer.So, how do I escape?The walls are just an illusion to me too. I don't think there is a way for you to escape.Sellitto said. Rhyme said: Well, if I tell you why, Will or whatever you call yourself, will you tell us why?We thought you wanted revenge on Kadeski, but later we found out that you were going to hunt down Grady and become a professional killer who was born as an illusionist. revenge?Will asked angrily, what the hell good is revenge?Will it remove my scars and heal my lungs?Can it bring my wife back?You don't fucking understand at all!There's only one thing in my life, and there's only one thing that means anything to me, and that's acting.Illusion, magic.My master, Satan, had made me a person who was going to be on the stage all my life, but that fire took it all away.I no longer have the strength to go on stage and perform.My hands are deformed, my voice is ruined, so who would want to see me?God gave me this talent, but I can no longer use it.If the only show I could do was break the law, then of course I would. □□□ phantom of the opera syndrome □□□ He took another look at Rhyme's body.How did you feel when you had an accident and knew you could never be a police officer again? Rhyme didn't answer, but the killer's words hit home.what does it feel likeYes, he and Eric.Will was just as angry.And, after the accident, his notion of right and wrong completely disappeared.Why don't I commit crimes?He couldn't help thinking that when he was most frustrated and angry.No one on this planet can find evidence better than me, which means I can also manipulate it skillfully, I can make the most perfect crime Thanks to someone like Terry.It was only with the help of a psychiatrist like Dubailin, some of his fellow police officers, and his own good nature that these ideas faded away.Then again, even though Rhyme felt the same way Will felt at the time, even in his most desperate and angry moments, it never occurred to him to take the lives of anyone other than himself, of course. So you sold your talents and were willing to be a mercenary? Will found himself momentarily out of control and saying too much that he shouldn't have said, so he refused to answer any more. But Sachs couldn't control his anger.She strode to the whiteboard, tore off a few photos of the two victims pasted on it, and held it in front of Will.She growled: You killed these people just to mislead?Is that all they mean to you? Will stared at her coldly, turned his head away after a while, and said with a smile: Do you really think you can put me in jail?Don't you know Harry.Houdini once accepted the challenge and was stripped and put on death row in Washington, D.C.He escaped in a flash while the guards were having lunch, enough time to open all the other doors in the prison and swap rooms for those who were sentenced. Sellitto said: You are right, but that was a long time ago, and the prison facilities have improved a lot.After finishing speaking, he said to Rhyme and Sachs: I will take him back to the game now to see if he is willing to reveal a little more information to us. As they were about to walk toward the gate, Rhyme said suddenly, "Wait.His eyes fell on the evidence sheet. What's wrong?Sellitto asked. He was killed by Riley outside the trade fair.When Buck was arrested, he had escaped with the handcuffs. That's right. We found a little bit of drool, remember?You check his mouth first to see if he has hidden a key or lockpicking tool in it. Will said: I didn't, really. Sellitto put on Mel.Latex gloves from Cooper.Mouth opened.If you bite me, I'll make your testicles disappear.Understand?One bite and one testicle disappears. clear.The sorcerer opened his mouth.Sellitto turned on the flashlight and fumbled for a while.Nothing. Rhyme said: Then we should check elsewhere. Sellitto grunts: When I get back in the game, they're absolutely going to do that, Lincoln.There are some things that I would never do if they paid me.Just when Sellitto dragged Will towards the door again, Carla suddenly said: Wait a minute!Check his teeth.Shake each one, especially the molars. Sellitto immediately accepted the suggestion, while Will froze.You can't do that. Mouth opened.The fat policeman said sharply: Also, the testicle rule just now is still valid. The sorcerer sighed.Let me tell you, the upper right molar.I am on the right in this direction. Sellitto glanced at Rhyme before putting his hand in the suspect's mouth and pulling gently.He produced a false tooth with a small curved metal strip hidden inside.He put the metal strips on the examination table and put the dentures back on. This piece of metal is really small, can it really be used to pick a lock?Sellitto asked. Carla checked it out.Of course, he can open a pair of ordinary standard handcuffs in four seconds. You are amazing, Will.let's go. Will glared at Kara.I will remember you, he said: I promise you.You know P. T.Selby?I love his tricks.After I come out, maybe you can act in my private performance. Sellitto laughed and said: Let's talk about it when you come out. Rhyme thought of another thing.Ah, Ron?Sellitto turned to look at him.Do you have a feeling that the reason why he took the initiative to admit that he has false teeth in his mouth may actually be a small misleading. Carla nodded.You are right. Will looked disgusted, but couldn't stop Sellitto from putting his hand in his mouth again.This time Sellitto went over every tooth, which resulted in the removal of another similar denture on the suspect's left lower jaw. I promise to absolutely lock you in the most special place.Detective Sellitto said viciously, and then another officer was called into the living room, and two more sets of shackles were placed on Will's feet. I can't walk anymore.Will complained in a hissing voice. Then move slowly, Sellitto said dryly: like a baby to walk.