Chapter 3002: Green Trees, Thick Shade, Long Summer (10)

Chapter 2976: The shade of green trees makes the summer long (Ten)

In the slightly dim corridor, Schiller looked at Brand, who looked normal, as if he was still waiting for his second half of the sentence.

Then Schiller retracted his gaze and asked nothing, because it was meaningless. Anyone could be, and anyone could not be. They might not know who they were, and they might not even be one second ago, but they would be the next second. Therefore, it was meaningless to find out who was who.

What's more, Schiller had more important things to deal with than the threats that had not yet been confirmed to be real.

Edward Nygma's situation caught his attention. It could be seen that he was about to recover, but the stimulation he had received from something was still hidden deep in his heart. No one knew what kind of butterfly this larva that was about to break out of its cocoon would become.

Schiller did not want the Riddler to become a criminal. If he said who he sympathized with the most among the many criminals in Gotham, it might be this real mental patient. It was because he had been a psychiatrist that he understood how painful it was for people with real mental illnesses.

Unlike antisocial elements, the various abnormalities they show are not because they want to be so different, but because they can't control themselves at all. The most desperate thing in the world is to be trapped in the cage of illusion and gradually lose the ability to distinguish the world and themselves.

Schiller just led to Edward's inner secret, but this is only the first step. The means to solve this secret may determine what path Edward will take.

The trouble is that Edward is a mental patient. He does not have complete behavioral ability. Even if he is given the opportunity to take revenge, he may not be able to do it. He needs the care and guidance of others.

After returning to the office, Schiller called Cobert. He is now with his mother almost all day, only occasionally handling some work remotely, but Schiller still said: "I know you are very busy recently, and I won't delay you too much time."

"You're welcome, professor. In fact, I also want to talk to you, but I'm afraid you are too busy..." Cobert smiled.

Schiller could only see the timid boy from Cobblepot's smile now. When he smiled, he still had some of Cobblepot's shyness. Perhaps he was like this only in front of elders like Schiller and Gordon.

"Do you want to ask about your mother's condition? Brand showed me Mrs. Cobblepot's medical records. I don't see too many problems with her mental health, and I'm not an expert in her physical health..."

"No, professor, both you and Gordon have helped us enough. Although it is difficult to accept birth, aging, illness and death, I have experienced much more difficulties than this, and this can't defeat me."

Cobblepot paused and said, "What I want to discuss with you is the environmental problems in Gotham. You should have some ideas, right?"

"Yes, we are short of money now."

"Victor told me that he can develop large-scale cooling technology, but it will cost at least tens of millions of dollars from technology research and development to commissioning. To be honest, this price is less than I thought, but our city government still can't afford it."

It was close to the millennium, and tens of millions of dollars sounded like a lot in this era, but in fact, the investment in Gotham's building renovation project was more than a thousand times that, so in comparison, it was not a lot.

The previous mayor Roy advocated keeping wealth for the people. The Gotham Music Festival had a lot of income, but it benefited the ordinary citizens of Gotham. Facts have proved that Roy has a long-term vision, has money in his hands, and is not panicked. This allows the city to barely maintain order even in the Great Depression. Compared with the gradually unbalanced metropolis, it actually went against the tide.

But the disadvantage of doing so is that the city government has no money. Schiller calculated in his mind and estimated that the most funds the city government can take out now are only more than 2 million, which is just a drop in the bucket.

Due to the bad world economy, tens of millions of dollars are a huge sum of money for any single force. The Wayne Group may be able to withdraw so much liquidity, but this will definitely cause damage to the group itself. The Wayne Group is the livelihood of tens of millions of workers. If Roy is asked to take it, he may not be willing.

To put it bluntly, the Gotham building renovation project had to be done, otherwise the entire East District with millions of people would be in trouble. But if the current cooling plan is implemented, it would have some benefits, but if it is not implemented, it will only be like that after a summer, how many people will be killed by the heat?

This is more like a welfare plan, which can be done or not. It is difficult to make those bigwigs make up their minds at this time.

Cobert rested his hands on his knees, stroking the fabric at his knees with his fingertips and said, "I was just thinking that although the consequences of the extremely high temperature now are just some people suffering from heat stroke, if it continues like this, it will definitely lead to more problems."

"You mean..."

"Many factories in Gotham have problems with fire prevention and fire regulations. It is easy to catch fire when the temperature is too high. There is also a large mountain range on the northwest side of Gotham. Once a mountain fire is caused..."

Schiller rubbed his forehead. Although Gotham has gotten rid of the curse that everything will develop in the worst direction, Cobert's worries cannot be said to be unreasonable. The loss of one or two of these factories catching fire is serious enough. If the mountain forest catches fire, it will completely destroy the few green areas in Gotham.

Schiller closed his eyes and leaned back in his chair and sighed. He had to admit that he was indeed too leisurely in recent years, only caring about his own small piece of land, and too many problems were not dealt with.

