Chapter 4113: When Pumpkins Mature (6)

"... Alberto?" Main Universe Batman called out the name. Alberto Falcone. The famous Holiday Killer. How could he be here?

Main Universe Batman suddenly remembered: Wan Shengjie is coming soon. Is he here to commit a crime?

But he quickly overturned this idea. After a series of his explorations, although the green bald head is a bit annoying, the control is very strict. The crime rate on the East Coast is infinitely close to zero. The Holiday Killer is not a super-powered person, and he has no ability to commit a crime under the eyes of a super artificial intelligence.

Moreover, the gangs in the universe where Bruce is have long since retired. The city atmosphere doesn't look like the Romans are still there. Heard that it was a smooth handover at that time, and there was no trouble. Since the gangs have retired, the Falcone father and son should have no contradictions. The Holiday Killer will not appear.

"You know me?" The man said, "Also, you look like Bruce's relative. Why didn't you go find him?"

"He is not in Cat Getan recently. On the contrary, you, I remember the Falcone family has a manor, right? Were you kicked out by Brainiac?"

The other party laughed and said: "Long before Brainiac came, I didn't live there anymore. I went back to Italy. I just came back yesterday."

So it is. Main Universe Batman thought. At least two pieces of information in Alberto's words are worth noting: one is that Brainiac didn't come recently, I'm afraid he has been here for a while; the other is that the Falcone family doesn't seem to stay in Cat Getan either, but returned to their hometown Italy.

"Then why did you come back recently?" Main Universe Batman asked again.

"This is my private matter. You'd better not reveal that you've seen me. Although we have washed our hands of it for a long time, we still have a few enemies. This is no good for you."

After speaking, the other party lowered the brim of his hat and left. Main Universe Batman watched his back, realizing that things were not that simple.

Green Street, FBI office.

Barry looked at the data displayed on the computer screen, frowned and said: "So, the murderer of these three child kidnapping cases is not the same person?"

"The behavioral patterns are completely different." The colleague operating the computer pushed his glasses and said, "The inference of serial kidnapping cases is completely untenable."

"But what is the probability of three almost identical cases occurring consecutively in the same area? They can even escape Brainiac's eyes."

"I mean, we might be facing a more thorny situation now." The other party said again, "This might be an organized criminal activity."

Just then, the door was pushed open by the blonde woman, she took a document and patted it on the table, then said: "The call log of the surveillance camera shows that the video signal was interfered with 15 minutes before all three cases. The other party has very professional shielding equipment."

"More professional than Brainiac? How is this possible?"

Immediately after, the black female colleague also walked in and said: "The colleagues in the field said they didn't find anything unusual. In the next few days, they might have to watch without interruption. Our Wan Shengjie holiday is also ruined."

"Three missing children haven't been found yet, I'm not in the mood to take a vacation. And there hasn't been such a vicious crime since Brainiac came, not to mention this might be organized crime. If I can't catch the murderer, I can't sleep peacefully."

Barry also sighed, not because he couldn't take a vacation, but because he promised Harley to attend the Wan Shengjie banquet. I just hope he can spare a few hours that night.

Several people soon invested in the work. Barry watched those surveillance videos several times, and finally said: "The clues are really too few. But if only it could shoot a few more seconds..."

"Hello? Yes, I am. Is it the publication of the Behavioral Science Analysis Unit? No problem, send the article over first. We will take a look, if there is no problem, we can publish it internally..."

Everyone looked at the Asian man who was answering the phone. After he hung up the phone, he said: "The headquarters said they received a good paper on criminal psychology and want to publish it in the training base's textbook."

"Related to behavioral science?"

"Seems so. You guys are busy with yours, I'll take a look after it's sent over, if there's no big problem, I'll upload it to the system directly."

Others nodded and went to do their own things. Although contributing to internal publications is also their duty, there are more important things at the moment. The kidnapped children are more important than the paper.

"Hey, wait, you guys have to see this..." The Asian colleague suddenly walked over again.

Several people looked at him again, and then saw the title on the laptop he was holding.

"Related to child psychology?" Several people immediately gathered around. Sliding the touchpad, more content appeared in front of their eyes, and the blonde woman exclaimed: "It's exactly linked with criminal psychology. But this theory is strange."

"Because this is not behavioral science." Barry suddenly said, "This should be psychoanalysis. It should be from the Department of Psychology of Cat Getan University."

"Wouldn't it be a student of that Professor Rodriguez?"

Barry nodded and said: "Although it is an anonymous submission, I can probably guess who it is. It should be that lady with high talent."

Several people gathered around the table to read this paper, until they saw one of the sentences: "In the field of crime, the weakness of children can sometimes be a breakthrough, because the physiological strength gap is too large, criminals often do not pay too much attention to physiological suppression, but force them to produce a desire to establish spiritual authority that they may have never had before, even if it is for profit purposes, they will produce a desire to establish a group, obtain leadership status and exercise power in contact with children..."

