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Plot Analysis Part 1

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Plot Analysis: Part 2

Puzzle Solver Analysis

Background Summary: Detective receives a request from a mother to help find her missing daughter. The mother sends you a package, with all of her daughter’s belongs that she found in her daughter’s room, which includes her diary. The daughter (the “missing player”) was looking for the truth of her father’s death after receiving an anonymous letter while playing Identity V that revealed her father’s death was an accident. She receives a bag with a burnt poker card at home, and works to find clues left by the mystery man, both in game and in the real world. She eventually disappears from her home, likely as she learns the truth of her father’s death. Her mother finds her notes and the clues her daughter had attempted to hide or dispose of, but she can’t solve the mystery on her own. As a result, she entrusts the package of information to a detective, a “puzzle solving” expert, to help her solve the mystery and find her daughter. This package includes the diary her daughter had written all her notes and everything she saw in during her investigation. At the same time, you slowly realize you are being watched by someone, someone who likely had also been watching the daughter. There seems to be a connection between reality and the game (Identity V).

Father: Liu Bingsen(?)

Mother: Anran/Qin Yiying(?)

Daughter: Liu Lingjing(?)

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To begin, let’s start with how one of the big reveals of the plot: the “daughter”, Liu Lingjing, wasn’t actually the one solving the truth of her father’s (Liu Bingsen’s) death. The daughter actually died during the car accident that killed her father. Instead, it was the mother (Anran/Qin Yiying) who’d written the diary and had been investigated the father’s death. After her daughter’s death, Qin Yiying created a personality for her daughter, which was the personality in control during the investigation.

This can be backed up by looking at the number of coincidences regarding the mother and daughter.

The mother repeatedly mentions a leg injury, while 80129 in game comments the daughter had a similar injury. The mother’s injury likely came from climbing the high fence with the barbed wire into Orson Villa, while the basement with the beam the daughter bumped into due to her injury was likely the basement of Orson Villa after the mother (with the daughter personality) climbed the fence into it. This basement was likely the same one with the secret room the Detective is shown by the mother and his friend, the one with that looked abandoned.

There are also other instances, including how the mother mentioned how she used to solve puzzles, while the daughter had to do exactly that during her investigation into the father’s death.

Beyond the coincidences, there’s also how the mother and daughter seem to rarely interact or see each other. Supposedly, their relationship worsened after the car accident. The mother only provides food and clothes for her daughter, but never goes into her room, which is where the daughter usually stays. The daughter is also said to often hide or refuse to see her mother. The daughter didn’t want her mother looking at her diary, and the mother didn’t go through it after her daughter disappeared. The mother didn’t even know if her daughter has stolen or used her (credit) card, which she bought a 10k yuan item with.

Something that always stood out strongly to me had to do with the tree with the hidden hole that the Detective’s friend talked as being too tall for a child, but not for an adult. Another similarly suspicious incident was at the Concert Hall. The guard did mention a little girl coming with a man, but in the diary the girl never mentioned going to the Concert Hall with anyone else. The Detective’s friend confirmed not seeing the girl (alone) via the surveillance cameras. The guard did mention a woman though, which was likely the mother.

If the mother were actually the one acting as the “daughter” to carry out this investigation, it could explain several times when the mother hinter at knowing things she shouldn’t. For example, when she found the empty file container, the Detective knew a music sheet had been in there due to the symbol inside the container being the same one on the sheet of music we received in the package. Before this, when they were first wondering what had been in the container, the mother suggested it was sheet music, and when the Detective asked how she knew, she said it was just a “guess”.

Based on her behavior, it’s possible the mother has something like Schizophrenia. If she did, it would relate to the existence of that Patient Support(?) group (the “Walking With You” one), to her husband being a “doctor” (who joined that very group), and even to the 1 event where her husband was listed as a volunteer and she was a participant, with the talk being about psychiatric rehabilitation. Her husband likely knew about her mental illness.

Regarding this “daughter” personality the mother created and the mother’s memories of her daughter, this would also fit with how the mother seems to still be thinking of her daughter from 9 years ago, before she died in the car accident. This is based on the fact the year she says her daughter was born and what her age was before she disappeared are incorrect.

According to Anran: her daughter was born in 2005, her father disappeared in 2010, she was 14 in 2019 and disappeared around the end of October. Based on a note in October of 1998, where Anran talks about a concert and having a family with a child, we know Anran had a child by 1998. She married her husband in 1995 but didn’t have any children that year. So, if her daughter was born in 1996, she would’ve been 14 in 2010, the year of the accident. That’s likely why the mother thinks she was 14 the year she disappeared.

