Brand Master [Comprehensive Yingmei]

About a week after the Washington War, a Gotham City tabloid reported a homicide.

It was originally a very common homicide, but the problem is that the content of this report almost completely implies that Batman is the murderer.

Thanks to Vera's short article, the current public opinion environment is still praising Chaoying, so this report has not yet fermented.

In the report, the reporter of the newspaper only vaguely mentioned that "the insider said that it may be related to Batman", but did not fully disclose it.

But Vera rushed to Gotham for this report.

Of the seven superheroes, Cyborg and Shazam have the least problems (probably because they rarely appear), Wonder Woman is more involved...the most troublesome one is Batman.

Before Washington, Batman had the worst reputation.

It is undeniable that in the past few years, Batman has basically been a horror legend in Gotham.

Like "Bloody Mary", "slenderman", "Kidney Slicer" and other stories, many people regard "batman" as a ghost in the dark night of Gotham.

After personally sorting out all the reports and deeds about Batman, Vera felt that it is really not surprising that Gotham people think too much. Batman in the early years is completely compatible with horror movies.

How scary is Batman?

Imagine this:

You are staying at home alone, the door has been locked, and there are countless security protections in the house. When you wake up in the middle of the night, you suddenly hear a strange creaking sound in the corridor.

You walk out with the gun and find that the hallway is empty and quiet except for the sound of your own heartbeat and breathing.

Then nervously checked back and forth in the dark and dead silence, and found that the security protection was intact, you went back to the room with a sigh of relief, walked into the bathroom, just about to wash your face, but in the mirror, you saw a masked man in black standing behind you .

He stands behind you, looking at you quietly.

——Whoever you are, you must be so scared that you almost peed out at this time.

This is what Batman has been doing in Gotham for several years.

No one knows how he sneaked into the room without destroying the security system and door locks, and no one knows where he is watching you secretly... He always appears in the dark and single-handedly kills all People, tortured and interrogated with cruel methods, frightened people half to death, and then beat them half to death.

Under his awe over the past few years, most gangsters in Gotham have started to gather in broad daylight, because there will be no terrible Batman during the day ==

Because of this, the entire Gotham, from the official to the private, is basically afraid of him.

This sentiment feeds back into the Gotham City media, leading to a day when TV, radio, newspapers and magazines don't criticize and condemn Batman.

Moreover, their criticisms are traceable.

Because Batman did beat some guys to death, and there are witnesses in every case. Once the old score is over, Batman's "superhero image" will be hit like never before.

But Vera wasn't afraid at all.

She doesn't care at all about the media's negative reports about Batman - if they dare to explode, she dares to use the momentum to operate.

But it's different if Batman is involved in a homicide case.

Has Batman ever killed anyone?

This is a bottom line question.

The propaganda genius Joseph Goebbels, who was considered by the media circles as "creating Hitler", once had a very classic saying:

"A lie that mixes parts of the truth is more effective than a straight lie."

This sentence is especially applicable to the field of media.

If the media wants to convince their audience of a certain fact—for example, now, they need to convince people that Batman is involved in a certain murder case, and let Batman forcefully bear this life lawsuit, the best way is to directly Show the truth.

It is true that Batman frightened some criminals into the urine like a ghost, and it is also true that some criminal suspects were tortured to extract confessions, and they were beaten to the bone and hospitalized.

So if Batman's mistakes and deeds are linked with this latest homicide case and publicized at the same time, what will everyone think?

Even if the media just ambiguously said "Batman may be a murderer", people who have seen Batman's series of bad deeds will believe that "Batman is a murderer."

Even if everything is true after investigation, then the final inference "Batman is the murderer" must also be true.

——This is the most troublesome place.

If it is not investigated and clarified as soon as possible, the cauldron of "killing innocent people once" may really be directly covered on the head of the dark little princess, and it will not be possible to dig it out.

Under Vera's sophistry, Gordon, who had been given a lot of meat by the "Batman crush", finally let go, and from the perspective of absolute fairness and justice, gave the "Vanessa" in front of him The lady reporter revealed some of the truth, and the two talked about the murder.

"This murder happened more than a week ago, and now the first Columbine detective who found the scene is in charge of investigating the case. Because the relevant clues are relatively vague, I can't disclose too much."

The seasoned bureau chief has obviously been trained by Gotham reporters, and his words are very cautious:

"But I have read the "Good Morning Gotham" report on this case. What is certain is that there are many inaccuracies in that report. Almost the entire article is speculation. I personally do not agree with it."

"Has a newspaper reported on this case?"

Vera raised her eyebrows, pretending to be surprised and asked, "That is to say, reporters from other newspapers have come to interview in advance?"

Gordon paused, took a deep look at Vera, and said slowly after a while:

"Ah, just yesterday, a reporter from The New York Times came to visit me. Three newspapers, The Washington Post, The Federal Journal, and The Popular Post, also interviewed me on this case, and the Daily News The editor of The New York just called me—unexpectedly, this case in Gotham got the attention of five newspapers just by tainting the name of 'Batman'."

Gordon's original intention was to warn Vera and the "Washington Herald" standing behind her, so that these newspapers should not go too far.

——He knew that it was a lie for Vera to say that she had a crush on Batman before she opened her mouth. Vera said that because she wanted to get first-hand information from him.

But I never expected that instead of showing any fear, the person who was warned showed a sly smile.

Vera: "Okay, thank you for your help, Mr. Gordon."

Gordon: "..."

The most critical information was finally revealed.

From the very beginning, Vera didn't even think about getting any information from Gordon. She just wanted a list of newspapers that actively interviewed the case.

