PFC Chapter 2920 When Night Falls (38)
Chapter 2920 When Night Falls (38)
Chapter 2920 When Night Falls (Thirty-Eight)
For example, in Central City, the crime rate is indeed not high, and the public security situation is among the best in the United States, but the premise is that missing cases cannot be counted, or the missing population cannot be easily classified as deaths due to crimes, otherwise the crime rate will rise suddenly.
Immigrant communities are the hardest hit by disappearances, just like the community where Schiller and Constantine are now. There is a sparse police force and no one pays attention to it. Most people live in rented houses and there is a large population mobility. There are also many people engaged in criminal activities who move from one place to another. If someone in a house suddenly disappears, no one will be surprised.
This is a natural hunting ground for serial killers.
Not everyone has the ability to endure the police's massive hunt and satisfy their own perverted habits at the same time. Most people can only do one of these things well, so naturally there will be many serial killers who are unwilling to deal with the police and come to such a city.
In other words, I was forced to come to this kind of city because of my colleagues who are both virtuous and talented.
After all, there are many people in this world who can compete with Batman in wits and courage while completing artistic creations. If you can't steal the limelight from such people, of course you can only retreat to third-tier cities and barely make a living.
Schiller walked around the community twice and then set his sights on a house. The residents of this house must have killed quite a few people, but they were probably not the kind of killer who killed just to satisfy his spiritual desires. It seemed that he was doing some blood or organ business.
Schiller was not very willing to kill an organ dealer, but it was still a bit difficult to find an artist in a city like this. He could only see if this guy could give him a surprise.
Schiller did not climb over the wall. There was a sewer opening at the base of the wall where he was standing. From the rusty and worn parts, it could be observed that the railings above the sewer opening were often opened.
There were also some human tissues left on the edge, not much, but very fresh. Someone dumped something here about every two days, which should be minced meat.
Judging by the deterioration of these tissues, today should be the day that person came to dump the garbage.
He was very bold and reckless, probably because there were really no decent superheroes in this city. The Flash was not as comprehensive as Superman, nor was he careful enough. He ran too fast, and it was almost impossible for him to pay attention to a remote community. If there was some organization involved in the sewer at the very end, there was naturally no need to dump the body far away.
Schiller waited for a while, until the sun set a little and the temperature began to drop, then finally a man carrying a bucket turned the corner.
He was knocked down before he could see anything clearly, and then he was knocked unconscious. Schiller helped him pour the contents of the bucket into the sewer and found the key to the house on him. Sure enough, he was the resident of this house.
Schiller dragged the man into the house, but he knew that if the man died in his house, no one would find out until he started to rot and emitted a huge odor. Even though the temperature was high now, it would take a few days, and Schiller couldn't wait that long.
He walked around the house and found, as expected, a basement. The key to the basement was also hanging on the keychain. Schiller opened the door without much effort.
However, this man did give Schiller a surprise. He was not an organ dealer, but an organ collector.
This man may have some medical background and is fascinated by human internal organs, so he opened an internal organ museum in the basement of his house. Except for the work area, the entire basement is filled with densely packed shelves filled with organs soaked in solution. A rough estimate is that there are organs from hundreds of people.
Schiller looked at the label and found that this man had been doing this for almost 30 years. He had never been discovered because he was not picky about food and had no special preferences. He just killed people randomly.
Schiller went to the work area to take a look. The method of disposing of the body was quite simple. The useful parts were kept and the useless parts were crushed. The difficult parts such as hair and bones were dissolved with chemicals and then poured into the sewer.
In other words, the level of law enforcement in the central city is not high, which is why it has not been discovered for so many years. But in fact, for ordinary people with low abilities, this relatively simple method of disposing of bodies is the one with the lowest risk. The fancy methods are too easy to fail.
Schiller thought about it and felt that a case involving hundreds of people should be enough to attract the attention of the Central City police. Once the Central City police discovered that they might not be able to handle the situation, they would inevitably ask for help from the Flash to lure him out.
It seems that this person cannot be killed. Not only that, he has to make some noise so that the police can discover this case.
Schiller ties up the man and returns to the house where Constantine caught the thief, where he appears to have solved the problem and recovered the wallet.
Seeing Schiller coming over, Constantine shook the wallet in his hand and said, "Done, I beat him up."
"Come with me," Schiller said.
When the two of them returned to the house and saw the tied man again, Constantine was still a little confused, because although this guy looked strong, there was nothing special about him. He was just an ordinary middle-aged American.
It was not until Constantine saw the spectacular scene in the basement that he began to look at this man differently. When it comes to perversion, it's you Americans who are the best.