Even if this wasn’t an intentional lie, there are a number of ties when the mother has lied or tried to hide things from the Detective. 1 notable example is with the paper the Detective’s friend found in the coat pocket in the room at Orson Villa. While talking with the mother, the Detective did notice her acting oddly after he asked her to check for anything in the coat pockets in that room. She became afraid, seemed to have an idea of what she’d found or would find, and then quickly sought to leave the room. She was likely trying to keep the Detective from investigating and learning about her secret.

“They won’t let me go. Something will happen sooner or later.”

This paper the Detective’s friend found in that coat pocket is tied to another file we receive, dated August 14th 2010. This other file talked about destroying or hiding evidence, someone potentially seeking revenge for something they did, and the thought that something might happen to them. The author was likely Liu Bingsen (an idea the Detective agrees with based on the dialogue of the main section of the game).

“August 14th 2010 I have to deal with it by myself, and I know they have countless ways to destroy evidence. But before that, all of this must be hidden, because I am not sure whether I will incur retaliation after I do it, and I am not in a position to confront them now. If something happens to me, I can only hope that these things will be seen again one day. It’s been a long time since I came out to Orson Villa. I think this should be a suitable place to bury it, with all the memories and hopes of the past.”

“Revenge” is a word that appeared elsewhere. This time, the date of the file is December 9th 2009. The author talks about nightmares, the chance of “new victims”, not being a “helpless child” anymore, and wanting “revenge”, which they call “just punishment”.

“December 9th 2009 There was another dream, and awakening from nightmares has become a regular occurrence again... I thought I’d never have to see that name again in my life, and never have to think about it again. Nothing new has happened yet, but who knows? Maybe even if I noticed, I wouldn’t know, and he wouldn’t even care. And what’s worse, every day that goes by, there could be a new victim. Now that I am not that helpless child I was then, I want revenge. No, this isn’t revenge, this is sanctioned, this is just punishment. And this must be done by my hand.”

The author of this document, based on the mention of nightmares, is likely the same one from a page dated March 1st 2009. The nightmare described here involved a scarred little girl tied to a chair, a man with blood on his hands next to her, who gets grabbed by a little boy who looks just like the man.

“March 1st 2009 It was that nightmare again, it came back, and it became even more terrifying. The little girl in the dream was tied to a chair, scars all over her body, and she shouted hysterically. Next to her stood a man with blood flowing from his hands. A little boy went over and grabbed the man by the scruff of his shirt, and to my surprise, the child looked exactly like the man, accompanied by limbs crawling all over the floor. He must have come to kill me… I wanted to run, but I couldn’t move my feet… my head hurt and I woke up. My heart beat violently… I can’t stop thinking about it… not again…”

This little boy is likely Liu Bingsen, while the older man was likely is father. This is because of one of the “Research Fragments” files where the author mentions a woman waking from nightmares, with “my father’s face mirrored in her eyes”. He mentions “coincidence” brought them back together, that the “relationship was a mistake” but he’d have to live with it now, not thinking the woman “caught anything crucial”, and even hoping she might join him one day.

“Research Fragments (6) Her eyes don't lie, she must have sensed something. I never doubted the value of what I was doing, but she couldn’t know about it. When she woke up from her nightmares, I could almost see my father's face mirrored in her eyes, something that I had once deeply feared as well. Coincidence had brought us back together, and maybe I should have been a little more ruthless. The relationship was a mistake, but now I have to live with it. But I don't think she's caught anything crucial, and I'm confident that I've gotten rid of it. It wouldn't hurt to let her know about some of the side stuff, and maybe she could even join me one day. Then I wouldn't have to put up with that guy and that stupid codename.”

The one “relationship” we are keenly aware of in this story is the one between Liu Bingsen and Qin Yiying, as the main section of the story even calls out on the church they were married at, plus the Detective says all the locations they’ve been to are related to her (the mother).

A file from January 5th 1995 also talks about a “family”, and family being important to a “patient’s treatment and rehabilitation”.

