Chapter 170: The Long Easter (10)
Batman is on the roof of a building in the West End at this time, and he came here following the clues of the Easter eggs.
The Easter egg that the Holiday Killer gave to the mob boss didn't leave any specific clues, but he shouldn't have given it to Bruce Wayne.
Wayne Manor is surrounded by cameras set up by Batman, with two cameras at the main entrance capturing a figure.
It was a newsboy who traveled between the South and East Sides to deliver newspapers, and the kind of newsboy who often traveled between the wealthy areas of the South and the printing houses with little notice.
The camera didn't capture the newsboy's face, but his costume was captured, and Batman eventually found him at a newspaper printing house on the East End.
The newsboy doesn't know a lot of information, he only tells Batman that someone paid them to deliver Easter eggs.
This kind of life is common among newsboys, who often have a fixed gathering point, and some people who need to run errands will go to their meeting point and pay them to deliver something to others.
This group of newsboys is very familiar with the terrain and routes of Gotham, and the Gotham people are customary not to embarrass these errand children for convenience, so many people like to hire them, deliver food, keys, or beer.
Batman came to the gathering point of the newsboy, this group of children described the appearance of the holiday killer in a gossiping manner, but it was useless, they didn't care who the single owner was when they took the order, as long as they were sure that what they were going to send was not a dangerous item that would be robbed, they would take any order, there were too many people who came every day, and no one could remember the specific appearance.
One of the more astute newsboys, though, offered an important clue when he said that the man who hired them smelled of a chemical agent, somewhat like gunpowder.
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Following this clue, Batman investigates all the chemical plants in Gotham City.
There are many chemical plants in Gotham City, but they also have to be large and small, and after the disaster of flooding and ice, most of the small chemical plants have stopped production, and only a few production lines are still running.
There were only four or five chemical plants that were functioning, and the investigation didn't take much time for Batman, and in the end, he set his sights on a chemical plant in the West End.
This chemical plant is located in the underground of the West District, the scale is not large, the production line is very small, their assembly line is not advanced, and the production will not be of great importance, it stands to reason that it should be closed along with other small chemical plants.
And after the disaster, almost all the underground buildings in Gotham were destroyed, and this underground chemical plant was almost buried, the building was badly damaged, most of it collapsed, and most of the production lines were paralyzed, but even so, there were still traces of human activity nearby.
What goods must be produced at this time?
Picking the lock on the back door, Batman walks through the crack in the door, puts on his night vision goggles, and sees the chaos inside the chemical plant.
The southeast corner had partially collapsed, and the ground was full of ruins, and many boxes were crushed under the walls, and some slime was leaking out, and the night vision devices couldn't see what the slime was, so he got closer.
Soon, Batman smelled a foul smell, and when he got closer, the boxes were full of smashed goose eggs, egg yolks and egg whites were running all over the floor, and no one was dealing with them, and they were about to ferment, and there was a foul smell.
Farther away, there were some chests that had not been touched, and Batman walked over to see that there were goose eggshells that had been processed.
Easter eggs are not painted directly on raw eggs, the eggs chosen as the materials for Easter eggs must be treated, if not hollowed, they also need to be soaked with chemical agents to make the surface suitable for painting, and if hollowed out, some other methods need to be used to maintain the hardness of the eggshell.
It seems that there are two kinds of Easter eggs stored here, but some of the eggs that have not been hollowed out have been crushed by the fallen walls.
Batman stepped forward and picked up an eggshell to look at, this eggshell had been processed but had not yet been painted, Batman took a few of these eggshells and took them back to Wayne Manor for comparison.
There are several different Easter eggs in front of the test table, starting with the one Bruce received from the holiday killer, which Batman didn't touch, so it didn't explode and remained intact.
The other one was given to him by Schiller, the easter egg with a smiley face drawn by Schiller himself, and the other was the unpainted easter egg shell that Batman brought back from that warehouse.
It is very obvious that the first and third eggs are almost identical, and the goose eggs are exactly the same in terms of size, shape and treatment.
In contrast, Schiller obviously just found a goose egg at random, and it didn't even look like a goose egg on a farm, but more like a swan egg in a nest.
It wasn't the right size, obviously too small, it hadn't been treated in any way, it was just used to color, and the eggshell surface was too smooth to hang the paint, so the smile was a little distorted.
In other words, these easter eggs that were given to the gang bosses and high-level people were leaked from the chemical factory in the West Side.
"West End Chemical Plant ......" Batman whispered, he was suddenly stunned, and then quickly left Wayne Manor and drove the Batmobile to the Gotham Police Station.
