amaotonovel Chapter 3006: The Green Trees Are Thick and the Summer Is Long (4)
Chapter 3006: The Green Trees Are Thick and the Summer Is Long (4)
Chapter 3006: The Green Trees Are Thick and the Summer Is Long (Forty)
"Mr. Nygma, thank you very much for the information you provided us, but one of my colleagues wants to meet you."
Gordon stood up from his chair, walked over and opened the office door. A female police officer in an FBI uniform came over and showed her ID to Nygma, saying, "Mr. Nygma, we discovered that you had illegal financial dealings with Williams Real Estate when you were a consultant to the City Planning Administration. We now suspect that you have accepted bribes and committed malfeasance. Please cooperate with our investigation. Thank you."
Nygma suddenly opened his eyes wide and turned to look at Gordon, who gave him a mocking smile.
Gordon is no longer the young man he used to be. He knows that the only way to deal with this group of cunning criminals is to be more cunning than them.
There is indeed not enough evidence to prove that Nygma was involved in the child molestation case, because now Williams and Bob are missing, and they cannot throw away the evidence about Nygma. And Edward, the only person who may accuse Nygma, has not fully recovered, so his testimony will not be accepted.
But this does not mean that Gordon cannot use other methods to control Nygma. Some things are more serious than words. The City Planning Administration is a good place to make money. Even if Nygma was just an ordinary and unknown consultant at that time, as long as you check it carefully, you will find that no one is without flaws.
It might not be possible to apply for a search warrant and arrest warrant for Nygma from the perspective of the child molestation case, but Gordon could ask the FBI to participate in the investigation of the child molestation case as a condition to let them investigate Nygma's bribery and dereliction of duty, and detain him on this basis.
As long as the person is detained, what evidence can't be found?
Ignoring Nygma's yelling behind him, Gordon immediately found Bullock and asked Bullock to contact a few guys from the streets near Nygma's residence to go around Nygma's house to see if he could find any clues.
This is also a trick they often use. The police cannot conduct illegal searches, but the same cannot be said for street thugs. No matter how you look at it, they are just scouting for the purpose of stealing. Even if they are discovered, they will be taken to the police station. Most of them are minors and cannot even be sentenced to community service. They will be released after a few verbal warnings.
They have not given up the investigation into Williams and Bob. As long as the two do not appear, the child abuse case will remain suspicious.
However, the main task at present is to count the missing children, comfort the family members who rush over after hearing the news, and get more clues about the missing children from them, so as to confirm the investigation results. These will be strong evidence in court in the future.
Young members of the New Warriors and Guardians of the Galaxy were all involved. They helped maintain order, deal with the families, and asked them about their children's situation as tactfully as possible.
In fact, both teams are very good at this job. The New Warriors team was originally the leader of young heroes in the Bronx. Although they are street heroes, they also do the work of the neighborhood committee, mediating quarrels between couples, looking for children who have run away from home, looking for cats, dogs and hamsters, accepting reports and making secret visits to the kitchen, and cracking down on petty thefts. They have accumulated rich experience in dealing with the masses.
The Guardians of the Galaxy in the Schiller Universe are originally from the intelligence field. They seem to be mercenaries, but in fact they are collecting information from the universe on behalf of the Earth. To collect intelligence, they naturally have to mingle with ordinary people. They have seen all kinds of people and can deal with most of them calmly.
Fearing a counterattack from the criminal gang, Wanda and Jarvis returned to Gordon Manor to protect his family. Wanda was not worried at all that the evildoers would not get their comeuppance, as she knew very well how powerful the scarlet force was.
To be precise, the power of chaos in the universe is not exactly the same as the crimson power she possesses. The crimson power has one more attribute than the power of chaos, which is to modify reality.
It is not an influence, nor a distortion, but a direct modification. It is almost the most powerful force that directly affects the universe that ordinary people can control except for the administrators of the universe.
So, when Wanda used Scarlet's power to say those words, the fate of all participants was already determined.
But what she didn't know was that this was by no means a simple case of child abuse, and the participants were not just ordinary people. This powerful force that they had never seen before made them completely panic.
Schiller found a passage from the bottom floor of the mountain air-raid shelter, which was the deepest floor where the prison and the bone museum were located.
This passage was very hidden, and the entrance was full of rocks. If Schiller had not searched here repeatedly several times, he might not have found it, but in the end he still found this passage in a very hidden corner.
The passage was very narrow at first, but after getting through it, it was just enough for an adult male to pass through with his back bent.
Schiller didn't know where this passage led to, but he roughly guessed what the things behind the passage would be related to. Schiller was rarely hesitant, not sure whether to walk directly to the end of the passage.
He had two concerns. First, he had no gray fog and no umbrella now, so his ability to protect himself was very weak. Although there was a fighting world, if he died he would just return to his birthplace. The worst result would be the loss of this body, but he would still try his best to avoid the loss if possible.
