[Criminal Minds] Wooden Legs of Justice

"Could it be that the defenders who defended religion killed these girls? I mean if they did something against Puritan teachings." Reid scratched his hair in confusion.

On the way to school, the two continued to discuss the case.

"But why pneumonia? In my memory, the punishment of Puritanism doesn't say death from pneumonia. Not even the stricter Catholicism and Orthodox Church. Could it be another small branch? St. Anglicanism? Baptists clearly..."

"The Anabaptists are mainly in the Netherlands now." Leo interjected, watching Reid review those religious customs in his head with amused expression.What a little bookworm.It's just not as boring as Leo's initial imagination.

Why do I find him so funny?so cute?Oh, stop thinking about it, Leo!In the end, Leo had to dictate to himself.

The situation took so much of Leo's energy that it made him look a little absent-minded. Reid looked at him a few more times, puzzled.This upset Leo even more - he actually understood Reid's eyes!The little doctor must have been too obvious! Leo self-hypnotized.

Now Leo is driving the car.The road was slippery in the snow, and Leo was in the driver's seat after Reid nearly crashed the car into a spruce tree in the woods by the side of the road 10 minutes earlier.

"Maybe it's a direction, but overall, it's not quite right, don't ask me why." Leo took a drag on his cigarette, "My sixth sense."

"Women's thing..." Reid muttered under his breath. Leo pretended not to hear anything.

St.John High School, a mid-level private school, even its name has a strong religious atmosphere. Reid glanced at the man standing beside him with a sarcastic expression.

This big lion is even half a head taller than himself, with broad shoulders and long legs, plus that expensive outfit, it looks like a nobleman holding a banquet in a Bavarian castle.How can you look like an office worker who comes to work for the FBI!

"You don't believe in religion?" Reid couldn't help asking, it was Leo's sarcastic expression, which seemed very different in a country with many Christians.Not to mention the Europe where he originally lived. "Europe can almost be said to be a Christian country. Before the formation of nation-states in the Middle Ages, the Pope was the largest. Not to mention that Germany had no country before modern times."

Leo didn't answer the little doctor's question immediately, but asked instead: "What about you?"

"Trust me!" Reid gave the answer without hesitation at all.

"Oh? I thought you came with a Ph.D. in biochemistry, so you would believe in science 100%! Cut through the fog of the Middle Ages, explore the mysteries of the universe and so on." Leo once again joked about Reid's major.Of course, the big lion has been surprised by Reid's understanding of humanities.

"It doesn't mean I can't believe in religion! Newton also said that God rotated the earth! He was an outstanding naturalist in the first half of his life, and a theologian in the second half of his life." Reid argued angrily, he didn't like Leo always using His professionalism speaks volumes.

"I originally wanted to take courses in the Department of Literature!" Now Leo was completely surprised.

In order to satisfy his curiosity, Reid continued to ask, "Why don't you believe in religion? Is there a reason? I thought Germany was the people of God. Even NAZZI is a Christian."

"Oh, a man from a country where the Reformation brought about the Thirty Years' War, how do you make me believe in God? The Bohemian uprising, Denmark's intervention, Sweden's invasion, France's war. From princes to kings, civil wars turned into international wars. Haven’t you heard this saying? The tragic end of the Reformation—the Thirty Years’ War.” Leo made no secret of his disgust. Dr. Reid finally had nothing to say and closed his mouth.

For example, what JJ and Emily learned from the families of victims No. 05 and No. 06, the teachers of St. John High School also evaluated them: they are obedient and good children with excellent grades.These evaluations are mediocre and do not reveal any useful information.Anyone who hears this passage will not think of PARTYGIRL.

If Leo hadn't seen them dress up on the streets of New York with his own eyes and fully believed in his face recognition skills, he would have thought he was old and dim.

At least Reid was a little skeptical - glanced at Leo cryptically. Leo is depressed.

There are three teaching buildings in St.John Middle School, which are distributed in the form of "pin".The victim's classroom is in the second building to the west.This means that Leo and Reid have to walk half of the school.The melodious church music just started, and the get out of class was over at this time.

"You go along this road, then turn left." The teacher who just talked to them pointed the way for them, "Do you still need me to guide you?" The teacher named Petter's attitude is not very friendly .Probably because of being repeatedly asked for information.

"Although I don't know why, I think he's hiding something and doesn't want to talk about it." After declining Petter's suggestion, Reid told Leo.

At this time, they were surrounded by students coming and going. Leo marvelously found that the little doctor mixed in the crowd without the slightest sense of abruptness.The little doctor has a dark brown bag hanging diagonally, and looks like a high school student.It's over, it's all degraded to high school. Leo sighed inwardly.

The surrounding students obviously didn't know why these two people came here.They were still laughing and laughing, completely unaware that a student among them had lost their life.

"Hey, did you hear that? That girl from Class Eleven died." They heard a sudden voice as they passed one of the group of students.

