Conan: I Am Not a Snake Spirit

"There should be a section later. A man with yellow hair came up behind you and Kudo Shinichi, and seemed to talk to you in a very bad manner. After that, Sera's eldest brother stood up and drove the man and the man's companion away. …”

Chi Feichi walked to the VCR, opened the cover, and took out the video tape.

The others gathered around Chi Feichi and were stunned when they smelled the faint burnt smell coming from the video tape.

"Brother Fei Chi, what happened to the videotape?"

"Isn't it broken?"

Chi Feichi put the videotape on the coffee table, gently opened the videocassette case, and checked the surface.

Conan came close to Chi Feichi and checked the situation of the videotape with Chi Feichi, "The black tape on the surface was broken in several places, and some of the tapes were stuck together after being heated. The burnt smell was caused by the sticky tape. It came from somewhere. In fact, this tape was already very old. It may have been played for a longer time. The temperature of the video recorder increased, causing the already fragile tape to deform and break after being heated..."

Mao Lilan leaned over and looked at the tape on the coffee table, and asked with concern, "Can it still be repaired?"

"It's unlikely to be repaired well," Chi Feichi squatted next to the coffee table, holding the wire on the key ring in his right hand and gently peeling off the sticky tape. "The image is saved on the tape, and now the tape is not only broken. , there are many places that have been deformed by heat, and the deformed parts have lost the function of retaining images. The saved images have completely disappeared and are difficult to retrieve. "

The tape was more fragile than he thought, and it actually failed before the video finished playing.

This is a good thing for him.

He could safely let Mao Lilan, Sera Masumi, and Conan watch this video because the three of them were only seven years old at the time. Children's perception of time is not very clear, and the color density seen by their eyes may be different from adults. At the same time, children's memories are not necessarily reliable. Even if the time of interaction and the color of their clothes were different from those in the video ten years ago, the three of them would not have thought that the video was fake.

In addition, he deliberately asked Ark to increase the exposure of the picture, making the picture white.

In this way, even if the three of them still keep the swimsuits they wore back then, and after comparison, they find that the color of the clothes in the video is different from the color of the actual swimsuits, the three of them will only guess that this is the reason for the overexposure of the video.

Children's brains are not fully developed yet, and their memories may be intermittent, or they may graft some fantasy scenes onto their memories, so the three of them may not be able to remember exactly what they did at that time.

And as long as the general trend of events and the general characteristics of the characters in the video match the situation ten years ago, the three people will believe that "this is a video from ten years ago." With such psychological implications, this video will even affect the memories of the three people. , allowing the video details to overwrite the original real memory details.

Human memory is not necessarily reliable.

Of course, that is for most people. People like Haneda Hideyoshi, who have a photographic memory, cannot let their brains be fooled by fake videos.

The first time he saw the video, Haneda Hideyoshi might have discovered that many details in the video did not match his memory, and found that it was a fake video.

In addition to Haneda Hideyoshi, Akai Shuichi, Sera Mari, and Kudo Yukiko, who were already adults at the time, are all likely to remember certain details very clearly, and are more likely to doubt the authenticity of the video than Maori Ran, Sera Masumi, and Conan. Fake.

Therefore, he only planned to show the video to Mao Lilan, Sera Masumi, and Conan, and did not intend to let other people see the video.

If the videotape is not damaged, he will find a way to cause an accident later and destroy the videotape by letting it soak in water or heat.

Now the video tape was damaged before it was fully played. It was probably because the previously accelerated playback was beyond the endurance of this old antique, which saved him from having to do anything.

"How could..." Mao Lilan felt a pity when she thought that such a videotape carrying childhood memories was completely damaged.

"Is it because I asked Brother Fei Chi to speed up the playback before?" Suzuki Sonoko felt a little guilty, "If I had known better, I would have waited patiently..."

"This tape is too old," Koshimizu Nanatsuki said with relief, "There's nothing we can do about it if it's broken."

"Brother Fei Chi, have you really never made a backup?" Shiliang Zhenzhun took the opportunity to inquire about the situation, feeling very regretful.

She also wanted to show the video to her mother and Brother Ji, but the video stopped working even before she could finish it herself.

If only Brother Chi had a backup, that would be great...

"No," Chi Feichi stood up from the coffee table, "But I also have two photos taken from the video. Do you want them?"

"It's not bad to have photos!" Shiliang Zhenzun comforted herself and took out her mobile phone, "Brother Chi, please send the photos to me. I will save them as a souvenir!"

Chi Feichi took out his mobile phone and sent the photo to Sera Masumi with confidence.

Photos can reflect much less information than videos. Coupled with the shooting angle, screen exposure and other factors, he believes that Haneda Hideyoshi cannot tell whether the photo is fake.

Both photos were taken from the video of Kosara hiding behind Hideyoshi Haneda and looking timidly at Shuichi Akai.

Sera Masumi saved the photo and looked down at the three people under the umbrella in the photo. She suddenly had mixed feelings in her heart, "Although there is no big brother's face, this can be regarded as a group photo of the three of us, brother and sister..."

Suzuki Sonoko saw that Sera Masumi seemed a little sentimental, and while she was not used to it, she felt even more guilty. She proactively suggested, "How about we try to see if the video tape can still be played? Or I can take it back to someone to study it. Let’s see if we can repair the tape…”

"Shinichi and I have a lot of photos and videos taken during our travels. It doesn't matter whether we have this video or not," Mao Lilan looked at Sera Masumi, "But Sera, you..."

"With today's technology, the chance of successful repair should be less than 1%, right?" Sera Masumi looked down at the video tape on the coffee table, struggled internally, then raised his head and smiled at Suzuki Sonoko, "Forget it, research and repair It requires a lot of effort from experts, and the success rate is still very low, so don’t waste manpower and material resources anymore. I’m very satisfied if I can save two photos!”

In the end, Sera Masumi just asked Chi Feichi for the destroyed videotape.

Chi Feichi did not refuse and left the videotape directly with Sera Masumi.

The movie-watching time ended early, and the girls chatted casually for a while. After finishing the refreshments on the table, Mao Lilan, Suzuki Sonoko and Koshimizu Nanatsuki prepared to say goodbye and leave.