Chapter 796: Deadly Joke (Twenty-Three)

"There's only one pizza left, but you're a guest from afar, so you should eat it." Schiller opened the valve in the kitchen, heated the pot, heated the pizza, poured two glasses of water, and brought it to the table.

Bruce sat at one end of the dining table, looking at the steaming pizza, but he had no appetite. He was now very concerned about the chair that had lost its legs, and felt that it was more important than any food.

However, physical condition is not affected by daily strength. Bruce was really hungry. In the past two days, he only ate a little conch and kelp, and could not resist the tempting aroma of modern industrialized food. Then, he still trembled with his hands, picked up a piece of pizza, and put it into his mouth.

Every standard apartment in Hell's Kitchen has a refrigerator. The reason for this is dense ice. The refrigeration method of the refrigerator has changed greatly, the cost has become lower, but the preservation performance is better.

Therefore, the pizza tasted very good, just like it was just baked. Schiller sat opposite and watched her eat. Bruce mechanically stuffed the pizza into his mouth. After eating half of it, he said, "Don't you want to eat?"

"No." Schiller replied.

"Then aren't you hungry?" Bruce asked again.

"If I'm hungry, I'll find something to eat myself." Schiller took a sip of water, turned his eyes aside, and put the cup in front of his mouth.

Bruce thought of something bad, so he immediately couldn't eat, but at this time, Schiller coughed twice and spit out the water in his mouth.

"God! Why is this water so unpalatable?" Schiller frowned, looked at the water in the cup, and said, "Isn't there a water purifier installed here???"

Bruce drank the glass of water in front of him, and said, "Yes, but the water purifier is a performance type, and the taste cannot be guaranteed. It is completely different from the independent water purifiers in the rich area."

Schiller frowned, showing a very disgusted expression. He put the water cup back on the table and said, "I need someone to bring me a glass of clean water. This is too unpalatable."

"This is clean water." Bruce replied, "The safety of the water purifier can be guaranteed, but the taste is a little worse."

"This is the key." Schiller said as he stood up from the dining table.

Then. He walked to the phone in the living room of the house and said while dialing: "I remember when I came in, I saw the phone number of the gang here on the advertisement on the wall. Let me think about it... Oh, hello, hello."

"... I am Rodriguez, the new resident here. Today is my first day moving into my new home. I wonder if you can come to my housewarming party and bring a glass of clean water as a gift?"

"No, this is not a harassing call. I am telling you seriously that if you really don't want to come to the party, you can just send me a glass of water."

"Do you think I'm kidding? But I really need a glass of water now. I can tell you the consequences if I can't get this glass of water."

"I have a principle, that is, if I don't have an umbrella, no one is allowed to rain, and if I can't drink water, no one is allowed to drink it."

"If you don't bring me a glass of water, I will walk 7 kilometers southeast from here to the ACE Chemical Factory on the edge of the East District."

"A chemical preparation for making pesticides is being produced there recently. After the concentrate is diluted about 1,800 times, it is still fatal to humans. . "

"At 11:10 tonight, I will arrive at the northwest gate of ACE Chemical Plant and lead away the bodyguards there. At 11:30, I will successfully enter the management office of ACE Chemical Plant and check the location of the chemical preparations I need. "

"At 11:40, I will go to the warehouse of the chemical plant, find what I need, and fill it into a bottle and bring it back to the living hell. "

"At 2 o'clock in the morning, I will find the water source valve of the living hell, and then follow the pipeline to the bottom water purification area, and put the chemical reagents in the bottle into the water source in batches. "

"I am not good at It is impossible to estimate how many people will die because of the chemical, but if a large-scale water poisoning incident occurs, you will definitely be blamed, or you can also blame it on the idiot who made the water purifier. "

Schiller glanced at Bruce and said, "Anyway, it was Batman's fault. He made the finished water here too unpalatable after the water purification."

After hanging up the phone, less than five minutes later, there was a knock on the door outside. After opening the door, a strong man in a suit and sunglasses appeared outside the door first, and behind him were four or five bodyguards, each of whom was fully armed.

Schiller walked up, shook hands with the strong man and said, "Hello, Mr. Hans, welcome to my new home, please come in."

Hans did not move. He looked Schiller from head to toe, then waved his hand and asked the people behind him to put down their guns, because he was sure that the person in front of him was the kind of person he thought.

In Gotham, there is a truth that everyone knows, that is, if you see someone in the East District who looks thin, weak, and gentle, speaks in a measured manner, and speaks in a soft voice, there are only two words to say - run away.

This is actually a very easy to understand logic. In a security situation like Gotham, if the strength is not dominant, how can such people survive?

