mtl008 Chapter 3288 Bloody New City (37)
Chapter 3288 Bloody New City (37)
Chapter 3288 Bloodshed in New City (Thirty-Seven)
When Gordon brought Fields back to the police station, Batman was waiting in his office.
Gordon was really angry this time. He couldn't tolerate Fields' provocation of him, so he ignored Batman and went straight into the interrogation room.
In Gotham, the status of the police is not high, and no rich person is afraid of the police. But they are not afraid of the police because they will not commit crimes. To be precise, the law cannot judge the crimes they have committed.
The police are always helpless when facing them, because all police officers understand that even if you catch this group of people, they have ten thousand ways to exonerate themselves.
In the end, they won't lose anything, but the police who arrested them may be hated by them. So the police in Gotham never mess with rich people.
But the premise of this situation is that there is really no way to convict them. Their cases are still within their ability to settle. Once the case is serious and the evidence is conclusive, the police will arrest people.
Over the years, it's not like there haven't been rich people who have gone to jail. The main reason these people got into trouble was that they were framed by their peers. As long as the case is bad enough, the impact is big enough, and the evidence is sufficient, they can still be sent to jail.
For this reason, the elites generally do not offend the police to death. Even if the police are not bribed by them, most of them will maintain superficial peace.
The main reason why Gordon, the police chief, can achieve what he has now is that he will not be bribed by anyone. In this way, he is neutral and safe to everyone, so most people are willing to give him face and will not deliberately embarrass him as long as it does not involve core interests.
In order to use the power of the police to suppress civilians, they will even help the police strengthen their prestige, at least on the surface pretending to respect and fear the police so as not to leave themselves any room for criticism.
They knew that Gordon had no good feelings towards their group, so they usually did not provoke him. The two sides maintained a delicate balance and lived in peace for many years.
This balance is actually beneficial. The police can free up more time to deal with ordinary people's affairs and improve Gotham's law and order. One point of energy spent on the elites can at least improve the situation by three points.
For this reason, Gordon was willing to give them face. As long as they were not too excessive and did not cause harm to ordinary people, Gordon would not deliberately make things difficult for them.
But this time Fields went too far and left Gordon no room for maneuver.
If he doesn't take care of this matter, then no one will listen to him in the future. If anyone can kill someone at will and throw him in front of the police station, then he should quit his job as police chief and go home to carry manure.
Gordon entered the interrogation room and never came out. Batman waited in the office for a long time, but Gordon never showed up.
Batman really wants to remain objective, but he feels that if things go wrong once, it's a coincidence; if things go wrong twice, it's probability; if things go wrong every time, doesn't that mean someone is behind it?
Batman came to Gordon to discuss the gambling. This matter is obviously not that simple. If you are not prepared, it may cause a huge disaster. He needs Gordon to cooperate with him.
Batman had no choice but to go downstairs to find other police officers. Fortunately, most of the police knew him at the barbecue party yesterday. When they saw him coming, they greeted him enthusiastically and explained to Batman what had just happened.
By this time, Tork's body had been taken away, but the blood had not been completely cleaned up. Batman looked around the hall and roughly reconstructed the other party's crime process.
Just as he was reasoning, several police officers from the physical evidence department came in with documents. When they saw Batman, they nodded to him, but went straight to the interrogation room.
Batman walked to the interrogation room and wanted to listen to what they were talking about. The police guarding the door wanted to drive him away, but Gordon saw him coming and called him in.
"Boss, the forensic examination report shows that none of the knife wounds on his body were fatal. The real fatal wound was a penetrating wound on the throat. Judging from the shape of the scar, the murder weapon should be a long and thin fruit knife."
"And we found some fructose at the fatal wound. This means that the knife might have been used to cut fruit a few minutes ago. We tested the fructose concentration and initially inferred that it was an apple."
Just as he finished saying this, there was a noise outside the hall door. A young police officer came in with a small box and said, "Someone just sent this over."
"Who?"
"He said his name was Phils."
Gordon took the box and opened it. Inside the box was an apple and a knife.
The apple had been peeled and bitten, the knife was bloody and the handle had fingerprints.
Gordon immediately handed the box to the person in the physical evidence department, looked at Fields with a deadly look, said nothing, and left the interrogation room.
"You came to me about the gambling, right?" Gordon said straight to Batman after walking out of the door, "Your psychiatrist said that your mental condition is very bad. I think you should go and rest."
"I don't have a psychiatrist," Batman said. "If Schiller said that to you, he's just trying to sow discord between us."
"I'm just caring about you, not forcing you to do anything." Gordon shook his head and said, "You know the person who would force you is no longer here. If you still can't get used to this kind of friend-like care, you will make him sad."
