In a small bar located on the edge of the wealthy area in southern Gotham City, Schiller squeezed a little lemon juice into the prepared gin. He picked up the glass and said to Gordon: "Congratulations, detective, now
At least you can do what you want."
Bruce, who was across the round table, also raised his glass. After Harvey raised his glass, he said, "It's really time to celebrate. You are the most upright policeman I have ever seen."
The four of them clinked their glasses together, and Gordon took a sip of wine. His face turned a little red, whether it was excitement or the effect of alcohol. He said, "The more this happens, the more I know I'm still too far behind."
"It's always good to make progress," Bruce said.
Schiller smiled, covered his mouth with a wine glass, and said, "Really? It seems that our innocent little boy has made great progress recently?"
Bruce put down his glass and said, "I remember Professor you once said that you have no suggestions for my personal love life."
"But I also reminded you that you'd better be careful about your kidneys. What I mean by protecting your kidneys is not just to prevent them from getting knifed. The scenery on Trick Street is really good. The neon lights there are the best on the East Coast.
very famous……"
Gordon's eyes flickered back and forth between the two of them, then he raised his eyebrows and said, "What riddles are you playing?"
"It's nothing, I just advise you to be less nosy in the future. Some people are very confident in their kidney function."
Gordon understood at this point and said: "It seems that Bruce's love life has been very rich recently."
Schiller put down his glass and said with a smile: "On the contrary."
Harvey knew something about the inside story. He touched Bruce with his arm and said, "It seems that you and the girl you mentioned are progressing very quickly. How about it? You have already confirmed your relationship?"
Gordon immediately pricked up his ears. Bruce touched his temples and looked at the three people who were enjoying the fun without taking it too seriously. He said: "Don't be like this, don't be like this. What does it matter? That's my private matter.
The theme of our party today is to celebrate Gordon's promotion."
"I don't think the position of chief of the Gotham Police Department is as worthy of celebration as the fact that our richest man in the world has a new girlfriend," Gordon said.
"That's still a bit exaggerated. After all, the world's richest man has too many girlfriends," Schiller said.
"But the team leader of the police station is just like an ordinary policeman, useless." Gordon laughed at himself.
Bruce was helpless by them. He said: "Okay, I admit it, that's it. I like a girl... No, not that kind of liking, not because of her beautiful face and figure... Oh, of course she
Very beautiful and with a great figure, but not..."
Both Gordon and Harvey looked like you don't need to explain. Harvey also said: "At your age, I don't think I like any girl because of their appearance, but now I know this sentence is bullshit.
, all the men in the world are farting when they say this.”
Gordon tugged on his tie and said, "Is it possible that there is really a girl that Bruce is really moved by? Then I would really like to see who he is."
Bruce said: "She is actually not special. She is just a girl from the slums. Like all ordinary girls, she likes shiny gems and jewelry. Her dream is to have a castle full of gems."
"Do you prefer German or French castles?" Schiller asked, "I think Neuschwanstein Castle is good. How about buying it?"
Bruce flicked his wine glass unbearably, and said: "I'm not flirting with her! I'm serious, don't look at me like that, I admit that I used to be a bit... okay, not a bit... but I really plan to
Get married to her..."
"You are not facing her now, so there is no need to say such beautiful words."
Schiller quickly interrupted Bruce's flag. Can anyone say this?
But it actually doesn’t matter. Batman is the protagonist anyway, so it shouldn’t be a big deal if the protagonist says this.
Bruce took a sip of wine, and he seemed a little excited. He said, "We have indeed confirmed our relationship, and we have been dating for several nights in a row. She gave me a very beautiful gemstone."
"What about you? Didn't you give her anything?" Harvey asked.
Bruce said: "I was thinking."
"This is a bit rude." Harvey said, "Do you look down on her slum background? But with all due respect, not everyone is as lucky as you. I think that at least for you, class cannot stop love.
…”
"Of course that's not what I thought."
"The problem is, if you don't give her a gift soon that proves your love, then she might think so," Schiller said. "Any girl from the slums who falls in love with the richest man in the world may not be very confident.
"
"Okay." Bruce said, "What do you think I should give her? I thought about it for a long time and couldn't think of it."
Harvey doesn't know Catwoman's true identity because he doesn't know Bruce is Batman, let alone the story between them.