Schiller briefly described his plan, and Constantine thought it was okay. Of course, in order to make this man make some noise, he would naturally have to rely on magic.
Constantine went up and set up a magic circle, and when he untied the rope, the man rushed out like a zombie.
Before long, the shrill sound of sirens rang out at the edge of the community, and the curtains on most windows were pulled open a little, leaving many people wondering what was going on.
Two police cars stopped in front of the man’s house. The police broke in, stayed inside for about ten minutes, and then fled the house like a flash.
It was obvious that they called for backup. The second batch of police cars was not just two. It seemed that all the police forces in the central city had come to this community, and all kinds of professional personnel got out of the police cars.
What surprised Constantine and Schiller was that the police did not need to ask the Flash for help, as Barry Allen was actually part of the police system.
He didn't look like a policeman, but more like a technician who maintained a crime scene. Schiller observed him carefully and found that he should be an agent of the Physical Evidence Analysis Department.
But unfortunately, he was relatively young and seemed to have little field experience. He was always ordered around to run errands, and later on he was even reduced to setting up cordons.
However, it was precisely because he was far away from the center of the vortex that Constantine found an opportunity and called him over.
Barry also knew Constantine at this time, so he was willing to follow him, but he didn't know Schiller. When he saw Constantine bringing a stranger, he immediately became alert.
Fortunately, Schiller was not wearing strange clothes and looked like a scholar rather than a super criminal. After hesitating for a while, Barry decided to stay.
They went to the coffee shop next door to drink coffee - this is very common in the American police force. Most of the time, there are only one or two core members busy, while others lean against the police car to drink coffee and eat donuts.
Because Barry was not a core member, he only heard about the case but didn't know its seriousness. When he heard that Constantine had something important to tell him, he left the crime scene with peace of mind.
Constantine told Barry the whole story in the simplest language. Of course, it sounded a bit too unbelievable. After all, there was still at least a month before the vampire incident broke out.
"You mean, in the future I will be bitten by a vampire and become a traitor in the Justice League. Others are not sure they can deal with me, so you want me to deal with myself?"
"Listen, I know this is a bit ridiculous, but you have to believe me. You should know the peculiarities of the Speed Force. Now the Justice League may be overshadowed by you."
Barry hesitated for a moment, but still said, "I'm willing to help, but what can I do? Go into the Speed Force and fight him? Or should I avoid being bitten?"
"I'm afraid it's inevitable that you'll be bitten." Schiller said, "The vampire should have been targeting you a long time ago. Unless you can hide in the Speed Force forever, you will be transformed one day."
"Is there any way to change back?" The Flash said, "I don't want to become a blood-drinking monster, and I don't want to hurt other members of the Justice League."
"Then find a way to stop yourself." Schiller said, "As long as you can hold him back, we can deal with the vampire. Once we find a way to reverse the transformation, you can change back."
Barry was obviously a little worried, but he nodded in the end. He looked at Schiller and said, "I know this may be a bit too much to ask, but I want to see the process of me being bitten."
"You wish to travel into the future?"
"Yes, maybe we can stop it?"
Schiller also knew that once the Flash at this point in time knew that he would be transformed into a vampire in the future, the Flash would definitely want to travel through time to prevent the tragedy, and he would not give up unless he tried.
But Constantine and Schiller both agreed that a thief can steal for a thousand days, but you can't be on guard against thieves for a thousand days. If the vampires are determined to transform the Flash, then even if they are stopped once, there may be a second and third time. No one can stay there forever to fight them.
But Schiller did not persuade from this perspective. He just said: "The vampires need a mole in the Justice League. If they find that they can't bite you, who do you think they will bite?"
Barry was stunned immediately, then he shook his head and said, "Well, I'll take it. If they really bite Batman and Superman, I can't imagine what kind of disaster it would be."
"Barry, I have to tell you another piece of bad news." Schiller said, "Although I didn't see it with my own eyes, I suspect that Green Lantern is in a bad condition."
Barry stood up immediately and said, "What do you mean?! Are you saying that my future self attacked Hal?!"
"Who would you help first in the Justice League?"
"…Maybe Hal."
"Who will you attack first, then?"
Barry was already on pins and needles. He began to pace in front of the table and said, "Don't waste time. Where can I find that monster? I can't let him hurt Hal... What should I do?"
"If nothing unexpected happens, he should be guarding your young age now, because we gave him the illusion that we would attack you when you were a baby."
Schiller gave Barry a specific plan. He said, "You find him along the Speed Force, and then do your best to hold him back. If you still have strength left, you can look for him in the Speed Force. I guess Hal may have been kidnapped by him."
Barry nodded vigorously and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely rescue Hal!"