Chapter 566: Typical Murder Case (Part 2)

With a bang, Thomas dropped the suitcase, ran over, and opened the door completely.

When Lex walked over, he saw a beautiful girl lying in a pool of blood, with her chest pierced and no longer breathing.

She was wearing a cheerleader's outfit, with delicate makeup on her face. In her scattered handbags, there were various cosmetics for touch-up, all of which were now immersed in blood.

Not far from the body, a bloody javelin was thrown aside. Judging from the wound, the javelin should be the murder weapon.

"Call the police!" Lex took two steps back, his face looked a little pale, and he said, "How could someone die here? And..."

Lex looked up and saw the doorplate, which said 404, which meant that this was the dormitory next to him, and someone died here on his first day. Lex turned his head away with a hint of disgust, as if he didn't want to look at the crime scene any more.

Thomas thought his expression was fear, so he stood up, took two steps back, and stood in front of Lex. He said, "You are from another place, so you don't understand. It's useless to call the police here. The police can't do anything."

"She should be a member of the cheerleading team. How could she die here? Isn't this the boys' dormitory?" Thomas said to himself in some confusion.

Suddenly, footsteps were heard at the stairs. Thomas immediately turned around vigilantly, and Lex also turned his head to look at the place where the sound came from.

The person who came up was Bruce Wayne.

He squinted his eyes and looked stern. Before Thomas could speak, he said, "Who is it? Why are you making so much noise? What time is it now? Can't we sleep?!"

He closed his eyes and sighed, looking like he hadn't woken up yet. Thomas hurried up to the stairs. The light was brighter, and Bruce could see Thomas' face clearly. He said, "Oh, it's you, Thomas. I thought it was a freshman having a party here."

Thomas turned back and waved to Lex, saying, "Let me introduce you. This is the famous Bruce Wayne, your senior."

"Are you Wayne?" Lex asked as he walked out of the darkness. The moment Bruce saw him, his expression did not change, but he He raised his head and said, "Yes, I am Wayne, you are a freshman, did you cause the commotion just now?"

"I warn you, you'd better know the rules and don't have a party when I'm resting, otherwise, I will make you look good!"

Lex stepped forward, stretched out a hand and said, "Hello, I'm Lex, Lex Luthor."

Bruce looked into his eyes, but did not shake his hand, but said, "Luthor? Are you from the Luthor family? I almost forgot about you, what are you doing in Gotham? Go back to your Metropolis!"

"I never knew that Wayne actually regarded himself as a local snake in Gotham. You didn't even pick a better city. Does this make you proud?" Lex hit back.

"Wait a minute! Stop arguing!" Thomas hurriedly walked between the two and separated them, then turned around to look at the crime scene. He said, "A murder just happened here. Whoever you are, go and call the teacher!"

After saying that, he glanced at Lex, saw his neatly groomed red hair and his well-maintained hands that looked like they had never done housework. His expression changed slightly, but then he said, "Lex is a freshman, he probably doesn't know any teachers, Bruce, you go."

"No, the teacher at the freshman registration just now is quite kind, I'll go find him." Lex said.

But just when Lex was about to leave, Bruce stretched out a hand to stop him, and pushed his shoulder, almost pushing him to the ground. Bruce said: "Stay here, you look so miserable that you take three breaths after walking two steps, it's better for you to go home and cry to your parents."

After that, he turned and left. Thomas helped Lex and said: "Don't mind, he is a little impatient sometimes, you will get used to it."

Lex turned his head and said: "Thank you, if you hadn't met the first one, I would have thought that the people in Gotham were so unfriendly."

"Ah, not all, at least the students in this school are okay, by the way, it seems that your health is a little bad, please forgive me, you..."

"I have some hereditary diseases, so my physical strength is very poor, and my father didn't let me go out before, so I didn't have much chance to exercise." Lex said, leaning against the wall in the corridor.

"Then why did you leave Metropolis this time? As far as I know, Metropolitan University is much better than Gotham University."

"Two months ago, my father passed away. His former lovers frequently came to my house, which annoyed me. I was also impatient to be asked questions by his business partners, so I just hid here."

Thomas showed a look of sudden enlightenment, then made a sad expression and said, "My condolences."

Lex shook his head, but his expression let Thomas know that he was probably not on good terms with his father.

But Thomas, who was born in a prominent family, also knew that there were few pure family relationships in such a big family. Lex's parents were dead, but it also meant that he inherited all the property of the Luthor family, just like Bruce Wayne.