"What? Which one?" asked another voice. It was a girl.

"That's the one!" replied the previous voice.

"Oh, it's her! I don't think it's weird at all, she's always hanging out with that group of people." The girl's voice replied disdainfully.This is a girl dressed in a rigid dress with glasses. The thick lenses show that she has a good amount of reading.

This is obviously a good kid who concentrates on reading.Reid, who has been among the nerds all the year round, evaluated silently in his heart.

It seems that no one knows about this.At least the girl showed no surprise. Leo and Reid looked at each other, thinking silently.It seemed that the teacher was really hiding something.

Listening to the conversations of these students, it seems that the victim is a well-known figure.This is different from what they have learned before.

The number of students who paid attention to this topic gradually increased, and they gathered together to discuss in a hurry.

"Anyway, it feels like she doesn't fit in with this school at all." A student commented on the victim.

After Reid and Leo had heard enough, the class bell rang.The gathered students slowly dispersed and returned to their classrooms.

It seems that this time is really the right time!It is indeed possible to understand the situation of the victims through these students.

"Hello, we are BAU, I am Dr. Reid, and this is my colleague Agent Harrington. We are here to investigate Alice's case." Reid explained the situation to the teacher in class.It can be seen that Reid is still a little nervous to speak in front of so many people.At this point, they had arrived in the classroom where the victim was attending class.

The full house of students had different expressions.Several girls looked indifferent, and some students looked puzzled.However, no matter what expressions the students put on, they were all silent, and it seemed that no one was willing to cooperate with the investigation.

"Well, if you really can't think of anything."

Ultimately, reid had to say.He had spent the last 15 minutes trying to get the students to say something about Alice.But this group of students kept silent as if they didn't know anything.

"We don't know what's going on." A boy said, "Why are you asking us?" His tone was provocative, and he cleverly changed his personal point of view into a collective point of view. Reid noticed that there were a few students who were originally confused, and their expressions became very bad at this time.

"What do you detectives want from us? Do you suspect that there is a murderer hidden in us?" Someone shouted again.

To be honest, no one wants to deal with teenagers in this age group - sensitive and inferior, and self-righteous.There is a defiant look at the world. Reid sighed inwardly.

"Sure enough, all teenagers are difficult to deal with." Reid recalled his sad student days again - an unlucky doormat.

Fortunately, there was finally a breakthrough.

The variable is a tall boy with brown-red hair in the back row of the class.He had been sitting in the corner with an indifferent face, but when he heard Reid use GOODGIRL to describe the two victims, his expression appeared a little disdainful.He leaned back on the chair back in a gesture of refusal.

What is he resisting? Leo thought to himself.This goodgirl gave him a sense of resistance.Does he hate victims?

Reid obviously realized this in an instant.He glanced at leo.At this moment, Leo suddenly understood that in front of him was a powerful senior FBI agent.

Leo slid down from the podium, slowly walked up to the boy with his hands behind his back, and directly tapped on her desktop lightly.His sculpted handsome face was half a smile than a smile, that kind of aristocratic, sly smile that Reid wished he didn't.

"what's your name?"

"James, James. Li." Surprised by Leo's appearance, the boy's body froze.However, a carefree expression soon appeared.I have to say that james.li's reaction speed is very fast, and his acting skills are also very good.But with the level of the two BAUs, it's easy to see that he is trying very hard to maintain such a small gangster appearance to cover up his nervousness.

"What's wrong, Agent, I don't know anything." Li said slickly.Unfortunately, he was facing Leo.

"Did I ask you what you know? Mr. Li, or do you know something?" Leo skillfully threw the question back.

James.Li's expression was like swallowing a fat frog, or swallowing it alive.

"Hey James, we mean no harm, just wanted to ask something about your classmate." Reid tried to smooth things over in a soft voice.But his friendly and kind expression obviously didn't help.

"I don't understand something, Agent, I think they are just my ordinary classmates." After recovering, James' attitude was tough.

Reid is a bit helpless, should he now use a bunch of data to prove that he is lying?Then ask him to cooperate with the investigation?

Reid clearly has no better solution for a conflicted teen.It wasn't once or twice that he was defeated in this age group, he could only look at Leo for help.

Originally silent, Leo, who was about to watch Reid's performance, was amused by Reid's expression like a small animal asking for help.So he said again: "Hey, boy, we can come out and talk. Or do you want me to talk about the good things between you and them here, in your class, in front of everyone?" Leo leaned closer James, in the ear, whispered.

Here, apart from James, only Reid could hear Leo's low-pitched, "rustling" words.

James almost jumped up, and there were even drops of sweat on the tip of his nose in this weather.His face was pale, and Reid felt that the pimples on his face had turned white.

"You can come to the Mountbat Hotel, Room 8 after 417:[-] p.m., I believe we will have something in common." Leo raised his hand and patted the red-haired boy on the shoulder.