Three-stream detection simulator

Cats never lie.

If Hibbeda returned the pipe to Hercule when he said, "Heaven knows what earth knows, you know what I know," then he would really give it back.

Hercule still had an unreal feeling as he held the handle of his pipe, worried that the smoke alarm on the ceiling would suddenly go off - even though he had not lit an open flame at all. Then someone from S.H.I.E.L.D. or Batman would call and say, ‘Smoking is illegal! It’s also illegal to hold a pipe! ’ and other weird words.

Luckily they weren't actually that boring, or maybe they overlooked the great friendship that Hibida had with the detective.

The commission letter was stuffed into the mailbox on the first floor of Aria's apartment, stacked with a pile of advertising flyers. Had Hercule not checked his mailbox on a whim after recently returning to New York, he might not have been able to discover it.

I don’t know whether the system detected the email and triggered the side task reward, or whether there was a side task first and then the email was received?

The envelope in his hand had no date or sender on it, only the Gotham area code that came with the envelope. There was a slight layer of even dust on the paper. Comparing it horizontally with other flyers, Hercule judged that it had been in the iron box for at least half a month. In other words, he went to Hawaii on a mission to find a cat, and then went to Hawaii on the back. A letter was sent to his New York address.

In terms of time, Hercules prefers systematic side tasks and rewards that are randomly adjusted based on real-life conditions. Another piece of evidence is that when he was looking through the game mission records before the time travel, he found that the rewards of the "Sea Monkey and Fishing Boat" mission chain had been slightly adjusted. In addition to the attribute points that had been squandered long ago, there was a hidden place behind Two items were added:

[The reputation of Atlantis +4000, the favorability of Atlantis superheroes has been greatly improved

Atlantis region reputation lv.4 (500/2000): You are included in the history textbooks of parts of Atlantis]

Hercule:?

To be honest, if he hadn't had a photographic memory, he might not have noticed that there was an extra line of words in a dense pile of descriptions that he had read several times.

These two bonuses were apparently added based on his experiences while in Hawaii after traveling through time. It can be seen that the game system is not unable to recognize "New York Serial Arson Case" and "Sea Monkey and Fishing Boat". It does not trigger branch lines when corresponding events occur. Ultimately, this is because the plot experienced in the game is merged with real-life cases, and the panel copy is even intelligently adjusted.

What does this mean?

——The behind-the-scenes imitation without knowing the purpose has deceived the system.

The murderer was arrested before the New York arson case was even halfway through. The subsequent development was completely different from the game records, resulting in no change in the mission rewards.

The "Stranded Sea Monkey and the Fallen Fishing Boat" in reality goes almost the same way as in the game. The Sea Monkey is stranded in the mental world, and the fishing boat collides with the Black Sun and breaks into a rain of fire, although strictly speaking Hercule Survived, but perhaps because the overlap reached a certain level, the system of "Third-rate Detective Simulator" confused the two events inside and outside the game.

This gave Hercule an ominous suspicion.

He felt like... someone was trying to bring the two universes together. Their methods are hidden and the process is silent and will not attract anyone's attention. If Hercule had not experienced these events in the game, perhaps people would not have discovered anything unusual until the dust settled.

Isn't this the player's mission after traveling through time?

Destined to save the world? Putting aside the mundane issues, there is no way for a detective to do this kind of work, and the main mission he is currently receiving has nothing to do with saving the world.

Hercule thought to himself as he carefully tore open the envelope.

The letter paper inside was very small, only the size of a postcard, and the writer folded it in half in the middle. He separated the paper and saw only a line of blood-red capital letters written on the front of the white paper:

"HELP!"

In addition, there is no signature, no mark, and no clues such as fingerprints can be observed with the naked eye. You can only go to a professional to check it. As for what kind of pen the writer used to write this line... Hercule held the letter paper up to the sun and carefully observed the color, then brought it up to his nose and smelled it, and felt that there was an 80% chance that it was not ordinary red ink.

And if you want to know whose blood it is, comparing DNA without scope is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

At this moment, the system prompt sounded without warning.

Hercule opened it and was surprised to see that it was the main mission that had been silent for a long time.

