Chapter 924 Schiller's Garden (Part 2)

Batman's equipment has one biggest advantage, that is, the quality is very good, and so is his cape. If it is ordinary cloth, when it is penetrated by the awning and there is an adult male hanging below, it should be directly torn into strips, and Batman can come down.

But unfortunately, Batman's cape is of too good quality, and the bracket of the awning can't penetrate this kind of cloth at all, but it hangs on this piece of cloth and Batman under the cloth at a strange angle.

Batman certainly has a way to come down, but the tactics that appear in his mind, the posture of getting rid of and landing is somewhat undignified, and in front of him is Schiller who looks like he is watching the fun.

Batman sighed, hanging in place, and the next second, he exerted his muscles to sink down, and with the help of the inertia of the rebound, he flipped over the bracket and then jumped to the ground.

The next second, his feet sank into the plowed land, half of his boots stepped into the mud, and the other half was tripped by the roots of the plants that were turned out.

Batman almost suspected that Aisha had told Schiller about him again, so that the professor stayed up late at night to set up these traps and wait for him here.

After finally walking out of the messy garden, Batman was about to enter the door when he saw Schiller coming over with a water gun. He had a bad feeling, and the next second, Schiller pointed the water gun at him.

With a "whoosh", a bat dart passed by and hit the metal nozzle of the water gun, preventing him from being attacked by the water flow.

Schiller did not hold the water gun tightly, but let go of it. The water from the water gun that fell to the ground washed away the mud on Batman's boots.

Schiller turned around and walked into the manor. Batman followed him. The next second, he stepped on a pebble that was blown over. After he entered the reception room, he took a deep breath and looked at the messy garden outside the French window. He heard Schiller say:

"See, this is the consequence of not going through the front door."

Batman was about to speak when he saw Schiller's housekeeper Merkel coming over and said, "The gardeners are too short-staffed. Many people have made appointments with familiar gardeners to take care of their gardens when it just rained tonight."

Merkel shook his head and said, "Bigfoot Daddy told me that the gardeners may not be able to cope with our situation. The best way is to rebuild the garden and transplant plants from the local gardening store."

"What's wrong with your garden?" Batman looked at Schiller and asked.

"Do you have to hang on the awning bracket for a while to find out what's wrong with it?" Schiller picked up the umbrella again, opened the door and walked under the eaves, looking at the whole garden.

Merkel stood in the French window, but Batman followed him out. Schiller looked at the mess in the garden and sighed.

The faint light from the garden lamp became weaker through the rain and fog. The light shone on the plants that were blown by the typhoon, and the shadows projected on the ground looked like some terrible monsters.

The surface of the pond was no longer calm. When the strong wind blew, the water splashed out from the edge of the pond and hit the stacked stones like huge waves hitting the shore.

The only huge oak tree that seemed relatively stable, the strong wind and rain made its leaf-falling period seem not so decent. Many leaves were blown down before they fell naturally, and fell to every corner of the garden, adding another burden to other plants.

No matter from which angle, the problem of Schiller's garden is indeed not something that can be solved by a few gardeners trimming shrubs. The whole garden needs to be renovated, and before the renovation, it needs to be redesigned.

After reading for a while, Schiller put away his umbrella and went back to the room. He turned to Batman and asked, "Gotham University should have a fine arts department, right? Do you know any students majoring in environmental art design?"

"If you want to redesign the garden, I suggest you find Alfred. He knows several great British garden designers." Batman said, "They designed the garden of Wayne Manor."

"I know the garden of Wayne Manor is not broken. You don't have to emphasize this to me." Schiller sat on the sofa and picked up the book again. While reading, he said, "We already have a garden designer from the UK, but his method doesn't work very well."

Schiller glanced at Merkel and said, "Anyone who is away from home can do this." Transplanted plants have a very low survival rate in Gotham. The designs given by those garden designers would like to use 200 different European plants in one flowerbed. "

Schiller shook his head and said, "If you plan to use this method to enter my house all the time, then you'd better not recommend foreign designers to me. Otherwise, it is very likely that when you land, I will hang you up with a gardening shovel in the gap between guarding my flowerbed all night."

"I came to you because of this matter." Batman came to sit on the sofa opposite and said, "After the last heavy rain, many gardening landscapes in Gotham were destroyed. During the renovation project, I wanted to increase the greening rate of Gotham, and then I found that there were many difficulties. "

"Gotham's greening rate is not high, and it is even less except for the private gardens in the manor area. I hope to expand the public green area, but Mayor Luo Yi said that Gotham people don't care about greening at all."

"You don't have to make Gotham normal." Schiller put down the book, took a sip of water, and then said: "I agree with Harvey. The standards of any other city are not applicable to Gotham. Gotham City and Gotham citizens are adapted to each other."

"You can increase the greening rate because green plants can improve the air, or gardening can soothe the mood of citizens, but there is no need to pursue any standards."

