Chapter 3842

Schiller stood in front of the desk in the Evidence and Inspection Technology Department office of the CIA's Cat Getan base, staring at the report in front of him. Seeing Natasha stood to the side, her forearms crossed and resting on the desk, waiting for Schiller's conclusion.

"That's right." Schiller said, "Of the 26 cameras in the banquet hall where you and the President were photographed, the wear marks from rotation in the week before the incident were 1.3 times higher than all the cameras in the surrounding rooms. This corroborates the conclusion you got from the psychiatrist—the other party had no anticipation of what you two would do, so even the cameras in the nooks and crannies were adjusted."

"If the murderer is an electronic life form, then everything makes sense." Seeing Natasha said, "Unable to trace email information, not even having activity traces, completely ignorant of human sexual psychology, and on top of that, being able to recognize me... could it be some version of Ultron?"

"It's not impossible." Schiller said, leaning his hands on the edge of the desk, "But the question is, how did he come here?"

"That's easy," Seeing Natasha said, "As long as he convinces one of the Battle Realm players to bring over a sub-server. This kind of electronic life form will spread rapidly on the internet like cockroaches."

"No, if that were the case, he wouldn't target you, but would come to target me. Because my reputation in the Battle Realm is louder, the person who cooperated with him would definitely remind him to pay attention to me. Even if he doesn't know who Moon Knight is, at least he could recognize me by my face; there's no reason to ignore me and target you."

Seeing Natasha frowned, but it wasn't because she disagreed; on the contrary, she felt that what Schiller said made sense, but this made the identity of the mastermind behind the scenes even more elusive.

"There is another question." Schiller said, "If the mastermind is determined to get photos of you two, he wouldn't just use the Wayne Enterprises cameras."

"You mean..."

"An electronic life form would understand the importance of leaving enough redundancy. Although 26 fixed cameras in a banquet hall are not few, there are still blind spots in surveillance. He probably wouldn't go to hack Batman's private cameras, because that would easily increase the risk of exposure. Then there is only one possibility left—the people participating in the banquet also have cameras controlled by him."

"Who could it be?" Seeing Natasha asked, "It couldn't be me, because if that were the case, I wouldn't be able to be in the shot. It couldn't be you and Moon Knight, and the possibility of super-powered beings like Superman and Wonder Woman is also not high."

"Arkham Knight." Schiller said, "Although he wasn't wearing his full gear that day, he wore a belt, and there was a camera on the belt, and because of their past hostile relationship and the fact that it's not the same system as Batman's, he might be using the system from 'Oracle'."

"'Oracle'? Whose codename is that?"

"Barbara Gordon." Schiller suddenly raised his eyes and said, "Quick, send someone to the Zhong Lou, protect Barbara Gordon!"

Schiller put on his windbreaker jacket at the fastest speed, but he didn't rush out with Seeing Natasha and the CIA agents; instead, he walked quickly to the interrogation room. Arkham Knight was talking to the agent at the door.

"So I can go, right? Seriously, just for such a small matter, locking me here for so many days, I almost thought I was really a spy."

"Sorry, Mr. Todd. Before we completely rule out the suspicion of the main suspect, you must stay here and cooperate with the investigation. But since the main suspect has now been released, you can naturally go. If you have any objections, you can choose to sue or complain to the relevant departments, but I really can't give you any explanation beyond my duties."

"Fine, I won't make things difficult for you small fries, but don't let me run into you when you're causing trouble in Cat Getan..."

"Jason!"

Schiller's voice made Arkham Knight retreat more than two meters with a "whoosh." He stood there and shouted at Schiller: "Don't move! Stand there and don't move!!!"

Schiller had to stop a few meters away from him, then said: "The mastermind behind the scenes who destroyed the diplomatic relationship between the United States and the Amazon, and created the scandal between the President and Mrs. Romanoff, is very likely an electronic life form capable of mobilizing electronic equipment. On the day of the banquet, which system did the camera on the equipment you carried belong to?"

This information was so massive that Arkham Knight's brain crashed for a moment, but he quickly reacted and said: "'Oracle'! Barbara is in danger!"

Arkham Knight ran out quickly. Schiller didn't chase him, but pressed his earpiece and said: "Stop Jason Todd."

Arkham Knight couldn't even make it downstairs before being stopped by heavily armed agents. He turned and looked at Schiller and said: "Let me out, I have to go find Barbara!"

"The CIA people have already gone." Schiller walked quickly to him and said, "Considering the mastermind's previous way of doing things, I have reason to suspect that this is a trap to lure you over. Now, go to the medical center to find Batman, and leave the rest to us."

Arkham Knight's hands clenched into fists, and he stood still. Schiller walked toward him, and he retreated two more steps. Schiller opened his hands toward him helplessly, with a Bluetooth earpiece in his hand.