“January 5th 1995 I was relieved to hear that they were together. Family members are crucial to the patient's treatment and rehabilitation. The patient’s (dirty) condition is unique, and it is important to avoid triggering memories of their life, which may lead to personality reconstruction. The good news is that hallucinations and delusions are almost non-existent, so a peaceful life is enough to maintain stability. There are times when I wonder about the reliability of this method, as there are unconscious negative factors at work beyond the mutual motivation. Some necessary isolation may be required.”

The mention of “rehabilitation” also came up during the “activity record” of the event where Qin Yiying was listed as a participant and Ling Bingsen was a volunteer. During this event, it mentioned a “professional lecture” that was to discuss “psychiatric rehabilitation”.

“Activity Record: Date: 1994.7.15 Location: Library Conference Room Participants: (unsure of translation here?): Li Weidong, Zhang Hong, Yu Qiuying, Qin Yiying, Zhou Hao, Wang Quangen, Sun Yan, Zhang Wei Volunteers: Zhao Tongshu, Liu Bingsen - Professional lecture "Talking about the key points of psychiatric rehabilitation training" - Self-introduction and psychological development of new members. - Patient and family experience exchange.”

Therefore, we can deduce that Qi Yiying is the one seeking “revenge” on Liu Bingsen, who she’s monitoring for “suspicious behavior”.

The mention of a “professional lecture” makes me think of a note we found while searching the bookcase in the old man with the cap’s home. This letter was addressed to a “professor” about someone’s “wife” being abnormal, going to meet the “professor” after some event, and asking he not tell anyone of their meeting. Considering where we found this note, the “professor” is likely the old man with the cap (the 1 we saw a photo of), and based on his title, he could’ve been the one giving the “professional lecture”. The author of this note with the “wife” should be Liu Bingsen. This old man may also be the author of the January 1st 1995 note (which mentioned “rehabilitation”). Liu Bingsen saying his wife was “abnormal” may have been when he realized his wife suffered from mental illness.

“Professor, I think my wife is a little abnormal, I will go to you after the event today to talk about it, please don’t tell anyone.”

The mother mentioned this old man frequently looking out from his window. This may be important as there were pages (maybe from the notebook with the torn-out pages Dadong had) that talked about a man with a cap handing the author a ticket from a window, and comments on music being a good way to relax and potentially able to help the illness(?).

Another of these pages from the torn notebook talked about a trip to Hong Kong, people with problems in their genes, and integrating them into normal society.

The ticket referenced should be for the Concert Hall (the same one we found torn in half in the notebook the Detective and mother found in the safe in the old man with the cap’s home). This would tie to how the mother says she’s been to the theater before, as well as to a page dated October 16th 1998, which mentions coming back from a concert, and her husband earning a lot of money, but always being busy. It also talked about him always going on business trips to Hong Kong and some kind of research.

“October 16th 1998 I just came back from the concert in the evening. My family has been doing well lately. Although my spouse is busy, he’s earning a lot of money, which seems to be much better that before. But there are always regrets in life. For example, today, the phone called him away so I had to stay and watching it all by myself. Even so, careers and children are all part of life, and I can understand that. But I still find it strange, overtime work is fine, but why is it always a business trip to Hong Kong when it’s so expensive. What kind of research is it?”

The reason for these trips to Hong Kong and the “research” he’s doing should relate to how that 1 page we brought up which also mentioned trips to Hong Kong. Based on what we know, it seems his trips to Hong Kong involved his membership in the “Patient Support Group”(?) group, which we know he got an invitation to.

“Invitation card: Dr. Liu, We are pleased to inform you that your application has been approved and you are welcome to join us. I also like to invite you to a meeting in (blacked out) in 3 days. We look forward to working with you soon. Best regards (signature illegible)”

This group was mentioned in a poster the Detective found, where they describe themselves as:

“Poster for the Patient Support Group(?) We are a voluntary, academic, non-profit social organization formed and registered by medical professionals and caring citizens in the city. As the city's first mutual aid society for patients with mental illness, ‘We Walk’ and its predecessors have a history of more than 27 years, and through the continuous exchange of information and the sharing of an excellent mutual aid platform... ‘We Walk’ has grown to become a platform for patients to exchange information and share their experiences.”

They are likely also the ones behind 1 of the flyers the Detective’s friend found, which talked about “defective” people and ensuring the world’s “limited resources” are “put to good use”:

“The world is already overburdened because we have rejected the cruel laws of nature. If we do not make up our minds to remove those burdens, one day we will lose everything. People should unite to cleanse the world of unqualified remnants (?), just like removing the demons hidden in the crowd. Only then will the limited precious resources be put to good use. The value of those defective products (or remnants?) only exists in sacrifice. Come and join us in our fight for a better world.”

