Meet the father-in-law [Comprehensive]

Elide didn't realize how much her words had brought Garcia a huge psychological impact. She hung up the phone directly after reporting the situation here, and naturally she didn't hear Garcia's last gossip. Meaning exclaimed.

She just looked at Hodge and Jack with a frown. Children's attention is easily distracted. After their mobile phones rang in turn and heard what Elied said, Jack quickly put aside his just now. Doubting, just sniffling his nose and pursing his mouth, staring at his dad unhappily.

Even Jake was young enough to understand the situation: his dear old dad was leaving him to go to work again.

"Dad, are you leaving again?"

Jack asked pitifully, his big eyes seemed to be covered with water vapor, but before Hodge could answer, he sniffed suddenly and nodded his head resolutely.

"Dad is a hero. Dad is going to save people. Aunt Jessica told me! Don't worry, I will be obedient!"

A complex expression of pride and guilt appeared on Hodge's face, his throat rolled, but after a few seconds of hesitation, he didn't say anything, but just reached out and gave Jack a hug full of affection.

Elide, who was sitting by the side, took the opportunity to cough lightly, and after Hodge turned his head, she said to Jack Nunu:

"Do you need to send him home? His Aunt Jessica?"

"Jessica is busy now, maybe I can just send—"

"I have an idea," Elliott immediately interrupted Hodge, she blinked her eyes with a sly arc on her lips, "Alf can help you take care of Jack, when Jessica is free, Just let her go to my house to pick up Jack."

Elliott's proposal was impeccable. An experienced senior British butler like Alfred who had raised at least three children was definitely the perfect choice Hodge could find at the moment.

The man immediately nodded gratefully, not forgetting to tease himself:

"I hope that Afu can give me a discount. I may not be able to afford the salary of the chief butler of the Wayne family."

-Virginia Quantico bau office-

Hodge and Elide walked into the office one after the other. As soon as they entered the room, they found that the atmosphere in the room was a bit strange, with turbulence hidden under the calm.

Garcia, Emily, and Morgan all stared at them, not hiding the shock on their faces, but Rhett was quite reserved. He just looked up at the two of them, then lowered his head and began to study the documents.As for Rossi, he propped his chin, kept looking at Hodge with a treacherous expression, and expressed the old feeling of "Aaron, you can do it" with great comfort.

"Yo~ did you two come together?"

The old Italian fox smiled meaningfully, and the ending trembled even more.Before the words were finished, the staring trio beside them widened their eyes even more, and even Rhett raised his noble and intelligent head again.

At this moment, Hodge finally understood what had happened. Elide hadn't said anything wrong before, and the two of them were indeed together just now, but in the imagination of this group of people... probably it was a completely different occasion and thing.

He shot Rosie a menacing look, but Rosie shrugged quietly and said nothing.

"...We met in the park, and we happened to come here together."

Hodge's voice, expression and even his words were businesslike, and the trio immediately looked away, exchanging glances tacitly, with a clear "I don't believe it" in their expressions.

After that, Garcia cleared her throat, grabbed the remote control on the table, and pressed it against the screen without looking back.

Just by looking at her actions, everyone can predict what will happen next—as expected, there are still photos of the bloody and chaotic crime scene.

"If I can choose, I really hope that all unknown suspects have cleanliness, at least we can feel better visually." Rossi immediately complained sharply.

"Seriously, David, if we could choose, shouldn't we choose without these unknown suspects?" Garcia tilted her head slightly, squinting at the Italian with a look of disgust, and after a while she took a deep breath, "Okay Alright, murder fighters, this case took place in Central City, Missouri."

As soon as Garcia started, she deliberately stopped talking, and Morgan immediately sighed.

"Did I hear that right, Canterlot? I thought I'd never go there as a bau investigator in my life! That's Canterlot!"

"Central City does have a low crime rate, but that doesn't mean it's a no-go area for serial killers," Reid points out right away.

