Now that you have found the clue, confirm it.
Martin Joseph was a public figure after all. He had attended a public meeting in the town hall as the warden. Vivi searched for his photo on the Internet. She talked to Dick and asked him to go with Riti to dig out the body. She printed out the photos herself at a street shop.
This is a frontal photo. In the photo, Joseph is full of vigor and vitality, and a few years younger than he is now. Compared with the people around him, he is indeed quite tall.
When Weiwei went back to find Dick and the others, they had already dug out the half-burned body.
Weiwei's sense of smell has been closed all year round, but it's clear that the smell is not very good. The body parts in front of her are also mosaiced, indicating that the condition of the body parts is much worse than that of the claw corpse.
[The corpse of a young girl]
[Mutilated, the body is about the length of an arm, with burn marks and some dirt mixed in. All that can be identified is that it is indeed a girl, who died about ten days ago]
Dick didn't look well. They used cardboard boxes to pack the body as best as possible, but according to the system prompts, there was no information on the body and no evidence to identify Joseph could be found.
"At least it proves that a girl really died here..." Dick said, "Now I can go ask if there are any other witnesses."
As they dug up the bodies, people kept popping their heads out from all over the low-rise slum to look around, but no one asked any questions and no one spoke a word.
When I opened the map, I could clearly see a lot of people, but the surroundings were extremely quiet, with only the long cries of wild cats.
"Wait," Weiwei pulled him aside and motioned for Ruiti to come over and look at the photo in her hand, "See if this is the person?"
Ruiti squinted her eyes and looked at the photo. It was a little blurry. She seemed very surprised and a little bit unbelievable: "It seems... it seems that it is indeed that high, but I'm not sure if it is this face?"
Seeing Dick seemed surprised that she had found the suspect so quickly, Weiwei explained, "I asked my friend at the City Hall to investigate the civil servants inside. This person's left eye is a prosthetic eye. His name is Martin, so it is very likely him."
"Your friend is pretty quick," Dick said, looking over at the photo and memorizing the face. "By the way, what department is he in?"
Weiwei was suspiciously silent for a moment.
"Martin Joseph," she said. "My boss, the warden of Blackgate Prison."
At least for now it's him.
Dick: “…It’s him!?”
Weiwei: "Hey, have you seen him?" Isn't the little policeman Dick from Bludhaven?
Dick coughed lightly and said, "We've dealt with each other before because of work, but I didn't think of him for the moment."
But it's not police work, it's the work he dealt with when he was Robin.
The two looked at each other, and Weiwei said, "Why not let Ruiti see him? She will definitely be able to recognize him if she sees him in person."
"..." Dick suggested, "The mother of the deceased should have seen the suspect. I'll find a clearer photo and we'll take it to the mother of the deceased for identification."
Of course, Weiwei wanted to take a more direct approach, but she had only been a police officer for three days and had never dealt with a homicide case. She just wanted to catch fugitives to hone her skills - it seemed like a good idea to see how the process went under Dick's leadership.
In the hospital, the victim's mother, Curry, identified the murderer and was very emotional. After soothing her to sleep, Reti was hungry after running around for a long time, so the three of them found a burger shop near the hospital.
"We now have a witness who has identified the murderer and a corpse. Should we get a warrant to arrest Joseph and then start investigating the case?" Weiwei speculated according to her own process. Her interrogation skills were already at level 10, and she didn't mind using them on Joseph.
The burger shop was extremely noisy, and the aroma of food filled the air. Dick stared into the eyes of Warden Bethwin in front of him.
When talking about the officer who arrested her, there was no selfishness in her eyes. At this moment, Dick believed that the other party wanted to arrest Joseph only because Joseph had committed a crime.
After confirming who the suspect was, Dick knew that he would follow the normal procedures and put him in jail... It was almost impossible, but looking at the police officer in front of him, he smiled heartily: "That's the theory, but it's a bit difficult. Let's analyze it."
He pushed the burger wrapper away from him.
"Until there is solid evidence that a suspect is a criminal, we must presume he is innocent when considering a case - this is one of the professional qualities of a police officer. Of course, we cannot let go of any doubts."
Although she didn't agree with what Dick said, Weiwei nodded, knowing that the other party was a professional and did not interrupt.
"The first is the most direct issue, evidence. There is no evidence to prove that the person who appeared that day was Joseph. The current evidence can be easily overturned. The police need to obtain the suspect's movement trajectory, which is used for evidence."
"Even if the tracks overlap, there is no direct evidence to prove that he committed the murder, because the case was reported ten days after the death of the deceased. The specific time of death could be early morning or late at night. What if a criminal broke into the room after the suspect left?"
"The last question is, suppose we find strong evidence, or the suspect feels guilty..." Dick thought of the penguin man when he said this, and frowned, "I remember that the deceased was not registered at birth, so he is not considered a citizen. If the deceased is considered a stowaway, then he can pay a certain amount of bail and leave, and he may not even be demoted."
Ruiti: "But we have always lived in Kotam, since we were little, since we were born!"
She only understood half of what Dick said, and the girl was a little anxious - she had lived in this city for generations, so how come she suddenly no longer belonged to this city?
