The days of being a spiritual mentor in Meiman.

Chapter 2302 Gotham Music Chapter (41)

Chapter 2302 Gotham Music Festival (Forty-one)

Amanda and Oliver realized they couldn't stand here and talk anymore, because it was clear that these two bodies were not part of any of their plans.

The two of them looked at each other, and in tacit understanding, went downstairs to check the body on the first floor first.

As soon as they walked down the stairs, they were faced with a female corpse. This person must have been thrown in from the window of the deck. The whole person appeared to be falling, but the most terrifying thing was that the woman's face was gone.

"Flamingo." Amanda lowered her voice and said, "He would peel off the victim's face and eat it after committing a crime. This can be called one of his symbols."

"Plagiarized," Oliver said, walking forward to examine the body. "The source is a paper by Professor Schiller. Later, he seemed to want to start a quarrel with Professor Pig-face, but neither of them paid any attention to him."

Amanda felt a sense of absurdity.

"You're not going to say that he got humiliated in some serial killer's club and I'm supposed to laugh at him? What the hell is the need for such a damn club to exist?!"

"At least it helps us understand serial killers." Oliver squatted down, gently turned the female body over and said, "There are no signs of rape. The death was very quick. She must have been strangled."

"Flamingo isn't on the second floor," Amanda said. "Even though he's wearing a mask, I can still recognize him even if he turns into ash."

"Maybe he will be the one to appear in the third round. Don't forget that some people still have byes, and not everyone on board gets to choose their opponent. He may be a special link."

Oliver then checked the woman's arms and then her abdominal cavity, but at this moment, a bang was heard from the deck.

As the crowd retreated in panic, Oliver saw another body being thrown down and his face darkened.

"They are killing people indiscriminately!" Amanda said with anger in her tone, "Just to cause panic."

"I told you, they are in cahoots with you." Oliver narrowed his eyes and said, "I'm afraid your boss has contacted them in addition to sending agents in. The purpose is to create panic on the ship so that everyone can be buried here..."

"But they will die too. How can they ..."

"How do you think this ship managed to evade the investigation of so many relevant departments?"

Amanda looked at Oliver with some confusion.

"There are two possibilities. Either the owner of the ship has connections with all these departments and they made it very convenient for him."

"Impossible, no one has the face to do that." Amanda shook her head and said, "The relationships between the parties that manage the ocean are complicated. Even if I were in the middle of it, I wouldn't be able to figure it out. It's almost impossible for them to give face to one person at the same time."

"Then there must be something wrong with the ship itself, or with both the ship and the sea." Oliver looked down at his feet and said, "I discovered before that when the gambling was going on, the blood in the blood pump was almost not shaking at all, and after the accident, the sea surface was rough without any wind."

"Superpowered criminal?"

"It is more likely that they are a superpower organization that can control the ship and the surrounding waters. This way, they can make the ship appear and disappear without anyone noticing, making it impossible for any human law enforcement agency to catch them."

"You mean they are cooperating with the FBI? The people sent by the FBI to the boat are responsible for capsizing the boat, while those super-powered people are responsible for rescuing important figures from the FBI?"

Oliver shook his head and said, "It's more likely that the FBI knew what this organization was, so he told his subordinates that we would send people to rescue you in the sea at a critical moment, but in fact, they wouldn't. You know them best, don't you?"

Amanda covered her forehead and sighed. She had to admit that Oliver was right. This was the most likely scenario at the moment. All kinds of law enforcement agencies in the United States were very good at deceiving people into dying. It could be said that this was their specialty.

"It's okay, the situation is still under control." Oliver nodded and said, "Judging from their clothes, the dead are all people on the second floor. Most of them have died socially. Our main goal now is to protect the tourists on the first floor. We..."

Sizzle—click!

Suddenly the entire cruise ship was in darkness, and all electrical equipment stopped working and went out at the same time.

In the darkness, Amanda looked at Oliver with the whites of her eyes glowing and said, "Is this part of your plan, too?"

"Of course not, what the fuck is going on?!"

20 minutes ago, Natasha and Stark parted ways because the device on Stark's mecha detected an abnormal energy reaction, and it was not on the ship, but in the sea around the ship.

He was more interested in this energy reaction, so after helping the boat stabilize, he followed the energy reaction into the sea.

Natasha needed to go to the first floor because Tupac told her that a woman had contacted him and said she was waiting for him on the first floor.

Natasha guessed that this woman was related to Oliver and was helpful to the current situation, otherwise Tupac would not have told her about it in such an urgent situation.

Natasha followed the staff passage to the first floor. At this time, the boat had stopped and the water had receded. As soon as she reached the lounge corridor on the first floor, Natasha smelled blood.

She immediately felt her way along the corner of the wall, and through the small window on the door, she saw a woman dragging a man's body and preparing to go upstairs through the employee passage, or rather, it was actually a young girl who looked less than 20 years old.