"Come on, little genius, you know what I mean, Central City is the first and only city in the United States to admit that they have 'Vigilante', this is not a comic book or a movie, the Flash is a living superhero! "

"So he may only be good at dealing with 'super criminals', and mortal criminals still have to be dealt with by us, who are also ordinary people." On the one side, Huo Qi answered without hesitation-as an invisible superhero lover, he is very concerned about The Flash knows a lot.

"Anyway, the Midtown Police Department (ccpd) turned to us for help instead of their hot, hot guy in a red bodysuit. It's exciting!" Garcia said excitedly. After saying this, he pressed the remote control again, "In the past two weeks, ccpd has found three victims, 42-year-old Cameron Waters and 26-year-old Marvin Hardy are both homeless , 27-year-old Chrissy Brown is a rape, yes, they are all high-risk victims."

"The modus operandi of these three murders was very brutal. All the victims had a large number of stab wounds. Among them, Hardy was almost disembowelled by the murderer. The fatal wound stretched from the chest to the lower abdomen."

Garcia's statement is still conservative. Looking at the pictures at the scene, the unknown suspect should have moved Hardy's body after killing him. The poor man's intestines flowed out, and some of his internal organs were directly exposed outside his body. He looked very miserable.

"Where are the other two?" Morgan asked, scrolling through the pictures on the tablet.

"Waters' fatal wound was a knife in the heart, and Brown died of massive blood loss and respiratory arrest caused by body paralysis. According to the forensic inference, the knife used as the murder weapon should be coated with myostatin chloride. He died in three Remnants of this substance were found in the victim's body." Garcia replied immediately.

"Chloride what?"

"Myostatin is an alkaloid extracted from the curare of the plants of the family Fangaceae and Mucopodium in South America. It is a non-depolarizing neuromuscular blocking drug among n2 choline receptor blocking drugs. It is commonly used to assist general anesthesia, and it is a legally prescribed drug.” Reid raised his head suddenly, and reported information related to curare poison like a cannonball.

It's just a fast speaking speed and a lot of rare biochemical nouns. Everyone on the table looked at Reid with gloomy eyes, and their lips were pursed, making a "human-speaking" mouth shape.

"Wait, isn't this arrow poison?" Emily raised her head after a moment, and raised her voice, "Are we listening to Indian adventure stories or Greek myths?"

"Neither, we are listening to the case briefing, dear Emily," Garcia said while switching pictures, "The strangest thing is that the ccpd found a bullet smeared with curare venom at all three crime scenes. bullet--"

"Wait," Elide on the side suddenly interrupted Garcia's words. Her tone was urgent and her voice was loud. Compared with her usual style, she was almost "frightened". "Don't tell me it's a 9 mm diameter nickel-plated Brass Luger."

At this moment, not only Garcia, but everyone on the round table, including Hodge, stared at Elliott. The woman holding the remote control stared at the report in front of her in astonishment, and then looked at Elliott again, with With an unconcealable shock: "Irid, did you really not peek at the case briefing in advance?"

"What's going on, Elide?" Hodge immediately asked in a serious tone, but his demeanor seemed very concerned.

"I know a guy who smears curare poison on his bullets, and the 9mm Luger is his usual bullet, but..." Elide stared at the bullets on the screen and murmured in shock, "But He's a top hitman, and—"

After pausing for a moment, Elide spit out the following words in a difficult voice.

"He is now mia (, missing in the mission) state..."

We all know that "missing in mission" is just a euphemism, and in most cases, the missing person is simply "unconfirmed death".Seeing Elide's shocking and complicated expression at this moment, the expressions of everyone in bau were a little gloomy.

"Irid, what's the name of that person? Maybe Garcia can find out more about him." Hodge said immediately.

"His name is Floyd Lawton, aka Deadshooter. I believe part of his files are top-secret information, and it is absolutely impossible to retrieve them with the authority of bau. But the problem now is..."

Elide didn't finish her words, but everyone understood what she meant: such a top professional killer would never have anything to do with this "ordinary" serial murder case. Such "criminal characteristics" are obvious. is to convey a specific message.

Hodge looked at the absent-minded Elide calmly—what if... what if this message was meant for her?Does this have something to do with her previous experience?

