Batman was waiting in his office when Gordon brought Phils back to the police station.
Gordon was really angry this time. He couldn't tolerate Pheles provoking him like this, so he ignored Batman and went straight to the interrogation room.
In Gotham, police officers are not at high level, and no rich man is afraid of police. But they are not afraid of police because they cannot commit crimes. To be precise, the law cannot judge the crimes they committed.
When the police face them, they are always helpless because all the police understand that even if you arrest this group of people, they have ten thousand ways to get rid of themselves.
In the end, they will not suffer any losses, but the police who caught them may be held grudge by them. Therefore, Gotham police have never messed with rich people.
But the premise of this situation is that there is really no way to convict them. Their case is still within their ability to settle the matter. Once the case is serious and the evidence is conclusive, the police will arrest people.
Over the years, it is not that there are no rich people going to jail. The main reason for this group of people is that they are framed by their colleagues. As long as the case is serious, the impact is large enough, and the evidence is sufficient, they can still be allowed to go to jail.
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For this reason, elites generally do not offend the police to death. Even if the police who were not bribed by them, most of them maintain superficial peace.
The main reason why Gordon, the police chief, can do it now is that he will not be bribed by anyone. In this way, he is neutral and safe for everyone, so most people are willing to sell him for face as long as he doesn't.
When it comes to core interests, I will not deliberately make things difficult for him.
In order to use the power of the police to suppress civilians, they will help the police strengthen their prestige, at least on the surface, look respectful and fearful of the police, and leave no talk to themselves.
They understood that Gordon had no good feelings for his group of people, so they did not usually touch his bad intentions. The two sides maintained a delicate balance and remained peaceful for many years.
This balance is actually beneficial. Police can free up more time to deal with ordinary people and improve Gotham's security. A little energy can be used on elites to improve at least three points of the situation.
For this reason, Gordon is willing to give them face. As long as it is not too excessive and does not cause harm to ordinary people, Gordon will not deliberately make things difficult for them.
But this time, Pheles did too much and left no room for Gordon. Is it tolerant, who is intolerable?
If he doesn't care about this, then no one will listen to him in the future. If anyone can kill someone at will and throw it to the police station door, then he, the police chief, should not do it, go home and pick up the feces.
Gordon didn't come out after entering the interrogation room. Batman waited in the office for a long time, but couldn't wait for Gordon's people at all.
Batman really wants to remain objective, but he thinks that one time is a coincidence, two times are a probability, and two times are not smooth. Isn’t anyone really interfering with it?
Of course, Batman came to Gordon to discuss the gambling issue. This matter is obviously not that simple. If he is not prepared, it may cause a huge disaster. He needs Gordon to cooperate with him.
There was no way, Batman could only go downstairs to find other policemen. Fortunately, most of the police knew him at the barbecue party yesterday. When he saw him coming, he greeted him enthusiastically and explained to Batman.
What just happened.
At this time, Tok's body had been taken away, but the blood had not been completely cleaned up. Batman looked around the hall and probably restored the other party's crime process.
Just as he was reasoning, several police officers from the Physical Evidence Department walked in with the information. When they saw Batman nodded to him, they went straight to the interrogation room.
Batman walked to the interrogation room and wanted to hear what they were talking about. The police guarding the door originally wanted to drive him away, but when Gordon saw him coming, he called him in.
"Boss, the forensic examination report shows that the knife wounds on his body are not fatal injuries. The real fatal injuries are a penetrating wound in the throat. Judging from the shape of the scar, the weapon should be a slender fruit knife.
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"And some fructose ingredients were found in the fatal injury. This means that the knife might have been used to cut fruit a few minutes ago. We tested the concentration of fructose and initially deduced that it should be an apple."
As soon as he finished speaking, a sound came from outside the hall door. A young policeman walked in with a small box and said, "Someone just sent someone to deliver this."
"who?"
"He said his name was Pheles."
Gordon took the box and opened it. Inside the box was an apple and a knife.
The apple's skin was peeled off and bitten. Blood was stuck on the knife and fingerprints were also on the handle.
Gordon immediately handed the box to the person in the Physical Evidence Department, looked at Philes with a look of the dead, and left the interrogation room without saying anything.
"You came to me for a gambling game, right?" Gordon looked straight to Batman after walking out of the door and said, "Your psychiatrist said you are in a very bad mental state. I think you should go and recuperate."
"I don't have a psychiatrist," Batman said. "If it's Schiller and you, he's just trying to get us up."
"I'm just caring for you, not forcing you to do anything," Gordon shook his head and said, "You know the person who will force you is no longer there. If you still can't adapt to this kind of friend-like care, then
You will make him sad too.”
Batman didn't make a big deal, he tried to bring the topic back on track. He said: "The guy Little Philes won't come up with such an idea. Someone should be giving him advice behind the scenes."