Natasha took a step to the left and appeared behind the girl. When the girl suddenly turned around, she raised her hands and said, "I have no ill intentions. The black rapper named Tupac asked me to find you."

The girl did not relax her vigilance at all. She raised her pistol and aimed at Natasha's head. Natasha remained motionless and said in Russian: "I am a KGB agent. Chairman Romanov greets you. Long live the Communist International!"

The girl hesitated immediately, but still did not completely let down her guard. Natasha knew that there was no SHIELD in this universe, so she spoke directly: "Natasha Romanov was born in Stalingrad in 1928. She was assigned by Stalin to be trained in the Red House, and later joined the KGB's 8th Bureau. In 1967, she was assigned by her superiors to lurk in the United States for a long time. After the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution, she turned to aboveground activities."

She said these words in Russian, but the girl on the other side obviously understood and said in the same fluent Russian: "Can I trust you?"

"It doesn't matter if you don't believe it. All I want to know is what Oliver Queen did. I believe you have a close relationship with him, and I believe that those news reports are not the truth."

The girl seemed unable to hold back any longer. She sighed, dropped the body in her hand and said, "Black Canary, you can call me Dinah. What mission did they give you? Bring Oliver back to the Soviet Union?"

"We have no such intention, because we will not treat a great revolutionary as a criminal because of a conspiracy. If you listened to the news broadcast today, you will know that we all agree in our country that this conflict is a tragedy and Oliver Queen should not be the one responsible for it."

"That's rare." Black Canary said sarcastically, "And the judgments you made in the past few years were much more hasty than this."

"I'm sorry, but we were not well then either." Natasha immediately knew what she was talking about, so she shook her head and said, "In those years, Swan Lake was played every day in Moscow, and the people faced too much bad news. We had no patience, but things are getting better now."

"It seems to be true." Black Canary actually agreed with this, she nodded and said: "Although I didn't really participate in it, Oliver also mentioned that your several calls gave him great encouragement, and he thought that some of you are very experienced and still have a heart for justice.

"I'm honored." Natasha tried her best to control her expression and nodded.

But Black Canary still seemed to see something. She walked towards Natasha, stood in front of her and said, "You said you were born in 1928, but you don't look that old."

"I have undergone human body modification."

"One of the mistakes?"

"No, I'm still honored by it now, we were still good then."

Natasha wasn't sure if she had perfect control over her expression; the last time she had such doubts was when she was still an apprentice.

"Tell me what you did in Mexico, and I hope to be able to relay it to Moscow in full."

"Are you sure? At this moment?"

Natasha nodded.

So Black Canary began to tell her the story, but actually her story was incomplete because she was rescued by Oliver only after the base in Guadalajara had been developed.

"I have a grudge against an international drug trafficking organization." Black Canary sighed and said, "The Confession Cartel. You may have heard of it. They have become very famous recently. They are known as the largest drug trafficking organization in the United States and Mexico. Their headquarters is in Guadalajara."

"I was kidnapped by them at the time, and Oliver saved me. That's how we met. When I returned to the base with him, I still believed in the American way of thinking and thought that they were just warlords who fought for money. But later I found out that it was not the case. They have been helping farmers, and the way they help... I don't know how to put it. I have never been exposed to these things."

"Just tell me what you saw. No need to judge or explain."

Black Canary nodded and began to describe to Natasha what she saw and heard in Guadalajara. She only said what she saw Oliver and the others do without adding any subjective judgment.

The girl is still young, but judging from the fact that she was involved with such a large criminal organization at the age of less than 20, she is not an ordinary person. Therefore, her description is very accurate and full of details. It is objective and rigorous, but also vivid and not wordy. One thing can be told in just three or two sentences.

Natasha listened so intently that she didn't react until Black Canary mentioned the conflict that broke out.

Black Canary's tone dropped and he said, "I've been involved in all the operations against the Confession Cartel. I know what kind of man Oliver Queen is. He would never do something like that."

"I think there's something wrong with Carlos. He didn't look like a native Mexican from the beginning, but he did save a lot of people and led several successful operations. He was very popular at the time."

"On the contrary, it was Oliver's suggestion to consolidate the base at that time that made people think he was wasting a great opportunity, and later when he took the initiative to attack the Confession Cartel, he was accused of risking his brothers' lives."

"In short, everything collapsed almost in an instant. The hero fell at a speed as fast as the sky falling and the earth splitting. I was so desperate that I was most worried that Oliver would not be able to bear it all."

Black Canary looked up at Natasha, and was shocked by the coldness and murderous intent in her eyes.

"He is too weak." Natasha said, "Tell him to go back and throw Carlos and everyone else into the sea. Go back immediately."

Black Canary was stunned. She said, "Is this... is this a suggestion from Moscow?"

"This was given by Stalin. I knew he would say that."

(End of this chapter)