Hurton sat in an office that had been vacated for him by the police station, rummaging through materials related to the bank robbery.

The witnesses in this case included bank clerks, security guards, ordinary citizens, and the robber who survived, and the testimony of more than 20 people was all matched, and there were no flaws.

The scene of the crime has been cleared and the bank has resumed business, but all the bomb sites at the scene and the place where the two bodies fell are photographed, and the three guns are also wrapped in an evidence bag and placed in front of Leaven.

But these still don't prove anything, Hutton put all his hopes on the surveillance video at the scene, which is the most intuitive evidence in this case, if there is really any breakthrough, it can only be on this video material.

Over and over again, Veton watched the video over and over again, especially the crucial forty-nine seconds......

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March 14, 10 a.m.

Tom was sitting at home watching boring TV news. His measures of seclusion and silence have paid off, with media coverage of himself disappearing, people appearing to be quickly finding new topics to talk about, journalists retreating, and there has been a significant decrease in phone messages and uninteresting knocks.

Suddenly, Tom turned his face, and he stared through the wall of the living room in the direction of his door, as if he could see through the wall. Tom arched himself and quickly got to his feet, but he didn't make a sound. He slowly approached a cupboard, and in the drawer of this cupboard was a pistol with a good bullet.

This is his five-meter rule, and in this room, no matter where Tom is, within five meters, there must be a weapon. If necessary, even if he was sitting on the toilet reading the newspaper, he could get his hands on the weapon and be ready to kill in three seconds.

There was a knock on the door twice, short and powerful.

Tom didn't expect the other party to knock on the door, he knew that the person at the door was not a reporter, which was almost instinctive.

However, Tom didn't take up his arms in the end, just walked behind the door and replied in his usual tone, "I'm sorry, I'm not going to be interviewed." ”

"I'm not a journalist, and I want to ask you some questions on behalf of the police about that case, and I hope you can help with the investigation. Chaton said.

Tom opened the door, "Can you take a look at your papers?"

"Absolutely. As he spoke, Howton showed his ID, but instead of the Maple Leaf County badge, HL's diamond-shaped star track badge: "Hello, I'm Gary Howton, and it's nice to meet you, Mr. Tom Stoll." ”

"Hello, huh...... Sir. Tom showed the normal reaction of a civilian, with a slight look of surprise and confusion on his face.

"Can I come in and say?"

"Well, of course, please come in, sir. ”

"You don't have to be so polite, you can call me Gary. Chaton entered the house.

Tom closed the door and replied, "I'll call you Mr. Chatton, please take a seat in the hall." Tom led the other man into the house, "Sit down, what do you want to drink?"

Hopperton's eyes swept over Tom's house, and he replied nonchalantly, "Ordinary tea will do." ”

Tom prepared the tea and said in a very polite tone: "Please forgive me for being unreasonable at first, there are too many reporters these days, and a few of them want to pretend to be police officers to sneak in, I guess they all carry hidden cameras." ”

Chaton replied, "I don't mind. ”

Tom brought the tea and sat down on the chair opposite Hutton: "Please use it slowly." ”

"Thank you. Opton stopped looking at the room, and his gaze stayed on Tom's face.

"Hmm...... I don't know what the chief has to ask, is that case serious enough to alarm HL?" asked Tom.

Vetton didn't touch the tea on the table, he stared into Tom's eyes, trying to catch something from it, but no matter how you look at it, it's just an ordinary office worker, nothing special.

"In order to have an identity that can be cheapened, I have the false title of second lieutenant in HL. In fact, my position, to be precise, should be the senior staff of a certain nobleman, and this time, I also followed the will of that lord. ”

Tom's expression was a little surprised when he heard "a certain nobleman", and he was stunned for two seconds and asked, "But didn't you just say that you asked me ...... on behalf of the police?"

Howton didn't want to waste time on this kind of issue at all, and he rudely interrupted the other party: "Mr. Stoll, how much do you know about the Gilsons family?"

Tom looked confused, and it seemed that he had really thought hard: "Hmm...... Sorry, this is the first time I've heard of this name. ”

"Oh, then, Mr. Stoll, I heard that you moved to this city seven years ago, and where did you live before that?" ”

Tom hesitated for a moment before replying, "I was born on a fishing boat, and I grew up fishing with my father and uncles, until a storm took everything but my life. After that, I went to a juvenile shelter, got an education, changed jobs after high school, and came to Maple Leaf County from Northern Europe seven years ago. Tom paused, "These are all recorded, and you should be able to find them directly from my file." ”

At this point, Vetton was still staring into Tom's eyes, but he still didn't see anything, no unusual mood swings, and no signs of lying.

Of course, Gouton had checked Tom's information, and he could almost memorize it, he just wanted to ask the man in front of him one more time to see if there was any discrepancy.

"About the bank robbery on March 10......" Veton suddenly changed the subject and took out a PVP670 from his jacket pocket: "This is the surveillance video of the scene, I have some questions I want to ask you." ”

"Whew...... Mr. Gouton, you know, I didn't really want to see that, and I still feel a little scared when I think about it. Tom's body leaned back, looking nervous.

