Chapter 173: The Long Easter (Part 8)

In the Cat Getan City Police Department, Schiller looked at the two lists thoughtfully. Gordon walked over and saw several rows of names on them, with a few names circled in red ink.

"These are the students who fell ill?"

"That's right."

"So which batch of eggs had the problem? The ones bought outside or the ones distributed by the Cat Getan University principal?"

"The problem lies here. It was the batch of eggs my colleague purchased outside that had the problem. Over 70% of the students who received these eggs suddenly fell ill."

"That is to say…" Gordon picked up the phone and said to the other side: "Go check how many Easter eggs are currently circulating in the Cat Getan market. Tell them to find a way to recall this batch of eggs quickly. It is likely a batch of biological weapons that will make people go crazy."

Gordon's tone was very serious. Thinking that there might be hundreds or thousands of biological weapons that could make people go crazy circulating in Cat Getan's market, he felt a headache.

"There might be some connection in this." Gordon took a breath to calm himself down and then said: "A batch of Easter eggs that can make people go crazy appeared on the market, and at this time, the Cat Getan University principal distributed ordinary eggs, asking professors to make them themselves. What does this mean? Did he know in advance that the eggs sold outside might have problems?"

"Perhaps, but you should mobilize personnel first and let them go to the market to recall these eggs." Schiller yawned. He said with some sleepiness: "I am going back to rest for a while. For those crazy students, I haven't slept for two nights."

"If you think I have a suspicion of murdering Xie Dun, then come to arrest me after finding solid evidence."

After speaking, Schiller turned and left. Gordon didn't stop him. Obviously, there were more important things than the Cat Getan University principal murder case.

Once this kind of egg spread, it would be a terrorist attack more terrifying than flooding Cat Getan. Who knew how many madmen would go out to kill? Gordon thought he must stop all this.

After Schiller returned to the manor, he originally wanted to sleep after taking a shower, but just after coming out of the bathroom, he heard the bell of the mailbox downstairs. He walked downstairs and found that something had been put in the mailbox.

He opened the mailbox door and found a box inside. After opening the box, there was a colorful Easter egg inside.

Just as he took the egg out of the box, the egg "popped" and exploded. The eggshells splashed around, and a burst of unknown gas permeated. Schiller asked the Gray Mist: "Is this the same as the substance in the patient's blood?"

"It is the same." The Gray Mist replied.

Then Schiller found that what exploded was not only the eggshell, but also a small note that drifted down slowly. He reached out and grabbed the note that was drifting in mid-air. After opening it, he found a string of words written on it:

"Happy Easter—Holiday Killer."

Schiller narrowed his eyes. Holiday Killer? Isn't that a character from the comic "The Long Wan Shengjie"?

But the person is the Wan Shengjie Killer, why did this Holiday Killer come out on Easter?

And a killer should kill people. What does it count as giving people Easter eggs that make people go crazy? More importantly, it was sent to him.

When Batman came to Schiller's manor, he found Schiller was painting pigments on a goose egg. Schiller was so focused on painting that Batman deliberately made a little noise, but he didn't notice.

Batman had to cough, and Schiller reacted, looked back at him, and then said: "Do you have anything to do? Don't disturb my creation if you have nothing to do."

Batman looked at the Easter egg Schiller was painting. A big black smiley face was painted in the middle of the egg, but the brushstrokes were very rough, so the smiley face was also a bit strange.

Obviously, setting aside this technique that was equivalent to none and the subject matter without any artistry, this process of scribbling with a pen couldn't be called creation.

"Did you receive the Easter egg sent by the person who calls himself the Holiday Killer?"

"It is precisely because I received his egg that I plan to return a gift to him." Schiller picked up the egg he was painting, examined it, and then said: "I think mine is much better than the one he sent."

"Some gang bosses and upper-class people in Cat Getan received that Easter egg. They went crazy and were subdued and sent to the psychiatric hospital."

"Did you receive it too?"

"Bruce Wayne received it."

"Don't you plan to return a gift to him?"

"Compared to that, I want to know more about what that substance that makes people go crazy is."

"It seems you already have some speculation."

"I think it is a bit like the previous fear toxin."

Schiller shook his head and said: "The symptoms are indeed similar, but there are also differences."

"Do you think they are not the same thing?"

"That's right. It is not that the external symptoms are similar, which can prove that it must be the same cause. At least in my opinion, it shouldn't be caused by fear toxin."

Schiller didn't tell Batman that he had long excluded the possibility of fear toxin because he was the one who used fear toxin most often, even more than the inventor Scarecrow.

He had used fear toxin to deal with many people in Hell's Kitchen before, and he was too familiar with the symptoms that fear toxin might bring to people.

