Schiller heard from Cobot the whole process of his climb to the North District's small boss.
I have to admit that Cobot is a genius, especially in terms of tactics. He has careful plans, clear thinking, strong execution, and good acting skills. He can always play the right image at the right time and then deceive everyone.
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At Fish's time, he acted as if he was at odds with the invading gang bosses, just like an aborigine who firmly defended his territory.
But after he switched jobs to Kevin, he began to complain about Fish's inhumanity, claiming that the land grabbing behavior of these gang bosses was extremely just and saved the citizens of Hell from dire straits.
Fish was of course very angry when he learned of his betrayal, but Cobot provided these gang bosses with an excuse for righteous plunder. These gang bosses must protect him, and they must regard him as a model, and the higher they praise him.
The better, to show that under their rule, even a cigarette vendor who can't lift his shoulders or lift his hands can gain status and rights, to prove that Fish's rule of living hell has no way out.
Cobblet made himself a typical role model for these gang bosses, which not only gave him a chance to stand out, but also made the relationship between Fish and these gang bosses more and more tense, almost at war with each other.
"Then what? What did you do? Make Kevin start to be afraid of you?" Schiller asked Cobot. Before Cobot could answer, Schiller added: "Your last version of the story said that Kai
Wen is worried that you will take away his position, but there is a flaw here..."
"This group of single-minded gang bosses rarely fear a civilian. Most of them feel that they are threatened only if they have a gun in their hand. And you? You are not strong enough or armed, Kevin."
This kind of traditional gangster who only looks at the size of his fist will not be afraid of you for no reason."
Copperpot opened his mouth. He did not answer Schiller's question directly, but asked him: "Compared to this, why do you know them so well?"
"Oh, I forgot to tell you..." Schiller turned around, picked up a notebook from the table behind him, turned it over and said, "Let me see..."
"Among the gang bosses currently living in hell, only one has no admission record. The other five were once patients here, including that Kevin. I saw him in the corridor..."
"Isn't this a mental hospital?" Cobot said with eyes wide open.
"Then do you think they are not mentally ill?"
Cobot took a breath and found that he was speechless. What Schiller said was very reasonable. In Gotham, you are not mentally ill and you still want to be a gang boss?
"Okay, let me continue..."
"From the beginning, my purpose was to accumulate capital, because even if I got rid of the control of my godfather, I couldn't go back to wandering on the streets, right? I couldn't build a gang from scratch, so I could only steal a ready-made one.
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"I started to win over people in Kevin's gang. Using my computing power, I always charged more water bills than other places, but no one could notice. I used some small profits to bribe the lower-level people.
Get convenience, make more money, and then buy many middle-level and high-level people at higher prices..."
"I didn't want to take action so early, but there was a fool who didn't do things strictly and let it slip when I reported it to Kevin, letting him know that I had withheld a lot of extra water bills."
"Like you said, these gang bosses don't care about people without guns, but they care about money."
"Kevin was very angry when he found out that I had embezzled the water bill. He threatened to kill me. It was only the help of several senior officials who were bribed by me that prevented him from exploding immediately."
"But I know I have to take action in advance. Kevin won't tolerate me for long."
"It seems that you are not experienced enough." Schiller concluded: "In Gotham, don't count on other people, they can't do anything, they will only cause trouble."
"I understand this now." Cobot said with a cold snort.
"But even so, there is no need for you to return to Fish's service. Can't you kill Kevin yourself? What you should have is a chance."
"But that doesn't solve the problem."
Cobot's tone became a little helpless, and he said: "It's a quagmire there. Once I kill Kevin and take over, such a big change in the leader will make the gang very unstable."
"There are still a few evil wolves watching around. Once something happens within the gang, they will swarm in and carve up the gang's territory."
"I can outwit one Kevin, but it's impossible to kill everyone. If I want to gain power while stabilizing the gang and deterring them, I have to use external forces."
"So you went back to Fish?"
"Yes, Fish could communicate at that time. She was not that crazy. I confessed to her and then offered to help her get married."
"At this time, Fish was still very irritable, but her mind was still clear. She was moved by the possible benefits, so we began to cooperate."
In this scene, the first light comes from the mirror. In the mirror, Cobot puts on a brand new suit and tie, becoming more like the gang leaders in Gotham.
His figure wanders among the Munich Gang and other gangs. One second he was giving Fish endless suggestions and plans, and the next second he was making false promises to Kevin.
In the sky above the living hell, the still immature face of the Penguin appeared. He stretched out his hand and hung several puppets on thin strings on his fingers. The moving fingers of his soul made the puppets dance in this weird and weird building.
Come on, it's like a spooky party.
"Afterwards, I made an excuse to lure Kevin out of the Living Hell, and Fish killed him in an alley not far from the Living Hell." Cobot's voice sounded again.
"As we agreed, Fish made a scene and dragged down several other gang bosses, and I took advantage of this gap to take over Kevin's territory."
"What happens after that?" Schiller pushed up his glasses and said to Cobot: "Kevin died, you took over the territory, everything went smoothly..."
Cobot shook his head and said: "That's not the case at all."
"I can't withstand the recoil of any powerful firearm. I can only use a pistol. I don't have any expertise in fighting. I can't rely on force to survive."
"But Gotham's gangs rely on force to survive, especially these low-level gangs. Too many people are dissatisfied with my status. I have to endure Fish. I need to use her to get rid of those thorns."
"But she became more and more crazy, she went crazy, do you understand?" Cobot looked at Schiller and said: "This woman completely lost her mind and turned into a monster who only tortures and beats others!"
"Then you're going to endure her abuse like this?"