Schiller put down the water glass and said: "If you plan to catch up with Metropolis, Gotham people may not only not be grateful, but also not be grateful. You, will still think you are a psychopath. Metropolis has the largest green area in the entire East Coast. If you really transform it according to this standard, it will only be counterproductive. "

Batman paused and said, "You all saw it?"

"You almost have the word Metropolis written on your face, how can you not see it?" Schiller leaned on the sofa and shook his head and said, "You want Gotham to catch up with Metropolis in all aspects, and then talk about surpassing it, but it is not good to be exactly the same as Metropolis."

"However, the greening rate must be improved. Gotham's greening rate is ranked last in the entire East China Sea and in the entire United States. This situation must be improved." Batman emphasized.

"I guess you think that increasing the greening rate can improve Gotham's rain problem, right?" Schiller looked at Batman and said, "You don't have to beat around the bush. You've always been bothered by what I said about 'Gotham being unsalvageable.'"

"You think Constantine and I are too arbitrary, and you never believe in the 'destined' statements we say. You believe in science more and think that Gotham's rain curse may be a problem with the water cycle." J.

Batman shook his head and said, "No. After I saw the Court of Owls, I already knew that there really is a mysterious power in this world."

"But what puzzles me is that the Court of Owls has been erased from history, so all the things about them transforming Gotham's rain and cursing Gotham's citizens should not have happened, so why is there still a problem with Gotham's rain?"

Schiller sighed and said, "You still don't understand the essence of mysticism. After the Court of Owls was erased, their influence did not disappear. You think this may be a paradox, but in fact, this is the means to maintain causality without paradox."

"The Court of Owls does not exist, but many things that happened and the memories left by its existence will not be completely reversed. Then, the simplest way to solve this problem is not to change all the details and memories, but to let all the results have other causes."

"Isn't that equivalent to nothing changing?" Batman asked.

"Nothing has really changed." Schiller nodded and said, "You don't think Lucifer is the savior, do you? That's wrong."

"Let's not talk about it. He is already a fallen angel. He is no longer the most shining and noble morning star in heaven. Even when he was an angel, he never thought of saving anyone."

"He wiped out the existence of the Court of Owls just because he felt that the mosquito flying around his ears was annoying, so he slapped the mosquito to death, but this does not mean that he will heal all the wounds caused by the mosquito. He does not have such kindness and patience."

"In other words, I still have to find out the cause of Gotham's rain curse?" Batman asked.

Schiller shook his head and said, "In fact, there is no need to know the reasons for some things, and they can be solved. Your previous idea is very good. As long as everyone lives in the building physics and all activities are carried out indoors with ceilings, the damage caused by rain will be minimized."

"But this can only solve part of the problem." Batman propped his elbows on his knees, put his hands under his nose, and said, "Water circulation is a problem that must be solved. Domestic water, irrigation water, industrial water... Water is the top priority of a city."

"In fact, you can solve these things. For domestic water, you can build a large water purifier for front-end purification. The same is true for irrigation water, or use seawater desalination technology, such as If you are worried about the plants getting wet in the rain, then just grow them indoors. Industrial water can be recycled and filtered, so it won't be too wasteful."

Schiller exposed Batman's true thoughts and said, "It's just that you feel uneasy because you can't find the real reason for this curse."

Batman was about to speak, and Schiller continued, "But I can understand your mentality. You have spent so much energy and such a high price to transform this city, but there is a black hand hiding in the corner, watching all this. "

"Once he really destroys all this, the consequences may be more serious than if he hadn't started the transformation, because once people see hope, they can no longer return to their original dark life. "

Schiller turned his head to look at the rainy night outside the window and said, "If those children were to go back to the leaky cellar and scoop water out with buckets and basins all night, sleeping on the wet ground and straw mats, they would absolutely not accept it."

"After getting the life they have now, if they fall into the abyss again and can never climb out, then even if the rain does not bring madness, you will see the real madness of this city."

Batman also turned his head to look out the window. He saw that as the night deepened, the wind and rain became heavier, but because of the solid walls and airtight windows, the house was still very warm and did not feel the slightest bit of cold.

The heavier the rain outside the window, the warmer the room seemed. Jason, wrapped in a blanket, leaned against the cabinet, listening to the sound of rain in a daze.

At this time, the fat tire came in and stuffed a thermos into Jason's arms. He said, "Here, my mother just boiled hot milk. She asked me to thank you for helping us move during the day."

"If it weren't for you, we might have to be like the group of people in the back street. If we can't move today, we can only stay in the old house for another night."

The tire sat next to Jason and said, "You don't know how broken the old house over there is. Every night on a typhoon, I worry that the house will collapse."

"But now it's okay." The tire smiled and said, "I moved to the house in the second phase of the project. It's not far from here. It takes less than ten minutes to get there."

"That's why I can come to you in the middle of the night. Otherwise, who dares to walk on the road at night on a rainy night with a typhoon?"