What did Xu Hao think of?

The origin of the mask.

The earliest masks can be traced back to ancient times, when shamans of primitive tribes would wear masks and pretend to be the face of gods.

The body is covered with feathers, showing the characteristics of God.

Later, masks were simplified and spread among ordinary people.

After that, opera was born!

Opera was born in the Qin and Han Dynasties. At that time, there were no more witches, fewer people wearing masks and dancing as gods, and more entertainment like opera, which is about pretending to be gods or humans.

After hundreds of years of development, the mask finally evolved into the current opera and transformed into the Harlequin.

Although the uses of the two are different, one is used for entertainment and the other is used to fool the people.

But the essence is the same!

"Before, we were in a hurry and were in a hurry. We ignored the most intuitive and one-sided aspects of masks, and kept thinking about the usefulness of human skin masks!"

"But aside from the ingredients of human skin, the essence of these masks is..."

"Play!"

At this time, the second task force team, except Wang Chao and another police officer, are all in the police station!

They all looked at Xu Hao intently, waiting for the next sentence to appear.

"The murderer killed the victim, took off his face, put on his clothes, took the victim's place, and walked around the world..."

"If the victim sees something that makes him laugh, the murderer will laugh. If the victim sees something that makes him sad, the murderer will also be sad..."

"Just like a sentence in an opera."

Xu Hao stared at the display screen divided into three screens in front of him.

"When a horn comes on stage, he is no longer a horn."

"It's the character he plays!"

Everyone was stunned and shuddered at the theory.

A man kills you, peels off your skin and sews it on his face, puts on your clothes, buries you in the garden, sits in the place that originally belonged to you, raises his head slightly, and shows his face to your mother

Smile like you, speak softly, and say...

‘Mom.’

Wu Chen shivered and asked quickly:

"If this theory is true, then...why would he kill someone and then pretend to be the other person?"

"The murderer must have a purpose after all!"

The purpose is the target, that is, what the murderer wants. It may be the sense of identity Zhang Zhuang wants in the museum, or it may be Cheng Li's sense of superiority in the case of "Pearls Hidden in Fish Lips".

Acting is not the purpose. Why play the victim? What the murderer can get by playing the victim is the purpose!

"I don't know."

Zhang She shook his head and looked at the people in front of him.

Xu Hao suddenly said, "Have you ever seen an opera?"

Opera?

Everyone was stunned for a moment, then shook their heads.

Opera is still something that grandparents watch. Young people cannot understand opera without subtitles.

"In opera, every scene and all the characters appearing are specific!"

"For example, if Zhao Zilong enters and exits seven times, the person being played by the actor is Zhao Zilong, not Cao Mengde."

"Another example would be to warm wine and kill Hua Xiong, the actor would play Guan Gong instead of Pan Feng killing Hua Xiong!"

Su Yue observed the surveillance at the scene of the human skin crime based on the characteristics of the murderer given by Xu Hao.

In the end, the shadow of the murderer appeared in more or less three places!

In other words, after the murderer goes to the place where the victim went, he will re-experience the place where the victim went with the victim's face and clothes!

Four human skins, seven crime scenes, and one undiscovered place!

The murderer wore a human skin mask and performed four original plays for the police.

"Hotel", "River Bottom" and "Trojan Horse"

As for the remaining one, what kind of play it will be depends on Wang Chao’s speed.

"Team Xu, do you mean that the murderer selected the person based on the 'opera script' instead of randomly killing one person on the street and then naming the victims as Zhang, Li, and Wang?"

Su Yue suddenly spoke and Xu Hao nodded.

"That's right, it's the same as opera, whether it's a guillotine case, seven in and seven out, or warming wine and beheading Hua Xiong..."

"This is all about the script itself, not the actors themselves!"

"Choose actors for the script, rather than designing the script for the actors!"

And it just so happens that in the eyes of the murderer, the three victims just meet the characteristics of the actors in these three dramas!

"No! The victim may not have special qualities!"

Xu Hao spoke again, and the thinking in his mind became clearer.

"If you are performing in an opera, the characteristics that match the role will follow the actor's life!"

"No matter how good his memory is, the murderer can't portray the victim's unique characteristics!"

For example, some people treat others kindly on the surface, but in fact they treat everyone at a certain distance. This psychology that no one knows about directly affects themselves, resulting in a series of subconscious muscle movements.

This leads to the fact that if the murderer plays this kind of "kindness", then no matter what, he will not be able to portray that feeling.

"The trait is the victim himself!"

"So, the murderer took the victim's face and clothes and put them on his own face..."

"It's like becoming a victim and becoming the trait itself!"

As Xu Hao finished speaking, the policemen looked at each other, and the expressions in their eyes became more and more shocked.

Killing for the sake of acting...

Wear a human skin mask for your special qualities!

Become the victim 'itself', and experience the feeling of the victim from the murderer's own perspective.

Several people can't help but feel their scalps numb.

"But what on earth is this script!?"

Su Yue suddenly frowned and asked, the script is about what happened at the crime scene where human skin was discarded, but where did the script itself come from?

You know, whether it is Cao Cao or Zhuge, these are real things in history, adapted from reality!

So, how did the murderer's drama come about?

"Also, why does the victim itself meet the characteristics that the murderer needs?"

"What on earth is this trait!?"

"The most important thing is, why did the victim appear within the fixed script range during his lifetime!?"

The Mold Removal Festival lasts for more than a week, and there is a huge flow of people. As long as you twist your body a little and get into the crowd, you will not be held hostage.

Since no one was holding him hostage, how did the victim go to the drama location arranged by the murderer!?

"How does the murderer know that the victim satisfies his dramatic qualities!?"

"You must know that the victim is from Hubei Province in southern China. The three victims are located in two provincial capitals and three urban areas. There was no communication before the festival, but the murderer found the door accurately..."

Four questions go straight to the core of the theory. If any one of them is solved, there will be a major breakthrough in the case!

Especially knowing that the victim fulfills the qualities of drama.

One person is killed accurately every day. How does the other party know the location of the victim in this situation?

It can't be possible. Like Ma Hui, he also has a list of victims whose sources are unknown?

So what kind of list does this have to bring together people from two provinces!?

While everyone was thinking, Xu Hao, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke suddenly.

"I suddenly remembered that there is something that can make three people who have been separated for a long time and have never met each other..."
Chapter completed!