Chapter 146: The Mystery of a Rainy Night (Part I)
In the quiet of the manor, the fire of the fireplace crackled, the drizzle beat against the glass, and the slight noise was dispelled in the dim light as it entered the room.
The sound of the pages turning softly, Schiller leaned against the couch in front of the fireplace to read, in this slow-paced age, the period between sunset and bedtime always seemed very long, Schiller held the book, the world in front of him shook on the words, began to blur, just as he was sleepy, a rapid telephone bell woke him up.
Schiller sat there and closed his eyes for a moment, took his glasses off, rubbed his eyes, and then slowly stood up, walked to the side of the stairs, and picked up the telephone receiver from the cabinet and put it to his ear.
"Ash Mooney is dead."
On the other end of the phone, Gordon's voice rang like thunder.
Schiller covered his forehead, he leaned against the side of the cabinet and said, "Who is that?" ”
"The boss of the Mooney gang, the ruler of the living hell."
"So what?"
“…… I need your help, Professor. ”
Schiller glanced at the sky that was already completely dark, and as soon as he wanted to refuse, Gordon said: "It's the crime scene that Batman discovered, when we passed, Fish was already dead, and after the record was completed, we brought Fish's body back for an autopsy, and at the same time brought back an eyewitness, this witness is not in a good mental state, maybe he has some mental illness, we really need your help." ”
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Schiller put down the phone, sighed, put on his coat, took his umbrella, and left the warm and quiet manor into the dark and rainy night of Gotham.
When I arrived at the front of the police station, there was only a small light bulb hanging on the top of the porch at the entrance, and through the light, I could see the rain line drifting in.
Schiller walked up the waterlogged steps, and when he looked up, Gordon was struggling to open the chained wooden door.
Schiller put the umbrella away, and Gordon came over and said, "Thank goodness you came just in time." ”
"Next time there is an emergency like this......" Schiller shook the umbrella vigorously, as if he was venting, "don't call me, I'll talk about it tomorrow morning." ”
Gordon followed his movements, his gaze fell on the umbrella, he turned his head to take a closer look at it, and then said, "Why is this umbrella of yours broken?" Didn't you say it was of good quality before? ”
"Yes, but no matter how good the quality is, it will be broken, and if it is broken, there is no place to fix it."
Schiller put away his umbrella and walked straight into the police station, Gordon following him, and said, "That tight-clad weirdo ran into a murder in the middle of the night when he ran into a living hell. ”
Gordon took two quick steps, came to Schiller to show him the way, and said quickly: "Fish Mooney is the gang boss who originally ruled the Living Hell, and since the transformation of the Living Hell, many other gang bosses in the East Side have gradually entered there and carved up the territory of the Mooney Gang. ”
"Fish has a short temper and seems to be a sadist."
"Now that she's dead, you don't have to describe her symptoms to me, tell me about the living, what about the eyewitness?"
"I was about to take you there......" Gordon led Schiller down the hallway, then stopped in the room at the very end, where a small police officer had just come out, and he said to Gordon, "That kid seems to have some mental problems, I swear I didn't hit him, but he ......"
"Alright, alright." Gordon patted the young officer on the shoulder and said, "I can trust you, you're not that violent, let's go in and have a look." ”
After opening the door, Gordon was the first to enter, and as soon as Schiller entered, he saw a familiar figure sitting behind the interrogation table, it was Oswald Copot.
He looked very bad now, his face was pale, his black hair was wet from the rain, and he was clinging to his forehead, and his eyes were a little dull and dull in his eyes, his limbs were twitching, and his mouth was still chanting.
He didn't sit in a chair, but squatted in the corner of the room, and the young police officer came in and introduced to Gordon: "We asked him to sit on the chair, but he didn't sit, and we didn't handcuff him, and we didn't treat him in any violent way, and that'......s how he came in."
Gordon understood why the young officer had repeatedly stressed that he had not used violence, that in a place like Gotham Police Station, most of the police officers were not so friendly to prisoners, and it was normal for them to be beaten up when they were caught.
Gordon had specifically explained not to use violence against Colbert before, and the young police officer saw Colbert like this, for fear that Gordon would misunderstand.
Gordon used the key to open the iron door behind the interrogation table, and when he walked in, Copote looked very scared, and Schiller stopped Gordon from approaching, saying, "It looks like he should be stress disorder, don't go near him yet......"
Schiller and Gordon were standing two meters away from Copote, and Schiller tilted his head and glanced at Copote from the perspective of the backlight, and he saw that Copote should be in the stage of illness now.
