Chapter 168 The Long Easter (Part 7)

In the interrogation room of the Gotham Police Department, Schiller blew on a cup of hot coffee, and the white mist on the cup drifted away, staining the lenses of his glasses.

The police officer sitting opposite him stood up and gave his seat to Gordon. Gordon knocked on the table and said helplessly: "Can you look like a suspect? This is the interrogation room of the police station! I won't handcuff you, and that's not a reason for you to drink coffee!"

"The police officer outside complained that you didn't drink American coffee, but insisted on drinking espresso, and he had to run to the fourth floor to use the new coffee machine..."

"Can you stop acting like you're familiar with the interrogation room, like a habitual criminal?"

"I'm an outsider, so I'm sitting here drinking coffee. If I were a local..."

Schiller looked up and looked around, and Gordon followed his gaze. The two looked at the dense bullet holes on the wall. Gordon was speechless for a moment. He knew what Schiller wanted to say in the second half of the sentence. If he were a local in Gotham, he would have started a full-scale fight by now.

"No matter what you have investigated, I can only tell you that you have found the wrong person. I am just a university professor who has never fired a gun."

Gordon sighed again, walked to Schiller and sat down, and then said: "According to our investigation, you are the only one in the school who has obvious conflicts with the new principal, Shedon. You are our key investigation target."

"What conflicts do I have with him?" Schiller asked Gordon: "I have completed all the teaching tasks he arranged perfectly, even if there are other arrangements beyond the scope of my work, I have not delayed at all."

"I am also a freshman guide, librarian, and archivist, and I don't ask for a salary increase..."

"But according to the testimony of other faculty and staff of the school, the new principal, Shedon, is quite dissatisfied with you."

"He is dissatisfied with me, so why did he die?"

"That's something I have to ask you."

"You can't assume my motives by speculating in my mind. In my opinion, he is not a good principal, But it's not too bad. Maybe he has a personal opinion about me, but we don't have any disagreements at work, nor do we have any substantial conflicts. We don't infringe on each other's interests. There is no deep hatred worth killing. "

Gordon looked at him silently. He also knew that Schiller was right. According to their investigation, although Shedon seemed to have a bad attitude towards Schiller and always wanted to make trouble, they did not have much conflict at work. Schiller did not disobey the work arrangement. The two of them rarely communicated, let alone had a direct dispute.

In fact, Gordon did not have much hope for Schiller's investigation, because according to his understanding of the professor, if he took action, he would not take such a direct method. If he really took this method, he would not let anyone catch the evidence.

In comparison, Victor was more suspicious because he was the first person to discover the crime scene. At the same time, he had a good relationship with Schiller and a bad relationship with Shedon.

And before, Victor complained to his colleagues that Shedon's arrangement for Easter was too tight. Although this was not enough to be a reason for killing, it can also be seen that he did not like the new principal very much.

According to Gordon's investigation, Seldon has no bad habits. If he has to say anything, it is that he is too much like a politician. He always wanders among the rich and powerful, participates in various banquets and activities of the upper class of Gotham, and expresses his views on various social events as a school principal.

Of course, perhaps out of fear of the gangs, he is not a righteous and reasonable person, and his attitude is quite wavering. Such a person is not likely to make a mortal enemy with others.

Schiller sat opposite Gordon and said, "Actually, I do have a clue to tell you."

"What is it?"

Schiller put down his coffee cup, put his hands on the table and said, "The new principal is keen to get to know the upper echelons of the gang, just like he makes friends with the dignitaries in other cities."

"But the gangs are different from ordinary businessmen. The lifeblood and secrets of certain illegal industries cannot be known by anyone. I suspect... Of course, it's just a suspicion..."

"You mean, Shedon might have been silenced?"

Gordon thought for a moment and then said, "It is indeed possible. The level of the gang members he made friends with can indeed be exposed to some secrets that others don't know. If Shedon is involved in something..."

"Of course, I want to emphasize that this is just a guess, and it's my personal guess. I don't mean anything, and I haven't heard any rumors."

Gordon stared at him, he turned his eyelids up, looked from above his eyes, and asked Schiller: "The law of silence?"

Schiller shook his head and made a cross on his chest.

Just as Gordon continued to talk to Schiller, a police officer knocked on the door, walked in, saluted Gordon, and said, "Boss, there are new discoveries."

Then the young police officer glanced at Schiller, as if asking Gordon if he wanted to go out to talk. Gordon said directly, "No need to go out, just talk here."

This is also a common method used in interrogation, using new case developments to increase pressure on the person being interrogated. Gordon didn't actually want to use this method to deal with Schiller, he just got used to it.

"We found that the victim's desk drawers and cabinets had all been turned over, and a locked drawer at the bottom of the desk had been pried away, so we carefully searched the entire desk and found a secret compartment on the side of the middle drawer."

As he spoke, the young police officer took out a transparent plastic bag with a tape inside. Gordon signaled the police officer behind him to bring a tape recorder, then put on gloves, took out the tape and looked at it, saying, "There is no damage on the surface, so it should be playable directly."