Gordon shook his head and said, "Now is not a good time to find the mastermind behind the scenes. The invitation has been sent out. As far as I know, at least hundreds of people have participated in the gambling game, and each of them is a well-known figure in Gotham. The gambling money has become high.
It's unimaginable."
"Although it is very likely that Little Pheles will be brought to court with the evidence we have in our hands now, the casino owned by the Pheles family is legal. We cannot seize it at this time."
"You can seal it off for a while," Batman said, "because there was a murder. You can keep them closed for a few days on the grounds of investigation."
"Yes, this is OK, but I can't do it." Gordon looked at Batman and said, "Pandora's magic box has been opened. There are so many people who are interested in gambling, and they won't be sealed because a casino is sealed.
They won’t bet anymore. They will only go to gamble in another place.”
"Now we are holding the evidence of Little Pheles' crime in our hands. Maybe we can impress Old Pheles and let the bet go under our noses. This can at least ensure that there will be no big trouble."
"If someone doesn't know who takes over, they won't have any concerns, but will continue to expand the gambling funds, which will make the market bigger and bigger, and that will be the real disaster at that time."
Batman frowned. Of course he knew what Gordon said made sense, but he raised another possibility. He said: "Is it possible that the other party sent key evidence to make you feel so?"
"Make you feel that everything is under control and you won't use GTO to interfere with the gambling game, so that his plan can go smoothly."
There is no wrong one, one time, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one by one!
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 it was, he had no other choice.
"There is this possibility, but no matter what, I can't bet." Gordon looked at Batman and said, "Batman, we have different identities, so we naturally look at the problem from a different perspective."
"I envy you for letting go of your hands to fight crime, but you must also understand my pursuit of maintaining stability. Maintaining stability is the best situation for most ordinary people, even if maintaining stability, it may be to help others complete it.
Plan, I have to do that, too.”
Batman knew that this was impossible to discuss, but fortunately this was not the first time. He and Gordon have always sought common ground while reserving differences. So he said: "I will go to the casino tonight to investigate and get the bet."
List of people. You have to take people to Arkham Asylum."
Gordon was obviously thinking too, saying: "If nothing unexpected happens, this time it will be a winner-takes all, and there will definitely be someone who wants to do something from it. Arkham Asylum is the only breakthrough."
"Tork is dead, and Arkham Asylum has no director now. Although the security facilities established before are still valid, if there is an unexpected situation, someone must be able to deal with it. I will let the GTO stay there in the past few days to prevent anyone from doing it.
thing."
Batman shook his head and said, "You can't put all your hands there, it's too far away. If something happens in the city, they may not have time to come back."
"It's really a trouble," Gordon sighed. "It would be great if all the criminals were locked up there, but the most dangerous one was wandering outside now. This made us feel helpless."
Batman naturally thought of the new clown Maria. Now, except for her, almost all the dangerous criminals are locked in the asylum. If he goes in, they can concentrate all their strength in the asylum.
But unfortunately, the new clown has not appeared since the Charabang Chemical Plant bombing. She has been silent for longer than before, which means she is likely to have some other big moves.
Batman couldn't help but start thinking again, if someone specially arranged this bet, what is his purpose?
Or there is no need to go around the corner, what is the purpose of Schiller's game? Batman hasn't seen where the real trap is yet.
At this time, a police officer knocked on the door and walked into the reception room. He told Gordon: "The inspection of the apple and the fruit knife has been completed. There is Pheles' saliva on the apple, and there is a hilt on the fruit knife.
His fingerprints are conclusive and irrefutable.”
"According to New Jersey law, such vicious cases cannot be released on bail. Philes will spend some time in prison."
"And old Pheles is too old, and he probably doesn't have the energy to run such a big casino. Pheles East Coast Paradise can only be handed over to his only remaining son to take care of."
Batman left the Gotham Police Department and thought that in the upper class, the dispute between the two brothers of Pheles was not a secret. In the end, Pheles won the casino, which proved that he was better than his brother.
Now that his brother finally got it back to the casino, he took over the gambling game that was made by Little Philes overnight in the upper class, he must be ready to show his skills.
He himself does not have that mind and cannot think of any good idea. Little Pheles's people will not be used by him, so all he can rely on is the person who helped him take the casino.
Batman doesn't have to think about it, that person must be Schiller.
But the whole process is so familiar. Isn’t it like this that the Charabang family fell?
Batman suddenly discovered that the elite class he and the Pale Knight had always believed to be invincible was not that powerful. When they were held in the palm of Schiller, they were as fragile as egg shells that could be broken into pieces.
But if Schiller is right, is the dilemma they have experienced in the past because of the wrong walking posture or the path they are taking fundamentally wrong?