The living hell is in a relatively central location in the East District, surrounded by the territories of gangs, and they are all those troublemakers who are not easy to mess with.

There are two ways to enter here. Either you look not easy to mess with, big and strong, covered with tattoos, and you can be a tough guy at first glance.

Or. As long as no one knows you are in, you can come in.

Gotham people are not afraid of those very strong people, because such people can be seen everywhere. In order to gain an advantage in the fight, the gangsters are very self-disciplined and make themselves look as fierce as possible.

And those who look not fierce at all, have a very calm tone, speak without swearing, and look very easy to bully, can still survive in the slums, which means that they must have used other methods, and this method is more varied and difficult to pass the review.

Of course, there are some piglets from other places who are like this when they first come, but the smart ones among them will try to integrate into Gotham, disguise themselves with a tough appearance, and exchange for some convenience, while the dumber ones will definitely not be able to walk to the living hell alive.

So here, there is such a person, what is his identity, you can imagine.

And the people of Gotham are also very clear that it is not a wise choice to fight with such a person, unless you are sure that you can completely crush him to ashes, otherwise, you may see him standing at the head of your bed and grinning at you the moment you close your eyes tonight.

He shook Schiller's hand in a serious manner and said, "The water here tastes really bad, doesn't it? Sir, did you just move here today?"

Schiller nodded and said, "Yes, in fact, this is my first time in the East District. You should be able to tell that I am not from Gotham. I have just been here for a short time... Oh, look, I am so rude to make you stand outside for so long. Come in."

Hans took a step back and said, "No, sir, I won't disturb your housewarming party. You need water."

Hans handed over a bottle of water. Schiller took two steps forward, took it without thinking, unscrewed the bottle cap and took a sip, nodded and said, "Pure water still tastes good, thank you, Mr. Hans, if you have any trouble, you can come to me, I am happy to pay a good reward for this bottle of water."

Hans waved to him and said, "Well, goodbye, sir."

"Goodbye."

Schiller closed the door, drank two more sips of water, and sighed with satisfaction, then he took the two cups away, cleaned them, poured a glass of pure water for Bruce and said, "You really should try this , that will make the glass of water you just drank feel ashamed in your stomach. "

Bruce covered his eyes with his hands and said, "You can't..."

"Can't what?" Schiller looked at Bruce and said, "You're not going to say I can't deal with gangsters, right? Please, don't you see what's going on now?"

"I was suddenly notified to live here for a while. I don't know anyone here, and I don't even have any friends. I have to find a place to settle down and get to know some people before I can find a job, right?"

"Find a job?" Bruce Ruth's tone fluctuated a little, and he pursed his lips and said, "What kind of job are you going to find?"

Schiller sat down and drank water while saying, "I hope this job can provide me with enough food and water, not too tired, and preferably can satisfy my personal hobbies."

He lowered his head and shook his head and said, "It's a bit whimsical, right? But people always have to dare to think before they dare to do it."

Bruce has already associated his job requirements with some very scary things. He carefully looked at the professor opposite. In fact, he has never been so close to Schiller.

This closeness does not refer to physical distance, but to their situation.

Many times, Schiller is in the role of a teacher. In this case, he will habitually use words to oppress Bruce to take the initiative.

Bruce is usually busy looking for opportunities to fight back and take back the initiative. Every time the two talk, they are testing each other, and rarely talk calmly.

And now. Their situations and status are exactly the same, and Bruce can observe Schiller more carefully.

Then he found that some of the professor's behaviors were indeed a bit strange. For example, every time he put down the water cup, he put it precisely at the same point without any error. The octagonal water cup always faced him with the same side.

When Schiller put it down, he would deliberately stare at the water cup to make sure it was placed in the right position.

At the same time, many of Schiller's movements were not smooth and seemed a bit stiff. Bruce found that his eyes were not in the right place. He looked in the direction of his eyes and found that Schiller seemed to be counting the tiles.

Bruce carefully recalled the scene in his memory and found that it was not the first time Schiller did this.

In fact, he has always been slightly different from ordinary people. This difference does not refer to his ability to turn into gray mist or his ability to read minds, but that when he performs certain daily instinctive actions, he will show differences from ordinary people.

This is not like obsessive-compulsive disorder, because he does not have pathological compulsive behavior, but more like an instinctive and naturally occurring habit.

At this time, Bruce recalled that he seemed to have heard from Victor that Schiller was an autistic patient, and a patient with the famous savant autism.

Savant syndrome, a special mental illness, patients will show extra genius in some aspects, but have cognitive impairment in other aspects.

If Schiller has cognitive impairment in some aspects... Bruce doesn't need to think about it, he knows which aspects they are. In short, it is every aspect related to human beings.

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