bookbashuk Chapter 2335 Gotham Music Chapter (74)
Chapter 2335 Gotham Music Chapter (74)
Chapter 2335 Gotham Music Festival (Seventy-four)
Bruce pounced on Gordon and Gordon was almost hit by a flying piece of wood chips.
The loud noise of the complete collapse and the flying debris and dust made everyone step back a long way, and some even sat down on the ground.
Gordon stared at the completely collapsed old building in amazement, and finally uttered, "It seems that our luck is not very good."
Bruce frowned and said, "I'm afraid it's not such a coincidence. From what I just observed, although this house is old, it is far from collapsing. Otherwise, the victim would not have chosen to run here."
"Who is the dead person?" Gordon turned around and asked.
"He is a fisherman sheriff. David once had a fishing boat, but later he became addicted to gambling and lost all his money. He also paid the fishing boat to his creditors and became a vagrant ever since."
"So he's a native of Gotham."
"Yes, when we came to investigate, many people told stories about his mother. She sounded like a pitiful woman, but this also shows that, at least in his parents' generation, he was a Gotham native."
"This further proves that if the house is in danger of collapsing at any time, local homeless people would definitely not choose this place."
"You mean this is a trap?" Gordon said, understanding what Batman meant. "Someone lured us here and then destroyed the house so they could bury us here."
"Don't rule out this possibility." Even though Bruce already had a suspect in his mind, he didn't say it out loud.
He knew that it was already difficult for the Gotham scenic area to maintain city order during the music festival, and it would be a bit too much to ask them to investigate a transnational drug trafficking organization of such a large scale. If he told Gordon, Gordon would definitely be under a lot of pressure.
It would be better for him to do this. Although he has been too busy to be Batman for a long time, it doesn't mean that he can't be it. Batman is obviously the best identity to handle this kind of thing.
Looking at Bruce's expression, Schiller couldn't help but say to Gray Mist in his heart, "I don't even need to look or think about it. I know that he will definitely go out for a night out tonight."
"Because you brought the house down."
"You did it."
"You asked me to do it." Gray Mist snorted and said, "But I really don't want to go in. It's a bit scary in there."
"Did you see the body?"
"Of course." Gray Mist said, "There are more than one."
Schiller understood. Although he had roughly guessed who the murderer was, his greatest advantage was that he never forgot his original intention. If someone said he was here to cause trouble, then he must be here to cause trouble.
So he cleared his throat and said, "I think you're missing a key piece of information."
Bruce and Gordon both turned to look at him, and Schiller said, "From the first crime scene to the second crime scene, it almost spans half of the city. Even without traffic jams, it takes more than two hours to drive."
"The forensic doctor determined that the two bodies died at almost the same time, and there was no sign that the bodies had been moved or relocated. How could the murderer travel such a long distance in an instant when both locations were so far apart and were the primary crime scenes?"
Bruce was actually thinking about this question just now. He said, "It is possible that the murderer is not the same person. They cooperated in the crime and just used the same method."
Bruce analyzed: "Beheading is not a very creative way of execution, nor is it difficult to operate. The scene itself does not have any meaning. It is more of a deterrent than an artistic one, and it is very much in line with the way some organized criminal gangs operate."
"Head down." Schiller said lightly.
Bruce frowned and said, "Perhaps it is to show deterrence more intuitively. The vertical posture of the corpse can make people more clearly aware that it is a headless corpse, and the blood on the ground is more visually and olfactorily impactful."
As he was talking, Bruce realized that something was wrong. If it was really done by the Confession Cartel, then they actually have better ways to demonstrate their deterrent power. For example, many terrorists like to broadcast live on TV, or simply execute people in public to make people feel afraid.
There were only two bodies found in a corner. Obviously, only the police could see this scene. However, the police had to do their job, no matter if they were scared or not. There was no point in using this kind of case to intimidate the police.
As well as hanging the corpse upside down to show that it is headless and using blood to enhance the impact of the scene, these are theories that basically only serial killers with artistic pursuits can understand. A group of drug dealers have neither such knowledge nor such leisure time.
To put it more bluntly, a transnational drug trafficking group of this scale makes millions of dollars every minute. Who would play tricks with you? In order to export drugs, they even dare to kill Oliver. As long as you are in their way, the most efficient way is to find someone on the road to shoot you. There is no need to do anything else.
Is it a copycat crime that is deliberately intended to mislead the audience? Who would want to imitate the Confession Cartel to commit serial murders?
Batman's instinct to question everything came into play at this moment. Even if he didn't want to admit it, he had to admit that the most likely person to have done this was the FBI.
