The days of being a spiritual mentor in Meiman.

Chapter 576 Lex's Journey to Gotham

At this time, Batman was standing on the door frame, opposite him was Thomas, who was strangling Lex's neck with a ferocious expression, and on the side between the two, Coppert was holding a blood-stained dagger.

The cold lights flickered, and the scene where the four of them were was frozen into a piece of ice. Time suddenly stopped and then began to reverse.

When the early morning light fell into Wayne Manor, Bruce was already working in the study. The model of the ark reactor he got from Schiller was in his hand, but at this time, he was not studying the model. , but to focus on his previous work.

He didn't forget that he was investigating the deaths of the Elliots before, and for this reason, he wanted to investigate Falcone.

However, the investigation into Falcone has reached an impasse, and everything in the city is about him, but everything seems to be about him.

This thought stalled, so Bruce changed another way of thinking. He checked the scene again and collected a lot of detailed clues, and one of the clues that made him feel more concerned was that he photographed Elliott Couple's footprints.

It had just rained that day, and some mud and dust on the ground hadn't dried completely, so the information of tire marks and footprints could be collected.

The tire marks showed that the Elliotts parked their car on the main road, got out of the car and walked into the alley. When they arrived at the place where they were killed in the alley, they were both normal. Walking, judging from the stride, the two of them are not in a hurry, not in a hurry.

That is to say, they were not chased into the alley, nor were they forced or dragged into it, but walked in by themselves.

Bruce looked at the photo of the footprints, squinted his eyes, and began to picture the situation in his mind.

In some dim alleys, two figures gradually walked towards the end of the alley. Bruce turned his head, and he found that there was nothing special about this alley, the only difference was that the end of the alley opened opened a video store.

If the Elliotts had walked into the alley voluntarily, their target could only have been the video store.

However, the purpose of the Elliott couple's trip should be to go to the Falcone family. Why did they go to the video store?

Video stores usually sell tapes, and better records are not sold here. Falcone doesn't like this kind of thing.

As far as Bruce knows, the Elliott family still can't challenge the Falcone family, so even if the Elliotts get angry again and go to the Falcone family to meet the old godfather, they will definitely do what they like. Bring a gift he likes.

The Elliott family has not yet reached the point where they can only buy low-quality gifts. Even if they want to buy records, they will definitely buy good ones, and they will not come to the video store to choose.

At this time, Bruce recalled a detail. At a certain party, Thomas once invited others to his house to listen to CD songs, saying that he had a machine for playing CDs at home and many CDs with recorded songs.

Discovering the disc might be a clue, Bruce put down the materials in his hand and headed to the video store at the end of the alley.

After entering the audio-visual store, Bruce found that there were not many CDs here, and mainly sold tapes and records. After asking the boss, he found out that CDs were not in stock.

CDs did not become popular until the middle of the 20s. Now it is early 90. Therefore, CDs are still a rare item. The boss will not buy them specially because he is afraid that they will not be sold if he smashes them in his hands. If he wants to buy them, he has to ask He places an order here and picks it up when it arrives.

Bruce chatted with the boss for a while, and said that he is also a CD lover and wanted to order a batch of goods from him. The boss was very enthusiastic and revealed a lot of information in words.

And just as Bruce expected, Thomas was the last person who ordered here, and the pick-up date he made an appointment was the day the Elliotts were killed.

The Elliotts would walk into this alley, in fact, to pick up goods for their son, but they were shot and killed before they reached the video store.

Inferred to this point, the answer is ready to come out, but the only question is, what is the motive of the murderer?
The Thomas that Bruce knew was an ordinary person, kind-hearted, usually polite, his grades were in the upper middle, and he also liked to attend parties. He was a very common kind of rich second generation.

As far as Bruce knows, the relationship between Thomas and his parents is not bad. After all, he is an only child. His parents pay great attention to cultivating him, and their spiritual and material training are in place. I have never heard of any major conflicts between them. He should There is no reason to kill your own parents.

In order to solve this mystery, Batman came to the Gotham Police Department, trying to find Gordon and interrogate Thomas again.

Batman told Gordon his inferences about the deaths of the Elliotts. Gordon felt that what he said made sense. At the same time, he also noticed another mood. The murder case in the boy's dormitory that was imprisoned was solved a little too smoothly?"

"I rarely encountered such a simple case in Gotham. Even if the gangsters' methods of committing crimes are simple and rude, they are still very professional in getting rid of crimes. The remaining lunatics will create all kinds of clues to guide people's attention. ..."

