Three-stream detection simulator

There was a sound of vomiting coming from the other side of the phone.

Hercule: "..."

The clown stabbed the throat of the yellow-haired and black member he caught, making him burst into tears and he lay on the toilet and vomited out his breakfast and lunch.

After confirming that the feeling of vomiting was conveyed to Hercule, the clown shot his yellow-haired head off and pressed the flush button, and then said sarcastically: "How did you know about this? Do you have Superpower? Did your brain evolve again when no one can see it? Hey, God, I’m reporting someone here for cheating!”

Hercule: "..."

He said: "Thanks to your approval, I said it casually, but you admitted it."

The clown lost his voice for an instant. He seemed to have shot someone, and there were screams from the other side.

Hercule felt that his attitude was very subtle, and there was a sense of caution that only a rational person could possess in his appearance. The phrase 'your brain evolved again when no one could see it' seemed to indicate that the clown believed that Hercule's ability would fluctuate in a positive way, so when the detective made a nonsense reasoning without much evidence, he actually thought so. It was blown out without thinking.

It was as if Hercule had left a lot of psychological shadow on the enemy without knowing it.

The people in the Sanctuary will not be idle and not think about how to enrich the spirit of the people in the cyber world. Instead, they will be there to study the player's action route, right? What about the Joker, is he really a character from the game?

Hercule thought for a moment and said, "I didn't expect to meet you here."

"Ha! You just cheated, Detective, so I won't answer this question for you. Unless you tell me first, is Harley Quinn completely yours?"

Hercule soon realized that the name 'Harley Quinn' belonged to Harleen Quinzel. The Joker knew her, understood her, and had once given her a nickname.

"You won't believe it if I say yes, and you won't believe it if I say no." He said ambiguously, "I advise you to give up this chess piece and consider other people, otherwise you will inevitably be nervous and worried when you act. Betrayed yourself."

What I was thinking in my mind was: If the Joker came out of the game like him, he would be too familiar with this world... Hercule really knew nothing about everyone, and the Joker did the same when he acted. Information needs to be collected, but that is more like a kind of confirmation and verification.

The Joker decided on the candidates in advance and used everyone's information to ensure that his arrangements were consistent with his memory and as reasonable as expected.

This was evident from the stack of background checks he obtained at the charity.

Therefore, either there is a clown in this world who has gained knowledge of another world line (game); or the clown in the game, who is a member of the Council of the Twelve Apostles in the Holy of Holies, has traveled to the universe where Hercule is.

——In any case, there must be a clown or a peer of the clown in reality, otherwise the logic of his behavior cannot be explained.

If the present clown gets the memories of his future self, fine, there is still only one clown in the world, and he has been living with the toilet in his brain for many years and has become crazier.

But if the clown in the game traveled through time... then where did the clown go in real life? Do they share one body, or two?

In addition, if reality and the game are on the same timeline, other superheroes and super villains will grow old and die. Constantine is suspected to have turned into a ghost. Superman and Captain America, the most active characters in the 21st century, have never even appeared in the game. Why is the Joker an exception?

Will the clown die?

Hercule suddenly remembered the introduction of the system skill ‘Extensive Knowledge’ 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. 】

The idea in his mind about ‘how about trying to kill this reverse-traveling NPC that came out of the game to taint reality’ was a little less clear.

As expected, NPCs are not so easy to kill.

All the above thoughts were generated in an instant and analyzed immediately. It is completely impossible to see that Hercule had many bold ideas.

He still said to the clown in an amiable manner: "You have been asking questions before, and I am answering. I am willing to understand your feelings of failure in the beginning, but it seems unfair to continue like this, so I will also ask a question... The clown is not It can’t be killed, right?”

"..."

The clown's hair stood on end at this moment!

He was sure that Hercule really had murderous intentions, but instead he burst out laughing: "Help, you are so scary, you are simply a madman! Argos has seen you like this? Oh, he probably won't have anything. Feelings, forget it, forget it, you can guess whatever you want, I won’t tell you! Just keep the information advantage, hahahaha!”

At this moment, an alarm clock beside him chimed suddenly.

The clown kicked the alarm clock to pieces, and his laughter suddenly stopped. He changed the subject in a measured tone: "Your call was a little sudden, detective, and you didn't play according to the routine. The event card I wanted to give you has just been played. Who do you think is in trouble? Beep, beep, small reminder. , depending on your luck, the clue corresponding to this event card may not have appeared yet.

"Third-rate Detective VS First-rate Criminal", the second round has officially begun! ha--"

When his laughter sounded again, Hercule hung up the phone without hesitation, and the clown only had time to say "ha" half a tone.

A few seconds later, his phone screen lit up, and it was the clown calling back.

Hercule hung up.

The phone rang again.

This time Hercule picked up the phone, and the clown insisted on laughing during the voice call: "Hahahaha, you can't be unable to pay the phone bill, right hahahaha!"

Hercule hung up the phone again.

This time the clown didn't call back, and Hercule put the number on the blacklist.

He went through the clues at hand again, wondering if there was anything he missed?

At present, there are only two people whose actions are not under his control, one is Charlie Brown, and the other is Harvey Dent.

Harvey... Hercule doesn't think Harvey is a bad person. Even if a good person is completely corrupted, it takes time, and the clown can't press the accelerator key on human nature. Charlie's weakness is family. If someone threatens him with his son, he may take risks.

Gotham is really a place of outstanding people and beautiful scenery.

