[Comprehensive British and American] HE saves the world

Although everyone stayed up late the night before and didn't know what time it was, the next morning, BAU still conducted a visit and investigation on several suspects according to the original plan.

Because Cornelia Brittany is a very dedicated and good politician, coming to work on time and early - as the new mayor of Gotham City, she was the first one they found.

After being invited to the mayor's office, the two showed her their FBI credentials, and JJ reached out and shook the female mayor.

"Jennifer Jareau. BAU Liaison Officer, you can call me JJ, Mayor."

Cornelia nodded at her. She has a capable appearance that matches her personality very well. She has a strong and cold temperament, but she still has a feminine charm. Well-manicured curly hair hangs on the right side It's hard for anyone to ignore her stunning beauty.But it is also difficult for others to be contemptuous of her because of her beauty and femininity.She stood there with sharp eyes and a tall and straight figure, with the arrogance of a person in power who has lived in the world for a long time, and her whole body is like a queen, making people feel that she dare not offend.

Cornelia did not accept JJ's kindness to soften the atmosphere, she just nodded briefly, then said "Give me 5 minutes" and continued to sign the document in her hand.

After signing the last document, she casually handed the document to the Asian man wearing glasses - the one who had brought them to the mayor's office earlier. Morgan could tell from the way he stood and walked He had a long experience in the military—then folded his arms and stared at the two FBIs in front of him in a posture that was clearly sitting on the desk, but was almost overlooking.

"I have a meeting in an hour." She glanced at her watch. "You have 35 minutes."

Well, tough, arrogant, acts in a very military style, self-centered, doesn't care much about what others think.From the minimalist office decor to the way she approaches her work, she is a utilitarian with a strong focus on efficiency.It can also be seen from the pile of golden medals in the display cabinet on the side that she is not only extremely capable, but also has a strong self-esteem. Her confidence in her ability makes her not mind showing her past achievements and strength. .

. . . Rosie should really be here, they are the same kind of people.

Morgan complained a little in his heart.

But he still took the topic and asked about something he cared more about.

"You don't seem to be surprised by our intentions."

Cornelia's tone and expression were very calm.

"I was wondering when you would come to me, but you came sooner than I thought." Her eyes unconsciously fell to the photo frame on the desk, "BAU's efficiency really lives up to its reputation."

Did that count as them passing her little test?

Morgan didn't ask the question.He raised his eyebrows only slightly, and looked at the picture Cornelia was looking at.

It was a well-preserved photo. The background was a pure white building. Under the blue sky, beside the sparkling lake, on the green lawn, Cornelia, who was much younger than now, and a man dressed in The beautiful girls in long white dresses sat together. They had similar bright long hair, similar silhouettes, similar snow-white skin and purple eyes, and the blood relationship between them could be seen at a glance.

Morgan recognized the girl's identity at a glance.

"That was when Yuffie was 16 years old, and we took the photo together."

When mentioning this younger sister, Cornelia's tense face softened a bit, as if the sunlight of that day had shone into her eyes after a long distance, and those dark eyes were also slightly brighter. Get up, contains endless sentimental.

"Is she cute? No one can dislike her and have the heart to hurt her."

"...I'm sorry." JJ said softly.

"Agreeing Yuffie to come to Gotham is the most regretful thing in my life." Cornelia seemed to not want to talk about this matter, and hurriedly looked away, "She is my most important sister. Even now, I Still can't accept that Yuffie has left me forever."

Cornelia paused for a moment before continuing.

"Nunaly came to Gotham to investigate Yuffie's death... She has a special talent for this kind of thing. She was sent away very young, but her relationship with Yuffie is very good .” Speaking of this, she sneered, “Then, this city was not satisfied with killing my favorite girl, but also my second sister.”

"I'm sorry for what happened to you." JJ said softly, "Although it's presumptuous to ask, please allow me to ask, when did you know that Nunnally Lampelucci is your sister?"

"After she died." Cornelia's voice was very cold, "I saw her picture in the newspaper... I recognized her instantly when I saw it, that was the grown-up Nunnally. Afterwards I After some investigation, I came to a conclusion... I didn't expect to meet under such circumstances. It's the worst way."

"... Are you in a good relationship?"

