Chapter 2551: Whistling Down (Part 9)

Chapter 2525: The rustling down (IX)

Cobert is not young anymore, and he is getting further and further away from the image of the skinny umbrella boy when Schiller first saw him.

Because he got a stable job in his youth and lived with the Falcone family, Cobert's growth period was not delayed, and he grew smoothly to 1.8 meters. Although his skeleton is not as big as those double-door strongmen, he looks like a normal person, not short and fat.

Because his temperament is not so gloomy, his hooked nose is no longer so annoying, but his firm and steady eyes are more noticeable.

If you have to describe his appearance, it is relatively ordinary, with normal height, normal appearance, normal clothes, and the kind that you can't find in a crowd.

However, this image also has an advantage, that is, it is more approachable when running for mayor. Now the economic situation is not good, everyone needs a mayor who can sympathize with the lower class, and Cobert has a great advantage in this regard.

However, the only thing that is worrying is his gangster origin. He himself does not shy away from this. Now there are many people in the city who want to completely break away from the past and think that Cobblepot may bring the city into the abyss of gangsters again.

But in general, Cobblepot is still relatively advantageous. If things continue to develop like this, he is likely to become the mayor.

But there are no external troubles but internal troubles. Cobblepot's mother is completely against his running for mayor. After listening to Cobblepot's narration, Schiller wrote "persecution delusion tendency, excessive fantasy tendency, and some anxiety disorder" in his notebook.

"This is also a common problem for schizophrenia patients after recovery." Schiller said: "The once broken spirit is glued together, and the stability is naturally not as good as that of ordinary people. A small fluctuation may cause a great reaction."

"So can it be cured?" Cobblepot asked.

"Psychologists cannot be lobbyists and ask someone to support your decision. I can only say that I can make her regain her sanity, but whether she supports you after that depends on your own performance."

"That's enough." Cobert said: "My mother has always supported me, otherwise I wouldn't be here today, but it may be that the people close to her who are in politics will give her some bad memories..."

Cobert shook his head and said: "She always said that my father changed from the day he entered politics. He became stubborn and didn't listen to others' opinions. Otherwise, he wouldn't..."

"Well, this is all old stuff and meaningless." Cobert said: "I'm waiting for your good news about moving to a new house. Please don't forget to invite me to the housewarming party."

Schiller stood up and said: "There won't be a grand party. Maybe it will be a small gathering among acquaintances. If you are willing to honor me, I will send an invitation."

Cobert left quickly, but before leaving, he left a sum of money. It was not his mother's consultation fee later, but the cost of the last time he and his mother got a prescription from Schiller. The money was not much, just over $1,000.

Before, when Cobblepot had no money, Gordon had always paid for his and his mother's medicine, and Schiller prescribed medicine for free. Later, when he had money, he gave Gordon a manor in the North District.

Of course, this dedicated detective usually lived in the police station, mainly because the manor was too big and he felt scared living alone. In another universe, his daughter Barbara got better after she came, and his girlfriend Barbara got better after she came back.

But later, Barbara moved out after finding a job, and Gordon moved back to the police station.

Cobblepot did not give Schiller valuables, but just paid the previous prescription fees and the subsequent ones according to the price, which made Schiller feel that it was not unreasonable for Cobblepot to get to where he is today.

Gordon paid for his medicine, but Gordon's income was not high at the time, and it was actually a great sacrifice for him to bear the medicine expenses of two people. Although Victor took care of him in life, it was not easy to pay money.

But prescribing is a piece of cake for Schiller. After all, he is a professional doctor, and schizophrenia is not a particularly difficult disease to treat. As long as he can afford the medicine, maintaining a normal life is not a problem.

Writing this kind of prescription basically does not require any brainpower, just follow the normal process.

So Copperbot paid Schiller the due remuneration, but had to give Gordon a special gift, because the difficulty of helping him was different, and Gordon actually paid more.

Schiller's social status is higher. If he gave Schiller and Gordon the same remuneration, it would be easy to appear that he gave more because Schiller's status was more important and more helpful to him, but in fact he was deliberately currying favor with him.

If you want to say that, there is nothing wrong. After all, the little people climb up, and the emphasis is on currying favor.

But Copperbot is a smart little person. He understands that sometimes currying favor with one person is equivalent to offending another person, and the help he curries to the person may not be greater than the hand that the offended person will do to him in the future, so he will not do such a stupid thing.

If he paid Schiller and Gordon the same amount, or even more to Schiller, Gordon would definitely be sad. Even if the righteous sheriff did not let him care about these things rationally, people are emotional animals. If they are disappointed many times, their hearts will naturally cool down.

