Chapter 3005: The Green Trees Are Thick and the Summer Is Long (Thirteen)

Chapter 2979 The green trees are dense and the summer is long (13)

Night falls outside the window, and the atmosphere in the office is not harmonious.

If shutting up and drinking could avoid more awkward conversations, then Schiller had to say that the wine Naia sent did taste good.

He doesn't want to know at all now how he borrowed Naia's debt in the first place. He has heard similar stories from Lucifer countless times.

Although the name in the story is Schiller, Schiller knew very well that it was not him, but even though it was not him, it was Anatole, which is surprising enough. He really had no interest in the doctor's glorious "love history" , and don’t want to know how he made all these powerful beings around him look like a resentful woman.

Sometimes it is good for the outer gods to be indescribable, at least Nyarlathotep talks less.

If he is like Lucifer and talks about the past to the tombstone when nothing happens, then tonight will definitely be a sleepless night. And as Schiller said, he has faced enough problems recently, there is really no need. Add one more.

The good news is that Brand doesn't seem to want to dwell on this issue. Compared to Lucifer who always wants to get his feathers back, Naia seems to have given up hope of getting his debt back.

From the day Schiller met him, there was a faint sense of despair in him. Schiller wanted to know what the Soviet doctor had done to him.

"We have to talk about Edward again." Brand said, holding the lower part of the red wine glass with both hands: "I have been doing pathology research for a long time, and I am not that proficient in those psychological theories. If you think that hypnosis and other methods can help, I don't have a problem with his recovery, but if he's going to be questioned while he's awake, he has to pass the assessment."

“Whose assessment?”

"Yours, Schiller, have you seen a psychiatrist lately?"

"You mean my psychiatrist?"

"I know you don't have that, you don't even have a license, and you don't have to follow the rules, but if you want to talk to Edward like a real psychiatrist, you get a license first, and then find yourself a psychiatrist, Without the evaluation results, I won’t open the door to you.”

Schiller pursed his lips. He felt that it would be difficult for him to convince Brand, because what Brand said was true. Schiller had not practiced law for a long time. It was one thing to use his psychological knowledge to enlighten acquaintances. He went to a mental hospital to contact him. A complex mental patient is another matter.

The United States has very strict regulations on this aspect, and Brand has made an exception for him. According to the normal process, Schiller must submit a visitor application two months in advance, explaining the purpose and process of his visit, and can only see the patient after the review is correct. .

The psychology major cannot provide help. On the contrary, it is likely to make the review more stringent, because professionals may use their professional knowledge to destroy the psychological defenses established by psychologists for patients, and may also conduct induction and hypnosis. to get the information you want.

Schiller's reputation will not play a role in this situation. Instead, it may make the hospital more vigilant. Even if they refuse to refuse due to face, they may only get 5 to 10 minutes of talking time, and they have to wait for another person to speak. Under the watchful eye of a psychiatrist.

Schiller had already spoken to Edward informally twice, and he knew that if he pushed the envelope, he would not be able to stay in Arkham Asylum any longer.

Schiller didn't want to provoke Edward any more. When today's conversation began, Edward was unstable. Schiller was actually hesitant to end the conversation. It was expected that Brand would rush in.

But he really wanted to know about the serial killer principal. Unfortunately, this case was different from the others. It was older and Gotham at that time was very chaotic, which caused too many obstacles to the investigation.

"Do you think Edward is the only one who has a clue?" Brand asked.

"His clues are the most direct."

"Then look for something less direct. Do you think it's enough to just investigate the official appointment documents?"

"Of course not, but it's too hot," Schiller said with a sigh.

Of course he knew that in order to investigate the truth of the matter, the information recorded by the official was very important, but the clues that could make the final decision were often hidden in some unknown corners and under the surging tide.

The only problem is that you will inevitably have to go out to do this kind of investigation, and some processes are difficult to complete in an air-conditioned room. However, if you have to visit the scene in a weather of more than 40 degrees, Schiller feels that it is not necessary to catch this serial killer.

"I know what problems you are facing." Brand put his forearms on his knees and said: "A lot of problems are placed in front of you, making your mental state become worse and worse, so you You choose one to solve and want to vent your emotions, but the high temperature is placed in front of you, making it impossible for you to do it. But the more idle you are, the worse your mental state will be... …”

Schiller took a deep breath, calmed down his emotions and said, "I'll go out tonight."

