Victor stood in front of the window of the Cobotte Manor, he tugged at it forcefully and then looked up to see a lock still hung on the dilapidated old house's window. Shiller took out a handgun and handed it to Victor. Victor looked at him and said, "You actually brought a gun?"
Shiller looked at him and said, "Why are you surprised that I have a gun? This is Gotham after all."
Victor was also surprised and said, "But why did you give the gun to me? Can't you shoot?"
"My shooting skills aren't accurate, you're better suited for this."
Victor took the gun and muttered, "Despite the fact that we are both foreigners here, why do you act like a local?"
He raised the gun, aimed at the old lock, fired a shot, sparks flying from the lock which was promptly blown off. Victor pushed open the window and climbed in, followed by Shiller.
Once inside, Victor pointed to the ground and said, "This is your time to shine, detective master."
Shiller shook his head and said, "Isn't it already obvious? Madam Kolbott was kidnapped."
As soon as he said this, his gaze fell on a corner of the living room, where a very old shoe cabinet was placed next to the door. On top of it were a pair of rubber boots and several other regular leather shoes. But next to this shoe cabinet was an umbrella.
Shiller walked over to the umbrella, picked it up, had a look at the handle, then gradually narrowed his eyes. Victor also came over, he had a look at the umbrella then asked with some confusion, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with this umbrella?"
Shiller pursed his lips, not answering but he turned the umbrella upside down to inspect the tip. The end of the umbrella had a small round symbol, it didn't stand out much and looked something like a person's signature. Shiller held the umbrella's tip and then knocked the handle on the floor.
Victor looked around and asked,"What are you doing?"
"Nothing… nothing." Shiller picked up the umbrella, then returned to the center of the living room. He first walked to the sofa, then said, "It seems that Madam Kolbott was dragged away from here."
Then, he went to the left side of the coffee table. The Copot's coffee table was made of glass, which looked very exquisite, reflecting their once substantial assets.
A set of tea sets was placed on the glass table. Shiller picked it up and sniffed. Victor also came over. He put his hands on his hips, leaned over and looked at the tea set, and said, "I don't have any detective experience, but I can guess that someone must have drugged the tea in it, right?"
"If everything goes as expected, it should be." Shiller found some newspapers nearby, bundled up the teacup, gave it to Victor and asked him to take it back for testing. He himself squatted down and looked under the sofa.
The wooden leg on the left side of the sofa left about a 20 cm scratch on the ground. Obviously, the sofa had been dragged.
He squatted down again and looked at the living room floor; items scattered all over the place. It looked like a cabinet has been knocked over and its content spilled out.
The table next to it was also knocked to the side, a chair fell over, one of its legs was broken. It looked like someone had been fighting here.
Shiller sighed. He said, "I think we don't need to look any further. Let's go back. Regardless of who kidnapped Madam Kolbott, we'll have to let the police find out."
On the other hand, Batman, who had gone to investigate the foreign mob bosses in Living Hell, also made some progress. A mob member in a suit collapsed on the ground, staring in fright at the Batman, and tremblingly said, "Don't kill me. I'll tell you everything I know!"
"About... about a few weeks ago, ah no! One to two weeks ago! One of the seven bosses here died. We all called him Black Hand Kevin, he was also the boss in the North District, the one with the largest territory…"
"Does this Black Hand Kevin have anything to do with Fish?"
The man hesitated and said, "Yes, in fact, Kevin was a negotiator, his gang lost a lot of people in a fire before coming to Living Hell. He didn't want to suffer any more manpower loss, so he was willing to sit down and talk with the boss of the Mooney Gang…"
"But before they could start the negotiation, he was killed."
"How did he die?" Batman continued to ask.
"This...I'm not sure, I just heard that he died outside the Living Hell, for the specifics, you might have to ask the police..."
Then Batman asked, "What happened after Kevin died?"
"What happened?" The small boss was taken aback by his question, instinctively replied, "What can happen? He died, someone else took his place…"
Batman frowned, he asked, "Who took his place?"
The little boss thought hard and said, "I can't remember his name, but anyway, that guy seems very smart. He was originally a small boss in charge of the tap water system. I heard someone say that he said he could make everyone money, so he took Kevin's position…"
Batman's eyebrows furrowed deeper. Afterwards, he asked a few more questions, but the little boss was not from Johnny's Black Hand Gang, and didn't understand the specifics. After realizing he couldn't yield more information, Batman knocked him out.
Speaking of the tap water system, Batman remembered Fish's crazy actions.