Gordon looked at him from a different angle, and he said to the young officer: "Didn't you really hit him? How can I see that he looks like he has a wound on his neck? ”
The officer raised his hand and said, "I swear, we never touched him!" As for the wound, it must have been there before I came here. ”
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The officer was very sure, Gordon frowned, Schiller turned to Gordon and said, "You let him go out first, too many people are not conducive to his calming down." ”
After the young officer went out, Schiller said to Gordon, "This should be acute stress disorder." ”
Schiller took half a step forward, and Colbert immediately ducked back like crazy, screaming inexplicably from his mouth, Schiller retreated, and then said to Gordon: "Re-experience the symptoms, frightened, vigilant, and ......"
Schiller rubbed his chin and said, "Not only that, but along with the state of euphoria, there seems to be some other mental disorder......"
"Well, it seems unlikely that we'll want to get something out of him."
"Not necessarily, but his symptoms require hospitalization, and after treatment, he should be able to regain his senses."
"How long will it take?"
"Are you in a hurry?" Schiller asked Gordon, "Ash Mooney is a gangster but he can't rank in Gotham, who put so much pressure on you?" ”
Gordon sighed and said, "This matter is complicated, let's let Batman talk about it." ”
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a noise behind him, and Batman appeared in the shadows in the corner of the room in the interrogation room.
"Let me state first, I know you suspect me of beating him, but I didn't." Batman spoke.
"Didn't you leave his wounds when you subdued him?" Schiller turned his head to ask him.
Batman shook his head and said, "When I met him at the scene of the murder, he was unconscious, covered in wounds, and apparently had just been beaten. ”
Batman also walked into the iron gate, stood a farther away, looked at Copote and said, "When I arrived at the scene, Fish was already dead, and he passed out, and there were marks of being beaten all over his body, and there was no third party on the spot, so I could only call Gordon to investigate, and then send Fish's body here with him." ”
"I think you should start from the beginning and tell me about it." Schiller and the two walked out, and Gordon looked back as he walked, and he looked a little sympathetic to Copote, saying, "Are we just putting him here?" This doesn't work, right? Why don't you send them to the hospital first? ”
"It's better not to let anyone approach him for the time being, otherwise it's easier to irritate him." Schiller didn't look back, but Gordon was still a little worried, and he said, "This kid doesn't look like he's an adult, he should have a family, right?" If he doesn't come home so late, his relatives should be very worried about him. ”
As he spoke, he shouted twice, called back the young police officer who was smoking at the top of the stairs, and said to him: "Go and find out where this kid lives, who else is in the family, and report to his family that he is safe, by the way, don't say that he is sick, just say that he was injured in street racing, and now he is ...... in the hospital."
"Don't use drag racing as an excuse." Schiller reminded Gordon, who he said, "I know him, he's a student at the Vocational School of Living Hell, and he should have his mother at home, and he's not racing." ”
"What's that for? Forget it, or say he's drunk or hilarious. ”
"He doesn't have any bad habits, he doesn't drink or take drugs, he doesn't drag race, he doesn't fight, he doesn't even smoke."
Gordon's eyes widened, he looked back at Colbert, then at Schiller, and said with some surprise: "No smoking, no drinking, no drugs, no drag racing, no fighting?" Don't have any bad habits? Are you sure he's a Gotham kid? It's really strange......" Gordon crossed his hands on his hips and said very puzzledly, "So there really is such a person in Gotham?" It's the first time I've seen each other in the past few years. ”
After saying that, he was more sympathetic to Copote, standing in the doorway and looking at him repeatedly, Schiller said to Gordon: "I remember the last time I came to the police station, I saw a lady in charge of cleaning, and you asked her to come over, and the lady who was about the same age as his mother should make him lower his guard a little." ”
"You're talking about Mrs. Mona, aren't you? Well, she shouldn't be gone yet, so I'll arrange for her to come over and at least change the kid's clothes. ”
After the three of them left, they went to Gordon's office, where Gordon and Schiller sat down facing each other, and Batman stood in the shadow of the window.
Schiller poured himself a cup of hot water and said, "I think you should start from the beginning, what the hell is going on?" ”
He turned to look at Batman and said, "Why the hell did you go to hell?" ”
Then he turned back and looked at Gordon and said, "What about Fish's death?" Why are you in such a hurry to investigate this case? ”
It was Gordon who spoke first, and he sighed and said, "I'll start with what I know, but I have to start with the transformation of the living hell area......"
"We all know that a remodeled living hell is like a delicious pie that everyone wants to get a piece of. Although Munibang used to be rampant in the living hell, there are a lot of thorns in the eastern side, and there are several powerful people on Elizabeth Street alone, they are not far from the living hell, and they want to get close to the water and get the moon first......"
"The Moonies, as the masters of the original Living Hell, want to defend this area, but they also know that they can't do it on their own."
"So, Fish gave up part of the benefits to those foreign gang bosses and allowed them to occupy some territory in the North District, but these gang bosses are greedy crocodiles who can't be fed, and they persecute Fish step by step, as a result, the entire North District and half of the South District are occupied by outsiders, and Fish is going crazy......