Batman didn't respond, he tried to get the topic back on track. He said: "Little Phils wouldn't come up with such an idea, someone must be behind it."
Gordon shook his head and said, "Now is not a good time to look for the mastermind. The invitations have been sent out. As far as I know, at least hundreds of people have participated in the gambling, and each of them is a well-known figure in Gotham. The stakes are already unimaginably high."
"Although with the evidence we have now, it is very likely that Phils Jr. will be brought to court, the casino owned by the Phils family is legal. We cannot close it down at this time."
"You can seal it off temporarily," Batman said, "because there was a murder there. You can keep them closed for a few days under the pretext of an investigation."
"Yes, that's possible, but I can't do that." Gordon looked at Batman and said, "Pandora's box has been opened. There are so many people interested in gambling, they won't stop gambling just because a casino is closed down. They will just go to another place to gamble."
"Now that we have evidence of Little Fields's crime, maybe we can convince Old Fields to let this gambling game go on under our noses. This will at least ensure that there won't be too much trouble."
"And if we let some unknown people take over, they will not have any scruples and will continue to increase the gambling money and make the bets bigger and bigger. That will be a real disaster."
Batman frowned. He knew that what Gordon said made sense, but he proposed another possibility. He said, "Is it possible that the other party sent the key evidence just to make you feel this way?"
"It makes you feel that everything is under control, so you won't use GTO to interfere with the game, and his plan will go smoothly."
Gordon thought of Schiller whom he saw at the entrance of the Phils Casino. He felt that Batman was right, but even though he knew that was the case, he had no other choice.
"It's possible, but no matter what, I can't bet on it." Gordon looked at Batman and said, "Batman, we have different identities, so we naturally look at things from different perspectives."
"I envy you for being able to fight crime with a free hand, but you must also understand my desire to maintain stability. Maintaining stability is the best situation for the vast majority of ordinary people. Even if maintaining stability may help others complete their plans, I must do it."
Batman knew that this matter could not be discussed, but fortunately this was not the first time. He and Gordon always sought common ground while reserving differences. So he said: "I will go to the casino tonight to investigate and get the list of people who bet. You have to take someone to Arkham Asylum."
Gordon was obviously thinking about it. He said, "If nothing unexpected happens, this time it will be a winner-takes-all situation. Someone will definitely want to tamper with it. Arkham Asylum is the only way out."
"Tork is dead, and Arkham Asylum is now without a director. Although the security facilities established previously are still effective, if there is an unexpected situation, someone must be able to deal with it. I will let the GTO stay there for the next few days to prevent anyone from causing trouble."
Batman shook his head and said, "You can't put all your people there. It's too remote. If something happens in the city, they might not be able to get back in time."
"It's a real problem," Gordon sighed. "It would be great if all the criminals were locked up there, but the most dangerous one is out there. It's hard for us to deal with it."
Batman naturally thought of the new Joker Maria. Now, except for her, almost all dangerous criminals are locked up in the asylum. If he goes in, they can concentrate all their forces in the asylum.
But alas, the new Joker has not been seen since the explosion at the Charabong chemical plant. She has been silent for longer than ever before, which means she is likely to make another big move.
Batman couldn't help but start thinking, if someone deliberately arranged this gambling game, then what was his purpose?
Or, without beating around the bush, what is Schiller's purpose in doing this? Batman has not yet figured out where the real trap is.
At this time, a police officer knocked on the door and walked into the reception room. He told Gordon: "The examination of the apple and the fruit knife has been completed. There is Fields' saliva on the apple and his fingerprints on the handle of the fruit knife. The evidence is conclusive and irrefutable."
"According to New Jersey law, no bail is granted for such a serious case. Phils will spend the next period of time in jail."
"But old Phils is too old. He probably doesn't have the energy to run such a large casino. Phils East Coast Paradise can only be handed over to his only remaining son to manage."
Batman left the Gotham Police Department thinking that the dispute between the two Fels brothers was no secret in the upper class. In the end, Fels Jr. took over the casino, proving that he was better than his brother.
And now that his brother has finally taken back the casino and taken over the gambling game that was created by little Fields and became an overnight hit in the high society, he must be eager to show his skills.
He didn't have that kind of brains and couldn't think of any good solution. Little Fields's people wouldn't be used by him, so the only one he could rely on was the person who helped him take over the casino.
Batman knew without a second thought that the man must be Schiller.
But this whole process is so familiar. Isn’t this how the Charaban family fell?
Batman suddenly discovered that the elite class that he and the Pale Knight had always believed to be invincible was not that powerful. When they were held in Schiller's palm, they were as fragile as an eggshell that would break at the slightest pinch.
But if Schiller is right, then were the difficulties they had experienced in the past due to the fact that their walking posture was incorrect, or was the path they were taking fundamentally wrong?