Three-stream detection simulator

What Batman said is actually more difficult to understand than the previous conclusion, "the real Marshall is still alive."

The description of the ‘beast of the sea’ in the Book of Revelation is very abstract, because ordinary people cannot imagine the concept of ‘immortality’.

Does it mean having an invincible body of steel like Superman? Could it be that Hercule was able to escape unharmed even after jumping from a building? Could he be immune to the virus? What if I don’t eat or drink water all the time? If the wound on his neck continues to bleed, will he die from excessive blood loss?

In short, Batman's conclusion is very strange and a bit confusing. Even Hercule himself only said perfunctorily that he would think about this issue in the future, next time, definitely next time - how else should he interact with the NPC? Explain this suspected novice protection period setting?

Aria apartment is bustling again. A large group of NYPD police officers showed up, and together they were more than the number of people attending the lecture. Some of them were responsible for conducting autopsies, reviewing videos, and interrogating people. They were very busy.

Several of them have relatively high positions and have already remembered Hercule. They even greeted him quietly during work breaks: "Good afternoon, detective, you are on the news!"

When Hercule learned of the absurd content of the news, he showed an unprecedented expression of "who am I and where am I?"

He couldn't help but open the attribute panel and take a look. The motionless 10 points of luck and 29.5 points of inspiration caused a double critical hit, making him dizzy even more seriously than after using the Mechanical Heart. Hercule quickly turned off the panel, feeling even more confused.

Oliver sat next to him, thinking he was anemic, and asked cautiously: "Are you okay?"

"Director, my friend." Hercule suddenly changed his attitude to a serious one, "Can you swear to me that you will base your radio program on facts and never make unreasonable exaggerated descriptions and conjectures?"

Oliver was calmed by him, and there was a fight in his mind between professional knowledge and the needs of his partners. Finally, his business instinct took over and he whispered: "This is impossible without adaptation at all..."

Hercule kept his word, even if he was not sober when he agreed to produce the radio program for Oliver, he did not intend to withdraw the authorization at this moment. He just wore a mask of pain and said: "Please do your best. This is a request that I only make once in my life." ”

The director was startled and quickly agreed: "Okay, okay. In order to achieve this goal, it would be great if you could explain your findings in detail... We only have two unresolved problems now. One is Where is the real Marshall, the arsonist, right?

What do you mean by doing the opposite just now? How did the serial arsonist set fires, leave messages, and not trigger the alarm? "

At this time, Hercule and Oliver were sitting on the flower bed downstairs in the apartment. One was more miserable than the other. Even the July sunshine in New York could not warm their two poor hearts.

The flower bed is so high that when you sit on it, your feet cannot reach the ground. Hercule was half-hunched over in his coat, stuffed his hands into his pockets, swung his leather-shoeed feet in the air twice, and kicked the tile hard with his heel: "Wait a minute, I'll think about what to say."

He feels that after the training in recent days, he can become a teacher in school, and his eloquence and patience have made great progress.

"I have been thinking about a question before, why do arsonists make sure that the fire burns without any movement?"

In the game, the domestic android first sets fires and then puts them out. The contradictory behavior stems from the underlying logic of this model of product.

They are not very intelligent, and one of their functions is to put out small fires when they break out. If the player interacts with household androids that are stranded at the crime scene and burned to pieces along with them, they will find that many of them do not realize their wrong behavior after helping others kill others, and just think that this is a one-time incident. Ordinary 'cleaning'.

The player forcefully pokes them awake, and angry emoticons will pop up on the screen of the android's head. Then they continued to work in the blackened room, repeating the prescribed procedures, no different from when the owner was alive.

A very small number of wealthy people's household androids are equipped with voice systems. After completing side tasks, players can press F to trigger dialogue and interaction. For example:

The player controls the character to touch the android's power button.

Model AGT-45QH: "You disturbed my rest (recharge), Mr. Hercule Hugo."

The player grabs the android's shoulders and shakes it hard/The player pulls up the android's arm and dances in a ballroom dance/The player yells at the android, "This is the apocalypse," and encourages it to follow him and rise up/The player kicks the android, causing him to trip/ The player puts a trash can on the android's head, beats it up and insults it as non-recyclable waste.

Model AGT-45QH: "Warning, you are damaging other people's property..."

The player clicks to open the dialog box and has the option to speak.

Detective: "How do you feel about the crime you committed?"

Model AGT-45QH: "This is my mission. I will serve XXX (owner's name) until the last moment of my life."

... Players can do nothing in the game, but Hercule is very calm in reality.

He thought, the New York arsonist is a living person who is much smarter and more flexible than household androids. What is his purpose in putting out fires?

Oliver: "Isn't it to prevent triggering the alarm and getting caught?"

"This is assuming that the murderer can be discovered." Hercule pointed out, "Then the process of solving the case will be no different from any ordinary arson case in the past. The murderer may be seen on the way to the target location and when he leaves. . Based on the crime scene profile, the skilled police were able to trace the murderer and arrest him.”