"Also, Thomas didn't resist when he was arrested. This is really rare in Gotham. If everyone was like him, Gotham's interrogation room wouldn't be so riddled with holes."

"If I hadn't checked his file and found out that he is a native of Gotham, I would never have believed that he would have been arrested and imprisoned so peacefully."

Batman narrowed his eyes, and he said, "Unless, he deliberately created this case and wanted to use this case to cover up other murders."

"He was supposed to be in prison when the Elliotts died, with sufficient alibi, so even if I had some clues, I wouldn't be able to convict him with those clues."

Gordon frowned and said: "But it doesn't make sense. Murdering a member of a cheerleading troupe is murder, and murdering his parents is also murder. He doesn't need to use one murder to get rid of another murder, because the sentencing of murder It's all the same, even if the conviction for murdering one's own parents is more serious, there is not much difference between the two."

"If he killed the members of the dance troupe to make an alibi, he might have to spend decades in prison. If he didn't make this alibi and go to prison for murdering his parents, he would have to spend decades in prison. Why would he make an alibi? It's the same jail time anyway."

"Unless, he is sure to reverse the previous case of killing the members of the cheerleading dance troupe." Batman speculated: "Remember? Not long after Doris was killed, another member of the dance troupe was killed , and then the third one..."

"This looks very much like a serial murder case. In the first case, the murderer Thomas was imprisoned, but the case is still going on and the victims are still appearing. Some people will think that Thomas is wronged. The real murderer is still A serial murderer who continues to commit crimes outside."

Gordon covered his forehead and said, "Indeed, everyone is now rumoring that this is a serial murder case, after all, the characteristics are too obvious."

Batman shook his head and said, "No, on the contrary, this is not a serial murder case."

"How do you know that?" Gordon asked, and he said, "I remember hearing Schiller say that serial murder victims have something in common, where it happened and how they did it, and I think this case Perfectly fit these characteristics?"

Batman shook his head and said, "Did Schiller tell you that in a real serial murder case, there will be connections between each case, and the murderer will deliberately create these connections."

While Gordon was thinking, Batman said: "And the murderers in these cases are desperately trying to eliminate evidence. They are different from those perverted lunatics. They don't kill for enjoyment, but for killing."

"I think Thomas should have an accomplice. When he was imprisoned for a murder, his accomplice continued to make murders outside, so that he could be exonerated."

At this time, an unexpected visitor visited the police station. It was Harvey Dent. When he walked into Gordon's office, Gordon walked up to him and hugged him, saying, "Long time no see, you are back from vacation." ?”

"Yes, in fact, I was called back. Guess who called me back?"

"Who?"

"The lawyers of the Elliott family, they want me to defend their master, Thomas Elliott, and plead his innocence."

"Sure enough." Batman said in a low voice: "Their defense argument is that the murder of members of the cheer dance troupe should be a serial murder case. After we arrested Thomas, the case is still happening, so it means, He's not a murderer."

Harvey raised his eyebrows and said, "How do you know? His words are exactly the same as yours."

"Can the defense succeed?" Gordon asked.

"If I make a move, it is indeed possible." Harvey was not humble, but said realistically.

"This is a little troublesome." Gordon frowned, looking a little stressed, but at this moment, a police officer rushed into his office and shouted:
"Sheriff! This is bad! Thomas Elliott escaped during the transfer from the police station to the prison!"

Several people paused for a moment, and Gordon immediately asked: "Why? Why did he escape from prison? Didn't he intend to defend himself?"

Obviously, several people have thought of it. If Thomas refuses to admit it and finds a lawyer to plead his case, then he should stay there honestly and wait for legal means to take effect. Now that he escapes directly from prison, he will lose Denying all opportunities for defense is equivalent to admitting that he did the murder.

His behavior is inconsistent, so few people are quite sure why, but Batman knows that he has to stop Thomas from letting a crazy murderer run around the city.

So, following the clues provided by the police station, he found the place where Thomas escaped from prison.

But Thomas' escape from prison was not smooth. His head was broken and his ankle was twisted, leaving many traces. Batman followed these traces and chased him to the laboratory building of Gotham University. Met Lex and Copperpot.

At this time, Thomas, who was strangling Lex, said surprisingly:

"I'm not here to kill people! I'm here to protect my fiancée!"

"There's a crazy serial killer on the way! She's in danger!!!"

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