Chapter 750: Bats' Night Talk (Part 1)

In a room of the Gotham Theater, opposite Schiller sat the gloomy-faced theater owner, who introduced himself:

"I am Andover, the owner of the Angelica Theater. Angelica is the name of my great-grandmother. My grandfather founded a theater with this name. At first, we were just a small theater, but by my father's generation, the Angelica Theater was famous."

"I have taken over this theater for more than 20 years. We have traveled all over the East Coast, even including some western cities, but there has never been such a dangerous situation..."

The theater owner sighed deeply and said, "A few days before the play started, a leading actor went to This is not a good sign. We have already sent out the playlists all over the city. If we postpone the performance now..."

Schiller put his hands on the table, crossed his fingers, and looked at the boss of the theater and said, "I'm sorry, but can I ask what made you decide to perform in Gotham?"

"This is my grandfather's dream. He wanted the theater he founded to conquer the entire East Coast. The only city left on the East Coast is Gotham. We need to present a perfect performance here, but who knows..."

Schiller nodded, but that's how the city of Gotham is. The more you don't want something to happen, the more likely it will come true.

"Let's talk about the deceased. I have heard about Miss Vicky. Does she have any enemies in the troupe? Or who is she close to?"

The owner of the troupe rubbed his hands in embarrassment. Schiller further said: "Now that the person is dead, no matter what kind of relationship the deceased had in his lifetime, it is meaningless now. Even if there are any secrets, you don't have to keep it secret for her."

The owner of the troupe hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Vicky is very popular and has 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 the intimate relationship... Well, as the outside world speculates, she and Alex are actually lovers, but they have been reluctant to make this relationship public. Many people in the troupe don't know, but I bumped into them once by chance, and I promised to keep it secret for them..."

Schiller nodded while recording and asked: "Then, what about those people who are not in the troupe?"

" Oh, that's right. "The owner of the theater replied, "In the circle of East Coast theaters, the theater accepts backstage visits before the performance. People who are interested in the play can come backstage to meet the actors first."

"When they see the actors and the props and scenery backstage, they may go back and talk about it with their friends or relatives, arousing other people's interest in the play. This is a way for the theater to sell tickets."

The owner of the theater said bluntly, "Just yesterday, Mrs. Gode called the theater. She said she was an avid drama lover and hoped to visit the backstage today and meet the leading actors. I agreed."

"But I didn't expect that she brought a lot of people, including her daughter, a shipping businessman named Werther, Werther's son, and the fat man Leon. Although I don't like so many people entering the backstage, I still received her politely. After all, Mrs. Gode is still very influential."

"Really? What business is she in?" Schiller asked.

At this time, Gordon, who was standing aside, said: "The Goth family also started out in shipping, but after Mrs. Goth took over, they began to intervene in the shipbuilding industry. In Gotham, in addition to the Wayne family owning two shipyards, there is the Goth family."

"So, what is the relationship between Mrs. Goth and Mr. Witt?" Schiller asked.

Gordon flipped through the record sheet in his hand and said, "According to the previous interrogation, Miss Goth and Little Witt are lovers. This time, Witt came to Gotham from other cities to investigate the strength of the Goth family."

"In general, the Witt family may be a major customer of the Goth family's shipbuilding industry, because his shipping business requires a steady stream of cargo ships. Mr. Witt and Mrs. Goth both know this, so the two families have a tendency to marry."

Schiller nodded, indicating that he understood the situation, then he stood up and said, "Let's go to the crime scene."

The owner of the theater was taken away by another police officer to ask for details. Gordon and Schiller walked towards the room where Miss Vicky died, and at this moment, they heard footsteps behind them.

Schiller looked back and saw the police officer leading Bruce up the stairs. He said, "You're back so soon? Don't you plan to rest for a while?"

Bruce shook his head, his expression returned to normal, no longer as dull as before, although he was still a little tired, but his spirits had improved a lot.

"What did Selina want to see you about?" Schiller asked as the three of them walked into the room.

"Dick wanted to go home from school, but because Alfred and I were not there, the phone at Wayne Manor could not be reached, so his teacher called Selina and she took Dick back."

