Meet the father-in-law [Comprehensive]

"...Did you call Joe?—Okay, we'll be over in a minute, and you must stay safe!"

Barry's tone was urgent, and his brows were tightly knit together because of worry.After hanging up the phone, he succinctly recounted what happened just now: his good friend, Iris West, who is also the daughter of Detective Joe West, went to the immigration area to conduct social interviews and investigations, A dead body was found by accident.

The daughter of the police detective, the friend of the forensic officer, and the reporter of "Midtown Daily", the woman with these three identities superimposed on one body naturally knew the general situation of the case, so she immediately called the police and notified her father and her forensic officer at the same time staff friend.

Although Joe should be with Hodge and the others, Rossi reported the current situation to the bau team leader and agreed that the two teams would meet at the latest crime scene.

Their current location is not far from the center of Central City, but the place where the body was abandoned in the fourth case was in the immigration area on the eastern outskirts of the city.On the way, Reid had already pointed out the abnormalities in the "geographical profile": the unknown suspects committed crimes or abandoned corpses in completely different places, and they were scattered widely in the urban area. Under the circumstances, it is difficult to profile the comfort zone of the unknown suspect.

"...We believe that the unknown suspect has a serious mental illness, which means that his scope of activities is not too large, but in this case, there is a big contradiction between the geographical profile and the behavioral profile—"

At this point in Rhett's voice, Elide has already taken the second half of the sentence: "This shows that maybe these locations are selected by the ruler, or at least half of them are chosen by him. The ruler should have a car that is convenient for two people to move around. Even the vehicle in which the victim is being transported, the vehicle has to have plenty of room and be unobtrusive, a van, a truck, an RV … it could be.”

It took them nearly half an hour to arrive at the scene of the crime. It was already dark at this moment, and the ccpd personnel set up high-power searchlights at the scene, and the whole area was lit up like daylight.

The scene was full of police officers shuttling back and forth, and both ends of the alley were cordoned off in yellow.Many immigrants stopped to watch outside the warning distance. They gathered together in twos and threes, whispering, with terrified expressions on their faces.

Hodge's group had arrived 10 minutes earlier, and Elied noticed that Morgan and Emily were standing with a young, beautiful black woman, probably in her twenties, with long curly dark brown hair. Below is a face that looks somewhat familiar, and the chocolate-colored skin matches Morgan very well.

Barry quickly answered Elide's doubts. Before the car was stable, he hurriedly opened the door and rushed over anxiously while shouting "Iris".

Oh, it looks like that girl is Detective Joe West's daughter.

Morgan and Emily were questioning Iris at the scene of the discovery, while Hodge stayed aside. After Rossi and the others came over, they went to the real crime scene together.Like the previous three times, the victim's body was still dumped in the back alley, and there was a thick and sticky smell of blood lingering in the air.

Joe rushed over in a hurry and lifted the plastic sheet covering the corpse for them.After seeing the tragic situation of the victim, even Hodge and Rossi couldn't help frowning.

After a little thought, Hodge reached out and stopped Rhett and Elied from coming over. Both of them have super memory of "photographic memory" to some extent, and Elied's symptoms are closer to The so-called "hypermemory", she can't help remembering all the pictures that appear in front of her eyes.

It is not a pleasant experience and understanding to let such a not-so-good scene exist in the memory of the two of them for a long time.

"The criminal method is similar to the previous three cases. In other words, the method of torturing the victim by the unknown suspect you mentioned is even more pure." Joe's voice was full of pure anger, "However, we were not at the scene. Find the bullet-"

Elide, who was standing at the end of the crowd, couldn't help being a little dumb: "No?"

"That's right, and there's nothing else that shouldn't appear."

Something out of line appeared in this case again, and everyone in bau couldn't help but fell into deep thought. Hodge rested his elbow, twitched his left thumb and index finger subconsciously, and spoke after a long while:

"The victim this time is very young. She looks healthy, well-dressed, and wearing expensive jewelry... She is definitely not a wandering bird soliciting business in the streets and alleys. How long will it take for you to find out her identity?"

The first sentence is an analysis of what everyone present said, and the second sentence is to ask Joe.

"If all goes well, it will take a few hours."

Joe looked gloomy. His skin was originally dark chocolate, but now it was as dark as the bottom of a pot.He bit his lip, paced around anxiously, and was about to say something, when the intercom he wore on his body suddenly heard a "squeaky" noise.

"—A robbery occurred at Midtown Bank, repeat, there was a robbery at Midtown Bank, please help, please help!"

After being stunned for a moment, Joe's face looked even worse. He nodded perfunctorily to everyone present, strode to the police car outside the alley, and yelled for half of the police force on the scene to go to Midtown Bank for support.

Several people present at the bau stared blankly at this sudden change. After a long time, Reid said "Oh~" with rich meaning:

"Honestly, I thought the Flash would do the bank robbery."

"A city has a 'superhero guardian', it doesn't mean that the city doesn't need the police, Rhett," Hodge glanced at him with raised eyebrows, and then looked around, "Mr. Allen is with you Came here? Maybe he can give us more useful information."

