Chapter 167: The Long Easter (7)

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Chapter 167: The Long Easter (7) In the interrogation room of the Gotham police station, Schiller held a cup of hot coffee and blew on it, causing the white mist rising from the cup to scatter on his glasses. The police officer sitting across from him stood up and gave his seat to Gordon, who then tapped the table and said helplessly, "Can you at least act like a suspect? This is the police station's interrogation room! I won't handcuff you, nor is it a reason for you to drink coffee!" "The officers outside are complaining that you're not drinking American coffee and insisting on espresso. One of them had to go to the fourth floor to use the new coffee machine..." "Can you stop acting like you're familiar with the interrogation room, like a habitual offender?" "I'm an out-of-towner, that's why I'm sitting here drinking coffee. If I were a local..." Schiller looked around and Gordon followed his gaze, both looking at the densely packed bullet marks on the wall. Gordon was at a loss for words, knowing what Schiller meant to say in the latter half of his sentence. If the suspect was a local of Gotham, they would have started a fight already. "No matter what you've found in your investigation, I can only tell you that you've got the wrong person. I'm just a university professor who has never even fired a gun." Gordon sighed again and sat down opposite Schiller, then said, "According to our investigation, you're the only one at the school who had obvious conflicts with the new principal, Shelden. You're our primary suspect." "What conflict do I have with him?" Schiller asked Gordon. "I've perfectly completed every teaching task he arranged for me, even those beyond my job scope, and I haven't delayed anything." "I also serve as the guide for new students, the book administrator, and the archivist, and I don't even ask for a raise..." "But according to the testimony of other school faculty, the new principal Shelden was quite dissatisfied with you." "If he was dissatisfied with me, why was he the one who died?" "That's what we're asking you." "You can't assume my motives by guessing what's in my heart. In my view, he wasn't a good principal, but he wasn't too bad either. Maybe he had some personal issues with me, but we didn't have any substantive conflicts in our work, and we didn't infringe on each other's interests. There was no deep-seated grudge that would lead me to kill him." Gordon silently looked at him. He also knew that Schiller was right. According to their investigation, although Shelden appeared to have a bad attitude towards Schiller and always wanted to find fault with him, they didn't have any major conflicts in their work. Schiller never disobeyed any work arrangements, and they rarely communicated with each other, let alone any confrontations. In fact, Gordon didn't hold much hope for Schiller's investigation because he knew the professor well enough to know that if he were the culprit, he wouldn't take such a direct approach. And if he had really used this method, he wouldn't have left any evidence for anyone to find. Compared to others, Victor is more suspicious because he was the first person to discover the crime scene. Additionally, he has a good relationship with Schiller, but not with Sheldon. Previously, Victor complained to his colleagues that Sheldon's Easter schedule was too tight. Although this is not a reason to commit murder, it shows that he doesn't like the new principal. According to Gordon's investigation, Sheldon doesn't have any bad habits. If anything, he acts like a politician and attends various upper-class events and parties in Gotham as the principal, making comments on various social issues. However, perhaps due to fear of the gang, he is not a staunch advocate of justice and his attitude is quite ambivalent. Such a person is not easy to make enemies. Schiller sat across from Gordon and said, "Actually, I do have a clue to tell you." "What is it?" Gordon asked. Schiller put down his coffee cup and placed his hands on the table. "This new principal is fond of meeting with the upper echelons of the gang, just as he does with other powerful people in the city." "This is the crime scene." Gordon brought over a stack of photos and said, "According to our investigation, Sheldon was pushed off the building. The balcony railing on the eighth floor of his office was low. He was probably pushed when he was standing in front of it, and then fell down." "According to the on-site investigation, when he was pushed down, he should have been facing away from that person. That is to say, he is likely to know the murderer and did not have any defenses against the murderer. He was pushed down while speaking to the murderer with his back turned." "So, it was someone he knew who committed the crime. The method used was far from Gotham style and did not involve the use of assault rifles, shotguns, or even handguns." "That's why Victor and I became suspects, right? Because the two of us knew Sheldon quite well and we were outsiders who are not familiar with using guns and are not strong enough." "Now your suspicion is even greater than Victor's because he heard some insider information from you. You have a reason to silence him..." At this moment, a loud noise came from the center of the police station hall, accompanied by shouting and cursing. Gordon immediately stood up, and a police officer rushed in, saying, "Chief Gordon, something happened!" "Don't panic, what happened?" Gordon stood up and turned to ask him. The police officer said loudly, "Winnie at the front desk and Bert on duty suddenly went crazy! Other people are trying to stop them..." "Crazy?" Gordon immediately thought of something. He turned around and opened the iron door of the interrogation room, letting Schiller out, and then hurriedly rushed to the front hall. When they arrived at the front hall, the crazy people had already been subdued, but they were still struggling and growling. Gordon wanted to go over, but another police officer stopped him and said, "Don't go over there. They are crazy. I was almost bitten!" "What happened? Why did it suddenly..." "Who knows? I was chatting with Winnie, and we talked about this year's Easter arrangement. Suddenly, she started twitching, then violently tilted her head back and started smashing the counter with her arms. She even threw the chairs out. Bert on the other side also went crazy..." a police officer who was holding Winnie said. Gordon wanted to walk to the counter to check, but Schiller sniffed and pulled Gordon back, saying, "Don't go over there. Evacuate everyone, send the patients to the hospital, and look for gas masks in your weapons depot. There may be a problem..." "You mean..." Gordon paused for a moment and shouted, "Everyone, retreat! Leave this room! Go to an open area and stay away from here!" When everyone had left, Schiller walked in alone. His steps were too fast, and Gordon didn't stop him. When Schiller approached the counter, he noticed some eggshell fragments scattered on the ground, still colorful. Gordon was standing outside the room, waving at Schiller repeatedly. After Schiller looked around for a moment, he walked out and said to Gordon, "It must be a problem with the Easter eggs." "Eggs? I think Winnie mentioned that she saw a beautiful egg." another female police officer said. "Do you remember the incident where the students at Gotham University got sick together?" Schiller narrowed his eyes, took out his mobile phone, and called his colleague Anna, "Hello...Yes, I want to ask, have you distributed those Easter eggs you bought to the students yet?" "Oh, you don't remember who you gave them to? Can you give me a list? Okay, thank you..." Then he called Victor and asked, "Have you distributed the Easter eggs you made to the students?...You have? Do you remember who you gave them to? Can you give me a list?" Schiller explained to Gordon, "On the eve of Easter, Principal Sheldon suddenly provided a lot of materials for making eggs and asked the professors to make Easter eggs to give to the students." "My colleague Anna and I found it too troublesome, so we bought ready-made eggs from outside. Now both types of eggs have been given to the students. I asked them for a list of students who received the eggs, and we can compare it to find out which type of eggs is problematic..."

Chapter 167: The Long Easter (7)

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