Gordon put the tape into the tape recorder and pressed the button on it. When the tape recorder started working, the first sound that came out was the buzzing sound of electricity, followed by a noisy noise.

Then, a familiar voice came from the tape: "The goods from their No. 9 Plantation go through the route of old Wilkin, which is the route through three streets in the East District. Their cargo volume is too large, so the delivery port is set up in the basement of a nightclub. If you need, I can say hello to him..." Gu Qi

"Are you worried about this? There is no need to worry. As far as I know, the underground chemical plant in the West District is also Falcone..."

Hearing this, Gordon's fingers trembled and he immediately turned off the recorder. He said to the others in the room: "For your own safety, you didn't hear anything, understand?"

The young subordinates instantly covered their ears, nodded, and then left. After they left, Gordon stared at Schiller. Schiller said to Gordon: "Officer, I want to call the police. Someone eavesdropped on my privacy and recorded it. "

"What kind of privacy is this? You..."

"Then you can just broadcast this recording through the police station's radio."

"If you want to destroy the Gotham Police Department, just say so."

Gordon took a deep breath, sat down first, then made a gesture to Schiller to sit down, and said soothingly: "Okay, okay, I'm not saying that you killed Shedon, but you should at least explain to me what's going on?"

"I say it again, I didn't kill him."

Schiller sat down, took another sip of coffee and said: "You should know that there are cameras in Gotham University? Our President Shedon observes the situation in the school through cameras in his office every day."

"It also includes the calls I answer in the public area. 's phone call, but I didn't know he recorded it. "Schiller shook his head and said, "I have to say, as a foreigner, he is really bold."

Gordon let out the breath he had been holding, and then said, "It seems that he was indeed silenced..."

"This is the crime scene." Gordon took a stack of photos and said, "According to our investigation, Shedon was pushed down the stairs. The balcony guardrail of his office on the 8th floor is very low. He should have been pushed when he was standing in front of the guardrail and fell down."

"According to the on-site investigation, when he was pushed down, he should have had his back to that person, which means that he is very likely to know the murderer and is not on guard against the murderer. He was pushed down when he was talking to the murderer with his back to the murderer."

"This is a crime committed by an acquaintance, and the method is similar to It was far from the Gotham style. No submachine guns or shotguns were used, not even pistols. "

"So, Victor and I became suspects, right? Because we are both familiar with Shedon, and we are from other places, we are not very good at using guns, and we are not strong enough."

"Now you are more suspicious than Victor. After all, he heard some inside information from you, and you have reason to kill him..."

Just then, a violent noise came from the center of the police station hall, accompanied by shouts and curses. Gordon stood up immediately, and a police officer rushed in and said: "Chief Gordon, something happened!"

"Don't panic, what happened?" Gordon stood up and turned to ask him, the police officer said loudly: "Winnie at the front desk and Bird on duty suddenly went crazy! Others are trying to stop them..."

"Crazy? "Gordon immediately thought of something. He turned around and opened the iron door of the interrogation room, letting Schiller out from inside, and then several people hurried to the front hall.

When they arrived at the front hall, the crazy man had been subdued, but he was still struggling and roaring. Gordon wanted to get close to him, but another sheriff stopped him and said, "Don't go over there, they are crazy, I almost got bitten just now!"

"What's going on? Why did it suddenly..."

"Who knows? I was chatting with Winnie, and we talked about the arrangements for this year's Easter, but she suddenly started to twitch, then leaned back hard, and then started to smash the counter with her arms, and threw the chair out, and Bird on the other side also went crazy..." said a police officer who held Winnie.

Gordon wanted to go to the counter to check, Schiller sniffed, pulled Gordon, and said, "Don't go over there, evacuate the personnel first, send the patient to the hospital, and then look for the gas masks in your arsenal, there may be problems..."

"You mean..." Gordon paused and shouted, "Everyone retreat! Leave this room! Go to an open area, don't come near here!"

When everyone left, Schiller walked in alone. His steps were too fast, and Gordon didn't hold him back.

When Schiller walked to the counter, he found some eggshell fragments there, which were colorful.

Gordon stood outside the room and waved to Schiller. After observing the surroundings, Schiller came out and said to Gordon: "There must be something wrong with the Easter eggs."

"Eggs? I think I heard Winnie mention that she received a very beautiful egg today..." said another female police officer.

"Remember the mass outbreak of students at Gotham University?"

Schiller narrowed his eyes, took out his cell phone, called his colleague Anna and said, "Hello... Yes, I want to ask, have you distributed the Easter eggs you purchased outside before to the students?"

"Really? Do you remember who you sent them to? Can you give me a list? Okay, thank you..."

Then, he called Victor and asked, "Have you given the Easter eggs you made yourself to the students? ... Already sent them? Do you remember who you sent them to? Can you give me a list?"

Schiller explained to Gordon, "On the eve of Easter, President Shedon suddenly distributed a lot of materials for making eggs, and asked the professors to make Easter eggs themselves and give them to students."

"My colleague Anna and I thought it was troublesome, so we didn't make them ourselves, but bought ready-made ones from outside. Now both types of eggs have been distributed to students. I asked them for the list of students who received the eggs. We can compare them and know which egg has problems..."