Hanging up Bill Roses's phone, Murphy sat on the sofa in the living room, his face extremely serious and his brows were tightly frowning. He got a news that was too bad to be worse. The magician killed someone again!

Los Angeles police received a report at noon today. A paper box suspected of explosives was found in a park in Burbank and Malibu. The police immediately sent a large number of police officers to block the scene and dispatched bomb disposal experts and bomb disposal robots. However, they found that it was a false alarm. The box was full of colorful magic balls, and the magic balls were full of black letters. I am the agent of chaos!

There was no bomb, the Los Angeles police breathed a sigh of relief, but the words on the magic ball made them nervous again.

Subsequently, the police dispatched personnel to conduct a carpet-style search on the extremely surrounding areas of the park. As a result, a man's body was found in the pool in the northwest corner of the park. The deceased was penetrated by a bullet and there was a colorful magic ball in his pocket. The magic ball also read "I am the agent of chaos"!

Another person was killed by a magician, which was definitely not good news for Murphy.

Even the media may set off a public opinion storm far beyond the present, completely submerging "Dark City" in the wave of criticism.

"Who is it?" Murphy was also very curious, "It's so crazy to do things!"

The police also did not get too many valuable clues this time. In the past, it was not that no one was influenced by the movie and did some crazy things, but he had never heard of people who were planning and not leaving too many traces like this.

Could it be that the film "Dark City" will really create a realistic version of the crazy magician?

Although he is not a good person, the murderer committed crimes one after another, which in Murphy's view can be described as crazy.

What's even more troublesome is that this guy is just going to commit crimes, but he drags him and his movie into a huge vortex.

The next day, more news spread to Murphy through the channels of lawyer Robert.

The murdered person is Griffin Beckerman, who is also a Catholic believer. He once publicly criticized Murphy's plot in Diego Ross in the form of real names on his Twitter and Facebook. Although the number of criticisms was not many, the only few words were quite intense.

In addition, the bullet that caused Griffin Beckerman's death came from a Glock pistol. The magic ball on his body and the handwriting on the ball were exactly the same as the one thrown in front of the Hollywood Chinese Grand Theater. It can be basically judged that the two cases were most likely caused by the same person.

In addition, Los Angeles police still haven't obtained too many clues.

The occurrence of this case also further confirmed that the police and the outside world that the murderer was Murphy's fan!

But Murphy has too many fans, and as a so-called native Los Angeles director, he has hundreds of thousands of hardcore supporters in Angel City.

Soon, the Los Angeles police spokesperson made very unfavorable remarks to Murphy and "Dark City" when interviewed by media reporters.

"Behind the shooting of the Chinese Grand Theater in Hollywood and the murder in Burbank Park, the influence of the movie "Dark City" can be seen. The murderer is obviously imitating the behavior of the villain magician in the movie..."

The police's remarks undoubtedly pushed "Dark City" to the forefront. Some of the media, which tend toward Catholicism, began to discuss how to limit the violence in Hollywood movies and how to reduce the negative impact on the audience.

Perhaps the Catholic side has indeed seen a good opportunity to increase its influence in Hollywood, especially Southern California. Some newspapers that support Catholicism even directly opened fire at Murphy and "Dark City".

"If you ask me why criminals choose to shoot audiences before the theater where "Dark City" is shown, I can only say that it has nothing to do with the movie itself."

"This is the answer given by a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office when answering the question "Do you think the suspect in the shooting is affected by the movie?" Similar questions were asked by some reporters as early as the release of Murphy Stanton's "Dark City". At that time, some people were worried that the image of the magician in the movie was too real and caused young people to imitate it."

"At that time, Murphy Stanton's answer was 'Young people have their own judgment'. This sentence became the core of some media's severe criticism of Murphy Stanton. The magnificent, huge and intensive propaganda offensive created by him and Twentieth Century Fox for "Dark City", was considered by experts and police to indirectly induce people to commit crimes."

