After Batman and Zatanna's souls returned to their bodies, the two of them ignored Constantine who left in a hurry. Batman helped Zatanna, whose soul power was exhausted, to the lounge and let her enter the life-sustaining chamber.
During the break, I received a call from Schiller.
Schiller told him on the phone that the key to this incident of citizens going crazy and plants mutating may lie in the rain that has been falling since the disaster occurred, and Batman happened to speculate on this.
From the beginning of the disaster, there are actually only two kinds of disasters that have been surrounding Gotham, one is fog and the other is rain.
It is known that the fog was arranged by Zatanna in order to seal off the spiritual world and prevent the black magician from obtaining the extremely evil curse, so the only thing that cannot be explained is the rain.
It often rains in Gotham, but it does not rain 24 hours a day throughout the year. However, this time from the beginning of the disaster, the dark clouds hanging over Gotham never dispersed, and the rain continued for several minutes.
There was no time to stop, it lasted for several days.
Schiller's method of dispersing rain clouds or blocking rain can indeed prevent disasters as quickly as possible. Batman does have a corresponding plan, but his plan is basically based on Gotham's basic buildings.
above transformation.
Originally, in his plan, as long as Gotham could be built into a complete hive, then everyone could live within the city buildings without having to go out to rain. Ventilation and water use were all solved by equipment manufactured by Batman.
, not only convenient, but also avoid danger.
However, to achieve this effect, at least all the basic renovation projects in Gotham need to be completed, and now there is still a long way to go before this effect. To put it simply, this is a slow-acting medicine, and Gotham this time
The experience is acute.
But when it comes to ways to reverse the weather in a short period of time, one person has to be mentioned, and that is Lex, who is also studying at Gotham University.
Before, he had competed with Bruce on a topic, and the topic he was studying at the time was how to change the weather in Gotham. Although he was not completely successful in the end, Batman knew that he should have achieved some results.
Therefore, Batman plans to leave the Batcave and go to Lex to see if his previous research results can be used. As long as he can solve the problem of citizens going crazy first, he will be free to track down the real
The mastermind behind the scenes.
But as soon as he left the Batcave, he was stunned by the scene in front of him. Standing on the hillside with a good view, he could clearly see that the entire city was engulfed in green. It was not a vine, but a flower.
A broccoli flower with different heights.
It doesn’t look like Broccoli has invaded Gotham City, but rather like Gotham City has invaded Broccoli’s territory. From a bird’s eye view, Broccoli looks like an aborigine of this land, and
Those high-rise buildings are like sharp spikes growing out suddenly between the dark green crowns.
Seeing this scene, Batman's first reaction was that Schiller might be in trouble.
So, he hurriedly drove the Bat Helicopter to the Rodriguez Manor, and as expected, he saw Schiller slumped on the sofa.
At this time, Schiller was leaning on the armrest on one side of the sofa, his hand holding the water glass trembling. Next to him was Merkel, who was full of guilt. When Batman turned his head, he could see that the entire right side was blocked.
Huge broccoli in the living room.
Batman determined that Schiller's hands were trembling unconsciously, and judging from the frequency of his chest rising and falling, it seemed that he was having trouble breathing, cold sweat was constantly breaking out on his forehead, and he was somewhat unconscious.
Batman had no idea that Schiller's allergic symptoms to broccoli were actually so serious.
According to the information he already knew, there was no need to confirm that Schiller hated broccoli, but there were degrees of dislike.
Before, he had heard what Victor had been talking about, about Schiller rushing into the kitchen and shooting broccoli during a dinner party, but this sounded more like a dispute between friends.
Exaggerated jokes, Victor occasionally likes to make some jokes like this.
Moreover, when Schiller switched personalities before, he had eaten broccoli. In other words, his body was not allergic to broccoli, which meant that there was no possibility of a severe physiological allergic reaction.
Batman thinks that the worst thing is that he doesn't like eating it and just finds it annoying. After all, no one would have thought that a mysterious figure who can turn into mist and whose true strength has never been seen through has a weakness that is actually broccoli. It sounds like this.
It sounds ridiculous.
The one who had the same idea as him was Constantine. Constantine didn't even consider any physical or psychological allergies. He just wanted to disgust Schiller and take revenge on him for hitting him with an umbrella.
In his opinion, how much can a person hate broccoli? At most, he will not eat or look at it. And if such a person's life is filled with broccoli, what serious consequences will it bring?
Most of them just feel incredible and disgusted.
Broccoli only invaded Gotham, not the whole world. In the worst case, if they leave Gotham, there won't be much harm.
The deal Constantine made with the Green of All Things was to let him turn all mutated plants into broccoli. On the one hand, he could restrain the crazy patients running around the streets and prevent them from infecting others.
On the other hand, you can also disgust Schiller and avenge his previous blow to you.
Therefore, Constantine also rushed towards Rodriguez Manor at an extremely fast speed. He was afraid that Schiller would leave Gotham a little later. In that case, all this he did would be meaningless.
, his purpose was to rush to laugh at Schiller as soon as possible.
Therefore, when Constantine saw Schiller who was in extremely poor condition and even looked like he was terminally ill, he froze on the spot.
Constantine turned to look at Batman and said, "What's wrong with him? Why do I feel that his pupils are a little dilated?"
Batman looked at Constantine with an indifferent look and said: "You ask me? There are only three people in total who have seen that huge broccoli tree. Excluding Zatanna and me, who is left?"