"I'm afraid you'll have to overcome that fear, Mr. Stoll. Howton began to play the video.

The footage he captured began when the robbers stormed the bank and ended when they were dead and wounded and lost their resistance, a total of four minutes.

Tom's expression changed several times when he saw it, and even showed a little fear, and after reading it, he let out a long breath and said, "That's really terrible, isn't it?"

Hurton swiped his finger across the touchscreen to let the progress bar go back a bit, and began: "According to the police investigation, the robber with the pistol is the leader of the three, this person has a violent criminal record and is a veteran. You see, when he first entered the bank, he fired the first shot at the ceiling, and those two bullets were valuable, and he knew what to do to get the situation under control.

The other two were much worse, they were yelling, in fact, because of excessive nervousness, and the adrenaline rushed. Euphoric emotions naturally need a certain way to vent, and the crying boy just provoked some out-of-control robbers at such a time. ”

Chaton dragged the progress bar again: "Have you ever been a soldier?"

Tom shook his head, "Never." ”

Chatton pointed to the screen: "I noticed that when the gunshot went off, the people in the entire bank lobby basically instinctively bent over, lowered their heads, hugged their heads, shrunk their necks, and screamed. At that moment, however, you got down on one knee and found the nearest cover between the direction from which the gunfire came from and where you were, the pillar in the lobby of the bank, and you half-crouched, hid behind it, and quickly began to observe the situation around you. ”

"No, Mr. Sickton, I'm not like that. Tom pointed to the PVP670 picture, "Look, I'm hiding with my head like everyone else." ”

In fact, behind the pillar is the blind spot of the camera probe, and Tom did curl up and hide behind it in the video, but after he disappeared into the camera, whether he held his head and shivered, or half-squatted and looked at the six roads, no one knows.

Anyway, Chatton thinks that Tom's reaction is the latter, but the other party flatly denies it, and he has nothing to say.

After dragging the progress bar again, Chatton said, "And here, Mr. Stoll, when you and the robber were scuffling on the ground, I wonder why you suddenly stood up when the other two robbers approached?"

Tom said, "Hmm...... All I knew was to hold him from behind, and I grabbed the barrel of the ****** gun with both hands, and the bandit tried to attack me with the back of the head and elbow, so I tried to dodge him, and I got into a fight with him, and somehow I got up, probably because he had a lot of strength, and he used the strength of his legs to bring me up. ”

"And when you stood up, his body was between his companions and you, so that the other two robbers couldn't shoot, right?"

"Yes," replied Tom, "and then he tried to turn me by brute force and throw me out, or at least put me in front of his companion's gun, but he turned half a circle and ****** went off. ”

He just blew off half of his accomplice's head. Chaton continued.

Tom sighed, "yes, that's terrible. ”

Hutton remained silent, then pointed to the video footage and said: "After the gunshot, the robber let go of the barrel, I think it was because the barrel was overheated. He changed his tone and asked, "But why didn't you let go?"

Tom said, "I only noticed it later, you see, my left hand is indeed injured." He stretched out his left hand, and there were indeed burns on the palm of his hand, "Maybe I was so scared at the time that I even ignored the pain." ”

Qiaotun said in his heart: This kind of small injury without any record, if he was deliberately injured at home with a lamp in his hand in the past few days, no one knows, it is really not leaky......

"Then the robber with the pistol shot his accomplice, and you fell backwards because the robber who was fighting with you suddenly let go of the barrel of the gun and had nowhere to do it. He pointed to the picture: "You're really lucky, in the second of the night, you could have been shot, it's like ...... You dodged the bullet as if it were like. ”

"I didn't know it at the time, and I was terrified because of the gunfire...... I was just trying to subdue the pistol-wielding robber with the stolen gun, but when he shot continuously, I panicked, and I fired. ”

He broke one of his legs...... Is it. Chaton said.

Tom said, "yes, that's it, Mr. Sheriff asked me all these when I was taking notes. ”

Chatton smiled, he stood up, as if to leave: "Thank you for your cooperation, Mr. Stoll, I think I've asked enough, sorry to disturb your rest." ”

"You're welcome, sir, if you need anything, you can come to me at any time. Tom put on a courteous smile with that terrifying, cold-blooded killer face.

Sending the second lieutenant all the way to the door, Tom was just about to close the door, but Chatton turned back again: "By the way, Mr. Stoll, have you ever heard such a name, or rather, a code name?" ”

"Excuse me......"

"Bet on snakes. ”

"No, I've never heard of it, what is it? clothing brand, gambling brand?"

"Hehe......" Chatton smiled, "Goodbye, Mr. Stoll." ”

The door closed, and the faces of both of them changed to different expressions.

Chatton stopped laughing.

Tom, however, sneered.

He said to himself: "Do you think you are smart, do you startle the snake......"