The dusk time around five or six o'clock in the afternoon is when Gotham's weather is at its best, and you can occasionally see the sunset on the sea.
The afterglow of the setting sun can penetrate through the layers of rain clouds and shine into this dark city. Therefore, it is inaccurate to call this a city of night. It is more like a city of dusk.
At sunset, when you encounter a demon, the light of the setting sun can always cast a mysterious and dreamy veil on everything it shines on. The white paper turns into beautiful gold under the light, even the black text on it. , all became sparkling.
Although the appearance of the text has become very beautiful, it does not affect the content and makes it a headache. Schiller held a stack of papers in his hand and frowned as he read it.
Victor, who was walking behind him with a stack of documents, paused and turned his head to look at the stack of papers. He saw that Bruce Wayne's name was written on the signature of the paper. So, Victor was curious. He leaned his head over.
"This is Bruce's paper? Is it well written? The introduction is quite organized, but...is there something wrong with this symbol? And why does the quotation here seem to be in the wrong format..."
Schiller shook his head and said: "It's not just these questions. You only saw his introduction. The only thing he wrote most seriously is the introduction. Look here. At first glance, there is nothing wrong with what he wrote. But leave it to me. The proposal report is completely inconsistent with the proposal. It seems like a flood of thoughts and writing, and the writing is off-center."
"Also here, the logical relationship between the front and back is a mess. Jung's theory should not be quoted here. It conflicts with one of his previous conclusions. And here... this paper is obviously the result of working overnight."
Victor reached out and patted Schiller on the shoulder and said: "Don't be too strict. After all, he didn't study much in the first three years, and now he can write well. These are minor problems, as long as There is no problem with the major research direction, you can still graduate.”
Schiller snorted coldly and said, "Undergraduate papers are written like this, but what about graduate students?"
"He still wants to go to graduate school?" Victor asked in surprise: "Doesn't he hate attending classes? And, does he really have time to study the subject?"
"He doesn't want to do research, but he still has to do it. There are only a few graduate students in the entire Gotham University, and they are all from other schools, and their academic level is not good. I have worked here for several years and still can't bring out a graduate student. What will happen if I can't produce a single graduate student?" It’s a stain on my resume.”
Schiller looked at the stack of papers and sighed. He felt sincerely sad. Victor thought for a moment and said, "I think people who read your resume will not care much about what you have." Not a single graduate student was brought out.”
Schiller rubbed his brows, put down the pile of papers, picked up the phone at hand, and said: "Hello? I'm Rodriguez, yes, that's right, I'm looking for Wayne, what? He's not here? If he is not in the library at this time, where else could he be?"
Schiller glanced at his watch. It was already close to seven o'clock in the evening. He knew that dinner time in Wayne Manor was generally controlled around five to six o'clock in the afternoon. Bruce was also used to a regular life and would not change it easily. Your own meal times.
So now, he should have finished dinner and returned to the library to continue studying. If he is not in the library now, it means that he is not studying.
Schiller took another look at the paper in his hand and frowned again.
If there are various problems in the paper, it is normal. After all, it is just an undergraduate. However, when the paper is not finished and there are problems with the basic format, if you don’t catch up on the progress quickly, the person will disappear after dinner. Well, that’s a matter of attitude.
Schiller stood up, put on his coat, took an umbrella, and went to the library first to make sure Bruce was really not there. Then he went to the dormitory and the cafeteria. Then he found that Bruce was nowhere to be seen in the entire Gotham University. , that is to say, Bruce is not in school at all now.
Recalling that Bruce had said Alfred was sick, Schiller guessed. He might have gone back to Wayne Manor to visit his butler. After all, he had been staying at school these past few days, and he might have been worried about Alfred's condition, which was understandable.
Schiller also wanted to visit Alfred, so he drove to Wayne Manor. Alfred saw him, but Bruce was not there.
"Oh, Xi
Professor Le, why are you here at this time? Alfred hurriedly came over and wanted to help Schiller get his coat, but Schiller had no intention of staying. He said, "Nothing. There are some problems with the format of Bruce's paper. I want to discuss it with him. Isn't he here?" ? "
Alfred was stunned for a moment and said, "I just wanted to call the school and ask him to come back this weekend. When Aisha reaches kindergarten age, should she hire a tutor or send her to a community kindergarten? Need to arrange..."
Schiller thought for a moment, then said, "If he's not at school or at the manor, he's probably in Wayne Tower, or at his base."
Alfred also nodded, agreed with his statement, and then said to Schiller: "Please worry about this, Professor, I hope Bruce can graduate with excellent results..."
Looking at the old man in front of him, Schiller smiled and said, "He will."
After leaving Wayne Manor, Schiller rushed to Wayne Tower, where most of the civilian employees of Wayne Group work. Schiller had not been here before because he did not have an appointment, so he asked the front desk, but the front desk said , and did not see Wayne.