While thinking, the man quietly closed the tablet in his hand:

"As usual, the plane will take off in half an hour, and the specific situation will be discussed later."

As a lover of two-dimensional culture with bold capital letters, Garcia has an extraordinary interest in The Flash. In addition, ccpd said that it can provide computer equipment that meets the requirements. Hodge waved his hand and sent Garcia Added to field list.

At this moment, all members of bau are on the plane, gathering together to continue discussing the details of the case.

"In fact, if you exclude the arrow poison and bullet information on the knife, this is a very typical case. The unknown suspect was extremely brutal and disorderly when killing people. He must have a mental illness and has already arrived. On the verge of collapse." Reid quickly analyzed the report while poking at the other end of the ballpoint pen.

"Yes, I think so too," Emily immediately nodded in agreement with him, "If you remove the special part of the case, this is a case that you can see in any criminal psychology analysis course. There are several similar cases in Wei's book - but curare is not something that a mentally ill person can get casually, and the bullets left at the crime scene also show great method."

"There are at least two unknown suspects. I think they are the dominator and the obedient. In other words, the dominator provided the obedient with the props he needed, bewitched him, and assisted him in establishing the illusion of killing."

"How do you think the unknown suspect chooses the victim?" Elide, who had been sitting silently on the side, suddenly joined the discussion. She looked at Rosie who had spoken before, "The first possibility is that the ruler is a 'human sweeper. The second possibility is that the submissive just wants to start with easier targets. Homeless people, addicts, and prostitutes are all easy targets, and a small amount of money, drugs, or even food can disarm them. Be wary."

"It's all possible, and we'll have to wait until we've seen the crime scene before making a judgment. Besides," Hodge said, sitting near Elide, turning his head to look at her and Garcia, "What else is there about the dead shooter?" information?"

Garcia, who had been buried in the computer screen, raised her head. Today, she was wearing a hairpin decorated with pink feathers. With her movements, the feathers trembled and fluttered, as if a bird had landed on her hair. between.

"As Elied said, a lot of information about him is 'top secret files', and some people have even withdrawn some of his criminal record and personal information from the database. Originally, a brilliant genius like me would not I'm afraid of these little technical tricks, but considering Elide's suggestion - I decided not to act rashly."

While Garcia was talking, Elide picked up the post-it note and ballpoint pen placed next to her, and started to write quickly. After Garcia finished speaking, she reached out and handed the piece of paper to Hodge, shouting at everyone He nodded slightly.

Hodge looked down, and there was only one line on the paper:

[Deathshooter was a member of the Suicide Squad]

"This—" Rhett blurted out in surprise, but he quickly closed his mouth tightly, his Adam's apple rolling, and glanced nervously at Hodge and Rosie.

As FBI agents, they have all heard some "government legends" more or less, and "Suicide Squad" is one of them.It is said that they are a team similar to "scavenger" who will complete some invisible and unjust confidential tasks for the US government.

Everyone in bau was shocked, and in the dead silence, only Elide talked with a normal expression.

"As far as I know, Deadshot is an artist among killers. He likes to complete tasks in sophisticated ways to ensure that he can have enough fun while killing people. He is good at almost all firearms and weapons, especially all kinds of weapons. , but his primary weapons are a wrist-worn silencer gauntlet and a modified Glock 9mm pistol with an explosive device attached. I'm pretty sure he doesn't use a knife as his primary tool for killing , he will not use such a roundabout method to kill people—even if the dead shooter did not disappear during the mission, he must not be the ruler."

"If that's the case..." Rossi rapped on the table with his knuckles, pondering and thinking, "One of our unknown suspects, the Dominator, must be someone who knows enough about Deathshooter, or someone he used to be Employer. Garcia, can you check through this direction?"

"Professional killers are not service personnel you can book online, David—of course, the omnipotent Penelope will try to solve this problem." Garcia immediately hid her face on the computer screen after finishing speaking After that, the crackling sound of keyboard tapping was very crisp.

"When you arrive, Morgan and Emily, you go to the medical examiner's office first, and the rest of you go to CCPD with me. Maybe we have to meet the Flash, everyone cheer up!"