"Oh, he might not be able to get away for a while," Elide, who stood at the back of the group, smiled meaningfully. After a few seconds of deliberate silence, she shrugged mysteriously. , "I just saw that he went to look for Iris - the hero is sad and the beauty is off, you all understand."

——Of course, Elliot swears to God that Barry is definitely not by Iris's side at this moment. As Reed said, at this time, Barry Flash Allen must be going to solve the bank robbery.

Morgan and Emily hadn't come back yet. They got together and discussed the case for a few minutes. Suddenly, a young police officer wearing a police cap ran over quickly. Trembling consciously, the shadow cast by the brim of his hat made his face somewhat blurred, only his soft and round face lines and his clean and slender chin could be faintly seen.

The young policeman gasped for breath, pointed to the corner at the other end of the alley, and stammered:

"Over there, on the wall over there, there are red words——should be written in blood!"

Hodge frowned and exchanged glances with Rosie, then nodded at Elide, and the two walked over quickly together.The young police officer gasped and called "Detective", and seemed to want to follow, but was persuaded to go back by a few words from Rossi.

From where they were standing to the corner, there was a distance of about tens of meters, and there was an alley crossing obliquely, about two or three meters wide, with walls on both sides of the left and right buildings.There are small windows on the dark gray wall, which looks very cramped.

The searchlights could no longer cover this side. With the light of the flashlight, they quickly saw what the young police officer said. The wall on the right side of the alley was painted with a line of capital letters with dark red paint. There was a viscous ominous luster, and a faintly disgusting smell.

That's "hello there!"

There are ten letters in total, the first letters "h" and "t" of the two words are deliberately enlarged, but if the "o" in "hello" and the "t" in "there" are removed... the meaning of the new sentence will be subtle And it fits the situation perfectly:

- "here is hell!" (hellhere)

When she saw the slogan smeared with human blood in front of her, it seemed that an unknown force tightly clamped Elide's neck. She only felt that her heart was constricted, her breathing was not smooth, and she was in a desperate situation like drowning. among.

She bit her lips tightly, and there was an emotion so strong that it swept through her limbs and bones in her heart. The emotion came from fear, but more of it was surprise, doubt, and a kind of irresistible anger.

Elide heard Hodge beside him let out a deliberately suppressed sigh. He must have seen the little trick in the letter change.

But he must not see what she could read... because Hodge doesn't know the story that happened to her.

There is another message hidden in this line of blood, the two deliberately enlarged letters, "h" and "t".

Just like "ds" stands for "" (death shooter) and "ga" stands for "arrow" (Arrow), "ht" can stand for an alias:

——"huntress" (huntress) ※See what the author has to say

She never joined the Suicide Squad as a "criminal", but she did have some complicated and secret connections with the special squad that belonged to the government department, and she also participated in some "top secret missions" under the name "Huntress". ", whether it is Deadshot or Green Arrow, they are her former partners.

But the title "Huntress", including her uniform, mask and crossbow, was completely abandoned by her after the mission was over.

She "killed" that identity with her own hands, leaving "her" in a place where no outsider would know.

The anger disappeared in an instant, and Elide immediately calmed down. She changed her posture slightly, and looked at the line of blood in front of her again.

This "hello = this is hell" wordplay is a kind of cold self-deprecation with Gotham characteristics.This text graffiti often appears in the streets and alleys of Gotham City. Ellie and Floyd Deadshot Lawton are both Gotham people. Naturally, they mentioned this joke when they were joking. Oliver Green Arrow Xia Quinn also gave it a very high evaluation after knowing the deep meaning, but...

First there is the bullet with the characteristics of the dead shooter, then there is this word game that implies her title, and then what?Is it a bow and arrow pattern smeared with blood, or a broken arrow?

——Who is the spoiler in this case? !

Elide was still contemplating, and Hodge beside him had already taken out his mobile phone and took a picture of the scene in front of him with the light of the flashlight.After that, he turned his head with some doubts and raised his voice slightly.

"What's the matter, Elide? Did you think of something?"

In a trance, Elide didn't answer his question in time, the man couldn't help getting closer, and even reached out to hold her arms.Even if the night was dark, it couldn't stop the light of concern that flickered in his eyes.

"I know there must be something wrong, just like you once said, tell me the truth, don't avoid me, and don't lie to me."

"No, Hodge, this matter..." Elide still avoided Hodge's gaze as she spoke, and following her movements, the man immediately increased the strength of his hand, and his voice became more urgent.

"Irid, if you're in trouble...I don't want you to keep it from me, and I don't want you to refuse my help."

After a few seconds of silence, the woman gritted her teeth and spoke in a low voice:

"Hodge, this case is really not that simple, and... I think there are more than two unknown suspects in this case, there must be a third person involved."

"But the third unknown suspect, believe me, he is not part of the bau's case, and the members of the bau should not be involved-this is not just about the dead shooter, Hodge, you know what I mean. If If you trust me, please leave this part of the matter to me, I just need a little time and space... I need to contact a few people first."

As Idley said, she raised her left hand, stroked Hodge's arm, and patted comfortingly. Then, she continued to raise her hand until it gently touched the man's cheek.

The young woman raised her head slightly and looked at Hodge with a pleading look.

"—I promise you, once I figure out what happened, I will tell you as soon as possible."