Looking at the old furniture around him, the green moonlight, the tragic corpses, and the sticky blood on his hands, Zhang Ke, who had returned to this scene for the third time, finally felt the remaining fear and panic in his heart.
It has become very indifferent.
"I'm really back!"
He put his hand next to his nose and smelled it. The pungent smell of blood told him that this was not a recurring nightmare, but a miraculous reality that happened to him.
In the unbelievable shock, excitement and joy gradually took over his heart, and even the corpse next to him no longer looked so disgusting and scary.
Although he doesn't know the reason for this time and space reincarnation, Zhang Ke is basically certain that he has the special ability to go back to the previous day repeatedly.
Everything will proceed according to the original logic and development, and no one will realize the existence of time and space reincarnation - except for myself, the only lucky person who has been pardoned by fate, retaining the memory of each reincarnation.
The specific time of the jump is about half a day to a day, because Zhang Ke, who did not have a normal watch, could not judge how long he stayed in the darkness of the interrogation room, but from a physical perspective, it was at least more than 12 seconds.
It's been hours.
However, one should not be so quick to conclude that the time-space jump occurs at a fixed point in time - it may also be some special event or state that induces this miracle to happen.
For example, these two reincarnations were accompanied by me falling asleep and losing consciousness in the dark. When I woke up again, I returned to the murder scene.
So could the conditions for the jump in time and space be because he entered a deep sleep?
To put it another way, in the first two reincarnations, although I made different choices, which led to many slightly different developments in the entire incident, the final result was the same destination by different paths, and I was still locked in
Detention in a small dark room.
So, is it because of the same fate and tragic end that it leads to repeated reincarnations?
Regardless of the reason, Zhang Ke now has a third chance to challenge his destiny, and it is very likely that he will have countless opportunities to try.
As long as we use each reincarnation to continuously investigate, try and make mistakes, we will definitely be able to get closer and closer to the result of being completely exonerated and regaining our freedom.
As long as he doesn't collapse and give up in this cycle of time and space, he will definitely be able to find a way to the most perfect ending - a glimmer of hope finally lit up in Zhang Ke's heart.
The murder case that seemed like a sudden disaster, the puzzling amnesia, and the unknown questions that kept bothering me all had to be solved with my own hands.
"Dong...dong...dong——"
The rhythmic knocking sounded from outside the door again. Of course Zhang Ke knew who would be standing outside the door.
This is already the third time. Although the submissive man will not have any memory, it is really pitiful to think that he was kicked out of the house by his wife in the middle of the night for three consecutive nights.
Thinking of this, Zhang Ke did not rush to open the door. Instead, he walked into the toilet slowly, turned on the faucet and carefully washed the blood on his hands. Then he looked at the broken mirror and splashed peach petals on his face.
If it's red, wipe it clean.
There were three knocks on the door in a round, about ten to fifteen seconds apart, and they sounded repeatedly in my ears.
And as time goes by, the time between each knock on the door becomes longer and longer, and the sound becomes softer and softer.
It was obviously the cowardly man. After finding no response from the door, he began to hesitate and be cautious, fearing that he had really mistaken the room, or that the other party would rush out with an angry face.
No need to care about what he thought, Zhang Ke just took off his white shirt and wiped off a large wet blood stain on his chest with a towel.
Seeing his slightly chubby figure in the broken mirror, he noticed that there seemed to be a strange scar on his left arm.
The color of the scar is not the usual blue-purple, purple-red or flesh-red color, nor is it the dark black or brown color of a birthmark, but a strange blue-purple color.
Just like the violets blooming in the vast fields under the night sky, they reveal a mysterious depth, as if there is crystal light, and strange colors flow through them.
It was so weird. Ordinary wounds and scars could never have such a weird color. It was as if someone had deliberately implanted some strange substance under his skin.
"Excuse me...is anyone there? Sorry..."
A few more soft words from the bespectacled man were heard amidst the knocking at the door.
Obviously, although he didn't want to knock on the neighbor's door in the middle of the night, he was forced by his wife to get an explanation before he dared to go home, so he could only bite the bullet and persevere.
"Forget it...I'm here to help you, and you can help me too."
Zhang Ke sighed, walked out of the bathroom and went to the bedroom closet. He chose a coat suitable for both men and women and put it on directly. Then he picked up a box of cigarettes and a lighter from the bedside table and walked slowly to the door.
In the process of cleaning the blood stains just now, he had already planned the general direction of his actions in this reincarnation.
Although from a rational point of view, the most critical action is to thoroughly clean up the scene and completely remove all traces of being here and committing crimes.
But that not only requires sufficient time, but also sufficient meticulousness, and the help of some necessary props and professional knowledge.
Otherwise, even if the fingerprints are wiped off and the hair is picked up, the police can still locate you through various remaining clues, such as sweat, skin secretions, skin debris, etc.
There is no way that I can compete with professional criminal investigation experts. I am still a key investigator from the Serious Special Cases Team.
And more importantly, the time left for yourself is only about five minutes.
The man at the door was not the most critical problem. The girl with the ponytail named Yuan Mengmeng was the culprit who blocked her inside the door.
So, how to solve her trouble.
Zhang Ke opened the door, leaving only a gap for people to pass through, then he got out on his own initiative and closed the door behind him.
"What's wrong? What's going on at this late hour?" This time, Zhang Ke no longer yelled at the man with glasses as he did last time, trying to show off his momentum.
On the contrary, his attitude was very kind, and there was a sense of sadness and helplessness between his eyebrows.
"I'm really sorry. I live in the room directly below yours. My wife heard the floor being repaired upstairs just now, so she wanted me to come... to see if you need any help?"
The man with glasses saw Zhang Ke's melancholy look and his tone did not seem aggressive, so he boldly stated his purpose.