The Detective’s friend found another flyer at the same time as this one:

“No one should know… no no no no no! Did he come back again? It’s impossible, I saw it with my own eyes… with my own eyes… I hate that, I don’t want … I don’t want to go back but no one can help me, help me, help me…”

That note is written similarly to another document we find when searching the torn notebook the mom found in Dadong’s belongings:

“She’s gone…finally…finally… Out the door turn to the left, turn left… turn left It’s the direction of the subway station… The car… car… should be gone. There’s blood all over, blood all over, blood all over! It’s hard, hard, hard to remove… It’s not as bad as his clothes… and hat. All of them are brownish yellow brownish yellow Even if you rub it, you can’t see it. It must’ve been intentional, intentional, intentional Don’t come back, don’t come back, don’t come back Disappear forever, She should have disappeared with him long ago.”

Considering the mention of a car and blood (and he mentions a male and female), this should be referring to the car accident that killed Qin Yiying’s husband and daughter, Liu Bingsen and Liu Lingjing. As we found this in Dadong’s notebook, and based on how the message is written combined with knowledge that Xiao Dadong also suffered from mental illness (he was who the patient record was talking about back when the Detective was trying to find what hospital Dadong was from), these 2 documents should’ve been written by Xiao Dadong, as it also fits with how the daughter talks about him in her diary. This implies Xiao Dadong saw the car accident. It also tells us he’s colorblind considering he describes blood instead as brownish-yellow.

Considering we know Liu Bingsen was a doctor based on the information the Detective’s friend found about the mother, as well as how the Detective says all the locations (including the hospital) that he visited with the mother are tied to her, combined with what Dadong says, the hospital Dadong was from may have been where Liu Bingsen used to work before he died. So it’s possible 1 of the people Dadong was afraid of was Liu Bingsen, though we know from the diary that Dadong was also very afraid of the old man with the cap. It’s possible the old man with the cap tortured Xiao Dadong.

“There is very little information that can be found about her. Out of touch with the times. Doesn’t exist on any social media platforms. Ordinary middle-aged woman. I haven't been able to find where she lives with her daughter. I found her name on the old Catholic Church website, which she seems to have joined in the early years. In addition, she had her wedding at the church in 1995 through friends in the church. But the parishioners won’t reveal more information. But I found most curious is that her husband (Liu Bingsen) is said to have been a doctor before he died, but no information about his profession has been found in the public domain. Even if he had left his job before he died, this is very abnormal. I’ll let you know if I find anything new”

Liu Bingsen was likely the author of Research Fragment (5), which talked about the “organization” being new, but the work being surprisingly easy. In that note, he continued by saying “no one in the hospital suspected me”, how the “abandoned ones” trusted him easily, and it being easy to package samples and adjust dosages to bypass inspections.

“Research Fragment (5) The organization's network in China is still new, but to my surprise, the initial work was very easy. First of all, no one in the hospital suspected me, and all my actions did not go beyond the normal treatment. The subjects trusted me, especially the abandoned ones who had no relatives, and they had more potential. Secondly, because of the technical limitations, it was easy to package the samples properly, adjust the dosage of the drugs, and bypass the limited inspection. But I think I'm going to need a helping hand.”

We know from the information we received from ***** (as well as that 1 flyer the Detective’s friend found) that this group is related to discrimination, extremism, and wants to get rid of “defective people”.

“Extremism and hate crimes Extremist ideologies exist in all stages of human history. Equal and peaceful societies are not the historical norm; rather, this precarious balance is easily disrupted in my opinion. With the exception of the occasional extremist group that has exerted great political influence throughout history based on specific historical circumstances (ex: the Nazi Party), more extremist groups are hidden, small, and localized, although this miniaturization does not affect their dangerousness. In English, there is the term ‘hate group’, and similar groups are tracked in the United States by the FBI and even the post-9/11 Department of Homeland Security because of their rightist extremist ideology. Discrimination based on race, gender, or health status, whether religious or not, is condemned and stigmatized in civilized societies, but that does not mean the world works the way good people expect it to. Organized crime against vulnerable groups is one of the main vices of extremist groups. A case in point is the infamous Ku Klux Klan in the United States, which was born in the southern United States in the second half of the 19th century, committed many crimes against people of color and civil rights advocates. It was not until the passage of the Civil Rights Act in the 1960s that racial equality became the mainstream of public consciousness and white supremacists lost their mainstream existence and went underground for sporadic activity. After studying some of the alarming cases of organized crime perpetrated by hate groups, my fear grew of the darker parts of human history. This fear is not because humanity ‘have’ a sinful history, but because extremism and discrimination and hatred seem to be written into the DNA of some people, and this still seems to be happening today.”

