PFC Chapter 2917 When Night Falls (35)
Chapter 2917 When Night Falls (35)
Chapter 2917 When Night Falls (Thirty-Five)
Batman had to admire once again that this clever girl's combo was so smooth.
She may have suspected Hal a long time ago, which is not very strange. Hal's speech was the shortest among all the people. Although it sounds fine, if she had to pick the most suspicious person, it would definitely be him.
After all, Batman once said that the more you talk, the more mistakes you make. People who are not the mole will give as many details as possible to prove themselves, but the mole is guilty and afraid that Batman will find discrepancies in the details, so it is better to skip them. Therefore, Green Lantern's speech is the least optimistic.
Therefore, Jenna deliberately scratched her hand with the can, because she knew that the vampire who had been hungry for almost two days and one night would have almost no resistance to fresh blood. Even if he could control himself from pouncing on it, all kinds of abnormalities would definitely occur.
Jenna didn't have any other way to identify vampires, so she could only stimulate Hal, making him distracted and forget about self-defense, and then lure him over, and take the opportunity to hug him when he was distracted to see if he had no body temperature.
The result was pretty much what she expected, but even if Hal wasn't the problem, her behavior wouldn't be out of line.
But it's clear that Green Lantern was fooled.
Batman said that he could not accuse without evidence, but body temperature was already very conclusive evidence. Superman and Wonder Woman immediately looked at Green Lantern with suspicion.
"What are you talking about?" Green Lantern frowned and said, "How could I have no body temperature?!"
Unexpectedly, Jenna showed a blank expression, and then said hesitantly: "When I hugged you just now, I found that you were cold. Maybe... maybe I was wrong."
Nice move, Batman thought.
"Okay, Hal, but can you give me your hand?" Superman said, "It's also to clear your suspicion and prove it to everyone's benefit."
Green Lantern reached out his hand, and Superman touched it and found it was warm. He went over and patted Jenna's back, then touched her head and said, "You may have lost too much blood."
Jenna seemed to be relieved and said, "Maybe, everyone's nerves are a little too tense. I might be hallucinating because of the nervousness. Sorry, Hal, you healed my wounds, but I still doubted you..."
Jenna showed a guilty expression, her eyes were red, Wonder Woman took the lead in comforting her, "You and your brother are too young, it is not fair for you to face such pressure. If possible, I also hope that you are not here."
"No." Jenna wiped her eyes with the back of her hand and said, "I want to stay with you. I am also a member of the Justice League."
At this time Batman came over and said, "Take this time to rest."
Everyone dispersed, and after the vigil was over, Schiller saw Jenna lying down to sleep and gave her a sly smile.
Apparently no one could sleep.
Except for Batman, the brain of other members of the Justice League is a passive skill and will not be triggered easily, but they are not blind. After following the big guys for so many years, it is impossible that they don't have this little insight.
Green Lantern Hal's abnormality was noticed by almost everyone.
Yes, he acted like he had the sequelae of poor eating and sleeping, but in fact, other people should have suffered worse from poor eating and sleeping than him, because many people here did not have green light energy, nor did they have the so-called strongest willpower on earth. They should have performed worse than Hal.
But in fact, so far, he is the only one who is distracted. It’s not that he doesn’t have the right to be vulnerable, but at any time, Green Lantern should not be the first person to fall.
The next morning, everyone got up very early, or rather, they simply stayed up all night.
While sitting at the conference table, everyone was stunned because Green Lantern's abnormality was no longer just behavior and language.
He looked very pale and his eyes were cloudy, as if his soul had left his body for a long time.
"Hal, are you okay?" Superman felt that his question was a bit inappropriate, as Green Lantern didn't look like he was okay.
"To be honest," Aquaman said, pursing his lips, "He doesn't look like he's okay. Batman, do you have any medical examination equipment?"
He paused and then continued, "You said you can't accuse someone without evidence, but he really looks like..."
No one refuted his words, not even Wonder Woman, who insisted on fairness. After a moment of silence, she said, "We don't want to doubt you, Hal, but... even if you are really sick because of poor living conditions, it would be good to get a check-up."
Superman glanced at Batman and found that Batman was noncommittal and had no intention of expressing an opinion, so he looked at Martian Manhunter.
Hal has never lied. Martian Manhunter said with certainty: "Every word he said is true, but we all know that humans can choose to tell the truth. I reserve my opinion."
