Earth Raiders progress report [comprehensive British and American]

"I'm fascinated by him." Said the Chesapeake Ripper in the psychological counseling room. He was obviously a smart but cruel guy in the profile, but his appearance at this moment seemed to be in love. "He's a fairly rare and rare example."

Rather than saying that BAU tracked down Hannibal by finding clues bit by bit, it is better to say that they followed the clues deliberately left by the Chesapeake Ripper to track down here.

In the beginning, they really started with Joe’s various information, because the bookstore manager’s usual range of activities is near his own home and the bookstore, which is not really close to Baltimore, and he has no official needs. It can only be a private matter, since it is a private matter, it is very likely to follow his follower.

However, this is also a large area.

They only know that Joe died in Baltimore, but they don't know whether the person he was following was originally from Baltimore, or whether he came to Baltimore from other places. Chances are cash was used, or not spent again, and it's not easy to find Joe's directions in crowded places, and there's not much surveillance in the US, especially in Baltimore.

At this time, Joe's neighbors who thought there would be no clues gave their investigation a direction.

When asked if Joe had any abnormal behavior, the neighbor said that Joe had brought back a boy named Joshua not long ago, because the other party had visited them, and the children of the neighbors also saw with their own eyes that Joe would It's not a strange place for the neighbors to bring the other back, but the strange thing is that shortly after that, the boy was taken away by Spider-Man, and someone seemed to come to capture Joe.

The name Joshua undoubtedly reminded the profilers of the Butcher of the Bay case, especially the involvement of Spider-Man, but the neighbor mentioned that Joshua was still a child, and the person named Joshua did not. Not to mention that this is New York, it is not so strange that Spider-Man will appear. Compared with other superheroes, the frequency of this New York good neighbor is really very high.

It stands to reason that they should ask Spider-Man about this at this time, such as going to the Avengers Building or waiting for the other party's daily patrol, but Reid seemed to think of something, and asked Joe's neighbor: "Is that Joshua? Brown hair, gray eyes, quiet and introverted, and always wearing a hat?"

After getting an affirmative answer, the young doctor turned to his colleagues, "That's him. At that time, Joshua had a little accident. I saw him become like that."

These words are undoubtedly affirming the detectives' conjecture. Since Joshua may be the target of Joe's stalking, news of the Chesapeake Ripper may be found from the other party.

"Garcia, look up Joshua's itinerary in Baltimore." Morgan quickly contacted their Miss Hacker, "Yes, that's the Joshua from the Bay Butcher case."

Generally speaking, psychological counseling needs to be kept confidential, but Joshua is Dr. Lecter who made an appointment online. He has not implemented any anti-tracking settings, and Garcia is a hacker. Baltimore, and for Hannibal's counseling.

The purpose of psychological counseling made the profilers frowned subconsciously. They all remembered what happened after Joshua’s psychological counseling last time. The other party’s psychiatrist became a serial killer and involved the Bay Butcher , and this time the Chesapeake Ripper was involved, and the dead were all those who entangled him.

However, these commonalities can only lead them to some guesses. In fact, there is no evidence. The profile of the Chesapeake Ripper is simply too self-indulgent. He is not the kind of existence that will obey the orders of others.

The BAU should have consulted Joshua and the psychiatrist he made an appointment with, but unfortunately Joshua was not there at the time, so they had to go to Hannibal first, and the psychiatrist was very nervous when they visited. He readily admitted that he was the Chesapeake Ripper, and in many ways the other party fit the profile, and the evidence he provided was very direct.

But this is the strangest part. The profile of the Chesapeake Ripper is not a guy who would surrender so easily. Even if the other party said later that he was fascinated by Joshua, it would not constitute a reason for surrendering. Rather, , if Hannibal is really so obsessed with Joshua, how could he readily surrender himself?

"He is very good at deceiving people, or he is too smart." The psychologist in suits and leather shoes explained calmly, "He can make me think that I chose Joe as my next target out of my own will until I finished the work I didn't realize until later that I was being manipulated by him, but it wasn't offensive."

Hannibal analyzed to the detectives, like what professional habits, "He likes to choose dangerous serial killers to work for him, because as long as the time comes to solve the case and find the murderer, the police will not even realize who is behind the murderer, and will Thought he was innocent, even if he realized there is no evidence, no one can convict him, and admirers who work for him will never betray him."

"Then you are so obsessed with him, why did you betray him in the end?" the brown-haired doctor said, his face and tone almost made people think he was questioning.

