The days of being a spiritual mentor in Meiman.

Chapter 3513 Research on Cats and Dogs (Sixty-one)

Schiller stood there, sighed softly, and said, "Mr. Officer, the most urgent task now is to find out who is responsible for the disappearances and murders, and bring the real culprit to justice. This is the only way to prevent more tragedies from happening. You and I both know this."

"You may think I'm suspicious, but the fact is that I can barely be considered a professional in this town. I can provide professional help."

"More importantly, most people here don't really want to find the real culprit, they just want to muddle through this. But you and I are not like that, we both want to find out the truth. This means that you working with me will be much more useful than keeping me here."

Schiller began pacing the room and continued, "Think about it, Betty and her daughter showed up in Yotton's cellar, which means he is most likely the murderer of the disappearance. But Yotton is dead."

"The Jotuns may not want to find out the truth. They will try their best to cover it up. Then the tragedy of the Jotuns' little daughter may happen again. Because of the Jotuns' strong protest, the whole thing will be left unresolved again."

"We have limited time. Once the Yodons come back, they will definitely affect the investigation. By then, we will have to give up even if we don't want to."

"Within the limited time available, it is too late to expect the city to send personnel or wait for a professional analysis report. They will be back tonight at the earliest. If you cannot produce solid evidence before then, I am afraid you will be placed on administrative leave tonight."

"If most technical means are not used, there will be almost no physical evidence. The only breakthrough is human testimony. However, the confessions that seem to be of some use so far have all come from the two children."

"Betty is the victim, and Aisha is not a direct witness. It is extremely difficult to get clues from them and investigate the murderer. What is even more difficult is how to get as much useful information as possible from them without hurting them."

"So I said I could help. Interrogation techniques used on adults can't be used on children, but I can use some psychological methods to get more clues out of them and make sure no harm is done."

"If you like, let me stay with them for a while. It will only take half an hour. I believe you have the prestige to do so, Mr. John."

John stood there in silence. Schiller's words had touched his heart and moved him with reason. He seemed to have nothing more to say.

He knew what Schiller said was right. The Yodons had a close relationship with the police chief of Middleton. They had suppressed the incident involving his little daughter by relying on their relationship, and it was probably the same this time.

The breakthrough now was the two little girls, but none of the police officers present had any experience in questioning children, including himself. Schiller, a professional, became the only choice.

It seems to be fine, but isn't this just a coincidence?
After thinking for dozens of seconds, John made a decision. In any case, he needed to know the truth, which would at least allow him to give Catherine an explanation the next time he went to church.

"I can give you half an hour," John said, "but you'd better get useful information, otherwise even I won't be able to convince the director."

Schiller nodded. Of course he was confident. The moment he killed Yodon, he had anticipated the current situation.

Betty is the key. Although she is just an ordinary little girl, she touches John's heart. John will pay special attention to her various situations and may even break his principles for her. In this case, with the help of Betty, Schiller can reveal the tip of the iceberg of Malafac's conspiracy to John.

Then he won't have to find a way to deal with Malafak on his own. Martian Manhunter Ron will let him know what his brother's iron fist is.

Schiller was brought to Betty's room by the police. Betty was still the same: a little distracted and distracted. No matter who said something to her, she would just repeat the same few words.

Although in Schiller's opinion, this brainwashing was obvious, and even ordinary police officers felt that something was wrong with her, non-professionals could not find a suitable reason to explain all this. What Schiller needed was to give this reason from a professional perspective.

After the door closed, Schiller began to repeatedly ask Betty some questions, basically the details of her meeting with Yoden. But Betty could only repeat the same questions over and over again.

Schiller didn't want to get any earth-shattering secrets from her. What he wanted was Betty's abnormal behavior, the more abnormal the better.

After all, psychic abilities are an innate gift of Martians, just like their arms. If a human hand with five fingers suddenly appeared on a planet full of tentacle monsters, any human would find it very eye-catching.

Humans do not have psychic abilities, so they cannot explain Betty's current situation; but Martians are born to understand this and they can understand it all at a glance.

When the time was up, Schiller left the room and closed the door gently. He knew John should have seen what was happening in the room through the surveillance camera.

But he still sighed with a hint of worry and said, "Betty's mental condition is very bad. Although I'm not completely sure, I think she may have been hypnotized by someone."

John's face was terribly gloomy at this time. He said in a deep voice: "Are you sure? Who hypnotized her?"