"She is a lively and energetic child. Although she occasionally quarrels with Yuffie, it's just a childish temper. After the tantrum, she feels better."

Recalling her childhood, a trace of tenderness appeared on the older sister's face, and then disappeared.

"Her mother...Marianne was my father's fifth wife. My father loved her very much. That was the best time in my memory. The attack on their mother and daughter brought a great blow to my father. That's why he falsified the death record for her later, and sent her to Japan to be raised by relatives there. I guess it was to protect her. But..."

Cornelia twitched her lips, and both Morgan and JJ understood what she meant.

——but she died here in the end, in the most tragic way.

"May I ask." As a qualified FBI agent, Morgan still asked the right question, "Do you have any guesses about the murderer this time? Who do you think is likely to do such a thing?"

"I can't be sure until the Riddler dies." Cornelia folded her arms again, and looked at the two detectives in front of her, "But seeing you, I can be sure...it's about Bloody Christmas. RACHE, right?"

"..."

BAU agents maintained a professional silence.

"If I had known about the Riddler before he died, I wouldn't have asked you to come."

Cornelia makes an unexpected confession about this.

"But now that you're here... get on with it, agents."

"Thank you for your cooperation." JJ nodded slightly.

"As for you asking me, who do I think is most likely to do such a thing?"

Cornelia sneered.

"Do you know how many people were killed by those lunatics in Arkham? You can go to GCPD and ask, which policeman doesn't want those lunatics to die? This year, Freeze also killed a policeman-the lunatic froze the poor policeman into a hole ice, and cut him in half in front of his partner, but they just had to send him to Arkham and wait until he broke out and killed another guy."

She raised her chin and made her final conclusion.

"Who could be the murderer? Detectives, this is Gotham, and there are too many people who want them dead."

Morgan looked at her fixedly: "So, mayor, are you one of them?"

"of course."

Cornelia spat out dirty words that didn't fit her identity.

"The son of a bitch who killed Yuffie is still alive and well in Blackgate just because he wanted to have fun."

"And the one who killed Nunnally? He just escaped from Arkham just a month ago, broke into the house of the chief of police, shot his daughter, kidnapped him, and insulted him. That poor girl is still lying In the hospital, and won't be able to stand up for the rest of his life. How many people have been killed and injured by Gotham's policing system in the past for this guy? But how is he now? He's still in that hospital. They can get What should he do?"

Cornelia sneered.

"That's why I'm here now."

She bent her wrist, tapped the table, and opened her mouth with undeniable tyranny.

"If no one is going to change this, it's me. It's the best thing I can do for my sisters."

"I understand what you mean." JJ nodded and paused before saying, "Although I know these questions may make you feel uncomfortable, since this is a necessary process, I still hope you can answer me honestly. ,mayor."

She gave a series of times, exactly when the four murders took place.

"...can you tell me where you are these days?" she asked.

"I was attending a charity dinner last night, and many people can testify for me. As for other times, you can ask my deputy, Gilbert. He has my complete itinerary."

After finishing speaking, Cornelia glanced down at her watch.

"Do you have any questions?"

"No, thank you for your cooperation."

JJ closed the booklet in his hand, shook hands with Cornelia again, and left the mayor's office with Morgan.

After walking to the parking lot, the two heaved a long sigh of relief.

"That was indeed a very oppressive lady."

Morgan said sadly. JJ was amused by his exaggerated theatrics.But the smile was only fleeting. She turned her head and glanced in the direction of the mayor's office with a complicated expression.

"Mayor Cornelia is actively promoting Gotham's death penalty legislation." JJ said the information she had investigated, "She wants to execute them through legitimate means. This is her means of revenge."

"Then we can only see if other people can find anything else." Morgan sighed.

On the other side, Hodge and Emily got off the flight from Gotham to Chicago and drove to the headquarters of the Britannia Group, where they made an appointment to meet Schneizel Britannia .

"Please come with me, Schneizel is waiting for the two of you in the reception room."

Canon Maldini invited the two FBIs to the reception room, where the leaders of the Britannia Group were sitting on the sofa drinking black tea.He was in tailored, handmade suits, and he was in great shape, wearing a white tailored suit better than any supermodel.The blond hair was combed neatly behind his head, revealing his handsome face like a god. It seemed that even the years could not bear to leave any marks on this face——Emily recalled the appearance of this family and found that the people of their Breton family seemed to be born very well.

