After sending Konstantin away, Merkel took a rag and wiped the chair and table where he sat several times, with disgust almost written on her face.
Just when he finished all this, the second visitor arrived as scheduled. When Merkel went down to greet him, she saw Bruce standing outside the door of the manor.
Bruce had made an appointment, so Merkel became a lot more enthusiastic. He stepped forward and opened the door for Bruce. After Bruce entered the manor, he went straight to Schiller's study as usual.
When he came to the study, Bruce's eyes fell on the abacus. Watching Schiller flipping the abacus over a bill, he knew what today's theme was.
"Are you here? Sit down." Schiller pointed to the chair opposite. After Bruce sat down, Schiller glanced at him. Just as he was about to speak, Bruce jumped in front of him and said: "My thesis will be completed tomorrow."
."
Schiller sighed and wanted to speak again, but Bruce said again: "I have written 3,000 words."
Schiller opened his mouth again, and Bruce said: "This time there is absolutely no digression, and I have carefully proofread the symbols."
Schiller sighed and said: "You can answer it quickly, but that's not what I want to talk about today."
Bruce's expressionless face showed a rare hint of surprise. The way he looked at Schiller was like looking at a parrot that had grown a second head overnight.
Schiller stretched out his hand and said to Bruce: "As mentioned on the phone before, where is the detailed bill for the reconstruction and compensation of damaged buildings in Gotham?"
Bruce took out a document and handed it to Schiller. After Schiller took it, he frowned as soon as he turned to the first page and said, "I forgot to tell you that the unit of this reimbursement bill is not US dollars."
, but a green light ring.”
"You want to ask the Green Lantern Corps for compensation?" Bruce immediately understood what Schiller meant, but he shook his head and said: "But they won't compensate. If they really take human beings seriously, they won't.
He would come here so unscrupulously and then change this place beyond recognition."
"That's not important, we just need a name."
"What are you going to do if they don't compensate?"
Schiller sighed and said to Bruce: "Let me say it again, it is not that after I issue a bill to the other party, the other party will then decide whether to compensate."
"If they don't compensate, are you going to cause another big incident, or even blow up their home planet?"
Schiller's expression suddenly paused. Seeing his expression, Bruce's expression also froze. He stared at him and asked, "Don't you really want to explode?"
Schiller lowered his head again and began to calculate non-stop. Bruce stared into his eyes and said: "I don't object to you using certain means to seek more benefits for mankind in the universe, but if it is too radical, it may be unnecessary.
Loss……"
Schiller coughed twice and changed the subject very stiffly. He said: "I know that the general process is that after we issue a compensation bill, we send it to the other party. If the other party does not agree, then we will go through legal procedures.
But the problem is, the opposite side is the court itself."
"There is no third-party force in the universe that can rule on this matter, or even if there is, premature contact with them would be detrimental to us."…
"So, I have no intention of going through legal proceedings with them. Have you forgotten? There are our people on the other side."
"I have studied it before. The structure of the Green Lantern Corps is very simple, even a little crude. The commander of the Green Lantern Corps usually has two assistants, one is responsible for external military aspects, and the other is responsible for internal management.
Management mainly involves personnel arrangements and financial management.”
"However, because Sinestro suddenly rebelled against the Green Lantern Corps, the current commander of the Green Lantern Corps was appointed in a critical situation. He did not find two adjutants at all. The two duties were directly unified into one person, and
Now, Hal is in that position."
"I think you have also discovered that the highly unified responsibilities and the lack of a corresponding supervision system have made many operations feasible. This can save the process of legal procedures or threats of force and can still achieve the goal."
When Schiller said this, Bruce kept staring at him. After listening, he said: "It seems that your anxiety disorder is really serious, and it has reached the level of split personality. Who are you?"
"I am Schiller, but if the Professor Schiller you are familiar with comes to listen to what you say, your final grade will be in danger." Schiller shook his head and said,
Bruce's expression was surprised at first, and then showed that classic skeptical expression, but before he could continue to ask, Schiller took the bill and said, "Even if the price on it is in US dollars, it's estimated to be
Too conservative."
"The central turntable lost a traffic light? The name of the traffic light is not accurate, have you forgotten? Gordon borrowed your bat light and transformed it into a traffic light for the central turntable."
"What technology do you use for your bat light?...Forget it, I don't understand it anyway, so just write about nuclear fusion."
Schiller put on his glasses, moved the bill a little further away, and continued to frown and look at it carefully. Soon, he said: "The asphalt road was damaged... Well, you don't care if the entire ground collapsed by 3.5 meters, it's called the road surface being damaged.
destroy?"
"Let me see, your Batcave has an underground part, right? Do you have a land permit?"
"You go to the mayor later and use the Batcave as a public building part of the central carousel and count it as a public area. Then report a building fire and damage to important equipment. As for which equipment is more important, it depends on you and Victor.
There are other technicians available.”
"What else? Oh, here, the reconstruction part also needs to be changed."
