Chapter 621

Investigating a case in 1989 is a very troublesome thing, because at this time, many technical means are not so developed. Even if Metropolis is one of the most advanced cities in the world, the number of surveillance cameras and dashcams here is not even 1% of that after the 21st century.

This led to the fact that surveillance images that could provide direct clues were mostly some corners.

And because the public security situation in Metropolis has always been relatively good, many surveillance cameras couldn't be used, so no one spent energy to maintain them. Lex had only taken over the Luthor family for a short time, and he didn't have time to install surveillance cameras in every corner of Gotham like Bruce, and then spend even longer time maintaining them.

This led to the fact that their method of investigating cases was more biased toward primitive detectives, that is, on-site investigation, questioning witnesses, narrowing the range of suspicious people, and finally gathering them together, questioning them separately, and finding clues from the testimonies.

Just when Bruce went to the three companies for on-site investigation, Lex arrived at the Metropolis Police Station. In the monitoring room, he witnessed the questioning of suspicious people by professional interrogation personnel.

Among them were three cleaners, one bank staff member, one security guard from Pailuo Company, and one security guard near the bank president's villa. These people included all the last eyewitnesses and the first eyewitnesses at the crime scene.

The Metropolis Police Station was much more spacious and bright, there were no mottled traces on the walls, and even the interrogation experts were relatively friendly. He used the professional knowledge learned from school to constantly repeat certain questions, letting the examinee recall more details.

Lex was in the monitoring room in the back, sitting with the police chief. He turned to the police chief and said: "This damn murderer caused the Luthor Group to lose a large order. The president took my money and died. I won't let this murderer go."

"Mr. Luthor, don't worry. Such a vicious murder case occurred in Metropolis, I'm afraid it has already attracted the attention of Congress, and there will be more professional personnel responsible for this matter."

"I only want the result." Lex said with a blank expression: "The Luthor Group hopes that every investment has a return. If there isn't..."

Lex turned to look at the police chief. The police chief knew what he was saying, because he also took the Luthor Group's money. If he couldn't help the Luthor Group settle this matter, Lex had plenty of ways to make him look good.

Just at this moment, a series of rapid footsteps came from outside the door. The footsteps were very steady, and the interval between each step was very even, which showed that the comer was well-trained.

"Dong, dong, dong." The door was knocked. The police officer standing by the door opened the door. Walking in was a heroic female police officer. She first shook hands with the police chief. The police chief introduced her to Lex with a smile: "This is Detective Angela Dodgson, a local of Metropolis, who has been transferred to various police stations before, and has broken several serial murder cases. She is a capable helper I specifically invited."

Seeing Lex, that female detective known as Angela frowned. Lex's appearance was just a teenager, and he shouldn't appear here. The police chief hurriedly introduced: "This is Mr. Luthor, who has contributed quite a bit to the work of the Metropolis Police Station."

"The bank president who was victimized this time is his friend. They have a cooperative relationship, so he is also very worried and proposed to come here to take a look..."

"You should know that the back office of the police station's interrogation room isn't a place where just anyone can enter, right?" Angela was merciless. She turned to look at the police chief, but that chief took half a step back, smiled somewhat awkwardly, and said: "I'll send him out right away."

After he took Lex out, he sighed and rolled his eyes. Lex asked him: "Why are you so afraid of her? You are the chief, she is just a detective. What can she do to you?"

The police chief hurriedly looked left and right, signaling Lex to be quiet. He said: "You don't know how powerful this female detective is. She is a well-known detective specializing in tracking serial killer murderers."

"Star City, Central City... all the major cases that have occurred over the years have her figure. If there are any major cases in various places, they will invite her over."

The police chief sighed and said: "Mr. Luthor, I know you have high hopes for me, but Metropolis has been peaceful for too long. My subordinates and I have no clue when facing this kind of major case. If we don't invite professionals, who knows when it will be solved."

Lex also sighed, and while walking out with the police chief, he said: "This business is considered the most important business since I took over the Luthor Group. Now encountering such a blow, the pressure I'm facing is also very great."

The police chief patted him on the shoulder, and then he heard Lex ask again: "I heard that the second victim was the female boss of Pailuo Company. I've heard of this company. They specialize in producing chemical raw materials for cleaners. What's going on? What connection does she have with the president?"

The police chief shook his head and said: "Isn't it just that matter about the new chemical plant? Haven't you heard of it before? Snow Mountain Company, and many cleaning companies around Metropolis, have all placed large orders with Pailuo Company. But once there are many orders, the production capacity isn't enough. So, Pailuo Company wanted to build a chemical plant in the western suburbs of Metropolis."

"You know that place, right? That place was originally a mental hospital. Pailuo Company bought that piece of land, the loan has already been approved, and it can be renovated at any time. But who knew that the boss would suddenly encounter a disaster..."

The police chief shook his head, looking very regretful. Lex silently noted down this information. After coming out of the police station, he returned to the laboratory underground at Luthor Manor, and at this time, Bruce was already waiting for him at the manor.