So Cobblepot took a more compromise approach, that is, he did not use extra money to curry favor with Schiller, and gave Gordon enough compensation to make the water level even.

Although on the surface this is a golden mean, neither party offends and loses the opportunity to rise, but in fact, currying favor with others depends on whether others are willing to be curried.

Schiller is obviously not a person who likes to make personal connections. If Cobblepot does not curry favor with him, it is a help to him, so this is actually a win-win situation, Cobblepot wins twice.

When Cobblepot proposed that Schiller provide psychological counseling for his mother, and clearly pointed out that he came after hearing about Schiller's financial situation from Victor, Schiller was a little overwhelmed.

Although he needs to make money through psychological counseling, he can't force counseling on a person who has no problems, right? This will not only make him feel uncomfortable, but also owe Cobblepot a favor and he doesn't know how to repay it.

Fortunately, Cobert never did such blunt things. His mother's psychology was indeed problematic. Maybe it was not so urgent and could be treated or not, but he was not short of money anyway, so it would be better to let Schiller treat her.

But this was also a favor to Schiller, but he soon gave Schiller the opportunity to repay the favor, which was to hint that Schiller invited him to attend the housewarming party.

Schiller understood the meaning and said that there was no grand banquet, just a private gathering, which meant "I treat you as my own, and my connections are naturally your connections."

And Cobert left the previous prescription fee at the end to express "Don't worry, I will still pay the due remuneration, and there will be no extra favors."

This comforted Schiller very well, because although he would have to deal with many unfamiliar patients later, he would feel very anxious when he thought of the complicated communication of welcoming and seeing off, singing and I taking the stage.

After all, this was not something that ordinary people should worry about. He had not yet become an ordinary person, and the upper class would talk about it later.

Although Schiller has always called himself an ordinary person, he has no chance to be an ordinary person most of the time. Please, this is Gotham. If he really follows the previous standards to be an ordinary person, he would have died long ago.

In addition, the laughter has been haunting him. Schiller didn't know how strong he would be in reality before, so he was always worried. He couldn't just be an ordinary person and not care about the shit that would be thrown at him one day.

But now it's good. The situation in Gotham has improved. He doesn't need so many outrageous survival skills to survive. The laughter finally showed up, making Schiller understand that shit is shit. Letting it ferment and rot in the toilet is the best ending, and there is no need to pay too much attention to it.

So now he finally has the opportunity and mood to really try the life of an ordinary person.

Of course, one thing that must be mentioned is that because of the above pressure, Schiller has to connect with many people, Bruce, Victor, Batman, Superman, etc. on the DC side, and the evil fourth power, mutants, Asgard, etc. on the Marvel side.

Although it was all for the plan, it greatly strengthened Schiller's connection with other people, and one of the manifestations of autism recovery is the ability to connect with people normally.

Whether it is forced or voluntary, once the connection is established, it is difficult to cut off. Emotional contact continues to occur, and it is naturally difficult to withdraw as before.

The improvement of Schiller's condition is the main reason why he can really try to live like an ordinary person.

Back to the current situation, if he can really buy the house at such a low price, then Schiller can even consider not paying the down payment, but directly paying the full amount.

However, it is still a little short of paying the full amount, then Schiller will have to face the hell-level challenge of autism and even introverted personality-asking friends to borrow money.

This is the last step of the last step. Schiller didn't even put it in the plan. He threw this solution behind his mind in an evasive attitude and still planned to try to make money on his own.

The money left by Cobert is of little help to Schiller's plan to buy a house, because the house in the South District is too expensive, and this is just a drop in the bucket, but this money can prevent Schiller's wallet from being completely empty after buying the house.

Now it was dark, and Schiller decided to deposit the money in the bank, and then go to the so-called haunted house.

Schiller planned the famous route in his mind. He remembered that he would pass a very prosperous commercial street when driving from the manor. The bank there was open 24 hours a day, so he could deposit the money directly on the way.

So he drove towards the commercial street and soon found the largest bank in the middle, which was also the bank where most of his deposits were.

Schiller walked into the bank with his bag and found that there were not many people in front of the counter, and he didn't need to queue up. He simply found an empty counter and sat down. As soon as he handed over the bank card and money, he heard a roar from outside the door.

"Rob the bank! Squat down with your hands on your head! Put the money and bag on the table!!!"

Hahaha, ordinary people are like this

(I have seen Amomum villosum sold on the street in the United States, but luckily it didn’t kill me)