"Because I'm different from that group of idiots. They just want to follow, but I understand how smart Joshua is." His expression finally revealed the shadow of the Chesapeake Ripper, but although his words were reasonable, they It still caused the profilers to have an instinctive sense of disobedience, "After killing Joe, I realized that he is too good at manipulating people's hearts. Only by destroying him is the only way to succeed, so I will treat him. Said it was different from those tools."

Speaking of this, Hannibal looked at the young detective who questioned him earlier, "You are the same, aren't you? You can clearly tell that he is a patient with an emotional disorder and may have an anti-social personality profile, but he still subconsciously Would want to defend him, professional profilers of Criminal Minds, really don't realize they're being manipulated?"

He asked such a rhetorical question, almost instantly causing the profilers to doubt whether they were being manipulated because of the incongruity and incongruity they felt before. Strange affection.

Rhett really thought that the fact that Hannibal was the Chesapeake Ripper was almost impossible to disprove, but Joshua did not necessarily take it seriously. As the other party said, the Chesapeake Ripper was a criminal with a high IQ and liked Playing with detectives is all just for the superiority over human beings and curiosity about the development of events, even if Joshua is really...

It is really the behind-the-scenes instructor of two serial murders. He actually met Joshua, who had returned to his childhood physically and mentally. He had a chance to stop this. The child is gone.

But having said that, even if the psychiatrist is so reasonable and can solve all doubts, even the suspicion and disobedience that a profiler instinctively has found a plausible reason, "It's all just you Just one man's statement, as you said, Joshua will not be convicted."

Facing the statement made by the little doctor, the Ripper, who is highly accomplished in psychology, showed an expression that seemed to be mocking the profiler for defending Joshua as he said before, and then suddenly changed the subject, "You know that Joshua Is it really worth it?"

"Stalking and peeping is really bad." Hodge didn't let the juniors in the group continue to talk to this dangerous serial killer and ogre, "From your point of view, his lack of education probably really deserves it."

"I'm not referring to this." Hannibal said, "I'm talking about this store manager who admires and is obsessed with Joshua. He is also a killer...or the killer is more accurate. He is not so professional."

Facing the unexpected expressions on the faces of the detectives, the doctor with short golden brown hair laughed, "Did I say that? He likes to choose dangerous killers to work for him. The evidence you want is provided by Joe in order to tell Joshua Apologize and break into the house as a gift."

"He loved my patient until the end of his life," Hannibal concluded, sounding utterly nasty.

This is why the profilers broke into the venue. A letter with a short apology was placed on the gift box in Joshua's room, and the unopened transparent paper was torn open, and the book was opened. Being marked with code words about this conspiracy plan, the learned young doctor deciphered the code.

"Wait." Spider-Man, who was only wearing a blindfold, stopped the agents from moving, "Why did you arrest him?"

If it is not easy for people to recognize Peter wearing a uniform, he is now only covered by a blindfold, so it is easy for the agents who have watched him to recognize him, especially the way he is so concerned about Joshua , easily reminds BAU that this is Joshua's boyfriend, but fortunately he is not wearing a uniform, and the profilers have not seen what happened before, and the relationship between Peter and Spider-Man is still unclear for the time being.

Knowing that Peter was Joshua's boyfriend, Rhett was a little hesitant about how to answer, but his colleague responded first, "Based on the evidence found in his room and the allegations made by the Chesapeake Ripper himself. "

This reply seemed to be somewhat convincing. The amber-eyed reformer stopped his boyfriend from speaking, and persuaded him: "Since the witnesses and physical evidence are all complete, it seems that I have to go with them. Don't worry, I'll be fine."

Of course, it is impossible for Peter to watch Joshua being taken away by the agents because of being framed, but even Spider-Man can't stop it when the evidence seems to be convincing. His boyfriend proved his innocence, but Joshua obediently reached out and asked the profiler to handcuff him, and he could only watch him being taken to the FBI's car.

"I didn't expect you to come to the stage in person." Joshua looked surprised when he saw his nominal psychiatrist sitting in the car.

Although things were not much different from what he had imagined, he had originally thought that the person sitting in the car would be some kind of scapegoat, but now it seemed that Hannibal had simply admitted that he was the Chesapeake Ripper.

The Ripper looked at the young man outside the car. Time was running out. He hadn't been put on layers of protective measures yet, so he was able to reply at this time, "I have to give my opponent the respect he deserves."

Faced with this answer, Joshua wanted to reply, "It's a pity that the honor of the Chesapeake Ripper will belong to me from now on", but he heard the sound of hurried footsteps approaching not far away.

He turned around, and the detective from England quickly appeared in front of them with his assistant. The person who sent the text message finally arrived at the venue.

"It looks like we've arrived just in time," said Sherlock.