Gotham Crown Court III, Friday.

"...All stand up, after the jury review," everyone in the court stood up, the judge said: "This court will be handed over to the jury to consider the following facts of the case, first, the defendant Jeffrey Gay Yi, the former deputy director of the Metropolitan FBI branch, attempted first-degree murder, that is, the attempted murder of FBI agent Kate Callahan by hiring a "clown"; the second, the defendant Jeffrey Gay's bribery crime, that is, the defendant accepted the second defendant Lawrence Carden bribery; third, accused Jeffrey Gay of destroying evidence."

"The jury in this court will also consider the criminal facts of the second defendant, the defendant Lawrence Carden," the judge continued, staring at the paper in his hand, "First degree murder, that is, the murder of the defendant Lawrence Carden in Metropolis Former chief coroner Adam Eck; second, accused Lawrence Carden of illegal drug smuggling and trafficking, that is, Lawrence organized the transportation of drugs from Gotham to the Metropolis and sold them in the Metropolis."

The judge said: "The jury has been established, and this court will conduct an in-court investigation on the above-mentioned case."

Kate was sitting in the first row of the auditorium, and she grabbed Clark's wrist. It has been almost three months since the submission of evidence in mid-August last year, and now it is approaching Christmas.

From the beginning of the competition between the Metropolitan Prosecutor's Office and the Gotham Prosecutor's Office, the prosecutorial power belongs to the Gotham Prosecutor's Office, from insufficient evidence and supplementary investigation to the completion of the jury formation, and finally the trial began.

Kate let out a long sigh of relief, but she saw hope.

After the adjournment, Clark carried a small paper bag and walked towards the two prosecutors. Rachel in formal attire squinted at Clark who stopped her, and joked, "Why do you want to buy the prosecutor?"

Clark stared exaggeratedly, and he said, "Can't even the cookies buy you now? I also specially prepared half a bag of matcha cookies."

Rachel snatched the paper bag from Clark, wrapped her arms around Harvey, raised her head and left.Harvey turned sideways, waved to Clark, and walked away alongside his girlfriend.

Although only three months have passed, many things have happened in these three months. The Tony yacht bombing case has been detected by the New York police, and the second shareholder of Stark Industries, Obadia Stein, hired the murderer behind the scenes. , The police also found out the possibility of collusion between Stan and Luthor, but in the end no substantial evidence was obtained.Luther was also defended by his legal team and successfully got out of the case.

Today, Stan has been arrested by the police and is about to face legal trials.

Wayne Manor was finally rebuilt at the beginning of this month. Both the Wayne Manor on the ground and the Bat Cave underground have been fully upgraded.

And Tony, I don't know if it was because of the stimulation of the photos brought by Bruce. In the past three months, Tony has cut at least 40.00% of Stark Industries' weapons sales.

Kate walked towards Clark, she was a little sleepy after being highly concentrated, the young female detective yawned, and said to her partner: "You won't go back to Metropolis with me, right? It's Friday anyway. Now It's only twelve o'clock, and I don't want to go back to the game, so I'll wait until five o'clock in the afternoon before going back, so as not to cancel my vacation." Clark nodded, and Kate yawned again, and two tears burst out of the corners of her eyes.

Clark said, "Shall we go to lunch?"

Kate asked casually, "Aren't you going to accompany your Zai Zai and your Bruce?"

Clark shook his head and said vicissitudes: "My Bruce probably hasn't woken up yet." Clark waved his hand and said, "As for my son, she went to kindergarten, and Nina made new friends in kindergarten. I'll go there at three o'clock." It's enough to take her home."

Clark fiddled with the phone in his hand, and he chose a nearby restaurant.Kate glanced at the introduction of the restaurant, it is cheap fast food, and the consumption price is very friendly to office workers.

An hour later, after the two finished their lunch, Kate leaned on the back of the seat, tilted her head and watched the scene through the window of the restaurant. It's really like two worlds," Kate looked at the bustling scene of tall buildings and roads outside the window, and said, "I never cared, what happened to that...'Joker'?"

Clark replied: "The prosecution hired a third-party agency to diagnose the clown's mental state. It was finally diagnosed that the clown suffered from schizophrenia. He was a person with limited criminal capacity at the time of the case. He was finally sentenced to enter the Arkham Sanitarium for mental illness. Treatment."

"That's it," Kate said, turning her head. She paused and said in a low voice, "How did I hear that the most heinous criminals in Gotham were sent to the Arkham Sanitarium? You must know some inside information."

Clark sighed slightly, leaned over and said, "Bruce invested a lot of money in the construction of Arkham Sanatorium, which is at least ten times stronger than Gotham Prison."

"That's right," Kate, a criminal psychology expert, judged: "It's impossible for most criminals in Gotham to have mental illness!"

Clark shrugged, he straightened up and leaned back, Clark listened to the movement of Wayne Manor, Bruce just got up and was enjoying his lunch, Clark glanced sideways in the direction of the kindergarten, the cub was lying on the crib , covered with a small quilt, her little hands and feet were covered by the quilt, the quilt was pulled up to her chin, her little face was powdered, and she was sleeping soundly.

The December sun shines on Clark through the glass of the dining room. The winter sun is bright and gentle. Clark feels the subtle energy pouring in from his pores. He listens to the noisy voices sweeping from all directions. He didn't hear the scream for help when he—

well.

At this time, when Clark was enjoying the peace and tranquility of the years, Kate's cell phone rang, and the female detective took out the cell phone, glanced at the contacts on the cell phone, raised her gaze, and glanced at Clark, Clark pouted——

The case came.

