In the afternoon, the hazy weather makes people sleepy.
This was a good day for taking a nap, but an unexpected case made many people unexpectedly busy.
[Who poked the hornet's nest in Arkham?] This was the headline printed on the front page of the Gotham Evening News that day,
But that’s a story for another day. For now, let’s talk about those busy people, the policemen of the Gotham Police Department.
No one expected that the "fire ax thug" last night would "do a big job" at Arkham Asylum in less than twenty-four hours.
This kind of lawless behavior has naturally alerted Gotham Police Chief James Gordon.
When news of the "mass escape" of the lunatic asylum inmates reached Gordon's ears, he happened to walk out of the home of a police officer; and that police officer... was hacked to death by fire ax thugs last night
One of the deceased.
Gordon always leaves the terrible and difficult task of "notifying the families of the deceased" to himself, because he feels that, as the director, he is responsible for the lives of every one of his men.
After being bombarded with tears and sorrow by the family members of the deceased police officers, Gordon walked back to the police car... He must have been in a very bad mood. And at this moment, he heard the sound from last night through the police frequency.
News that the suspect committed another crime.
The director's next reaction can be imagined...
He immediately issued the order for the roundup through the intercom in the car, and added the statement "any measures can be taken if necessary" at the end of the order.
All the police officers under him understand this, which means... they don't necessarily have to arrest anyone alive.
Within ten minutes after the order was issued, more than half of the city's police force rushed toward the suburbs where the lunatic asylum was located.
Obviously, not only the chief, but also many police officers have taken the action of arresting Brother Jue to the level of personal grudges. After all, he is a "criminal who killed police officers" and he deserves such "special treatment".
Furthermore, Gotham has not seen such a serious crime in a long time. Last night, they raided the police station and launched a jailbreak today... At this pace, we will attack the city government tomorrow? Can this be tolerated?
Also... the prisoners he released, although not as vicious as him, were still "mentally ill", and many of them had violent tendencies; even if only one of these people ran back to the city, he was still referring to
It might be a big deal.
To sum up, the police's overwhelming response is not excessive.
…………
At four o'clock in the afternoon, more than an hour had passed since Feng Bujue released all the fugitives in the asylum.
The police encirclement had now formed within several kilometers of Arkham.
There are not many roads in the suburbs, so it is not difficult to block every one of them. The police did do that, but...at least until four o'clock, there was still no sign of the "fire ax thugs" at any sentry post.
The news is that many other prisoners who escaped from the lunatic asylum have been arrested.
At the same time, in the front lobby of the Arkham main building.
"Is this the final list of personnel?" Gordon looked down at a piece of handwritten, scrawled paper and said to one of his police officers.
"Yes, sir, I have verified it twice." The police officer replied quickly, "There are six management and clerical staff, a total of twenty-nine guards on duty, four resident doctors, and one consultant.
In addition... there are seven service staff including cooks and cleaners... a total of forty-seven people; among them, except for some guards who suffered minor injuries to varying degrees, everyone else is safe."
"Okay." Gordon went through the information in his mind, then responded casually and made a gesture.
The police officer nodded after seeing the gesture and went to the side.
Gordon turned his head and looked back at Dr. Quinn, the person he was talking to before listening to the report.
"Sorry, where did we just talk?" Gordon asked after reorganizing his thoughts.
"Speaking of the part where he released the other prisoners," Quinn replied.
"Oh...right." Gordon responded, "You said...that Jack and his accomplices had obviously fled to the courtyard and were about to drive away, but they turned back because of the guard's words?
"
"Yes, I was standing at the window on the second floor and witnessed the whole process through the window glass," Quinn said.
"Well..." Gordon frowned slightly, lost in thought.
"It's strange, isn't it." Quinn saw the other person's thoughts and said, "I think so too..." She paused, "Judging from his reaction at the time, he made the impromptu move because he was concerned about the police roundup.
He did this, but his subsequent actions... seemed as if he had planned everything and implemented it in the most efficient way."
"Yeah..." Gordon thought thoughtfully, "If he simply wants to cause more trouble to the police, then he only needs to open all the cells and entrance and exit gates in the main control room... and then run away.
, as for what will happen next...he doesn't have to worry about it at all.
"But the actual situation is... he chose to use the radio to tell you that he was going to release the prisoners, and used this as a threat to command you in the main control room, gather all the staff to the underground evacuation center, and help
You sealed the entrance...and then released the prisoners.
"Not only that, he also sealed the door of the main control room before leaving, as if..."
"No need to say 'as if'..." The next second, a hoarse voice that sounded like late stage laryngeal cancer interrupted Gordon's words and joined him and Quinn's conversation, "Conclusion
It has become obvious that he did this for two purposes, first: to protect the staff here; second, to protect something in the main control room."
When he finished speaking, Gordon and Quinn both looked at him in surprise.
Not only the two of them, but everyone in the lobby also just realized the existence of this person. It was as if this person suddenly appeared here out of thin air just a moment before he spoke...
In Gotham, the person who can do this and often does it is undoubtedly... Batman.
"No matter how many times I try, I'm still not used to the way you appear." Gordon glanced at Batman, and then complained to the latter in a tone of greeting an old friend.
"So..." Quinn's attitude towards Batman was not very friendly, but he still maintained basic courtesy, "Mr., the greatest detective in the world, I believe you already know why Jack did this?"
"I protect you first so that the prisoners can leave the asylum immediately after they are released from their cells." Batman began to answer the other party's questions almost without thinking, "Because he needs these prisoners to run out and help him disrupt the police's sight. If the prisoners stay,
In the lunatic asylum, if he spends his time on "violating the staff", the effectiveness of his plan will be greatly reduced.
"As for his motives for blocking the main control room, I can deduce two things at this stage...
"First, it is to prevent the prisoners from using the control equipment inside. If the prisoners enter the main control room, they can directly open the door of the refuge center where you are. In this way, Jack's actions to protect you will be
It becomes meaningless.
"Secondly, the conclusion that he wants to keep the surveillance video there needs to be considered in conjunction with the previous one... If he simply wants to prevent prisoners from using the switch in the main control room to open the door, then he can just smash the equipment here
, there is no need to block the entrance. But he did not do that, and the reason... He must have another purpose, and this purpose requires the equipment in the main control room to operate normally and not be damaged to achieve it.
"If you think about it this way...he is probably going to protect the hard drives that store the video files."
Batman finished these words in an orderly manner, leaving both Gordon, a professional policeman, and Quinn, a psychology expert, stunned.
After a long time, Gordon came back to his senses and continued: "Uh... Then why did he keep those surveillance videos? According to normal logic, instead of saving those videos, he should record them
Isn’t it right for his appearance and actions to be destroyed?”
What he said makes sense, but it does not overturn Batman's reasoning just now, it just points out one of the doubts.
"When we watch those videos..." Batman thought for two seconds before continuing, "We will naturally know what tricks he is playing."
