Chapter 616: Morbid Crisis (V)

Investigating a case in 1989 was a very troublesome thing, because at that time, many technical means were not so developed. Even though Metropolis was one of the most advanced cities in the world, the number of cameras and dashcams here was less than 1% of that after the 21st century.

As a result, most of the surveillance images that could provide direct clues were just some corners.

And because the public security situation in Metropolis has always been relatively good, many cameras are not used, so no one spends energy to repair them. Lex had just taken over the Luthor family not long ago, and he did not have time to install cameras in every corner of Gotham like Bruce did, and then spend more time to maintain them.

As a result, their method of investigating cases is more inclined to the original detective, that is, field investigation, questioning witnesses, narrowing the scope of suspicious persons, and finally gathering them together, questioning them separately, and finding clues from the testimony.

Just when Bruce went to the three companies for field investigation, Lex came to the Metropolis Police Department. He witnessed the professional interrogators questioning suspicious persons in the monitoring room.

Among them were three cleaners, a bank clerk, a doorman from the Palo Company, and a guard near the bank president's villa. These people included all the last witnesses and the first witness at the crime scene.

The Metropolitan Police Station was much wider and brighter, and there were no mottled light marks on the walls. Even the interrogation expert was relatively friendly. He used the professional knowledge he learned from school to repeat certain questions in sequence to let the interrogated recall more details.

Lex was sitting with the police chief in the monitoring room in the back field. He turned to the police chief and said, "This damn murderer caused the Luther Group to lose a big order. The president took my money and died. I will not let this murderer go."

"Mr. Luther, don't worry. Such a bad case happened in the metropolis. I am afraid that it has already attracted the attention of Congress. There will be more professional people to take charge of this matter."

"I just want results." Lex said expressionlessly: "The Luther Group hopes that every investment will be rewarded. If not..."

Lex turned to look at the police chief. The police chief knew what he was talking about, because he also received money from the Luther Group. If he couldn't help the Luther Group settle this matter, Lex would have a lot of ways to make him look bad.

At this moment, a series of hurried footsteps came from outside the door. The footsteps were very steady, and the gaps between each step were very even, which showed that the visitor was well-trained.

"Knock, knock, knock." The door was knocked. The police officer standing by the door opened the door. A heroic female police officer walked in. She first shook hands with the police chief. The police chief smiled and introduced Lex: "This is Detective Angela Dodgson, a local of the Metropolis. She has been working in various police stations before and has solved several serial murders. She is a capable helper I specially invited." Seeing Lex, the female detective called Angela frowned. Lex looked like a teenager and didn't look like he should be here. The police chief hurriedly introduced: "This is Mr. Luther, who has made a lot of efforts for the work of the Metropolitan Police Department." "This time The victim's bank president is his friend, and they have a cooperative relationship, so he is also very worried and asked to come here to take a look..."

"You should know that the backstage of the police station's interrogation room is not open to just anyone, right?" Angela was merciless. She turned her head to look at the police chief, but the chief took a half step back, smiled awkwardly, and said, "I'll send him out now."

After he took Lex out, he sighed and rolled his eyes. Lex asked him, "Why are you so afraid of her? You are the chief, she is just a detective, what can she do to you?"

The police chief hurriedly looked around and motioned Lex to lower his voice. He said, "You don't I know how powerful this female detective is. She is a well-known detective who specializes in tracking down serial killers. "

"Star City, Fortress City, Central City... She has been involved in all the major cases that have occurred in recent years. She will be asked to go to any major case in various places."

The police chief sighed and said, "Mr. Luther, I know you have high hopes for me, but Metropolis has been peaceful for too long. My subordinates and I have no clue about this kind of serious case. If we don't invite professionals, I don't know when we can find out."

Lex also sighed, and said as he and the police chief walked out, "This business is the most important business since I took over the Luther Group. Now I have been hit hard, and I am under great pressure. "

The police chief patted his shoulder, and then he heard Lex ask again: "I heard that the second victim is the female boss of the Palo Company. I have heard of this company. Their family specializes in producing chemical raw materials for cleaning agents. What's going on? Is there any connection between her and the president?"

The police chief shook his head and said: "It's still the matter of the new chemical plant. Haven't you heard about it before? Snow Mountain Company and many cleaning companies near the metropolis have placed large orders with Palo Company, but once there are too many orders, the production capacity is not enough, so Palo Company wants to build a chemical plant in the western suburbs of the metropolis. "

"You know that place, right? It was originally a mental hospital. The Pero Company bought the land and the loan has been approved. It can be rebuilt at any time, but who knew that the boss suddenly met with misfortune..."

The police chief shook his head, looking very regretful, but Lex silently wrote down the information. After leaving the police station, he returned to the laboratory in the basement of Luther Manor, and at this time, Bruce was already waiting for him in the manor.

