Meet the father-in-law [Comprehensive]

For a few seconds, Hodge almost suspected that Ellid was doing it on purpose.He seemed to be able to see the red devil horns slowly emerging from the top of the other's head, which was exactly the same as her adoptive father Bruce Wayne.

——You are already a qualified profiler who can become an official member of bau, Elide!Who would believe you when you said you couldn't see what just happened, Elied!Did you trick me on purpose, Elide!

Hodge felt very confused, and Bruce also said that "Elder has not been cute at all since she went to Quantico", and now Elid is clearly revealing the truth... The man suddenly felt that he didn't want it at all. Know, the kind of "interesting" in Bruce's mouth is "how interesting".

The scene was embarrassing. Hodge, who was still sitting on the chair and looking sideways at the door, stood up. After deliberately silent for a few seconds to announce his true thoughts, he slowly hooked the corners of his mouth, and smiled stiffly at Elide and Alfred nodded.

"Yeah... Bruce is an interesting guy, too."

Dick, standing a few meters behind them, immediately coughed loudly.

Even if Hodge and Bruce are both open-eyed and talking nonsense, they both said so, and others will naturally not go into it. Elide smiled meaningfully at Hodge, walked away kitchen.Hodge's eyes followed her to the kitchen, and after hearing Elide say "what can I do for you?", he immediately turned to look at Afu.

"Is there anything I can do, Aff?"

"You are our guest today, Hodge," Afu still had a reserved and gentle smile on his face, but his attitude was very firm, "But there is absolutely no reason for guests to do anything, you just have to wait Just stay here—don't worry, I'll get Elide out of the kitchen for you."

Now the person coughing behind the two was replaced by Bruce, but Afu just glanced over there with deep meaning, Bruce immediately shut up, held up his mug, and wobbled towards the other side of the room. Going to one end, the voice returned to that "brusey baby" kind of languid.

"I'm not interested in helping, just remember to call me when you're eating~"

Bruce's figure disappeared behind an off-white stone wall used as a partition. Behind it seemed to be several separate rooms, and Hodge heard the loud closing sound of the door.It might be a study, or it might be some other space where privacy must be guaranteed. Even a swinger like Bruce Wayne, who is never shy about showing his life to others, needs some time to fuck.

When Hodge looked away, Afu had already gone to the kitchen, and Dick walked up to him with light steps.

"Don't worry about Bruce, he's just this kind of person," Dick shrugged at Hodge with a relaxed expression, his voice was still full of enthusiasm with a very personal style, and that kind of cheerful appearance was very contagious, " A lot of people think he does what he says and does—but I assure you, Bruce is actually a pretty good guy, he's just...well, a little defensive."

"I can understand that, Dick, it's not just a defense, but a father's desire to protect his daughter, these are all human."

It is completely different from the awkward, awkward, or tense atmosphere when facing Bruce. When facing Dick, Hodge only feels that the whole person is very relaxed. Dick feels like the sun in spring , full of energy, enthusiasm but not too much, everyone will feel like spring breeze, relaxed and happy when they come into contact with him.

His evaluation in bau is also very high, especially Garcia, who is almost full of praise for him-even her evaluation of Barry is not as high as him!

Of course, Hodge felt from the bottom of his heart... For a person with a capitalized and bold appearance like Garcia, Dick's appearance, especially his figure, is so much better than Barry's, so the evaluation he can get is naturally much higher.

"How are you doing recently? I know you have been dealing with a lot of cases, and you have to fly around the country from time to time. It must be very hard." As soon as Hodge thought of Garcia, Dick changed the subject and jumped from Bruce to Bau, with a concerned expression on his face. Asking about their current situation.

"Thanks for the concern, we're all good. Plus, I wish we had less field trips than anyone else, Dick, but there are always so many perverts."

Although he said some dejected words, Hodge's expression was still very relaxed, and these words sounded like self-mockery or complaints.Dick also showed sympathy in a good way when he heard the words, patted Hodge on the shoulder with a long sigh, and comforted him with a familiar gesture.

"Honestly, it's been a pleasure working with you guys, but unfortunately, I don't want to see you guys at work again—whether it's Bludhaven or Gotham. Oh, especially Gotham, our mental illness Enough is enough, a few more serial killers... Tsk, everyone can't stand it."

When Dick said this, he seemed to have thought of some bad memories—maybe it was the pervert who made young men and women into joint dolls last time—he couldn’t help but trembled all over, and then shook his head violently, before rushing forward. Hodge gave an apologetic smile.

Now that he was talking about psychopaths, perverts, and serial killers, Hodge couldn't help but think of the "known suspect" he met when he came to Gotham last time, that is, the "Riddler" whose real name was Edward Nigma. He couldn't help asking curiously. From the follow-up situation:

"By the way, how did gcpd solve the Riddler last time?"

"How to solve it?" When the Riddler was mentioned, Dick became a little excited, and his originally lively expression was also stained with a bit of disdainful anger. He let out a nasal voice heavily, and said with some gnashing of teeth, "What else can I do?" What should we do? GCPD dare not put someone like Riddler in prison, he ended up in Arkham Mental Hospital, it's really cheap for him!"

