In the afternoon, the hazy weather makes people drowsy.
This is a very suitable day for taking a nap, but a sudden case made many people unexpectedly busy.
[Who stabbed the hornet's nest in Arkham?]—This is the headline printed on the front page of the Gotham Evening News that day,
But that's another story. For now, let's talk about the group of people who are busy—the police officers of the Gotham Police Department.
No one expected that the "fire ax thug" from last night would "do something big" in Arkham Asylum in less than twenty-four hours.
This kind of lawless behavior has naturally alarmed the chief of the Gotham Police Department—James Gordon.
When the news of the "group escape" of the inmates in the madhouse reached Gordon's ears, he just walked out of the home of a police officer; one.
Gordon always kept the terrible, difficult task of "notifying the family of the deceased" to himself, because he felt that as the director, he was responsible for the lives of each of his subordinates.
After being bombarded with tears and grief by the family members of the police officer who died, Gordon walked back into the police car... must have been in a bad mood. And at this moment, he heard the news that the murderer committed another crime last night through the police frequency.
The next reaction of the director can be imagined...
He immediately issued a roundup order through the intercom in the car, and at the end of the order added a statement that "any measures can be taken if necessary".
All the police officers under him understand this, that is to say... they don't have to catch people alive.
Within ten minutes after the order was issued, more than half of the police force in the city rushed towards the suburb where the madhouse was located.
Obviously, not only the director, but also many police officers have raised the arrest of Brother Jue to the level of personal grievances. After all, he is a "criminal who killed the police", and he deserves this "special treatment".
Furthermore, Gotham has not seen such serious crimes for a long time—the raid on the police station last night, and the jailbreak today... According to this rhythm, we are going to attack the city hall tomorrow? Can this be tolerated
Also... although the prisoners he released were not as vicious as him, they were all "mentally ill", and many of them had violent tendencies; these people... even if only one of them ran back to the city, it might not be certain What a mess.
To sum up, the police's all-out response is not too much.
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At four o'clock in the afternoon, more than an hour had passed since Feng Bujue released all the fugitives in the madhouse.
A police encirclement had already formed within a few kilometers around Arkham.
There are not many roads in the suburbs, and it is not difficult to block all of them. The police did do that, but... at least until four o'clock, there was still no report of the discovery of the "Fire Ax Thug" from any of the guard posts. The news is that many other inmates who escaped from the madhouse have already been arrested.
At the same time, in the main building of Arkham, in the front lobby.
"Is this the final list?" Gordon said to one of his officers, looking down at a handwritten, scrawled piece of paper.
"Yes, sir, it has been verified twice." The police officer replied quickly, "Six management and civilian personnel, twenty-nine guards on duty, four resident doctors, one consultant In addition... there are seven servants including cooks and cleaners... a total of forty-seven people; among them, except for some guards who suffered minor injuries of varying degrees, the others are safe and sound."
"Okay." Gordon went through the information in his mind, and casually responded and gestured.
The police officer nodded after seeing the gesture, and then hurried to the side.
Gordon turned his head and looked back at the person who was talking to him before listening to the report—Doctor Quinn.
"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... yes." Gordon replied, "You said... That Jack and his accomplices had already fled to the courtyard and were about to flee by car, but they turned back because of a word from the guard?"
"Yes, I was standing at the window on the second floor and witnessed the whole process through the window glass." Quinn said.
"Hmm..." Gordon frowned slightly, lost in thought.
"It's strange." Quinn saw the other party's thoughts, and said, "I think so too..." She paused, "From his reaction at the time, he was worried about being rounded up by the police, so he decided to do this temporarily." He did it, but his subsequent actions... it seemed that he had planned everything and implemented it in the most efficient way."
"Yeah..." Gordon read thoughtfully, "if he just wants to cause trouble for the police, then he only needs to open all the gates of all cells and entrances and exits in the main control room... and then he can run away. What happened next... he didn't have to worry about it.
"But the actual situation is... He chose to use the radio to tell you that he was going to release the prisoner first, and using this as a threat, he directed you in the main control room, gathered all the staff to the underground refuge center, and helped you The entrance was sealed... and the prisoner was released.
"Not only that, he also blocked the door of the main control room before leaving, as if..."
"Needless to say 'as if'..." In the next second, a hoarse voice suddenly interrupted Gordon's words as if he had advanced throat cancer, and he joined the conversation between him and Quinn self-consciously, "The conclusion has already been Obviously, 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 this lobby has just realized the existence of this person, as if this person suddenly appeared here out of thin air just a moment before he spoke...
In Gotham, the only person who can do it, and does it often, is without a doubt... Batman.
"No matter how many times, I'm still not used to your appearance." Gordon glanced at Batman, and then complained to Batman in a tone of greeting an old friend.
"Then..." Quinn's attitude towards Batman was not very friendly, but she also maintained basic politeness, "Mr. the greatest detective in the world, I think you already know why Jack did this?"
"The purpose of protecting you first is to let the prisoners leave the madhouse immediately after they are released from the cell." Batman began to answer the other party's question almost without thinking, "Because he needs these prisoners to run out to help him disturb the sight of the police, if the prisoners stay In the asylum, spending his time 'violating the staff' would have greatly reduced the effectiveness of his plan.
"As for his motivation for blocking the main control room, I can infer two things at this stage...
"One, 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, so that Jack can protect your actions. It becomes meaningless.
"Secondly, he wants to keep the surveillance video there - this conclusion needs to be viewed in conjunction with the previous item... If he just 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 didn't do that, the reason... He must have another purpose, and this purpose can only be achieved if the equipment in the main control room is functioning normally and not being damaged.
"If you think about it this way... He probably wants to protect the hard drives that store video files."
Batman finished these words in an orderly manner, making Gordon, a professional policeman, and Quinn, a psychologist, both 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 keeping those videos, he should record them. Shouldn't the appearance and actions be destroyed?"
What he said made sense, but it didn't overturn Batman's reasoning just now, it just pointed out one of the doubts.
"After we have watched those videos..." Batman also thought for two seconds before continuing, "Of course we will know what kind of tricks he is playing."
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