Arkham Knight approached cautiously, picked up the earpiece with his hand, and then darted back quickly. He put the earpiece to his ear, and the deep voice of Arkham Batman came from the earpiece:

"Come here, Jason, I have something to talk to you about."

Arkham Knight swallowed, but still had to walk toward the medical center, turning his head as he walked and saying: "You will ensure Barbara's safety, right?"

"We will do our best." Schiller said.

In fact, after Arkham Knight left, Schiller said to the person in the earpiece: "Stay vigilant, Barbara Gordon may not necessarily not be an enemy; whatever an electronic life form can do, she can do."

Seeing Natasha had already rushed to the entrance of the Zhong Lou base. Hearing the words coming from the earpiece, she narrowed her eyes slightly and rethought the whole thing. Except for the conclusion given by Greed, the profiles of the other suspects perfectly fit the image of a "brilliant hacker." If Barbara Gordon was a hacker who could rival Batman, then the untraceable email information and the controlled cameras could all be her doing.

Holding her gun with both hands, Seeing Natasha gave her subordinates a wink, and the assault team came to the door and began to ram it. That old door didn't hold up for long and was rammed open after two hits. After everyone rushed in, there was no one in the base.

Because it had just rained, the old room was slightly damp, the calendar hanging on the wall had stopped a few months ago, and there were only some expired documents on the table. The computer screen and case were cold; no one had used them for at least a few hours, and there was no sign of Barbara Gordon at all.

Seeing Natasha walked around the room and didn't find anything unusual, then she turned on her flashlight and searched carefully, finally finding a red hair on the edge of the carpet. This was certainly not her hair, but more likely Barbara Gordon's.

Half an hour later, in the technology department office, Schiller picked up this hair with his gloved hand. At this moment, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration:

"Is Abidonis's lover a redhead?"

Seeing Natasha and Schiller looked at each other.

Seeing Natasha turned her head and said to her subordinate: "Go and investigate carefully what's going on with that lover of Abidonis, and if possible, detain the person."

The subordinate took the order and went out, but came back after not long, saying: "All the news we got about Mr. Abidonis's lover came from Mrs. Abidonis. She said she had seen her from afar a few times, but..."

"But what?"

"There is no other information besides that. Mr. Abidonis himself is dead, his colleagues and friends have never seen this mysterious lover, and no surveillance footage of her was found at the locations where Mrs. Abidonis claimed to have seen her."

"Even though they have been dating for several years?"

"No," the subordinate said, "That mysterious red-haired lover was just one of his many lovers. Abidonis had other lovers, so the length of his history of infidelity and his history with the red-haired lover are inconsistent, and it is temporarily impossible to determine when he started dating the red-haired lover."

"Bang!" Seeing Natasha slammed the table and said, "Nothing can be determined, what are you guys good for?"

The atmosphere in the room was silent for a moment. The subordinate also knew that he might have reported misleading information before, so he quickly remedied it and said: "Barbara Gordon is disabled; she cannot walk normally and can only sit in a wheelchair, but according to Mrs. Abidonis's eyewitness report, that red-haired lover can walk freely, and there is no abnormality in her legs."

Seeing Natasha didn't respond; she was just thinking: Mrs. Abidonis killed Abidonis and attacked her when she went to the crime scene, and she claimed this was because she looked similar to one of Mr. Abidonis's lovers.

Hearing this fact for the first time, people would naturally feel that Mrs. Abidonis attacked her because she hated her husband for being unfaithful and was jealous of Mr. Abidonis's lover.

But what if the motive wasn't like that?

Mrs. Abidonis wanted to kill her, indeed because she mistook her for that lover, but the real motive wasn't an emotional issue, but another reason—she had a reason why she had to kill this lover.

Or simply, the lover relationship between Abidonis and the red-haired woman was fabricated by her; they might have met, and might have been seen by Mrs. Abidonis, but the relationship between them wasn't a lover relationship, but had some other unspeakable relationship.

Even though Abidonis was dead, Mrs. Abidonis still couldn't tell the truth and had to use a reason like personal feelings to cover up the facts.

This also matched what their daughter said—their previous arguments weren't because of feelings, but because of some interest relationship. This red-haired woman might also be involved in their interest relationship.

Could it be Barbara Gordon?

"No, that's not right." Schiller suddenly said, "It's not Barbara Gordon."

"You can read minds too?" Seeing Natasha couldn't help but ask, because the reasoning above was all what she had thought in her heart; how did Schiller happen to answer her question?

"That's not important." Schiller said again, "Abidonis's so-called red-haired lover is not Barbara Gordon, but someone hopes we think she is."

"How do you know?"

"Don't be impatient." Schiller said, "Did your subordinates collect footprint samples inside the Zhong Lou?"

Seeing Natasha nodded and said: "The technology department people have already gone, I guess there will be results soon."

Soon, the door to the technology department office was knocked on. The technician walked over with a report and said: "We found 6 strange footprints at the scene, arranged in a walking pattern, and the owner of the footprints is Barbara Gordon."