After Dick finished speaking, he muttered a few words in a low voice, and Hodge faintly discerned some complaints such as "these people have gold medals for avoiding death anyway", and he couldn't help being a little dumb, and the whole person fell silent.

After the Gotham case ended last time, Hodge deliberately checked the file records he could retrieve from the FBI system, and also searched a lot of content on the Internet.

Those contents... are really "eye-opening".

It's as if all the freaks and lunatics from all over the United States are inexplicably concentrated in Gotham. This city shrouded in dark clouds all year round is like a huge Colosseum. Countless beasts fight and fight in the city. The cunning beasts will occupy the mountain as king and recruit troops.They divided the underground world of Gotham City, using violence, drugs, money and sex as bait and means, and eliminated dissidents in the never-ending confrontation to strengthen themselves.

Even a seemingly "isolated" person like Poison Ivy has her own power and territory, and the Riddler is a worthy "boss" in the city.In addition, Hodge also found many existences similar to the Riddler. They all have their own nicknames ridiculously, "Double-Faced", "Penguin", "Freeze Man" and so on. Outside, there are all kinds of gangs. The Falcone and Maroni families have long since fallen, and new forces are constantly rising.

Among these "villains", the one who touched Hodge the most was not the Riddler who used to work for gcpd, nor the Freeze Man who became obsessed with his beloved wife, nor was he cunning and cunning in the underworld for many years Until the penguin who stood on the "throne" was the prosecutor Harvey Dent who once worked for the Gotham Prosecutor's Office, which is now Double-Faced.

Hodge deliberately searched for information about Harvey Dent, and even found out some of the cases he had handled.Harvey Dent's style of acting is more radical, and he sometimes does some "little tricks" that are not allowed by the court for the case, but he was indeed a good man. Bruce even publicly praised him as the "White Knight of Gotham" and insisted on "We need a hero like Harvey Dent, not a freak in tights."

Such a "good guy" fell into darkness in the end. I really don't know what kind of mood Bruce was in at that time.

Of course, in addition to these villains, Gotham also has a special existence that cannot be classified and cannot be ignored, an out-and-out anti-social personality, the clown joker.

Hodge has also studied some of the cases he has worked on. He pursues chaos, never follows the rules, and does things according to his own preferences, but he is smart enough to plan sophisticated crimes, easily provoke people, and is good at using all human Fearful things and emotions control others.

Some people even speculate that the fall of Harvey Dent was planned by the clown.

Even after working in bau for nearly 20 years, even if he personally captured a lot of serial killers, Hodge has never seen a "pure evil" like the clown. You can't see any human beings in him. morality and conscience.Even more frightening than this is that this kind of evil is still the kind that cannot be truly sanctioned by the law.

According to the news files that Hodge saw, the clown has escaped from Arkham Mental Hospital many times. The place he passed was full of blood and death, and the sound of crying and begging for mercy could never cover the gunshots and screams. .The ending of the story is always similar, Batman - and only Batman - can arrest the clown, but the ending after the ending is never a refreshing and perfect plot for the villain to pay his life.

"I have read some legal files of Gotham City, and you have indeed done a good job in the part of immunity for medical diseases..." Hodge couldn't hold back after all, and talked to Dick about this unpleasant topic, "...too lenient Some. Especially clowns—"

Dick's reaction was far greater than Hodge expected, and his aura completely changed in an instant.After hearing the name "Joker", he snorted heavily, his brows were raised upside down, his eyes burst out with frightening light because of anger, and even his fists were clenched tightly.

"...Are you okay?" Seeing Dick's reaction, Hodge suddenly regretted mentioning the clown's name.

"Oh, of course I'm fine, it's none of your business, Hodge, I just... I just hate this guy so much. If it's possible, if I can... I really want to kill this guy myself. He's already Having lived long enough, a man like him shouldn't be able to live so long!"

Dick deliberately lowered his voice when he said this, but he couldn't suppress the pure anger in his tone.

He meant it, Hodge knew immediately, looking into Dick's eyes, that he meant it—if it wasn't illegal to kill, he'd probably have killed someone like the Joker long ago.

After a few seconds, Dick suddenly wiped his face, and his original angry expression gradually calmed down. He pulled the corner of his mouth at Hodge apologetically. Although his smile was still a little stiff, it barely returned to the usual level.

"Sorry, it's just that the clown... really brought me too many unpleasant memories."

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The author has something to say: Before Hodge could taste the strangeness in these words, Dick had moved closer to him. He carefully glanced at the kitchen and suppressed his voice even more. Low, so low that Hodge could barely hear what he was saying.

"Irid won't let you know, but the reason I hate the clown so much is not only that he hurt a lot of people, my friends and partners...he hurt Elide too."

After hearing this sentence clearly, Hodge was stunned.

There was another chapter update at 10 o'clock last night, don't forget to read it~

By the way, I was revisiting the beginning of poi recently, and I thought of the last case of the third season of CM. Hodge asked Garcia to go to New York with him because New York has city-wide surveillance... Friends!Isn't this poi!I'm thinking about whether to write a case related to poi in the future 233