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Where is the sleazy prisoner next door to Hannibal? Is she out of prison?

Wait... is Hannibal wearing something on her face?

"Sorry... I'm being rude. I'm not feeling well today. Please forgive me if I haven't treated you well enough."

For some reason, Hannibal didn't rush to get up when she heard Xiao Feng talking. She just struggled to get up from the bed, gave Xiao Feng a tired and forced smile, then stood up tremblingly and responded in a slightly trembling voice.

"What's wrong with you? Did something happen? What's on your face..." Xiao Feng was shocked to see that the elegant and graceful Hannibal was so embarrassed.

Hannibal was wearing a half-face mask, which was fixed behind her head. It was similar in style to a gas mask, except that it covered from the nose to the chin, with a "dish"-shaped notch at the mouth.

"It's not a big deal. Last time my neighbor was rude to you, which made me very angry. So I hypnotized her and made her eat me bite by bite. But the warden was even angrier, so he teamed up with the prison guards to use violence against me and put this on me."

Hannibal sat on the bed, raised her hand and pointed at her mask tremblingly. As she spoke, her intellectual and wise eyes smiled apologetically.

"..." Xiao Feng clenched his fists silently, not because he felt sorry for Hannibal's miserable condition, but because he was simply angry.

In fact, he didn't like the sloppy female prisoner living next door to Hannibal, nor did he like Hannibal letting her "suffer the consequences" because of a disagreement.

But what he hated even more was that others suffered because of him, just like Hannibal in front of him. No matter what, he didn't want Hannibal to suffer corporal punishment for helping him.

Even if Hannibal was cruel, even if Hannibal was an unforgivable sinner, even if he didn't need her help at all!

Chapter 244: Bystanders Are Not Guilty

"I'm sorry, I won't let you get hurt in vain." After a long silence, Xiao Feng lowered his voice.

He is in a complicated mood now. Hannibal would actually attack other people because of him. Does this mean that she is trying to please him?

Although there is a possibility that Hannibal has long been dissatisfied with his neighbor, after all, she suffered for him. How could Xiao Feng ignore it?

It’s just...Ha Lin and Ge Cheng’s instructions are still vivid in Xiao Feng’s mind. He was conflicted and had to say these helpless words. At the same time, he was thinking about whether he should cause trouble for the warden. He remembered that the warden seemed to have a bad relationship with Ge Cheng?

Just when Xiao Feng was struggling, Hannibal stared at Xiao Feng silently and motionlessly, observing his reaction and expression. Her intellectual and wise eyes were always as calm as a pool of water.

"No need. I did this voluntarily. No need to trouble you, and I'm fine, aren't I?" Hannibal smiled slightly and rejected Xiao Feng's statement.

"But..." Xiao Feng saw that Hannibal didn't appreciate it and thought that she looked down on him, so he tried to refute.

But before Xiao Feng could finish his words, Hannibal gently waved her hand to interrupt him.

"You're looking for me for something, right? And it's urgent? Then don't waste your time." Hannibal said calmly, as if she didn't care at all about her situation.

"Then the injuries on your body..." Xiao Feng didn't know why, but he felt the aura of "the heroic and tragic songs of the heroes of Yan and Zhao" from Hannibal, and for a moment he became indecisive.

"I'm Arkham's attending physician. To heal this minor injury, you just need to hypnotize yourself and convince yourself that you are not injured, or that you are an iron man." Hannibal waved her hand, and her tone became gentle as she spoke.

Not only that, Hannibal, who had difficulty getting up just now, suddenly stood up, walked gracefully to the tempered glass, and faced Xiao Feng with a straight posture as when they met last time.

If she wasn't still wearing a mask and there were slight bruises on her neck under the collar, Xiao Feng would even suspect that her disheveled appearance just now was fake.

"Is that so...Okay then..." Seeing that Hannibal was so "face-conscious", Xiao Feng didn't want to continue being pretentious, so he just went along with what she said.

In just a few words, Xiao Feng relayed the situation on Ge Cheng's side to Hannibal.

"...This is what happened. We guessed the answer is silence, but what does silence mean? How can we solve it?"

"Your answer is not wrong. Please wait a moment. I need to conceive her plan through psychological profiling." Hannibal said as she gently closed her eyes and pretended to be dozing and meditating.

Xiao Feng was waiting quietly. He was very curious at this moment. What kind of ability was it to use hypnosis to make oneself forget the pain and psychological profiling?

Can I learn these from Harlin's psychology class? Also...has Harlin ever hypnotized me?