Thinking of this, Thomas's expression changed again, but soon, hurried footsteps sounded from the stairs, and several girls ran up. The one leading the way was very beautiful, and she was wearing the same cheerleading uniform as the dead girl, and even holding cheerleading balls in her hands.

Seeing the face of the dead, the girl wailed, then hurried over, knelt beside the body and said: "Doris! How could this happen?!!"

"Christine, do you know her?" Thomas asked.

"Of course! She is Doris, a member of the Gotham University cheerleading group, and we just finished rehearsing, and we didn't even have time to change clothes..."

"Did you rehearse so early?" Thomas asked.

"Yes, because we will have a performance in half an hour. Logically, we should be waiting backstage now." Christine's beautiful face was full of sadness. She began to cry continuously, and then said: "Doris is the lead dancer of the second group. Her teammates couldn't find her, so they came to me. I thought she overslept..."

"But, I called her home, no one answered. Her parents told me that she didn't come back all night. At that time, I knew that it might be... But I didn't expect that she would..."

Christine pursed her lips, covered her face with her hands, squatted on the ground for a while, then stood up, looked at Thomas and asked: "What happened? How could she die in the boys' dormitory?"

"I don't know either. I originally wanted to go back to my own dormitory to get the key. My dormitory is on the 3rd floor, but I met this freshman Lex on the way. He couldn't move his suitcase, and the dormitory was on the 4th floor, so I helped him move it up."

"But when we just went upstairs, we saw this lady lying here. When we saw her, she was already..." Thomas shook his head.

The cheerleaders behind Christine all started crying. From the tags on their bodies, it can be seen that they are all members of the second group, and Doris should be very popular. They all cried very sadly.

Christine gritted her teeth and said, "Who dares to commit murder at Gotham University? Doesn't he want to die? Even the twelve families don't dare..."

Thomas sighed and said, "I don't think it was done by the gangs. This is always a pure land. The Godfather restrains the twelve families and their subordinates. The gangs cannot attack the students here. As long as you don't go out, you should be safe."

"By the way, since you know her, you know her emotional life... That's right. It may be a little offensive, but in college, conflicts between lovers can easily lead to serious consequences. "

"Doris has a boyfriend." A girl behind Christine suddenly said, and Thomas immediately asked: "Who is it? Which department?"

"No, he is not from Gotham University. He works at the Central Research Institute in Metropolis and seems to have graduated two or three years ago."

Thomas looked at Lex, who shook his head and said: "I don't know, I have never been to the Central Research Institute."

"If possible, please call and see if you can find Doris' boyfriend. At least you should ask him to come over and see his girlfriend." Thomas said a little sadly.

Lex showed a somewhat embarrassed expression, but in the end he said: "Okay, I'll make the call."

Just then, several more steady footsteps sounded, and Schiller Anna and Bruce came up. Seeing this miserable scene, Anna took a step back, covered her nose, and said: "Doris from the Chemistry Department? Poor child, how could she..."

After Schiller took a look at the crime scene, he took a step back, tapped the ground with the tip of his cane, and said: "Everyone come here, stand in a row against the wall, and put down everything in your hands."

"Professor!" Christine walked up and said: "The Lala Dance Troupe will have a performance later, we are almost too late..."

"Performance is more important or life is more important?" After Schiller asked, Christine pursed her lips and did not speak. Frightened by Schiller's reputation, several students did as he said, only Lex, who was still on the phone at the end of the corridor, did not come.

After a while, Gordon hurried up, and the police behind him rushed into the corridor and began to mark the crime scene, set up cordons, and take photos for evidence...

The flash lights kept lighting up, and the lights of the police cars downstairs flashed. Several students who arrived at the scene were taken away by the police, walked down the stairs one by one, got on the police cars, and returned to the police station to record their statements.

Thomas and Christine and several cheerleaders behind them were taken away, but just when the police were about to take the remaining Lex and Bruce away in the same way, Schiller stopped them.

Gordon winked at his subordinates, and they also quickly left along the stairwell.

In the dimly lit corridor, there was only a cold light near the window, and Schiller, Gordon, Bruce and Lex, stood there.

Schiller leaned on the windowsill, looked at Bruce and Lex and said, "Okay, now that all the irrelevant people have left, tell us what you think."

"The murderer's identity, motive and method... Let's talk about the identity first. Who is the murderer?"

"Thomas Elliot."

The two said in unison.

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