Kate answered the phone and said, "Callaghan."

Clark listened to the voice on the phone. To his surprise, it was Captain Gordon of the Gotham Police Department who called. Gordon said on the phone, "Hi, Agent Callaghan, I'm Gordon. , Last night, there was a death case in Gotham. Today our people have found out the identity of the deceased. He is Francis Fox, an employee of the Metropolitan Bank of America, and his girlfriend is from Gotham. Bureau."

Captain Gordon said: "In this case, I think we need to cooperate with the Metropolitan FBI. Your Metropolitan FBI needs to investigate the deceased's personal relationship in the Metropolis. I have already communicated with the Metropolitan FBI Branch. They told me that you Right here in Gotham, can you come over, Agent Callaghan?"

"Yes, I'm in Gotham right now," Kate said, "I'm going to the police right away."

"Let's go," Clark stood up, picked up the woolen coat that was on the chair, and said with emotion: "When will there be no crime on Friday?"

……

Gay pointed to the X-ray of the deceased and explained: "The death of the deceased is consistent with the characteristics of a high-fall case, with mild external injuries, severe internal injuries, and multiple eye fractures."

Gay continued: "When the deceased fell, his head landed on the ground. The 'secondary' contact of the head with the ground directly resulted in a skull fracture. There is no dispute that the death caused by the head hitting the ground due to the fall from a high altitude was the cause of death of the deceased. .”

Clark was standing by the autopsy table in a protective suit. He had just finished reading the autopsy report. Clark lifted the white sheet on the corpse. He first looked at the strangle marks on the victim's wrists and the wounds on the wrists mentioned in the autopsy report. The scars are dark in color.

Kate and Gordon stood next to the two medical examiners, and she quietly listened to the conversation between Clark and Gotham medical examiner Guy. The case was led by the Gotham Police Department.

Clark frowned. The Gotham medical examiner saw Clark's expression and asked, "Dr. Kent, what do you think about this strangle mark?"

"This strangle mark," Clark checked carefully, and asked, "Dr. Guy, how do you think this wound was caused?" Clark had some guesses in his mind that this person's death might be related to the mysterious creature that Batman has been chasing. related.

"If I had to answer," Gay said, "I would say that the left and right hands were strangled with tools and hung in the air for a certain period of time. After the victim struggled violently, the wrist ligaments of the left and right hands were injured and the wrist bone was slightly fractured. Based on the body weight of the deceased According to calculations, the deceased had struggled violently in the air for at least 5 minutes to cause this degree of wound."

In the Gotham Police Forensic Laboratory, Clark nodded, and Guy continued: "The murderer who caught the deceased failed to catch the victim after the deceased struggled continuously, and the victim fell from the building."

Guy paused, and said slowly, "It's just that I have a little doubt."

Kate understood and asked, "Which point?"

"It was confirmed after on-site investigation," Gordon explained: "The place where the body of the deceased was found is the scene of the first crime, and there is no possibility of moving the body. However, Gordon took out two photos from his coat pocket," Kate said. Looking over with Clark, Kate was taken aback, and Gordon said, "There are no tall buildings around the crime scene."

At this moment, the door of the forensic laboratory opened, and the four of them turned their heads to look at the past, and two people came in. The person walking in front was wearing a leather jacket, black gloves, and dark skin. His face is serious, he has a beard, and what makes him look even more unfriendly is the black patch over his right eye.The person behind this person smiled. This person was wearing a woolen overcoat and looked like a government official.

Clark recognized the leader at a glance. It was the director of the Homeland Strategic Defense Offensive and Logistics Support Bureau, Nick Fury.

The person in charge glanced at Clark, and Gordon walked towards the person who came, and the woolen coat walked towards Gordon, he showed his ID to Captain Gordon, and he said, "Hi, I'm Fei Cole Coulson, from the Homeland Strategic Defense Attack and Logistic Support Agency, we will take over this case," Coulson said: "Captain Gordon, you can check with your superiors, now please take your men and leave here."

Coulson continued: "Of course, this case does not require the continued participation of the Metropolitan FBI. You can check with your superior, Detective Callaghan."

Kate glanced at the ID that Coulson was holding in her hand, and she said, "I've never heard of your institution, Homeland Strategy..."

"The Homeland Strategic Defense Offensive and Logistics Support Agency, the name is indeed a bit long. We are dealing with this issue, Agent Callahan," the smiling Agent Coulson looked towards Callahan, and he said: "The Homeland Strategic Defense Attack With the Logistics Support Bureau under the UN Security Council, this case will be classified as a state secret."

Coulson's words reached this point, and Kate said to Clark, "Let's go, Clark."

"Sorry, Agent Callaghan," said Fury, who had been standing silently, "I think we have to borrow your partner for this case." Clark nodded to Kate, and Kate glanced back at Clark. , she followed Gordon and Guy out of the forensic laboratory.

Coulson followed closely behind. He also walked out of the forensic laboratory, turned around and closed the door, and stood quietly at the door of the laboratory. Kate paused as she left, and she asked, "Do you want my partner to do it?" What?"

The arc of Coulson's smile remained unchanged, and he said, "No comment. Agent Callaghan, you can go."

Kate paused, then left very helplessly.

At this moment, in the forensic laboratory, Fury tore off the black glove he was wearing on his right hand, and he stretched out his hand towards Clark, saying, "Nice meeting, Mr. Kent, I'm Nick Fury, you must know that I'm here Find your reason."

"Of course." Clark replied, with a smile on his face, but his eyes showed some sharpness. He said, "I also heard that your men are on their way to my partner's manor, right, Director Fury?"

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