Chapter 228: Investigation
Weekend, early in the morning, at Eric's house. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
"Give us a minute and we'll bring you the whole world."
After the standard opening remarks, the morning news began to air on the television. The scene shifts to the bank of a long river, and behind the blonde reporter facing the camera is full of police officers coming and going.
"It has been reported that the body of Frederick Forssville, who has a significant reputation within the New York criminal organization, has been found on the surface of the East River. According to some unconfirmed police reports, his skull had been completely shattered and appeared to have been hit very hard. The police now seem to have determined the nature of the incident as the result of gang infighting, and the details are yet to be investigated......"
"It's that guy!" When Peter saw a picture of the deceased's face on the TV screen, he exclaimed, "This guy leaked to me that Fisk had a big charity dinner on Friday night...... Did Fisk kill him? Because he leaked the news to me? ”
"I guess so." Eric, who was sitting across a table from him, said lightly.
"God, Fisk is a demon, isn't he? I mean...... Can he just kill someone and throw it in the river? ”
"That's it." Eric shrugged, "It's too late to back down, you could have ended up like this last night." ”
"What? No, I wouldn't do that. ”
At this point, Raven, who had been busy in the kitchen for a while, walked out quickly, tossed his apron aside, and placed the plate on the table. Eric and Peter each sat at one end of the table, staring wide-eyed at the plate of pancakes she had just finished.
Ever since Raven failed to make a pancake for Eric on her last birthday, she seems to have tried to improve a lot. Regardless of the taste, at least the appearance of these cakes today really looks like that, and the color does make people want to move it.
"Wow, I can't see that Rachel can cook!" Peter exclaimed.
Raven was expressionless, nodded slightly, and then pulled out a chair and sat down at the table.
"Ahem, then Peter, you can taste it first." Eric said.
"You're welcome, then."
Peter picked up a piece as he spoke, took a big bite, and his expression became rich in that moment.
As expected. Eric said in his heart.
"Good...... It's delicious......" Peter put down the pancake with an expression that bordered on pain, "but can I go and drink saliva?" ”
He almost ran away from the table. Eric then grabbed a piece of pancake as well, and after taking a bite, he seemed to close his eyes and savor it for a moment, and then said lightly, "Uh-huh...... It's okay, it's not a small improvement from last time. ”
He touched Raven's head, "Ha, it seems that you have a lot of talent for cooking." Keep it up for your business, and you might be a chef in the future. ”
Raven accepted his praise with a smile, his tone was flat and unwavering, but it was clearly joyful: "I will try." ”
Peter, who was drinking water on the side, secretly glanced at this side, and secretly admired Eric in his heart - to be able to eat such a dark dish as if nothing had happened, and give a decent comment, Eric's classmate is really extraordinary. But how do you feel that their atmosphere seems to be a step closer than before......
Speaking of the fact that since defeating Sannomiya, even if Eric touched Raven's head from time to time as before, she didn't even express her dissatisfaction, and she didn't even look a little resistant at all, and the change was not small.
Peter sat down at the table and said, "Well, it's almost time for us to get down to business...... Last night you said you were going to take Fisk down, but how? You've said Fisk's power is almost pervasive, right? If there is even someone in the police who has him, how are we going to deal with him? Such a powerful character shouldn't simply forget the evidence of the crime in the office, right? ”
"Well, maybe it's true." Eric smiled and said, "Speaking of which, have you listened carefully to the recent history class?" ”
"Huh? History lessons? Not...... Didn't listen much. Peter was a little unable to keep up with his train of thought.
Well, if you've listened to history lessons, you'll know that the teacher said that a recording of President Nixon's Watergate scandal was recently made public, and most of the information had been heard by only a handful of people until then. History teachers say that Nixon's initial decision to destroy the recordings before anyone knew they existed was likely to help him retain his presidency, but he didn't. ”
Eric paused and asked, "Now think about it, Parker-san." Nixon was such a suspicious man and had enemies all over the world, so why did he keep the tapes of conversations that would expose his problems intact? ”
Peter froze, as if suddenly realizing what Eric was referring to.
"Because he felt that no one could help him."
It was Raven who answered, and she was sitting on the sofa reading a book with her snow-white slender legs crossed, without even raising her head.
"Bingo, smart girl, looks like someone is listening." Eric praised without hesitation.
"I have A+ in all subjects." Raven replied lightly.
"You want to say that Kim is not like Nixon?" Peter asked, "But how will this help us to defeat him?" ”
"Of course, remember the profound lesson that last night's events taught you? Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is the key to fighting any battle. Eric said, already moving his laptop to the dining table, turning it on, and saying, "Did you notice the Fisk Building's surveillance equipment last night?" ”
"Uh...... I was in a bit of a hurry last night and didn't pay much attention. ”
"The 4566 remote monitoring system, an advanced system built by a large company, is said to have been well received by many Fortune 500 companies." "When I got home last night, I sent an email to their company, saying that I was an employee of a film and television company. Our boss is very interested in their company's monitoring equipment and hopes that they can email me some detailed parameters...... And then today they wrote back. ”
As he spoke, Eric had already clicked on the email on his computer. Sure enough, the other party has sent a detailed product description of this model of monitoring system to the mailbox, with a video description.
"The Type 4566 surveillance system automatically writes all the video it records to a DVD and indicates the time of recording. About 5,000 discs were stored in a disc storage device, which I suspect is to be hidden in the basement of the Fisk Building. If I'm as expected...... There should be a lot of good stuff recorded on the CD. ”