But Schiller knew this clearly.
Schiller said: "How about a necklace of pearls?"
Bruce's hand tightened on the wine glass. He took a sip of wine and said, "I have to admit, I don't like pearl necklaces very much, but if she likes it, then I will definitely give her the best one."
After the party, Schiller went back to his apartment to clean up, except that he smelled of alcohol.
It’s not without reason that Schiller shuttled between DC and Marvel. After coming to DC, on the one hand, he wanted to wait for Marvel’s plot to work out on its own, and on the other hand, he also wanted to wrap things up on time.
He is a fairly cautious person and hopes that everything will end well. Although it was a bit unexpected that the old principal did not go to jail, his original purpose of coming back was to clean up the beginning and end of the last Jonathan case.
The old principal has now become Batman's target, and Schiller is not going to intervene for the time being, but there is still one person left, and that is the missing Director Victor.
Schiller knew that Sal Maroney should have kidnapped him. Even so, Maroney might not kill him. A former police chief could get a lot of useful information out of his mouth. Maroney
The losses were so great that he would not let Victor die easily unless he could recoup his losses.
But Schiller had to kill Victor.
In the early days of the Jonathan case, he was not capable enough. When he stole the fear gas, he only used the simplest method, which was burglary. But at that time, he could not do it completely without leaving any traces. Although he eliminated 99% of the traces,
He still wanted to kill the remaining 1% possibility of being discovered.
Victor had entered the evidence room more than once in order to overturn Jonathan's case. This old policeman was the only person who could expose Schiller's theft of fear gas.
You know, after Jonathan entered the lunatic asylum, the most traditional version of fear gas concentrate has been out of print. However, due to Maroni's huge losses, many people in the gang are eyeing this weapon. Once someone is exposed who it is,
After stealing the fear gas, the gangs will swarm in like sharks that smell meat.
Schiller planned to visit Maroni, but before that, an unexpected person approached him.
Schiller followed a man in black into the car. A man in a suit sitting in front said: "Professor Schiller, you don't have to be afraid. The godfather asked you to come over just because he needs your help."
The stretched luxury car quickly arrived at a manor not far from the South District. Schiller followed the guide and walked in. The decoration of the manor was very old-fashioned. After entering, he went up to the third floor and the guide knocked on the door.
, a deep voice came from inside: "Please come in."
Schiller walked in and saw a tall man, or old man, with silver-grey hair, wearing a decent suit and tie, with a red poppy pinned to his breast pocket.
An aura of calmness and dignity.
He fumbled for the ring on his hand and said to Schiller: "Professor Rodriguez, I take the liberty of disturbing you. I have invited you here because I need your help with something."
"It is an honor to serve you, Mr. Falco."
Schiller walked over, separated by a table from Falcone. Behind him was a floor-to-ceiling window, with two bodyguards in black standing on both sides.
Falcone didn't say anything. He nodded, and then said directly: "I have a son. He is not young this year. I need him to inherit my family and business. I hope to hire you."
Be his tutor."
Before Schiller could ask a question, Falcone said: "His previous tutor was shot three times in the chest and could not be rescued. I heard someone said that you could even make Bruce Wayne hand in his homework on time.
He should be a good teacher candidate."
"Of course, I'm not threatening you. I know you caused a little trouble in Metropolis. Some people followed the smell and found it here, but they should all be in the drainage ditch now."
"This is my sincerity, how about it?"
Schiller looked at Falcone, who looked more like the early DC Comics portrayal of the gang leader. Falcone was inspired by Corleone in The Godfather, the character created by Marlon Brando.
Now it seems that compared to the image of Falcone wearing a jacket and weird sunglasses shown in movies and TV series, this old man does look more like the family godfather who rules Gotham's huge gang force.
"Okay, but I have one more request."
"The previous police chief disappeared..." Schiller said.
"You want to find him?"
"No, I want to kill him."
Falcone sat down, took a puff of a cigar handed to him by the person next to him, exhaled the smoke, and said slowly, "Victor... I know him, a somewhat clever old liar. You have a relationship with him."
What grudge?"
"I think in Gotham, you don't have to have a grudge to kill someone."
Falcone smiled while holding his cigar and said, "It seems you will indeed be a good teacher."