"Let's do this." Schiller said, "I'll take care of the money problem. You go find Tim, contact Roy, and put factory fire safety and forest fire prevention on the agenda."

"No, no, no, professor, I'm not saying you have an obligation to solve all this, I just..."

Schiller shook his head slightly and said, "Since we have made the city take the first step to change, we must be responsible for the problems that arise in the subsequent change process. You still need to take care of your mother, so don't think too much."

"Professor..." Cobblepot looked at Schiller and said, "Gordon said the same thing. Sometimes I always feel that I haven't grown up yet."

Schiller laughed, but didn't say much. Cobblepot seemed to remember something and said, "What did you ask me to do?"

"Do you know Edward Nygma?"

"Yes, he lives in the ward next to my mother." Cobblepot sighed and said, "He seems to have been stimulated by something, every day He always reads riddle books. Sometimes my mother and I read to him. He is very smart and has a photographic memory. "

"I talked to him yesterday when I went to the activity building. From him, Dr. Brand and I learned that he might have witnessed a murder committed by a principal and was almost killed, so he had a psychological shadow. I want to investigate this matter."

Cobolt's eyebrows were tightly twisted together, and his face was as dark as water. He said: "A principal, that is, someone is wantonly killing Gotham students?"

"I think so. Edward's situation is special. Dr. Brand and I both think that he cannot face the police's questioning. I am afraid that the police will not be able to ask anything, so this matter can only be investigated by ourselves."

"I understand, professor, I will contact you tonight at the latest."

Cobolt got up and left without any hesitation. Schiller looked at his back and found that he had really grown up.

Schiller himself was not idle either. He carefully read Edward's medical records and found that he mentioned some of his past when he was awake.

Edward Nygma is a native of Gotham, but he is lucky. He was born in a well-off family. His parents both have shops and run them well, so he has been attending elite schools since he was a child.

He is slightly younger than Cobblepot. When Schiller first came to Gotham, he was still a child, but he lived much better than Cobblepot. At that time, his parents were still alive, and he had been studying in junior high school under the protection of his parents.

He showed extraordinary talent since he was a child. Edward often mentioned that he had won many awards in elementary school. He was always loved by teachers and was a leader among students. This was also the case after he entered junior high school.

But unfortunately, when he was about to graduate from junior high school, his parents died. His uncle did not let him go to the high school he had originally planned, but sent him to a more remote boarding school.

Schiller suspected that the problem was with this boarding school. He called Gordon and got the school's information. The current principal is a woman in her 60s. At least in Schiller's opinion, there is nothing wrong with this principal.

But it would be a bit troublesome to investigate further, because Gotham was still in chaos at that time and had experienced many upheavals. A lot of information was lost, or it might have been deliberately erased by someone with a guilty conscience.

Schiller was not in a hurry when the clues were cut off here. He took the opportunity to call Pamela.

"How much money did greed give you?" Schiller asked bluntly.

"5 million." Pamela did not hide it from him, and continued: "After paying off my mortgage, there is still more than 4.8 million left."

"Cobert said that the forest in the northwest corner of Gotham might catch fire."

"What?!" Pamela's tone immediately rose, and she said: "If a wildfire broke out under my nose, wouldn't I be very embarrassed?!"

"You have a lot of embarrassing things." Schiller sneered and said: "You have been the spokesperson for green for several years. What have you done? Has the greening situation in Gotham improved at all?!"

Pamela was silent for a while and said: "Sorry, professor, it's really my fault. I'll find a way now!"

After hanging up the phone, Pamela jumped up from the bed and said while putting on her clothes: "It's over, it's over, it's over, it's over..."

After hanging up the phone, Schiller called Tim again and said: "Pamela may make some moves recently. If she comes to you, cooperate with her."

"Got it, professor." Tim was obviously Still in the Wayne Group's office, he said: "I got a set of Mercury energy equipment from that universe. When do you think it would be best to launch it?"

"Now is not the time." Schiller said: "Gotham already has an Ark reactor, and there is no shortage of energy for the time being. If you want to sell energy at a low price, you have to see if you are ready for a world war."

Tim's tone was obviously a little stiff, "I didn't want to do that."

"Have you ever thought about it? Only you know. I can't read minds, and there is no need to prove anything to you. There are too many problems surrounding me now. You'd better not be the extra one."

Listening to the busy tone after the other end of the phone was hung up, Tim hurriedly called back to Wayne Manor and said: "Dick, let Jason and the others keep a close eye on it. Don't make any trouble recently. The professor is almost losing patience."

Dick put down the phone and accurately relayed Tim's meaning to Jason. Helen was also listening next to him. She was a little confused and asked her own questions to the two brothers.

Jason shook his head and said, "This professor is probably different from the doctors you know. He has a kind of inertia. He will try to remain stable until he can no longer bear it."

"What happens after he can no longer bear it?" Helen asked.

"He will become very dangerous." Jason said, "He will not turn his grief and anger into motivation to solve the problem, but will only make himself the biggest problem."