Chapter 2992

After the hypnosis ended, Pali's mental state was much better. At least she didn't mutter there alone anymore, and seemed to recognize her husband, keeping grabbing his arm.

"Did you get the clues you wanted?" The man asked.

"I roughly know what this is about, but deeper reasons still need investigation. I promise you that once there is a result, I will tell you immediately."

"You know who the murderer is, right?"

Schiller didn't intend to hide it, so he nodded and said: "It's the principal of the community middle school, but the time is too long ago, and the school was also destroyed. I'm afraid there is not enough evidence..."

"The police can't catch him, right?"

"Yes." So the problem returned to the origin. Schiller mentioned again: "You also know that such people have a certain social status. Without sufficient evidence, it's impossible for a search warrant to be approved, and even starting an investigation is very difficult."

The man's face should have been very frustrated, but he was deeply influenced by Schiller's previous words. He took a deep breath and said: "The police won't watch him all the time, this is also a good thing, isn't it?"

"Sir, don't do stupid things." Schiller shook his head and said: "I'm not implying that you do it yourself. In my view, you and your wife don't have such ability. In the end, you will only send yourself to prison."

"But you have such ability. I know, I have seen many people like you before." The man stared at Schiller's eyes and said: "You came precisely for this, didn't you?"

"I like dealing with smart people like you very much, sir. I have one thing to ask of you. If my plan can proceed smoothly, the murderer will definitely be brought in front of you."

"You tell me, I will do my best to help you. Even if it doesn't succeed, at least we know the truth of all this."

"You still remember the former location of the community middle school, right?"

"Of course, at that time, Pali and I often sent Bufa to school together. We also went there countless times to look for his traces. I will never forget it."

"Drive your car there. On the hillside on the southeast side of the primary school teaching building, you should see a person tied up. You have to watch him for me, ensure he won't escape, and don't let him die either."

The man's fingertips trembled, and he said: "Is it that murderer?"

"He can't get rid of the relationship with him. Even if he didn't do it directly, he should have helped the principal hide the criminal evidence. Don't forget, the principal has the right to close the school, but who helped him flatten the school? It must be someone he trusts."

"I understand, they are birds of a feather." The man's arm trembled more violently, and his Adam's apple moved up and down, seeming to have endured to the limit.

Schiller walked up and pressed his shoulder and said: "Calm down, sir. Dealing with these monsters must not be impulsive. You need to watch him for me. If possible, ask him what he did on this land four years ago."

"Did they commit crimes here again? But the school was ten years ago..."

"Someone was silenced by them. The corpse of a worker was buried under that land of the school, and the unfinished foundation was demolished for the second time. I now want to know what that worker discovered..."

"I will do my best." The man said.

Schiller saw him calm down and didn't give more instructions. He was a smart person and knew what to do.

Soon, the man left with his wife. They drove the car, and the taillights disappeared into the darkness.

Schiller sat on the sofa in the house and began to organize Nigma's line from the beginning.

Ten years ago, Mr. Nigma served as the principal of the community middle school in the Bolokin community. Pali, who was serving as a physical education teacher, accidentally bumped into his conversation with students. Nigma was worried that his conspiracy would be exposed, so he found a way to kill Pali's son and drove her crazy.

Up to here, Nigma had no reason to abandon the school he managed. After all, the person who knew the truth had been driven crazy by him, and the school was still under his control. He could completely continue.

But he fled almost in a panic, not only abandoning his principal identity, but also finding a way to close the school, and even flattened the school. This means that something beyond his control must have happened.

Schiller suspected that it was possible that Edward discovered his secret.

At that time, Edward was young and might have been in middle school. His middle school was not studied in the Bolokin community, but the Nigma couple and Mr. Nigma were relatives. It was impossible for them not to deal with each other.

Edward was very smart and had a significant keen observation. This was the main reason why he could escape Batman's pursuit several times as the Riddler. He was an out-and-out genius.

Perhaps without needing to deal with each other a few times, Edward could see through Mr. Nigma's true face, and even he might have followed some clues to investigate the Bufa case and hid a small piece of bone in the high school of the Bolokin community.

But at that time, he was too young and didn't do things carefully enough. Mr. Nigma discovered that he was investigating this matter and also discovered that he might have obtained some evidence, so he panicked.

What he was worried about was not Edward, but the Nigma couple. Edward's family background was good, which showed that the Nigma couple had a certain social influence. If Edward told his parents about this, it would be all over.

Precisely because of this, he hurried to close the school and brought in the Wardraid engineering team to completely demolish the school.

But even so, he wasn't at ease, because the Edward family was a time bomb for him, and could explode at any time, so he finally decided to kill the Nigma couple.