"Didn't I say this before when planning traffic? When the central roundabout was first established, it was too restrictive. Because the area was too small, the traffic flow was restricted. It is just right to widen it a little."
"How much wider?"
“Is 2,000 kilometers okay?”
"...I'm afraid the Soviet Union will not agree." Bruce replied expressionlessly: "If you plan to turn the entire Pacific Ocean into Gotham's transportation hub, you need to negotiate with the Kremlin first."
"Then consider the Pacific Ocean as the public area of Gotham...Okay, let's repair it based on the damaged area first. How big is it approximately?"
"The diameter has been expanded to 1.5 times its original size. According to a joint report issued by the City Planning Administration and the Department of Architecture of Gotham University, it is sufficient for use."…
Schiller sighed deeply, glanced at Merkel next to him, and asked: "Can't we really call the Kremlin?"
Bruce just looked at him with that classic expression and said nothing. Schiller lowered his head and continued to read the report. Then he pointed at one of the reports and said: "The damage to the warehouse is a big problem."
Schiller thought for a moment and said, "Do you have any plans to land on the moon recently?"
Hearing this question, Bruce's expression changed slightly. Seeing Bruce's expression, Schiller's expression stiffened and he said, "You don't really have a moon landing plan, do you?"
Bruce was expressionless, Schiller sighed, continued to look at the bill and said: "For warehouse goods, fill in the space engine and its supporting parts, report the goods as damaged, and then report the electronic waste processing fee, chemical processing fee, radiation and dangerous goods disposal fee
fee……"
"Do you want them to mortgage the planet to you?"
Schiller shook his head and said: "I don't want large-scale planetary waste, I just want energy."
He put down the bill, looked at Bruce and said: "The military asks for military expenses every year to attack oil countries. Essentially, it is not the desert that is interested in it, but the oil fields under the desert."
"The emotional spectrum is equivalent to the oil field in the universe. At present, humans do not have the strength to develop this oil field on a large scale. At this time, we have two choices, or use stupid methods to steal some oil like I did before, but this method
It's dangerous, it's unsustainable and it's really troublesome."
"Another way is to do what the military and we are doing right now, to launch a war, create a lot of trouble, let them reshuffle themselves, install our own people, gradually shake the leadership, and then let them
Some of them willingly sold their oil to us."
"So, next you have to..."
Schiller put away all the bills, gently flicked the beads on the abacus, and then showed a smile that Bruce had never seen before.
The next day, in the solitary room at the headquarters of the Green Lantern Corps, Deputy Captain Owen stared at Hal in front of him, but Hal did not speak to him in that angry tone again, but said calmly:
"I think you should be very angry now, thinking that I got everything you should have got, but I have to tell you that anger is useless."
"Are you just going to mock me?!" Owen yelled angrily, but he was deprived of the green light ring and had no power to resist facing Hal who was covered in rich green light.
"Don't get excited. To a certain extent, I can understand you. Don't you think the green light screening mechanism is a bit unreasonable?"
Owen was still staring at Hal coldly, but it could be seen that he was waiting for Hal's next words.
Hal turned the ring on his hand and said: "Actually, I am not outstanding in my hometown. Before I got the ring, I was not famous at all. I earned a meager salary and did dangerous work."
"In my hometown, there are too many people who are stronger than me. They are smarter than me and have more vision than me. However, they are blocked from the door of this powerful power just because of an illusory willpower."...
"I think this should be the case for you, right?" Hal looked into Irving's eyes. Irving turned his head away from him, but it could be seen from the corners of his tightly pursed lips that Hal was right.
Already.
"I think you should be a standout in your hometown. You received a good education since childhood and are quite talented. When you grow up, you have made great achievements. You think you are a genius with extraordinary intelligence, but the green light did not choose you.
…”
"That's enough!" Owen's tone contained suppressed anger, as if someone had uncovered a scar in his heart. He said, "If you just came to mock me, you succeeded, so can you get out now?"
Hal crossed his arms and said very calmly: "I am not mocking you from the perspective of a successful person, but I want to tell you that I also think this is unfair."
"My hometown is in a remote area, but there are actually many geniuses there, but they are shut out by these rules. On the contrary, in some prosperous sectors, more people can obtain this kind of power.
I don’t think it’s fair enough.”
"If my home planet could produce dozens of lanterns, I might have flown out of the universe long ago. Since I have reached this position, why can't I seek some benefits for myself and my hometown?"
Owen turned his head and looked into Hal's eyes. He didn't see any joking in Hal's eyes. Suddenly, he showed a sneer, and then said: "I know that all those who keep talking about justice
, it’s all just disguise.”
"Tailon is the regiment commander, and you are the deputy commander. Isn't it obvious who you should please? But it is also obvious who you should do business with."
"What do you want to do?" Owen asked, staring at Hal.
"I said it all..." Hal approached Owen, then looked at him and said, "No matter how you and I got to this position, we can all join forces and get back what we deserve."