Chapter 296: "Preaching and Teaching" (II)
"Let's look at the second case, in fact, your judgment is wrong from this case, do you think the person who did the first case and the second case are the same?"
Batman thought for a moment and said: "If according to this theory, there are indeed some problems, if he can use anesthetics when he kills Lawrence, then he can also use anesthetics when he kills Hawke, but judging from the strangulation marks of Hawke's body, he was conscious when he was tied to a chair, and he could even struggle." ”
"What do you think that means?"
Batman also began to pace around the room, saying: "In the autopsy report of the medical examiner, the anesthetic in Lawrence's body was first inhaled through the mouth and nose and then injected into the body, so the murderer may have subdued Lawrence by going into his bedroom, covering his mouth and nose with a towel soaked in anesthetic, giving him another injection of anesthetic, and then dragging him to the ground and nailing him through his body with spikes......"
As he described, the scene of the room began to change, Richie's body disappeared from the ground, the walls and floor changed color, a bed fell from mid-air, and Lawrence lay on the bed covered with a quilt, apparently asleep, when a dark figure walked up to his bed and pressed a towel soaked in anesthetic to his mouth and nose.
Then, he dragged the fainting Lawrence out of bed, injected him with an anesthetic, and then took out the spikes and nailed them to his body, placing him in a cross position with his head facing the window.
"And the process of subduing Hawke should have been simpler, the killer walked into his study, strangled him from behind, and tied him to a chair."
Speaking of which, Batman paused, and Schiller continued, "I think you should have seen that the murderer didn't intend to speak to Lawrence at all, and he killed Lawrence after subduing him. ”
"But in the Hawke case, after the killer subdued Hawke. Tie him up, and wait for him to come to his senses, and the strangulation marks on his body that you said are the evidence......"
As Schiller describes, the scene of the room changes again, the bed sinks under the floor, Lawrence's body disappears, a desk stretches out from the wall, and Hawke slides in front of the desk in his chair, and at this moment, a dark figure stands behind him, strangling him with his arm, and Hawke wakes up to find himself tied to the chair.
Looking out the window, a standing black shadow and a seated Hawke were talking something, but finally, Hawke's head rolled off and blood erupted.
"The killer didn't communicate with Lawrence, but he spoke to Hawke, why is that?" Schiller asked.
Batman was lost in thought, he thought it was a useful idea, and after a while he asked, "If it were you, would you talk to the victim?" ”
Schiller shook his head and said, "This cannot be generalized, but depends on the nature of the crime, I will give you an example......
Schiller tapped the floor with his cane again and said, "If I just need an eligible victim, then I won't communicate with the victim because he's just a raw material, just like you don't talk to broccoli when you're stir-frying." ”
"But in some special cases, pre-death communication is necessary, such as in some murder cases with a trial nature, it is necessary to listen to the victim's thoughts before death."
"Because at this time, the prey that is about to meet death is my partner, and I am of course happy to talk to him about my creative ideas."
"Like you said before, if this is the subject of the seven deadly sins, then the prey I choose will inevitably commit one of the seven deadly sins, and before I do it, I will tell them that they will die for some kind of sin, and their reaction is also part of the creation, and those surges of guilt, anger, and fear are the best part of this murder."
"As for the topic of the Twelve, I don't think there's any need to communicate with the victims, do you expect a gang boss to talk to you about the Gospels or something? What unique insight do you expect them to have on this religious story? ”
"That's why I said that the murderer was just a poor copycat, because what he was talking about with Hawke must have nothing to do with the case, and it was probably some extremely boring gangster insiders or something."
"His behavior, if you have to be compared, is like the rat droppings in a pot of rat soup......"
Schiller, who clearly disagreed with this approach, paused and continued: "Looking at the third case, I don't really want to evaluate this case, because it really doesn't have any aesthetics. ”
"It may seem incredible, but in reality, the thrill of killing their fellow human beings and the ...... of killing Richie are what the killers of serial killers are after."
Schiller paused and said, "...... The mood between the impatience of rushing to leave work and the pleasure of enjoying violence and killing is completely different. ”
"I'm more inclined to believe that these three cases were actually done by three people." Schiller touched the corner of his brow.
"If I want to evaluate, the murderer who killed Lawrence is indeed imitating the crime, and his topic may indeed be as you said, Jesus and his twelve disciples, he restored the crucifixion method as much as possible, although the imitation is a mess, but it can be regarded as an effort."
"And the second person, I prefer to call him an imitator of the imitator, if the first murderer copied the correct answer and did not copy it correctly, then the second murderer copied the answer of the first murderer, and the mistake is even more outrageous."