In just two or three minutes, while Xiao Feng was daydreaming, Hannibal slowly opened his eyes and said with a smile: "I already understand her purpose~ But are you ready to exchange the chips for the answer?"

Xiao Feng was stunned after hearing this, and then he understood what Hannibal was referring to: "Oh, what do you want to ask?"

"Didn't you talk about going abroad last time? I want to hear your story after going abroad. I just noticed that you don't seem to like what I do for you. Can you tell me why?" Hannibal put her hands behind her back, paced three steps in front of the tempered glass, and made a request.

"Well... that's a long story."

"At that time, I was admitted to a police academy. In order to develop the habit of being independent, I asked my housekeeper to stop taking care of me. I lived in the school with only one thousand US dollars, studied and trained during the day, and worked odd jobs at night."

Having said that, Xiao Feng glanced at Hannibal, while Hannibal listened quietly, as if she had no doubt at all whether the "kid" in front of her could enter the police academy.

So he continued.

"One day, I noticed that a short and silly classmate was being bullied by the seniors. That classmate actually had little presence and was kind. If there was a flaw, it was probably that he looked silly and easy to bully."

"I don't understand why he would offend the senior, and I don't want to get involved in this mess. But I also noticed that there was a group of people watching nearby. Although they didn't participate in the bullying of the classmate, everyone was laughing at the embarrassed look of the classmate, and they didn't mean to help at all."

"This made me very angry. At that moment, I felt that I was no different from them, which made me feel despicable and disgusting. So I stood up and faced the siege of seven seniors by myself, and knocked down three of them!"

"That was my first time attacking someone, and I was very nervous. But I don't know why, but I was both ruthless and accurate, like a natural born fighter, and I was very proud of it."

"But this pride didn't last long. I thought I would be fine after fighting them off, but without my knowledge, that classmate encountered even more brutal violence!"

"I was so busy at that time that I didn't know the whole story until that classmate dropped out of school! This made me extremely angry, so I started to learn from them and chased them and beat them up. Even after school, I would block them everywhere. Even if they hid in the dormitory, I would sneak in and cause trouble!"

"I have to admit that I was very immature at that time. If it were me now, I would definitely not do it so openly. So I naturally made a big fuss about it. The whole school knew what I was doing. Even reporters were alarmed and began to investigate."

"But something even more infuriating happened. That group of people actually pretended to be victims, saying that I was committing violence against them!"

"During that time, the principal talked to me many times and asked me to drop out of school. Reporters were also reporting on this matter. Even the whole society was condemning me!"

"But I don't regret it at all. If I had known this would happen, I would have killed all seven of them! They were the ones who bullied their classmates, their crime is unforgivable! They are the ones pretending to be innocent now, cowardice will never be tolerated!"

"Unfortunately, my impotent rage still failed to reverse the situation. In the end, it was my housekeeper who paid for newspapers and media to clear my name and bribed the principal, which saved my life. I remember this is what she told me at the time."

Lach: "If you want to help the weak and take responsibility for other people's incompetence, then you must make a comprehensive plan! Look at what you have done now? Since you want to help your classmate, why don't you insist on helping him! Why did you cause him more trouble! Why did you make yourself so embarrassed! "

Rah: "Yes, you are indeed doing justice! But justice has a price, and so does sin! If you can't have shoulders that can bear the price, then bend your proud spine and admit that you can't help him! Because you can't even help yourself! You even want me to clean up your ass!"

"I was furious at that moment, because that was the first time my housekeeper yelled at me. I never thought that I would be scolded because of someone else, and I was clearly doing good things, helping the victim, making up for my mistakes, and continuing to uphold justice for the victim! It's just... I was tricked."

"So from that moment on, I began to hate all those passers-by who stood by and watched coldly, because if I wasn't the only one standing up for the injustice, then the result would definitely not be justice and I would suffer alone!"

"I began to hate other people's help, just like the housekeeper came out to clean up after me. I would rather be thrown into the abyss of no return than to admit in humiliation that justice is wrong!"

"Compared to those who did nothing, I am the one who deserves respect and help. But even when I was framed and slandered for upholding justice, they still stood by and watched! This is a police academy, how can they just stand by and watch!"

"Of course, my thoughts at that time were still too young and too radical. Now, although I still hate bystanders, I will not provoke them because their position may lean towards the evil side due to my pressure."

"I still hate others' help, because if something happens to me, it will inevitably involve a lot of people. I don't want innocent people to suffer because of me, and their help is often useless."