Bruce plugged an information storage device into the computer interface, which contained the clues he obtained during this investigation.

While playing these pictures and texts, Bruce explained: "I went to the Snow Mountain Cleaning Company first. The company's defense system is even more lax. There are only three cameras in the whole company, and two of them are broken. The monitoring room is completely for show."

"Moreover, among the nearly 2,000 employees in their company, more than half are cleaners. Because there are too many people, they are not familiar with each other. Moreover, when working, they are divided into working groups inside the building and working groups outside the building. Those with high-altitude operation qualifications and those without high-altitude operation qualifications are not together. There are even many external technicians. The personnel management is a mess."

"So, if a stranger sneaks in, he will not be discovered?" Lex asked.

Bruce nodded and said: "Their drivers and technicians, etc. All wear the same uniforms. It is even easier to pretend to be a driver or technician, because employees of these two professions do not have a fixed group and do not know each other at all."

"There is nothing wrong with the Snow Mountain Company. I investigated their accounts and the financial status of the leadership personnel. Everything is normal." Bruce concluded at last.

"As for the Parrot Company..." Bruce paused and said, "It's the same in other places, but there is no camera in their company. How the murderer transported the body to the roof and threw it down is completely impossible to investigate."

"However, when I investigated their accounts, I found that their orders increased sharply in recent times. Many cleaning companies represented by Snow Mountain Company bought raw materials for cleaning agents from them."

"For this reason, they applied for a loan from the Central Bank and wanted to transform the West Suburb Mental Hospital in the Metropolis into a new chemical plant." Lex continued Bruce's words.

The two paused at the same time, and then Bruce spoke again: "All clues ultimately point to the transaction between the bank, Parrot Company and Snow Mountain Company, and this transaction ultimately points to the chemical plant that is about to be built, and the chemical plant points to the mental hospital."

"If the murderer wants to lead us to the mental hospital, then what is there?" Lex asked.

"Take the things and let's go take a look. I guess there must be a secret hidden there, a secret that makes the murderer commit crimes many times at great risk."

The car sped through the night of the metropolis, passed through the bright lights, and then drove all the way to the dark suburbs.

A slight brake sound sounded, and Bruce got out of the car and said, "Your car is really bad, it's terrible."

Lex also got out of the car and took a look at his luxury car, and couldn't help but think of the Batmobile that Bruce drove before.

He rarely refuted Bruce, but just thought that he must get a car like the Batmobile in the future. This kind of luxury car can be used to show off wealth, but in terms of practicality, it can never be compared with the Batmobile.

Batman walked forward for a while, and he looked down at the mud at his feet. The soil here was particularly moist, which seemed to be due to the excessive groundwater resources near the sea.

Walking forward, the mental hospital appeared in their sight. The hospital looked relatively new and had only a few windows that were lit, while most of the windows were dark.

As soon as he approached the hospital, Bruce found something wrong. He stopped Lex's action and said, "Look there, armed guards... This is not normal."

"A mental hospital located in a remote suburb. How can it have more complete security measures than banks and corporate buildings in the city center?" Bruce narrowed his eyes and looked at the mental hospital. He said to Lex, "Let's go in through the side door."

At the same time, Angela, a female detective who was in the monitoring room of the interrogation background, heard a series of hurried running sounds coming from outside the door. With a "bang", the door was pushed open, and a police officer rushed in and shouted, "The third... the third case! The third murder case... Snow Mountain Company... Hurry!"

Angela immediately reached for the gun at her waist, loaded the gun, and quickly ran out of the police station and got on the police car. The police lights flashed all the way, accompanied by the shrill sirens, and the police car stopped in front of the door of the Snow Mountain Company Building.

At this time, a figure was sitting in the middle of the road in front of the door, still without arms, and the upper body was still fixed to the back of the chair by wire.

Policemen filed out of the police cars and surrounded the area around the body. Angela got out of the car and walked quickly towards the body, but at this moment, everyone saw that the body suddenly moved.

Angela stopped immediately, holding the gun in both hands, and slowly approached there. It was not until she reached the steps in front of the gate that she saw that the man who had lost both arms and was tied to the chair opposite was not a corpse, but was still alive.

His mouth and neck were full of things, and his lips were sewn up with wire.

At this time, his face was purple, and he seemed to be suffocating. His abdomen was swollen very high, and it seemed that something was moving in his stomach.

He struggled in great pain, and a "hehe" sound came out of his throat. Angela immediately walked up quickly, wanting to save him, but when she was about one meter away from the man, the man's stomach suddenly exploded.

Blood and flesh splashed out, just less than ten centimeters in front of Angela. Obviously, the other party controlled the distance very accurately, and no blood splashed on the detective.

When the abdominal cavity exploded, Angela clearly saw that the foreign objects that made the victim's abdomen bulge high were countless rats.

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