After the tasks were assigned, everyone began to pack up their things and take a short rest before the plane landed.Hodge got up and went to the kitchenette at the other end of the cabin. After hesitating for a moment, Elide also got up and followed.

In the end, both of them stood in the space of less than one square meter. Looking at Hodge's eyes, he didn't seem to be surprised by Elide's actions.

After deliberately lowering his voice, Hodge's tone became softer: "Actually, you don't have to be so cautious. There is no bugging device on this plane."

"Really, it's just my habit, I'm making you laugh." Elide did not face Hodge, but reached out and poured herself a cup of coffee. The warm brown liquid flowed into the cup, exuding a faint smell. Curl of mist.

"Did you have anything else to say just now?"

"I have some doubts, but I'm not very sure, so I still need some time to verify my point of view." Faced with Hodge's doubts, Elide admitted without reservation, very frankly.

"Okay, when you have a conclusion, be sure to tell me as soon as possible." Hodge said, reaching out and handing over a mug, "Can you pour me a cup of coffee too?"

The young woman froze for a moment, then nodded with a smile.While she was pouring the coffee, Hodge leaned against the storage cabinet with his hands folded, and slightly lowered his head towards Elied. In this slightly ambiguous atmosphere, he asked casually:

"I trust Jack's memory... have you seen him before?"

Hodge originally thought that Elide would always show some clues in body language when he asked such a sudden question, but the other party's demeanor and expression were all as usual, and even the hand pouring the coffee was unusually steady.After putting down the coffee pot, she tilted her head slightly, pursed her lips and smiled at Hodge.

"As for this question~" Elied blinked quickly, her long eyelashes fluttering like a fluttering butterfly, "I want to wait until we are 'free'."

"Anyway, there is no difference between our working hours. It shouldn't be too difficult to find another time when both of us are fine."

-Central City Police Department (ccpd), Central City, Missouri-

For a city like Central City, where the crime rate is extremely low and most of the "bad things" come from "superhumans", such a vicious serial murder case is enough to attract the attention of all law enforcement agencies in the entire city.

As soon as the bau people stepped into the old-fashioned hall of the Midtown Police Station, a black man with a strong figure walked up to him.

"Hello, I'm Detective Joe West, the person in charge of this case, you can just call me Joe."

"I'm Agent Hotchner, and these are my colleagues—"

After introducing themselves to each other, Joe led them to a room off the hall.Inside, conference tables, information boards, various required materials, and several computers have been arranged according to bau's requirements.

Garcia immediately accelerated her pace and rushed to her kingdom. After roughly checking all the configurations and data connections, the woman couldn't help but "wow": "This is awesome, Detective West, the level of ccpd information technicians is really amazing!" impressive."

"Huh, I can't take your compliments, actually this part was assigned by our crime scene investigator, who—oh, Barry, come here! I was wondering where you've been!"

Accompanied by Joe's affectionate and intimate voice, a tall and thin young man appeared at the door of the room.He has short brown hair, a pair of beautiful yellow-green eyes under thick bushy eyebrows, slightly thin cheeks, and a shy and childish smile with his lips pursed.

This young man looked very young, but in his 20s, with a red and black checkered shirt over a dark t-shirt, and his khaki pants rolled up twice, revealing a pair of brown flat sneakers.He looked like a fresh-faced engineering student who wasn't all that well groomed, rather than one of the most elite members of the ccpd: a crime scene investigator.

"Hi guys, my name is Barry Allen, nice to meet you. Oh my god, you must be Mr. Rossi, I've bought every single one of your books and I've made a special trip to see you at the Wedge Shicheng's new book signing event—”

After Barry saw Rossi standing in the crowd, he immediately started talking, and the glowing eyes showed that he was overexcited.After Joe coughed heavily, Barry stopped awkwardly and scratched the hair on the back of his head, looking very embarrassed.

"Sorry, that's just how I am. I'm easy to talk when I get excited."