After her parents abandoned her, would the city abandon her too?
"Just go and submit the registration." Weiwei patted her head.
Dick remained silent, tacitly not explaining the procedure for the supplementary payment and how much it would cost.
Weiwei pondered for a while. Although she had other ideas, she didn't mind using Dick's idea to solve the problem at this time.
"So what if this is the case? I went back to Blackgate Prison and questioned Joseph, and Joseph admitted it, and I recorded it -"
Dick leaned back in his chair and waited for Vivi to continue.
"Then I proposed to arrest him, and he was very angry, and I said it too impulsively," Weiwei put her hair behind her head, and saw Dick nodded in approval, and continued, "So Joseph had his men arrest me first, and I fought a bunch of people alone. Those prison guards didn't listen to me. In order to protect myself, I had to take out the gun--"
Dick: “?” He began to feel something was wrong.
Weiwei said calmly, "I defeated them all during the resistance, but the gun went off accidentally and shot poor Joseph to death. After everything is over, I will submit the evidence and the body to my superiors. What do you think?"
Dick was bitten by his own saliva. The woman's eyes were still clear, but he covered his forehead in frustration: "No, I don't think it's OK..."
As the eldest brother in the family, he gradually developed the skill of "talking skills" through daily training, so he said tactfully: "I think it's not good to let your career be ruined because of such a scumbag."
Weiwei: “?”
"After all, a man who shot his superior to death in a melee doesn't seem to be suitable for the position of prison warden. To sit in this position, calmness and meticulousness are indispensable." Dick knew that Bella Bettivan had a relationship with the current mayor Anna Alec. Maybe Anna could push her to the position, but it would be difficult to convince the public if she did something like this.
"And if something like this happens, you will definitely be detained and interrogated. If there is someone behind Joseph, the interrogation will be maliciously prolonged, and you may even be detained for half a year."
That is to say, even if the procedure is followed to the best of one's ability, Weiwei's glasses may be discarded - the character will not die, but her hidden reputation will change, and if she escapes from prison, she may become a criminal.
Then Plan B won’t work. Weiwei knew this would happen. She shrugged and said: If Plan B doesn’t work, don’t we still have Plan A?
But she has to change her identity.
As the sky darkened, more people came to the burger shop. Among the crowded customers, Vivi entrusted Dick with a task.
"Help me take Reti and the other orphans to Evans Cathedral. The mayor's people will take them in there," she said. "They will provide them with free accommodation and food, and will teach them other ways to support themselves, as long as they are willing to learn."
Originally, Vivi had targeted those under 15 years old, but apparently, some of these prostitutes were over 15 and had never received any education. In that case, she let them work and study part-time, and after they recovered, she let them participate in the church renovation work. Even older children had to work, as Vivi didn't want to support idle people.
——She can’t afford it at all.
"As for me," she said, "I am going back to Blackgate Prison."
Dick's cobalt blue pupils shrank: "You haven't given up that bad idea yet, have you?"
Weiwei suppressed her laughter and said, "No, I'm just going back to work. I can't stay off work for too long."
As for where she works, it's not Blackgate Prison - who made her work two jobs?
After the two left, Weiwei walked into the bathroom of the burger shop and was teleported to the city hall in the cubicle.
As the game progresses, each identity has different tasks, and Weiwei begins to consciously prevent being exposed - if people find out that Mayor Gotan and the rising star in the police force are the same person, then the game will be no fun!
She switched the panel to the Blackgate prison hire, but the first thing she did was to call the woman from the Owl Court who had contacted her, "Mrs. Rothesay."
Winster had recently sent her a message providing her with an incomplete list of Owl Court members, but Vivi could confirm it.
"Mrs. Rothesay," Vivi said, "is Martin Joseph also a member of our court?"
The person on the other end of the phone said in a discontented tone: "You are becoming more and more rude."
But she finally answered Weiwei's question: "He is not. How can such a person be qualified to join the court? Child, what do you think the court is?"
"Is that so?" Weiwei's tone was still excited. "Well, bye, Madam."
Since the Owl Court, a difficult force, is not behind them, it will be easy to deal with. Weiwei lightly pressed the dismissal button on the employee list.
I just don't like you. Does the mayor need any reason to fire you?
What if the investigation found that Joseph was really innocent? But what does it matter... Weiwei still remembered how Joseph refused to cooperate and gave her a warning when she went to Blackgate Prison as mayor.
——Although she seemed to have taken revenge on that occasion.
"But who said that players can't take revenge twice?"
What Bella can't handle, the mayor can easily solve - Bella, the warden of the prison, just needs to wait for promotion.
But she came back specially, of course, not just to fire one person. Weiwei crossed her arms and ordered the AI to work: "Help me give Colm Rupert, Pullman Harris, Beck Lowry..."
She listed more than thirty names in one breath.
"…send them an email and ask them to finish their work as soon as possible and report to my office within an hour."
Among these thirty people, there are ordinary clerks, court clerks, accountants from the accounting department... They are scattered in many departments such as the City Hall, and there is nothing special about them under normal circumstances.
But Weiwei wrote down their names.
After all, the trait called [Kindness] is so eye-catching on their dashboard.