Chapter 3005: The green trees are dense and the summer is long (13)
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 can avoid more embarrassing conversations, then Schiller has to say that the wine Naia sent does taste good.
He doesn't want to know 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 I don’t want to know how he managed to make 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, talking 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, he revealed a faint sense of despair. Schiller wanted to know what the Soviet doctor had done to him.
"We have to talk about Edward again." Brand held the lower part of the red wine glass with both hands and said: "I have been doing pathology research for a long time and am not that proficient in those psychological theories. If you think that hypnosis and other methods can help,
I have no problem with his recovery, but if he is to be questioned while he is awake, it must be evaluated."
“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 will not 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 very 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.
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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 he refuses due to face, he may only get 5 to 10 minutes of talking time, and he has 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 further, he would no longer be able to stay in Arkham Asylum.
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 relief.
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 on-site 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, which makes 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...
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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 as if he was in another world. He remembered that when he first came here, he also 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 the umbrella, because now the umbrella was a weapon. Now that he had no gray fog, the umbrella was the best self-defense tool in his hand.
But after all, Gotham is no longer what it used to be. Although there are still occasional robberies, most communities are still safe. Since the music festival, the nightlife has also become much richer. Schiller drives out at ten o'clock in the evening and walks through the streets and alleys.
The lights are still on.
However, the further we drove, the fewer and fewer people there were. By the time we arrived at this remote boarding high school, the surroundings were completely dark.
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 used a very heavy iron lock.
Without the gray fog, Schiller could only pick the lock by himself. Fortunately, it was not difficult here. The hairpin could be easily opened by reaching in and hooking the lock cylinder. The iron chain was simply wound around a few times and it was opened easily.
Don't ask Schiller how he did this. It can only be said that he did a lot of things when he was 25 years old.
After entering the door, the iron chain returned to its original state and the lock was fastened again. Even if he only went in for a few dozen minutes and had to open it again when he came back, this kind of detail could not be neglected.
Schiller walked around the teaching building. Except for the lights on in some offices, everything else was dark. The school door was locked again. This time it was more troublesome because the lock was not easy to pick.
However, this school is also old. The lock on a bathroom window on the first floor is broken. It opens when pushed. Schiller climbed directly in and came to the principal's office where he had been during the day.
As expected, there was nothing wrong with the principal's office. There was no decoration that could reveal the characteristics of psychopathic traits. For Schiller, the traces left by psychopathic traits were like flames in the night, which could not be more obvious.
In other words, psychopaths never choose to hide certain characteristics of themselves, or they only hide them from ordinary people who can't understand, and they can't wait to spread their wings in front of their own kind. This is an important reason why the serial killer club can be organized.
, they long to be appreciated, and no matter how hard they try to suppress it, there is always an outlet to vent it.
After checking the principal's office, I went to the teacher's office again. After all, Edward was a mental patient. The wording might be wrong. If he wasn't the principal, he might 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 willing to give in. He felt that his intuition was right, so he went to the school history museum again, and here, Schiller finally found a clue.
The history museum and art museum of this school are combined, which is normal in many schools in the United States. Not only universities and high schools, but also junior high schools and elementary schools also have their own school history museums.
The history of the school was presented in the form of an exhibition. Schiller looked at it area by area, and finally found an old map in the last area.
This is the design drawing when the campus was originally planned, but in this drawing, the campus should be much larger than the current one. Schiller took a closer look and discovered that this school has more than just a high school.
In the early stages of planning, this school had a primary school and a junior high school, located on the hillside behind the high school that Schiller had just seen outside the school. But for some unknown reason, now there is only one high school left in this boarding school.
But combined with other information presented in the school history museum, Schiller felt that the original plan was reasonable because the boarding school itself was a church school.
Many people may think that high school boarding is normal, but elementary school is a bit too early. However, the culture in Europe and the United States is different. Most of the boarding schools here are church schools. Hogwarts in Harry Potter is actually a reference.
In 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 been transformed into modern boarding schools, it is not surprising 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 would be strange to disappear out of thin air.
Is it because the design was not completed at the beginning, and only the high school was built among the three schools, or there was an elementary school and a junior high school, but they were closed for unknown reasons. You still have to go to the place planned in the design to see.
After leaving the teaching building of the high school, 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 into the distance. It turned out to be an endless forest.
Just as Schiller was recalling the location of this boarding high school, a voice suddenly came from behind Schiller.
"Professor, why are you here?"
Schiller turned around and saw no one, only the shadows of trees swaying under the night.