The days of being a spiritual mentor in Meiman.

Chapter 298 "Preaching and Teaching"
The afternoon in Gotham always seemed a little drowsy. The originally unglamorous sunlight passed through the tulle curtains and became even weaker. When it fell on the floor, it was like the golden sunset waves.

Schiller is standing behind the table, playing with a telescope from the time of the great voyages, which is the treasure of the original owner of the manor, who accompanied his ancestors across the ocean and came here from Europe thousands of miles away.

Most of the decorations on Schiller's table were left by the original owner of the manor, so they all have some British classical charm, such as the old and yellowed globe, the gramophone placed at the corner of the table, There are also walking sticks hanging on the side of the bookshelves.

Schiller was holding the binoculars and looking ahead, suddenly, a black shadow flew across the field of view of the binoculars, Schiller put down the binoculars, and turned to look at the uninvited Batman.

Batman picked up the globe on the corner of the table very naturally. In his field of vision, the globe blocked Schiller's head, as if everything had returned to a dream.

Batman flicked the globe with his hand, but soon it stopped, and Batman said to Schiller, "You know, what I'm here to do..."

Schiller was turning around to take something from the bookshelf. He rummaged through it and said, "Isn't it here to arrest me? Detective Batman?"

"Gordon told me that whenever something strange and incomprehensible happens in Gotham, it is right to come to you."

"Oh, why don't I know what strange things happened in Gotham recently? Are you referring to those ordinary murders?"

Batman tasted the words "unremarkable" in his mouth, and suddenly felt that the next series of introductions and explanations were a bit difficult to speak.

Schiller turned around, a bottle of wine and two glasses in his hand, and then he sat Batman across the table, and he said: "Word statements are always a bit boring, far less than immersive It's interesting, don't you think?"

Perhaps because he didn't want his next topic to be evaluated as "unremarkable and boring", Batman drank the glass of wine in front of him like a drug, and Schiller also took a sip of the wine and then relaxed. The body leaned on the chair, drunk and drowsy.

With the afternoon sun floating in the air, Batman suddenly woke up. He saw the globe on the table began to rotate slowly, but the head of Schiller on the opposite side was normal. After he opened his eyes, he paused, and then said: "Oh, I forgot."

Then he leaned forward, reached out and took the globe on the table, and put it in front of his face. In Batman's view, the globe overlapped Schiller's head, and Schiller's head became a globe .

Now Batman knows how the globe-headed Schiller in the dream came to be.

After Schiller stood up, Batman also stood up, and the two walked to the center of the room. Schiller made a gesture of invitation to Batman, and Batman began to concentrate, recalling the details of Rich's room in his memory.

This is the first time he has constructed such a large-scale scene in a dream. Even with the memory of the real thing as a support, Batman consumed most of his energy in an instant.

As he slowly raised his arm, the scene in the room began to change. The books on the bookshelf were integrated into the wall one by one. It sank into the floor, and the floor turned over piece by piece, from dark brown to light brown.

Rich's body appeared on the floor, blood spread on the light-colored floor, and then gradually seeped into the cracks.

Schiller clicked his lips and said, "It's really tragic, isn't it?"

"Three days ago, the head of the Lawrence family among the Gotham Twelve was found dead in his bedroom. There were seven wounds on his body, one of which was a penetrating wound in the heart, which was fatal. Anesthetics were detected in his body. ..."

"Two days ago, Brother Hawke, who was also a member of the Hawke family in the Twelve Families, was found dead in his study. After being tied to a chair in the study room, he was beheaded and killed with a knife."

"One day ago, the leader of the Rich family among the twelve families was found dead in the living room. He was sawed from the middle of his body and died of excessive blood loss."

"The common point of these three cases is that their death methods are the martyrdom methods of the apostles among the twelve disciples of Jesus. Both Gordon and I believed that this was a serial murder case, but until today after Rich's death, I discovered that , The murderer's modus operandi is different from the previous two cases."

Schiller grabbed the air with his hand, and a cane appeared in his hand. He tapped the ground lightly with the cane and said, "Why do you judge that this is a serial murder case? Because the way they died is similar to a certain fit in a religious story?"

"Isn't that the characterization of a serial killer?" Batman asked. In the process of committing crimes, such as the most common seven deadly sins, Black Friday, Sabbath, etc..."

"So I said in class, why is that?"