"I thought it was a big deal." Gordon said as he pushed open the door of the room, "It turns out you just forgot to pick up the child from school."

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

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

There was nothing special about the deceased's wound. The left chest was pierced by a sharp weapon, the heart was broken, and he died in one blow. Apart from that, there were no other wounds on the body.

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

"I was standing downstairs..." Bruce walked to the window and pointed to the corner downstairs on the left. He said, "It's there."

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

"I wanted to save people, so I climbed up from the drainpipe directly. When I came up, I found that the balcony window was locked, so I pulled the window hard twice."

Bruce opened the window and jumped onto the balcony, simulating the action at that time, but because the window lock had been broken by him, it did not make a loud noise, but Schiller and Gordon understood the action he was talking about.

"When I just came up, my eyes couldn't adapt to the bright lights in the room. When I looked directly at the scene in the room, I vaguely saw a black shadow, and when I pulled the window to make a sound, he ran away in a panic."

Schiller narrowed his eyes and asked, "Black shadow? Didn't you see his physical characteristics at all?"

"I was not in good condition at the time." Bruce paused and said, "So I didn't look carefully."

Schiller and Gordon looked at each other. It was the first time they heard the words "not in good condition" from Batman.

Generally speaking, Batman would keep silent about his current condition. Even if he was injured, bleeding, or even unable to move, he could 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 energy to hit the glass. This doesn't seem like a move that a person with a broken heart can make." Schiller found a suspicious point.

"This fatal penetrating wound will cause severe pain, which will immediately make people lose the ability to resist. Not to mention a spoiled actress like Miss Vicky, even an adult agent who has undergone professional training is very likely to lose the ability to move due to such an injury."

Gordon touched his chin and said, "That is to say, when Miss Vicky was hitting the window, her injury might not have been that serious. Could it be that someone caused secondary injury?"

"It is not impossible. Don't forget that the deceased suffered a penetrating wound, and a penetrating wound is the most likely to cause secondary injury."

Gordon frowned. He did not react to what Schiller was referring to for a while, but then Schiller raised the umbrella and pointed it at Gordon.

Instantly, the lights in the room dimmed, and the ground where Gordon and Schiller were located turned into a disc. The disc rotated 60 degrees, and Gordon came to the window, and Schiller was facing him.

The umbrella in Schiller's hand, without the umbrella cover and umbrella ribs, turned into a sharp long sword. Schiller held the hilt, stepped forward, and pierced Gordon's chest with a sword.

Gordon immediately took two steps back and instinctively covered his chest. His hands were covered with blood and he felt severe pain. Facing the vicious murderer, Gordon instinctively wanted to escape.

However, the murderer happened to block the path between him and the door, so he staggered and turned around, came to the window, and slapped the window, trying to ask for help, leaving blood on the glass with his hands.

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

In an instant, blood splashed, Gordon covered his chest, struggled to fall to the ground, twitched twice, and then died completely.

With a "swish", the lights came on again, Gordon looked around and found that he fell right on the pattern of the corpse.

Gordon got up from the ground and stood there thinking. He said:

"The murderer stabbed Miss Vicky's chest with a sharp weapon. At this time, her vital organs may have been pierced, but because of the special nature of penetrating wounds, as long as the weapon is not moved, the blood will not burst out so quickly, so she still has a certain ability to move."

"Because she couldn't run out of the door, she might want to jump out of the window, or she might want to ask for help by slapping the window."

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

"Due to the way the force was applied, Miss Vicky was pulled to the left by the murderer, and then took two steps back and fell to the place where she died."

Schiller and Bruce both nodded, acknowledging the death process described by Gordon, and at this time, Schiller turned to Bruce and said, "Did you only see Miss Vicky at the window?"

"Yes, when she was banging on the window, I immediately went downstairs, found the drainpipe on the east side of the building, and then started climbing. If someone really pulled the deceased away from the window, he might have done it while I was climbing."

At this time, a police officer knocked on the door and left, and came in and said to Gordon: "Boss, the forensic autopsy report is out!"

Gordon hurried forward and took the information in his hand. After scanning it, he found the most important information on it. He took the information and showed it to Schiller:

"According to the analysis of the wound status, the murder weapon was stabbed from the back?"

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