Oliver somewhat understood what the detective meant: "And if the murderer was confident that he would not be discovered, he would have other purposes for keeping a low profile and avoiding triggering the fire alarm."

For example, a person who can teleport or become invisible can just set off a fire, leave a message, and leave in a big way. Why bother?

Hercule: "After investigation, the police did not find anything in common among the people who visited the murder site before the fire. We do not doubt or underestimate the NYPD's ability, just assume that they did their best, that is to say, the murderer is indeed There was no advance visit to the crime scene.”

Oliver was a little confused again: "Then how did he set the fire? Oh, I shouldn't ask the murderer how to do it, but..."

Hercule made a pause gesture: "Think about it first, since investigating the fire is useless before discovery, what do the serial arson cases in New York have in common after they occur?"

"What does it mean that it's different from other arson cases? It left a message, and, uh, the fire was already out when people found it, so firefighters weren't needed."

The detective continued to be tempting: "If there are no firefighters, who will be the first ones to arrive?"

Oliver: "...fire investigator?"

Hercule clapped his hands hard and suddenly spoke to catch the policeman passing in front of the flower bed: "Madam, please wait a moment!"

The policewoman stopped and turned her head suspiciously. Hercule immediately took off his hat and held it in front of his chest, showing a well-behaved expression: "Hello, I am a resident of Aria. Have you finished your work? When can I come back? Where is home?”

Oliver was stunned, but the young policewoman's expression softened and she said friendly: "Soon, we are finishing the work."

Hercule pursued the victory: "That's right, madam, Aria has been cursed recently. First there was a fire, and then there was a shooting. The arson even happened next door to my residence. I dare not close my eyes at night when I think of this tragedy." , if it’s convenient, could you tell me who will be responsible for the follow-up investigation?”

"Don't worry, New York's fire investigators are very experienced." The policeman comforted him sternly, giving examples to increase his persuasion, "Especially recently, a rising star has appeared in their team, and he works extremely responsibly. I am the first one to arrive at the scene every time. I believe that the day when the real murderer will be caught is not far away.”

Hercule's mocking admiration seemed particularly sincere: "It's amazing."

"I think so too." The female police officer smiled at him, "I still have work, let's not talk about it for now..."

"You're busy, thank you!" Hercule rubbed his face after she left, put his hat back, turned to Oliver and said, "Look, he is the first fire investigator to arrive at the scene every time. Either the guy is a hero or there's a big problem, I'll get Steel...well, Batman to investigate."

Although Tony is a native New York superhero, he specializes in surgery.

Oliver was still stunned.

They go in search of Batman and his sidekick Robin. The two men didn't want to meet the police and took advantage of the chaos to hide.

On the way, Oliver added: "Although the result may be correct, your thinking is too jumpy. The fire broke out first and the fire investigators arrived later. How to explain this?"

"The next thing you have to think about is, if the fire investigator is the murderer, why must he be the first to rush to the scene." Hercule corrected him, "The fire has already occurred, what else is he going to do?"

"Cover up the evidence?"

"It makes sense. This evidence must point to the murderer before he rushes to eliminate it." Hercule said, "But there is a premise. The fire happened first and the murderer arrived later. What evidence can make people think of him?"

Oliver: "For example, he has the superpower to set fire from the air, but at the same time, this superpower will leave his name on the scene... I know I'm talking nonsense, but what else could it be? Stop trying to guide me, Just tell me the answer."

"It's just a little bit different. In fact, you have just come up with the answer!" Hercule said with dissatisfaction, "The serial arson cases in New York also have one thing in common, which is that they left writings!

——Fire investigators need to be the first to arrive on the scene and write ‘This is the apocalypse’! "

**

Two full notebooks were filled with Oliver's case notes, which would be used later when writing radio program copy.

After finishing the last stroke, he said like a drama: "Of course the method of solving the case is very important... but is my curiosity insignificant?"

The detective, who had lost his precious mop stick and regained a limp when walking, looked at him in bewilderment.

Oliver reminded: "How to set fire! You haven't mentioned this yet!"

Hercule coughed heavily: "Oops."

Oliver has noticed Hercule's cunning side and no longer regards him as a serious person who came out of a British detective novel: "What do you mean?"

"It means I tried very hard to avoid discussing this topic." Hercule thought about how to explain, "Prophecies and bullets gave me inspiration. I wonder if you have ever seen a science fiction movie called "Creed"? "

Oliver: "Huh?"

There is obviously no Christopher Nolan in this universe, and even people in the industry have never heard of his name. Hercule waved his hand upon seeing this: "Forget it, it's not important. I mentioned movies mainly because I don't quite understand the principles behind it."

Oliver was even more shocked: "Is there anything in the world that you don't understand?"

Hercule:?

Only then did Oliver realize that he had accidentally spoken his mind. His face turned red and he said confidently: "Before scientists discovered the nucleus, they thought that atoms were the smallest, indivisible solid spheres. Before I discussed this topic, I thought you knew everything. This is reasonable."

