Chapter 423: The Metropolis Mystery (Part 4)

The figure fell from high altitude. The moment it touched the ground, time slowed down for it. Bright red blood spread out like waves. The tassels hanging from the gorgeous tablecloth were hit by the splashing blood droplets, swaying violently back and forth. The silver candle holder fell, and after the candlelight went out, only thin lines of smoke remained.

The moment the loud noise of the fall rang out, all those elegant ladies and young ladies fell to the ground in a panic. The gentlemen were no better; regardless of the damage to their expensive leather shoes during the trampling, they pushed and screamed at each other like sardines in a fishing net being unloaded, and began to flee regardless of everything.

Yin Wensi turned his head and saw Luo De take two steps back, then cover his mouth with his hand, as if feeling terrified by the scene in front of him. His face was pale, his fingertips were trembling slightly, and his eyes revealed disbelief.

But soon, he took a few deep breaths, tried hard to calm himself down, and then shouted, "Don't move! We have security personnel!"

"!"

His shouting didn't have any effect. Those violent screams covered all the sounds. People were desperately trying to stay away from that corpse, wanting to stay away from this terrible place. During the pushing, many people fell down, blocking the way again, and the situation was even more chaotic.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Three gunshots rang out, and everything became quiet. The entire banquet hall seemed to have been pressed with a pause button. Everyone opened their mouths wide, looking at the group of people walking in from the main entrance.

The person leading the group was wearing the attire of a special police officer, holding a pistol in his hand. The few people behind him were dressed similarly, and it could be seen that they were from the same organization, but they were completely different from the Metropolis police.

"United States Lianbangdiaocha Bureau."

The person leading the group walked to the center of the banquet hall and said, then with a "snap," showed his credentials, displayed them to the left and right, and after putting them away, he reloaded his pistol and waved his hand. The two agents behind him walked up to check the corpse of Mayor White.

At this time, Luo De walked out of the crowd quickly. His face was still a little pale. He bypassed the messy place where the corpse fell, walked to the leading agent, shook hands with him, and said, "Ben Jie Ming, you finally came. I was just about to send someone to invite you!"

"This charity gala is jointly hosted by the Luo De family and the municipal government. How could such a thing happen?" Luo De's facial features were squeezed together, and his face revealed an unprecedented fatigue.

He showed a very sad expression and then said, "I know that the security situation in Metropolis recently is not optimistic. The police chief cannot give an explanation, so the Mayor and I agreed to let the agents move in. Who knew..."

The agent known as Ben Jie Ming frowned deeply, his expression appearing very cold, but many of the attendees erupted in dissatisfaction.

The gala hadn't even officially started, and the protagonist of the gala, Mayor White, had already become a corpse. This was as if telling everyone who came to the gala that the agents' cumbersome security checks were just for show.

Many people in the crowd loudly questioned, "What is going on?! Why did the Mayor die?!"

"How did you check?! Could it be that you couldn't even check for a gun?"

"Didn't you check very carefully when you searched me?"

"That's right, you didn't even let me bring a fan, how could you let others bring a gun in?!"

This gala invited almost all the celebrities on the East Coast, including wealthy businessmen, politicians, scholars, and well-known media figures. After the initial panic, this group of people gradually calmed down, and they began to constantly denounce the group of agents in the center of the venue.

Among them, a famous mouth from the Chicago radio station waved his fist and shouted angrily, "Look! This is the result of sacrificing our privacy! This is their conspiracy to push for the surveillance bill!"

"That's right! Why are you still blocking the door?"

"Hurry up and get away! I want to go home! I don't want to share a room with this terrible corpse!"

"Hurry up and get out of the way! Let me leave..."

Ben Jie Ming's expression remained unchanged. He looked around coldly, stroking the patterns on his pistol with his thumb. He opened his mouth, and his cold voice echoed in the room.

"The Mayor is dead, and now no one can leave."

"What do you mean? Do you want to lock us in here?!"

"How can you do this?! This is illegal detention!"

Various dissatisfied voices rang out in the crowd again, but the agent named Ben Jie Ming seemed to have heard nothing. He waved his hand, and several agents poured in from the entrance of the banquet hall, sealing the place layer by layer.

And what made the crowd feel even more terrified was that all the agents were fully armed. A few attendees who reacted too violently were directly stunned by anesthetic spray and then dragged to the corner by the agents.

At this time, no one dared to protest loudly anymore. Some gritted their teeth and cursed in a low voice, some were worried and resigned to their fate, and some smart-alecks secretly took out their mobile phones or other communication devices, wanting to contact some friends they knew to get rid of this trouble.

At the moment the corpse fell, Bruce had already secretly pressed a contact device on the back of his watch. This satellite signal communication device would link to his manor's laboratory and the equipment in the Bat Cave, providing him with data analysis support at any time. But just now, he discovered that all signals had been cut off.

The agents were checking for clues around Mayor White's corpse, while Bruce was watching coldly from the side. Also standing on the sidelines and observing the situation in the venue was Yin Wensi, who hadn't moved.

The position he was standing in was further inside than where the Mayor fell, so the crowd pushing outward did not affect him. He still stood in place, holding a glass of wine, quietly watching the group of agents searching up and down near the corpse.

Although the distance was very far, when the corpse fell at that time, Yin Wensi was looking over there, so he saw very clearly that Mayor White died from a gunshot to the head, killing him with one shot. It was just that falling from above the ceiling added another layer of internal organ rupture, just like everyone who jumps off a building.

After discovering that all communication tools had lost their signal, Bruce began to move toward Yin Wensi's direction without a trace. However, he discovered that his professor shook his head while holding a wine glass and turned to walk toward the depths of the hall.

It wasn't just Bruce who discovered Yin Wensi's unusual movement; Ben Jie Ming also discovered it. This kind of abnormality was simply too obvious. In the entire banquet hall, only Yin Wensi was moving.

Others at most were looking toward the direction of Mayor White's corpse, while Yin Wensi strode over the candle holder that had fallen to the ground and walked toward the back of the banquet hall. ===== CHAPTER 424 =====