Three-stream detection simulator

"Ghost Murder Case?" ! 》

"Unexplained Bullet, Invisible Murderer"

"Another crime committed by mutants!" 》

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All kinds of sensational headlines broke out on the Internet. Two cases occurred in Aria Apartment within two days. One wave was unsolved, another wave occurred, and finally became the focus of everyone's attention.

The media reacted quickly, and the identity of everyone attending the fire prevention lecture was put in the spotlight and repeatedly interpreted - especially Hercule, because he was the one with the most unique personal career besides Iron Man.

The Heibang murder case that occurred in Gotham City at the beginning of the month was uncovered by reporters.

They couldn't find out anything about the missing Shania and her mysterious package. But beyond that, the newspapers wrote about the murderer's plot, prosecutor Harvey Dent's triple identity, the detective's reasoning, and the "fight back" (the media focused on Hercule and Shania Fordham). The confrontation in front of the Batmobile is mixed with many imaginative elements, and the plot is very ups and downs), and even the Riddler in Arkham got several lines of introduction.

I heard that all this information was bought at a high price from the Gotham Police Department. Director Gordon was so angry that he scolded anyone he caught, and the office was in a state of turmoil for several days.

As for the part of the case involving Bruce Wayne, it is as worthy of writing as Iron Man at noon today.

As we all know, rich people have their own circles, and it is very difficult to get in touch with them and make friends with them. But Hercule Hugo not only did it easily, he also repeated his brilliant results twice in a short period of time.

In addition, he entered the police station as a suspect three times and left the police station unscathed three times. And today there was a shooting in the Aria apartment. The bullet grazed Hercule's neck and did not damage the arteries. Leave a scar——

This led the media to draw conclusions that were half the same and half completely opposite to the facts:

Hercule Hugo was a one-in-a-million genius and lucky man.

…

The editors swear that whether he is a genius or not has yet to be verified, but the lucky attribute of the detective is already obvious.

…

In the hall, Hercule still didn't know that such outrageous nonsense could exist in the world.

He covered the side of his neck with one hand, and his face showed an anger like magma surging under a rock formation. Blood flowed from between his fingers and was hidden in the collar of his coat, but due to the burst of air from Hercule at this moment, The field was so oppressive that no one even thought of reminding him to bandage it as soon as possible.

The huge room fell into deathly silence.

The crowd was mainly divided into three parts. The first was a group of people not far from the deceased mayor's secretary. They were either police personnel or celebrities. They were talking about how to deal with this emergency.

The residents in the building were concentrated in the places farthest from the bodies. Not many ordinary citizens attended the lecture, and they were all in panic, waiting for the next investigation and questioning.

The retired fire investigator and the president of the foundation were responsible for shuttle among them to comfort them to prevent them from having an emotional breakdown before the arrival of the police force.

The rest are a few unlucky ones, including Hercule. Pepper looked pale, but asked calmly: "The person who died... was the real Marshall? Was he the mayor's man?"

"N-no, that's impossible."

Hercule's face grew more angry, mixed with a bit of confusion.

Ignoring the wound on his neck, he strode towards "Marshall Hoffman", Fordham in the eyes of those who knew him, and said in a rare and cold tone: "Hello, excuse me."

Fordham looked up. He was neither anxious nor nervous now, but his eyes were filled with confusion similar to the detective's: "Good afternoon, Mr. Hugo."

Hercule asked directly: "Have you discovered anything?"

Two people who are supposed to be strangers to each other suddenly start a conversation. Neither Pepper nor Oliver reacted, but Tony was the only one who had seen Batman in person. At this time, an idea flashed in his mind, and he remembered the excellent acting and cross-dressing skills of the Gotham vigilante.

Hercule's words echoed in his ears: "I'm afraid of damaging your self-confidence. The reason why Fordham moved on is because a more popular guy has appeared here."

……Depend on! That's it? That's it? !

When did Fordham and Batman get connected, and how did the detective figure it out at a glance? Are there really any New Yorkers who think that the non-mainstream nocturnal creatures from the next city are more trustworthy than New York City’s iconic superhero Iron Man? ?

Tony was temporarily speechless in a trance, wiped his face and listened to their conversation in silence.

Batman's 'Fordham' disguise is nearly perfect.

But there was no need to act at the moment. His eyes were fixed on Hercule's wound. He took out a bottle of hemostatic spray from somewhere and threw it over. At the same time, he said gloomily and depressingly: "It's hard to describe. I noticed that Bullet, Hercule. It was meant for you."

Hercule's focus was entirely on others. After hearing this, he immediately asked for confirmation: "So when the mayor's secretary was shot and killed, you didn't react?"

He didn't mean to blame, he just made an objective statement, but he still angered Batman. The latter said word for word: "My judgment is that you will definitely die. The only preparation I could do at that time was to collect your body."

Oliver, who was listening, took a breath.

