Rebirth 2014: I, the King of Criminal Investigation

Chapter 253 I Want Them to Return to Years Old

Crowd?

Ma Jian looked at Yu Dazhang's body shape.

Who can squeeze past you?

At the same time, he also realized that Yu Dazhang wanted to leave some private space for Xia Bin.

When Ma Jian thought of Xia Bin's expertise, he understood.

Painting does require a quiet environment, especially simulated portraits, which require you to use your brain while painting.

"See if there is anything else we need?" Yu Dazhang asked, pointing at the painting tools prepared in the room.

Xia Bin checked it and nodded with satisfaction:

"These are enough. Tell me, what do you want me to draw?"

When Yu Dazhang asked him to observe the suspect's physical changes before, he felt that this fat man was smart and did things in an unconventional way.

Not long after that, the fat man seemed to have come up with a new idea.

Xia Bin couldn't help but feel curious now, and wanted to see what new tricks Yu Dazhang could come up with.

"I heard that you portrait artists can restore distorted images?" Yu Dazhang asked back.

"Of course." Xia Bin nodded in response:
“This is the most basic and one of the simulated portraits.”

"Then..." Yu Dazhang considered his words carefully and asked again:

“Can you rejuvenate the characters in the image?”

"What do you mean?" Xia Bin looked at him in confusion.

Mainly because Xia Bin was a little confused by the idiom "rejuvenation".

He instinctively thought that his grandfather should be painted as the Calabash Brothers.

I have been in this industry for many years and have drawn countless simulated portraits, but I have never heard of this kind of request, so I have to confirm it clearly.

"I heard before that you portrait artists can paint a three-year-old."

As Yu Dazhang spoke, he flipped open the case file, took out a photo, and handed it to Xia Bin:

"Since you can draw old people, it should be no problem to draw people young, that's what I want."

Xia Bin took a look at the person in the photo and it was Li Yong.

It can also be seen that the photo was taken recently, and Li Yong's expression still looks a little silly.

Yu Dazhang then took out eight more photos from the file and handed them to Xia Bin:

"I want them to return to the way they were when they were eighteen. Is it possible?"

He had previously tried to find photos of the victims during their school days, but could not find any.

It seemed as if these nine people had a tacit understanding that they did not keep any photos of their student days.

You have to know that in the late 1990s, digital cameras were still a rarity in China, let alone taking photos with mobile phones.

At that time, photography was mainly done with film cameras, so the photos that have been preserved are also paper photos.

Although this method is a bit old, it is also the easiest to preserve.

Nine people, and not even a single photo of them when they were young. Is that reasonable?
Yu Dazhang once thought about looking for the victims' classmates. If their families had graduation photos, he would be able to see what the victims looked like when they were young.

But it’s too much work.

Finding someone's classmate from 16 years ago is difficult in itself, not to mention that there is no guarantee that the other person has a graduation photo.

"It's not a big problem."

Xia Bin flipped through the photos in his hand and looked through all nine photos in a short while:
"But it will take some time. I don't think one day will be enough. It will take at least two days."

With nine people, two days was already a very fast time... Yu Dazhang was very satisfied with the progress of the work.

"How similar can it be?" he asked.

Simulated portraits are different from photos, so there will definitely be some deviations.

If the portrait is more than fifty percent similar to the suspect, it can be used as a useful clue.

Yu Dazhang naturally hopes that the similarity is as high as possible.

After hearing this, Xia Bin did not answer directly, but picked up a photo and looked at it carefully.

After a moment, he said:

"I can't say that I can restore it 100%, but I can guarantee that the similarity is at least 80%."

"So high?!" Yu Dazhang asked in surprise, and then looked at him with some disbelief.

It is easy to imagine how difficult it is to restore a person to the age of 18 through sketching.

Yu Dazhang thought that a 60% similarity would be good, but he didn't expect it to be 80%. And judging from Xia Bin's tone, he seemed to be making a conservative estimate.

Someone will definitely be thinking about it at this time.

Since you have the photos, why not restore them using software on your computer?
For example, PS to remove wrinkles, time camera and other beauty software.

How to say it, there is a word called: distortion.

Those software can indeed make people younger, but the similarity is too low.

I have to admit that the beauty function is powerful, but it can only be used for entertainment.

If you don’t understand this, you can search for Her Highness Qiao Biluo.

The moment the beauty filter dropped, the top guy on the list almost went crazy and immediately deleted his account and ran away.

This kind of joke is not allowed in criminal investigation work. If something goes wrong and someone is wrongly accused, it will be terrible.

"The reason I said 80% is because I was afraid you wouldn't believe me if I said 90% was similar."

Xia Bin picked up a photo at random, pointed at the portrait on it and said:
"A person's eyes and nose form an inverted triangle. No matter how the person's face changes, this inverted triangle will remain the same."

"Even if you do plastic surgery, you will avoid this triangular area. If this inverted triangle is changed, the face will collapse."

“So, whether it’s painting a three-year-old or making someone younger, this triangular area is the foundation.”

"The restoration of the appearance before plastic surgery is also based on this inverted triangle shape."

Only with reason and evidence can it be convincing.

Now Yu Dazhang believed it completely.

Even Ma Jian and Ye Zhiyu showed disbelief.

Both of them unconsciously raised their hands and touched the top of their noses.

"Please prepare some bread, biscuits, hard-boiled eggs, and mineral water for me."

Xia Bin said as he sorted out his drawing board:
"I won't go out these two days, so don't bother me."

Not only must such requirements be met, but we must also ensure that the variety is rich and the supply is sufficient.

Yu Dazhang immediately took Ma Jian and Ye Zhiyu to the supermarket for a shopping spree.

In addition to what Xia Bin requested, they also purchased fruits, sausages, and vacuum-packed prepared foods.

Ye Zhiyu also specially took a few bottles of milk and bags of potato chips.

All are ready to eat.

Even instant noodles, which require you to boil water before making them, were not chosen.

When the three of them returned to the hotel room with the food they bought, Xia Bin had already started writing.

I saw him sitting on a chair with a drawing board in his hand, sketching the outline of a photo.

Yu Dazhang and the others did not disturb him. After placing the food beside the bed, they quietly left the room.

Then they went to the front desk and asked to change to a triple room. After being rejected, Yu Dazhang gritted his teeth and booked a single room.

Going out to handle cases is hard work already, there is no need to compromise yourself just to save money, and Yu Dazhang is not a stingy person.

Return to the room.

"Brother Ma, tell me about the information you asked today."

"Okay." Ma Jian agreed, thought for a few seconds, and then continued:

"The wronged man I met recalled an incident that happened sixteen years ago."

"The victim of the finger amputation case who was wrongly accused of him was beaten by him in public. It was a one-sided beating, and he didn't fight back."

"Later, he was beaten up by a group of people hired by the other side."

"According to his recollection, there were at least ten people on the other side, and the leader was a short guy."

Ten people, short guys...Yu Dazhang immediately grasped the key point.

This is exactly the same as what Ye Zhiyu obtained through hypnosis.

Ma Jian didn't even use hypnosis, he just asked the question directly.

Yu Dazhang thought about it and understood where the problem lay.

Liu Jinsong watched that small group from the perspective of an observer, so his memory of it is not that clear.

The wronged person that Ma Jian asked was a person who experienced it personally.

It's hard to forget being beaten up by a group of people.

(End of this chapter)