——Whoever jumps out first is the one who will cause trouble in a few days.

After leaving the police station, Vera first went to check in at the hotel she had booked, and called Mary first, pretending that she didn't hear the other party's roar on the phone, and then contacted the unlucky police officer John. member.

It is estimated that Gordon was also afraid that this little policeman with no IQ would talk nonsense to the reporter again, so he arranged a lot of work for John, so that even if he wanted to meet Vera again, he would not be able to spare time.

The promised interview was not carried out. John was a little embarrassed, so he simply pushed Colum who was in charge of the case out.

So, in the evening, the one who rushed to the hotel to meet Vera became the Colum police officer.

Police officer Curran is a middle-aged man in his 40s. Unlike the young John, he has not clearly expressed his hatred of Batman.

Ignoring this person's unreservedly flattering attitude towards Vera, his attitude towards this case made Vera intuitively feel that something was wrong.

Introducing himself, the Kona agent asked:

"Ms. Vanessa, are you here for the Batman murder case?"

Vera paused, and the smile on her face deepened.

A police officer in charge of this case has already defined the case as a "Batman murder case" before the facts of the case become clear?

This is really... worth pondering.

She asked softly: "Have you investigated it so quickly? Is the murderer Batman?"

Colum carded for a moment, and said with a righteous face that although he hadn't fully obtained the evidence, according to the scene he witnessed before and the evidence collected so far, the murderer was undoubtedly the famous "superhero" Batman up.

In order to cope with the interview, he seems to have prepared:

"According to the surveillance video at the scene, Batman was at the scene before the murder—"

Vera suddenly interrupted Ke Lun: "Does the surveillance show Batman's face?"

Coren: "...Ma'am, Batman never showed his face."

"But Mr. Curran, if you didn't see Batman's face, how did you confirm that the person in the surveillance video is Batman?"

Vera tilted her head.

Keren: "..."

He pretended not to hear: "This is why we have not been able to arrest Batman so far. Of course, in addition to surveillance, we have also found other evidence. The mother of the deceased personally proved that Batman had sneaked into their house before the incident. Threatening the dead..."

Vera: "But the testimony of witnesses alone... can't be sentenced and convicted?"

"certainly,"

Collen tried to change the subject, "Leaving aside the surveillance video and the confession of the deceased's mother, I have also traced other evidence. At the scene, we found the marks left by bat darts on the wall..."

Vera interrupted Ke Lun for the third time: "Then did you get that bat dart?"

Keren: ...

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Vera looked seriously at the police officer across the table who had nothing to say, with an innocent expression.

If the real "Washington Herald" reporter was present today, these three plausible pieces of evidence from Collen would have been regarded by the reporter as ironclad evidence to bring down Batman.

With a bit of obfuscation and a clever application of language arts, one can see reports like this:

First, the mother of the deceased testified that Batman had broken into their home - what a surprise that the superhero was a murderer!

Secondly, there is a shadow in the surveillance video that looks like Batman - Batman killed the stone hammer!

Finally, traces of bat darts appeared at the scene of the crime—vicious and vicious!Such a person is sentenced to death!

In fact, from Ke Lun's proficient description attitude... Presumably, when the reporters from the previous five newspapers came, he also said the same to those people, right?

The two looked at each other in silence for three seconds, and finally Ke Lun couldn't bear it anymore and said:

"Ma'am, it looks like you're a bit unacceptable to the fact that Batman is a murderer?"

"It's not unacceptable."

Vera replied quickly, with a very sad expression, "I hope you can understand the boring self-esteem of a woman who has had a crush on Batman for many years."

"........."

It was dead silence again.

Ke Lun's face was cracked on the spot, looking at Vera's eyes as if he saw some incredible creature, he stuttered for a long time, emphatically saying:

"...But, Batman is the murderer!"

He said "Batman is the murderer", not "the murderer is Batman".

The corner of Vera's mouth twitched slightly, she stretched out her hand to hold her cheek, and said worriedly:

"Sorry, before the whole case is clear, I still don't want to convict my loved one like this. I know what you said, and I have also obtained a lot of relevant information from Director Gordon. I will go to Look into it."

If Gordon was present at this moment, Mr. Director, who had been tricked by Vera once, would have guessed that Vera was lying again, but for Ke Lun, who hadn't experienced real questions from reporters...he believed it.

Seeing the dark color gradually appearing in the police officer's eyes, Vera narrowed her eyes.

That night, she returned to the hotel very early.

Sure enough, not long after she entered the room, she received another invitation from Columbine.

On the phone, the police officer who went back and forth said that he seemed to have found new evidence, and if Vera wanted, he could take her there now.

Vera immediately agreed.

As if nothing had happened, she stuffed her mobile phone into her bag, put it together with a women's pistol, and went out immediately.

However, she stood in the hotel lobby and waited for about a few minutes, and after calling Colum to signal that she was waiting for him in the hotel lobby, she actually walked into the elevator again and walked towards her room.

Before arriving at that floor, she specially called a hotel staff member, and asked the staff member to open the door for her on the pretext that she had forgotten her room card.

The door card beeped unexpectedly, and Vera held the pistol in the bag with her backhand, and quickly pushed the door open.

"—!"

There was a muffled thud.

A six or seven-year-old black-haired boy stood beside Vera's luggage, holding Vera's computer in his hand.

Hearing the movement at the door, he raised his head in surprise and vigilance, and stared at the two adults at the door in disbelief.

Looking at those blue eyes, the corners of Vera's lips twitched suddenly.

--caught you.