The grim satisfaction of success. Satisfaction, yes, but not entirely rewarding.
Batman inclined his head slightly, acknowledging the request. "As much as I'd like to," he began, "when criminals who have successfully, consistently evaded conviction suddenly start dying off, I can't believe there's a good reason for it. So I began investigating, and the commonalities I found linking the cases were odd. None of the murders were being actively investigated by the police and not a single shred of evidence had been recorded. Your police chief couldn't hide the fact that the murders happened in most cases, but he completely shut down investigations enough times to make me suspicious. When I found out he and his brother, as well as all four of his brother's children, had both been murdered, by something as archaic as a sword, no less, it seemed clear to me that something deeper was going on.
"But even the most determined criminal can't get away clean every time. Takatori suppressed evidence, but there were enough cops who were open to my... persuasions, and let me analyze their undocumented evidence. Several of the criminals murdered were also by sword, and often, the victims of the sword would be along people who'd been hanged, strangled, cut with a series of knives, or shot through with arrows."
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Batman inclined his head slightly, acknowledging the request. "As much as I'd like to," he began, "when criminals who have successfully, consistently evaded conviction suddenly start dying off, I can't believe there's a good reason for it. So I began investigating, and the commonalities I found linking the cases were odd. None of the murders were being actively investigated by the police and not a single shred of evidence had been recorded. Your police chief couldn't hide the fact that the murders happened in most cases, but he completely shut down investigations enough times to make me suspicious. When I found out he and his brother, as well as all four of his brother's children, had both been murdered, by something as archaic as a sword, no less, it seemed clear to me that something deeper was going on.
"But even the most determined criminal can't get away clean every time. Takatori suppressed evidence, but there were enough cops who were open to my... persuasions, and let me analyze their undocumented evidence. Several of the criminals murdered were also by sword, and often, the victims of the sword would be along people who'd been hanged, strangled, cut with a series of knives, or shot through with arrows."