"..."

No one could remain indifferent to his sincere and forthright praise.

Hercule no longer thought about the 'beast of the sea', the novice protection period, and the dead mayor's secretary. He tried his best to keep his expression calm but failed.

He smiled and said with high spirits: "Thank you, but I really don't know much about this aspect. You can just listen to me. If you are interested, maybe you can ask Iron Man."

"In short, according to the laws of thermodynamics, a system will spontaneously tend to chaos, and the entropy of our universe continues to increase over time. When the entropy increase stops, it means that chaos tends to the extreme, and the time and space of the universe are At the end. In this way, in theory, reversing the process of entropy increase is equivalent to reversing time, and things are about to regress from their final state to their initial state.”

Oliver covered his mouth and whispered, "You know I'm in the arts, right? God forgive me if I can't understand physics class."

Hercules thought to himself: Am I not? Why would anyone force a detective to explain physics to a Broadway director?

"In short, this problem is left to Iron Man, Hawking, and anyone else to study. We only need to assume that there is a special kind of weapon in the world made using the principle of entropy reversal, such as retrograde bullets, which appeared in My back, and then back to the barrel of the gun, from the outside of the mutant's body, into the flames of the flask. "

The timeline of things itself is retrograde to normality, running from the development results to the beginning, just like an image played backwards.

Imagine this scenario:

Carefully manufactured entropy reversal weapons are disguised as ordinary drinks and flowed into thousands of households of all walks of life. When a fire breaks out, the flames do not spread from one point to the surroundings, but immediately occupy every corner of the target room. The high temperature immediately fuses the plastic shell and internal circuit of the smoke alarm.

Then the flames began to gather, crawling along the wall like living things, burning any living or dead things in their path. Its outer layer shrinks smaller and smaller like a poison circle in the game, until all the heat is trapped in a small glass bottle about the size of a light bulb.

The ambient temperature rises, eventually causing the glass bottle to break. Except for a few scattered pieces of glass with burnt yellow-brown edges, no traces were left.

After receiving the alarm, the fire investigator rushed to the scene and wrote, "This is the apocalypse." Then he called his superiors and colleagues to report: "I discovered a special incident here, suspected of serial arson..."

"Oh my gosh, that does make sense!"

Oliver held the ballpoint pen tightly with emotion, a thin layer of sweat forming on his palms.

"It's amazing and terrifying. And that said, it doesn't matter if the fire investigators can't be the first on the scene - the fire becomes a single cold case with no writing or evidence, no one I can only think of how many lives of one family were buried in the flames for this meaningless reason..."

While they were talking, they found Batman and Robin on the roof of an old house two streets away from Aria's apartment.

Batman leaned against the vent, and without waiting for Hercule to explain his reasoning, he poked the Batcomputer screen under the detective's nose: "I checked, he was the fire investigator the policewoman mentioned."

A video of a recent merit recognition conference was being played on the screen. A middle-aged fire investigator stood on the awards podium and said passionately: "Flame brings civilization to mankind, but fire is a violent villain. It is what we have never seen before." As a fire investigator, I love my profession. It is my mission to fight fire and find the truth. I will serve the people of New York until the end of my life. ”

Batman: "Remember the mutant I told you about who has the ability to control fire? The fire investigator in the video is his biological father."

According to the rules of imitation crimes, the mutant father in reality corresponds to the android in the game?

What are the similarities between them?

But the words at the end of the video were so familiar that Hercule said without hesitation: "Yes, it's him."

Then he looked at Batman seriously: "You put a bug on me?"

"To protect you." Batman turned off the computer without looking up, "But instead of putting it on you, I was worried that you would find it. I put it in Oliver Putnam's jeans pocket."

"..."

When Oliver dug into his pocket, he found a metal object the size of a fingernail.

He opened his mouth and was stuck for a long time. Because Batman's attitude was so natural, Oliver didn't even think of how to spit out the fragrance for a short time.

At this moment, Hercule put his hand on the director's shoulder: "Leave it to me, Oliver. Can you please step aside for a moment?"

Oliver suddenly became anxious: "Don't be impulsive, you can't beat him!"

"..."

The detective was very persistent, so Oliver had to walk away, looking back every few steps.

Next to Batman stood a little boy who was only as tall as his waist. He looked about eleven or twelve years old, with black hair, a domino mask on his face, and a tight red, green, and yellow uniform. There was a cape behind him, and the letter R in a circle was written on his chest.

He looked at Hercule curiously, then walked over briskly, stretched out his hand in a mature manner and said: "Hello, detective, it's our first time to meet you. I have heard of you for a long time. I am Robin, Batman's assistant."

Hercule: "..."

He politely shook the boy's leather-gloved hand twice, and tried to hold back, but couldn't help looking at Batman with a complicated expression: "You are really not worried about being recognized, right?"

"Mr. Bruce Wayne."