[Hannibal] Assimilation

"Mr. Harmsworth, can you remember exactly when you last saw your son Neil?" A police officer was making a routine question.

"Yes, it was the Thursday night before yesterday that he said he would go out for a trip, and then he never came back..." Neil's parents came to the school very early, the art exhibition was open to the public, and people from the public could come in and out at will.

"No phone either?"

"No, we thought he went to the studio to paint, and this happened before. He stayed in the studio for several days in a row, and his phone was turned off, so...it would be great if I came to the school to see..." Neil's father Emotional, the mother's eyes were glazed over, obviously unable to recover from the blow of losing her son.

Seeing that they couldn't ask anything, the officer told them to go back and wait for news, and then he walked to the other side.

"Gabriel Lecter? Hello, I'm a detective from the Baltimore City Police Department. My name is Edmund Maine. I want to ask you some questions about Neil Harmsworth. Please answer them truthfully." The police officer is introducing himself to Gabriel, because he is the person Neil has contacted the most in the past month, and he is also the model for the obviously problematic painting, the police think it is necessary to stay and ask some questions question.

Hannibal was by his side.

"Well, I hope what I know can help the case." The young boy has beautiful blond hair, he looks very depressed, his long eyelashes are trembling when he looks up at Edmund. , the sky blue eyes are like the sky washed by rain.

Edmund stared at his face and was dazed for a few seconds before waking up to Hannibal's clear cough.

"you are?"

"I'm his father, Hannibal Lecter, a psychiatrist, can I start now? I think my son needs to rest." Hannibal's tone was gentle, and an excellent hunter would never reveal his true emotions , only Gabriel knew that Hannibal was a little angry just now.

"Ah, sorry, let's begin then."

"That is to say, you went to Ms. Cross's house that afternoon, and then went home separately?" Gabriel described what happened that day. Officer Maine listened carefully and waited until the end to start asking questions.

"Yes."

"Did anything weird happen that day?"

"Well," Gabriel pondered for a moment, and recounted what happened at Cross's house that day. Of course, Gabriel didn't say what he found in the backyard of Ms. Cross's house. He just mentioned that Jonathan broke the glass door. .

Speaking of which, I didn't see Jonathan at the art exhibition today, but Anita Cross came.

"Then this Jonathan Quick came to the art exhibition today?"

"I don't seem to have seen him."

"Really, then you understand, has Mr. Harmsworth offended anyone on weekdays?" Edmund stopped a passing police officer behind him and asked him to check the whereabouts of Jonathan Quick.

"Probably not, Neil has a good personality." Gabriel shook his head, he noticed that Hannibal's eyes were looking towards the direction of the crowd, and he smiled inexplicably. Gabriel felt a little bit in his heart, and suddenly realized this There is likely to be Hannibal's shadow behind the incident.

After the interview was over, Gabriel was told that he could leave, but not to leave Baltimore in the near future. There may be questions that need to be answered later.

Hannibal led Gabriel towards the parking lot, and suddenly heard a mid-spirited voice from the exhibition hall in the distance.

"The FBI is taking over the scene, please evacuate anyone who is irrelevant." A tall, fat and strong black man suddenly broke in, followed by a group of men and women in FBI uniforms, "I am Jack Crawford, special agent of the FBI, Drop what you're doing, the FBI is taking over here!"

"The FBI is really awesome," Gabriel said.

"Jack Crawford is the director of the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Section, who specializes in serial killers." Hannibal glanced at him and left without interest. Gabriel followed him and asked, "You mean, serial killers?" Was it a serial killer who killed Neil? Will he continue to commit crimes?"

"Maybe the FBI thinks so, who knows?" Hannibal opened the car door, leaning on the roof of the car and said to the boy opposite, "You need to find the answer yourself, Gabriel, and find the murderer before the FBI. It's your homework this semester, try to get an O my boy."

"It's not fair!" Gabriel got into the car and protested to Hannibal who was starting the car, "Dad, you must have had contact with the murderer! Did you know that there would be a case... No, or the murderer committed the crime Is it about you?"

"There is nothing unfair, Gabriel. Get as much information as possible around you. This is what I taught you very early on. If you do what I say, you should have someone in your heart as soon as the case happens. Yeah, no?" Hannibal was a great mentor, and he taught Gabriel a lot, "Fasten your seat belt."

"But you got involved this time," Gabriel said dissatisfiedly while buckling the damn seat belt, "You are a variable, and with your participation, all the information in my hand will be irrelevant."

"Really? Can I take that as a compliment?" Hannibal laughed.

"As you like!" Gabriel rolled his eyes. Ever since he saw the changed painting, Gabriel knew that things had become complicated. He didn't expect that Neil would die, and Jonathan was easier in his heart. Something happened, after all, that guy has been following him for a long time, and Hannibal will definitely do something about it—it doesn't mean that Hannibal will do something, it's their code of conduct not to do anything to people who have direct or indirect relations with him.