That's right, Schiller suspected that the death of Edward's parents had something to do with Mr. Nigma. It was very likely that Mr. Nigma was afraid that his crimes would be exposed and had to kill them to silence them.

Then logically speaking, he should have killed the family of three, but humans are greedy.

The Nigma family had some assets, not only real estate but also businesses that could continue to make money. Mr. Nigma was very likely to have taken a fancy to these inheritances, so he left little Edward.

This originated from an inheritance law in New Jersey. If the heir designated in the deceased's will dies, then it cannot be inherited in parallel without cost. That is to say, it is not that Edward died, and the only relative, Mr. Nigma, could successfully inherit all the property.

On the contrary, he would not be able to inherit or would have to pay a huge inheritance tax to inherit.

But if the designated heir is alive and has no ability to inherit property for the time being, then the property can be placed with the designated relative for trusteeship.

This no ability to inherit does not refer to being a minor, but to having no full capacity for civil conduct. The most common person with no full capacity for civil conduct is a mental patient.

So Mr. Nigma was very likely to have killed the Nigma couple for the sake of property, left Edward, and also drove him crazy, sending him to a mental hospital.

Without the social influence of the Nigma couple, the underage Edward had no channel to speak at all, and plus being diagnosed with mental illness, no one would believe what he said.

Mr. Nigma both eliminated the threat and obtained a large inheritance from the Nigma couple, while also letting the boy who ruined his good deeds enter a mental hospital and suffer torture.

It's just that he didn't expect that the Arkham Asylum, which used to be like hell, had become a real mental hospital after being transformed. With a responsible doctor like Brand, Edward not only didn't suffer abuse but also received good treatment, and was now almost recovered and discharged.

And then Schiller thought, what was the relationship between Williams and Nigma?

When destroying evidence, Nigma chose the Wardraid engineering team to help him demolish the middle school and primary school departments. This was not just demolishing a house. There must be some unseen evidence in these two schools that needed to be destroyed.

This proved that Nigma trusted the Wardraid engineering team. In other words, they were birds of a feather.

It was precisely at this point in time that Williams invested in the Wardraid engineering team and also made Bob the manager. There was no doubt that both of them should know everything Nigma did, and the three of them were in cahoots.

The context of the organizational structure gradually became clear in Schiller's mind.

Williams was a rich businessman, Nigma inherited the social influence of the Nigma couple, and the two of them could completely collude politically and commercially. Williams used money to pave the way for Nigma, and Nigma provided many conveniences for Williams.

As for Bob, he was the black glove supported by both of them, in charge of the Wardraid engineering team, responsible for destroying those evil evidences for the two of them.

From this perspective, many things had explanations. For example, how did Williams's real estate company take down the piece of land around Schiller's house? People who could afford the houses in that community were either rich or expensive. Who would risk offending so many rich people and have to approve the land to the real estate company to build a resort?

For another example, how did the Wardraid engineering team, which was on the verge of bankruptcy, suddenly receive orders until their hands were soft, and prospered for so many years without any problems?

And for another example, how did Mr. Nigma, who was originally just a middle school principal, transform into a financial tycoon and become a popular candidate for Gotham mayor?

The three of them must have colluded.

But similarly, Schiller didn't feel that the three of them were cooperating sincerely, and it couldn't even be said to be mutually beneficial. Although they might have common perverted hobbies, they definitely had conflicts and mutual constraints in some aspects.

This could explain why so many self-contradictory things were made in the process of committing crimes and eliminating criminal evidence.

All of them wanted to use the other party's crimes as a handle, hoping that the other party's crimes would be exposed and they would be ruined, so that they could push the crimes they committed on the same unlucky person and stay out of it themselves.

Many of the flaws in this were left by themselves, just so that one day when someone started investigating this matter, they would take the other party as a breakthrough point, and they would have sufficient reaction time, whether it was destroying evidence or lurking and escaping, there was always a chance.

After figuring this out, Schiller knew that his actions must be fast, otherwise the remaining two people wouldn't be able to contact Williams and would definitely realize that something happened to him and take action.

From the moment they discovered they couldn't contact Williams, they would enter a kind of psychological game.

One side of the balance was framing and slandering everything on Williams, but after he suddenly returned, the price he had to pay, and the other side was after framing and slandering everything on Williams, he couldn't come back and the police were really investigating, the gains he could get.

The longer the missing time, the smaller the possibility of returning, and the weight of the latter naturally became heavier. According to Schiller's judgment, the process of the latter completely overwhelming the former and prompting them to make this decision would not exceed three hours.

And now it was already 2:15 in the middle of the night. At dawn, Nigma would definitely make a choice.