Batman calmed down and continued: "In the end, it just grazed your neck and hit a person who had nothing to do with the ballistics. This thing cannot be explained by common sense."

Hercule responded sullenly: "You have a point."

After a moment he said: "May I ask, where is Fordham? Who is looking after my box now?"

"Fordham is still alive, and your collection is safe. I have brought a reliable assistant, codenamed Robin, and you will see him later." Batman said, "What do you think about the mayor's secretary?" What are your thoughts on death?”

Reunion after a long absence, the greetings were over, and he got to the point. Hercule's eyes quickly scanned the crowd and said softly: "I don't know if you noticed it, but the time doesn't match up."

Batman immediately confirmed: "Yes."

These two sentences were meaningless, and Little Pepper's whole face wrinkled up: "Sorry, this is not what I'm good at... What do you mean when you say the time doesn't match up?"

Batman: "Hercule received confirmation from the mutants that the death prophecy does not give a specific point in time, but a time period. For example, the prophecy says that someone will encounter a car accident twelve hours from now, not On what day of the month and what time did someone get into a car accident?”

He paused briefly. This passage was easy to understand, and everyone nodded.

Hercule continued: "Marshall's diary was written on a day in February when he was living in Phoenix, the capital of Arizona, and learned that he would die in more than a hundred days.

If the prophecy does not give a specific place of death, it means that Marshall cannot convert the time difference in advance - the 2 p.m. marked in the diary is Phoenix time, which is several hours apart from 2 p.m. in New York on the East Coast. "

Oliver took out his mobile phone and searched online: "Two o'clock in the afternoon in Phoenix corresponds to five o'clock in the afternoon in New York."

Hercule nodded and continued: "And if he clarified the place of his death through prophecy - not to mention why Marshall insisted on going to New York in this case - after time conversion, the afternoon recorded in the diary 2 o'clock is New York time in February, but it's the second Sunday in March..."

Tony didn't want to speak at first, but when the prompt was given, he had already understood the key point, but the detective deliberately slowed down his speaking speed to take care of most people.

So he failed to control the instinct of a highly intelligent person. He grabbed the right to speak and said like a machine gun: "On the second Sunday of March, all the United States, except Arizona, Hawaii and a few areas where Marshall is located, will be replaced. Daylight Saving Time!”

Little Pepper also followed the train of thought: "In other words, after March the clock is artificially set forward one hour, and 2pm in February corresponds to 3pm in July?"

The wound on Hercule's neck stopped bleeding, but there was still half-dried blood on his hands, which looked a bit scary. However, there was no feeling in his right hand anyway. He rubbed his temples carelessly and said with emotion: "As you can see, this is why Batman and I let down our guard."

Marshall should not have died now, by a bullet that would have hit Hercule. If the ability of the party who gave the prophecy is true, the time has not yet come; if the mastermind behind the scenes is just a bluff, then they may not even be able to find out that the target has changed.

Therefore, Fordham's gradual panic just now was completely fake. Including Hercule, both of them wanted to see if they could fish out any other clues.

As a result, in the middle of the lecture, an unrelated death candidate appeared.

Is the mayor’s secretary innocent? What role did he play in this?

"Anyway, he's not the real Marshall."

Hercule said with great certainty,

"I have a feeling that his death has nothing to do with what we have investigated so far. Forget about the death of the mayor's secretary now, we should still think about the arson case. Didn't the bullet just remind you of the fire? Way?

Although if we want to solve superpower crimes, the key is to understand why the murderer did what he did, and then to explore how he did it. Unfortunately, this time the situation is special, and we may have to do the opposite. "

Batman said in a warning tone: "——I think you should pay more attention to your own problems."

"Ah, of course," Hercule added immediately, "everyone can make suggestions."

Batman ignored his weirdness: "Someone wants to kill you. Is this a coincidence? The bullet didn't hit you. Is it a coincidence? I agree with what Commissioner Stacey of the New York Police Department said. Coincidences are obvious in most cases. inevitable."

"Shaniya Fordham, the mutant who set fire to room 10B, they have all heard of your name. Someone is imitating the case you have experienced. If they are trying to target you, why not kill them directly? Kill one Is it difficult for a detective with limited mobility?”

Hercule's eyebrows moved slightly, but he did not refute.

"I was doing some practical thinking in the early hours of this morning, Detective."

Speaking of this, Fordham's Batman showed a slightly sarcastic expression, as if asking, 'What were you doing at that time? ’

"The dead mutants fear you and tell you to go back to the sea. He implies that you are a beast from the sea. In addition to showing that he is a lunatic who is so religious that his mind is abnormal, there may be another hidden metaphor - you are a 'monster who exercises power on land and does not have to die within 42 months'."

Batman's voice is very powerful, like a hot iron, engraving the content of this passage in the listener's mind: "I wonder if it is possible that they don't want to kill you, but they can't."

"Today's shooting is the consequence of an attempt."