"At the same time, I also understand that justice does not necessarily have to be achieved through just means, because dark means are often more effective. The so-called defeating magic with magic is exactly the same!"

Xiao Feng became very emotional when he talked about this, because that incident really affected him deeply, and he still feels indignant when he thinks about it now.

Hannibal smiled and nodded: "It's a wonderful story. I look forward to our next meeting~"

"What about the decryption?" Xiao Feng saw that Hannibal seemed very satisfied with his experience, so he asked the blind girl about the puzzle with confidence.

"I don't know if you have found my psychological profile of Clue Master. I have clearly marked it in it. She has extremely serious antisocial tendencies, which are closely related to her childhood experiences."

"Similarly, her puzzle is also related to your story."

Hanniba paced back and forth in front of the tempered glass with her hands behind her back. She seemed very confident and even guided Xiao Feng's thinking while strolling.

"Related to my story? Violence? Justice? Sin?" Xiao Feng was confused. He didn't understand why Hannibal suddenly gave him a riddle.

"Think about it again~What really caused the tragedy in your story?" Hannibal chuckled and did not comment on Xiao Feng's answer.

"Could it be... a bystander?" Xiao Feng opened his mobile phone and checked the time, and found that it was already 1:25, and time was running out!

"That's right. Then think about it again, what would bystanders usually do?" Hannibal didn't care about Xiao Feng's action of looking at the time and continued to play dumb.

"The bystanders...will remain silent..." Xiao Feng was a little anxious. He wanted to remind Hannibal that he didn't have enough time, but he was afraid that urging her would seem rude and cause Hannibal's disgust!

"Well, as the saying goes, either explode in silence or perish in silence. When Master Clue was a child, he watched helplessly as his childhood home was destroyed by capitalists in an instant, but he was powerless and could do nothing."

"Now that she has a family, she can only allow herself to be oppressed by the capitalists and become a knife in the hands of the capitalists to assassinate innocent people like her. She even has to endure her husband selling her body for the pleasure of powerful people. And the reason for all this is just because he has no power, because Gotham is so dark that you can't see your hand in front of you, and because he is an assassin hiding in the dark."

"That's why he was silent, that's why he exploded."

Hanniba explained it in a very clear and logical way, but Xiao Feng became more and more confused the more he listened. Yes, Silent had contacted the Clue Master, but the bombing of the municipal building was still unsolved? What kind of answer was this?

"Uh... I understand... Then Ms. Hannibal... How do we solve this puzzle?" Xiao Feng was a little embarrassed, but he had no choice but to continue solving it because there were only two minutes left until half past one!

"It's actually very simple. The reason why Gotham has become what it is now is actually because of silence! At least in the eyes of the Clue Master, it is the silence of the people of Gotham that has caused him to have nowhere to go even if he wants to seek justice! It is the silence that makes the darkness more rampant! Little does she know that she herself is also one of the silent bystanders!"

"Maybe this is one of the reasons why she chose to surrender and self-destruct. So let me ask you, what is it in the municipal building that represents the silence of the people?"

As usual, Hannibal gave Xiao Feng a wise and intellectual look, while Xiao Feng narrowed his eyes.

Is Hannibal trying to tell me something through this incident? But what exactly is she trying to express? And what is the answer?

Chapter 245 Bystanders understand

Xiao Feng's thoughts were racing. Ge Cheng had said before that the Clue Master wanted to blow up the municipal building, so the key to the problem was where the bomb was hidden.

So it's more like finding where the bomb is hidden through clues than solving a puzzle. And since the clue master has already hinted at the location of the bomb, how could the Gotham Police Department not search?

So where can they hide bombs in the municipal building without them finding them, and where the "silent people" are involved...

"Could it be... a public suggestion box?" Xiao Feng asked tentatively, because he had never been inside the municipal building, but he had seen things like public suggestion boxes that were either hung outside the door or in the lobby.

However, the public opinion box is so conspicuous, how could the Gotham police not search it? So Xiao Feng was not confident about this answer.

but...

"You guessed it right. The answer is the public suggestion box. The corrupt Gotham officials have long forgotten that there are millions of ordinary people below them. Only the profit-seeking capitalists are still staring at them and exploiting them. So how could they, sitting high up in the municipal building, notice that a dusty public suggestion box contained an explosive that could kill them?"

Hannibal nodded with satisfaction, expressing her satisfaction with Xiao Feng's answer while analyzing the reasons for the answer.

Xiao Feng didn't have time to be happy when he heard the answer was correct, but took out his phone to inform Ge Cheng. But just when he was about to tell Ge Cheng that the bomb was in the public opinion box, Hannibal suddenly said something else.