Hercule took a deep breath, stood up and left a note for Batman on the container, then walked out of the former Black Gang gathering place and went to the fast food restaurant on the street next to it to buy a Turkish kebab.

The best lamb leg was fat, tender, juicy and fragrant. The waiter cut off the slightly curled part that had just been roasted in front of the rotating grill, spread it on the crispy and tender French fries, sprinkled it with chopped onions, squeezed a thick layer of mayonnaise, and handed it to Hercule.

These days, the Mafia must have ordered a lot of takeout, and the food is really good.

Hibida kept scratching the detective's cuffs, wanting to eat.

Hercule lowered his head and asked it: "Can you help me assassinate the Joker, Mr. Hibida?"

Hibida nodded, and got half a portion of kebab.

The two of them sat on a bench in the park to finish their dinner today. Being well fed and well-fed makes people happy, but Hercule can't help but think about Harvey. Apart from Jason, who is a minor, he wants to get Harvey out of the whole thing as soon as possible. However, due to the special position of the other party, this has become a troublesome matter.

"Sometimes players can't do anything about cheating." He sat on the bench and talked to himself, and received a few scared looks from passers-by, "Mr. Xibida, I need you to bring one of the props I left with you."

He certainly didn't mean the pipe. When he was rational, Hercule would try to control his smoking addiction, and there was a quota of gold in the golden hourglass. Every time it was used, it was less. In order not to fall behind at the critical moment, he could only save as much as possible.

The mechanical heart has no similar restrictions. The concentrated "sea" flowing in it is inexhaustible. Players can use it however they want, as much as they want, and put it in their chest and use it as a pacemaker at all times.

The only problem is that Hercule's inspiration attribute is now 29.5.

The function of the Mechanical Heart is to increase the attribute "inspiration" by 200%. If 29.5 is tripled, he is worried that his sanity value will not be able to hold up.

Fortunately, as the key to the upside-down world, it only lasts for 5 minutes.

As a result, when Hercule took the Mechanical Heart in his hand after a long absence, the system prompt panel suddenly popped up:

[You faced the endless sea of ​​subconsciousness and gained precious knowledge from it. You identified the core of the black apple and thoroughly understood its essence. Your sanity value limit is permanently reduced by 5%, the character's default appearance, temperament, and stance have slightly changed, and the interval between standby action triggers is slightly shortened.

Get reward: skill point x1.

Get temporary reward: When you use the "Mechanical Heart" next time, the inspiration attribute bonus time is greatly extended to [24 hours].

I wish players a happy experience. 】

Hercules: ...

He tried to stuff the Mechanical Heart back into Hibida's stomach. The system panel flashed a few times as if there was a bad contact and disappeared in front of him, but the rewarded skill points were not taken back. Counting the points that had been given to him before the Hawaiian main line, he now had two points to be added, and suddenly became a rich skill point owner.

But this reward came very suddenly! It was unnecessary!

Could it be that there had been no movement before because it was blocked by Hibida's extra-dimensional stomach space!

The upper limit of the sanity value is permanently reduced by 5%. This should have been reflected. The system is an afterthought. However, the time for the inspiration attribute to be added was greatly extended. When Hercules saw it on the eve of using the Mechanical Heart, he really had the illusion that he was backstabbed.

He sat on the bench and thought hard for a while, and carefully added one of the skill points to the third skill of the inspiration branch, "Psychic Suggestion", and the other skill point to the fourth skill, "Inland Empire".

——These two skills are useless without the inspiration bonus. Gotham's chief prosecutor should at least provide him with three different meals a day for two months for his efforts.

Harvey, for the sake of friendship.

[Psychological Suggestion (lv.1): You can [slightly] improve your credibility and persuasiveness through language, actions, etc.

Inland Empire (lv.1): Inanimate objects around you may communicate with you and bring clues. ]

After completing the preliminary preparations, Hercule walked into the grove and activated the Mechanical Heart.

The system's temporary buff made this item more active than before. The liquid "Black Apple" rushed out of the pipe and climbed up frantically as soon as it touched Hercule's fingertips, like some kind of intelligent parasite.

It’s just different when facing someone who has been through the sea.

Hercule felt sick as always, but he was not panicked at all. He recalled the feeling of being drowned by the ‘sea’ in his mental world, and thought that his heart had some kind of characteristic that was similar to pulling him into the depths of the ‘sea’.

This time he didn’t suffocate like when he was in the sea, but his heartbeat was too fast, which caused severe tinnitus and temporary blindness. In addition, the inspiration on the attribute panel reached 88.5... 0.5 everywhere is shit.

[Inspiration: 88.5 (The secrets of the world that you deny are exposed in front of you. Is it really a good thing?)]

What kind of secrets can there be in the world?

Hercule pinched the mechanical heart that was beating like an Ansai waist drum, pressed his twitching forehead and muttered in his heart.

He was not sure how to put this thing away from the physical level after activating the mechanical heart. It would be too abnormal to hold it in his hand all the time. But the black solution inside kept flowing down his arms to his spine, almost making him feel like someone was holding his bones, as if they were soaked in formalin in the sea - this connection must not be easily broken.

He had no choice but to hold it and sit in the park, like an evil black magician who had just eaten a child and only had the heart left.

At this time, Hercule heard the vibration of his leather shoes and said: "What a pervert, really a pervert, who can think of a way, I don't want to be stepped on by such a person!"

"..."