Hannibal is good at instigating, and he also knows some serial killers or potential killers. If you want to make a boy disappear, Hannibal has a lot of ways.

The current situation is that Hannibal must know something, but the murderer's behavior is not controlled by him, and perhaps he cannot predict what the murderer will do next.

The seat belt couldn't be buckled all the time, Gabriel turned sideways to find the interface that was hidden somewhere.

Hannibal took it from him, finding the connection for him and snapping it on.

Then the man put his broad palm on Gabriel's neck, rubbed his chin with his fingertips ambiguously, and said in a deep and sexy voice next to Gabriel's ear, "Be careful, don't let the FBI discover our little hobby, Understand?"

Hannibal was very interested, and Gabriel knew that his old habit was repeated. Hannibal liked to see some interesting things happen. For this, Gabriel could only grit his teeth in his heart, and vowed to let him see it sooner or later. man pays the price.

"I will, father."

Jonathan Quick disappeared, and the FBI did not find him. Regarding Jonathan's behavior at Cross's house that day, the FBI approached Gabriel. Because of Gabriel's testimony, Ms. Cross is now listed as a key suspect.

Jonathan was last seen at Cross's house and broke the glass in her house. Neil has been to the same place, and the altered painting was turned in on Thursday, and Cross is the only one with a storage studio. the key to the school, and the other is the security guard of the school.

However, due to insufficient evidence, the FBI did not apply for a search warrant, but only summoned Cross for questioning. Gabriel sneaked into her yard while Cross was in the FBI.

Gabriel was wearing a gray hat and a scarf around his neck. It snowed last night, and Cross’s backyard was covered with snow. Gabriel found the iron gate leading to the underground according to his memory. Wearing a heavy brass lock.

Gabriel took off his gloves, took a thin piece of wire from his trousers pocket, breathed on his cold hand, and when it was warmer, he began to work on the lock.

"Thank God, my hands are not frozen." Gabriel is very interested in all kinds of locks, and he is loyal to unlocking them. Although this lock is not difficult, the weather is so cold that his hands almost freeze Lost consciousness.If it weren't for the rare opportunity, Cross would be released soon, and he didn't want to come to this place in this weather.

Thinking about going into the cold basement soon, Gabriel felt that his mood was not so good.

"Okay, next, let me see what Teacher Anita is hiding here, will it be what I think?" Gabriel is curious about the things in the basement, Jonathan should have broken into the yard that day, Spotted by Cross, he ran out in a hurry.

Cross was worried that her secret in the basement would be discovered, so she went down to check, but she didn't know that Jonathan went back and forth, maybe Jonathan discovered her secret or maybe he didn't, but Jonathan must have found that something was wrong with Cross and broke the glass The door was meant to remind Gabriel.

Gabriel turned on the flashlight and walked down the wooden stairs step by step. When he stepped on the ground, Gabriel found that the floor was covered with carpets. It was not as cold as imagined. The walls were soft when he touched them with his fingers, as if Made a soundproof karaoke room.

"So... is there really someone imprisoned here, Jeffrey? No, Jeffrey should be really dead, it should be a substitute." Gabriel sighed, he investigated Cross, Jeffrey The accident happened around her. Cross's ex-husband had a new girlfriend who didn't like children very much, so Jeffrey was often taken to his mother's house.But Cross was a typical artist before, and she loved painting more than her husband and son.Jeffrey was electrocuted at the Cross house when he was 15 years old.

The poor child, who had been forgotten by her mother, was not found until three days later, and since then Anita Cross has suffered from mental illness.The college where Gabriel attended had a student disappearance shortly after Cross entered the school to teach.

"Mike," Gabriel called out, "Mike Pole?" A boy with blond hair and blue eyes, who looked a lot like Jeffrey and somewhat like Gabriel himself.

After shouting twice, Gabriel felt something was wrong. Cross should have no time to transfer him. She has no time and is being targeted by the FBI. It is very unwise to act secretly at this time. If it is Gabriel, she should drug the imprisoned person , making him unconscious.But this basement is so quiet, Gabriel has trained his hearing, but there is no other sound except his own breathing...

No, there seems to be... the sound of water droplets?

Yes, there should be a bathroom here.

The basement was dark and the flashlight had limited reach, so Gabriel found the light switch.

The moment the basement lit up, Gabriel froze there.

The basement is huge, it is divided into two spaces, one is the bedroom and the living room, it can be seen that Cross has spent a lot of thought, the walls covered with sponge are covered with posters that boys will like, and the other is In the bathroom, through the frosted glass Gabriel can see a body suspended from the ceiling.

Gabriel walked over and pushed open the bathroom door. The black boy had bulging eyes and a long, thick chain was wrapped around his neck—he was hanged.

Jonathan Quick, hanged in Cross' basement.

Gabriel noticed that the boy was holding a card in the palm of his hand. It should have been put in by someone. Gabriel pulled out the card with the words on it.

I can't control my love for you.

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