"Please sit down." The man smiled politely and made a gesture of asking them to go.

Hodge and Emily sat down in front of him.

"Mr. Brittany." Hodge's tone was very calm, "May I ask you a few questions?"

"Thank you for coming here from Gotham, let's drink some tea first." Schneizel looked at them with a smile, "I have spared enough time for the visit of the two of you, we can talk slowly, although I don't know what you want to ask, but I will cooperate with your investigation. So, don't be too impatient, we still have a lot of time."

Hodge made a simple assessment of him in his heart.

Well-born, extremely intelligent, best-educated, with good taste.Grow up in the admiration and surrounding of everyone.Typical elite.Be humble and courteous when receiving people.He behaves like an English aristocrat, and he is the kind of person who will not show obvious aggressiveness and initiative during talks.However, his desire to control is not weak, but he chooses to take control in a more subtle way.

Kanon put down the black tea for guests in front of them.Hodge took a sip, and the aroma of the fine tea leaves spread between his lips, which was his favorite type of tea.And he could smell that what was put down in front of Emily was another kind of tea.

...perhaps it should be added that someone who is very good at observing people and creating a convincing atmosphere.

"I thought you'd heard about the latest serial murder case."

Hodge put down the black tea in his hand, and observed Schneizel's expression calmly.

He didn't show any surprise, and didn't ask which case it was. He just took another sip of the black tea, and then put the teacup on the saucer.

"The case of Luther?" There was a trace of sentimentality on his face, "I didn't expect that kind of thing to happen to him. Although I don't agree with many of his views, I still think that his clever brain is the most important thing for us humans." One of those treasured possessions. I'm truly...deeply sorry that a talent of his caliber left us in that way."

Hodge watched him for a while before finally making sure that his "deeply regret" wasn't ironic.

Instead, what he said was sincere.

From Schneizel's face, you can't see the tragic battle between Britannia Military Technology and Lex Group in the shopping malls in the past, and you can't even see that these two have been in business since they took over the family business. The presidents who have been dissing each other tit for tat.If he didn't know the summary of the previous story, Hodge might have really thought that Schneizel and Luthor had a good personal relationship.

"According to our investigation, we believe that the murderer this time may be related to the death of Nunnally Lampelucci." Hodge paid attention to Schneizel's expression, "She is your sister, do you have any clues about this?" ?"

The smile disappeared from Schneizel's face like melting spring snow.

"Many people have a reason to do this." He said calmly, "Nunaly, like Yuffie, is a very gentle and kind person. She has helped many people, and many people love her from the bottom of their hearts and support her. Sad to die in such a way."

"Are there any people like this who you think might have done something like this?" Emily asked, "would have lost control over her death, acted impulsively and violently, or had posted People who vowed to make those people pay for this, who showed clear and fierce hatred... Do you know anyone like this?"

"Bruce's second adopted son, I remember his name is Jason... He once showed such emotions." Schneizel thought for a moment, and gave the name, "Jason Todd, that's the name. But He’s a teenager who fell out with Bruce and left for Philadelphia, where he’s going to high school, so I guess he’s not what you’re looking for.”

"Really?" Emily memorized the name silently, "Why did he fall out with Mr. Wayne?"

"Because he thought Bruce should avenge Nunnally, at least no matter what method he used, he should kill the clown, but the clown was still alive, so he couldn't forgive this, so he left Wayne's house."

Schneizel folded his hands across his chest, and that smile came back to his face again.

"Though I also understand why Bruce didn't do that."

Schneizel continued in an unusually calm tone.

"Killing is not a good deal. We are businessmen, not murderers. Smart people don't solve problems by killing."

"..."

Hodge narrowed his eyes slightly.

He could see that Schneizel was not lying about this sentence either.

But he was also aware that Schneizel was not telling the whole truth.

After a long but inconclusive conversation, Hodge and Emily also got up to leave.

Before leaving, Emily suddenly turned her head and pointed to the pot of Oncidium by the window.

"This flower doesn't seem to match the atmosphere of the living room?" she asked. "May I ask why this potted flower is here?"