"As for the third murderer, he may very much want to leave the examination room, but under the pressure of teachers and parents, he has to write something, he looked left and right, and saw the wrong answers of the two people in front of him, but he felt that the wrong answers were too complicated, so he simply copied only one 'solution' ......"
Schiller's analogy is wonderful, but Batman fully understands it, and at this moment, he and Schiller's brainwaves match.
"As for what is going on in this matter, I think the key clue should be the fourth victim."
"I'm investigating these to prevent a fourth victim from appearing."
"That's what I'm saying, a good detective is simpler when dealing with a real serial murderer, and if I do these cases, you can follow the standards of the first three victims, find my next target and protect him."
"But now, there may be two or three murderers in these three cases, and their criteria for selecting targets, when and where they do it, and the process and outcome of the action are all completely random, which only makes it more difficult."
"Who do you think will be the next victim?"
Schiller shook his head and said, "I didn't do it, how do I know?" But I think the relationship between these murderers should be very interesting, why did the second murderer copy the answer of the first murderer? Why didn't the third murderer even bother to copy the answer? ”
"Did the first murderer know that he had been copied the answers? If he knew, would he continue? If he didn't know, wouldn't it be embarrassing if the other two killers killed his original second target early? ”
"Now that the gang leaders are all in danger, they are all hiding in their estates, just like the castle of the Falcone family, each of them has a safe house in their station, and I don't think the murderer will be so easy to get hold of after they have become vigilant."
"But suspicion has started to creep in, hasn't it?" Schiller snapped his fingers, and the dream scene returned to the manor's room.
Schiller sat back down behind the table, he picked up the globe, then reached out and held it, and the moment the globe stopped spinning, they both woke up at the same time and returned to the real world.
Conceiving the scene took a lot of Batman's energy, and the effects of the madness were still stirring in his mind, Schiller picked up his glass, drank the rest of the wine, and pulled out a box of cigars from the drawer of the table.
As he lit his cigar, he said, "Now, everyone in the Twelve Families should be in danger, they don't know who did it, but there is no doubt that the Godfather will not sit idly by." ”
"Once the Godfather starts investigating, then a purge will begin, and you want to protect the fourth victim, but they may not be able to get your affection, more likely. The Godfather won't allow you, an outsider, to get involved in this, so if you want to continue investigating, you have to look at it from a different perspective. ”
"A different perspective? What do you mean......"
"As far as I know, Alberto has built his house, and now his personality and spirit are stable, and he can replace Evans and manipulate his body whenever and wherever he wants, that is, the godfather has a real heir."
"Even if the godfather doesn't want to admit it, Alberto is his only choice, and if this happens, it is very likely that Alberto will come forward to investigate instead of the godfather."
"There are not many people available around Alberto, and Evans's personality before was a little weak and wavering, which led to the people gathered around him being some wolf ambitions from the dragon faction, Alberto will not use these people, so now, he should be very short of helpers."
"You want me to do the work for him? But Bruce is a playboy who doesn't know how to learn, how do I explain that I mastered all kinds of detective skills overnight? ”
"Of course I didn't ask you to end up in person, I found that you still maintain some arrogance from the young master of the Wayne family, and don't care about some small people at all, but this kind of little people can sometimes play a strong role, for example, that skinny and small Copote."
"Alberto has the same mentality as you, he may not notice the boy who used to be an umbrella boy, but actually, I am optimistic about his potential."
"If you refer him to Alberto, you can learn about all the developments in the case through him, or exert influence on Alberto, and he will be grateful for your recommendation."
"You've said before that Cobot is supposed to work for the Godfather, and in the last incident, he wanted to get out of the Godfather and didn't want to be involved in this kind of thing anymore."
"But don't forget why he did it, because he doesn't see hope in Evans, who is not a good man to be a godfather, but Alberto is different."
"Now, the embarrassment of Cobott is that Alberto has inherited Evans's memory, he knows that Cobott had a plan to get away from the godfather, and Cobot obviously knows this, and if he goes back to Alberto, then this kind of back-and-forth behavior will not look glamorous, and a suitable referrer may be able to alleviate the situation......"
"If you don't think you can find a good time, then tomorrow I can take you and Evans to the vocational education school for an internship......"
Batman was blinded and said, "You should know what I'm suspicious......"
"Do you think there's a murderer between the two of them?"
"Cobot has a criminal record, and so does Alberto."
"Then it's even simpler, it's much easier for you to keep an eye on both of them than for you to protect the fourth victim who doesn't know who it is......"
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It's late again today, but happy :)
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