Constantine opened his mouth for a moment, and then argued: "Why exclude you and Zatanna? The three of us are eyewitnesses, maybe you want to retaliate against Shileka for your paper..."
Constantine deliberately raised his voice in the second half of his sentence. Obviously, he wanted to blame Batman, but Batman was not fooled at all. He said: "Zatanna and I are each other's witnesses. When the soul returns to the body,
During this period of time, neither of us left the Batcave, and only you had time to commit the crime..."
"But you have no evidence." Constantine refuted again: "If you didn't let me smoke in the Batcave, how could I leave there? Besides, you said you and Zatanna were in the Batcave, who
Do you know if it was a projection you made or something else? Your alibi is not perfect either..."
Just when the two of them were blaming each other, suddenly, the door of the manor was pushed open, Jason ran in, and then screamed: "Oh! God! Professor, I knew it!"
"When I saw so many broccoli, I knew something must have happened to you!"
Jason hurried to Schiller's side, first touched his forehead with his hand and found that it was a little hot, then he felt for his pulse and found that his pulse was normal, but his breathing rate was a little too fast.
So he raised his head and said to Merkel: "Mr. Butler, there should be sedative drugs in the manor. If not, sleeping pills are also available. Can you go and get them?"
Merkel subconsciously went to get it, but suddenly she paused and said with some confusion: "But shouldn't anti-allergic drugs be used for allergic reactions? I'll get anti-allergic drugs..."
Jason shook his head and said: "This is not a physiological allergic reaction. It seems to be a stress reaction caused by psychological stimulation, so sedative drugs are needed..."
Constantine walked forward and looked at Jason and said, "Can psychological allergies be so serious?"
"This is not psychological allergy." Jason emphasized again. He said: "There is no such disease as psychological allergy. There are only stress reaction symptoms caused by mental stimulation or re-experience, which are completely different from normal allergic reactions."
"For example, if something has caused you deep harm, then when you see it again, you will think of these harms."
"This kind of association and recollection will cause certain mental stimulation. At this time, it may trigger a stress reaction. It may seem like you are allergic to this thing, but in fact, the physical weakness comes from the psychology, and
Not body parts."
Merkel turned to look for sedatives, and Batman turned to look at Constantine. Constantine cleared his throat and said, "You can't blame me. I haven't studied psychology. Okay, I will be responsible for handling this matter."
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He shrugged and said: "Although I have never studied psychology, I can also solve this kind of problem through mystical methods. Give me some time and I will prepare the magic circle..."
As soon as he turned around to leave, Merkel frowned, walked down with a box, and said: "I remember that there were some sedative drugs here before, but they seem to have been used up..."
Jason took the box, rummaged through it, and said, "None of these medicines are good. Otherwise, let's take Professor Schiller to the hospital first."
Merkel suddenly thought of something. He walked quickly to the phone and said, "I'll call Dr. Brand and ask him to send some medicine. He is Mr. Schiller's old classmate and should be happy to help."
After saying that, he called Brand. After a while, Brand and Victor came. As soon as Brand arrived, he complained a little: "What's wrong with this city? It's all this."
What kind of weird disaster is this?"
"I have seen large-scale invasions of shadows and lonely souls. I have seen devils who want to devour the city. But I have never seen broccoli invade the city. What do they want? They ask humans not to dip them in sauce when eating them.
?!"
Victor bent down and touched Schiller's forehead, while Brand stepped forward and gave Schiller a sedative. He said helplessly: "Having been with Schiller for so long, don't you think
Didn't you realize that he is actually a mental patient?"
He glanced at everyone in the room, then sighed and said: "Forget it, this is the harm of being uneducated."
"The emotions of autistic patients are usually different from those of ordinary people. They are also stimulated differently from adults. It may seem very ordinary to ordinary people. It can be seen everywhere in daily life. No one will be afraid of it.
That kind of thing will also stimulate their spirits and make them suddenly excited."
"In some schools that allow autistic patients to enroll, you can see that many children will suddenly yell and burst into violent emotions. You think it is inexplicable, but in fact, he may just be influenced by the things in daily life.
Something or an action stimulates you."
Constantine originally wanted to quibble, but when he saw Batman's increasingly aggressive death gaze, he waved his hand and said, "Okay, I'm uneducated, I thought it was just a joke, forget it, I
Let’s solve it.”
After finishing speaking, he was about to set up the magic circle, but at this moment, there was a "bang", the door of the manor was pushed open, and a group of heavily armed agents rushed into the manor. The leader, a black man, walked in and faced the table.
Le Yi showed his ID and said:
"Federal Bureau of Investigations."
Then he put the document back into his breast pocket and said to Schiller:
"Schiller Rodriguez, after our investigation, we found that you violated the Espionage Act and were formally arrested on multiple charges including espionage, illegal surveillance, and endangering federal security."
Everyone was stunned, but at this time, Schiller seemed to have just come back to his senses. He stood up weakly, holding his hands on the handle of the umbrella to stabilize his body's center of gravity.
After a pause for a few seconds, Schiller said in a slightly hoarse voice:
"I am an operational agent of the Soviet National Security Council..." Then he looked into the eyes of the agent leader and said in one word: "...I am also the organizer and leader of revolutionary activities in Central America. I want to apply for important witness protection.
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When his words fell, everyone, including the FBI agent opposite, was stunned.