Chasing Evil in Strange Times

No. 7, Starfall Lane, East End, London. Banker Sir Thorne died in a locked study with an Oriental dagger stuck in his chest and an "X" written in blood on the wall. Secret room, traceless, perfect murder. But Alan Black saw the truth. He is a former Scotland Yard detective who was kicked out for "meddling". No one knew that after he had a high fever when he was eleven years old, he had a memory palace in his mind - everything he had seen and heard could be stored and replayed. At the scene of the crime, the palace will actively play back all the afterimages of the past three hours. Three hours ago, he saw the blood words drawn by the deceased himself. Three hours ago, he saw that the murderer was missing the little finger of his right hand. Three hours ago, he saw the "X" on the wall cracked at the intersection, and there was a silver line inside - exactly the same as the one that just appeared on his left wrist. "Welcome to Awakening." The tall man in the shadow was named Hector Gray, and there was a bleeding silver streak on his palm. He said that Allen is the only "time witness" who has naturally awakened in half a century. Two groups of lunatics around the world are looking for him: The Atlas Society wants his blood to rewrite history. The Chronological Recycling Meeting will use his memory as fuel. Those who learn it can freeze time and space and go back three seconds. The people in the recycling club can "eat" all your memories and turn you into a living shell. The two groups of people have been hunting each other for two thousand years, and now they have reached a rare tacit agreement - to capture Alan Black alive. But there was one thing Alan didn't tell them. There's someone in the basement of his memory palace