Chapter 568: Black Sun and Bat Lamp (Part 1)

In Schiller's office at Gotham University, Victor stood on the stool under his feet, stretched his arms hard, and turned on the light bulb above his head.

He removed the old broken light bulb, took it in his hand and looked at it, then said: "If Gotham wants to build a museum, I must donate this light bulb. It can even be placed in the main display cabinet in the lobby on the first floor, because there are at least 20 generations of insect corpses here..."

Anna, who was lighting up with a flashlight below, showed a disgusted expression and said: "Can you please stop talking about such disgusting things? I haven't had breakfast yet."

"Did you hear the sirens?" Schiller, who was standing aside and looking up, said: "Since just now, three police cars have passed by here. Although this is not uncommon in Gotham, the frequency is too high, right?"

"There was a murder at Gotham University. Although the death of a person is nothing in Gotham, someone dared to do it blatantly in the student dormitory building, the nature is different."

"The Godfather feels that the Elliot family is provoking his majesty. Recently, the Falconet family and the Elliot family have been tit-for-tat, and the situation seems a little tense." Anna frowned and said.

Victor, who was replacing the new light bulb, sighed and said, "I actually had a good impression of Thomas. He was a nice guy, polite, and more serious about learning than others. How come..."

"By the way." Schiller suddenly said, "The dead Doris was a student in the Department of Chemistry. Have you taught her?"

"She is a senior this year and has very little time for classes at school, so I don't know her. But in the course I teach, there are several girls who are members of her group, and I heard about her from them."

Victor paused and recalled, "They gossiped about Doris' boyfriend during class, saying that he was young and promising, very handsome, and a likable guy. No wonder Doris was so obsessed with him."

"I heard that Doris' boyfriend works at the Central Research Institute of Metropolis?" Schiller asked.

"That's right, and he's doing research with a very famous mentor at such a young age. I heard that after finishing this year's project, he will be able to become a full-time employee from an intern assistant. This is not easy."

Anna widened her eyes in surprise. She asked, "How old is Doris's boyfriend? He can actually become a full-time assistant at the Central Research Institute directly. This can really be called a young and promising person."

"Yes." Victor said with full of memories, "At the beginning, I had a colleague who also came from the Metropolitan Central Research Institute. There are many talented people there. If you want to occupy a place there, you must have real skills."

"I heard from Lex, a freshman from Metropolitan, that he called the Central Research Institute and found Doris' boyfriend David, but David acted very indifferent and was even unwilling to come to see Doris for the last time." Schiller sighed and said.

·It's really strange. I heard from those girls that the two of them have a good relationship, especially David for Doris. Every time he came to Gotham to find her, he would bring a large bouquet of flowers. The tone of those girls was full of envy. ”Victor shook his head.

“Things in the world are so unpredictable, so I often advise my students not to focus on falling in love.” Anna walked aside, threw the book in her hand on the table, and said: “Young love is always impulsive and unreliable. If Doris hadn’t died, she should have been crying and wailing about her boyfriend’s indifference. ”

Schiller looked up at Victor’s actions and said: “Are you done? Aren’t you the most famous cryogenics scientist in the world? Why is it so troublesome to change a light bulb?”

“What does a cryogenics scientist have to do with changing a light bulb? "Victor coughed twice because of the dust on the lampshade. He waved his hand in front of his face to disperse the dust and continued to fiddle with the light bulb with concentration.

"This interface is not very sensitive. I am cleaning it. If I don't clean it, it will still be easy to have problems after screwing it on... Oh, okay, I screwed it on. Anna, turn on the switch and see if it lights up..."

Anna walked out of the room, opened the door of the electrical box, and then lifted the switch. In an instant, the room was restored to light. Victor and Schiller both breathed a sigh of relief. Schiller reached out and helped Victor get down from the stool.

But at this moment, with a "snap", the light bulb went out again. Victor staggered on the chair and almost fell down. Fortunately, Schiller supported him. Anna came back with a flashlight. Victor had to stand on the chair again to check the light bulb.

He unscrewed the light bulb and checked it again. He said, "No, it's not the light bulb. It seems that the power is off. "

At this time, it was early morning, and the unlit room was pitch black. Anna walked to the door and looked towards the corridor, saying, "Okay, it seems that our building has lost power again."

"What's going on recently?" Schiller frowned and walked out of the door. He came to the window in the corridor and said, "There have been seven power outages in three days, and our building was affected every time. Even during the snowstorm, it was not so serious. What is the power management department doing?"

"This is not the fault of the power management department. All buildings except Gotham University are normal. Last time I stopped the electrician who came to repair it. He said it was because of the aging of the circuit. This is an unsolvable excuse. No one can do anything." Anna shrugged.

"It can't always be like this. It has affected normal teaching." Victor also came out and said, "Let's go to the distribution room. If it is really the aging of the circuit, I should have a way."