Although the symptoms of this case were somewhat similar to those who inhaled fear toxin, they were not exactly the same, and the Gray Mist didn't find the components of fear toxin in their bodies.

"The suspicion of the Court of Owls cannot be ruled out. They have not been completely eliminated." Batman concluded.

"What do you plan to do?" Schiller turned back and asked him.

"He must have a purpose in doing these things. If he wanted to kill them, there should be a better way."

"Many people didn't fall for it." Batman continued: "The vigilance of those gang bosses is not that bad. They won't open strange packages. Many people don't have the leisure to buy any Easter eggs. If you want to kill people with this method, it is the least efficient way."

"This is more like a warning, right? He seems to be saying, I am going to start making trouble, three days later on Easter."

"He should kill people on Easter, otherwise he wouldn't call himself the Holiday Killer. The only problem now is who his target is and what his purpose is."

"Perhaps many seemingly unrelated things can provide some clues."

"For example?"

"For example, Xie Dun's death. You know better than Gordon that it wasn't me who did it. If he really offended someone, or knew some important information and was silenced, it shouldn't be at this juncture."

"The entire Cat Getan City is undergoing major reconstruction." Schiller sighed and said: "No matter how big the hatred between gangs and him is, they won't do it at this time. Besides not having enough manpower, causing assassination at this time is likely to offend other people who are dedicated to construction, making people feel nervous."

Schiller took a list from the other side of the table and handed it to Batman: "This is an important clue. Before Easter, Xie Dun issued raw materials for making Easter eggs to many professors, asking them to make Easter eggs by hand and give them to students, instead of buying them on the market."

"Later facts proved that the Easter eggs circulating on the market had problems. So Xie Dun likely knew about this problem in advance."

"Perhaps it involved his own interests, so Xie Dun stopped the logistics department's proposal to purchase ready-made eggs on the market and asked professors to do it themselves. He wanted to avoid those problematic eggs."

"Then how did he know the news in advance? Will this have anything to do with his death?"

"I thought you wouldn't care about this." Batman looked at Schiller and said.

"Regardless, the Easter egg that the Holiday Killer sent to me is the first gift I received on Easter. I want to return a gift to him."

"Control Guard Here"

"I think this clue should be enough for you to find something. If you find where the Holiday Killer is hiding, then help me take my gift over."

Schiller picked up the egg and handed it to Batman. Batman looked at the rough smiley face and narrowed his eyes.

At the same time, Yin Wensi and Kebote were chatting in the ward. Yin Wensi sighed and said: "Originally, Cat Getan Cathedral had been repaired, but then the foundation cracked, and it might need to be rebuilt as a whole. Even the old priest who had been stationed there left, and I have nowhere to go on the weekend."

"Can't tell, you are still a devout believer." Kebote looked at Yin Wensi and said.

"Of course." Yin Wensi said with some distress: "Originally, our principal moved the Easter arrangements forward. I thought it was good, so I could go to the church to pray on the evening of the festival. You know, Easter is to celebrate Jesus' rebirth, and prayer and sacrifice are very important."

"As a result, it's good now." Yin Wensi spread his hands helplessly and said: "First it was raining all day, the flood broke out, Cat Getan was attacked by freezing, various roads cracked, buildings were destroyed."

"It was finally better, but there was a murder case at Cat Getan University. The case is still under investigation, and a Holiday Killer who doesn't know where he came from popped up, driving several gang bosses crazy…"

"This year's Easter is really long…" Yin Wensi sighed.

"Regardless, three days later is Easter." Kebote lay on the hospital bed and said: "I have to go back to take care of my mother. When I went home yesterday, I wanted to send her to the hospital, but she refused, and she insisted on returning to the old house and refused to live in the new apartment."

"Elders are always like this." Yin Wensi said with empathy: "My father is the same. Sometimes I feel he is very good to me, but sometimes, I feel he is too old-fashioned and serious."

"It's good enough that the Godfather can tolerate you learning those messy things." Kebote said to Yin Wensi: "Which gang successor would sing and dance all day, and not even practice marksmanship?"

Yin Wensi shrugged and said: "I can actually feel that my father is not happy that I am so idle, but he is still very indulgent to me. I don't know why…"

Then he opened his mouth and said with some hesitation: "I also remember that the relationship between my father and my brother was very bad, probably because my father was too strict with him."

"At that time I was still young, but I vaguely remember that they quarreled, and it was very intense."

"Later, my brother died, and my father no longer allowed anyone to mention his name."

Yin Wensi sighed and said: "There are even many people who don't know that the Godfather has an eldest son, named Alberto Falcone."

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Don't raise it, don't raise it, the child is stupid from falling off the list. ===== CHAPTER 174 =====