Chapter 12: The Moon

In Kassel's apartment, everyone eats food prepared by Martha and Alexis.

"After several days of salvage, Niemann's body was not found, but she was shot and fell into the river, so she should be dead," Esposito said. ”

"She didn't die, the whole thing was carefully designed by Niemann, Tessa's murder, the building where we found her hiding, the iron bridge we had to cross to get back to the police station, all in order to achieve her final goal, disappear completely, and then come back again." ”

Chen Zhong also agrees with Kassel's point of view, "Kassel is right, how can a wanted criminal keep himself from being wanted? Only by creating a big case will his death become known to everyone. ”

"Cassel, don't think about it, you shot her several times and she died." Beckett saw that Cassel's mood was still a little low, so he persuaded him.

Cassel still insisted on his point of view, "No, she didn't die, you shot her in the chest, she held you hostage, I didn't hit her in the head, I think she was prepared, she should be wearing body armor." ”

Chen Zhong confidently said to everyone: "Don't think about it, let's taste the food prepared for us by the two beauties, even if Nieman appears again, she will not be able to defeat us." ”

……

At night, in an alley in Queens, New York, a girl in an orange-red dress ran wildly, followed by a man in hot pursuit.

The man was enjoying the chase, "Don't run, baby, where are you going?" ”

The girl ran and shouted, "Help! Someone help me! ”

"Haha, baby, the show has just begun." The man sped forward and threw himself at the girl in the skirt, pressing on top of her.

The man excitedly tore the girl's skirt, and the girl struggled to resist.

Just then, a deep voice in the darkness said, "Let go of this girl." ”。

The assailant man who was pressing on the girl saw that someone was meddling, and hurriedly took out a pistol from his back waist and pointed it at the person in the dark, "Bastard, dare to disturb my good deeds." ”

"You sinner, you deserve to be punished." In a flash of the knife, the man's right hand holding the gun was cut off, followed by another knife that split the man in half from the head.

……

Beckett and Cassel arrive at the scene of the murder and see the victim's body after getting rid of the many enthusiastic reporters outside the alley.

Cassel exclaimed, "Oh! How did this guy get to be like this? ”

Chen Zhong introduced the two of them: "The deceased was divided into two halves from the middle, from the beginning to his ....... ”

Kassel hurriedly stopped Chen Chong, "Don't continue, I know what you mean." ”

Beckett asked, "What is the murder weapon, the guillotine?" ”

Chen Zhong said: "According to my inspection, it should be a knife. ”

Cassel asked with interest, "Is it the knife from A Song of Ice and Fire, or the kind of knife from Blade?" ”

"The kind from Blade. Splattering blood from the scene, the killer first cut off the victim's hand and then slashed it vertically. ”

Chen Zhong pointed to the capital letter M on the wall and said, "This mark was left by the murderer, and it is estimated that it is his exclusive mark." ”

Esposito introduced the deceased, "The deceased's name is Taylor. Farris, who was imprisoned for sexual assault, was only released from Hinger prison a year ago. The girl standing over there was a witness at the scene. ”

Ryan questioned witnesses and said, "When Taylor tried to commit violence against her, the killer rushed out and killed him, and the rest of the girls said that they didn't see anything, and I felt that she was deliberately withholding information about the killer." ”

Cassel said: "It's human nature, after all, it was this guy in the dark who rescued her. ”

……

Inside the morgue, Taylor's mother, Mrs. Farris, looked at her son's body.

Beckett said, "Lady Farris, please be grieved. ”

"Oh, nothing, Taylor is a piece of shit, only knows how to get into trouble, I already knew that one day my son would be lying here." Mrs. Farris said indifferently.

Esposito took out his notebook and asked, "Do you know of any enemies Taylor has?" Can you tell us? ”

Mrs. Farrell pointed to the notebook in Esposito's hand and said, "Of course, but you will need a larger notebook to write it down." Oh yes, Taylor has been giving Tony lately. Wodini works, you can ask him. ”

Ryan said in surprise, "Tony. Vodini? I knew this guy when I was in the anti-narcotics unit, he was a gangster, and his nickname was 'Tony the Butcher'. ”

Beckett said to Esposito and Ryan, "Bring him back and see if he did it." ”

In the interrogation room, Beckett asked, "Tony, Taylor who worked for you is dead, can you tell me where you were last night?" ”

Hearing Beckett's words, Tony was surprised and asked, "Is Taylor dead?" How did he die? ”

"Taylor was split in half with a knife," Cassel said. ”

"Knives? Taylor's death has nothing to do with me, I was in the club all night yesterday and someone proved it to me. But I know who killed Taylor. One night two weeks ago, I had just left my warehouse when a guy with a knife suddenly appeared in front of me and he accused me of committing a crime. Of course, I'm innocent. The damn guy warned me and left a mark on my ass with a knife. Tony unbuttoned his pants as he spoke, and lunged his ass at Cassel and Beckett.

"See? That's what that bastard did, he cut me. ”

Beckett was blindfolded, and Cassel saw a scar in the shape of an M-shaped capital on Tony's butt, "Okay Tony, I see, you put your pants on, can you describe the guy who cut you?" ”

Tony lifted his pants and said, "You won't believe me when I say it, but the surveillance camera in my warehouse caught him." ”

Tony was let go, and everyone sat in Beckett's office watching the surveillance video.

Everyone was stunned to see the suspect in the video wearing a red and black tights, wearing a mask and carrying a long knife.

Cassel pointed to the suspect on the screen and said excitedly: "The murderer is a superhero!" You can see that the color scheme of his clothes is obviously based on Spider-Man, the horned helmet is a tribute to Daredevil Man, the katana and scabbard on the back are obviously from Deadpool, and the black collar is from Black Panther, what these people have in common is that they are all driven by the death of their father or lover, and I think our murderer has the same backstory. ”

Beckett interrupted Kassel's tirade, "How do these discoveries of yours help us find the murderer?" ”

Cassel explained: "Notice the golden belt around his waist, which is based on the belt in the 11 original comics of Iron Man in 1963, which shows that the murderer paid a lot of attention to the comics, and there is a place in New York that he will definitely visit." ”

The two went to the first store in New York City that sold comic books.

Beckett took out a picture of the suspect in a straitjacket and asked the bookstore owner, who opened a website on his computer, "I think that's what you're looking for." ”

On the website is a serialized comic book in which the cartoon characters and the suspect are dressed identically, and the name of the book is "Moon Hero".

Cassel asks the bookstore owner, "Why have I never seen Moon Heroes?" ”

"This is a comic book that only circulates on the Internet, and this hero was created by the author to imitate the sun killer in the news, who specializes in fighting criminals in the dark night, and his mark is the initials M of the moon," the boss explained. ”

Beckett said to Cassel: "It looks like Randy, the FBI's special agent investigating the Sun Killer, is going to be on fire again, and these reporters won't let go of this kind of news." ”

Cassel expressed his opinion, "Actually, I don't have any prejudice against the Sun Killer and the Moon Hero, they are actually fighting crime. ”

Beckett objected: "I don't agree with you, whether they are righteous or not, they have no right to decide the life and death of others. ”