[Chapter 1, Section 3: Anonymous Commission from Gotham]

...leaving aside the fact that the system is so perfunctory as to use the side mission reward as the title of the main mission, why is it still the first chapter, as if it has never been advanced? The main mission chapter of the game is so long, so how much is the entire plot text?

The detective who has never done the main story at all is troubled by the fact that the system seems to be stuck on the first chapter of the mission. He continued reading:

[Task description: Except for the word 'help' on the letter paper, you have no clue about the sudden commission letter. But anyway, maybe it's time to go back to Gotham and figure out where this letter came from.

Mission reward: processed amber gold sample x1, a small jar of coat special repair solution x1]

When he saw the repair fluid, Hercule couldn't help but look down at his fixed equipment. Well, it does need to be properly mended after leaving the mental world, and the system is quite considerate in this regard.

As for amber gold... Hercule remembered that Pioneer Technology said that it could be used as a replacement for the shell of the Heart of Machinery when in a solid state. It is now known that the contents of the Mechanical Heart are ‘black apples’, also known as ‘sea’, but the exact composition of its outer shell remains to be analyzed.

‘Black Apple’ is a collection of evil thoughts in human subconsciousness. What kind of dangerous, flammable, explosive or toxic substances can contain it?

There are really fewer and fewer useful introductions given by the system. But here is a little introduction to amber gold:

[Amber Gold: Do you want to create your own undead army? Let them take a few sips of amber! What? Is this a waste, you ask? Well, I can only say that it is like wine mixed with water. No matter how refined it is, it is not very precious. 】

Hercule read this line of description several times and felt that the system actually revealed several pieces of information.

First of all, amber gold can make people immortal.

Secondly, it is like 'wine mixed with water', a deteriorated mixture containing some rare ingredients.

Finally, why does the system emphasize the undead army... Hercule's first impression of amber gold was actually an industrial material. It can only be said that someone has done this kind of thing, and it was very successful.

That night, Hercule tried for the first time to call the phone number left by Batman. He thought this was an official communication. After dialing, he would hear a mechanical prompt, for example, 'This is the Batman helpline. If you need help, please press 1. If you witness a dangerous situation, please press 2. To convey the super villain's letter of challenge, please press 3. Human customer service is required. Please press 4 to answer, or press the pound key if you are the supervillain himself...'

And there may be a hundred civilian agents sitting on the other end of the line who are expressionless and serious like Batman. When someone tries to contact them, the call will go through layer after layer of meticulous screening and then be transferred to a mysterious place. - like the Wayne Manor basement or something like that - picked up with gloves by the dark and mysterious Shadows of Gotham.

Sorry, the system said before that 'Gotham has a lot of superhero reserves', which left a very wrong impression on Hercule.

It turns out that there is no such thing as artificial intelligence customer service. The phone was quickly connected, and a male voice with standard pronunciation, calm tone, and about middle age or above came from the other side: "Hello, this is the Batcave."

Hercule knew he had made the right call. He said: "Hello, I am Hercule Hugo."

"Oh, I know!" The person on the other side's accent was so standard that it could be featured on TV. "Are you here to see Batman? He is having a meal, please wait a moment."

Not quite right. Hercule tapped his fingers rhythmically on the table. The Batcave equipment picked up the sound very well, but the person on the other side chose to mute it. It wasn’t until Batman actively turned on the audio that he could vaguely hear the conversation:

"I've really finished eating, and Hercule is still waiting for me."

"But you've only had one meal in twelve hours."

"This is normal."

"Indeed, it's just not in line with normal human physiological activities."

Hercule couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard this.

He deliberately pointed out that the two men's speech had some too obvious interpretations, such as Batman's altered voice and Alfred Pennyworth's overly official English speaking - but that Batman expected to hear this conversation The 'people' might not be able to hear it, so he still chose to remain silent, just treating it as a small favor to a friend.

The sounds of conversation gradually became clearer as the footsteps got closer.

Batman's voice was low: "The detective must have something to talk to me about."

The butler at Wayne Manor said, "He doesn't sound in a hurry, sir, and he's your friend, and friends don't lack patience with friends."