Secondly, if he just went over there, it would very likely alert the enemy. Without knowing what the other party was going to do, he might not be able to get any information and the other party might even be alert and hide deeper in the area.
Yes, Schiller has determined that there is a deeper mastermind behind these three unlucky guys, Williams, Nygma and Bob, and Edward may have realized this as early as ten years ago.
Following this line of thought, and combining it with the riddle left by Edward, Schiller could roughly guess what kind of person the mastermind behind the scenes was.
Edward was smart enough. When he was still a minor, he was able to find a way to force Mr. Nygma to destroy the elementary and middle schools. This was enough to show that these three idiots were no match for him.
So why did things end up with Edward being admitted to a mental hospital covered in injuries, Nygmas and his wife being killed, but the other three still at large?
This proves that there are some things that cannot be changed by wisdom alone.
Edward's riddle describes this thing from his own perspective, and in his view, this power is close to - God.
It makes mountains rise, dries up rivers, destroys civilizations, gives plants new life, makes humans clear and confuses them. It has never existed, but is everywhere.
In his opinion, there are some things that he does not understand but cannot be shaken by ordinary people's power, which have been influencing the development of things. Even if he is many times smarter than Mr. Nygma, he still cannot reverse the tragedy.
He interpreted this mysterious being as God.
But Schiller knew that it might not be God, but just magic. However, for ordinary people like Edward and Nygma, the power of magic was indeed infinitely close to divine power.
There was another piece of evidence that led him to this conclusion, which was that the three witnesses, Edward, Pari and Miss Richie, were mad in an irrational way and did not follow the laws of human psychology, which proved that there must be an extraordinary force influencing them.
After realizing this, Schiller changed his route and came to the air-raid shelter, because he realized that all the other buildings were destroyed or built by those three idiots, except for this air-raid shelter, where they only modified the internal facilities. This place might be hiding some secrets.
To be precise, this group of people chose to attack near the Polokin community, killing children in the school and building a crematorium here, most likely because of the existence of this air-raid shelter.
They may feel that it was their own idea, but if there is a supernatural influence, someone may have made them make these decisions without them knowing and thinking that they wanted to do so.
Once magic is involved, exploration becomes difficult. Schiller is very clear that DC's magic side may not be stronger than Marvel's, but it is definitely darker and more dangerous.
All the mages here are crazy, extremely aggressive, cunning, evil, and difficult to deal with. Moreover, Schiller cannot immediately determine who they are before they reveal their true colors. The unknown is more likely to bring danger.
It is not a good idea to go through the passage alone, but if you turn back to find help now, the person hiding behind the scenes may hide again because the three people in front of the stage were caught, and it will be difficult to find him again at that time.
Schiller hesitated for a moment, held the wall with one hand, took out his cell phone with the other, scrolled down the address book, and locked his eyes on Brand's name.
As the saying goes, the more lice you have, the less you worry. The debt has already been owed, so it doesn't matter if you owe more. He doesn't believe that there is anyone whose magic level is higher than Naya, who can at least provide protection for his life safety.
Schiller edited a text message and sent it to Brand, which roughly meant that if he didn't call after two hours, he should come to the air-raid shelter to find him.
Schiller walked down the passage.
The further down he went, the more damp he felt. The underground water system here was very rich, and the soil on the walls felt moist to the touch. However, this passage, which was completely inconsistent with the laws of engineering mechanics, was able to extend all the way down without collapsing or leaking water.
This further confirmed Schiller's speculation that supernatural forces must have been involved in the construction.
After walking for about 20 minutes, the descent had just ended. The passage ahead was still pitch black, and I could only barely see the road under my feet with the light of my mobile phone.
Schiller roughly determined the direction and found that he seemed to be heading southeast. Could it be that the passage under the mountain connected to the bottom of the lake in front of his home?
Schiller walked for about 20 minutes. The passage did not become wider, but became narrower and narrower. There was no wind or air flow, but there was no shortage of oxygen. Soon, Schiller heard a subtle sound.
He turned off the screen of his mobile phone, groped his way forward for a while, and finally came to the end of the passage, where there was a wooden door.
Schiller didn't get too close, but he could still hear voices coming from inside the wooden door.
The first to speak was a slightly shrill male voice.
"You can't put all the blame on me! I can guarantee that I have no superficial connection with them. They don't even know I exist, and the police will never be able to find out!"
"…That's exactly what I want to ask you! You said you have powerful magic powers, so how come there is a curse that you can't break?! Even if we are infected with the curse, it's all your fault! It must be that your magic power has been exposed!"
Then he heard a female voice, but the other party had a heavy accent and spoke vaguely. In order to hear more clearly, Schiller moved forward two steps.
Suddenly, the scene in front of him distorted.
When his vision returned, Schiller found himself floating in mid-air, and below him, a woman with scarlet eyes and a short man were looking up at him.