Chapter IX: Threats

Gordon's several Galen hideouts were not too far from the crime scene, and Gordon and his old partner Harvey Bullock investigated them one by one. After Roy took the initiative to ask for help, he also followed the two of them to search all the way.

Three places in a row have been fruitless, and no one has come to the infighting for more than ten years. It wasn't until the three of them came to the fourth place that they finally found something.

"Someone has been here recently." As soon as he reached the door, Roy asserted, "The dust on the doorknob has been wiped off." ”

Bullock and Gordon looked at each other, motioning for caution, and then each pulled out their guns.

Roy showed his skillful lockpicking skills, and picked the not complicated door lock in more than ten seconds. Gordon cautiously pushed a slit open and looked inside for a moment to make sure no one was there before slowly stepping inside.

In the living room, there is a sofa and a 40-inch TV facing the sofa, and a coffee table with all kinds of small objects scattered around.

As the two detectives watched out for something, Roy's eyes and brain were already at full power to catch the information. He rummaged through the messy coffee table, picked up a newspaper, and whispered, "This is it." This newspaper is this week, and someone has been here this week. ”

Gordon and Bullock exchanged glances and gestures again, and then one went to the room on the left, and the other to the right.

A moment later, Brock's voice came from one of the rooms: "Jim, you need to come and see this." ”

Both Roy and Gordon entered the room where Bullock was in charge of searching. The moment he stepped through the door, Gordon shook like an electric shock.

"I'm sorry." Brock looked sympathetically at his old partner and said.

The whitewashed wall was pinned to a picture of a red-haired girl smiling brightly, and a knife was being inserted into the forehead of the girl in the photograph to nail the picture to the wall.

That girl was Director Gordon's daughter, Barbara Gordon.

"Oh, no, no, no, no, I need to make sure Barbara is safe"

Jim Gordon is a bit incoherent, and although he is a good police officer, he is also a father, and his daughter is his biggest weakness. He pulled out his phone with slightly trembling fingers and dialed a string of numbers.

"Hello? Barb? It's me, it's my father, it's good, lock the doors and windows of the house, and don't go anywhere. I'm going to send someone to watch you now, and don't ask why, just remember that I love you, okay? ”

After ending the call, Gordon hurriedly called the bureau and arranged for someone to rush to Barbara's apartment to escort them.

"Actually, Jay Galen still left us some clues here." After Gordon put down his phone, Roy suddenly said.

"Oh? What are some of them? Brock asked.

"First of all, we know that he has at least one accomplice, and that he is not alone." "The ashtray in the living room, six of the Winston cards, one 555. The half-pack of cigarettes at the bedside in the bedroom and the two packs of cigarettes in the study drawer are both Yunston, which tells us that Galen smoked Yunston's cigarettes. Then the 555 cigarette butt belongs to a guest who came to visit. At this time, it is very likely that the guests who knew Galen's hiding place and could even visit the house were accomplices. Extracting the DNA from this 555 cigarette butt should be able to lock down the identity of this accomplice.

Besides, we also know that he or his accomplice drove a blue-striped Ford on a white background and its license plate number, and the parking ticket in the trash can was clearly written. ”

Gordon nodded: "Okay, we'll issue a territory-wide wanted for this car right away." ”

Bullock patted Gordon on the shoulder, "You go to Barbara first, she may need you more." ”

Gordon shook his head, "I'm the director, and Galen is my case, it's my duty. I'll have to finish it, and Babs Seed will be happy to see her dad do it. ”

Night.

Barbara sat in her room, chatting with someone by typing on her keyboard. The note on the opposite side of the business card says "Bruce".

"I heard you're being targeted by your father's former prisoner." Bruce came to the message and asked, "Need help?" ”

"No need." Barbara replied, "Dad has extra guards around my residence, and Roy is there. You know, that Roy, who I've been talking to you a lot lately, is a very shrewd guy and a very reliable crunch moment. ”

"He's very talented." Bruce replied.

Ten seconds later, he came back and asked, "Are you sure you don't need a helper?" Nightwing: He'll be happy to be your bodyguard for the night. ”

"I really don't need to, I can take care of myself." Barbara replied, with a cute emoji.

Hurried footsteps were heard behind her, and Barbara hurriedly closed the conversation window, pretending to be browsing another page.

Roy pushed the door open, spreading out the open folder and throwing it onto the keyboard in front of Barbara.

"What is this?" Barbara asked, holding her glasses.

Roy said: "I've compiled some information about this Jay Galen and made a little discovery. Here is Jay Galen's victim file more than 10 years ago, can you see if you can find anything? ”

Barbara flipped through two pages and frowned: "This victim Mason Bridge, I remember as if he used to be Falcone's private administrative accountant?" I heard that it was later solved because of the embezzlement of Falcone's private property, and this Fankendi, who used to be the prosecutor of Gotham City, once tried to prosecute Falcone's right-hand man but failed, and this named Maddie seems to be a gangster leader ten years ago, and was once one of Falcone's sworn enemies. Indeed, we have just received news that Falcone has returned, and this Galen has returned. Are you trying to say that Jay Galen is working for Falcone? ”

Roy looked at Barbara in surprise: "These are all materials from more than ten years ago, why do you remember them so clearly?" ”

"Galen used to be my father's case, and when I was a child, I played detective games with my brother and turned up my father's information, and I was scolded by my father."

"Do you remember what you accidentally saw ten years ago?"

"Oh? Haven't I mentioned it to you yet? I have a talent for me. Barbara said disapprehantly.

"And you have a younger brother? You've never mentioned it before. ”

Barbara smiled mischievously: "Sister still has a lot of little secrets that you don't know." ”

Roy said seriously: "You are very qualified as a detective, to be honest, I think you are much better than most of the cops in the Gotham Police Department." ”

"Thank you for the compliment, after all, there is a director father."

Roy looked out the window of Barbara's bedroom, frowned, and looked at the watch on his wrist.

"What's wrong?" Barbara asked.

"I told the police officers who were guarding our neighborhood to go around every hour, and if they had done it, I would have seen their flashlights in the window by now," Roy said. But the truth is, it's still pitch black outside the window. ”

"Maybe they're just lazy?" Barbara said.

"Maybe." "But it could also be that something isn't right." Be prepared. ”

In the next second, the doorbell rang throughout the apartment.