"Of course not..." Cobot's facial muscles were trembling, which made his expression look very ferocious. He said: "It's better if she is crazy. She has no brains and can only be controlled by me."
"She kept beating me, but it didn't matter. When he went crazy, he would fall into the fear that everyone would harm her. Only I could communicate with her."
"I can let her kill anyone, I just need to tell her quietly that that person betrayed her." Cobot let out a series of chuckles.
In the center of the stage, Fish was sitting on a crate. Her eyes were bloodshot, her lips were chapped, and she looked like a stiff puppet.
Cobot's face was covered with injuries, but he showed no fear at all. Instead, he sneered and approached Fish's ear, saying one name after another. Fish's arms began to tremble continuously. This crazy woman had been
The delusions of being murdered in her mind drove her crazy, and she vowed to kill everyone who betrayed her.
The sound of gunshots came to mind one after another, and one black shadow after another fell at Cobot's feet, blood flowing to the soles of his feet. He stretched out his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, and raised his head, his eyes full of crazy pride.
"But then why did you change your strategy?"
"I didn't lie." Cobblet looked into Schiller's eyes and said, "Maroney came to me, even though I didn't know who he was at the time."
"He told me that he had attacked several Godfather properties before and had become a mortal enemy of the Falcone family. He was unwilling to watch the Falcone family transform Gotham, so he wanted to sabotage the reform.
The first step.”
"He knew that I was controlling the water supply system in the North District, so he found me and hoped that I would poison the water source of the living hell."
Cobot's tone began to become colder and colder: "At that time, Fish had already started to go crazy, and she was almost useless."
"We made a plan together to kill Fish and frame him for Falcone Jr."
"This is illogical." Schiller asked Cobot: "Your goal is to be free from the control of the godfather, not to offend the godfather. But don't tell me that you think you can defeat the godfather and gain freedom in this way."
"Of course not, how could I be so stupid."
"Maroni?" Cobot snorted from his nose, and continued: "Does he think I will cooperate with him sincerely? Of course not, I can see that he is a shameless hyena."
"We had a plan, but beyond that, I had my own plan."
"I think next, we will talk about you and your mother, right?"
"That's right."
The curtain opens again, and along with Cobot's narration, the perspective returns to the Cobot family's old house.
The thin Cobot was panting heavily, sitting slumped in the middle of the living room, facing the mess.
Mrs. Cobot was holding a chair and smashing it to the ground crazily, mumbling indistinctly.
Cobot took the rope and wanted to tie up his mother who suddenly fell ill, but Mrs. Cobot pushed him to the ground. Cobot hit the table and he let out a scream. Then, Cobot
The lady picked up the chair and gave his right arm a squeeze.
Cobot rolled around on the ground and knocked over the cabinet again, scattering the items on the ground.
But he still struggled to get up, half-knelt down and thought for a while, then staggered into the room, took out the sleeping pills, walked around Mrs. Cobot who was smashing things on the spot, and walked to the coffee table in the living room.
Throw the medicine into the water, then hide in the corner and wait.
It probably took a whole night before Mrs. Cobot finally eased out of that state of excitement. The excitement subsided, causing exhaustion and thirst to come back. She followed her instinct to find water and drank the large pot of water with sleeping pills added.
Drink it all in one gulp.
Several dozen minutes passed, until the medicine took effect and Mrs. Cobot collapsed on the sofa and fell asleep. Only then did Cobot walk up to her and drag her away from the sofa.
Schiller covered his forehead and interrupted Copot's story. He said: "Obviously, your mother, like you, is catatonic schizophrenia...Forget it, I can't expect you to have any knowledge in this area.
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"I can only say that you probably did nothing. Even if you don't use sleeping pills, the patient will fall asleep due to exhaustion after the excitement is over."
Cobot suddenly seemed a little nervous. He tried to lift his upper body, leaned on the pillow, looked at Schiller's level, and then asked him: "Can this disease really be cured?"
"I said yes." Schiller paused, and then added: "However, that is for you, because you are relatively young. If it were your mother..."
He shook his head and continued: "It is unlikely to be completely cured. It can only guarantee a normal life most of the time. Once the disease occurs, you still have to be hospitalized."
Cobot seemed to be relieved. Before Schiller could continue to ask, he said: "As you expected, it was indeed not a kidnapping scene. In other words, I kidnapped my mother myself."
"This is part of my plan. I plan to send my mother away myself and then blame Maroni."
"I saved a lot of money and rented a new apartment. I don't need to take anything with me from the old house, but my mother just refuses to leave..."
"We had an argument, and she became more and more agitated, and then she started going crazy. I couldn't help it..."
Cobot gritted his teeth and said, "I don't know what happened to her at all. Although she was occasionally delirious in the past, it was never as serious as this time."
"She was completely crazy and out of control. She even picked up a fruit knife and stabbed herself. I was afraid that she would hurt herself, so I could only make her fall asleep and then forcefully take her into the new apartment."
"Why not send it to the hospital?"
"I don't have time anymore." Cobot said with a gloomy face: "My mother and I argued all day long, and she went crazy all night. These hours were originally used by me to arrange the scene."
"The time agreed upon by Maroni and I has come, and I have to carry out the plan. I don't have time to clean up my house, and I don't have time to deal with my arms, so I can only rush there..."
"Okay, so why on earth did you make up a lie about Maroney kidnapping your mother?"
"This is exactly my plan. I will not really cooperate with that hyena. Don't forget what my ultimate goal is. I want to be free."
"So what exactly is your plan?"
Suddenly, Cobot's topic changed and he said: "Just a few days ago, I discovered that there was a weirdo operating in the living hell. Of course, I have heard of his name before. His name is Batman...