In a room at the Gotham Theatre, across from Schiller, sat the owner of the troupe with a sad face, who introduced himself:

"I'm Anderica Theater Owner, Anjelica is my great-grandmother's name, my grandfather started a theater company under this name, we started it as a small theater company, but in my father's generation, Angelica Theater Company became famous."

"I've been in charge of the troupe for more than 20 years, and we've traveled all over the East Coast, including some western cities, but never in such a dangerous situation......"

The owner of the troupe sighed deeply and said: "A few days before the start of the play, one of the leading actors passed away, which is not a good sign, we have already put the show all over the city, if we postpone the performance now......

Schiller put his hands on the table, his fingers crossed, he looked at the troupe owner and said, "I'm sorry, but can I ask, what made you decide to come to Gotham to perform?" ”

"It was my grandfather's dream, he wanted his troupe to conquer the entire East Coast, and the entire East Coast, only Gotham, was the only city left, and we needed to put on a perfect show here, but who ......knows."

Schiller nodded, but Gotham is like that, and the more you don't want it to happen, the more it will come true.

"Let's talk about the deceased, I've heard of Miss Vicky, does she have any enemies in the troupe? Or rather, who is she close to? ”

The owner of the troupe rubbed his hands a little embarrassed, and Schiller further said: "Now, the person is dead, no matter what kind of relationship the deceased had during his lifetime, it is meaningless now, even if there is any secret, you don't need to keep it secret for her." ”

The owner of the troupe hesitated for a moment, but still said: "Vicky is very popular, there are no enemies, many actresses in the troupe like her very much, and the male actors are impressed by her beauty and acting skills." ”

"As for intimacy...... Well, as speculated, she and Alex are actually a couple, but they have been reluctant to make the relationship public, and many people in the troupe don't know about it, but I bumped into it once by chance, and I promised to keep it a secret for them......"

Schiller nodded while recording and asked, "So, what happened to those people who weren't from the troupe?" ”

"Oh, that's right." The owner of the troupe replied: "In the circle of the East Coast Theatre Company, the troupe is visited backstage before the performance begins, and those who are interested in the show can come backstage to meet the actors. ”

"When they see the actors and the backstage props, they may go back and talk to their friends or relatives about it and pique other people's interest in the show, which is a way for the troupe to sell tickets."

The owner of the troupe said bluntly: "Just yesterday, Madame Goethe called the troupe, and she said that she is an avid theater lover and hoped to visit the backstage today and meet the main actors, and I agreed. ”

"But I didn't expect that she brought quite a few people, including her daughter, a maritime merchant named Werther, and Werther's son, and that fat Leon, although I don't like so many people going backstage, I still received her politely, after all, Madame Goethe is still very influential."

"Really? What business does she do? Schiller asked.

At this time, Gordon, who was standing on the side, spoke up: "The Gothic family is also from shipping, but after Mrs. Goethe took over, they began to meddle in the shipbuilding industry, and in Gotham, in addition to the Wayne family, which owns two shipyards, it is the Gothic family." ”

"So, what is the relationship between Madame Goethe and Mr. Werther?" Schiller asked.

Gordon flipped through the record sheet in his hand and said: "According to the previous interrogation, Miss Goethe and Little Werther are a couple, and this time, Werther came to Gotham from other cities to investigate the strength of the Gothic family. ”

"In general, the Werther family is likely to be a big customer of the Gothic shipbuilding industry, because his maritime business needs a constant supply of cargo ships, and both Mr. and Mrs. Goethe know this, so the two families have a tendency to marry."

Schiller nodded, signaling that he understood, and then he stood up and said, "Let's go and see the scene of the crime." ”

The owner of the troupe was taken away by another police officer for questioning

Gordon and Schiller walked towards the room where Miss Vicky had died, and just then, they heard footsteps behind them.

Schiller turned around and saw the officer walking up the stairs with Bruce, and he said, "You're back so soon?" Don't plan to take a break a little longer? ”

Bruce shook his head, his expression returned to normal, he was no longer as sluggish as before, although he was still a little tired, but his spirit was much better.

"What is Selena looking for you?" Schiller asked as the three of them walked towards the room.

"Dick wanted to get home from school, but because Alfred and I weren't there, Wayne Manor's phone couldn't get through, so his teacher called Selena and she picked Dick back."

"I thought it was something big." Gordon pushed open the door to the room and said, "It's just that you forgot to pick up your kids from school." ”

The three of them walked into the room, Vicky's body had been sent away, and Gordon stood next to the humanoid pattern and said that in about ten minutes, the preliminary results of the forensic examination would be delivered, and before that, we could investigate the scene.

Before Vicky's body was carried away, Schiller had already stepped forward to examine the wounds.