"I'm just a psychologist, not God. I can only tell you the result based on Betty's condition, but I can't trace it back to the source." Schiller shook his head slightly, "I can only tell you that the person who brainwashed her was very brutal and the level of brainwashing was very deep. I don't have any better solution."

"If I have enough time, maybe I can go back to the East Coast to consult with my teachers and classmates, but it's obviously not possible now. If there is no way to break through the brainwashing, I'm afraid we won't be able to find any traces of the real culprit who has been covered up."

Schiller had not yet finished half of his helpless performance when John walked past him sideways, opened the door and entered the room.

Schiller followed in. After all, although he was very sure that this John was the real Martian Hunter, it was better to be cautious before the answer was announced.

When Schiller walked in, he saw John squatting in front of Betty, touching her head with his hand, and asking her a few questions. As expected, he got the same answer.

Now Betty's whole state is like an automatic reply program with set answers: as long as it involves a homicide case, her reply is just a few sentences, and it's the same no matter from which angle you ask.

Besides this automatic reply program, her other programs seemed to be out of work. She didn't show any anxiety or tension about the current situation, nor did she cry like a normal child, but just sat there and was distracted.

Just as John was about to say something, there was a knock on the door. He was called out by another policeman, and when he came back, his face looked even uglier.

Schiller could probably guess what had happened to him. In order to prevent the situation from escalating, the police should be planning to narrow the scope of the investigation and minimize the impact of the incident.

Seeing John's eyes, Schiller knew that he must have made a decision. So he left the room, closed the door, and went to another room to find Aisha.

The female police officer was playing with Aisha. When she saw Schiller coming, Aisha rushed over. Schiller touched her head and nodded to the female police officer. The female police officer smiled and left.

Schiller and Elsa sat down together. Elsa glanced at the room where Betty was and said in a low voice, "What if she recovers her memory and gives you away?"

Schiller shook his head and said nothing.

In fact, this is the last level to test whether John is the real Martian Hunter.

If the Martian Hunter Ron breaks his principles and uses the Martian's psychic abilities, he will naturally discover that Schiller had actually rescued Betty from the cellar a long time ago.

This means that Schiller did not know nothing as he said, and he had enough reasons to conflict with Yotun and a motive to kill.

This was enough for John to convince the police chief to investigate Schiller. Because Schiller was an outsider, if he really committed the crime, then the police chief could not be blamed for his poor management, and it would not affect the reputation of the Yoton family. It was a happy ending for everyone.

But the prerequisite is that Betty has to come forward and identify Schiller.

In order for Betty to come forward and identify Schiller, her memory must be restored. If it were Malafac, he would definitely do so.

Malafac was not stupid. He had seen Schiller when he invaded Gotham University. Although Schiller did not show anything special at that time, now that he saw him here again, he would definitely know that he was not a simple person.

I'm sure Schiller would be very willing to use this incident to cause trouble for him.

But Ron wouldn't do that.

To have one's mother killed in front of one's eyes and to have stayed in the same room with the corpse for several days, this memory would be devastating for any child.

Fortunately, someone hypnotized her and put her into a confused automatic response mode, which kept her safe for the time being. But once this mode was lifted and her true memories returned, her spirit and personality might collapse in an instant.

Not everyone can build a tall tower with debris. Betty is just an ordinary little girl, and this experience is enough to make her spend the rest of her life in a mental hospital.

Ron would never allow such a thing to happen. Putting his daughter aside, he is also an upright and good man, full of compassion and empathy, and he will not sit idly by and watch such a tragedy.

The real Martian Hunter, after reading the truth from Betty's memory, had only one choice: to help her erase this memory.

It can be said that if John who came out of the door next did not point a gun directly at Schiller, he would definitely be the Martian Manhunter.

For Schiller, the indifference and cruelty in the hearts of ruthless people are like a bright light in the darkness. Even from a distance, it can always be easily seen and distinguished by very simple means.

People often say that "the affectionate are always annoyed by the heartless", and it seems that the more evil and heartless people can always go further - "meanness is the passport of the mean, and nobility is the epitaph of the noble."

But in reality, psychopaths attract and devour each other, just like greedy anglerfish that use the lights on their heads to attract other prey and then swim along the light until they encounter another more powerful monster, which devours them and digests them completely.

This may be the main reason why human society has not been driven to extinction early under the leadership of these lunatics. This seems like the mercy of the Creator, but it is more like the immune system evolved by the human group itself. From the perspective of sociology and psychology, it is a mysterious miracle.