Chapter 44: The Remembrance Ceremony
"This is your original scan, and this one is reworked backwards." In just one hour, Lucius handed over the reconstructed bullet and the fingerprints on the bullet to Bruce.
"This is the thumbprint he left when he loaded the bullet." Bruce breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the obvious fingerprint on the bullet reconstruction map, and smiled a little, he was afraid that the bullet didn't leave any fingerprints, so he would be embarrassed.
"I'll give you a copy, Mr. Wayne." After getting the results, Bruce plans to leave for the secret base to compare fingerprints, but Lucius stops Bruce.
"Mr. Wayne, do you remember the last time Mr. Ying Ao proposed? If I could, I would like to step down from my current position and move to the Applied Sciences department. Lucius tactfully expressed himself.
"Oh, well, no problem, but you have a lot to do before you leave office." Bruce's reaction to this was to wave his hand and turn away. Because Jocelyn and Ying Ao had greeted each other, Bruce was not surprised.
"So be it." Lucius knew that Bruce had agreed.
After obtaining the fingerprints, Jocelyn's intelligence system began to work at full speed, pairing all possible fingerprints with the fingerprints provided by Bruce.
It would take a while for even Jocelyn's intelligence network to check it out, and Bruce wasn't going to waste time until the results were in: the mourning ceremony was already underway, and if Bruce didn't go early, there was a good chance that he wouldn't be in time.
Natasha shrugged her shoulders, it was one of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s responsibilities to protect government officials, so Natasha also set off with Bruce, at least to keep the mayor from being shot.
At the mourning ceremony, a procession of important government officials walked along the street towards the ceremony venue under the protection of the police, amid mourning music played by the band.
Because of the death of the police chief, all government employees attended the mourning ceremony, and the procession was in the hundreds.
In order to protect these important members of Gotham City's government, the police have completely blocked the entire street, not only the road surface, but also the buildings and rooftops on both sides.
The Joker's public threat has terrified the entire Gotham, and in order to restore confidence and security to the citizens, the mayor must attend the ceremony anyway, and there must be no mistakes during the ceremony.
Gordon, who is in charge of the security management of the mourning ceremony, can even proudly say that not even a bird will want to fly into the mourning ceremony if necessary.
As the parade slowly progressed, Bruce received a message from Jocelyn: "The fingerprint match is Melvin White, a psychopath, the standard subordinate of the Joker."
The other bad news, according to biometric comparison, Melvin White is mixed up in the honor guard. ”
"What? Clowns they blended into the guard of honor? Natasha is really speechless, just now she saw the heavily guarded scene and praised the Gotham City police for doing a good job, but she didn't expect to be slapped in the face so soon.
"These are difficult to do, the honor guard needs to fire a gun salute on this occasion, and the clown's idea is probably to start when the gun is fired." Bruce frowned, Gordon's defense was so good, they couldn't easily get close to the venue.
At this time, the mayor's speech came from the venue not far away.
"Captain Lobe has dedicated his life to law enforcement and the preservation of the city, and I remember when I first became mayor of Gotham City, I asked him if he would like to continue as police chief...... "Standing on a makeshift podium as the mayor gives a speech, and below him are the staff of the Gotham City Department.
"We're running out of time after the mayor's speech." Natasha frowned, the current situation was that they would be attacked by snipers as soon as they showed their heads, and the mayor's speech was obviously not too long.
Bruce and Natasha rushed to the rooftop of the building closest to the podium to look at the room: the mayor was speaking from the podium, and the honor guard was on the left hand side of the rostrum. As for the policeman who stood guard on the rooftop? Natasha easily knocked him down.
"I can't help it." Bruce glanced down at the situation, then pulled a pocket concussion bomb out of his pocket.
"I don't think it's a good choice." Natasha shook her head, her goal was to catch the Joker, not let him run away.
And Bruce's concussion bomb can be thrown down to warn the people on the scene, but the people who are clowns in chaos will inevitably take advantage of the chaos to escape, especially if the other party is wearing a genuine uniform.
And with the habit of a clown, he will definitely shoot at irrelevant people in the chaos.
"And you're going to trade a mayor for a few thugs?" Bruce saw through Natasha's idea at a glance.
"Bruce, the killer of the Continental Hotel is in place, and I can take out all the members of the honor guard at any time if you want." The Joker's actions also made Jocelyn angry, increasing the bounty amount, and many killers who originally didn't look down on this bounty decided to take action.
After the Joker issued a 'death notice', the group of killers who took over the mission were disguised and blended into the buildings on both sides of the venue under Jocelyn's orders.
At this moment, in the shadows that no one could see, the killers hired by Jocelyn had set up their sniper rifles and aimed them at the honor guard under the rostrum.
But they were waiting for their employer: Jocelyn's orders.
"Well, Jocelyn told the killers that they were only allowed to hit their legs. You know my bottom line. Natasha, I need your help. Bruce's eyes lit up, since there was a killer from the Continental Hotel, it was not impossible to capture all the honor guards.
"No problem, but you owe me a favor." Natasha understands that Bruce wants her to come forward to explain the problem of the killer at the Continental Hotel, but Natasha has never suffered a loss, so she immediately makes her request.
"Don't even think about it, it's obvious that you owe me a favor. If the mayor of Gotham City is assassinated right under your nose, the council will join S.H.I.E.L.D. without bothering you. Bruce rolled his eyes.
"Cut ......" Natasha turned her head unwillingly and left, she needed to prepare a speech to deal with the police below, and she also had to report to the director.
"Alright, Bruce, I've already told you that they'll shoot the honor guard before they can shoot at the mayor." Jocelyn's mission is quite special, requiring the killers to follow his orders, but for the killers, this kind of quirky employer is rare, but if it doesn't affect their earning and it's not a harsh order, they don't care.