"Because of the 'sense of ritual', serial murderers, especially those who randomly select their targets, do not kill for revenge, but purely for the pleasure of killing their own kind. Therefore, for them, it is important A sense of ritual."

"Even if killing seven people in seven days may greatly increase the probability of them being caught by the police, and the various clues left behind may also increase the possibility of being arrested, but they will still do it, and they will not experience this sense of ritual. For the happiness they bring, killing people becomes meaningless.”

"That's right, that's why for a good detective, serial murderers are sometimes easier to deal with than ordinary murderers, because they will always take the initiative to leave various clues."

"So, this should be a very typical serial murder..."

Schiller shook his head and said: "Maybe it looks like this on the surface, but in fact, I can only say that this is a poor imitator."

"Imitator? What do you mean?"

"It means that the person who did it is not the kind of psychopathic killer I told you about. In other words, he is not a real serial killer, but a kind of lame imitator."

Batman looks Schiller in the eye and asks, "Why?"

"First of all, I am not legally responsible for what I say next, because it is just a dream, and because it is just a dream, I will only tell you this in my dream, and you don't have to think about it in reality. Activate some audio or video device to use some of my sleep talk as evidence..."

Schiller took his cane and started pacing around the dead body of Rich lying in the middle of the room. He said, "You know, if I were to do this case, what would I do?"

Batman didn't expect this to be the topic he started, but he certainly couldn't think of an answer, and in the end he could only reply, "I don't think you'd do this kind of case, because there's no need."

"I'm glad you still know me a little bit, but we're assuming now, assuming, I just suddenly changed my mind and started planning a serial murder..."

"First of all, let's start with the topic selection. Since you said that the murderer's topic is Jesus and his twelve disciples, then I will also use this topic."

"I think you should have carefully read the story of Jesus and his twelve disciples?"

Batman nodded, and Schiller looked up, showing a recalled expression, and asked, "Do you remember who was the first to die among the twelve disciples?"

"...is St. James?"

"That's right, according to the records in the Bible, he was the first disciple to be martyred for Jesus. Do you know what kind of person he is?"

"Both brothers James and John were the sons of Zebedee, and their mother was also a disciple of Jesus. James was beheaded by King Herod. Both he and John were strong-tempered people..."

"That's why I said the man who did it was a poor imitation. Who was Lawrence? Did he have anything in common with Jacob? What made him the first martyr?"

Batman didn't understand what Schiller meant, and Schiller continued: "If it were me, the first target I choose must have brothers, just like Jacob, and old Lawrence should be an only child."

"Secondly, Lawrence's temperament is not strong enough. His appearance and interior are far worse than Jacob's."

"And you also said that the first martyr was beheaded, not crucified."

"So, if I were to do this, my first target would be a male with an extremely strong personality, a living brother and a mother, and his death would be beheaded."

"What if Lawrence corresponds to St. Peter?"

"Oh, yes, St. Peter is known as the person closest to Jesus, and he was also named the first pope. If he was the first to die, that would make sense, but what do Old Lawrence and St. Peter have in common? "

Batman was silent, Schiller tilted his head, looked at the corpse on the ground and said, "Not to mention, the murderer's process of crucifying old Lawrence upside down is simply telling you very bluntly that he is a fake."

"If you have read history, you know that in the punishment of crucifixion, the victim on the cross should not die from being pierced through his vital organs, but should be exposed to the outdoors after being nailed through his limbs, and die of bleeding or extreme exhaustion. heart failure."

"Piercing the heart is part of the vampire legend, not the story recorded in the Bible, and has nothing to do with the Twelve Apostles. The victim who was crucified upside down should also die from brain congestion, not the heart being pierced."

"Obviously, the person who did it either didn't read the story carefully, or didn't have the patience to wait for the other person's slow death."

"If it were me, what I have is patience. I can spend a year setting up a scene where he is nailed to the bedroom for ten days without being found. This is the way of death that fits the background story."

"Not to mention, the murderer also used spikes to drive his head through. My God, when I think of him hammering people's heads with spikes, I feel horrified..."

"Your words always surprise me...," Batman commented.

"And, the biggest failure is that he actually used anesthesia? God, if he is really a serial murderer, then he should be crucified. This damn heretic has no sense of ritual... ..."

Batman saw Schiller's rather dissatisfied expression, and for a moment, he didn't know what to say.

(End of this chapter)