"Oh, it's okay, we're used to people with your style of painting," Garcia, who was standing at the end of the crowd, said quickly, her eyes still drifting in Rhett's direction, "Barry, can I call you Barry? Here Did you set up your workbench? Man, you must be the most admired CSI investigator I've ever met by now!"

It is indeed Garcia's talent to adjust the atmosphere of the scene with a cheerful tone.After she finished speaking, Barry, who was originally embarrassed and uneasy, also relaxed a lot. He greeted everyone in bau one by one with an extraordinarily serious expression, but he still couldn't hold back when facing Hodge and Rossi Rambling a few words of admiration.

"...Actually, it's not all due to me." After greeting Garcia, Barry moved closer to Garcia, smiling shyly, "I know a super powerful information engineer, her name is Felicity, Felicity Hitty Smoke, maybe—"

"Oh, you mean Felicity?! The CEO and vice chairman of the Palmer Group? Of course I've heard her name! That's the super idol and life goal of all IT female engineers!..."

After helping Garcia adjust all the equipment on the workbench, Barry immediately moved some documents from the on-site investigation and started working with anticipation.It didn't take long for him and Reid to have a heated fight. Together, the two began to do a geographical profiling of the case against the map.

Like most motivated police officers with a sense of responsibility and justice, Detective Joe West has also participated in lectures and training courses on criminal psychology and crime scene forensics. Of course, he has also bought Rossi and many other fbi The book of expert detectives.He agrees with Emily:

"If there is no such thing as the poison arrow bullet, we ccpd can solve this case by ourselves, but... so I decided to ask you for help."

"Your decision is very competitive, Joe," Hodge couldn't help but think of the various people that may be involved in this case, and quickly agreed with him, "We also think that this case is not as simple as it seems."

Not long after, Morgan and Emily, who had gone to the medical examiner's office earlier, came back. Morgan's expression was normal, while Emily's face was serious, obviously not wanting to talk.

Morgan shrugged at Hodge and Rossi calmly, walked up to everyone, and began to report their gains in a steady tone:

"According to the time when the three victims were killed, we believe that the unknown suspect's modus operandi has been greatly evolved... The first victim, Waters, suffered fatal wounds in the lower abdomen and heart, and his limbs were all dead. In the case of the second victim Brown and the third victim Hardy, he avoided the lethal area, stabbed and tortured the victims multiple times."

"The unknown suspect's method was very sloppy and rough, but he didn't leave fingerprints and other evidence at the scene; he over-injured the victim, but knew to avoid the deadly area-there are too many contradictions, logical and unorganized The rational features are so obvious, there must be at least two of our unidentified suspects."

The information obtained from the medical examiner's office further confirmed the conjecture of the bau people on the plane, but everyone did not relax much. They immediately divided into two groups and rushed to the first two crime scenes without stopping, and planned to gather at the third place later. .combine.

According to the fbi's regulations, interns like Elide not only cannot act alone during the mission, but must also be under the supervision of the team leader or qualified agents at all times.

Probably in order to block the brains of the other people, Hodge threw Elide to Rossi's side when they were grouped.The old Italian fox couldn't help but smiled meaningfully for a long time, and then led the group members away in a chic manner.

Rosie, Elliott and Rhett were in a group, and Barry, as a forensic investigator at the scene of the crime, followed them into the same car.The first murder happened two weeks ago. During this period, there were two rains in Midtown. Apart from looking around the crime scene, they couldn't find any useful information.

So, when the group arrived at the last scene, Hodge was still on the way.

Barry took the lead, pulled up the yellow cordon, and brought the three of them to the dumping point.Just like the first crime scene, this is also a very inconspicuous back alley, no matter whether you are here with prostitutes, women, or with other poisonous insects, no one will treat you You are betting too much attention.

However, this dump site is not the same as the previous one. The previous one was near the abandoned industrial area, and it was truly inaccessible.Even though the place looks dirty and old, there are still street lights on the side of the street, and the four main roads are not far away. Relatively speaking, it is not very deserted.

