Chapter 1130: Professor (Part 2)

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In the hospital corridor, Gordon reached out and patted Schiller on the shoulder. Schiller jumped in surprise, and Gordon looked at him with a puzzled expression, saying, "Why are you sneaking around? Don't you have an alibi? ...Wait, you were not at the scene, right?"

Watching Gordon's puzzled look turn into suspicion, Schiller, standing by the door, sighed and said, "Of course, I wasn't there. Pamela can vouch for me, but more importantly, actually, I..."

"Actually, this professor would not create such a crude crime scene." A voice came from inside the room, startling Schiller again. He turned around and saw Bruce's face.

"Professor, I hope you're not feeling sad because I switched to the physics department, causing you to skip class for a week." Bruce said, folding his arms and looking at Schiller.

"You're not wrong about one thing." Schiller was not to be outdone: "Indeed, the reason I stopped attending classes is because you transferred to the physics department, but not because I'm sad. It's because I've finally gotten rid of the nightmare of having to read your papers, and I need to celebrate!"

After saying that, he walked into the room without giving Bruce another glance. Gordon stepped forward, bumped Bruce's shoulder, and said, "Honestly, you really should have given him a heads-up before you changed majors. Not everyone can take it well when their star student switches fields."

"Star student?" Bruce rolled his eyes towards Gordon and said, "Aisha was prouder of her achievements than I ever was."

After that, he also walked into the room, leaving Gordon standing there, hands on hips, feeling the subtle atmosphere between the two, shaking his head in confusion.

Initially, Schiller and Bruce had a decent relationship, one that could be described as both mentor and friend.

But later, their relationship turned into one of mutual torment. Beyond the teacher-student conflict, they also developed a doctor-patient dispute.

Yet now, for some reason, it seemed like they really had begun to detest each other. This genuine feeling of aversion wasn't just an act.

Gordon had actually seen this kind of emotion before. His parents were the very typical kind who married in a moment of youthful passion and then spent their lives tormenting each other.

If Gordon had to describe it, the current relationship between Schiller and Batman was like that of a middle-aged couple who, still relatively young, had exhausted all passion in countless arguments, tormenting each other until they were both weary and worn.

Their reconciliation with each other wasn't really out of care and understanding for one another, but rather because the endless disputes had sapped all their energy. There was only one word that could accurately describe this state: "Settling."

Bringing his thoughts back to the present, Gordon also stepped into the room.

The crime scene was actually very simple: a doctor was leaning against the window sill, his chest covered in blood, his white coat stained red, with blood flowing down his arm to his fingertips and then onto the floor.

A senior nurse was brought into the room by the police officer. She spoke clearly and rapidly: "Doctor Richard was a local from Gotham, but he graduated from Metropolis University Medical College and had been practicing for 11 years. He was a very experienced internist."

"Bed number two in this hospital room was occupied by his patient, who had cholecystitis but was recovering well and was due to be discharged in two days. Today would have been Doctor Richard's last visit to check on this patient."

"Doctor Richard showed no signs of anything unusual after arriving at the hospital today. All the nurses in our department said he was acting normally."

"Richard was not married and had no children. His last girlfriend and he had broken up six months ago. He had no recent romantic involvements, no history of illness, and no disputes with patients. His professional skills were excellent, and he had never had any medical incidents in his career."

"Doctor Richard was rather introverted and never got into verbal disputes with anyone. He had very good living habits and always put things back in their place after using them."

"He was always a loner and didn't have complicated interpersonal relationships. The last person to see him was a new intern nurse who also noticed nothing unusual."

"Today, when he came to do his rounds, the other patient in the room had just been discharged, and his patient had gone to the bathroom. It was this patient, a member of a gang, who discovered Doctor Richard's body."

"This patient didn't panic but immediately called me over. We both refrained from re-entering the hospital room until you were the first to step in after the discovery of the body."

Chief Gordon was taken aback. This was the first time in his career that he was handling a murder case inside a hospital, and he was surprised thatthe nurse was able to remain so calm and collected. He nodded to acknowledge her composure and attention to detail.

Gordon then turned to Schiller. "Do we have any leads on the murder weapon, Professor?" he asked, scanning the room for any clues.

Schiller, who had been examining the body, stood up and replied, "No murder weapon has been found on the scene yet. It's possible the killer took it with them. However, the wound on the chest is quite deep and precise, suggesting the weapon was sharp and the killer had strong anatomical knowledge. It's possible that the weapon was medical-grade, maybe a scalpel or a similar instrument."

Bruce, having been silent until now, chimed in, "But wouldn't that be too obvious? A medical instrument used as a murder weapon in a hospital seems a bit on the nose, doesn't it? I would have expected the killer to use something less traceable."

Gordon nodded thoughtfully. "True, but we can't rule out the possibility that the murderer might have wanted to send a message, or this was an act of passion or desperation. We'll need to check everyone who had access to medical tools. And what about fingerprints or any other traces?"