"I just think this flower is very beautiful." Schneizel said softly, "So I put it here, isn't it suitable?"

"It's not that inappropriate." Emily nodded with a smile, and then left with Hodge.

After the door of the reception room was closed, she whispered to Hodge, "There are Oncidium in Nunnally's residence in Philadelphia and Gotham, as well as her clinic."

"And those three properties were given to her by Schneizel." Hodge whispered.

Emily nodded silently.

"Let Garcia check Schneizel's private account to see if there are any unusual money transactions." Hodge stepped forward, "He probably knows something."

On the other side, Gotham, Wayne Tower.

Red and Rosie are Bruce Wayne met at the Wayne Co. front desk.

Even the FBI had a hard time finding a slot for Gotham Baby, so they had to go to the company to block people.And after waiting for a long time, they saw the belated figure of Bruce Wayne appearing behind the gate.No one expressed any objection to Wayne's usual lateness, even the front desk seemed to be used to it.

"I'm so sorry, David and...Dr. Rhett, please forgive me for making you wait so long."

Baby Brucey from Gotham walked over with his usual frivolous and flashy smile, and shook hands with two FBIs one after another.

"I probably drank too much last night, you know, if you've had two bottles of champagne the night before, it's hard to get up the next day. But people have always been so warm to me, it's just irresistible I woke up this morning with a headache."

He showed a complaining expression, and then laughed himself, his blue eyes bent, he looked at the two FBI agents, and patted himself on the forehead exaggeratedly.

"By the way, I forgot to ask, what are you guys doing here today?"

Rosie & Rhett: "..."

David Rossi, BAU special agent, famous criminal psychologist, well-known FBI, the video of interrogating prisoners can be used as a teaching material in the FBI Academy, a professional who has interrogated more prisoners than all the people in Arkham combined, and is slow He took out a black notebook from his pocket and opened it in front of Bruce Wayne.

"I want to know, Mr. Wayne." He asked the Gotham baby in front of him in a very old-fashioned FBI tone, and reported a string of time accurate to the minute, "Where are you these days?"

"Hmm..." Bruce pretended to think for a few minutes, and then spread his hands innocently, "Sorry, I don't remember much. Maybe my secretary may know better? You know, for people like me, time It really doesn't make sense, I've had a few days of alcohol this month, and it's hard for me to remember those days."

Facing this dude who behaved like a dead man, Rossi just raised his eyebrows slightly, and started to ask the next question.

"Do you know about the recent serial killings, Mr. Wayne?"

"Serial murder? Of course I know about this." Bruce Wayne put his hands in his trouser pockets and said after a few seconds of meditation, "However, I don't quite understand. What does this case have to do with me?"

Then, without waiting for David Rossi to speak, he took out his mobile phone and glanced at the time, and then smiled at the two FBIs in front of him, seemingly apologetic but actually unapologetic.

"Sorry, I still have a date." He held out his hand and shook hands with Rossi, "Let's chat later, to express my apologies, I will treat you to dinner at the best hotel in Gotham , of course, with Dr. Rhett."

Then, the boss of the Wayne Group let go without hesitation, and within 5 minutes of walking into his company, in front of the two FBIs, he skipped his work and the rest of the inquiries.

after he left.

Rhett, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke.

"He's still wearing her ring." Reid raised his left hand to signal, "That's the style of the ring that Nunnally ordered, I saw it in her shopping record that Garcia investigated, The ring she bought two years ago, before Bruce Wayne's birthday."

And he still wears it now.It was not taken off after her death.

"So they're not just boyfriend and girlfriend."

Rossi whispered.

"They're an unmarried couple."

The author has something to say:

As mentioned in the official anti-reverse novel, Oncidium is the most suitable flower for Nunnally.

When I was writing, I always thought that the second brother’s behavior of giving flowers to the blind man was amazing. Why does your sister always think that you are not familiar with each other? Please reflect on yourself.

As for Bruce... his acting skills are just like that, you should really see his exaggerated performances at those banquets in the first and second movies, he just took advantage of the thinking error that people don't think Wang Sicong is Batman... …I really want to say, Bruce, you accidentally showed Batman's face when Sejave Dent entered the Chamber of Secrets.

The ring appeared in the interlude in the previous volume.

The hostess has only told Lily Rush one person.