Bruce inserted an information storage device into the computer interface. Inside were the clues he obtained from going out to investigate this time.

While playing these pictures and text, Bruce explained: "I went to Snow Mountain Cleaning Company first. The defense system of this company is even more slack. The whole company has only three surveillance cameras, and two are broken. The monitoring room is completely a display."

"And among their nearly 2,000 employees, more than half are cleaners. Because there are too many people, they aren't familiar with each other. And when working, they are divided into indoor work groups and outdoor work groups. Those with high-altitude work qualifications and those without aren't together, and there are even quite a few outsourced technical personnel. The personnel management is a mess."

"So, if a stranger sneaks in, they won't be discovered?" Lex asked.

Bruce nodded and said: "Their drivers and technical personnel, etc., all wear the same uniform. It's even simpler to pretend to be a driver or technical personnel, because these two types of employees don't have fixed groups and don't know the cleaners at all."

"Snow Mountain Company has no problems. I investigated their accounts, as well as the financial situation of the leadership personnel. Everything is still considered normal." Finally, Bruce summarized.

"As for Pailuo Company..." Bruce paused and said: "Other places are all the same. However, they don't have a single surveillance camera in their company. How the murderer transported the corpses to the roof and threw them down is completely impossible to investigate."

"However, when I was investigating their account situation, I discovered that their orders had increased sharply recently. Many cleaning companies represented by Snow Mountain Company have all purchased cleaner raw materials from them."

"For this reason, they applied for a loan from the Central Bank, wanting to renovate the mental hospital in the western suburbs of Metropolis into a new chemical plant." Lex continued Bruce's words.

The two paused at the same time. Then, Bruce spoke again: "All the clues finally point to this transaction between the bank, Pailuo Company, and Snow Mountain Company, and this transaction finally points to that chemical plant that is about to be established, and the chemical plant points to that mental hospital."

"If that murderer wants to guide us to that mental hospital, then what exactly is hidden there?" Lex asked.

"Take the things, let's go take a look together. I guess that there should be a secret hidden there, a secret that makes the murderer not hesitate to take huge risks to commit crimes multiple times."

The car sped in the night of Metropolis, passed through the bright lights, and then drove all the way to the pitch-black suburbs.

A slight braking sound rang out. After Bruce walked down from the car, he said: "Your car is really rotten, rotten to the core."

Lex also walked out from the car, took a look at his luxury car, and couldn't help but recall the Bat-car Bruce drove before.

He rarely didn't refute Bruce, just thinking that later he must also get a car the same as the Bat-car. This kind of luxury car is okay for showing off wealth, but if one really wants to talk about practicality, it absolutely can't compare to the Bat-car.

Batman walked forward for a distance. He lowered his head and took a look at the mud he stepped on by his feet. The soil here was exceptionally moist, seemingly because the groundwater resources near the seaside were too rich.

Walking forward again, that mental hospital appeared in the field of vision of the two. This hospital looked like it hadn't been built for many years and was still relatively new. Now, except for a few windows that were lit, most of the windows were pitch black.

Just approaching this hospital, Bruce discovered something wrong. He stopped Lex's action, then said: "Look there, armed guards... This is not normal."

"A mental hospital located in a remote suburb. How could it have more complete security measures than the bank and company buildings in the city center?" Bruce narrowed his eyes, looked at that mental hospital, and said to Lex: "Let's go, let's sneak in from the side door."

At the same time, the female detective Angela, who was staying in the monitoring room in the back of the interrogation room, heard a series of rapid running sounds from outside the door. "Bang", the door was pushed open, and a police officer rushed in and shouted: "The... the third one! The third murder case... Snow Mountain Company... Quick!"

Angela immediately touched the gun at her waist. After loading the gun, she flew out of the police station, got into a police car, and all the way the police lights flashed, accompanied by the harsh siren, the police car stopped in front of the Snow Mountain Company Building.

At this time, a figure was sitting in the middle of the road in front of the door, still without arms, still with the upper body fixed to the back of the chair with wire.

The police officers filed out from the police car and surrounded the vicinity of the corpse. Angela walked down from the car, then flew toward the corpse. But just at this moment, everyone saw that the corpse suddenly moved.

Angela stopped her steps immediately, held the gun with both hands, and slowly approached there. Until she walked to the steps in front of the main entrance, she saw that the person who lost his arms and was tied to the chair opposite wasn't a corpse; that man was still alive.

His mouth and neck were stuffed full, filled with things, and his lips were sewn together with wire.

At this time, his face was blue and purple, seemingly suffocating, and his abdomen was bulging very high, as if something was moving in his stomach.

He was struggling incomparably painfully, and a "he-he" sound of exhaling came from his throat. Angela immediately walked up quickly, wanting to save the person, but just when she approached within about one meter of this man, the man's stomach suddenly exploded.

Flesh and blood splashed out, just falling less than ten centimeters in front of Angela. Obviously, the opponent's control over distance was very precise, and not a bit of blood splashed on this detective.

When the abdominal cavity exploded, Angela clearly saw that the foreign object that made the victim's abdomen bulge high was countless mice.