Just when Schiller was about to go to the Batcave to look for Bruce, he saw a familiar black figure in an alley near Wayne Tower. Schiller lowered his head and looked at his watch. It was not even eight o'clock. It was just dawn. Hey, why is Batman out so early?
Schiller arrived at the entrance of the alley, and Batman just jumped off the wall. When he saw Schiller blocking the alley, he was stunned.
Before Schiller could speak, Batman spoke first. He said, "Professor, if you want me to complete the paper as soon as possible, you can call me directly in the library without entering Wayne Tower, which may scare the employees." …”
Schiller was also stunned. He asked: "When did I enter Wayne Tower? The front desk employee of Wayne Tower didn't even recognize me. I just called the library to look for you. The librarian told me that you were not there. That’s why I found this place.”
The two of them were silent for a moment, realizing that there might be some misunderstanding. Schiller spoke first: "Batman, I don't have to stop your heroic career, but shouldn't you also take a look at the current situation?"
Schiller took out a stack of papers from somewhere and waved them in his hand. The papers made a soft "swishing" sound when they collided. Schiller looked at Batman and said: "Your current paper has even the basic format." Problems, there are many symbols used incorrectly, and there are also problems with the citation format..."
"If you want to continue fighting crime in Gotham, then you must at least solve these basic problems first, right? Is this really too much to ask for?"
"Uh, no..." Batman replied, but then he hesitated and said, "But I have urgent matters to deal with right now."
"What's the problem?" Schiller looked at him and asked.
Perhaps Batman himself thought it was ridiculous. He showed a hesitant expression, but still said: "...Wayne Tower has been broken into."
"A thief??" Schiller raised his tone and said, "Batman, do you have to test my bottom line again and again? If you really don't want to write a thesis at all, then delay your graduation. It doesn't matter how many years. It doesn't matter. To avoid studying by telling lies that a three-year-old can see through..."
Then, Schiller lowered his head, took a deep breath, and said, "Okay, I can think of it as your mental problem was not treated in time, which produced a series of consequences, which makes you unable to fully integrate into normal life. Among them, my requirements are not high. I will finish revising the symbol issue tonight. Is it difficult?"
Schiller felt that he had exerted his utmost patience, but Batman had no intention of leaving. He repeated again: "I'm not kidding, someone broke into Wayne Tower and took away a lot of important information. I thought it was..."
"Do you think it's from ***?" Schiller took two steps forward, looked at Batman, raised the paper in his hand and said, "I'm not interested in any information about Wayne Group. All I want now is I want you to go back to school and correct your punctuation marks!"
Batman also sighed and said: "I'm not worried about data theft. There are no secrets in Wayne Tower, but the problem is that many employees are frightened. They claim,
When I was off work, a figure suddenly appeared in the office..."
"Many people said it was the undead, but some people's reactions were a bit extreme. In the past few days, the window glass of Wayne Tower has been shattered by bullets more than a dozen times, but that guy still appears..."
Schiller sighed and said: "I don't have time to play such a detective game with you. You are responsible for whatever goes wrong with your group. But tomorrow morning, I hope to see you change all the punctuation marks." Okay?"
After saying that, he turned and left. Batman behind him took a deep breath and touched his forehead with his fingers. He felt an anxiety spreading in his heart. In the past two weeks, he had a profound understanding of , what is academic pressure.
The next morning, Schiller was sitting in his office again, holding a stack of papers, frowning and sighing.
Anna and Victor were leaning together and they were whispering. Victor stared at Schiller and said: "To be honest, I can understand his mood very well. Whenever a student cannot change certain points in his paper, he can't change them." When it's good, I really have the urge to take the freeze gun and give him a shot."
Anna snorted coldly and said: "Then you have never seen a genius who can calculate more than a dozen different results from the same set of data, and a genius who has the same result appearing in the paper and even the position of the decimal point is wrong. !”
The two of them sighed together. After staying at Gotham University for a long time, they met students with correct formatting and punctuation, and fairly rigorous logic and argumentation. They wanted to go to church immediately to thank God.
Schiller did not hear their whispered conversation, but looked intently at the stack of papers in his hand.
The punctuation marks of the paper were changed, but only the punctuation marks were changed. Schiller did not think that Bruce would be a pushover. There was no other reason to explain this except a bad attitude. .
After all, the idea of a burglary in Wayne Tower would sound like a fantasy as long as it wasn't Catwoman, a heart-stealing thief.
And things are far from that simple. When Schiller called the library today, the librarian said that Bruce Wayne was not here again and had not come today.
When he called the dormitory, his roommate said he had never seen him at all. When he called Wayne Manor again, Alfred still said Bruce was not there.
For three days, Schiller couldn't get through on the phone. He couldn't get his papers or get them, and he couldn't find anyone.
It can be said that now, Schiller can barely suppress his anger because Batman has no parents.