There was nothing special about the wounds of the deceased, the left chest was pierced by a sharp weapon, the heart was shattered, and he was killed with one blow, but other than that, there were no other wounds on the whole body.

Schiller turned to look at Bruce and said, "What did you see at that time?" ”

"I'm standing downstairs......" Bruce walked to the window, pointing to the corner downstairs on the left, and he said, "There it is." ”

"When I looked up, I happened to see a figure, slapped the glass twice, and then fell down, and I saw that her hand had left blood stains on the glass."

"I wanted to save someone, so I climbed straight up through the drain, and when I came up, I found that the balcony window was locked, so I pulled the window twice."

Bruce opened the window and jumped onto the balcony to simulate the action, but because the lock of the window had been broken by him, it didn't make a loud noise, but both Schiller and Gordon understood what he was saying.

"When I first came up, my eyes couldn't adjust to the bright light in the room, and when I looked directly into the room, I saw a dark shadow, and when I pulled the window to make a sound, he ran away in a panic."

Schiller narrowed his eyes and asked, "Shadow?" Don't you see his physical features at all? ”

"I wasn't in good shape at the time." Bruce paused and said, "So I didn't look closely." ”

Schiller and Gordon looked at each other, the first time they had heard the words "not in good shape" from Batman's mouth.

Generally speaking, Batman will keep his mouth shut about his current state, and even if he is injured, bleeding, or even incapacitated, he can only hear a series of countermeasures from his mouth.

"According to you, Miss Vicky was able to run before she died, and even had the strength to slap the glass, which is not like what a man with a broken heart would do." Schiller spotted something suspicious.

"The severe pain caused by this fatal penetrating injury will immediately make people lose their ability to resist, not to mention an actor like Miss Vicky, who is pampered every day, even a professionally trained adult agent, is very likely to lose the ability to move due to such an injury."

Gordon touched his chin and said, "In other words, when Miss Vicky was patting the window, the injury may not be so serious, could it be that someone caused a second injury?" ”

"It's not impossible, don't forget, the deceased suffered a penetrating injury, and a penetrating injury is the most likely wound to produce secondary injuries."

Gordon frowned, he didn't react for a moment to what Schiller was referring to, but then, Schiller lifted the umbrella and pointed it at Gordon.

In an instant, the lights in the room dimmed, and the ground where Gordon and Schiller were located turned into a disc, which rotated 60 degrees, and Gordon came to the position of the window, and Schiller was facing him.

The umbrella in Schiller's hand faded from the surface and bones of the umbrella and turned into a sharp long sword, Schiller pinched the hilt of the sword, stepped forward, and pierced Gordon's chest with a sword.

Gordon immediately took two steps back, instinctively covering his chest, his hands covered in blood, feeling a sharp pain, and facing it

A vicious murderer, Gordon instinctively wanted to escape.

However, the murderer was in the way between him and the door, so he staggered and turned around, came to the window, and banged on the window to ask for help, leaving blood stains on the glass with both hands.

At this time, Schiller leaned forward again, grabbed Gordon's shoulder, turned him around, grabbed the hilt of the sword that pierced into the chest, and pulled out the long sword that pierced into the chest.

In an instant, blood splattered, and Gordon clutched his chest, struggled to the ground, convulsed twice, and then died completely.

With a bang, the lights came back on, and Gordon looked left and right, and found that he had fallen right on the pattern of the corpse.

Gordon got up from the ground, stood where he was, and thought, and said:

"The killer stabbed Miss Vicky in the chest with a sharp weapon, and at this time, her vital organs may have been pierced, but because of the special nature of the penetrating wound, as long as the murder weapon is not moved, the blood does not burst out so quickly, so she still has a certain ability to move."

"Because she couldn't run through the door, she might have tried to jump out of the window, or she might have tried to knock on the window for help."

"When she came to the window, the killer caught up with her, pulled Miss Vicky away from the window, and pulled out the sharp weapon that had penetrated her body."

"Because of the way she exerted her force, Miss Vicky was pulled to the left by the murderer, took two steps back, and fell to the place where she died."

Both Schiller and Bruce nodded, acknowledging what Gordon said about the death process, and at this time, Schiller turned to look at Bruce and said, "Did you see Miss Vicky alone in the window?" ”

"Yes, I immediately went downstairs when she banged on the window, and then found the drain on the east side of the building, and started climbing, and if someone did pull the deceased away from the window, then he probably did it while I was climbing."

At this time, a police officer knocked on the door and left, came in and said to Gordon, "Boss, the medical examiner's autopsy report is out!" ”

Gordon hurriedly stepped forward and took the document in his hand, and after he glanced at it, he found the most important piece of information on it, he took the document and showed it to Schiller:

"According to the analysis of the wound state, the murder weapon was stabbed from behind?"