Schiller shook his head. "The killer was thorough. No fingerprints, no hair, nothing. It's as if the killer vanished into thin air. I've sent some samples to the lab, but I don't expect much."

Bruce walked over to the window and peered out, contemplating the situation. "This patient, the one in the gang, he's our key witness. We need to question him thoroughly. It's too convenient that he was the one to find the body and that the other patient had just been discharged."

Gordon agreed and gestured to a nearby officer. "Bring the patient here for questioning," he ordered. Then, turning back to Schiller and Bruce, he said, "Let's not jump to conclusions yet. This case has only just begun, and we have a lot of ground to cover. Professor, Batman, I appreciate your insights. Let's continue our investigation methodically."

They all nodded, each lost in thought as they considered the puzzle before them. The hospital room, usually a place of healing and hope, had become a crime scene, and it was their job to restore order to the chaos created by this heinous act.

Gordon is best at using such soft tactics to limit these not-so-bad criminals, so he introduced her to a nursing job. It must be said that the hands that can pick locks are dexterous enough. Selena is the best among this group of trainee nurses.

"You all know that now I'm the boss of these little fillies, they are clumsy, either the needle is crooked, or the blood is refluxing, and whenever something happens, they have to call me. I have to run up and down the stairs, so it's normal to encounter the doctor who's doing rounds, right?"

Selena flicked her hair with a touch of pride and made a point of looking at Bruce, emphasizing, "You always say to find something serious to do, now I'm just like you, saving lives, big Hero!"

Bruce glanced at Selena, then at the corpse on the floor. He thought for a moment and felt that Selena wasn't lying.

Catwoman's fighting style determines that she wouldn't stab someone in the chest with a knife because if the force is not enough, or the knife's position is wrong, it might get stuck in the ribs and cannot be pulled out. Selena is an old hand, she wouldn't make such a mistake.

The wound on the corpse's chest isn't complex; it's not deep and seems to be caused by a shorter sharp weapon. However, what is strange is that the cause of death was a ruptured heart, not drowning caused by a pierced lung or suffocation due to damaged airways.

The fact is, a short dagger is not suitable for stabbing the heart. Human chest organs are protected by the ribs. If the knife is misplaced during the struggle, it's easy to get stuck on the ribs. The handle of a short dagger is not long enough to exert force, and if it gets stuck, it cannot be pulled out.

If it cannot be pulled out and causes bleeding, it can lead to the victim not losing the ability to move immediately, which can lead to the possibility of being killed in return. Any experienced veteran would not do this.

The first target of the murderer, which is the heart, is actually very strange.

Gotham's ordinary citizens, even if they haven't killed anyone by their own hands, have definitely seen murder scenes, or have learned the most basic knowledge from their relatives and friends.

Only those who go to school in an orderly manner would think, because they heard from the teacher that the heart is the most important organ of the human body, that as long as the heart can be destroyed, they can kill a person. However, in terms of cost-effectiveness and efficiency, this is not a good choice.

Bruce first went to see Schiller. He thought Schiller would look bored because he knew that in Schiller's opinion, such a boring crime scene was not worth attention.

He didn't expect Schiller to investigate the case at all, only because the crime scene was in a hospital, and Bruce didn't understand the layout and rules of the hospital, so he hoped Schiller, who had worked in the hospital, could provide some professional answers.

Unexpectedly, Schiller was very focused on the corpse, then he showed an interested expression and said, "Did you notice that the victim was attacked from the front, but there is no sign of struggle."

Gordon thought for a while and said, "If someone attacked the victim from the front with a weapon, it's almost impossible not to encounter resistance. The victim should also stretch out their arms to block the attack, but there are no signs of a struggle in the environment, and the arms have no wounds, which is indeed not normal."

Schiller glanced at the smooth tiles in front of the corpse, then at the edges of the window sill and said, "The corpse has been moved."

Bruce suddenly looked up, keenly focusing on the hospital window, he quickly walked over, looked up at the window handle, took out a lens, and said, "It seems to be correct."

Schiller snapped his fingers and said, "I'm going downstairs."

After saying that, he left. Bruce didn't stop him from leaving the crime scene as he usually would, but fell into deep thought.

Gordon was a bit behind in their reasoning but soon, Bruce looked at the corpse and said, "Let's move the corpse aside first and reconstruct the crime process."

Hearing this, Gordon knew that Bruce had almost figured it out, so the two of them moved the corpse aside, and Bruce stood in front of the hospital room window.

This hospital room is not too big and has only one window. There is no balcony outside the window, but when Bruce pushed open the window with both hands, he looked down and indeed there was a sunshade below.

Almost simultaneously with him opening the window below was Schiller, whose voice came from downstairs, "There's inspection equipment here, so it needs a sunshade... Close the window first."

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