The police found the strange device in a raid on a thieves’ den. The antique device was a brass dodecahedron, with lenses on two faces.
But the machine didn’t seem to do anything. Until one day a detective idly held it up to his eye and scanned the office.
Looking through the scope, he saw a bright red arrow painted on the wall. He put the device down and looked again. The arrow was only visible through the mysterious object. Something in his gut told him to follow it, and it led him to the strangest case in his career.

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