"Advisor Xia, we have already found out that on the 13th of last month, a huge explosion occurred in the warehouse area of the western suburbs. However, that was a fireworks factory, and the case report said that the explosion was caused by an accidental fire..."
"Take someone to conduct another investigation. It would be best if we could dig three feet underground to see if there are any underground structures. It would also be best to investigate the people who were originally involved in the explosion.
Also, check which company the factory belongs to, conduct background checks on the company's core personnel, and bring all suspects back to me..."
"Advisor, the whereabouts records you requested, Yu Zhengqing's activities over the past two months are all here..."
In an office in the Texas branch of the special department, Zhang Qun changed his previous attitude and became extremely enthusiastic, strictly carrying out Xia Xu's orders.
"Oh my god, Lao Zhang, what's wrong with you? Have you also been shamefully corrupted by money?"
Zhang Qun's change stunned all his comrades.
"You know nothing. Consultant Xia is really capable. Get to work and follow orders."
Upon hearing what they said, Zhang Qun became angry and glared at the others. At the same time, he faithfully carried out Xia Xu's orders one by one. Various intelligence and investigation results were placed on Xia Xu's temporary desk one after another.
"Did Yu Zhengqing give the exact location of the loss?"
In the office, Xia Xu called Zhang Qun again and asked about the progress of Yu Zhengqing's interrogation.
Although he had a starting point and the whole thing seemed to be easier to solve, he was still missing a key point - the protagonist of "Batman".
As long as the protagonist of "Batman" can be found, everything can be solved. No matter how many villains there are in the whole plot, they will definitely meet the protagonist. The task of following the protagonist and clearing out the beastmen will naturally be accomplished.
Unfortunately, Zhang Qun gave him an unpleasant result.
"He still refuses to confess, and seems to have been severely provoked by you, Advisor Xia. His mental state is now very unstable..."
Zhang Qun was also somewhat helpless.
Perhaps because he felt that he would surely die after confessing everything, Yu Zhengqing refused to say a word even if he was beaten to death. He even did not open his eyes for a long time to prevent the "devil" of Consultant Xia.
"That means we still need to analyze Yu Zhengqing's recent actions..."
Xia Xu nodded slightly, and looked thoughtfully at the information found out by the special department again.
Yu Zhengqing's recent activities have been very complicated. After all, he is not a fool. In order to avoid being suspected or caught on the spot when committing crimes, he travels around to commit crimes.
What's more, the special department is not omniscient and omnipotent. Without surveillance and other recording facilities, it is impossible for them to find out every detail of all the places Yu Zhengqing has visited.
This also made it very difficult for him to find out the possible location of the protagonist of the plot from Yu Zhengqing's activities.
"Advisor Xia, we probably won't be able to find anything valuable from this intelligence alone. Let's wait for the results from the explosion site. There should be intelligence coming back soon."
Zhang Qun seemed to see Xia Xu's difficulties and offered comfort.
He was even more pessimistic than Xia Xu. He didn't think that any valuable information could be found from Yu Zhengqing's activities. If there was anything worthy of attention, they would have already checked it out.
"No..."
At best, Zhang Qun's words created some white noise that distracted Xia Xu, but they just happened to give him a flash of inspiration.
"What's wrong?"
Zhang Qun was stunned.
"That's not the right way of thinking. Everything started with the explosion last month. Yu Zhengqing took something out of the explosion and later showed up at his original home. So he must have gone home after taking the thing that night..."
Xia Xu, who was a little stuck in a logical trap just now, suddenly became enlightened after a flash of inspiration. He took out the map of Decheng beside him and quickly drew a few lines on it.
He found that he had been completely misled by the special department's dense records of activity tracks, and that this information was actually of no value at all.
There was actually only one thing he needed to find out - the route Yu Zhengqing took after stealing something that night. It didn't really matter whether he committed a crime or did anything else afterwards.
The explosion that night was the beginning of all the plots, the introduction to the plot of "Batman", and it will definitely be related to the subsequent plots.
Moreover, the items that Yu Zhengqing stole and then lost were most likely stolen on that night. It is impossible for something to be stolen for a while and then lost inexplicably. This is somewhat abrupt and unnecessary from the perspective of plot logic.
Realistically speaking, if Yu Zhengqing really stole something that could strengthen and repair himself, he would definitely use it immediately after he was out of danger. Even if he didn't use it for the time being, he would hide it in a safe place.
Therefore, as long as we confirm Yu Zhengqing's activities that night, we can determine the approximate range where the items were lost or hidden.
This trajectory is also easy to infer. It must start from the explosion site and end at his home address. No matter how it goes around, there are only a few roads that remain the same.
"These are the areas where Yu Zhengqing moved that night..."
After drawing several paths on the map, Xia Xu didn't think too much about it and just drew a big circle on it.
It is obviously impossible to accurately locate the protagonist of "Batman" based on this fuzzy trajectory range which still has huge deviations.
But he doesn't need to rely on this to find the protagonist directly. It is enough to have the approximate range where the protagonist may appear in daily life.
He already had a rough guess about the plot of "Batman" in his mind, and he had confirmed a lot about Zheng Qing's deceptive interrogation.
The whole plot should start with the explosion that night. In order to strengthen himself or repair his own defects, Yu Zhengqing obtained something from the secret building damaged by the explosion. It could be medicine, serum, virus, modified bat or something like that.
He probably hoped to use this thing to strengthen and repair himself, but an accident occurred during his escape, and the thing was lost. Then, of course, according to the routine of superhero movies, it was accidentally and inevitably obtained by the protagonist of this plot.
As for the subsequent developments, Xia Xu could not speculate on the detailed plot, but he could guess the basic framework with his toes. It must be this thing that allowed the protagonist, who was originally an ordinary person, to successfully become Batman.
It's originally a drug that creates or transforms bats into beastmen. After the protagonist is transformed, he does some chivalrous things like fighting evil, isn't he Batman? It fits the theme perfectly.