"Sounds a bit absurd." A colleague touched his chin and said, "So his meaning is, the weakness of children is a trap, which will cause some extreme emotions of the perpetrator, thereby making them lose their reason? Is there any scientific basis for this?"

"I haven't heard of similar theories. However, I think this has some truth." Another colleague turned around and said, "I recognize a theory, that is, everyone has suppressed nature, these things need a breakthrough. Maybe some are benign, such as hearty exercise, quietly watching the scenery; some may be very strange, such as compulsive cleanliness, obsession with numbers..."

"And some are malignant, such as murder and abuse. But because of the existence of the law, and also out of risk considerations, most people dare not do so. Even if there is a chance, they might not do it."

"However, there is one that is different, that is 'exercising authority'. When someone is in a natural dominant position, he oppresses and bullies others, the victim has no ability to resist, and the bystander doesn't care, he can wantonly vent his suppressed nature. This contradiction is often seen in the family, in domestic violence and child abuse cases, it will always present such behavioral patterns."

Barry thought for a while and said: "We might as well be bolder. After the kidnapper kidnaps the child, since they didn't kill them immediately, they must have to spend a period of time with them. If we look at this relationship as a special family relationship, then the theory in this paper is easy to understand. Will the kidnapper be a good parent?"

Everyone started shaking their heads. The blonde woman said: "In most cases, kidnappers present a very twisted swaying mentality. They are evil, but not evil enough. They don't seem to be like many pleasure criminals who can obtain enough spiritual pleasure from murder; their criminal behavior usually comes from profit considerations, but they don't seem to be like some financial criminals who have enough sufficient knowledge and means to use illegal ways to make huge profits. They want to obtain benefits through illegal means, and can only adopt the simplest method they know: kidnapping hostages, and then asking others for money."

"Even those among them who have planned relatively carefully, because of the limitations of cognition, choose this unwise criminal method. Such people usually don't have a calm head and strong willpower, which leads to most of them holding a gambler mentality during the criminal process, and they will also be anxious, overly excited, or alternating between excitement and depression like other gamblers. This will cause them to have very serious emotional problems."

"I remember, isn't it the case we handled before? That kidnapper was anxious crazy. He was not sure if the hostage's parents would send money, not sure when the police would come, not sure if his plan had any loopholes, so he checked repeatedly, and even became like obsessive-compulsive disorder, and finally revealed his flaws."

"Yes. Most people don't have the experience of dealing with such sudden emotional problems, and don't know how to adjust. So many kidnapped children we rescued have experienced the abuse of kidnappers. Because these people use abusing them to vent their anxiety."

"Yes. Because children are very weak, and the physiological gap between them and the kidnappers is too large, which leads to them being able to do whatever they want, without having to consider the possibility of being injured in the process of abuse. So, they can better output the evil suppressed in their human nature. This is the 'trap of weakness' mentioned in the paper."

"That is to say, even if it is kidnapping for profit at the beginning, the negative emotions generated by the kidnapper in the process of waiting for news will prompt them to start abuse behavior. But I don't understand, why does the author of the paper emphasize 'establishing authority'?"

"Because simple physical violence abuse and establishing spiritual authority are different. Abuse like beating may just be simple venting of emotions; but establishing spiritual authority is to manipulate others."

"Why manipulate a group of children? They can't run anyway?"

"This is the deeper meaning of this point of view." Barry said, "For humans, spiritual satisfaction is the ultimate satisfaction, and it can also be said that all physical satisfaction is ultimately spiritual satisfaction. Completely controlling others' spirits and manipulating others is one of the most addictive among pathological spiritual satisfaction. Many family problems we see just explain this point—everyone will naturally tend to over-exercise their authority, or only excess can bring pleasure."

"Even if they know this is wrong when they are weak, once they obtain such a status, they will inevitably have such a tendency. And in this special family of kidnapper and victim, because children are too weak, no violent means are needed to control, they will be more inclined to spiritual control. And the best way for spiritual control is to establish authority and exercise authority."

"Sounds like it's not a special family, but like many families." The Asian man said.

"Yes, unfortunately, many parents in families are indeed very like kidnappers, some are not as good as kidnappers—after all, kidnappers have to take care of the police, but some parents don't have to. This is indeed very sad."

"I understand the meaning of the author of the paper. The natural weakness of children will lure kidnappers to release their nature of manipulating others' spirits. Then what can we use this to do?"

"This has to be said to the way of establishing authority. Simple violence is not enough. And if this kidnapper is not a professional, just releasing his desires at will, being lured, then he will definitely make some risky moves. As long as you guess how he will do it, maybe without the help of Brainiac, we can also catch the criminal." ===== CHAPTER 4114 =====