"Aren't you from the Department of Chemistry? Do you know electricity?... Oh, you made the device to freeze your wife all by yourself. Don't you have a degree in physics and mechanical engineering?" Anna raised her eyebrows and asked.

Victor smiled and took the lead. When he was about to reach the stairwell, he turned around, leaned his elbow on the handrail, and said with a smile: "You are right. In addition, I also have a degree in materials science and engineering..."

Anna shook her head, shrugged, and followed Victor up the stairs quickly, while Schiller paused slightly at the window because he saw a police car parked on the east side of Gotham University, which was outside the west gate of the gymnasium.

The distribution room is not far from the teaching building. The three of them quickly walked into the door of the distribution room. It can be seen that there are traces of recent maintenance here, but it has no effect. Three of the electrical boxes are not working properly.

Victor began to check one by one, and even Anna could help him, but Schiller could only watch, because after the electrical box was opened, there were at least hundreds of wires in it, and they were all in a mess.

"If you ask me, this electrical box should be donated to the museum. I have seen at least five generations of technological iterations in it. Could it be that Europeans made it?" Schiller said in disbelief.

"It's not that exaggerated." Victor said while sorting out the wires: "In fact, it just looks messy. It's fine to sort it out. If you think it's dusty here, go outside and wait..."

"Okay, I..." Schiller was about to turn around and walk out. With a "pop", the door of the distribution room was opened. Several policemen rushed in and pointed their guns at the people inside. Schiller frowned, but then he saw the familiar Gordon in the crowd.

Gordon was surprised to see Schiller and Victor. He quickly came through the crowd and pressed down the hand of the police officer holding the gun. He asked, "Why are you here?"

"This is my question, Detective Gordon. What are you doing here?"

"It's like this..." Gordon explained calmly and methodically, "About half an hour ago, we received a report that another murder occurred at Gotham University. The crime scene was in the lounge of the gymnasium."

"The victim, Karina, is a sophomore at Gotham University and a member of the cheerleading troupe. About half an hour ago, someone strangled her with a belt."

"At the time of the incident, the members of the cheerleading troupe were rehearsing next door. In just five minutes, Karina lost her breath, and there were no witnesses. The reason was that at the moment of the incident..."

"The power went out." Schiller received that their office also had a power outage about half an hour ago, so they came here to check the distribution room. Obviously, these policemen thought the same as them.

Gordon put his hands on his hips, sighed and said, "The technicians checked the lights in the gymnasium lounge. The bulbs are new and there are no problems. The switch is also working normally. The only possible problem is here."

"Hey! Someone help me!" Victor suddenly called out. Schiller wanted to go over, but Gordon winked at his subordinate next to him. The young police officer walked over and took the flashlight from Victor.

Victor's half body was in the huge electrical box, as if he was checking something deeper. After a while, he straightened up, gathered his messy hair, and then said, "The recent power outage was not an accident, nor was it due to the aging of the circuit, but it was man-made."

Hearing this, Gordon and Schiller narrowed their eyes. Obviously, they both thought of one thing, that is, the murder case. If the power outage is good for someone, it can only be the murderer of the murder case.

Perhaps in other places, students may hope that the school will have a power outage so that they don't have to go to class, but at Gotham University, even if they don't have to go to class, there is nowhere to go because it is too dangerous outside.

It is a torture to stay in a school without electricity without attending classes, so no student would damage the equipment in the power distribution room just because they don't want to go to class.

Victor leaned in again and pointed inside and said, "The pipeline may be aging. A controller will not appear here out of thin air. Someone installed a remote control switch here. If I am not mistaken, all the power facilities here have been installed with this thing."

"What is the use of this?" Gordon actually didn't see what Victor was pointing at at all, and he was sure that even if he saw it, he wouldn't understand it, so he asked directly.

"Obviously, it can make the school lose power. I suspect it can even control the power outage of a building or even a room."

Victor touched his chin and said, "In fact, it doesn't take that much trouble to cut off the power to the school buildings and rooms. Just come here, find the power box, and do some operations to do it."

"He needs to get such a device, which means he probably can't always come here, so he can only control it remotely." Schiller said.

"Then he should not be a student or teacher of Gotham University, but an outsider." Gordon speculated, and he seemed to have some ideas, and then looked at Victor and said: "Professor Victor, please check this device to see if you can find the person holding the remote control by following the signal. I will go to retrieve the security guard's surveillance to see if there are any suspicious people."

After that, Gordon sighed, and he drove the other police officers out. When only he and a few professors were left here, he said: "The murder case in Gotham University made the Godfather very dissatisfied. He thought that someone was provoking him, so I was under a lot of pressure."

"If you have any clues, be sure to tell me. The students are innocent. I don't want this tragedy to happen again."

As soon as he said this, a police officer rushed in and shouted: "3rd floor! Someone on the 3rd floor was attacked again!!!"

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