"Sorry to interrupt, this gentleman is right." Hercule couldn't help but join in the sudden scene, "I have nothing important to do, I can wait until you finish your meal."

Batman looked at the detective's portrait on the Batcomputer and said word by word: "We need to talk - now."

"..."

Okay, okay. Although the dialogue is staged, your emotion of avoiding eating is somewhat real.

Hercule said, "But maybe you don't mind if I talk while I eat?"

He deliberately opened the packaging bag of tonight's takeout meal box into the speaker of his mobile phone and made a 'hissing' sound.

"..."

In the Batcave, Alfred raised his eyebrows at Batman, which meant: What about you? Not missing a meal, right?

Batman remained unmoved and faced the computer and said, "What's the matter?"

Hercule laid out his knife and fork in a very ritualistic manner. But he was mainly joking about Batman just now, and he didn't really intend to discuss business while eating. That would not be polite after all.

He just tidied the table slightly, then clasped his hands and said to the mobile phone screen on the table: "That's it, Mr. Batman, I may go to Gotham in two days. And you are Gotham City ...Hmm, the host of the underground world? I think I should come and say hello in advance.”

In the Batcave, the Dark Knight, who had not yet put on his helmet, had shallow marks on his eyebrows.

"Why?" he asked doubtfully, "Gotham has a problem?"

"Not yet. Do you mind if I visit my old place again?"

That is what will happen in the future.

Batman looked at the calendar and asked, "When do you plan to leave?"

Hercule said jokingly: "What, you are going to pick someone up at the train station? I would be honored."

"I plan to fly to New York to pick you up." The detective did not need to carry a salute and avoided the trouble of security check. However, I heard that the last time he went from Hawaii to New York, the element-devouring beast followed him back by lying on the wings of the plane. When humans think about it, Just thinking about it makes me think that there will be a plane crash or a space diplomacy accident.

"...I'm very grateful." Hercule, who was thinking about putting the cat on the railway track and letting it find a way to follow it, said, "It was about after I accepted the interview with the Daily Planet. In fact, I don't have much interest in being in the newspaper. If you're interested, maybe just meet the reporter and leave. Well...how about three or four days later?" He picked up the phone and walked to the bathroom, "I still have some things to sort out."

The bathroom door closes.

The voice stopped for a few seconds.

Then Hercule looked at himself in the mirror and broke the silence: "I guess you installed lead plates in the bathroom - so do you need to call you Batman now? Do you really think Superman can listen to the conversation? "

Bruce Wayne pretended to be confused and said frivolously: "What?"

"Oh, so you are Bruce now." Hercule heard the change in his tone, "It seems you are very confident in the security of the Batcave."

"I started preparing on the first day I heard about the Kryptonians." Batman said calmly, "As for you, you mentioned the Kryptonians, you have just become famous, and the reporter sent by the Daily Planet is Lu Yisi Lane. With Superman’s attention to his hometown and the female reporter, I think he will pay some attention to it. So it’s not a waste of time to test it now.”

Hercule didn't mind an overly detailed and possibly useless layout. With a human body fighting against gods, any omission could lead to death: "But next time, please at least say hello in advance, Mr. Batman, I'm working very hard." Cooperate."

"I know you can tell."

"Of course, your communication with the butler is far from what I thought. I can't help but suspect that you want to leave Superman with a non-human image that relies on blood for a living." Hercule was in a comfortable mood, and subconsciously touched his coat pocket with his left hand. , put the pipe into his mouth, "But since my call was dialed in a hurry, I have to praise the amazing understanding between you and Mr. Pennyworth."

"..."

Batman didn't speak for a long time.

Hercule waited for a long time with his pipe but no response, so he took the initiative to ask: "What happened?"

Did Superman rush to the Batcave? Aliens invaded the earth? Or did the Riddler tell Batman twenty riddles that he had to answer?

Batman finally spoke.

He said slowly: "I knew that the director of SHIELD believed too much in the intelligence of the element-devouring beast. When did Xibida return the pipe to you?"

Hercule: "..."

He just put the pipe in his mouth under the control of the standby action, and said three words in less than two seconds!

Is it a bit too much to be able to hear this?