"But are you sure you want to tell them the location of the bomb?" A hint of cunning flashed in Hannibal's eyes, and then disappeared in an instant.

"Huh? Why don't you tell them?" Xiao Feng was confused by Hannibal's strange words, so much so that he didn't click send even though he had already typed the message.

"If this crisis goes smoothly, they will continue to sit in the city hall without worrying about anything, and the people will continue to suffer oppression, and more clue masters will be born to create all kinds of chaos! Do you understand?"

Hannibal was like a rational and kind devil, whispering in Xiao Feng's ear and planting countless seeds of doubt!

These words successfully made Xiao Feng hesitate. He was extremely disgusted with the political world that claimed to be orderly but was full of filth, not to mention that Gotham was in an extremely dark environment.

Just as Hannibal said, if they were really let off like this, what would happen in the future? Nothing would change. The tragedy that happened to the Clue Master would happen to countless lower-class people, and the Clue Master's self-entrapment would become a laughing stock, causing countless people who were willing to resist and fight to lose confidence!

So what the Clue Master did...was wrong?

Xiao Feng became serious. He was already suspicious and became hesitant because of Hannibal's slight provocation. His idea was simple, which was to use this help to strengthen Ge Cheng's dependence on him and make a profit from it.

But Hannibal's "reminder" made him suddenly sober up. Is he a "messenger of justice" who maintains order and helps the police, or a "murderer behind the scenes" who helps the evil and adds fuel to the flames?

At this moment, Xiao Feng was silent. Just like the bystanders he hated, he even began to think how good it would be if he could just watch from the sidelines. That way he wouldn't have to bear the responsibility, the consequences, or the pressure of making a decision.

"Then what do you think I should do?"

Five minutes later, Ge Cheng from "Wei Xin" suddenly sent a message "Are you done?", which woke up Xiao Feng who was still hesitating and struggling. So he had no choice but to ask Hannibal for his opinion.

And this is what Hannibal was waiting for.

"Do you think you only have two options? No, there is actually another option. You can help both the Clue Master and those senior officials." Hannibal said with a smile. She had anticipated Xiao Feng's reaction.

"What do you say? What should I do?" Xiao Feng was confused again, and doubted Hannibal's magical words. But he wanted to complain more, "Why didn't you say it earlier!"

"It's very simple. You tell the people on the other side that I, Hannibal, am unwilling to cooperate with the decryption. Unless they are willing to change my detention place to a better one, I will remain silent. How about it?" Hannibal leisurely paced with her hands behind her back, and quietly bared her fangs to Xiao Feng.

"......" Xiao Feng was not stupid either. He understood that Hannibal had planned this in advance and was just waiting to raise the price.

However, what Hannibal said before was absolutely correct. If she helped, she would be a sinner, and if she didn't help, it would not be in her own interests. Hannibal's proposal was the best solution, and it was a blatant conspiracy.

"Okay." Xiao Feng frowned and looked at Hannibal for a while. At this time, he had realized that he seemed to have been fooled. But he had no choice. He hoped that the rubbish in the Gotham Police Department would not let Hannibal escape.

So he sent the message to Ge Cheng as Hannibal said, but Ge Cheng fell silent and did not reply for a long time.

"They didn't reply." Xiao Feng stared at Hannibal with a gloomy expression.

"That's normal. You will soon know why I suggest this." Hannibal chuckled, still looking confident.

"......" Xiao Feng was speechless. He didn't understand what Ge Cheng, or the Gotham government, was hesitating about.

As time passed, Xiao Feng became more and more anxious, but Hannibal still walked gracefully and leisurely in the cell.

"Is the signal at Blackgate Prison bad? Why haven't they replied to the message yet?" Xiao Feng glanced at the time and found that it was already 1:50. There were only ten minutes left before the explosion!

"No, they are afraid and hesitant. Maybe they are still holding various meetings now, discussing whether to move a horrible ogre like me out of Blackgate Prison." Hannibal said calmly.

"Then they don't want the municipal building anymore?" Xiao Feng's mouth twitched. He felt that this speculation was extremely absurd.

"Anyway, there's government funding, so just build a new one. And they can also use this explosion to apply for leave, apply for work-related injuries, cheat on insurance, etc." Hannibal sneered softly, truly having a good grasp on the minds of Gotham's senior officials.

"Hehe~ Should I laugh or be angry?" Xiao Feng was so angry that he laughed. Could such an outrageous official really exist?