Chapter 42 Section 5

"I guess so. I hear he started painting the attic three days before the accident." "That is to say, the perpetrator can find out in advance that there are people who are not wearing seat belts in this building." Tang Chuan said and pointed upwards. "That's right." Xun looked up at the body of the building, "But I think it's hard to notice this when looking up from below." "That's true." Tang Chuan looked around, pointed to the distance and said, "Is there any problem with that building? It seems to be able to go up to the roof."

He was referring to a hypermarket with a car park built into the roof. "Then let's go and have a look." Kaoru said and stepped towards Pajero who was parked by the roadside. When they came to the parking lot on the roof, the two got out of the car.Facing the building under construction, Yu Chuan stretched out his arms and gave a thumbs up. "what are you doing?" "Measuring distance." "what?" "The distance from my eyes to the thumb of my right hand is about 70 centimeters, and the length of the thumb is about 6 centimeters. From this point of view, the length of the thumb is exactly the same as the height of the first floor of the building." Tang Chuan closed one eye, Make the thumb and the steel bars of the building overlap together, "Assuming that each floor of the building is three meters high, then the distance from here to the building is about 35 meters."

Kaoru stared straight at the physicist's face: "It's the first time I've seen people apply mathematics to daily life like this." "It's not mathematics, it's arithmetic. Elementary school textbooks should contain knowledge about proportions." After Tang Chuan said it nonchalantly, he folded his hands, "It is estimated that from here, it is possible to see the appearance of the construction workers clearly .If you use binoculars, I'm afraid you can find out whether the other party is wearing a seat belt." "But how do you get people to fall from here to their death?"

Yu Chuan stretched out his arm towards the building again, and compared his fingers to the shape of a pistol. "There was a case where someone used a laser pointer to dazzle a pitcher's eyes on a baseball field. The laser pointers on the market should be able to shoot thirty or forty meters away." Kaoru gasped: "Do you mean that the perpetrator used a laser pointer to dazzle the victim who was working at heights in the eyes?" "It's possible." "I also think it's possible. Because if the eyes are dizzy, people can't even stand upright." Xun's speech speed accelerated, as if he found a faint flickering light in the long tunnel.

But Yu Chuan didn't have any happy expression on his face. "What's wrong with you? I personally think your statement is very feasible." "No." He shook his head, "I've heard it before, saying that those experienced craftsmen have a unique intuition. It's a feeling they spent a long time cultivating. The dead painter The reason why he didn't wear a seat belt at that time was that he was extremely confident in his own feelings. Such an experienced person would not fall from upstairs because of dizziness in front of his eyes. Another point," he said He raised his index finger and continued, "I should have said before that the perpetrator claimed to be a scientist. If this is the case, then there should be some originality in his method, and he would not use a laser pen sold on the market."

"Then what do you think the perpetrator would have used?" "The way to influence others from a certain distance away...Laser is light, either light or electromagnetic waves, or..." Tang Chuan closed his mouth, he has completely integrated into the imaginary world. The physicist's musings continued for a long time.Kaoru sent him back to the university, parked the Pajero in the parking lot of his home, and returned to the Metropolitan Police Department. "How's the situation?" Kusanagi asked expectantly. Kaoru shook his head silently.Kusanagi scratched his head sullenly.

"Even Yukawa feels helpless?" "How's the fatality situation today?" "It's still the same. Most of them are traffic accidents, with a total of 119 cases. So far, there have been no fatalities. Only one case is serious. There was an accident caused by a light vehicle at Horikiri JCT. The man driving the car was seriously injured and unconscious. clear." "What was the cause of the accident?" "Based on the current information, it is more likely that he fell asleep while driving. Before the accident, several people witnessed the light vehicle snaking."

"It seems that it has nothing to do with the 'Devil's Hand'." Kaoru said and got down on the chair. "By the way, have you asked Tang Chuan about that?" "By 'that' you mean hypnotism?" "Ok." "I've asked. He said he doesn't know much about it, so it's hard to say, but even if there is a hypnotism that can manipulate other people's consciousness at will, it probably has nothing to do with this case." How to say? " "Because it is estimated that when the accident happened, the perpetrator did not even know the name of the victim. If he knew, he should have mentioned it in the notice letter. Although the victim's name was mentioned in the criminal statement, it is very likely that he Later, I learned from news reports. If the perpetrator was close enough to hypnotize the other party, then he should be able to find out his name—the above is Mr. Yu Chuan’s reasoning.”

"That's true, that's right." Kusanagi curled his lips and said, "I heard that I even used hypnotism, so that guy must have ridiculed me again, right?" "No, he said he admired it." "Admiration? Why?" "It means that your mind is wider than before, and maybe your mind is also more flexible." "Well, that's it. Please tell him that I'm very honored by the compliment." After finishing speaking, Kusanagi turned the chair and turned his back to Kaoru. He was a little overjoyed when he saw the relevant report on the social edition of the Morning Post, but after reading the entire article, he was really speechless.

At around 5:00 p.m. on the 26th, a light vehicle collided with a truck between Horikiri and Xiaoying in the inner circle of the Central Ring Road of the Metropolitan Expressway, causing a traffic accident involving four vehicles.The light vehicle was badly damaged, a man rescued was critically injured and unconscious, and the truck driver suffered minor injuries - that's what was reported. He shifted his gaze to the computer monitor, which showed a document that had already been typed, and then he only needed to print it out. But now it seems that it is too early to print this document.

Forget it—he snickered to himself, it was just delaying the good show for a little while, it's not a big deal. He thought to himself, wishing he could see with his own eyes what kind of face that miserable physicist would put on when he read this letter.