"Look at the environment around here," Elied poked Rhett suddenly, her voice raised a little, and even Rossi who was next to her looked over in secret surprise, "Beside this alley is Marilena The main street and North District Park should be regarded as dead ends in the bustling area, right?"

"There is also a six-way road nearby—hey, wait, how do you remember it so clearly?" Rhett just reflexively supplemented the terrain that Elied had mentioned, and couldn't help but widen his eyes in shock, "Did you see it just now?" Ever seen the base map of Central City?"

"You are not the only one who has the ability to remember with a photographic memory, Spencer." Elide twisted her waist and glanced at Rhett, with a kind of itchy self-satisfaction in her lively expression.However, Rhett was very aware of the gap in force between the two, so he just bit his lip in displeasure, and glared at Elied angrily.

"I'm not saying this should be a restricted area for serial killers, what I mean is..." Elliott's voice was still a little exaggerated, as if she hoped that everyone present could hear her point of view clearly, "This place is Central City, everyone in this city knows they have a vigilante named The Flash, 'The Flash keeps us safe' - and yet there are people who commit at least three murders in two weeks."

After these ups and downs, like a speech-like statement, Elide turned around suddenly, folded her arms and looked at the crowd, with a serious expression and a loud voice:

"What if this case is a provocation against The Flash? What if the ruler wants to prove that the Flash is not omnipotent, that there are people he can't save, and cases he can't solve?"

"If I were the media, I'd be asking the papers by now: Where the hell was The Flash when these people were desperately calling for help?"

Elide's words were almost coherent and full of momentum, Rosie couldn't help but gasped twice, and even Rhett showed a rare look of bewilderment.Before the two of them had any verbal response, Barry, who was originally standing next to Rhett, took a step forward, with faint anger in his brows and eyes:

"How can you say that about Flash—the media in Midtown? CCPD is busy solving the case, and The Flash is definitely not idle. The media should stand with us at this time. Isn't it good that they didn't stir up people's hearts?"

"I'm just doing a reasonable analysis, Barry. If I offend you, I apologize to you." Elied let go of her hands, nodded knowingly, and showed a gentle smile that could be called "sorry".But that kind of emotion did not reach her eyes, and her expression still looked so calm and peaceful, which made people feel a little annoyed.

"You don't need to apologize to me, you should—" Barry's posture was still full of defense, and there was a choking smell of gunpowder in his voice. He even clenched his fists tightly and stared at Elied angrily.

However, after a while, he lowered his arms in a slumped manner, and his voice seemed muffled:

"...sorry, some of my friends, no, one of my friends is a reporter for the Midtown Daily, I'm so excited."

"It's okay, this should be my responsibility. To be honest, I just can't figure it out. To tell you the truth, I am from Gotham, where there is also a legendary 'vigilante', but everyone treats him The comments are more derogatory than positive... Now that the Flash is mentioned, I naturally feel a little, um, lose my mind."

Elide still looked calm, she apologized softly to Barry.After saying these words, she immediately raised her feet and walked to the other end of the alley, carefully observing the surrounding environment.

But after turning her back and avoiding everyone's sight, Elide couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth and chuckled silently.

——With Barry Allen's age and experience, he can't even compare to Dick, and compared to his good friend Oliver Queen, he is probably half the level... As for Bruce?Ha, no matter how fast the Flash is, he can't keep up with Batman in this regard!

——Probably only a city like Central City can "raise" a hero like The Flash!

Elide was complaining in her heart when a strange cell phone rang suddenly in the alley. She looked back and found that Rhett and Rosie were looking at Barry who was pulling out his cell phone just like her.

The focus of his eyes seemed a little nervous, but after seeing the caller clearly, he still nodded to everyone, and answered the phone after saying "sorry".

"It's me, Iris."

"Wait, what happened? Don't be nervous, take it easy, and speak slowly!"

"—What?! You found a body?—Are you sure? The same one we're investigating??"

As Barry suddenly raised his voice and yelled out the last sentence in surprise, the faces of the three bau present all sank.They exchanged glances silently, and they all saw deep worry in the eyes of others.

... There was less than two days between the two murders, and the unknown suspect had already started to lose control!