"Okay, I'll get you the car keys."

Brand put down his glass and stood up. Schiller didn't even have time to look at his back. His mind was filled with the information he had investigated during the day. He felt that the problem still lay with that high school.

When he went out again in the evening, Schiller felt like he was in another world. He remembered that when he first came here, he went out with an umbrella on a rainy night and met Batman who had just debuted.

Although it didn't rain tonight, Schiller still took an umbrella, because now this umbrella has become a weapon. Now that he has no gray fog, the umbrella is the best self-defense tool in his hand.

But after all, Gotham is no longer the same as before. Although there are still occasional robberies, most communities are still safe. Since the music festival, the nightlife has also been enriched. Schiller drove out at 10 o'clock in the evening, and the streets and alleys were still lit.

However, the farther he drove, the fewer people there were. When he arrived at this remote boarding high school, it was already pitch black.

Schiller first drove around the high school and found nothing special, so he came to the side door of the high school. The side door was locked with an iron chain, but it was a very heavy iron lock.

Without the gray fog, Schiller could only pick the lock himself. Fortunately, this was not difficult. He could easily open it by inserting a hairpin into the lock core, and the iron chain was simply wrapped around a few times and opened it easily.

Don't ask how Schiller could do all this. All we can say is that he did a lot when he was 25.

After entering the door, the chain was restored to its original state and the lock was buckled again. Even if he only went in for a few dozen minutes and had to open it again when he came back, such details could not be sloppy.

Schiller walked around the teaching building. Except for the lights in some offices, the rest were dark. The school gate was locked again. This time it was more troublesome because the lock was not easy to pry.

However, this school is also old. There is a bathroom window on the first floor with a broken lock. It opened with a push. Schiller flipped in directly and came to the principal's office where he went during the day.

There was really nothing wrong with the principal's office. There was no arrangement that could show psychopathic characteristics. For Schiller, the traces left by psychopathic characteristics were like flames in the dark night, which was obvious.

Or psychopaths never choose to hide certain traits of their own, or they only hide them from ordinary people who can't understand them, and they want to show off their talents in front of their peers. This is an important reason why the serial killer club can be organized. They are eager to be appreciated. Even if they try to suppress it, they always have to have an outlet to vent.

After checking the principal's office, I went to the teacher's office again. Edward is a mental patient after all, and the wording may be wrong. If it's not the principal, it may be the teacher.

But there is nothing wrong with the teacher's office. It looks like a very ordinary boarding high school.

But Schiller was not reconciled. He felt that his intuition was right, so he went to the school history museum again, and here, Schiller finally found a clue.

The school history museum and art museum of this school are combined. This is normal in many schools in the United States. Not only colleges and high schools, but also junior high schools and elementary schools have their own school history record museums.

The school history is presented in the form of an exhibition. Schiller looked at one area after another, and finally found a map of some years in the last area.

This is the design drawing when the campus was first planned, but in this drawing, the campus should be much larger than it is now. Schiller took a closer look and found that this school has more than just a high school.

In the early stages of planning, this school also had elementary and junior high schools, just on the hillside behind the high school that Schiller had just seen outside the school. I just don’t know why, now this boarding school only has a high school left.

But combined with other information presented in the school history museum, Schiller felt that the original plan was reasonable, because this boarding school itself is a church school.

Many people may think that high school boarding is normal, but elementary school is a bit too early, but the culture of Europe and the United States is different. Most of the boarding schools here are church schools. Hogwarts in Harry Potter actually refers to church boarding schools in Europe and the United States. Boarding from elementary school to high school is the norm here.

Although with the development of the times, many church schools have also been changed into modern boarding schools. It is not strange to have a separate boarding high school, but high schools can be reformed, and of course elementary and junior high schools can also be reformed. It is a bit strange to disappear out of thin air.

Was it that the design was not completed at the beginning, and only the high school was built among the three schools, or that there were elementary and junior high schools, but they were closed for some reason? We have to go to the place planned in the design.

After leaving the high school teaching building, Schiller came to the hillside behind. There was a forest here. The environment looked good. Schiller climbed all the way to the top of the hillside and looked far away. It turned out to be an endless forest.

Just as Schiller was thinking about the location of this boarding high school, a voice suddenly came from behind Schiller.

"Professor, why are you here?"

Schiller looked back and saw no one, only the shadows of trees swaying in the night.