Then there was the notes that talked about trafficking goods. Based on the mention of corruption of the soul, abnormal state of mind, going through a process, donors/donations, food requirements, storage and refrigeration, not to mention Liu Bingsen being a doctor, he may have been trafficking things like human body parts or organs or something, with the “donors” being from the so-called “inferior” or “defective” people.

“Older Files (3) The goods are in excellent condition. There are many requirements that need to be fulfilled. First is a good physical examination, although they have been corrupted in the soul and do not have a normal state of mind, but as long as they have …gone through the process, many goods still have a high value. Second is to ensure the health and survival of the donation(?). For this reason, in the preparation stage… food is required, which is not difficult for most subjects. Third is storage. There must be qualified refrigeration equipment, which… nowadays, requires not only space, but a lot of electricity, which must be financially supported in order to continue and… because the developer is closing down, it will soon become unusable, and the electricity consumption will be very abrupt. Fourth is…”

This likely relates to the reason why he makes so many “business trips” to Hong Kong, which would fit with the one document that talked about an increase of criminal activity there.

“Hong Kong has a well-developed financial system and shipping industry, and this has not fundamentally changed even after the reunification. On the contrary, due to the increasingly close ties with the mainland, many mainland criminals have taken advantage of this to commit crimes such as money laundering and smuggling. Although these crimes are punishable by law wherever they are committed, the high degree of ‘freedom’ there clearly helps many criminals. It is even possible to evade prosecution if you can pay for expensive legal services, even if you are caught. What a beautiful word ‘freedom’ is, but how many crimes are committed in your name.”

Going back to the daughter’ s diary, it seems like an organization or someone may have wanted her to find the truth, as her impression of her father seemed to have changed after she found something, which likely included info about that group and the invitation her father received. The daughter comments on the truth of her father in her diary when makes a comparison to Leo Beck and talks about good and bad guys, and why they do the bad things they do.

Based on the “Research Fragments” we received (which Liu Bingsen is likely the author of), it seems like he agreed with the organization’s ideas, way of thinking, purpose, and goal. Research Fragments 2-4 make this evident.

“Research Fragments (2) There are many views that attribute the prevalence of witch hunting to clerifcal control and cultural obscurantism, but I find it difficult to get to the root of the problem. In my view, the ‘witch hunt’ essentially reflects a struggle for living space with limited resources, and the ‘witch’ is considered to be the face of evil, which is extremely dangerous for normal human beings, and the need for normal human beings to fight back in order to secure their rights is the underlying consensus in this movement. Therefore, I believe that when the witch-hunting movement ‘waned’ and shifted to a few elites, the movement really took the right path, that is, normal people needed to be held to the right standards, to weed out the deviants who were crowding society’s resources and to ensure the purity of society.”

“Research Fragments (3) And those individuals who do not qualify as normal people are better off giving up their precious resources. I couldn't agree more. After carefully reading the information on their website, I was impressed by their patience and professionalism. In the long run, they have not only formed an effective and secure organization, but also ensured the consistency of their activities through a strict selection and inheritance system. It is also remarkable that they have developed their own theoretical system in response to the modern wave of technological development, which has made it possible to identify the condemned in a more detailed and effective way. The criteria and process of identification are fully in line with my professional knowledge and have even inspired me.”

“Research Fragments (4) After detailed research and reflection, I decided to go in person and meet with the person who signed the letter. I believe that this process will be very interesting. On the one hand, I will finally be able to find the value of my own existence in this broken world and to use what I have learned, and on the other hand, they will be able to open up new horizons for themselves in the East of the world. I can't wait to serve the betterment of humanity and embrace a new future.”

It was after he joined them that he began to get involved in shady dealings and criminal acts (as we saw in Research Fragment 5). It’s why he commented on no one at his hospital suspecting him. Xiao Dadong was likely one of the people the (and potentially the “professor” as well) affected, which would explain what Dadong said in his messages (as well as maybe why he’d want to escape from the hospital).

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