"I'm sorry that my actions last night made Mr. Hal suspicious, but he really doesn't look well. Why don't we get him checked out?" Jenna said.
Everyone else suggested that Green Lantern should be given a physical examination. Green Lantern sat there silently. Although his condition was not good, at least he was still conscious.
"Are you going to do this, Batman?" Green Lantern looked at the man sitting in the main seat, who remained silent like a high wall of darkness.
"It's up to you, Hal." Batman sighed softly and said, "If you are willing to prove your innocence in this way, I can guarantee the fairness of the test results. If you are not willing, we will continue."
Batman stood up, looked at everyone and said, "I said, I will not presume any of you to be a criminal. If you don't want to prove your innocence, you can continue to waste time."
"Hal, don't be so stubborn." Wonder Woman persuaded: "I didn't assume you were, I just thought your physical condition was too bad, let Batman help you, okay?"
Green Lantern was silent for a long moment, but shook his head.
"Well, it's my turn to narrate today." Batman said. His voice was low but not so hoarse. He looked much better than Green Lantern, but in fact he was the only ordinary person here.
Somewhat surprisingly, Batman's speech was not very long-winded. Everyone else thought he would speak for at least five or six hours, but he actually just briefly summarized the experiences of the Bat Family and talked about the intelligence he had investigated in the past few months. As for what he had done behind the scenes, he did not say anything at all.
Yes, everyone thought that he must have done something behind the scenes, or rather, the things he did behind the scenes were the source of his confidence that he could achieve ultimate victory even though he had detained everyone here and done nothing.
But no one knew what it was.
It was unrealistic to interrogate Batman. Most people knew this, but some people were still dissatisfied. Superman saw it, so he said, "Batman, I know you have a lot of secret plans. You can't tell them when there is a mole present, but maybe you can tell us more. We should know, even if it's just a reminder."
Batman looked around and said, "Don't you think this scene is a bit like a myth?"
"what?"
"The Last Supper," Batman said. "One of you betrayed me and held the bag of silver coins."
"so……"
"No superficial behavior or words are conclusive evidence. Only the silver coins in the bag are."
Batman's words were so confusing that almost no one could understand them, but Batman knew that there would be smart people who would understand what he meant.
After everyone finished their story, Batman began to ask them to express their opinions on vampires, bring out their own plans against vampires, and talk about how to defeat vampires.
Everyone started another round of boring narration.
Jenna was obviously not listening. She was thinking about what Batman meant. Superficial words and actions cannot be used as evidence. In other words, even if a person speaks like a vampire and behaves like a vampire, he may not necessarily be a vampire.
But how is this possible?
Hal acted very guilty, his face was pale, his body temperature was cold, and he looked absent-minded. If he wasn't a vampire, who was he?
No, no, no, Jenna immediately realized another possibility. Batman said this to remind himself to see the essence through the phenomenon. Words can be induced and behaviors can have other reasons, but there must be something that can be used as conclusive evidence.
What could it be? What does the silver coin refer to?
Jenna knew very well that this hawk-like plan was jointly formulated by her and Batman, and she also believed that this plan had the potential to find the traitor.
However, Hal, who now behaved most like an eagle that could not bear the torture, was not targeted by Batman, but was almost let off lightly. This meant that although Batman agreed with the plan, he and Jenna had different ideas about finding the murderer. He wanted to find the silver coin instead of the eagle.
Jenna thought long and hard but couldn't figure out what the silver coin might be that might refer to deeper evidence.
But this clever girl did not give up, she took another approach - why did Batman think that his plan could not find the real murderer? What were the loopholes in this plan to starve the vampire to death?
Jenna thought about every detail carefully and didn't think there was any problem.
First of all, Superman should be fine. This powerful Kryptonian who is almost entirely made up of solar energy cannot be a vampire, so the biological force field he created is also fine and it is absolutely impossible for him to let anyone leave.
Since the room is completely sealed, no matter who the traitor is, he will never be able to escape. It has been almost two days and two nights now. How could the vampire not be hungry?
Even if he is not hungry now, if he continues to be locked up like this for a week, he will definitely be exposed and go crazy, so what's wrong with this plan?
Jenna really couldn’t think of anything, but it suddenly occurred to her that Zan seemed to be a little different since he came back.
So she reached out and held her brother's hand.
Schiller instantly felt a certain throbbing coming, which seemed to be the power existing in the twins' blood. He vaguely heard Jenna's doubtful emotions.