"The promotional method of "Dark City" is completely brainwashed and viral. It constantly exaggerates the confidence, evil and darkness of the villains in Murphy Stanton's movies. Even the male protagonist, who represents justice, has transformed from a hero into a treacherous man struggling in the quagmire of New York City'... I believe that most movie fans go to the movie to see how the villain turned New York upside down. They look forward to a murderer who can kill the protagonist, because the films that Murphy Stanton has made them love neuroticism, revenge and anarchism."

"This also deeply reveals a problem with Murphy Stanton. His films never focus on the glorious side of human nature or society. Instead, they can only see the small amount of darkness behind the light, and infinitely amplify the dark side with the movie, so that movie fans will be instilled with values ​​that are more inclined toward villains. This is the most terrifying thing about Murphy Stanton's films. He directly influences and distorts the audience's value orientation."

"In the promotion of "Dark City", the film company used a lot of viral marketing such as posting wanted orders for film villains online to increase the attention of the film. On the other hand, this deepened the dividing line between the film and reality. This promotional method caused panic among movie fans as early as 1999 "Blair the Witch". At that time, an American TV station conducted a survey, and forty-seven percent of the fans interviewed believed that the video of "Blair the Witch" was real."

"What's even more terrifying is that Murphy Stanton has never been responsible for this, but is content with the negative impact of his video."

"It's time for us to reflect. This reflection should start with self-exclusion of "Dark City", rejecting Murphy Stanton's films, and rejecting extreme violent scenes in Hollywood movies!"

Perhaps things were just like Murphy speculated. While the police were trying every means to hunt down the criminals, Archbishop Marquez Costello from the Central South Diocese of California saw the opportunity to fight back, and even a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to restore the Catholic Church in Hollywood. He frequently launched public criticisms against Murphy's "Dark City" and gradually expanded the scope of criticism to the Hollywood level.

On the other hand, Murphy has been doing well in recent years, and many people and the media have indeed disliked him. At this moment, he has also stepped forward and stepped on it. Anyway, this doesn't cost much.

"The stereotyped villains in Hollywood films in the past were turned into three-dimensional, complex terrorists like magicians. They believed in anarchism. Before they became thugs, they were victims of cruel material society, but they were on the opposite path."

"This path is more in line with the choice of normal people. Degenerate is much easier than sticking to justice. Taking the shooting murderer as an example, he can kill people for some free speech on the Internet, even if he is killed by accident. Maybe he doesn't need money or power, but he plays with everyone with these two things. Maybe he is not afraid of death or failure, and he only wants to destroy this world."

"This kind of person is the most terrifying. He regards crime as his ideal! And Murphy Stanton and his film noir played an inspiring role in it!"

Although many media blame Murphy and The City of Darkness, some media have more objective analysis.

"Since the first group of film workers discovered the commercial entertainment attributes of movies a hundred years ago, violence has formed an indissoluble bond with movies, and has gradually evolved into a passionate art under famous directors like Quentin Tarantino and Murphy Stanton."

"Looking at Murphy Stanton's more than ten years of directorial career, we can see a very obvious rule: no violence, no movies. The violent elements in the movie satisfy one restless heart after another who is dissatisfied with reality, allowing the audience's dark complex and desire to destroy are temporarily satisfied in the virtual world of the movie."

"At the same time, Murphy Stanton's film noir has made the audience familiar with crime, learned to commit crime, and even become obsessed with crime. What we should admit is that the film does bear unshirkable responsibilities in the increasingly rampant social violence. Ask those who have watched "Dark City", who are you not fascinated by the magician's extreme madness and sophistication plan? Does anyone dare to say that after watching it, there is no urge to detonate a bomb somewhere and then sway like a magician?"

These criticisms and well-intentioned public opinion, as if they had made an appointment, jumped out one after another and appeared in front of Murphy and the public. It was difficult to make people not pay attention to it.

Based on the news from various channels, Murphy has confirmed that the last time he encountered a bloody head, and Archbishop Marquez Costello, who was said to have been criticized by the Vatican, is preparing to use a sharp counterattack to return to his face and reputation that he had lost before.
Chapter completed!