Gordon was finishing his day and was about to get home from work, when he heard a noise in the corner behind him, and he didn't have to look at it, and said, "What's wrong, Batman?" ”
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"Tapes? Oh, you mean that tape of Schiller's phone records, right? It's in the evidence room, but the staff there is off duty......"
As soon as Gordon's words fell, Batman had already disappeared, Gordon shook his head, he thought, that kind of dangerous goods should be kept for this weirdo It would be good, lest someone would have to listen to it if they couldn't resist their curiosity.
Batman came to the dark evidence room, he found the tape, and put it in the tape recorder, and after a rustling noise, Schiller's voice rang out again: "Their Nine Plantation goods are the way of old Wilkin, which is the route through the three main streets of the East End......"
Batman twisted the button on the tape recorder and fast-forwarded a paragraph: "Are you worried about this?" No, as far as I know, the underground chemical plant in the West End is also a Falcone ......."
“…… The family business, after the godfather handed over the responsibility to Evans, also began to take the goods of Elizabeth Street, but later, because of poor management, it was closed for a long time, and you don't have to worry about the godfather caring about that little profit......"
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"A chemical plant? Evans? Evans Falcone ...... "Batman's voice rang out in the dark room.
At this moment, Batman's phone rang sharply, and after he connected, Copote's voice came from inside: "...... Evans!! It's Evans!!! He has a knife...... He wanted to kill me...... No, he's not...... Cough...... Go, Gotham Cathedral and stop him ......"
Batman looked up at the window, and at this moment, a bright moon hung high in the sky.
When Batman arrives at Gotham Cathedral, Evans seems to be already waiting for him.
Evans stood at the crack in the center of the cathedral, watching the floating light swell inside the breach, and Batman smelled a dizzying scent that looked like a high alcohol that had been vaporized.
He fell from the window and stood in front of Evans, who ignored him and fell to his knees, staring straight at the rift.
"Who are you?" Batman asked.
"Who am I? Don't you recognize me? I'm your classmate......"
"You're not Evans."
The man on the other side let out a sneer, and he said, "Don't mention that name to me, that's just an impostor, I'm the real Falcone." ”
"You're his second personality?"
"No, he's my second personality."
The man on the other side stood up, his blonde hair in the moonlight, his color becoming a little bewitching, and he showed a cold expression that Evans never showed, and he said, "I said, I am Falcone, Alberto Falcone." ”
"Then you are his second personality."
Alberto was a little enraged, he frowned, narrowed his eyes, those green eyes contained anger, his voice was very low, and it sounded completely different from Evans.
"I've always been Alberto!"
"Isn't Alberto dead?"
"Huh...... The farce back then really deceived a lot of people. Alberto sneered and said, "I'm dead? No, of course not, just a fool who took my place. ”
"It seems like it's going to be a long story, but it's okay......" Batman pulled out the batrang from his waist and said, "It's Easter night tonight, it's supposed to be a long night, you can think about it slowly." ”
"You should be the holiday killer, right?"
"That's right, I ......"
Before he could finish speaking, Batman threw something at Alberto, who flashed warily to the side, and then he turned his head to see that it was a broken easter egg.
"Damn, are you kidding me?"
"It's not. It was an Easter gift from one person to you, but now it's broken, but it's because you didn't catch it, and it has nothing to do with me. ”
"Don't try to interfere with me with this little trick, my purpose has been achieved, and no one can stop me."
"Really? You call yourself a holiday killer, but you didn't kill people on Easter, and the only principal Sheldon you killed, had a rough modus operandi and many flaws. ”
Batman speaks in a flat, unheaving tone, which is always very irritating.
"Do you think you're smart? What superhero is dressed as a straitjacket and disguised? ”
"But at least I found you, oh no...... It's not me who found you, it's the humble Copote. ”
Speaking of Colbert, Alberto seemed genuinely furious, saying, "That damn boy, he almost ruined my plan......"
"So, you missed? In the face of a small, thin poor boy, in the face of the first person you wanted to kill at Easter, you still failed to kill him despite all the preparations. ”
"I didn't want to kill him at all, if he hadn't given Evans those stupid ideas, I wouldn't have done anything to him, he doesn't matter at all!"
"That's why I said that you have a rough technique and many flaws, and anyone can see that Colbert is a dangerous person."
"Yes......" Alberto let out a sneer: "A poor little who has lost his father, he doesn't know yet, his father's death is not a coincidence. ”
Then, as if venting something, he said, "Funeral? Yes, I died, and quite a few people attended my funeral. ”
He looked up at the window above the cathedral, where the moonlight shrouded softly over the image of Jesus like a drapery drenched in, the crucifixion of the Son who had shed his blood for the betrayer, and who was willing to clothe him in this cold night of suffering.
"But tonight, I'm going to be resurrected, and I'm going to live forever."