The FBI and the Confession Cartel have some unclear connection. They may be in some kind of secret cooperative relationship. To put it more bluntly, the Confession Cartel does dirty work for the FBI, and the FBI allows the Confession Cartel to make money through drug trafficking.
This kind of pattern is common among law enforcement agencies in the United States, and Bruce is naturally very familiar with the ins and outs of it.
There is a limit to the amount of self-respect one can gain by keeping an enemy. The purpose of keeping a dog is to reduce the pressure of security defense, not to endanger one's own safety. Therefore, once some evil plants grow too vigorously, they need to be pruned or even destroyed.
Judging from Bruce's own experience, the scale of the Confession Cartel is likely to have crossed the line, especially since they have gotten involved in Mexican affairs, which is quite sensitive and dangerous.
Once the FBI believes that they can no longer control the dog, he must be put to the test, because the FBI has paid a heavy price for this model, and now they are becoming more and more cautious.
It is not so easy to solve the Confession Cartel. The nature of transnational drug trafficking organizations determines that it is easy to solve only the part within the United States. Wildfires cannot be extinguished, and they will spring up again with the spring breeze. At that time, things will become more troublesome.
And judging from the current situation in Mexico, the FBI should not be able to deal with the other venomous snake entrenched in Guazhou, so killing someone with a borrowed knife becomes the best method.
It was indeed Bruce's plan to lead the Confession Cartel to Gotham, but he was not confident enough to think that no one else would fall for it. If the FBI wanted to borrow Batman's knife, then a few mysterious cases would be the best bait.
Gordon and other police officers in Gotham City are incapable of investigating such unsolved cases, and ultimately have to turn to Batman for help. After discovering clues related to drug cultivation, Batman, who knows something about the Confession Cartel, will probably target this organization.
Batman confronted the Confession Cartel, and the FBI solved two big problems at once. Bruce didn't believe that when the situation in Gotham was getting better, the FBI would not rekindle the idea of intervening in Gotham.
Bruce is now 80% sure that the FBI is indeed involved. The question now is where Amanda and her special case investigation team are, whether they are aware of it, or if they are actually part of this game.
This is not impossible. Although the FBI's level is always ridiculed, their well-known almost non-existent bottom line has led to their bad record in the past.
"I guess he has suspected everyone he could in his life," Schiller said to himself, "and now he should have just found out about the FBI's old accounts."
"You are so mean." Gray Mist commented.
Bruce didn't want to waste any more time, so he immediately said to Gordon, "There's something fishy going on. I'm afraid we can't completely resolve it tonight. Let's go back first and talk about it tomorrow morning."
After saying that, he got into the car without looking back. Gordon could clearly sense his anger, so he didn't ask any more questions. He just left some police officers to clean up the scene and got into the car together.
It was almost dawn. Schiller sat in the back seat with his eyes closed, looking a little tired. Bruce was still there asking, "Professor, what kind of person do you think Amanda is?"
"Amanda Waller, former head of the FBI's special case team..."
Bruce frowned. He thought Schiller would tell him what Amanda's psychological weakness was, but Schiller told him an obvious fact and said that there was some information hidden in this fact that he didn't know.
Bruce had also heard of the Special Case Investigation Team. This team could be described as a flexible and mobile group within the FBI. Usually, they would be asked to take charge of any case that there was no manpower to solve or that was of a special nature.
From the content of the work, it can be heard that this is actually not a very important group, because compared with other problems that the FBI has to solve, the special cases committed by serial killers are not that important, because even the most brutal serial killers can hardly kill more than 20 people in their lifetime. For the FBI, this is a negligible loss.
As for super-power crimes, the FBI doesn't care either, because they are not responsible for anyone with super powers. In short, we are all ordinary people. Why should we catch super-power criminals?
Wait, if the number of serial murders in the federation increases sharply to the point where it attracts public attention and public opinion, then the FBI will have to intervene even if they don't want to. And if there are not many people among them who have this experience, then Amanda will inevitably return to their sight.
Bruce didn't think Amanda was that smart. She would guide him while guiding the FBI to set up a dragnet just to get herself one step further. If she had that ability, she wouldn't have to go through so much trouble.
Countless clues swirled in Bruce's mind, one part was the confession cartel, one part was the serial killer, and one part was the FBI.
The Confession Cartel and Batman are in conflict, the serial killer continues to commit crimes until he attracts attention, and the FBI is under pressure to transfer Amanda back and restart the special case investigation team. Who can benefit from these three things at the same time?
A name slowly emerged in Bruce's mind - Green Arrow Oliver Queen.
(End of this chapter)