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The police officers of the two Secret Service team worked together to take Lincoln.Rhyme lifted with the electric wheelchair and walked up the stairs into the building's foyer.With just a few steps, the weight of the wheelchair and Rhyme made the two policemen sweat and their hands tremble.Fortunately, as soon as they reached the flat ground, Lime was able to control the wheelchair by himself, drove all the way to the magician's residence, and stopped at Emilia.next to Sachs. Secret Service officers following Bell and Sellitto continued to search the rest of the building, and the two of them personally searched for the killer, who was still in shock.Rhyme had previously suggested that they borrow a doctor from the forensic examination office to help with the search, and the forensic doctor came quickly and carried out the examination at their request.It turned out that this suggestion was very correct: the forensic doctor found several cracks on the man's skin, which looked like small scars, but in fact they could all be uncovered, and tiny metal tools were hidden inside.

Later, he was sent to the infirmary of the detention center for an X-ray examination. Lyme said: No, an MRI scan is required, and every part of the body must not be missed. The sorcerer was handcuffed three times and fettered twice, and then two police officers grabbed him from the ground and made him sit on the ground.When he saw Rhyme, surprise filled his bearded face.Rhyme is inspecting a bedroom, which contains a large number of magic props and various tools.Indeed, those masks, prosthetic hands, and things made of latex made this bedroom look very weird, but Rhyme looked at these magic props that should have been presented to thousands of people, but now they were killed by the killer's horrific revenge. It made him feel lonely and sad to be stored here because of his motives.

How can it be?muttered the sorcerer. Seeing the surprise and displeasure on the killer's face made Rhyme feel very comfortable.While any hunter will tell you that the joy of hunting comes primarily from the chase, the truth is that the greatest joy comes when you put in a lot of effort to bring down your prey.If a hunter does not have this feeling, he cannot be a good hunter. How did you figure it out?He asked again in a breathless voice. Are you saying that your real goal is to attack the circus?Rhyme turned to Sachs. She said in an interface: There is actually not much evidence, but it can be guessed

What is guessing?Sachs, did I mean the evidence was pretty obvious? We figured out what you really wanted to do, and Sachs ignored Rhyme's interruption and went on: In that little room, in the cleaning closet in the basement of the Criminal Court building, we found the bag you hid there containing your undressed clothes. The clothes that came down, and the props for fake injuries. did you find that bag She continued: "There's some dried red paint on your shoes and clothes, and a few carpet fibers. I always thought the red paint was used as fake blood, Rhyme shook his head, showing a look of being very angry with himself.Logically this fits the assumption, but I should have given a little more thought to other sources.Later, using the FBI's paint database, we found out that the paint was used by the Jenkins Motor Company.Moreover, the color of this red paint is orange, and it is specially used on secret service vehicles. The paint of this formula is sold in small cans, and it is only used for painting small areas.The fibers are also automotive, coming from a regular commercial carpet that was installed in a General Motors ambulance eight years ago.

Sachs said: So Lincoln deduces that you have recently borrowed or stolen an old ambulance and refurbished it, and the purpose may be to use it for escape, or to use it in another assassination of Charles.Gladys in action.But then he thought about that little bit of brass. What if it really came from a bomb timer, as we originally thought?And since the last time you used a gasoline-soaked handkerchief in Lincoln's room, there's a good chance you might have planted a gasoline bomb in a converted ambulance. The Lyme interface says: Then I used a little simple logic He just relies on intuition.Bell broke the stage beside him and said.

Intuition is bullshit, Rhyme snapped. Logic isn't. It's the backbone of science, and criminal forensics is science at its purest. Sellitto makes another face again at Bell. But this disobedience against class did not affect Rhyme's enthusiasm for speaking at all.I'm talking logic.Kara has already told us that magicians deliberately draw the audience's attention where you don't really want them to see it. The best illusionist will directly name what he is going to do, and tell everyone what trick he is going to do next.If you don't believe it, you'll look to the exact opposite, and when you do, you've fallen into his trap.Then you will be completely defeated, and the victory will be completely controlled by him.

As far as what you've done I can say it's really a beautiful idea.I rarely give compliments, do I, Sachs?You want to exact revenge on Kadeski for the fire that ruined your life, so you devise a trick that will allow you to carry out your purpose and escape safely. Another misleading.Rhyme narrowed his eyes, thought for a moment, and then said: The first misdirection is: You forced Kara to tell us the tricks used by illusionists, didn't you? The killer was silent. I'm sure she said so.In the beginning, you forced us to accept the idea that you wanted to destroy Fantastic Faire for revenge.But I don't believe it, because the attempt is too obvious.So our suspicions were led to the second misdirection: You deliberately placed newspapers with Grady news, restaurant receipts, press passes, and hotel keys so that we could draw the conclusion that you planned to assassinate him Yes, and The jogging jacket you left on the Hudson.You left it on site on purpose, didn't you?That's the fake evidence you designed for us to find.

He nodded.That's right, I left it on purpose.But at that time, you police officers suddenly appeared and startled me, which made this intentional action of leaving the jacket and fleeing more natural. Then, based on the evidence just mentioned, Rhyme continued: We believe that you were hired by someone to use illusions to approach Charles.Gladys, try to kill him, but we guess your motives, but we can't help but suspect to some extent. The sorcerer smiled slightly.In a way, he whispered: See, when you use misleading to confuse people, smart people can't help but continue to doubt.

So you're messing with us with a third misdirection, making us take the focus away from the circus and making us think you were arrested on purpose so you could be sent to a detention center, not to kill Grady, but to get out of prison Constable.At that point, we'd completely forgotten about Fantastic Circus and Kadeschi, but the truth is, you didn't care a bit about whether Constable or Gladys lived or died. They are all just props, used to mislead you.He admitted it. People in the Patriotic Comrade Association will be very upset if they know what you say.Sellitto murmured. He shook his head at the shackles on his feet.All I can say is that it's not me who should worry about this now, but you, right?

Constable and the Patriotic Society had been duped into betrayals by him, and Rhyme wasn't sure if they would retaliate. Bell turned his head to the magician and asked Rhyme.But why did he bother to design Constable and arrange a fake escape plan? Sellitto replied: Obviously this was to mislead us away from the circus, so that he would have enough time to plant the bomb there easily. Not really, Ron, Rhyme said slowly: there are other reasons behind it. Upon hearing these words, or hearing Rhyme's mysterious tone, the killer suddenly turned to look at the forensic expert.Rhyme saw at once a look of caution, bordering on fear, flitting across his eyes for the first time this evening.

Now you've got it, Rhyme thought.Then he said: Look, there is a fourth misleading in this case. the fourth?Sellitto said. That's right.He is not Eric.Will.Rhyme announced it aloud, in a tone that even he had to admit was too dramatic.