On a rainy night in Binhai City, a string of murders carried out in the name of “art” quietly unfolds.
The victims are painstakingly sculpted into puppets. The only things left at each scene are a cufflink engraved with an iris and a pair of eyes that seem to be everywhere.
Shen Tinglan is a criminal investigation consultant with hyperthymesia and prosopagnosia: he remembers every detail, but cannot remember a single face.
Jiang Wang is a high-IQ criminal mastermind who treats murder as art and sees him as his only muse.
He lays a deadly trap, driving him to the brink of a breakdown;
He follows the clues and exposes the madness.
Lin Mozhi's death, Puppet No. 00, altered memories, the truth hidden in a stomach…
When the thirteenth creation is complete, the most horrifying truth has only just begun to emerge.
“I never wanted to catch you.
I only wanted you to become one of my kind.”
This is a battle of wits between a madman and a genius,
and a dark elegy to reason and the bonds between them.
